Warning: This first chapter pretty much gives away the ending of The Avengers, so if you haven't seen it don't read it yet unless you don't mind spoilers. I did change it though by adding Darcy into the mix.

AN: This is my second fanfic, I've recently become a huge fan of Clint and I wanted to write him something. So here it is! I have another story in progress; it's in the Thor section called Life and Love Unexpected. It's a Loki/Darcy pairing. Please go check it out and let me know what you think!

With this story please review and let me know what you think about it, reviews are much appreciated and always a big help when I'm writing!

Disclaimer: I own nothing. Though I wish I did!

Chapter 1

"Hawkeye, got anything for me?" Iron Man said through the com link that connected every member of the Avengers team.

Clint Barton, a.k.a. Hawkeye, was standing on the roof a tall build, shooting down Chitauri from the air and keeping an eye on the ground battles.

"Thor's taking down a squadron down on 6th."

"And he didn't invite me." Stark zoomed off to the battle.

Turning, Clint let an arrow loose on a Chitauri that was attempting to climb onto the roof. After a few more shots Clint looked over the side of the building to see how Cap and Natasha were doing on the ground. Instead he saw two civilian women at the base of the building.

"What the hell? Stark are you nearby?"

"Me and Thor are on our way to you? Need any back-up?"

"Not at the moment, I have what looks like two civilian women at the base of my building. They need to be cleared out a.s.a.p."

"Got it."

A moment later Stark and Thor landed a few yards from the two women. After a moment's pause he saw one girl make a beeline for Thor, whose arms were wide open. He couldn't be sure, but he could swear they were kissing.

"Tony, what's going on down there?"

"It would seem the pleasant Jane Foster and her assistant were getting fed up with S.H.I.E.L.D and came to take care of the problem personally."

"Did they not see the news?" Clint turned away from the scene bellow to shoot more Chitauri. "Hurry up. These guys don't care for happy reunions."

"Got some good news for you." Tony was already landing on the roof by the time Clint turned around. He paused when he noticed the girl in his arms.

"Thor took Jane somewhere she could be safe but failed to notice this girl here, Darcy was it?" After the girl in question gave a quick nod he continued, "was with Jane, so I'm going to leave her with you."

"What? I can't watch her."

"Too late. Have fun kiddies." Placing the girl down on her feet, Stark took off in the direction of Captain America and Natasha.

"Crap." Looking the girl over he couldn't help but approve a little. She stood about 5 foot 7, long black hair, slim but looked like she had some tone to her, and she wasn't hysterical, like most women would be in this situation.

"Can you shoot a gun?"

"Yeah, but I like my taser more."

"A taser isn't going to work on these guys. Take this." Clint handed her the sole gun he carried with him. Turning back to the skies around him he shot another Chitauri and it crashed into two others.

"Wow, nice shot. No wonder they have you all the way up here."

"I see better from a distance."

"I can tell-" Turning around she let loose three shots at another Chitauri attempting to scale the side of the building. It fell like a ton of rocks.

"Nice shot." Clint had to admit, he was impressed with her.

"Thanks."

Darcy watched as the man with the wicked looking bow took down three more aliens without even looking at them. Then he glanced down at the ground and shot one behind him without a single glance.

He has skill. Darcy paused and looked the man over.

And a lot of muscle.

Darcy blushed slightly at that thought and turned away, aiming her gun and taking down another alien. In all honesty she was scared spit-less right now, but there was this eerie calm around her she was sure would pass once this was all over.

"Nat, what are you doing?"

"Uh, a little help." A woman with bright red hair was riding on one of the aliens from what Darcy could see, and standing close to the man she could hear the woman's voice, Nat, over his com.

A small smile played on the man's lips as he raised his bow.

"I got him." Taking a moment to aim, he let the arrow go. Darcy could see Loki, Thor's evil little brother, catch it.

"Oh no-" Before she could finish her sentence, she saw Loki look back and smirk, and then the arrow exploded in his hand and sent him flying.

"Ok, now that was cool." Darcy laughed for a moment and looked up to meet the man's eyes.

"Thanks." There stares were locked for a moment longer, and the blush on Darcy's cheeks was spreading and getting warmer. As she turned away she noticed how three more aliens were climbing onto the roof.

Shooting her gun she noticed the man in charge of protecting her was starting to get overpowered, six or seven of the aliens climbing at once. They couldn't stay up here much longer.

"Darcy!" The archer yelled at her, and she ran over to him. He immediately wrapped her arms around his neck. "Hold on tight and brace yourself."

"Why-" The man jumped off the roof. Darcy had just started to scream when he turned midair and fired his last arrow, which she saw was attached to a rope of some kind, and it attached itself to the wall. Pulling hard on the bow the man swung them into a window, crashing through it. Darcy let go once they hit the ground, rolling away from him.

"Ok, that hurt like hell, but was still pretty cool."

"Yeah." The man's word was clipped as he grimaced and his body tightened up for a moment.

"Are you alright?" Darcy crawled over to help him sit up.

"Yeah, I'm fine." The man rubbed his forearm as he looked her over. "Are you ok?"

"I'm good. Hey, what's your name?"

"Clint. I was wondering when you were going to ask." A low laugh escaped him as he stood and helped her to her feet.

"Clint." Darcy said his name, testing it out. She liked it. "Nice. Ok Clint, so what's the plan from here?"

"I need to get you to safety. Then I'm going out to help kick some more Chitauri butt, and hopefully Loki's as well."

"Why Loki?"

Clint looked at her a moment then glanced away. "Maybe another time kid."

"Hey! I'm not a kid. I'm 23."

"And I'm 33."

"Seriously? You sure don't look like it." Darcy blushed bright red a moment later. "Not that I'm checking you out or…that's not what I…uhhh."

Clint grabbed her shoulders, laughing while he said, "Calm down, I know what you meant."

"Ok, good."

"Good. Now follow me." Clint walked away and stood in front of the broken window, looking up. Darcy followed his lead and saw that the roof had been over run.

"So now what?"

"We take the stairs. Come on." Clint pried open the stairwell door and started to walk down the steps. His bow was loaded and ready at his side. Darcy held her gun at the ready.

Once on the ground floor they left the building. Running down the street they quickly came across the main fight. It seemed that the Avengers there had it under control and were quickly eliminating the surrounding enemies.

"Darcy, hold back, it looks like they have it under control and we'd just get in their way right now."

"I can close it! Does anyone copy? I can close the portal!" Clint Heard Natasha yell over the com link. He leaned down so Darcy could hear as well.

"Close it!" Captain America yelled.

"No, wait! I have a nuke coming in ready to blow in less than a minute…and I know just where to put it." Iron Man said, a second later he was hurtling over them and up the side of Stark Tower. Another moment passed and he was through the portal.

"Come one Stark." Natasha mumbled.

"Close it." Captain said after a few more seconds' hesitation.

A huge flash of blue light exploded up the beam that was the portal and it started to rapidly close. A split second before it was gone Starts limp body came falling through.

Thor started to swing his hammer. "He's not slowing down." The Hulk came out of nowhere and grabbed Tony from midair, shielding his body with his own as they crashed to the street.

Clint ran over with Darcy close on his heels as the Hulk rolled him onto the ground and Thor ripped his mask off. Steve started to shake his head. Then the Hulk roared and Tony yelled out.

"Ah! What the hell? What just happened? Please tell me nobody kissed me!"

Everyone let out a relived chuckle.

Steve was the one to answer him. "We won."