Kara had pale aqua-blue eyes, golden hair that fell to her shoulders, and a classic oval face. Throughout the journey, she truly acted like a woman madly in love, clinging to Brad's arm and occasionally gazing up at him with her big, fluttering eyes.
Brad, meanwhile, chatted aimlessly with Kara. There were few things he was bad at, but acting out emotions happened to be one of them.
He genuinely could not pull off that tender, loving look. He had once had feelings for someone, but her heart already belonged to another. Brad had hidden his feelings so well that she had never noticed, even by the time he left that universe.
Brad had only ever fallen for someone once. With his deeply entrenched scientific mindset, he sometimes even wondered whether those feelings had been unreal-something born of the high-pressure environment of working under Stryker, simply to help him relieve his stress.
If he absolutely had to choose someone, Brad thought he might choose Emma Frost. But he was still bad at dealing with feelings. He simply felt a little guilty because Emma Frost had always treated him with unconditional kindness, asking for nothing in return.
Guilt was a deadly emotion. Most of the time, Brad felt it was something of a stumbling block.
Still, Brad's identity on Earth-10011 was that of a friendly alien. Being bad at acting out emotions was hardly something the Avengers found suspicious.
If Brad had been an expert at disguising his emotions, that would have been cause for concern.
Fortunately, Brad had never been particularly emotional. In fact, his emotions fluctuated less than those of this Earth's Vision.
"Darling, don't you have anything at all you want to say to me?"
Kara wheedled, gently shaking Brad's arm.
The latter turned his head to glance