Hello guys,
Here is the promised second part of "Roulette Legendary". It is a bit shorter but I really wanted to finish the story.
Thank you so much Dreamer for your comment!
Disclaimer: I still don't own Marvel and neither "Legendary" by Welsh Armies
Legendary too or Behind the scenes or Shipping a ship on a ship (Part 2)
Song: Legendary by Welsh Armies
Characters: Clintasha
Genre: Romance
AU where Clint, a reporter, was captivated by a dancer's performance and now wants to interview her and her crew
As soon as the redhead had called out, her team assembled around them. "It would be amazing Mr. Barton", she answered, her smile letting her eyes sparkle even more. Clint caught himself thinking how much he liked his name out of her mouth. "Okay then", he answered, trying not to sound too much like a crazy fangirl, "why don't we talk inside in the lounge?" As nobody seemed to have any objections, they relocated to some comfy chairs at the back of the ship. Not wanting any awkward silence to come up, the reporter started right away. "So maybe we begin with some basics. What is your crew called? Where are you from? And how do you work?"
The group all looked at each other until finally metal-arm-guy spoke up:" I think Nat should tell the story. And we just add what we think is important." As the others nodded, the redhead, Nat he supposed, bend forward resting her hands on the table. "Okay so we are the "Broken Heroes", a New York based dancing crew. I am Natasha Romanoff, those kids are Wanda and Pietro, then we have Peter with his partner Gamora, Daisy and Lincoln and my partner Bucky. And then, extremely important, Steve our photographer and manager. Him and me founded the crew a few years back. We are not doing this as our main jobs, Pietro and Wanda are at college, StaticQuake, that's Lincoln and Daisy, are at uni and the rest of us is working at least five days a week. We are training four times for two hours at Daisy's place." "Why there?", Clint asked, sensing a story behind it. "Well it's my parent's place. My adoptive parents to be precise, the others suck kind off. Well anyway, we have a big studio at the edge of our poperty. It's our HQ, like a little playground."
It made Clint smile the way her eyes lit up when she talked about her family." Your parents sound amazing Daisy", he said carefully. Everybody nodded. "Her mom was a figure skater, she knows what it is like to live for the sport", Natasha explained, "when Steve and I first started off we were actually training under a bridge." "So how did that happen?", Clint tried, wanting to know what had really motivated them in the first place. "I hope you have a bit of time left Barton", metal-arm-guy - no, Bucky - said laughing,"it is a longer story." "No worries, we have the whole night", the other man joked. It wasn't just about the article any more, those people fascinated him.
"I learned ballet in Russia, then came to America, American dream and all that crap. I flated in Brooklyn with a girl called Peggy. She was a ballerina at the ballet in NYC but originally from Britain. Amazing dancer, probably the best I have ever met. I didn't get into the ballet there because they were fully set up. Also this recruitment dude seems to have some problem with me because he vetoes against me at every audition ever since. Anyway, Steve was Peggy's boyfriend at that time, that's how we met. Then Peggy... She died in a car crash." There was silence for a moment until Steve continued. "It fucked me up I started drinking so much I didn't even got drunk anymore. Nat wasn't any better and after a time we hooked up to shut out the pain. That was 2010. She stopped dancing as well and then -" "I came along ", Bucky took over. " I was wrecked as they were so definitely not what they needed but I moved in anyway. Just came back from Afghanistan with heavy PTSD. Before joining the army I had danced and Nat and I bonded over that, starting again. It was like therapy. Our flat was so small that we trained under a bridge just as Nat had said. Together we managed to get our act together."
"Then Steve dumped me half a year later and quite soon he and Bucky started off", the redhead continued, smiling fondly at the couple. "But that is okay. They are so cute together and we are better off in the friendzone anyway. So one day this couple walks past. Bucky was lifting me up, we were just starting to perform at small events. She stops and looks at us and just says 'boy if you hold her like that you will drop her one day and she will break a leg if not more'. Then she comes over and shows us how she would do it. Her husband starts talking to Steve and they invite us for dinner. Turned out Phil knows my employee. That was kind of awkward at first. They walked past a few more times with her giving us pep talks. Then they asked us whether we wanted to train at their place. Mel didn't use her studio full time so she was happy for us to use it. One day this girl started hanging out near our place. She was a bit weird..." "Hey, I wasn't weird! I just had run away from home because my parents both turned out to be psychos! And I had had a really really messed up relationship!", Daisy argued, "you guys were fascinating. You sometimes randomly started dancing in the street when somebody got an idea or posed for a photo. I am so happy you let me join. Firstly because it helped me too. Secondly because I met Phil and Melinda. When they found out I didn't stay with the three permanently because their flat was too small they offered me a room. Became my parents more than the others ever were."
"We got promotions or better jobs and moved to a better flat but Daisy stayed with them", Nat explained, "Bucky still went to get professional support and there he met Peter and Gamora 2013. They have family issues like all of us. Peter joined us right away but convincing Gamy was a bit more difficult." The woman with the black hair shook her head. "You really think twice whether you want to be in one room with two jerks", she commented, pointing at her partner and Bucky, "but Nat convinced me. She can be so charming." Yes, Clint definitely believed that. That woman could be irresistible. "Unfortunately we still couldn't live from dancing even though the five of us were performing regularly", their boss continued her story, "Daisy went to college and one day dragged Lincoln along with the comment 'another lost soul for us.' Well, I could hardly say no. And he was the perfect partner for Daisy."
"I got my own place and then one day I got a call from Phil's sister Victoria. She had found Wanda and Pietro in the streets. They only spoke Russian so I needed to translate. After a while they joined the crew and turned out to be really really good." She smiled fondly at the teenagers. "Well yeah, that is how we all came together. All really messed up and lonely but united in the love for dance. And then there is Steve", she laughed. "Now we want to make videos and Daisy will upload them on YouTube. She is also responsible for our Facebook page and Instergram and such." "No no no!", Lincoln interfered, "Nat, you are the Instergram Queen, don't deny it. Mr. Barton, you have to check out her profile. It's RedDancingDevil I think."
For some reason Clint didn't understand why Natasha glared at the younger man, still he was determined to check it out later. Maybe get a knew Background picture for his phone.. "So for you dancing is like a therapy to get over personal problems and through hard times and you all found a family in this group ", the reporter summaized. Everybody nodded.
"Yeah we are a pile of issues", Peter interfered. He pointed at himself. "Daddyissues. Gamora stepdaddyissues. The twins have massive daddyissues too. Don't even get started on Daisy's original family or her ex-douchebag-boyfriends. Everyone in Lincoln's family hates him. Steve's family is also a mess. Bucky and Nat don't even have one to start with. What about you, writer?"
Family had always been a sore spot for Clint so he tried to play it down. "No parents and only trouble with my brother. And my ex-wife is now my best friend and married to my co-worker." Nat smiled sympathetically. "Ever thought of starting to dance?" "No I think I'll stick to archery, but thank you very much ", he answered laughing. Natasha eyed him curiously but didn't say more.
They talked a few more minutes and agreed Steve would supply some photos for the article, then they parted for the night. Just when he wanted to walk into his cabin he heard foot steps behind him. Nat was standing there, looking beautiful even in the horrible neon light. After getting closer, she handed him a piece of paper. "My number. Just in case something doesn't work out with the article. Or if you want to give dancing a go after all ", she said, blushing slightly. "And if I just want to call you?", he wondered loudly. "Well then you can do that too."
That was the second part of "Legendary". I have a few ideas of how to extend it, maybe I will some time.
