Ok, peoples. Fun time. Somewhat. So I thought the last chapter would be like the last sad one, but I forget to add in my favorite hero! So here are some reviews!
Kyle: Yeah, it's not all too exciting, but I wanted to start out with the characters POV. But now we should get into some original stuff now! And yeah, I need that year to be faster.
Guest (Teddy): I know I know, it was just as painful for me as it was for you. But I'm afraid that it's not really going to get any easier. Hopefully at some point... ;)
Alrighty, Y'all ready? Let's go!
The man formerly known as the amazing Hawkeye stood in his living room, watching his children play while his arm was wrapped around his wife's shoulder.
They had just gotten the kids a new game, a little set of laser tag guns and vest so that they could run around the house and play laser tag. They watched with a smile as Lila squealed and ran away from Cooper, who was laughing. Nathaniel was in his play crib, clapping his hands and bouncing along as he watched his older siblings.
Life was good.
After Cap had gotten them off the raft, Clint made his way back to his farmhouse as fast as he could. Turned in his resignation, and got home as soon as possible. Turned in his name, and title as an Avenger. He finished, and he didn't know when or if he would go back. But now he was with his wife and kids.
He hoped he had gotten away fast enough so the government couldn't find him. The only problem, hope was not always the strongest thing to lean towards. The government had found them, and Clint almost packed up and left, grabbing his family and moving as far as he could. But if he did, he would still be a fugitive. He heard Scott, gotten a deal, a few years probation and house arrest. So Clint took that deal, and he made sure that only a few agents knew where his family. He had worked so hard to keep his house and family hid away, he was not going to let it go to waste.
Clint didn't know what he would do if something happened to his family.
He unwrapped his arm from Laura's shoulders and excused himself to the kitchen, getting a glass of water from the cabinet. He pressed a button on the fridge, and clear water poured out and into the glass.
A scream cut over the laughing of children.
A glass dropped and shattered into pieces on the floor.
Clint sprinted back into the living room and saw Laura screaming on the floor. She was missing her legs, and the rest of her body was slowly dissolving as well. Clint dived to the floor, falling on his knees next to his wife. He grasped her hand, and they squeezed tightly. Cooper and Lila screamed beside them, not knowing what was going on.
"Laura, baby, I got you. Look at me," Clint cried and tried to grab her shoulders. But they disappeared to dust in between his fingers.
"Baby, I love you! Please come back." Clint shouted as Laura closed her eyes, tears traveling down her cheeks, and disappearing completely.
"Dad? What happened to momma?" Cooper asked, voice wavering. He and Lila were tangled together, holding each other close.
Clint tried to say something that would make sense, but even he didn't know what was going on. He tried to speak, but his voice broke on the first word, and he stopped.
He walked around the couch and grabbed Nathaniel, holding him tight in his arms. He knelt by his two other kids, and they clung to him.
"Kiddos," Clint started, wanting to say what was on his mind before anything else happened. "I don't know what is going on, but I want you to know that no matter what, mommy and I love you so much, and we-"
"Daddy!" His daughter's cry broke his heart and cut off his speech. Lila arms that were wrapped around Cooper were dissolving. Tears ran down her little cheeks, and her screams were matched with another high pitched scream.
In his own arms, Nathaniel was disappearing as well. His little hands reached out and his fist squeezed, wanting to get a grip on his daddy. Lila latched her arms around Clint's neck, and together, they screamed until Lila and Nathaniel were gone.
Clint had tried to keep it together, but when he heard Lila call out for him, his heart broke. Tears streamed down his face as two of his kids dissolved in front of his own eyes.
"Dad?" Cooper's timid voice broke through his sobs and Clint locked eyes with his son. They sat for a moment in silence, staring at each other, sharing a moment that neither understood. Clint was almost afraid to touch his son as if his touch was the thing causing his family to disappear.
When Clint was sure that Cooper was still there, that his son would not disappear, he shot forward and grabbed him tightly, pulling him into a hug that he never wanted to end.
Father and son cried as they held each other, sitting on the floor of the farmhouse.