[ just kawaii heart eyes for you, mr. saltzman. bruce's face mostly stays the same levels of 'sheepish and tired and maybe a little amused, way at the back' but there's a softening around his eyes, and instead of shrugging alaric's words off he stops, takes off his glasses, inhales as if to speak and then waits a little bit more, the ledge of actually talking to other humans being not betty and/or tony (and the rest of the team, to varying degrees) about things that matter a steep one to plunge from. ]

A lot of people would consider managing a potential threat as if they were a current one just another case breaking a few eggs to make an omelet, Mr...?