001 ➳ Video ➳ Clint Barton

[greatatboats]

[ They got crap like this in SHIELD, but that doesn't mean Clint paid much mind to it. Unless it was his tech then he had no reason to really be interested in understanding it. The eggheads were all supposed to handle that crap. Clint was strictly a grunt when it came down to it. Learning to use this communicator that's strapped to his wrist is like the Quinjet training. Frustrating and just plain stupid.

He's managed to get distracted while waiting on the feed to come to life. That's why he doesn't really notice when it flicks on. He's busying checking his teeth over. He gives a startled expression when he realizes the thing has somehow come to life. ] Stark, I swear on all that is good and holy--if this is your doing then I'm going to sick Natasha on you when you least expect her. [ Because he's more than aware that Natasha Romanoff is far more scarier to Tony Stark than Clint Barton will ever be.

Fuck. This practical joke is not nearly as funny as the ones that Clint cooks up back at SHIELD HQ. Clint wasn't normally a tattle tell, but Fury was gonna hear about this. Clint was in the middle of important business when things went fuzzy. Now he was in the middle of fucking nowhere and his arrows weren't labeled. Great. Someone will pay with push ups and ass kissing.

By now he's no longer paying attention to the communicator. He's desperately searching around him to find something even remotely familiar. His eyes fix on a point in the distance. His arm shifts up and the communicator catches a clear glimpse of his bow strapped to his body and the quiver on his back. ] This is stupid.

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[greatatboats]

[ Even though Tony made him want to gouge out his eyes didn't mean he wasn't part of his team. It just meant that he was the drunk creepy jail bound uncle that most of the family refused to admit they knew in public. Hew as still apart of the family and Clint would come back. That wasn't how he meant his comment though. He was stressed and irritated so his words hadn't exactly been chosen properly.

Clint sighs and lifts the arm with the communicator up to dig the heel of his palm into his left eye. Steve's here as well which means that someone was smart enough to take out three people from the Avengers. Smart. He lowers his arm and shakes his head. He's even more irritated, but that's just because Tony brought up Phil. ] What I meant is why would I come running back in here without a plan or way to remember anything? It's suicide and it would be helping no one.

[ There's a short pause before Clint looks at the camera. ] Bring up Coulson like that again and I'll kill you. Do you understand? [ Because as far as this Clint is concerned Phil's death was still something that was his fault. He's got no clue the guy winded up here and died again. ]

[manofiron]

[ Shortly after arriving in the town, Tony discovered that Coulson was alive, well, and apparently without memory of his death. In that moment, faced with a second chance he hadn't thought would be possible, Tony had appointed himself Coulson's unofficial guardian angel. Because he damn well wasn't going to let him die again.

Then they'd found Coulson's body, discarded like so much trash.

Tony's been dealing with that guilt for days. Silently, unbeknownst to anyone save Bruce, who may or may not have recognized it in the hollowness of his eyes. He didn't talk about it. Didn't address it. Just carved the man a coffin and watched him depart from the world again.

Clint's comment narrows his eyes, wipes the expression from his face and leaves it settled in hard, icy lines. For a moment, he glares in silence at the screen. Then, without a word, presses the button that terminates the connection. ]