The Younger Agent - Natasha Romanoff x OC

Chapter 12 - Shut Up

Eleanor and Clint had been keeping themselves occupied during Nat's departure by digging themselves into a big case that they had been added to, it wouldn't require them to go out into the field unless something got royally screwed up. It was more of a desk duty job, scouring through bank statements and CCTV, that kind of thing. The original people on the case had found that there was a lot more to go through than initially anticipated when building the team to deal with it, so they needed some reinforcements. Even if that was just a few extra pairs of hands clicking away on laptops. 

Clint could immediately see the improvement in Eleanor's mood the day after she and Nat had a small chat, the issue wasn't resolved, but she knew that Nat didn't hate her anymore, which was good enough for now. It meant that she could carry on with her everyday life without trying to think of what went wrong and why, her productivity was up again, which also boosted her mood. 

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Halfway around the world, Natasha was not having a good time. The job was supposed to be easy enough, with a low chance of casualties. That was not the case. She was currently in hospital recovering from a gruesome gunshot wound.

Once she was semi-back on her feet again, SHIELD would be able to transport her back to the States, but that would be a few days yet, meaning she would be back later than expected.

When Eleanor found out that Natasha was being held up alone in a hospital in Odessa, she flipped a lid; she was filled with anxiety and anger. Clint had never seen her so distressed in the few years that she knew the young woman.

They had found out about Nat when they were finishing their workday, and Eleanor had been causing quite the scene in the middle of one of the offices, so Clint had dragged her back to her room so that she could worry to her heart's content without disturbing the entire building. 

"Hughes, you gotta calm down, she lived, she's going to be okay".
"Calm down? You want me to calm down?! She was shot, Clint", she responded pacing around her room, running her hands through her hair. How could she stay calm after hearing this news she thought, how did they expect her to react? 

"Yes, but she is okay, she will be back in a few days", he reported as calmly as possible, even though he too had been worried about the state Natasha was in.

She stared at him for a few seconds, her face void of emotion as the cogs started turning in her head, she needed to see Nat. "I'm going", she simply stated before turning on her heels and heading to Fury's office. Clint jumped up, following her, having to jog to reach her.
"Going? Going where?".
"Odessa", she responded with a shrug, she thought it was pretty obvious, forgetting that she had given little to no information to Clint about the plan in her head. 

He grabbed her shoulder and spun her around, "What?".
"I'm going to Odessa?", she replied, almost confused with Clint's own confusion in her agitated state.
"Yeah but... what?".
She simply scoffed before resuming her journey, Clint on her heels. She didn't have time to explain to Clint and then explain to Fury as well, she just needed to go. 

Once they had reached Fury's office, she almost barged in, but then she remembered that she would have to be alive to have a chance of reaching Odessa, so she knocked. This was met with an authoritative, "Come in".

She rushed in and tried to close the door on Clint, but he put his foot in the door and followed after her, "Come on man, can't you leave me alone?", she whined.
Before Clint could respond Fury let out an annoyed cough at the two Agents who had childishly entered his office. 

Eleanor spun around so fast she almost fell, "Oh yeah, can I go to Odessa?".
"You have 2 seconds to elaborate or so help me God-", Fury responded, pinching the bridge of his nose, it had been a long day.
"I want to see Romanoff", she interrupted. 
Fury slowly lowered his hand, and put both on his desk, leaning forward slightly, "She's going to be home in a few days, can you not wait, fuel is expensive".