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And thanks to PercyJacksonTheAwesome for reminding me: T'Challa is a comic book Avenger also known as the Black Panther. I know he's not in the movie, but I like his character too much to not include him.

Enjoy Chapter 3!

Chapter 3: In Which Tony Gives Clint Some Advice

Clint mumbled something incoherent as Tony tried in vain to tug him away.

"What?" asked Tony.

"I'm going to kill you, Stark…very slowly," the archer repeated.

The genius rolled his eyes. "Okay, Legolas. You're going to kill me. Now can you explain to me what just happened here?"

Now it was Clint's turn to roll his eyes. "I hugged her. What's wrong with that?"

Tony grinned. "Two assassins, hugging in the middle of trying to kill each other. Oh, there's nothing wrong with that."

Clint practically growled at the man. "How much?"

Tony looked confused. "How much what?"

"How much do you want me to pay you? So that you won't tell anyone about me and Natasha?"

Stark visibly shuddered. "You don't need to pay me anything. That Russian bi- um, beauty- scares me enough."

"Then what do you want?"

Tony grinned evilly. "I want to give you some advice."

"Lesson One," Tony began, "is do not let her know you're interested. Unfortunately, you have already blown Lesson One out of the water with your…rather obvious display of emotion towards Ms. Romanoff. Which I happen to have recorded and made into a commemorative disk to show on your wedding day. But that is beside the point," he added as Clint gave him a death glare.

"Lesson Two: If she asks you how you're feeling say 'Fine,' then walk off and act all un-fine. Then when she begs you to tell her, admit your feelings, tell her you love her, then ask her to marry you. I'll even provide the commemorative disk of your first display of affection!"

The playboy dodged Clint's fist, and continued:

Lesson Three. Take her on dates with all your friends and their girlfriends so that she knows them all. A girlfriend or wife who does not know your friends is bad news. Plus, who will she give all of the commemorative DVD's to?"

"Cut the crap, Stark," Clint said angrily. "This stuff sounds like you're getting it from a girl's guide to dating, but changing it for a guy."

Tony dropped the copy of A Girl's Gide To Dating that had been hidden behind his back. It landed solidly in the trashcan with a loud thump.

"Fine," Tony sighed dramatically. "That leaves Lesson Four."

"Which is?"

"Take her somewhere fun, where you can bond in a non-spy, non-hero, anti-bad guy environment."

Clint's face screwed up in confusion.

Tony face-palmed. "Take her to an amusement park."

And eventually, Clint had accepted Tony's faultless logic. After hunting down at least seventeen copies of the commemorative disk, Clint resolved to ask Natasha to go with him on a one day vacation to FunLand.

"Um, Natasha?"

Why was this suddenly so difficult for him?

"I was…well, I was wondering if…maybe…you might like to take a day off…maybe go to FunLand with me?" Mentally, he cursed himself. She so easy to work with, yet asking her on a…date…was incredibly difficult.

Behind his back, he crossed his fingers.

Woah, a cliff-hanger! Fantastic, right? You all probably think you know what she's going to say...but is she? Who knows? *evil villain laugh* But chapter four is written already...it all depends on the reviews.

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