There was a mission that morning, and Darcy found it too funny when Clint ran out with a tooth-brush in his mouth. He had winked at her before he left. Why must Clint fuck with her emotions?! Luckily, only Pepper had seen. "They do that. Don't think to much of it." That was Pepper's advice?! Isn't she like the God of advice?
Darcy did think Clint was cute. She just didn't know him yet. So she couldn't even think about dating him until someone made a move. Darcy really didn't want to be that person. Darcy sighed as she got the TV to let the girls hear and see what Tony could through his helmet. She had a feeling that this mission would end badly.
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"Cap, Hawk. The building your standing in/on is about to blow. Get moving, you have like 6 seconds." Tony said through the comm. link. Bruce, who as of so far, had not 'Hulked out' heard this and started talking.
"Stark, they don't have enough time. You need -" The building fell and you could hear it through Rogers and Barton's comms. "- to get them."
Thor, Natasha and Tony quickly ended the battle and met up with Bruce to start the search. After what felt like an hour but was only 32 minutes, there was a broken sob from the rubble. That only made the rest of the avengers work faster because it sounded like a little kid not the Cap or resident hawk. Thor and Natasha found Clint at about the same time they found Steve. Both Steve and Clint had managed to save and protect at least 2 kids. Steve had like 5 kids but he had given them the shield and his leg was bent at an gross angle while Clint laid on top of 2 kids, had them cover their heads and necks and had done the same.
Parents were found, Steve and Clint (who had a long cut down his face and popped-out-of-socket shoulder) were thanked and there wasn't one thought about anyone at the tower. A little boy whose name was Gavin thanked Clint for saving him and you could almost see Clint melt like a ice cream sandwich. He ended up taking a picture with Gavin, signed something for him (this was only significant because Clint never signed anything, never took pictures with anyone and rarely talked during press conferences) and talked to the kid for 20 minutes while things were cleaned up. Only when this was all done and over with and he was in a quinjet that was going for the helicarrier (where med evac was a waiting) did Clint even think about Darcy and the girls.
Clint can only imagine how worried they are, knowing that they can hear the conversations that are said over the comms. during a battle and seeing everything that Tony can through his helmet. Clint knew that he had groaned when the building went down and he had over heard Steve's leg snap like a twig. Clint grimaced as he thought about it. His thoughts only ceased when he got hopped up on meds and drugs to help with his shoulder and a broken ankle that Clint didn't a) remember getting and b) didn't hurt until he was notified of its presence. Then it hurt like a bitch but he passed out soon after.
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Darcy could not have been more terrified than when she saw the building go down, hear Clint's groan and Steve's leg snap and how long it took for Black Widow, Thor, Iron Man and Dr. Banner to find them. Jane, Betty and Pepper (who all sat to the left of her in varying positions; Jane was leaned back but biting her nails, Betty was sitting prim and proper on the middle of the couch cushion and Pepper, who was sitting ram rod straight on the edge of the seat farthest from her) were all shocked, to put it lightly. She herself was literally up within seconds of the team finding the 2 fallen heroes, pacing a rut in Tony's extremely posh marble flooring.
It was 18 minutes later when they got a call, from Natasha, saying that Steve broke his leg (and was pissed about it) and several ribs and that Clint had a bad gash on his face, a broken ankle and a newly not-out-of-socket shoulder. That made the girls be slightly less worried, keyword being slightly. They were invited to helicarrier (Pepper, Jane, Darcy and Betty would have gone to the helicarrier anyway. They didn't need an invitation) and were told that they would all be in the usual room.
The girls were gone withing 5 minutes, taking one of Stark's many sports cars.
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Natasha was sitting cross-legged in the small chair next to Steve's 'hospital' bed. The avengers had one medical room upon the 'carrier, with chairs that were small but comfortable. There were 6 beds, all tailored to fit each avenger's needs. There were curtains separating each bed and they were really pissing Natasha off because she couldn't see Clint and if there were 3 things on her mind, they were Steve, Clint and the 'honorary avengers'. Darcy, Pepper, Betty and Jane had all been named as such for being support to any of the avengers or the like.
Nat knew that something big was going to happen and that's why she had asked Tony, Bruce and Thor to stay out in the hallway and wait for the calvary. Other than the doctors and her male teammates in the room, it was just her and a nurse who was prone to hitting on every avenger excluding her. Nat didn't mind the fact that she wasn't getting hit on but she was pissed that this nurse, Nurse Sylvia Jones, would hit on the avengers when she clearly knew (and had witnessed with her own eyes) that Tony was with Pepper, Bruce was with Betty, Thor was with Jane and, well, Sylvia was lucky she hadn't hit on Steve in front of Nat.
A glare sent Sylvia's way made her stop moving for a moment before the nurse entered Clint's part of the room. (It was purple in there. Just like how it was black in Nat's, blue in Steve's, red in Tony's, green in Bruce's and gray in Thor's parts.) Natasha stood up and silently followed the nurse, being sure that Sylvia couldn't hear her. It was just Natasha's luck that 2 minutes after Nurse Jones' lips touched Clint's did the door slam open, right in front of Clint portion of the room. Nat would never admit to the wicked smile that graced her lips as she waltzed out of the room.
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Clint woke up to lips on his. His first thought being; Darcy?! Then his second thought being; Sylvia! Clint tried his damnedest to not. Kiss. Back. (DO. NOT. KISS. BACK. DO. NOT. ENGAGE.) The avengers hated Sylvia. And, no. It's not because Sylvia had a spray tan, bleach blonde hair and a nasally voice. It was because she often took advantage of patients. It was that thought when Clint realized that Sylvia was on top of him, pinning him down by his bad shoulder. Her hands at the waist of his loose fitting sweat pants, tongue trying to get down his throat, Clint flipped over suddenly, wincing as his shoulder was caught in a weird position that hurt. The door opened and Clint faintly figure outed that Sylvia Jones' lips were still on his and Darcy Lewis was in the doorway. Oh, shit.
He pushed on Sylvia in a way that said 'back the fuck off' and looked at Darcy. Wide eyes? Check. Mouth hanging open? Check. Sadness/madness written all over her face like it was a book? Double check! Clint's head slammed back and he groaned. That only seemed to make Sylvia get more handsy because her hands were down his pants, suddenly. Clint was off the bed, backing into the wall as quick as lightning. "Hey?! What the hell, Jones!"
Tony came in and saw how far down Clint's sweats were, how pissed and depressed at the same time Darcy looked and how thirsty Sylvia looked and promptly started howling with laughter.
Everyone else came in (they were all very luck that somehow Steve, who was immune to any and most drugs, was passed out because he would have been having a hissy fit if he was awake), saw what Tony had seen and called Fury. Sylvia was arrested for sexual assault, Darcy ran out and Clint chased after her.
Clint had felt oddly overprotective of Darcy since before he met her. She was crying and, for some reason, it hurt to see her cry like that. He grabbed her wrist and spun her into a supply closet. (Isn't it convenient that there was a supply closet, of all things, in the hallway?) Clint's left hand was pulling Darcy's chin up and his right hand was holding her to him by the waist. "I'm sorry. Sylvia is known for doing that,but this time she was caught before it could happen and she's gonna go somewhere and be alone for a long time, more than likely. I didn't kiss her back. I'm sorry, I'm so sorry." Clint thought that maybe, things were going to fast but, who cares? Not him and seeing as how Darcy leaned up to kiss him, she didn't either. This first kiss was slow, sweet and extremely long. The second kiss, however? It was dirty, with tongues, teeth and lips and was just a little bit shorter than the first kiss. Clint, who was still hopped up on drugs (he had been on an adrenaline rush, because of how he woke up) was very suddenly light headed and only had time to peck Darcy on the lips before he passed out.
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