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ʙᴀʀᴛᴏɴ (cauterising) wrote in somerealityrpg,
@ 2019-08-08 20:29:00

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active: clint barton, active: natasha romanoff

WHO: Clint Barton & Natasha Romanoff
WHERE: rooftop picnic
WHEN: 8th August; 8pm(ish)
WHAT: Natasha's crazy birthday distracting plans in full swing.
WARNINGS: Likely discussion of the snap, people dying, lots of cursing, idiots avoiding issues.

Somewhere in the last five years, birthdays stopped being too big an issue. Couple this birthday with the shit show that was every fucking bad decision for the last ten years just pulled out of his head with the fun accompaniment of Loki just prancing through his psyche like those idiot ballet dancing hippos in Fantasia and Clint was fairly certain that he'd be closer to shooting someone than having a low and quiet birthday.

He'd actually had to leave Natasha's room finally. Which was when he came across the cards and the 'plan', which he had to say, didn't suck. He'd message Stark later when he wasn't grinding his teeth, but got changed and actually showered for the first time this week before grabbing Natasha for the promised breakfast (the pancake and waffle place at the edge of a park), mainlining coffee for a few hours to make sure he could keep his eyes open.

Archery didn't suck either. It used to relax him, let him take his mind of literally everything. But for the longest time all it reminded him of was Lila and then Lila being gone and the way his entire body went numb as everything he worked for through his life was just gone, turned to dust, and he literally went so off the deep end he almost couldn't face going back. And then Natasha made a comment, low and snarky and like everything was the same, before the Avengers, before the shit show that was Ultron and Thanos and everything in between. Like when they'd train with SHIELD and she'd summersault through the gym for him to shoot ribbons off her feet.

Easier times. Or harder. Who even knew.

But the memories stayed mellow, let him actually get through the day without the incessant guilt and anger and grief, enough to appreciate the effort that went into a day of distraction. Picnic baskets didn't usually come with deli wrapped sandwiches and sides, or chilled bottles of vodka, "What, not even one PB and J sandwich?" It was Natasha's culinary speciality after all.

How she managed to make sure no one was going to hit up the roof for anything, Clint wasn't going to ask, he was perfectly content to just sit on the edge of the building, let his feet dangle and chomp through a handful of sandwich meats.

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cauterising
2019-08-19 10:07 am UTC (link)

"Pfft, please, we kept it interesting." Which wasn't a lie. They were two of the best agents SHIELD had, and it wasn't ego, it was something Fury stated more than once, mostly when he was yelling at them for acting like children. It meant assignments in complicated places, it meant going undercover in upscale events, it meant a shit load of travelling. And it was hard, sure, but it was far better than sitting in an office filing reports. "Budapest was probably the only time he regretted it."

But then, Budapest was a shit show.

"I ate the cookies so you wouldn't feel bad." He wouldn't have put the dog through having to eat those things, not that Patches would've done it. "My stomach rebelled against me for days afterwards." And that was when Natasha wasn't allowed to help anyone in the kitchen ever again unless it was a sandwich she was making. "This, this is great, I'm very happy," technically speaking, "I'm most happy that you got sandwiches and didn't cook." Maybe it would've burned down the building, and then everyone would've freaked out. "Thank God our files are largely redacted and only you and Tony know it was today."

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comespywithme
2019-08-27 04:18 am UTC (link)

"Interesting is one way of putting it. You know the saying, join SHIELD, see exotic places meet interesting people and kill them. Or is that the army?" she shurgged. "Don't suppose there's that much difference, less camo though. I don't look good in camo so that's just as well."

She grinned when he mentioned Budapest. "Yeah, that was one of a kind and it did have its moments. It wasn't all bad."

"I'm glad, I wanted to do something for you even if neither of us wanted to celebrate so I went with something I figured would be easy. And one that didn't require either of us to people." Natasha was generally good with people and didn't mind being around them but there were times especially since she had been here and had learned so many painful things, that she didn't want to be around people or to be more exact, a very select few people. "I didn't realize Tony knew until you showed me that card," she said. "I guess it's possible that Steve might know but you know how he is, he probably forgot."

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