Katherine curled against Steve, her body shaking a bit, she remembered him from the other day, pointing an arrow at her face, glaring at her like she was a bad person. She was afraid he was going to hurt her again and she felt the tears wanting to break free. Steve realized she was panicking and tried to calm her down.

"Katherine, Katherine, it's okay, Clint won't hurt you. He won't touch you. He won't even sit on the bed" Steve said, giving Clint the hint he should move off the bed

"Is she alright?" Clint asked, moving off the bed.

"You pointed your weapon at her" Steve said, "how do you think she would take it?"

Clint paled when he realized he really had done that. He didn't mean it, it was just his reaction to coming out of the vents. He felt his chest tighten when he looked at the poor girl, she was curled against Steve, trying to hide herself. Steve was trying to calm her down, but she was crying now and now the dog was snuggled up next to her face, trying to figure out what was going one.

"I didn't mean to scare her" Clint said

"Well, you did" Steve said, "you might have even scared her more than Bruce because at least with Bruce, I got her to calm down"

"I'm sorry" Clint said, "I didn't mean to scare her, it's just a reaction"

"You shouldn't be saying it to me" Steve said, he moved a bit when he heard Katherine mumbling into his back. He turned and learned over towards her, "Katherine, are you okay?"

"My back really hurts" Katherine said, "it keeps trying to pull itself apart"

"Clint, go get Tony and Bruce, she needs help" Steve said, gently moving Katherine onto her stomach and placing his hands on her back. He could feel muscles spasming wildly.

"Steve, let me help, I've helped Natasha when her back hurts, I can help Katherine" Clint said

"I don't know" Steve said, he went to say more, but Katherine screamed in pain, her breathing getting ragged, he could hear JARVIS alerting Tony and Bruce to their problem.

"Please Steve, I can help her" Clint said

"Katherine, Clint is going to help you. He knows how to make your back not hurt anymore" Steve said, Katherine cried a little harder, "I will be right here, I won't leave your side. I promise to stay right here"

"Make. It. Stop. I. Can't. Breathe." Katherine said, her voice shaking. Steve could see her face getting a bit blue from not being able to breathe properly. Clint moved to her back, moving her shirt to see her skin. As he pulled the shirt up, she flinched at his movements and cried out in pain and shock.

"Clint, this isn't a good idea" Steve said,

Clint leaned over towards Katherine, "Katherine, please, calm down, I'm not going to hurt you. I know you're in pain and I can help make the pain go away" he went to go say more, but was silenced by her screams.

"What's going on?" Tony asked as he ran into the room

"Muscle spasms in her back" Steve said, "Clint was going to try and help, but she's already afraid of him from the other day and it's not helping"

"Bruce is coming with some stuff" Tony said, "Clint, I think you need to just leave. No offense, but she needs to calm down and having you here isn't helping"

"I can help her though" Clint said, with that he quickly pushed down on her back where the muscle was twitching and then quickly moved his hands back and fourth. They all heard the gasp as Katherine took a breath for the first time in a few minutes. She was still crying though and starting to shake.

"What did you do?" Steve asked, anger building in him

"I reset the muscle. It's something I learned awhile ago" Clint said, "I use it with Natasha all the time"

"She isn't Natasha. You could have seriously hurt her and now she's having another panic attack" Tony said, "she was already nervous when you came in, she didn't want to be near you and then you touch her"

"I helped her though" Clint said

"Clint, she's fragile, she's still recovering from her injuries from running and from living with her family. She isn't used to being touched and is used to touch being bad. It's a form of punishment for her" Steve said, holding her hand, "she needs to move at her own pace for a bit. She's been afraid since she got here and I'm pretty sure she was relaxing a bit"

"I'm not a doll!" Katherine screamed at the men, "I'm messed up, I know it. I don't like touch but I crave it. I don't know what Clint did, but it helped. My back still hurts, but I can breathe"

"I'm sorry Katherine" Steve said, "I didn't mean to imply anything"

"Please, everyone just go away. I just want to sleep and not deal with people. Every chance I wake up, someone else is here to see me, see how much of a freak I am. I get it. I really do. I just don't want to be stared at and treated differently. I just...I just...I don't know" Katherine said, pulling the blankets over her body and hiding away from everyone. They soon heard a few muffled sobs from under the blankets.
Tony and Bruce walked out of the room, Bruce left a few muscle relaxant pills in case her back started to act up again. Clint stood there for a few more minutes, trying to apologize for not only aiming his weapon at her, but for touching her without really asking. When he couldn't get a response, he walked out the door, ashamed of acting the way he did.