Natasha POV
I'm not sure when I began to realize I was falling in love.
I do know it was around the time Loki decided to make hell for us. When I finally figured it out, it scared me to death.
I meant what I told that power hungry bastard when I interrogated him. Love is for children and I definitely owed Clint a debt, but I have left debts much more substasial paid with minimal effort, or just haven't paid at all. Why did my debt to him matter so much?
After we defeated Loki, I began to realize just how brainwashed I had been. I'd always known it was bad, but when I can't even realize how many types of love there are...no. Love is for children, but it isn't just for children. I know this because I, a grown woman, am in love.
Deeply, irrevocably, and disappointingly in love.