"Hey!" Tony yelled running into the stairwell when he saw Clint through the tiny window.

Tony was in only seconds later but the archer was already two landings down.

"Barton!" He called and Clint finally stopped and looked up with a smirk on his face. "Too fast for you Stark?" He called up.

"Yeah, yeah," Tony gasped under his breath as he jogged to catch up to him. He followed Clint out and Clint led him to the shooting range.

"I heard Fury was here." Tony brought up. "Mm-hmm." Clint hummed while picking up a bigger gun that Tony didn't know the name for.

"What for?" Tony asked when it was clear Clint wasn't going to continue.

"To assign me a mission." He answered and loaded the gun with ease.

"You're leaving? What about your itsy bitsy spider?" Tony asked with a playful smile. Clint sent him a hard look.

"She'll get a mission in a few days after I leave."

"Well where are you going?" Tony really didn't expect an answer, he just liked messing with the normally calm and quiet Clint.

"Germany." Tony dropped his smile and starred when the archer actually answered him.

"You just told me!" He said in a shocked voice. "I did, now will you leave me alone?" Clint faced the billionaire.

"What do you have to do there?" Tony asked wondering if he would say more. Tony knew better than to tell anyone the information Clint said but it was fun seeing if he would actually say more.

Clint stepped closer to Tony, actually making Tony a little nervous as he tried to not take a step back.

"I'm going there to shoot down a man who ran to Germany in hopes to avoid something like this happening to him." Clint gestured to himself before turning slightly. "Too bad he wasn't too good at hiding." Clint added and walked away to grab the gun he loaded.

Tony stood frozen for a moment before quickly leaving after Clint started to shoot the gun, hitting a bullseye every time.


Pepper was passing the training room when she decided to pop her head in. She saw only Natasha was inside, hitting one of the multiple punching bags around the room.

"Natasha?" Pepper said, walking closer. Besides Clint, she was the only one that called Natasha by her first name but Natasha didn't seem to mind.

Natasha stopped and smiled at Pepper before drinking from a water bottle.

"Can I talk to you about something?" Pepper asked. Natasha got a little nervous but trusted Pepper enough to nod.

"I saw you with Clint on the roof last night," Pepper said in a soft voice. Natasha's eyes widened but she didn't know what to say. "You know, I won't say anything but if you need someone to talk to…?" Pepper smiled hoping Natasha would open up to her.

"Thanks Pepper," Natasha said in a tone Pepper hasn't heard her use before. "I was actually thinking about something that I think I need help on." Natasha said quietly and sat down on a bench against the wall. Pepper sat next to her, amazed that she got Natasha to want to talk to her.

"We're going on separate missions, Clint's leaving tomorrow morning. It would be the first time we were separated and on a solo mission since Loki and its bothering me. It never did before because Fury rarely sent us on the same missions unless it was really important but now I keep thinking that something might go wrong." Natasha sighed and wouldn't look at Pepper.

Pepper took a moment to reply, choosing her words carefully to not ruin the moment.

"Well, first things first, you love him, don't you?" Pepper wondered quietly. Natasha didn't answer and she didn't have to.

"It's natural to worry about someone you care about, especially considering your guys' jobs. I can't say I know what changed between you two but since this is only the first time your seriously worrying about being separated, you just have to try and get used to it. You need to trust each other knowing that they will always come back to you." Pepper said and got Natasha to look up.

"Thank you, Pepper." Natasha smiled a real smile.


Tony walked into the living room, drink in hand and humming a tune.

He stopped when he saw Pepper and Natasha sitting close together on the bigger couch where him and Pepper usually sat. They were talking quietly with drinks in their hands, a bowel of popcorn between them and the TV on.

"Am I interrupting something?" He asked while sitting in the loveseat.

"Yes, mind leaving?" Natasha snapped. Tony seemed to be debating it.

"No, it's my house." Tony smiled and watched them. He never really thought of them being close and he never saw Natasha do something so…girl like.

That's when Clint walked in. His always watchful eyes scanned the room quickly before settling on Natasha. Pepper and her smiled at him and Pepper patted the last seat next to her on the couch.

He strolled over and sat down, not even acknowledging Tony. Tony was amazed as he noticed when Clint and Natasha started one of their silent conversations.

Was that a spy thing or a love thing? He wondered if he and Pepper could do that.

Tony coughed to get Pepper to look. He starred in her eyes and thought over and over 'pass the popcorn' while trying to match a facial expression.

She furrowed her eyebrows. "Why are you staring at me?"