tony rolls his eyes "set up thats what I'm thinking lets get them together."
bucky frowns "tone is that really the best course of action I mean they are both stronger than any of us they are trained fighters naturals as I heard the teachers put it I don't think its a good idea." Steve and Bruce smiled at each other and Steve put a hand on bucky's shoulder "maybe this would be a good idea you know to get them together." Bruce nodded "yeah I mean they are both so, you know, solitary it might be good for them to have someone that understands." bucky laughs "man your all crazy but maybe it would be good to help them." they noticed people were starting to arrive so they went inside just in time to catch Natasha talking to hers and clints English teacher with a stack of books and papers in her arms the teacher rested a hand on her arm making Natasha look up from the floor and the boys smiled the teacher said something and Natasha nodded and walked away wiping her eyes she stopped by her locker and slid the books onto the top shelf and her boys caught up with her there and Steve and Bruce lagged behind to give her privacy when tony and bucky approached they heard a small sniffle come from her and looked back at the other two bucky held up a hand to stop their approach and continued on his own tony walked over to the others and explained "she doesn't like being vulnerable she's been though a lot, much like the hawk but nobody was there to help her and bucky he's the only one that can get through to her like this they both have demons." they watched bucky walk up to her and lean against the locker next to hers and they could tell she said something by the way bucky shifted and laid a hand on her arm then bucky said something softly Steve could hear him speak and looked over at tony "hey tony what does 'эй таш ИТС хорошо его не вы ваш не проклинал я обещаю' mean." tony stared at Steve wondering how he possibly could have heard that and smiled when he saw Natasha hug bucky he looked back at Steve "he was saying something along the lines of its not your fault Tasha your not cursed." Steve looked back to the two by the lockers and sighed "god she really thinks that." tony nodded "yeah but she is the one that holds us together she just has some bad days where she relives that night, what happened to the hawk it jarred it loose again usually its okay but now you see why I think they should be together he'll need someone and she knows what its like." Steve nodded "yeah it might be a good thing for the both of them."
bucky laughed and they looked over and saw him looking into her locker he reached inside and pulled something out "hey guys check this out." they approached as Natasha tried to retrieve the object from bucky "buck no please." she huffed he chuckled "awe widow come on people should see it your amazing." she sighed and relaxed closing her locker "fine just do it." he turned to the others and opened the black book he was holding "look at these guys." he turned the book around and showed them drawings of the sky and widows neighborhood he flipped the page and they all chuckled it was a picture it was hawkeye in his backyard everything was in black and white except for hawkeye he was in color she drew him more clearly then his surroundings they where blurred behind him and he had a sort of glow that she drew in a light purple making him pop off the page more they couldn't look away from the picture she knew they where surprised she never would have guessed how much Steve and Bruce reached out to touch the page and Bruce was the first to speak "wow you did this... it this looks just like him." Steve smiled "its amazing you captured him perfectly wow." Natasha smiled softly behind bucky and tony smiled "widow why didn't you tell me about this. Have you shown him." she shakes her head tony sighs "widow why you totally should." she smirks evilly and Bruce notices a hint of playfulness in her eyes "tony thats none of your business what I choose to do." tony holds up his hands defensively and backs away "hey I was only making a suggestion." she smiled at bucky and he gave her the book back she turned back to tony with a frown "well boy just don't." she said in a lighter tone he smiled softly "okay, okay." she laughed "good, now I will see you guys at lunch." bucky gave her a quick hug and she patted Tony's shoulder as she passed and she walked to her class.
they all watched her walk away Bruce scoffed "i can see why the hawk likes her now." laughed "god I didn't think the widow could be so... I don't know maybe Clint saw something in her that we missed before she's just a lot more than I expected." Bruce nods "well Cap Clint catches a lot more than we do about everything and everyone." Steve smiles "yeah I know but wow." bucky smiles "yeah she's kind of intense but the hawk can handle her if he's tough enough." tony nods and smiles "yup but really she's just a girl that keeps herself to herself. Come on chem partner we should be going." he grabs Bruce arm and leads him down the hall leaveing Steve and bucky alone who start walking to their ROTC class together bucky smiles "you think we really should meddle in their life like this I mean if they like each other then they will figure it out on their own." Steve smiled "its fine really Clint will love this it wont take much really we just have to bring them together in social situations and leave them to talk alone." he puts a hand on bucky's shoulder "just giving them the chance to talk will be enough they already are getting the awkward part out of the way with the hospital and her going over after school." bucky smiled "good because well don't tell tony but Natasha scares me and if she figured out we interfered then well I don't like to imagine it." they sat together at their class table Steve set his feet on bucky's lap and they keep talking softly "really it'll be fine." bucky relaxed and laid a hand on Steve's ankles"fine but I'm only doing this because I trust you and they need each other and who better to help then there friends." Steve smiles and their class starts.
When Clint finally arrives home with his mom and colson he walks through the house colson holds his mom back from following giving Clint time to process everything he walks through the house and out the back door over to his target by the fence he runs his fingers over the top of it and looks up to the roof next door he bites his lip and a tear runs down his cheek "thank you Nat." he wipes the tear away and kneels down looking at the holes in his target sliding his hand across the burlap his mind going over what the doctor said 'sorry about this really but you know no archery for a month when your cast is removed.' colson stood in the doorway of the house and watched Clint in the back yard Clint looked up as he stood colson walked out toward him "so what are you gonna do I mean archery is your life." Clint smiles "well I have the crossbow from my birthday I've been meaning to work with for awhile and I was gonna teach Nat to shoot too so it shouldn't be too bad really." colson smiled "thats great do you think you have a bow she can use." Clint nodded "yeah I'm sure I've grown out of a lot one of them should be good enough." colson smiled "thats nice of you Clint." Clint smiles "its the least I can do she saved me I wish I could do more." colson laughs "trust me if she's like her aunt may you don't have to worry about it just the fact your okay will be enough." Clint stared confused "you know her aunt?" "yeah sure but how well can you really know your partner." he clarified Clint's eyes widened "oh, she's a detective too gee." colson reached an arm around clints shoulders and they walked back inside "well son looks like you two have a lot more in common then meets the eye." Clint laughs "god who knew."
back at the school …..
in Natasha's history class Wanda maximoff approached her along with Kate bishop "so is it true did hawkeye's dad go batshit crazy and burned down their house and put him in the hospital." she glared up at them "why are you asking me." they growled "everyone knows you live next door to him." Natasha sneers "well I don't know were you got that story but there was no fire so someone is feeding you shit info." Wanda and Kate looked at each other and huffed quietly "that boy is fucking dead." They sat behind her and Kate leaned forward as the bell rang "so the rest is true though right the hawk was hurt." Natasha took a deep breath "yes he was." Wanda gasped "oh god." Natasha smirked into her history book as the teacher walked in the other girls went quiet. Natasha pulled out her sketchbook that she stuck her paper on Russian history in and flipped to a blank page she doodles absently in it the teacher starts talking and Natasha tunes out and continues drawing before she knows it the teacher is asking for there assignments and she looks at the clock and smiles almost lunch she pulls out her paper and turns for the rest and Kate hands them up with a nod and the ghost of a smile as a thank you then Natasha turns back to the teacher who's waiting she hands her the papers and the bell rings to signal the end of the class Natasha looks down at her backpack and zips it Kate and Wanda pass her desk and Wanda looks down at her sketchbook and grabs it stopping Kate to look too Natasha looks up and Wanda scoffs turning the book back to Natasha "what is this." Natasha tilts her head "well its a drawing you do know what a drawing is don't you maximoff." Kate smiles hiding a laugh and Wanda glares at Natasha "clints mine so don't even think about it bitch." Wanda threw Natasha's sketchbook on the ground and stomped out of the room the teacher walked over and picked up the book and flipped through the pages before passing it back to Natasha who stood up and slung her bag over her shoulder the teacher smiled "don't listen to miss maximoff she's a little witch you have the right to go after any guy you want..." Natasha smiles "thanks." and starts out the door the teacher called after her "oh and miss romanoff maybe think about signing up for the art contest you should share your talents with the world." Natasha rushes out and straight into tony who laughs "whoa widow wheres the fire." Natasha looks up "oh hey tony didn't see you there." he smiled and put his arm around her shoulder "clearly. So girl what happened did the witch duo do something to you again." Natasha smiled softly "actually Kate was almost nice today it's that bitch Wanda." he nodded "of course. did you know Kate's the hawks cousin or something like that." Natasha smiled "really oh god I might have been a little rude to her but it was mainly directed at Wanda." tony shook his head "don't worry they both deserve it they aren't nice to any one." they walked to her locker and then to the cafeteria where they met the other three guys that already went through and found a table Steve and Bruce sat on the opposite side then bucky they left a space at the end where Clint would be next to Steve who sat across from bucky tony sat next to bucky on his left across from Bruce and Natasha sat on his right across from the empty space she looked at the guys and smiled bucky turned slightly and smiled "this is great right Tasha all of us together." Natasha smiles "sure but is this really gonna last." Steve looked at bucky then at Natasha "oh no doubt girl when Clint comes back he'll make sure that this will be the way we stay." she chuckles "you guys are so sure about this I don't think I wanna know why." bucky chuckled "don't worry Tasha its nothing I promise." Natasha smiled and bucky squeezed her into his side "alright buck you better not be thinking of setting me up." "oh Tasha no I would never." she chuckled "sure buck and why don't I trust you." "cause you know me Tasha thats why well that and you don't really trust many people." "but I trust..." they all turned to her and tony smiled "widow no worries we know you trust him you wouldn't have went to meet him if you didn't really trust him." Natasha blushed but stayed silent and then the bell rang and they all went to there final class of the day.