I'm the same way! I love a book/fic/whatever with horror/violent elements, but I suspect that with the written word you can temper your mental image of what's going on. As opposed to watching it happen on a screen and having it burned into your brain. XD
Anyway!
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Tony eyes Natasha warily. "I don't think I trust you with this," he says.
"It's a pumpkin," she replies. She doesn't roll her eyes at him, but by now Tony's known her long enough to know that she probably wants to. "I'm not performing a lobotomy on you."
"You say that now, but I see that gleam in your eyes, Romanov. You're not fooling anybody."
"Give me the knife, and maybe I won't put you in the hospital."
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Date: 2011-11-01 05:49 pm (UTC)Anyway!
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Tony eyes Natasha warily. "I don't think I trust you with this," he says.
"It's a pumpkin," she replies. She doesn't roll her eyes at him, but by now Tony's known her long enough to know that she probably wants to. "I'm not performing a lobotomy on you."
"You say that now, but I see that gleam in your eyes, Romanov. You're not fooling anybody."
"Give me the knife, and maybe I won't put you in the hospital."
"...Fine."