JD: A character is being added but story line is staying the same here. Hope you enjoy and sorry this is belated. I'm updating as much as I can at once! Enjoy my craziness!

Don't walk away

As we stepped out to the top floor, not watch tower, already mostly everyone was there. Bruce sat at the bar sipping a drink while Clint, Natasha, and Pepper on the couch talking, Steve out on the balcony looking up at the sky. I smiled to where he stood then went to Bruce jumping on to the seat next to him.

"Hey stranger!" I cheer happily. He gave me a slightly amuse look.

"You seem cheerful now." he stated sipping his drink. I simply stuck my tongue out at him. "You haven't been in the lab lately, have the 'critters' came back?"

"Yes and no." I answer taking a soda Tony handed me.

"Cridders?" Tony asked confuse. I tap my forehead, it took him a moment. "Oh those, the critters!" he slap his head like a kid when they try to remember something.

"Goof." I laugh at him.

"Hey, I could make them never leave you alone if you keep being mean." He half heartily threaten. I know he would never torment me like that.

"Asshole." I playfully growl. He grin then started to walk off. I glance down to my unopened coke-a-cola can. That ended up in a mental battle in my head. Risk being soaked or get a new can and get laugh at cause it wasn't shaken. I decide to risk it exploding on me. I pop it open ready to throw it in Tony's direction, it didn't explode so good sign safe to drink.

"If they were bothering you why not come and see me?" Bruce wonder. I looked to him and saw he was really worried.

I feel guilty now! "I didn't want to bother you so JARVIS been playing my playlist again." I answer slightly nervous and ashamed.

"Tonight if they come back, come to the lab so you at least won't be alone." He said softly but sternly. I smiled hugging him then up came Smiley with six huge pizza boxes. I know his real nickname is Happy but hey, I've been around Tony for way to long.

"Someone order pizza?" he asked playfully. He place them out on the bar. I jumped up getting paper plates for everyone. Not long after that there was no pizza left. We were laughing having a grand time watching TV and hanging out.

'This is my family, my home.' I thought to myself as I finish my drink and curl up to Clint dozing off. He looked down at me with a slight smirk I know all to well.

"Don't you dare." I half growled half yawn. Oh no, no, no couldn't have that. He attacked. One moment I was using him as my personal pillow half asleep on the couch, next over his shoulder, him tickling my weak spot as he walked to the elevator. I was squealing, wiggling, kicking, wanting to be anywhere besides there. "Clint, no fair!" I squeal as by now he toss me like a potato sack on to my bed then pounce on me like a cat, pinning one hand still tickling me and other holding my hands above my head.

"Say it." he laugh while I try to wiggle my way free.

"Neve-AH!" I squeal again trying to say 'never.'

"Say it." By now he has the most sadistic grin ever.

"No-oo!" I could barely breathe now and tears rolling down my face. My lungs begging for air I had to give in. "Mercy oh, ha ha ha, great, ha ha ha, archer!" I was laughing so bad I knew it was hard to understand me. He stop still sitting on me with me still pin.

"What was that?" He stop tickling me to let me catch my breath.

"Mercy oh great archer!" I begged. He smiled getting off of me. As I sat up, he kiss my forehead. "Clint, will you tell me about Master Trick Shot and Barney?" I asked sweetly. That's our thing. He has always enjoy talking about the man who train him and his brother, up till he was lost cause to them but I can tell he still cares about them.

"Which one? Barney at the orphanage or training with Trick Shot?" he ask. I thought about it wrapping my arms around my pillow.

"Trick Shot." I answer. He told me about the time they decided to rob some criminal's mansion and how one of the guards he shot turn out to be his lost older brother, Barney, and told me about how he watched his recovery. By the end of the story I was mostly asleep.

"Night, my Robin Hood." I said sleepily. I know stories being told to you should stop when you are little but I always love learning about people's pasts and about the person, most of all the ones I love.

As darkness took me I started to see the critters of my nightmares. They hiss, growl, and snarl trying to get me. They are pure shadows with red eyes. I ran from them, tried to fight them but never can win against them. I woke up with a jolt.

"JARVIS, what time is it?" I asked still sleepy in my voice.

"Midnight." he answer. I got up then went to the lab. Like normal, Bruce half asleep drinking coffee sitting at his desk inputting formulas and stuff. On other side of him I saw a girl with black hair sprawl out around her with her head down on the table asleep.

"Bruce?" I yawn and he looked up to me. He shot up and pull a stool over to his desk for me to sit on. As I did he took off his glasses and stretch. After he rub his eyes he reach into the desk and out came a candy bar. Pure dark chocolate, our -more like my- favorite. He broke it in half handing me one and he kept the other. We eat it then talked some afterwards.

"They came back?" He asked worriedly glancing to his assistant who is pass out.

I nod my head some glancing to her then back to Bruce. "Yep. Like always blobs of look like shadows with blood red eyes."

He ask raising his eye brow. "Did they hurt you this time?"

I close my eyes and shook my head before saying softly. "No."

"No mommy...-" We stopped talking and look the girl with her head down asleep on the table. "Not the pickles...-" She grumbles out moving her head over some. "It burns...-" Then she start to snore.

We both look to the girl that is Bruce's assistant that has been working since the day before and I snicker and he shook his head. "Will you be okay?" He asked me serious again.

"I think." I sigh. "I wish I knew why they haunt me and how they can physically hurt me." I admit softly hitting my head against the table.

He seems to be in thought for a moment. "I'm not positive."

Giving him the look I give Tony when he's being cryptic I asked. "Any ideas?"

"Loads." He admitted with a raise eyebrow at me.

"Wanna share, Doc?" He gave me a glare, then got up and start to walk away. I scream whisper at him, really sang the first thing to pop in my head.
"Don't walk away
And leave me without reason
When there's to much to say
That hasn't been said!"

He stop shooting me a playful grin. "Time to sleep, Trouble." He inform me. I just stuck my tongue out at him then got up to leave. Before went back to my room collapsing on to my bed he went over to me and pull me in to a one arm hug. "Think of bunnies." He told me which got a hit from me. He just smirk at me.

I walk in to my room a few minutes later and fell on to my bed stretch out. "If Tony let me I would so marry you." I yawn thinking I was crazy for talking to my bed.

JD: Gotta love Bruce's assistant! She's adorable!

Clint is NOT OOC, he really is like that in the other stuff when it comes to kids and he sees Amelia like his daughter so she will always be a kid in his eyes!