"Really Barton I'm just trying to help." Natasha said as she swung down from the window sill she was sitting in.
"By taking my communications device? How is that helpful?" He answered, breathing heavily.
"Here. I fixed it for you."
Clint snatched it from her hands and began fiddling with the dials to try and connect with Agent Fury.
"No thanks needed." She halfway grumbled.
"I'm not going to thank a thief. No matter how pretty they are." Clint said, turning away from her.
"Flattery will only get you so far Barton."
"You'd know now wouldn't you?" He answered, turning around when he didn't get a snarky reply.
"Yeah, I would." Natasha said, looking across the sky.
"Listen, Nat. I don't mean to be rude but you're not exactly an easy person."
"Easy? Yeah, well easy isn't exactly my style." She said, turning around to face him again.
"A hard life does that to people, but then again everyone has a hard life."
She scoffed, "Not everyone. What about you? Daddy beat you cause you played with Barbies rather than trucks?"
"Yeah, something like that." He said, putting a hand over his ear.
"Something wrong Clint?" She asked, trying to say it casually.
"My hearing aid is acting up. Must be a strange frequency around here." He said, pulling it out.
"Doesn't that hurt?"
"What? Oh, sorry. It's not attached to anything really." He said placing it back in his ear.
"Why would you even need a hearing aid? I thought you were an archer, don't they count on their hearing as much as their sight?" Natasha asked, thoughtfully.
"An accident left me partially deaf in one ear and completely in the other. It's a long story for another time." Clint said.
"Oh, so we're going to see each other again then? I thought your mission was over."
"It's not over until I've completed it."
"Go home Clint. Go back to your wife and kids and house and have an 'Apple pie life'." Natasha said, sounding irritated.
"Home, wife, kids. Yeah, not really my style."
"Really, I always saw you as a family man."
"We've just met how have you 'always seen me as a family man'?"
"I'm not the only one with files Clint." Natasha said, turning her back to him again.
"You're pretty brave turning your back to me Nat."
"I don't trust you but everyone needs someone to watch their back." She said, smiling despite herself.