~Back at the tower/entertainment room~
'I can't believe that I just sat here and let her walk away. After she just told me she has feeling for me, I just sat here.'
He sat there for what felt like eternity. He was so in his own head that he didn't notice that Nat sat down on the couch beside him. He didn't even noticed that he absentmindedly took a cup of coffee from her.
Snapping out of his daze, he finally noticed that she was there. "When did you get here?"
"A couple minutes ago. You okay Clint?"
"I fucked up, Nat. I just fucked everything up."
"What did you fuck up?"
He told her everything that happened between you and him early that morning. He told her about how adorable you were with a huge glass of milk while eating pizza and how incredibly sexy you were in your shorts and his plaid shirt he thought he lost. He even told her about how he tried to give you a hard time for picking Disney's Robin Hood and how you explained how the movie helps with your nightmares. Then he told her about how the movie reminded you of him and it helped you mind focus on someone that you truly cared about along with how he just sat there trying to figure out how to tell you that he loves you but you ran off before he could.
All Nat did was smack him upside the back of his head. "Really Barton. You just sat there and let her run?" She got up off the couch, looked at the TV then back at Clint. "You know, I looked at (Y/n)'s file yesterday when you decided to cuddle up with her."
"Really?"
"I wanted to get see what kind of missions Fury sent her on since the last time we saw her. I found something interesting about our little Kitten." Clint looked up at her wondering what she found.
"What did you find?"
"Our little Kitten has made herself the second top notch archer that SHEILD has. Fury has even added all her weapons of choice as well. Needless to say she has been busy with training and using what HYDRA had trained her to use." Clint was shocked, to say the least.
He was speechless. "Shit, I really fucked shit up with her didn't I?"
"Well, I would say you fucked up but there's…" Just then Sam came running in the entertainment room.
"Nat, Steve needs you in the lab." He was breathing heavily due how fast he had to run despite what he already ran that morning.
"Can it wait?"
Sam shook his head. "No it can't. It's (Y/n)."
Clint jumped up and he couldn't help the protectiveness in his voice. "What about (Y/n)?"
"Follow me to the lab and I'll explain on the way."
Clint took off towards the lab, not waiting for Nat or Sam. Once he got there he saw Steve standing next to Bucky and (Y/n) was laying on the metal table with Bruce doing what looked like blood work on her.
"We need to get her to the medical wing. She'll be more comfortable and we need to keep track of her vitals. Steve, are you sure who ever shot this dart wasn't aiming for her?"
"Positive. Like I said Bruce, she was a few yards ahead of us just after running past Buck and I when she slide to a complete stop. It looked like she heard something coming and that's when she sprinted back towards us shoving Buck, here, to the ground. She looked over her shoulder and saw the dart then she collapsed." He patted Bucky on the shoulder. "I went into Captain Mode and got her back here as quickly and safely as possible."
Clint walked over to you, looking down at your unconscious body. All he felt was anger. Anger, not just at himself but at Steve, Sam, and Bucky. Anger wasn't the word to describe how he felt towards the three men next to him, he was pissed. Before any of the men around him knew what happened, Clint punched Bucky in the face. Steve was surprised as well as everyone in the room. Everyone knew that the two of you were close, they could even tell there may be feelings there other than friendship. Nat has known since they saved you from HYDRA that Clint had feeling for you. Clint picked up your body, holding you to his chest.
"I'll take her to Medical. Just find out what the fuck they shot her with and how long she will be out." He left the lab before Steve could say anything or even abject to him taking you. Nat followed close on his heels as he practically ran to the medical wing.
*Time skip (a couple hours)*
Bruce was able to figure out that you were shot by a strong dose of tranquilizer but he didn't know how long you were going to be unconscious for.
"If it took her down as quickly as Steve says it did, she could be out for maybe six hours to a few days. It all depends on how much they put in it since it was supposed to have been Bucky that got hit instead of (Y/n), she could be out for a few days. I'm running a few tests to see what exactly they put in that tranq dart and how it's affecting her."
"Thanks Bruce. Just keep us updated on anything you find." Clint sat in the chair next to you, beating himself up about what happened that morning.
"I will." Bruce walked out of the room they put you in.
Clint sat there and ran his hand over his face. Thinking to himself, thinking about how he could fix everything between the two of you once you woke up. He sat there for what could have been before he got up and started to walk out.
"Clint, where are you going?" Nat stood from her stop on the other side of you. She looked at Clint and could tell this was affecting him more than everyone else, hell she wanted to go out to find the asshole who shot the dart and make him pay.
"I have a few things to do before she wakes up. If anything changes or she wakes up, let me know." Before Nat could reply to him, he walked out the door.
It wasn't until the next day Bruce found out that the tranquilizer dart had a serum that temporarily froze the Super Soldier serum and there was enough tranquilizer in the dart to take down both Steve and Bucky, meaning you would out for at least a week due your body size. With everyone knowing this Bucky's attitude toward you changed drastically. He didn't want to tell anyone about the nightmare/flashback of you he had that night. He refused to tell Steve and he differently didn't want to say a thing to Clint about it, he got socked once and he didn't feel like having him even more pissed off at him.
Over the course of the week, everyone stopped by to see if anything changed in your condition. It was about five days after the incident when Bruce noticed that there was a huge bag and a big long hard case sitting in the corner of your room. He didn't want to move it, not knowing what it was and wasn't going to chance it being a bomb. Bruce had told Tony about the bag and the case. Tony checked it out and told Bruce it could have been Fury since he, hell no one but Nat knew what you used for missions. Little did they know that you had met a teleporter and a time-traveler over the years and the contents of the bag and the case were for someone special.
A couple more days went by and you started to wake up. Still feeling the effects of the tranq, you tried to sit up in the bed that you were in. The last thing you remembered was shoving Bucky. You looked around the room and took notice that they brought you to the medical wing of the tower, this stopped you from panicking. Thanking god that whoever shot you didn't get ahold of you. Just then you heard what sounded like Classic Rock playing next to you, the song just happen to be 'Heat of the Moment' by Asia.
"God, this feels like an episode of Supernatural." You went to get up but there were cords and an IV attached to you. You just happen to look at the corner of the room and saw a bag and a hard case sitting there. "Fuck yeah." Before you could even attempt to get up Bruce walked in.
"(Y/n) you're awake! That's great. What is the last thing you remember happening?"
"I remember going on a run with Sam, Steve and Bucky. I helped Sam get payback by running past Steve and Bucky. I heard something heading towards the guys as they stood there, like idiots mind you. I remember sliding to a stop then turning around, running back towards them and shoving Bucky then everything went black. How long was I out for, Bruce?"
"You were out for a week. It didn't help that the tranquilizer that hit you had a serum to temporarily froze the Super Soldier serum in your blood, which is why you were out as long as you were. The dart had enough tranquilizer in it to take down both Steve and Bucky."
"Damn. I don't feel like I'm at 100%, I still feel a little sluggish. Can I get out of this bed?"
"Oh, yeah of course." Bruce started unhooking you from the machines that kept track of your vitals. Once you were unhooked, he helped you stand up. "Now, you may have to take it easy for a couple days to regain strength." You nodded your head 'yeah, yeah, I know the drill.' "Do you know what could be in the bag and the case in the corner?"
"Yeah, a couple of friends of mine that I met a few years ago. They helped me get what's in the case and bag. It's a gift for someone." You were able to walk over to the corner and picked up the case and the bag. You looked into the bag and smiled, everything looked perfect. "I'm gonna go to my room and take a bath since I still feel a bit unstable to take a shower."
"If you want I can call ether Nat or Wanda to help you." The look of concern was all over his face.
"I'll be fine, Bruce." You walked over to the bed, placing the case and bag on the bed, and gave Bruce a quick hug. "Thanks for taking care of me Bruce."
"You're welcome (Y/n)."
You grabbed everything and walked out of the room. You slowly made it to the elevator, once there you couldn't keep the smile off your face. 'I hope he likes everything.' Then your smile falls, thinking about what had happened a week ago. Could you really try to stay mad at him, could you avoid him? You knew deep down that you truly cared for him and you just wanted him to be happy.
Just then the elevator opened and there he was standing there. You stepped in and told FRIDAY that you wanted to be taken to your floor. "Hey Clint"
"Hey, how are you feeling?" He had a look of concern and worry on his face. 'Could he have been worried about me?'
"Just a bit sluggish. I'm just going to relax in my room for a while and probably watch a couple of movies before dinner tonight." The elevator opened up on your floor and you stepped out. "I'll see you later Clint."
The door closed behind you as you made it in your room. Setting the bag and the case down on your bed so you can get ready to take a nice long bubble bath after spending a week in medical. After stripping out of the clothes that you had on from one of the nurses must have put you in. You walked into your bathroom and plugged the bathtub then turning on the water, adding your favorite bubble bath scent.
Just then there was a knock on your door. "Who the fuck is it?" You turned off the water just as it reached the perfect amount of bubbles and the right depth of water. You grabbed your light purple bathrobe. Putting it on just before walking over and answering the door. "This better be fucking important!" When you opened the door, you couldn't believe who was at your door.