Avengers 4
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hasthehighgroundShe knocks him out, and she talks him down when he wakes up.
You can't think about that, Clint, she says, like he won't drag up the numbers once this is done.
Once this is done.
He has to wait for this to be done.
She sits with him, shoulder to shoulder, and he asks what Loki did to her -- her eyes, the green of old Coke bottles, look away.
Phil once told him Natasha would burn the world down for him, and maybe Clint didn't believe it.
"Tasha," he says, voice rough.
He kisses her before he showers -- soft, against her cheekbone by her eye, hand cupping her chin, and again to her lips. She breathes out, like relief. She's precious to him. She'd dragged herself back into war for him, and he'd forgotten.
He has to find a way to tell her.
Once this is done.
He has to wait for this to be done.
You can't think about that, Clint, she says, like he won't drag up the numbers once this is done.
Once this is done.
He has to wait for this to be done.
She sits with him, shoulder to shoulder, and he asks what Loki did to her -- her eyes, the green of old Coke bottles, look away.
Phil once told him Natasha would burn the world down for him, and maybe Clint didn't believe it.
"Tasha," he says, voice rough.
He kisses her before he showers -- soft, against her cheekbone by her eye, hand cupping her chin, and again to her lips. She breathes out, like relief. She's precious to him. She'd dragged herself back into war for him, and he'd forgotten.
He has to find a way to tell her.
Once this is done.
He has to wait for this to be done.
