Something I've been wanting to write for a while because I think Tony would look good with accessories.


Clint likes to watch things. He sits up high and observes everything. In SHEILD he'd find a high perch to overlook the baby agents or scientist until he was given a mission. Out in the field he'd normally take up a sniper post, high on the rooftops were he watched his target. When he was younger and in the circus, he learned to climb up high, sitting on the trapeze platforms between shows. Now, he took to the vents of Avengers Compound, watching the team when he wasn't physically joining them.

He'd watch Steve and Nat spare in the gym, keeping to the vents so he didn't become one of their sparing victims. Sometimes he'd hang out above Banner's lab, watching the man work through experiments and scribble notes everywhere. Watching Thor was interesting and also a hard feat since the god was always on the go. But his favorite person to watch was Tony.

When he wasn't in the vents and interacting with his teammates, he learned that he and Tony got along really well. Both sarcastic assholes who are actually children at heart and got along swimmingly. But on the ground he missed things. Being in the action you get caught up, occupied with what's in front of you or easily distracted by it. On the ground, he saw Tony and liked the jewelry he wore. From the vents, he learned about them.

Tony Stark liked his accessories. He wore rings. Clint had noticed when they took to playing video games together but it wasn't until he was in the vents that he noticed a pattern. On his left thumb he always wore a silver rotating ring. That one was there every day like it was attached to his hand. His other rings varied between designs and fingers. But the common theme was silver.

On his wrist he had a few bracelets. Usually handmade beaded ones or colorful string bracelets knotted into different designs that he wore all the time. The stories behind these came as a surprise to Clint. He and Tony had been hanging out, messing around in the gym together when the bracelets on his right arm caught on something and broke. One had been made with beads that fell and bounced on the floor, scattering around him while the other had the stitches torn in the middle. "Oh no! J, clear my schedule and call the kids I'm heading over tomorrow." He bent down, picking up the beads as JARVIS confirmed his schedule change.

"Kids? You hiding something from me Totoro?"

"Oh, I guess I never told you but I'm a frequent visitor of the local children's hospital, it's where I get most of my bracelets. This sweet little girl named Sophia started it a while ago and some of the other kids have taken to making me some. But I wear them to death, literally," he gestured at the broken bracelets he was cleaning up, "so whenever they break I call the kids and spend the day making bracelets with them."

"That is so adorable…"

Clint was in awe, how could one man be so effortlessly attractive? Tony blushed, "Oh can it Barton."

Tony also had piercings, Clint just hadn't realized how many. Originally Clint thought Tony only had two cartilage piercings in his right ear, twin hoops side by side and his lobes pierced. Until one day he was watching Tony work and saw him put three more studs above the existing one in his left ear, curling around the bottom of his ear. Then next time he questioned how many piercing the genius had, he'd been in wandering around the vents when he saw Tony sitting bent over the kitchen island scrolling on his tablet. He stopped just in time because Tony stepped away to refill his coffee cop and Clint saw the screen. It was a website that had designs for different tongue rings.

Interest piqued he dropped from the vents, Tony watched him from the coffee machine, "Really Clinton, spying on teammates?"

"Passing through," he came over and entered the kitchen, grabbing anything to make it seem like this was his initial purpose, "so be honest, how painful was it to get your tongue pierced?"

Tony hid a smile behind his coffee cup as he passed by and retrieved his tablet, "My nipples piercings hurt more than that." Shocked, he turned around but Tony was already in the elevator…at least he didn't see the blush crossing the archer's cheeks.

Another thing Clint noticed, Tony always had at least one necklace on at all times. He'd seen a little bit of everything on Tony's neck. Dark beads with accent colors, woven leather chokers, chains with pendants, really anything looked good on him at this point.

After that little incident in the kitchen Clint found himself looking. He'd come full circle with his crush, a dash of denial, a minor freak out, and everything else before he put forth a plan. He was going to buy Tony something pretty for his birthday and then ask him out. But finding a gift was harder than he thought. There were so many options and what if Tony didn't actually like it?

Looking online got to be overwhelming so he took to the stores. Trying out his luck at the mall. It was awful, he spent hours wondering the mall but nothing looked right, or it was all made towards women. Although he's sure Tony wouldn't mind if it was for a woman but he preferred something that better suited the genius.

It was much later when he was walking home feeling defeated when he spotted his first gift in a shop window. Right there, on display was a pair of silver studded earrings that looked like arrows. They would look awesome on him and hopefully Tony wouldn't mind the double meaning. Even though he loved this gift, it didn't feel like enough. So he went back to hunting.

xXx

He didn't know why he didn't think of this sooner. "JARVIS?"

"Yes Mr. Barton?"

"Can you help me think of another present for Tony? I got him some earrings and the necklace but I still can't help but feel like I need something else." About a week after he found the necklace he came across a website to get specialized necklaces made. They came in gold and silver and they did names in cursive. So Clint ordered a silver (he really wanted to get gold but it seems like Tony always wears silvers so…) necklace that states Iron Man in beautifully cut out sterling.

"Perhaps something made by yourself, like the children do."

"That's perfect JARVIS except I don't know how to make any of those things and Tony's birthday is in two days."

"Then I believe a visit to the hospital is in order, they do love visitors."

xXx

May 29th, 8:14 AM

Tony was sitting on the counter next to the coffee pot, eyes barely open and sipping from his mug when Clint dropped from the ceiling in front of him. Tony blinked at him and Clint smiled at him.

The genius was wearing grey basketball shorts a tee shirt with the sides cut out. His one leg was crossed in front of him, tucked behind the foot that was planted on the counter with his knee up and posing as a temporary arm rest. Clint had on a plain purple tee and jeans with a bag in his hand.

"Happy Birthday Tony." He pushed the present into the sleepy man's unoccupied hand and then backed up until he could sit on the adjacent counter. Tony blinked and then looked down and the red tissue paper sticking out of the white confetti bag.

"Thanks Clint, what'd you get me?" He pushed the paper around, spotting three smaller wrapped items.

"Open it and find out." Moving the paper aside he started digging, starting with the little box. Like a child he brought the box to his ear, shaking it to hear what could be inside. "Really Tony?"

"Hush, I'm thinking."

"Just open it."

"Pushy, pushy." But he did as told, opening the box and smiling at the necklace. Iron Man in cursive with hooks on the 'I' and 'N' to connect to the chain. "Is that sterling silver?" He looked up and Clint nodded his head. "Awesome, I don't know if JARVIS told you but I'm allergic to everything that isn't sterling silver or real gold." He pulled the necklace from its box and went about putting it on. It went well with the beaded black necklace that was just shy of being a choker he had on. "Thank you…"

"You're not done yet genius, keep going."

Tony huffed but kept going, unwrapping the arrow earrings next. That earned him a cocky smirk but no comment. Finally Tony pulled out and revealed his last present, a handmade hemp bracelet that says, "C and T? What's that stand for?"

Clint took a deep breath, here goes nothing, "It's for Clint and Tony, as in will you go on a date with me Tony?" The brunette was definitely shocked by the look of his face but recovered quickly. He jumped down, and crossed the kitchen. Clint aware of every heart beat between asking Tony out to said man brushing a kiss against his lips.

"I'd love too."

xXx

Tony took to wearing Clint's presents every day and even though the bracelet was too big for his wrist, it made a beautiful anklet.


Today is actually Tony's birthday so Happy Birthday to our precious smol!

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