Hello readers! This is a Female Clint and Tony fanfic, and I hope you all enjoy!
The only thing you need to know is that AOU hasn't happened, Phill's alive and Clint is now called Clair.
DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN ANYTHING :'(
Chapter 1:
Tony POV:
It had been two longs weeks.
Two long weeks without her was like an eternity, not being able to see her alluring face, hear her melodic voice or feel her presence near, was pure torture. The fact that she was gone, hurt more than any battle wound, more than dying in a foreign country, alone and scared, for I was bleeding from the inside, my heart seeping blood as it beat painfully against my chest.
I almost felt empty, as if when she left she took away with her the part of my heart I did not know she claimed. For it was only now I realized that as she was ripped away from me, she was my soulmate, the one thing my heart so desired.
And in that moment, as I sat in my lab hoplessly searching for any trace of her, I decided that life was a harsh and cruel thing, for it took away my one chance of true love and rubbed it in my face, teasing me with leads to where she might be before tearing my hope at the very seems as they come up empty, breaking my heart in two as time ticked slowly by every second taking me further and further away from her, making my body cease to function properly as I only thought of her.
I wanted to cry and scream, for I was lost without her, heartbroken and so very hopeless as I awaited for her return.
But I knew, deep down, she would not return safe and sound for she had been captured and I didn't want to think about what they where doing to her. It would be too much for my body to take for it would surely break down and never work again if I lost her. It would literally break me, the mere thought of Clair and torture in the same sentence made me want to hurl.
It had been, two week's, one day, four hours and twenty two minutes since Phill announced the dreaded news, the news which made me fall to my knees and for my world to come crumbling down.
Flashback:
The team, Steve, Bruce, Thor, Natasha and I, where sat around the main living area, slumped on couches and watching Disney's Brave, all awaiting Clair's arrival home from her latest mission.
She had been sent three days ago on a solo mission to take out the head crimelord of a gang called 'Cobra'. They where bloodthirsty criminals who experimented on innocent lives to develop the next Captain America, and to use the poor person as their very own super human weapon. SHIELD wanted the leader taken out and so they sent their best weapon. And that came in the form of Agent Clair Francesca Barton or more popularly known as Hawkeye, the badass, bow wielding, kickass, beauty.
Clair was a strikingly gorgeous woman, with light grey eyes and shoulder length caramel locks which flowed down her slender neck. She was fairly tall at 5 foot 6 and had a slender but strong frame. She had natural beauty and was graceful and nimble and was silent on her feet as she travelled through the tower.
She was one of the best fighters I know and can take down a man twice her size without breaking a sweat, she could properly even take down captain America. The only person who I had seen who came close to Clair's hand to hand combat was Natasha. Clair was also the best marksman I'd ever seen, in fact I had witnessed several times an arrow sinking into a enemy's head, right between their eyes. Add that with the fact she never missed her target made her the most dangerous woman I knew. She was skilled with every weapon I had seen her hold, even Steve's shield. And to top it off, Clair was intelligent, she knew how to fix her bike and engineer new arrows,she could memorize a map or a building's blueprints in minutes, she could think of an escape plan in seconds, even if in pain, she was sharp minded and always had a comeback and she also knew 5 different languages that I knew of including Russian, French and German. In fact when she did arrive home, once she had rested and regained her energy, I wanted to test her IQ, I would not be surprised if I was above 120.
Clair simply took my breath away, both literally and metaphorically. She could kick my ass in seconds and leave me gasping for air as she tackled me to the floor or gulping for air when her powerful punch hit my stomach. But on the other hand her beauty and grace seemed to steal the very air from my lungs.
"Right Tony?" A voice interrupts my thoughts, startling me slightly.
"Yes? Wait what?" I answer quickly, my brain still miles away.
"We were discussing how you have the biggest crush on our resident archer" Natasha replies, her words not really processing in my still worlds away brain.
"Hmm? Yes" I answer before my brain caught up. "What! I do not!" I exclaim.
"If you say so Tony" I hear Steve's sarcastic reply.
"Really guys I don't know where you got the idea from!" I deny.
"It is true, man of iron. You desire to court Lady Clair!" Thor's voice booms making me choke on the air I breathed.
"I don't know what you are taking about Blondie!" I stutter
"Oh don't kid yourself iron ass! I'm a trained spy and assassin, my job is to watch and wait for the right time to strike! And I can't sit back and watch you oogling my partner any longer! So make a move or I will for you!" The black widow exclaims, frustration clear in her voice.
"Well said Lady Natasha!" Thor voice announces as the others mumble in agreement as my voice stuggles to come up with a reply.
"I...urm...no?" Was all that I managed to say as laughing fills the room.
I didn't know I had made my feelings towards Clair so obvious, I thought I had hidden them well behind my playboy, womanizer demeanor, but it had clearly failed, for all of my fellow team mates had figured it out.
"Oh my! I think you have rendered the famous Tony Stark speechless Natasha! Congratulations!" Was the exclamation which fell, surprisingly from Bruce's lips.
"Why thank you kind Doctor!" Natasha laughed the rest joining as I gape open mouthed at the people who had become the closest thing to family I had. As the others laughed at my expense my thoughts turned to the woman of my current embarrassment.
She had been on the team for nearly a year and a half and in that time she had gained my trust one hundred times over. Since the battle against Loki, Clair had worked day in and day out to regain our trust and to gain the respect that Loki had ripped away from her when he turned her against her friends. We had been on countless of missions where she saved our backs, even taking it so far as taking a bullet for Steve two months after the Loki incident and risking her own life to drag my sorry ass from the battlefield when I was shot down by enemy fire.
It was then I stated to trust her, started to fall for her even.
I remembered clearly, as pain engulfed my body and my eyes fluttered open slowly, the angel like voice which travelled through my ears comforting and soothing as my eyes adjust to the light sky. And just like an angel, a gorgeous face framed by halo like glowing hair, popped into my vision, careful small hands trailing my unsuited body as the angel spoke once more. I remembered her body laying all of a sudden on mine as debris fell down from the sky landing harshly on my angel.
I remembered reassuring words and a hand trailing through my hair. But what I remembers most was the sensation of being half carried, half dragged from the distructive battle field, leaning on my angel as she fired off a arrow at a enemy before carrying on to her destination. I remember being heaved carefully through doors and onto a soft surface, the feeling of soft lips on my forehead and a reassuring "I'll be back" before her presence disappeared and I fell into oblivion as I waited for my angels return.
The next thing I remembered was waking in SHIELD's medical bay, I recall looking around before my eyes fell on the team who all where fast asleep in plastic chairs, all but Clair. As I look frantically around for my angel my eyes fell on the very woman. She also lay in a hospital bed, but instead of on her back like I, she lay on her stomach, the blanket covered most of her body but at some point in her sleep it must have slipped slightly for I could see her bandage covered shoulders. When I asked later on, Steve informed me of how she had gained a deep gash from the top of her shoulder to her hip when she covered my body from the flying debris. From that day onwards I swore to protect Clair in any way I could for I had fallen faster than my angel from the heaven's.
I was bought once more from my thoughts by a 'bing' noise, alerting me of the fact someone was about to enter the room. My eye's snap to the elevator, my heart jumping with joy at the thought of seeing Clair for the first time in three days, but instead of caramel hair, grey eyes and an amazing female figure clad in her Hawkeye wear a manly suit clad figure emerged from the elevator.
"I'd hate to be the bearer of bad news, but we have a problem. A big one." Phill's voice sounds through the room, silencing the still laughing Avengers.
I stood, my eyes searching the Agent who miraculously survived his life threatening wounds inflicted by Loki. I was searching for an answer, the concerned and panicked flicker in Phill's blank look made my heart stop. Phill only cared about a select group of people, Fury, his wife Hannah and the Avengers, that look, the flickering of his true feelings only came out when one of those members where in trouble. Considering we had seen Fury only an hour ago and the rest of the Avengers where safe and sound in my tower, there could be only one reason Phill was so scared and panicked.
"No..." I gasp, the weight of the situation coming crashing down on me. Phill viewed Clair as a daughter or a little sister at the least, he would not be here if he was not worried Clair could get herself out of the situation. But the fact that he was here, seeking the Avengers help, spoke volumes. Clair was in deep trouble.
I feel my legs give way beneath my weight and I fall downwards, crashing to my knees as Phill spoke the words of nightmares.
"Clair has been compromised"
So.. That was chapter 1!
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-Leggomygreggo2 xx