Hey, so csuiwannabe99 inspired this second chapter. It's not completely connected to the first one, as in this Clint doesn't get out in time. Anyway, to:

everyone who reviewed, followed, and/or favorited- Thanks so much! It means a lot that a little one-shot (or what started as one) got so much attention. Hope you enjoy the new chappie!

csuiwannabe99- Hope you enjoy this, even though it's probably not what you had in mind.

WARNING- boyxboy (TonyxClint)

IF YOU HAVEN'T READ THE AN PLEASE DO SO NOW!

I do not own The Avengers.

As I Set the World On Fire

Chapter Two

He would be okay. He would make it. He would live.

That was the mantra repeating itself, over and over, inside Tony's head. His boyfriend would be alright. But, as the seconds ticked by and minutes passed, Tony was beginning to doubt his words. That was when the door to the AIM building flew open and Tony managed to glimpse blond hair and a black and purple suit before the building exploded. The billionaire gaped, stunned, before coming back to life mere seconds after to scream his boyfriend's name.

"CLINT! NO!" Ripped out of his throat, the words hung heavily in the air behind him as he ran down the block, clumsily tripping over debris laying in the street before reaching a large pile of blockage that prevented him from reaching the archer.

Steve, Natasha, Thor, and Bruce ran after him, getting to the blockage right as Tony began throwing debris behind him, attempting to find Clint.

"Tony, wait!" Steve said urgently, gripping Tony's arm in an attempt to stop him. "If you move one wrong piece, the entire building could collapse on top of him!"

"Steve, I don't know if you've noticed yet, but that's already happened!" Tony practically screamed.

"I know." The words came out somberly, causing Tony to actually look at the other man. "But we don't want to make things worse. It'd be better to wait for backup. SHIELD should already be on its way, and I bet other people are coming, too. We could even get Hulk in if we need to. But doing it all by yourself is not going to help.

Tony took a deep breath. "Okay." He whispered. "Alright. But I'm not going-"

He stopped mid sentence, sending a wounded look to Natasha before crumpling into Thor's arms as Natasha tucked the needle she'd used to knock Tony out back into one of her endless pockets.

Clint let out a groan as light flicker outside his closed eyelids, attempting to breach the walls Clint had set up. Almost immediately he sensed someone moving to his bedside before Steve's voice filled the silence.

"Hey, Clint, think you can open your eyes for me? I have someone here who's very eager to see that gray-blue." With the words came a comforting squeeze on his left hand, and Clint took a minute to thank whoever had saved his shooting arm before blinking his eyes open.

They immediately found Steve, who was hovering above him with an anxious expression on his face. As soon as Clint's eyes opened, however, he beamed.

"'ere's Tony?" Clint muttered groggily, his eyes scanning the room.

Steve nodded next to Clint, an amused smile on his face. "Natasha did her job well."

Clint managed to turn his head to see his boyfriend on the chair next to his head, Tony's own head tipped back as he slept. With a sigh, he shut his eyes.

"What, Clint, what are you doing?"

"He's sleeping, so he can't see my eyes. Wake me up when he's not asleep."

Steve gaped at the other blonde before moving to Tony, sensing that Clint was actually pretty serious.

"Tony, wake up." Steve said, shaking the billionaire. "Clint just woke up and he's going back to sleep unless you wake up." He paused, blinking at the two sleeping boyfriends, who hadn't even stirred, before sighing. "Fine, sleep."

He settled back into his chair next to Clint's bed, hesitating just a second before laying his head next to Clint's bandaged right arm, cushioning it on his own arms. It was in that position that he fell asleep, happy in the knowledge that his teammates were safe.

And this is officially the end. I hope you all enjoyed reading this (both versions- where he got out safely and when he didn't).

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