A/N so this is my very first time trying this so if you like it then let me know and I'll probably do it again or I'll do it again anyway but oh well I'm trying. Hope you enjoy~
A raspy cough followed by a groan echoed through the house coming from Clint who was in bed practically restrained down by his wife Laura to make sure he wouldn't try to escape. Now this would normally be unnecessary if it was any other time but this time it was torture. The whole team was in a completely different place battling against another stupid thing Tony had created.
"Hey sweetie how are you feeling?" Laura asked walking into the room with some soup for him
"I feel completely better! I think I'll be able to head off to battle now" Clint lied and this lie was extremely clear by his cheeks which were red from fever, the sweat beads running down his forehead, his shivers and his pink chapped nose which was running
"You're not going" Laura put it bluntly sitting near him "not until you're healthy enough"
"I'm fi-heeh fiiinnee heh'KSSH!" Clint sneezed into the covers letting his head flop back "that was a fluke" he mumbled glancing at Laura who was silently laughing and sighed
"Sure you are" She laughed and kissed his forehead placing the food down on the bedside cabinet clearing away the mountain of screwed up tissues, empty bottles and bottles of medicine.
"Get some more sleep and I'll check on you later" Laura smiled pushing his hair back and left the room. Clint had leaned into her touch enjoying the feel of it and when she left he tried a small amount of the soup. God he loved Laura's cooking so much and always missed it while away. He managed to take some of his medicine with the soup and then laid down closing his eyes wishing he was with the team.
~Time skip about two hours~
Clint finally woke up to being violently shaken by Laura looking worried "Clint there's a car coming down the drive and I don't recognise it" she said worried and scared about it. Clint wriggled out of the bed coughing and stumbling over to the wardrobe where he left his bow propped up along with his quiver filled with arrows. "It'll be alright I promise" he said looking at her with a sick expression as he violently rubbed his nose turning away "eeeh eh'KSSH! Heh'KSSH! KSSHHIEW!" He sneezed into the crook of his arm sniffling and going downstairs nearly falling from being so weak. He felt like utter crap and just hoped it wasn't anything major.
Clint saw the car pull up and watched the doors open as he hid behind the sofa. He was going to shoot until he heard a loud yell "CLINTON BARTON GET YOUR ASS OUT OF BED!" This was easily recognisable and was quickly followed by a chorus of 'language' from a variety of voices. He knew who it was and was slightly nervous about it. He sighed and got up opening the door looking out and Walking up to the house was non other then the Avengers themselves. This was going to be the longest day of Clints entire life. They all seemed pretty annoyed but Natasha was the first one to soften her look when she saw the state Clint was in and she immediately ran over to him "Oh god Clint you weren't lying" she hugged him and placed a hand on his forehead which seemed to be burning up
"Why would I be lying?" Clint sniffled leaning into her touch stumbling a little as he did.
"Well Uh....anyway you go lay down" Natasha completely ignored it and pushed him inside onto the couch making him lay down draping a blanket on him which he happily snuggled into coughing into it gently. The rest of the team walked in behind looking down at Clint
"This is why you can come help us out?" Tony asked with annoyance in his voice. Footsteps were heard coming down the stairs
"Well I would but..." Clint trailed off looking at Laura coming over to them
"He's not going in like this! I'm not having my husband die because you're that stupid" she snapped
"Laura I'm not that ba-SHIEW! Heeeh eeeh eh'SHIEW!" Clint tried to defend himself but got interrupted and he started hitching again
"Bless yo-" Nat started but he put a finger up to stop her
"Th-they heeeh always c-commmeee in threes! CHIIEEW!" The team was silent after that before Tony snorted and chuckled quietly.
"What's so funny Tony?" Natasha asked handing Clint the box of tissues from the table so he could wipe and blow his nose
"He sneezes like a girl" Tony snorted trying to laugh quietly but failing pretty badly. He wasn't wrong about this. Clints sneezes were pretty high pitched compared to his voice. Clint groaned embarrassed and hid under the blanket mumbling "I hate you..."
Natasha stamped on Tony's foot making him yelp in pain "What was that for!?" He yelled holding his foot
"He's sick don't be mean" Natasha growled slightly. They were soon fighting and yelling at each other. Clint covered his ears and couldn't take it anymore "shut up!" He yelled sending him into a coughing fit
Laura sighed "what did you come here for?" She asked kneeling next to her husband
"Well partly cause we thought he was lying but now I'm staying to help him" Natasha answered sitting on the sofa arm. Tony rolled his eyes "I bet he's fine. Probably just faking it to get attention and out of work" he said which earned him a death glare from the two women
"You and the other two can go outside and cut some wood then you can do some house chores" Laura instructed which a chorus of groans followed as they all trudged outside. Clint attempted to follow then but Laura held him down "Nope you are staying here" she said with a stern voice
"Laura please I wanna help with something!" He pleaded but Laura gave him a look of 'shut up or be shut up' and he quickly fell silent
"Laura you go do what you need to do and I'll stay here with Clint" Natasha smiled and Laura nodded going off
"Nat please let me come back with you I'm really not that bad" Clint pleaded sitting up looking at her with glassy eyes
"I'll see how you are tomorrow because I don't want to take you out and you not be ok" Nat sighed giving him a sympathetic smile. Clint huffed not happy about this what so ever. All Nat could do was laugh at this "You'll be fine I promise" she smiled and gently touched his twitching nose
"N-Nat d-don't to-CHIEW! Heh'SHIEW! Ah'SHIEW!" He sneezes into the covers coughing softly after "Nat please don't..." he mumbled looking at her sleepily.
~meanwhile outside~
Tony and Steve were chopping up wood like they had been instructed to by Laura
"This is so unfair!" Tony whined
"Well it's not really his fault is it? He can't help it if he gets sick. Probably from that base infiltration" Steve replied splitting the logs in half effortlessly
"Still not fair" Tony mumbled taking a few swings at the wood with his axe
"Grow up Tony" Steve said annoyed now
"Grow up? Grow up?! It's so not fair! He's getting to stay out of this and doesn't have to do anything!" Tony yelled as Steve sighed in annoyance
"Shut up Tony" he growled getting a little irritated "just because you're not the centre of attention for once doesn't mean you have to be rude"
"I'm not being Rude!" Tony yelled. The two were quickly in a heated argument which was loud enough to be heard in the house. Laura looked at them "I don't hear much chopping and your arguing is distracting me" she said folding her arms watching them
"Sorry..." they both mumbled and went back to work
A silver Audi slowly pulled into the dusty dirt road of the Barton property. The driver of this car was Nick Fury head of S.H.I.E.L.D intelligence. He was on his way to collect the team from Clints house. He was in need of help back in the city and wasn't going to accept the slacking off of the team no matter their excuse. He pulled up to see Tony and Steve working on the wood still Steve's like a lot bigger than Tony's but then again he was a super soldier. Fury got out the car and walked over to them "so this is what the Avengers do when the city is being destroyed" he said in true nick Fury style. Both boys look up at him "oh hey Fury and we aren't on a day off we're here to collect Clint" Steve replied dusting off his hands
"Well that seems to be going well doesn't it? Cutting up logs for his family" nick smirked slightly
"Not our decision. His wife wanted us to help" Tony explained
"Right ok sure" Nick said going up to the house and knocking on the door Tony and Steve following him. Nat came and opened it "he's asleep shut up" was all she said letting them in
"What's up with him?" Nick asked
"He's so badly sick" Tony said sarcasm lacing his
"He is can you not see that?" Steve asked irritated and Tony just rolled his eyes. They walked over to the couch where Clint was asleep with a wet flannel on his forehead.
"So this is why he's still at home" Fury looked at him laying there asleep "probably best he stayed off but there's no reason why you guys need to stay here" Fury said looking at the team
"Well ya know I want to make sure he's ok" Nat said looking at Fury.
Fury nodded "fine but tomorrow I want you back in the city sorting out this mess you've made" the team all nodded understanding it happily...well most were happy. Tony didn't exactly want to stay but he had to.
~few hours later~
It was getting later and the team was sat down at the dinner table while Laura made them all tea (dinner/ last meal of the day whatever you call it). Clint was slumped over his head laying on the table feeling dead inside, Natasha was playing with his hair while he laid there, Steve was sat with a sympathetic smile looking at the two, Fury was looking around the kitchen a little bit and Tony was leaning back on his chair. Fury smirked slightly and kicked the chair legs inwards making Tony fall "what the hell was that for!?" He yelled jumping up
"I'm showing you the danger of not sitting properly" Fury said smirking at him
"Boys grow up" Laura said coming into the dining room placing plates of food down in front of each person. She had made pizza for everyone except Clint. She gave him toast with butter on and he slowly ate it still laying on the table. The team enjoyed the food and thanked Laura for everything she had let them have. Everyone had a great night and was so grateful to the family.
~two days later~
Sokovia. The Avengers were in need of help. The struggle was major and the whole city was cracking apart. Robots ran through the city. Fires started to blaze. Explosions sent rocks flying. Natasha was struggling against five of Ultrons little slaves. She pinned down and the robot was about to deliver some serious pain when it suddenly shut down and fell to the side. Behind it was a raised bow and when it went down Clint stood there smiling at her "hey Nat, need a hand?" He asked going to her and offering his hand which she took thankful
"Glad you decided to join us" Nat smiled and hugged him "let's go kill some robots"After the battle in Sokovia things settled down and the team could go back to relaxing. The compound was set up and that's where the team parted ways. Thor went back to his world, Clint would head home, Tony stuck around for a bit but eventually returned home to pepper and Nat and Steve stayed at the compound keeping control of the place. When Tony was leaving he could've sworn he felt a dry tickle in this throat but pushed it off. Only when he got back home he realised what it was and let's say he was absolutely annoyed out of words
"CLINT!" He yelled going into a coughing fit, groaning and laying on the couchWord count: 2133
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FanfictionPeople please don't judge. I'm trying something new for once after someone said to actually try it so I did.