You — you don't know her! ( which he has no way of knowing, but it doesn't matter. the last thing he needs is some meddlesome terror with hulkish strength and deadly accuracy to ruin things with a crush. his expression sours to try and cover up how utterly embarrassed he is about blurting any of this out.

it shows just how desperate he was to talk about it. )

But I can't show up looking like this! She'll just pity me and take care of me and that's really not the atmosphere I want to go for!