Day Three: Brothers in Arms

NOTE: This prompt is wonderful and would logically lead to a dark piece so I decided to be a little more creative with it. If I have a little more time and inspiration, I will post a second, more serious entry for this prompt because it just has so much potential. But here's some lighthearted fare for the time being. This is Hawkeye and Black Widow discussing how much more effective Thor and Loki would be if they fought together.

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"But just imagine it, Nat!"

"You're giving this way too much thought."

"The guy was in my head for days, I can't help but think about him sometimes."

Natasha raised an eyebrow at her firmed but Clint merely shrugged. She shook her head in resignation. This was one of those rare moments when they both had some down time. They had found a comfortable place to lay low while S.H.I.E.L.D. was being rebuilt somewhere secret and there were no leads on any Hydra mischief. So there they were, enjoying a much-deserved breather after a seemingly endless period of chaos. The red-headed spy didn't know how they ended up discussing the fight dynamics between Thor and Loki but it didn't look like Clint was going to let it go anytime soon.

"We've been around both of them," Clint commented, "so we have a pretty good idea of what they're like in a fight."

"Deadly and dangerous," Natasha remarked dryly, "just like about everyone we've ever encountered."

"Yeah, but with magic and thunder powers," Clint continued, unfazed by his friend's visible lack of interest in the topic of Asgardian warriors, "and as much as I'm fond of the big guy, it's the brother that has the more intriguing powers, like the way he can magically disguise himself or cast illusions and stuff."

"Yeah, sure, I guess," Nat said carelessly although Clint knew she was thinking about it. Loki's powers, after all, would have come in handy in their line of work. And both Hawkeye and Black Widow silently agreed that the dark-haired menace would have made a pretty good spy if he wasn't going around deludedly trying to conquer the world.

"So Thor would be all muscle and Loki would be all manipulation," Clint described excitedly, "when Thor couldn't beat the crap out of a bad guy, Loki would psychologically torture him. Or when Loki couldn't talk his way out of the situation, his brother would punch their way out of it. Together, they would be UNSTOPPABLE."

Clint had to pause for a moment to appreciate the epic image he had imagined of the two brothers standing victorious in a battlefield. Natasha watched him with amusement.

"Together they would wreak so much havoc on any world," he concluded with a sigh, "which makes me wonder why they didn't just do that."

"You're forgetting the part where they hate each other's guts," Nat reminded him casually, "betrayal and resentment tends to fester."

"I did feel a lot of Loki's hatred towards Thor when I was possessed," conceded the archer, "though I was never really clear on why. Thor seems pretty cool to me."

"Why get into the dirty details?," Natasha said with a shrug, "There's obviously very little hope for any reconciliation there, no matter how big Thor's heart is."

Clint nodded in agreement.

"Some sins just can't be forgiven," Natasha added gravely. They were silent for a few moments.

"What a waste," Clint cried out in exasperation, a Midgardian mourning the sad fates of two princes of Asgard.