Clint and Nat and the rest of the Avengers

Chapter 2

Clint's POV
When we got to the room we let our bags that Fury gave us (it was on the The Shield Head Quarters) in the corner of the room at the floor and I threw myself in the bed feeling pain all over, I watched as Nat took off her catsuit and was now just wearing her underwear, the minute I got my eyes on her body I looked at her back, her skin was pale, her scars just complimented her body, it's like without it it wasn't her.
"So.. you got any injuries?"
"Yeah, nothing serious, I'm just a little sore. How about you? Heard you went through a window"
"I did, I think that's what it hurts"
"I can get you some pain killers Clint"
"Not necessary, Tony gave me on the way here" She looked me with a question face
"Tony?? How nice of him, he's so different from the guy I worked for"
"Yeah, maybe after going through some shit experiences people change"
"Are you saying you are gonna change? You are not gonna be the same Barton?" I could sense her tone, she didn't want to talk about it but there wasn't a way that we could avoid it. I reached her hand and pulled her close me, so now I was sitting on the bed and she was standing in front of me, yeah she wasn't wearing any clothes besides her bra and panties, but that was something very usual for us
"I'm sorry this happened, and I'm sorry you are my best friend and you have to deal with me, I wish this could be different, it could be easy on me, easy on us"
She put her finger on my mouth and bent down to kiss me on the cheek "I already told you Barton, we are on this together. Now go take a shower because you smell, I'll wait for you and then I'll take my shower, we will take a nap and then find something to eat"
"Yes mom"
She laughed and I went to the bathroom and closed the door, if it wasn't for Nat, God, I don't even know what I would do. I was happy she was my friend, I was happy she was always with me and had my back, yeah I already got to sleep with the Black Widow, but that wasn't what this was about, we already talked, I know Nat is not ready for any kind of relationship and probably never will, she told me that if that was what I wanted I should start to look for it, and that she would always be there for me doesn't matter what. The thing is, I love Nat, but I think that on this case love isn't enough.

Natasha's POV
After Barton showered and then I showered we just lied down on the bed staring at the ceiling, it was all so calm, it was kind of cold so we were covering us with all the blankets we could get, I think that we feeling cold was also due to the fact that we hadn't eaten in almost a day. "Fury told me that Laura was calling worried about you"
"Laura? Really?"
"Yeah Clint, maybe she cares"
"She cares? We went out for not even a month and just had sex on.." I had to stop him there
"Okay, okay, I don't need to know about the sex life"
"I mean, I didn't think it was nothing serious"
"Yeah? Well maybe she's the one, I think you have to find a way to contact her, let her know you are fine"
"Yeah, I probably will, it's just that is so nice here" He turned around to look at me and put his arm around my waist
"Clint..."
"You know what I'm thinking right?"
"Please let's just not do this now" he was still looking at me, actually he was staring at my mouth real hard
"I missed you, the last time I saw you was what? 6 months ago?"
"I missed you too Hawk, but please let's just don't take things any further anymore"
He looked at me with a disappointing face, oh shit I did it again
"Okay, your wish is my command, don't have to say again" and he got up and went to his bag
"Clint! Please don't take it like this, you know I love you! But I can't be the one to stop you from living your life, I told you we could just continue like we used to be before, you wanted more, I couldn't give you more."
"I know, it's not your fault, it's just that it sucks, after my Loki experience all I needed to do was to be with you, and I can't"
"You have me! I'm here Clint! Just not like that.."
"I'll go to the kitchen talk to the guys and find something to eat, then I'll call Laura"

And just like that he left, Laura was a girl Clint met when he went to the U.K. to do something for SHIELD, she was American but was living there at the time working on a magazine office, she wasn't exactly Clint's type but she was cute, that adorable kind of woman that you can't even imagine to hurt, she was just too nice and I found out Clint has a thing for the good ones after all. When she came to NY to spend New Years Eve with Clint I got to meet her, she would've liked me more if she didn't realize how close Clint and I were, she was on his apartment and she saw my coat on Clint's closet, it would've been fine if Clint had find a faster way to explain it to her, like I don't know, the last time she and my other friends came over she forgot it?? He is a spy after all, but no, he suddenly thought about the real reason for me to leave the coat there and froze, it was from the time he hadn't met Laura and I slept over. The thing is, they kind of break up 6 months ago, and when Clint came to tell me it was my last night before my Iron Man mission, none of us intend for that to happen, but yeah we eventually had sex.

I didn't want him to leave me there alone in the room, but what could I do, I had to be happy for him for finding Laura and now they would probably get back together.