Mine Would Be Him (Clint Barton x reader x Everett Ross)

Chapter 15

"We gotta go. That guy's probably in Siberia by now." Bucky said as he crouched beside you on the airport pavement.

"As long as they keep cutting off our path to the jet, they've won. We'll never make it out of here," you said, breathing hard and trying to catch your breath.

"We need to draw out the flyers... I'll take Vision. You get to the jet," Steve said.

In your ear, you heard Sam yell, "No, you get to the jet! The rest of us aren't getting out of here!"

"As much as I hate to admit it," Clint said in your earpiece, "if we're gonna win this one, some of us might have to lose it."

"Alright, Sam," Steve said. "What's the plan?"

"We need a diversion. Something big!"

"I got something kinda big," Lang piped in, "but I can't hold it very long. On my signal, run like hell, and if I tear myself in half, don't come back for me."

"He's gonna tear himself in half?" Bucky asked you uncertainly.

"Don't ask me. I just met the guy," you replied.

"You sure about this, Scott?" Steve asked.

"I do it all the time. I mean, once... In a lab. And I passed out."

"Oh, well, then this ought to go great," you whispered to Bucky.

"I'm the boss, I'm the boss, I'm the boss," Lang muttered to himself before instantly growing to the size of a building.

"Shit," you said to yourself, staring straight up at Giant-Man.

"Guess that's the signal," Steve said. "Let's go!"

As your eyes wandered over to Clint where he stood several yards away, you replied, "You two go. I'm gonna stay."

"What?" Bucky asked, grabbing you by the arm. "Come on! We need you."

"No, you don't. I'll just slow you down."

"You know what's going to happen if you stay?" Steve asked with a sad tone to his voice.

"Yeah, that's why I have to."

Turning your attention to Bucky, you said, "Take care of the pip-squeak for me. He's gotten used to having me around to babysit him."

Bucky gave you a soft smile and said, "I will. Don't forget, it was my job before it was yours."

Then you watched as the two of them took off in a sprint towards the jet. You reminded yourself that they would be alright and you would see them again. Picking yourself up off the ground, you ran to where Clint was fighting and joined him.

"What the hell are you doing here?" He asked. "You should have gone with Steve and Barnes!"

"Trying to get rid of me, Hawkeye?" You replied with a smirk.

"You know this isn't going to end well for us!"

"Yeah, I know."

When you turned to look at him, you found him giving you a strange look that you couldn't decipher. You didn't have time to think about it, though, because you both had to face off against, and lose to, King T'Challa.