MCU One-Shots

Bonding~ Ironhawk

AN: This is the last chapter of the entire book. I can't believe it. A little over 3 years of writing and it's over. Unbelievable. I wanted to go out with a bang, but i'm not sure i'm going to have the time to write this longer. It's probably going to be kind of short, but it'll be fun to write.

-Ironhawk-

~Clint~

Being on the Avengers team was stressful enough, living with them was even worse. I spent most of the time hiding out in my room or at Shield. I felt too much pressure to connect with them. I didn't want to connect with anymore people. I learned my lesson a while ago, and getting attached to Phil was an complete accident. I already had two people too many. I looked up when there was a knock on my office door. Tony was standing in the doorway. I especially didn't want to get attached to Tony Stark. He was infmous for being a playboy, but seems to have left that life behind him. He was reckless though, and I don't know how i'd take it if I got attached to him and he got himself killed. I looked back down at the book I was reading "Can I help you Stark?". Being cold seems to have a good outcome. They were more standoffish which is how I liked it. It was my comfort zone. "Drop the cold act Barton. I'm not dumb" I rolled my eyes in response. He sat down on my desk and took the book out of my hands. I stood "Knock it off Stark" he let a smirk take over his features. "You and I both know you're just putting on a show. Sit your ass back down" I hesitated before deciding he was right. We both knew I wouldn't hurt him.

I crossed my arms and huffed "What do you want?". He sighed "I wanna know why you're so scared of team bonding. You seem to disappear every time we have something planned. Even when it's a surprise". I hummed "Well, I am a spy. Nothing is really a secret in that house". He shrugged "Even so. What has you so afraid of it?". I shook my head "I'm not scared of it Stark. I just don't want to". He scoffed and tossed the book to the side "That's some bullshit". I snapped back at him "Says you. You don't know everything". He nodded "I don't, but i'm sure about this one". I stood and leaned on the table "You don't know shit Stark. You have a hunch that you're trying to bluff your way into understanding". He stood, making me have to look up a bit due to the 2 inches he has on me. He pulled out his phone and held it up. My voice played through "Don't try to pull me into this Nat. I'm not getting close to anyone else. I can't lose another person I care too much about". I stepped back from him "If you knew, why even ask?". He shrugged "Testing to see if I could get you to admit it". I crossed my arms "When did you install that?". He smiled "When the house was built. Thought it would come in handy". 

I uncrossed my arms and shoulder checked him as I walked past him. "Don't try to get me to bond Stark" I was about to open the door, but his hand grabbed my arm and spun me around. My back hit the door as he pushed my arms against it. I froze at how close he was "Stop shutting me out. I'm not going to die anytime soon. Neither are the others. If you keep pulling away from people, you going to end up alone". I shoved him back "It's going to end up like that anyway. There's no point in going through the heartbreak along the way". I opened the door and stormed out of the building. I got into my car and drove off quickly before he could come pester me again. I was going to need to find another spot to hide in. Tony found this one way too quickly for my liking. Maybe something they would never suspect. A secluded place. Maybe somewhere in the woods. It would have to be distinct so that I will be able to find it easily. Somewhere that couldn't be seen from above just in case Tony takes to looking from the above point. It took an hour of driving for me to find a trail to walk along to try and find a spot. I walked for 2 hours before I found a huge fallen tree. There were large branches for me to sit on. I walked along the tree, feeling like I was a kid again. I sighed and sat on the branches. Maybe things could be different.

-4 months later-

I was going to get irritated with Tony trying to get me to bond with them. I wasn't sure why he was so determined to get me to connect, but it was annoying. Nat kept snitching on me too. She would tell Tony where I was, so that he could bother me. Right now, he found me on the roof. He brought up some board game. It was a drinking game too. I didn't really get into it, but I did have to take a lot of shots. I was beyond drunk by the time we finished the game. I couldn't tell if Tony was drunk or not, but I assumed he was. He was laughing his ass off about winning before he shook his head "Probably should head inside". I nodded, wondering how he even managed to get me to agree to this. I stood as he was packing up the game. It was not safe for either of us to be up this high while drunk. The door to the roof led into his lab thankfully, so we were able to stumble inside undetected. I laughed as we both stumbled into tables and chairs. I fell forward as Tony tripped and took me down with him. I twisted to be on my back as we were both laughing way too hard about falling. After I calmed down, I noticed him staring. I slurred when asking why he was staring. He just leaned down and pressed his lips to mine. I was stunned for a minute before kissing back.

-In the morning-

I groaned as the hangover was hitting hard. I ran a hand through my hair and cracked my eyes open. It took a minute for me to register that I was not in my bed. I was on a couch, which happened to have another person on it. I froze at the arm around my waist. I wracked my brain trying to remember what happened last night. I only remembered as far as the kiss. I already knew what happened after though. I felt sore and run down. It wasn't long before Tony shifted behind me. He froze before cursing under his breath. I was not going to have the conversation with him, so I closed my eyes and evened out my breathing. He slowly moved his arm and I felt the cover move as he sat up. "Son of a bitch. He's going to kill me" I shifted my arm to be more comfortable. I could feel his eye on me for a while before he got up. He put the cover back over me and left. I waited until I heard him in another room before I opened my eyes. I then decided to regret every decision I have ever made. I got glimpses of everything from last night, but never a full picture. I ran my hands down my face a let out a long breath. "Morning" I jumped, not realizing how out of it I actually was. "Mhm" I removed my hands from my face and watched him nod slowly. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to" I cut him off "I'm at fault too Stark". He looked surprised before nodding "I shouldn't have gotten that drunk". I shrugged "We both got way too drunk Tony. There's nothing we can do now". He nodded "What do you remember?". I shrugged "I fully remember up to us falling onto the floor. I only get glimpses of after that though".

~Tony~

He doesn't remember. He doesn't remember finally openening up. He doesn't remember confessing. I don't think he knows I remember anything either. He looked so conflicted. I shouldn't have drank that much. I was too out of it to think clearly. I knew he had an issue getting close to people. That's why I never told him how I felt. Now we were stuck in this predicament and I don't think either of us know how to act normal now. He was going to be colder now and I knew that. He proved me right when he stood. I looked over all the scars on his back that I now knew the stories to. He pulled on his shirt and I pulled my gaze away. He didn't say anything as he left the lab. He had a slight limp and I felt guilt rising in my throat. I sat on the couch and put my hea din my hands, wondering what the hell I was supposed to do now. It wasn't long before Natasha came in here. She sat next to me "So what happened?". I sighed and let my hands drop to look at her. "We got drunk last night. He doesn't remember anything past the kiss. He confessed after that. We had sex. He opened up a bit about his childhood. Seems like it was bothering him" she nodded as I spoke before leaning back. "This isn't going to be easy for either of you" I nodded, knowing that already. "You're going to have to wait for him to process. He's going to fight back and forth with himself. If you go pestering before he's ready, he'll snap at you. Just wait for him. He'll come around" I nodded, understanding what she was saying.

~Clint~

I've been locked in my room for 2 weeks. I haven't had the nerve to face Tony again, so i've been hiding away. Nat finally showed up at my door. She picked the lock and came in without knocking. She closed the door softly and walked over to me. I was sitting on the bed with my knees pulled up to my chest. "Alright, you're dirivng me insane doing this. I can only imagine how he feels. He was guilty enough on the first day" I nodded, but I just didn't have the nerve. She sighed "Fine, I'm telling you then. You confessed to him. You also told him about the scars. He knows how you feel. He's just waiting on you now" I froze at what she said. "I opened up to him?" she nodded "It wasn't just a one night stand Clint. Wake up and see it". She got up and left me to think about that by myself. I sat there, thinking about it for hours. I finally left my room, realizing everyone was asleep. I knew he wouldn't be asleep though. I made my way up to his lab. He had to be in there tinkering. That's where he was when he couldn't sleep. Based on what Nat said, i'm guessing he's not sleeping very well. I opened the lab door. He took a second before looking up. I was already pretty close "What are you". I cut him off by pulling his lips onto mine. He swallowed his words before a smile broke across his lips and his arms went around my waist. He pushed me back to be leaning over the table before pulling away "She told you?". I nodded and let a small smile rest on my face. "I'm glad you made me bond with you" he laughed "Horrible attempt at making you bond, but it worked".

AN: Yeah I have been super busy. Having a whole issue with college, and now I have to start in january. Plus slow season as a server is kicking my butt. Whole lot going on, so i'm going to be taking a break before my next book just to get everything sorted out. I can't tell you how long i'm going to be gone. I'm not sure. I'm sorry this chapter wasn't everything I wanted it to be. Stress is killing me and I wanted to be able to take a break with this book completed. See you hopefully before the New Year. Hope you enjoyed reading my book. We ignore the beginning chapters because they sucked:)