Not one to make a fuss until it's too late- Chapter 1
2:34am: Hydra secret base… somewhere in Europe
"Katniss! Cover me!" Tony shouts to Hawkeye over the sounds of the guns and sirens.
"Shut it Stark!" laughs Clint back to Tony whilst taking out three Hydra soldiers that were closing in on Tony in a matter of seconds. "Thanks Legolas!" Tony shouts back his voice ringing over the now empty hydra courtyard.
"Victory is ours my fellow avengers!" Booms Thor, grinning broadly he lands with a loud thump next to Tony making him jump which makes the others Smirk at his expense.
"Well I think that's the last of them" Says Steve strolling up to Clint, Thor and Tony, brushing dirt off of his uniform and stowing away his shield.
"Wait, where's Nat… ARHHH" Clint begins to ask before Natasha bursts out from behind him making him yelp in surprise, Tony returns Clint's earlier smirk, looking extremely smug with himself and Natasha stands beside Clint smirking while reloading her pistols and smoothing her wild red hair into so sort of order.
The avengers form a large circle as they wait for their pickup to arrive they recount their favorite bits of the battle.
"Hail Hydra!" Screeches a voice from behind the avengers, before anyone can register what is happening there is an arrow streaming towards Natasha, but Clint roughly shoves her out of the way, the arrow embeds itself roughly in the archer's upper arm. Working in split seconds he pulls out his bow and pulls out the arrow from his arm and shoots it back towards the hydra worker's neck, the worker falls and dies instantly. Clint falls to one knee groaning and Natasha rushes over and rips of her sleeve and hold the material to the fallen avenger's wound.
"Well… that was unexpected" Tony says looking dazzled.
"Wow, no shit Sherlock" Replies Clint with a grin but grimaces because he jerked his arm, Tony pulls out his phone and dials Bruce, who answers on the second ring.
"Yeah Bruce bring the sewing equipment, Barton pulled a Matrix and got shot in the arm by his own arrow… yep his own arrow… yes he's next to me… why should I have to stop laughing?, it's funny!" Tony laughs down the phone to Banner.
"Shut up Stark!" Natasha snarls at Tony in such a cold voice it makes Tony freeze at the tone, nearly dropping his phone in the process. Natasha grins a her victory, which makes Clint burst out laughing despite the throbbing in his upper arm, and they all start laughing, even Natasha cracks a smile. Another 10 minutes pass and Clint is begins to pale slightly, but then their aircraft arrives, piloted by Banner who rushes out clutching a medical aid bag. Thor and Steve help the slightly dizzy archer to his feet and lead him to the aircraft whilst Bruce assesses the damage to his arm.
"Luckily the arrow didn't go too deep, so no permanent damage to your arm is likely, but you will need a few stitches to stop the bleeding and some anti-inflammatory medication to help with the swelling" Says Bruce peering at the wound on Clint's arm. He pauses and warns Clint to brace himself for the stitches but Clint doesn't even wince during the procedure. "And done, the wound is no longer bleeding but by the looks of things you should be left with a small scar but we could…" Bruce begins once he finishes patching the archer's arm up but Clint butts in "I don't really care, just add it to the other ones, anyways I'd feel bad leaving a fight without a souvenir". To this Banner chuckles, shaking his head he hands Clint a bottle of anti-inflammatory pills "Now take 2 a day, one in the morning and one in the afternoon and take it easy for a few days, that means no missions, you've lost a bit too much blood for my liking Barton" Bruce warns Clint despite the young archer's protests.
The Avengers eventually land at their Tower in New York and they all disembark to go and get some rest, none of them sleep well in the air, apart from Thor who fell into a deep sleep the moment he sat down, Tony took the opportunity to draw a lightning bolt on God of Thunder's forehead or his "thorhead" according to Tony and proclaimed his new name was "Harry Potthor", earning a few smiles from his teammates but Clint knew he was only doing it to make him feel better which he appreciated.
They get off the aircraft, Thor instantly goes to help Clint who gently pushes him away, as much as he likes Thor he doesn't want to be babied by him, he'd had enough fuss from Banner earlier.
"Goodnight my fellow friends, rest well!" Says Thor to the avengers, in his booming voice making the undercafinated team wince.
"Night Harry Potthor" mutters Tony under his breath
"What was that metal man?, you cannot insult a God" Booms a confused Thor over the groaning of his team mates at the bad pun.
"Okay sorry big guy. I thorgot you hated puns" Laughs out Tony before darting in to the elevator, cackling with laughter. Bruce follows, but before stepping into the next elevator he turns to Clint, who was leaning against a wall "you feeling okay buddy?".
"yeah yeah just tired I guess" Replies Clint huffily before strolling off towards his floor.