Hey ho! So, I've made a Tumblr to go along with this series, hawkvengerpr It's all written from Clint's perspective and how he has to deal with all the crazy. I recommend checking it out. I hope you enjoy!
It was Natasha's fault! All of this was her fault! If she hadn't spent all night on the internet, Clint wouldn't be in this mess to begin with. You see, it all started when Natasha pulled an all-nighter by accident. She had fallen down the rabbit hole that was Vine. Normally this wouldn't be a problem. It was just the fact that this whole thing gave Natasha ideas. Natasha and ideas are generally a good thing, except when those ideas cause trouble.
It was a sunny day in June when Tony made his way down to the kitchen. All he wanted a cup of coffee. He'd been up all night designing new arrows for Clint. That idiot always needed more arrows, and normally, Tony was happy to make him some. Unfortunately, recently Clint was being a whiny baby about it and Tony was fed up. His infant son was less winey than Clint! So, to get this behaviour to stop, Tony had pulled an all-nighter in the lab to get them done. What he did not expect to see, after a 10-hour work bender, was Natasha in the kitchen grabbing a can of whipped cream out of the fridge with an evil smirk on her face.
"Do I even want to know?" asked Tony
"Yes, you do. You're now my partner in crime." Tony raised an eyebrow quizzically. "You know how we have a team Vine account, right?" Tony nodded. Where was this going? "Well… There's this new trend called "Smack Cam". You put whipped cream on your hand and smack someone with it when you least expect."
"You doing it to Clint?" Natasha nodded. "Say no more. I'm in!"
So, this is how the war started, with a bad idea and a sleep-deprived cameraman. Tony pulled out his phone and was ready to go. Natasha put the cream on her hand, made a shushing motion to the camera, and snuck up on the unsuspecting archer who was making his way down the hall. An echoing smack and a call of "SMACK CAM!" were heard as the duo ran to the elevator leaving a stunned Clint in their wake. The video had thousands of views by the end of the day.
Tony was next. He got Thor to be his cameraman. He snuck up behind Clint during movie night. They were watching "The Breakfast Club" when Tony and Thor came up behind the archer, smacked him in the face, and ran for safety. The video went viral.
After Tony was Thor. Thor had dragged along a reluctant Bruce to be the one manning the phone. Poor Clint had no hope. Thor ambushed him in the gym while Clint was doing pull-ups. There was a loud smacking noise followed by an apology from Bruce before they booked it out of the room. Poor Clint was just getting confused. Why was everyone slapping him and filming it? Clint had no idea that these videos were going so viral.
Steve was the next person to slap Clint. I didn't take much persuading from Tony for him to do it. "All the kids are doing it, Steve. It's part of the future. The other day you were telling me you wanted to be more modern, well… here's your shot!" So once again Tony was cameraman extraordinaire, Steve got to "integrate himself into the future", and poor Clint was left confused with more questions than answers. Now, if poor Clint had bothered to look at any of the teams' joint social media accounts, he would have seen what was going on. Clint tried to stay away from that stuff. He could barely figure out what Lilia and Cooper were talking about as it was, he didn't need to add his teams crazy into the mix. So poor Clint remained ignorant of what was going on. All he knew was that this was Natasha's fault and that she was going to pay dearly.
It was late June when Clint decided to strike. He recruited Bruce to film for him and staged the scene. It was team movie night, they were watching The God Father. Thor had made a nest out of a bean bag chair, Steve and Tony were on the couch with Tony's son Carter on his lap. Bruce was in the far chair with a great view of Natasha who was directly across from him, her back turned to Clint. The movie was in full swing. Clint excused himself to get a snack from the kitchen. He prepared the whipped cream while Bruce discretely got out his phone. He snuck up behind his victim. Just had he was about to strike, he was met with resistance. He looked down and Natasha had GRABBED HIS HAND! No fair! Before Clint could do anything about this, Natasha proceeded to hit Clint in the face with his own cream covered hand. Clint walked away in a huff and the video Bruce uploaded proceeded to break the internet. Clint should have learned, you can't mess with the Black Widow and survive with your dignity intact.
Poor Clint. Baby just can't catch a break. I hope you all enjoyed the first chapter. I have so many fun ideas for this series. I can't wait for you to read them. Until next time -Shadows.