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“Ok” said the doctor, “we are done with the tests so you can get out of there and come over here” Thor did as said and got himself out of the treadmill-like structure, unplugging all of the cables stuck to his head and shirt. “According to these basic anatomy books, you so kindly brought me, your physiology shouldn’t be too far away from human” he said without looking away from his tablet.
“Most species based of, what you call carbon, are fairly identical, with minor differences because of their realms” the God said sitting in front of Bruce, on the chair where he was about to be examined on, “we’ve learned this over the centuries”
“I see” the man finally looked up at him, “as you said there are slight, but significant, differences”, he pointed as him with his pen, “first, your systems are far more efficient than ours, your cells are more tightly pressed together, it seems, giving you a more resistant completion, and you healing factor is much, much, much faster and efficient”
“Of course there is the whole thunder thing, along with everything else you were worshipped for, that you apparently have some sort of power over. But I don’t have a scientific explanation for that, at least for now, so let’s not give that much thought” he shrugged and raised his arms, gesturing that he gave up.
“If you and man of iron ever go to Asgard, you will be incredibly happy talking with the constructors, they are the ones that build all asgardian technology. And as well as Jane did…” a sad smile adorned his face as he remembered his ex-girlfriend, “the healers and magicians will be very interesting for you”
Bruce couldn’t help but smile at the idea of asgardian technology, “Anyway, your strength, stamina and resistance levels are the highest of the team, only follow by Steve, James and Natasha, thanks to their different serums” holograms behind him showed different statistics and charts accompanied by videos of the 3 of them running in the same structure he just did. “And you fire power, speed and attack value are only followed by Tony, specialized suits for each thing of course” the feed was changed with different videos of battles.
“Sure there is the other guy” he remembered suddenly, “but I’ve never been able to measure his parameters since I’m kind of busy whenever he comes out” Thor chuckled at this.
“Alright” he finally put all his things down, “statistics aside, let’s get started with the exam” he put latex gloves on his hands and moved close to Thor. “Could you take off your shirt, I need to examine your thorax”
“Sure thing doctor Banner!” the God did as asked quickly. He had always had a great respect for the healers back in Asgard; the way his mother and brother could mend most of wounds by simply hovering their hands on top of it and displaying light, he knew that was just what he could see and understand, since the explanation of it was quite complicated, but it had always mesmerized him greatly; the midgardian ways of medicine maybe weren’t as quick but were just as interesting.
Bruce had given physicals to all the others members of the team; he had given prostate exams to Clint and Tony. It had even come the moment when he had given breast cancer exams to Natasha, Pepper and Maria. But he had never encountered something like Thor.
There was something intoxicating on his golden skin. The soft golden hairs that spread on his armpits and stomach, the perfect muscle definition that was even more perfect (if that was even a thing) than Steve’s, the harmonic ways his body moved, the way his flesh somehow managed to radiate heat and an electric atmosphere.
Before he realized what he had done he was touching the man’s chest, in a very medical way that his brain made automatically, bare skin against bare skin (wait where were his gloves?) and his fingers sliding over the nipples and jaw.
He didn’t know how but Bruce actually managed to pull out his stethoscope and pretended to listen for the God’s lungs. This had never happened before, he had always been very professional; he wasn’t going to deny a slight physical attraction to Steve’s perfect abs, or a bit of a nerd crush to James’ arm, but he had always managed to be steady and calm.
Even knuckles deep in Clint’s and Tony’s asses, at different times he needed to disclaim, and examining the breasts of Natasha and pepper, weirdly that did was the two of them together, he had managed to be the poster boy for mental tranquility and peace.
But there was something on Thor that just drove him crazy, perhaps it was just how unnaturally hot his skin was, or maybe the soft electric tingling he felt whenever touching him bare-skinned.
He usually lasted around 5 minutes with a physical, but it had been 45 minutes and he still was making Thor stretch his arms, flex his biceps, and mark the muscles of his back and chest. Some could argue that it was rape-ish, manhandling the guy like silly putty, but Thor was absolutely happy to do everything banner asked, believing that it would help the doctor with his exams, that only made it worst in his conscience…
“Ok!” he was finally able to choke out, “I’ve checked your back, chest and arms and I have all the information I needed” he said pointing to the completely blank tablet that was next to him, where he was supposed to write all the information he gathered. Thankfully Thor didn’t know it was untouched.
“But Doctor don’t you need to also check my legs, lower back and groin” said the blond with a confused look, “Steven told me you checked him in that way” a dark shadow suddenly came to his eyes, “or was that just an excuse to touch my friend?” surprisingly Thor was very protective of Steve, perhaps it was the difficulty of finding a decent sparing partner on Midgard, perhaps it was how clueless Steve was to the horrors of the modern world, that somehow Thor was more able to understand that him, or maybe it was that Steve was the closest Thor had to and actual equal in this planet.
“What? No!” he responded quickly and that darkness on Thor’s eyes disappeared, “That is a normal part of a physical but don’t know if the same parameters would apply to you, so we are done for today”
“If we don’t explore what you can do in order to maintain my health I will have to keep relying on Asgard every time I’m injured; and having to return home for my mother to heal me after a battle would be quite inconvenient doctor banner, for not to say somewhat anticlimactic” he was actually distressed over having to go to his mom after ben hit in a battle; he was just a big kid, they all knew it.
“I guess if you insist….” He shrugged and tuned to put on (again) latex gloves, using the fact that he had to turn away for the god, who was taking of his pants, to hides his grin.