Facing your own legacy

Can't I just say please? (Unedited)

Bobbi jolted at the cold, unwelcome sensation that was dumped all over her. Literally.

"Come on, wake up already, I'm bored," Clint whined, throwing the now empty bucket in the corner. Bobbie's eyes flutter open and cold water drips into them. She can't wipe her eyes because her hands are tied behind her. She quickly realizes that she's tied to a chair. She also notices she actually in a pretty nice place. The floors are marble and granite, the walls are papered with soft geometric patterns. There seems to be what looks like glass display cases around, but the lighting is dim and she can't see what's inside them. The whole place actually was pretty nice excluding the fact that it was still pretty dusty and a bit dirty.

She sighs and Clint grins.

"So, this is the part where I intimidate you and you spill your guts," the archer says casually as he toys with an arrow from his new quiver. Bobbi scoffs and throws her head back.

"Yeah, okay, sure," she mutters finding this actually somewhat amusing. 

"Can't I just say please?" Hawkeye joked. Bobbi raised an eyebrow. She seemed totally calm during the situation. Clint shrugs. "Well, I tried being nice. Hey Thor!" Clint called to the other room. Bobbi seemed to go a little pale at the sight of the god that towered over her, holding Mjolnir in hand. Clint's clasp's his hands together.

"So, I'm just going to step out for a minute, you need anything while I'm out?" He says, wryly. Bobbi stares at Clint with mild disbelief.

"Is this your pathetic attempt to scare me?" She means for it to sound more amused, but it comes out as more of a nervous squeak. Clint holds up his hands.

"I'm not the one scaring you, Hun." Clint glances at Thor then back at Bobbi. "You two have fun, don't wait up," and with that he start's to leave the room. Thunder cracks outside and Bobbi jumps.

"Okay! Okay," she yells and Clint grins from out in the hallway. He turns around swiftly.

"Yes dear?"  Bobbi glares daggers at him.

"I'll talk, just- get him out of here," she says and Thor moves away without Clint telling him anything. Clint closes the door behind him.

"So," he chides, walking further into the room, "just you and me. Let's start with who gave you some certain information."

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Tony banged his head against the wall in the hallway of the hospital. He had been asked to step out for a moment and did not take it well. Steve leaned up against the white wall on the other side of the wide, open hallway.

"You okay, Stark?" Steve asked, thought he was already pretty certain of the answer. 

"Oh yeah, Cap, totally fine," Tony muttered in response without turning around. 

"Tony," Steve said evenly and just a bit concerned, "no one would blame you for being nervous-"

"I'm not nervous," Tony huffed in protested, finally turning around, trying to keep his cool facade. Steve suppressed a knowing grin.

"I didn't say you were," a little, innocent white lie, "but you are about to become a Dad. With your..history with your own, I could see how you might be a bit apprehensive." Tony sighed and looked down, falling back against the wall and sliding down it. Steve silently moved to sit down next to him.

"I actually think that I got...closer to my Dad after he died. We're talking about a man whose happiest day during my childhood was when he shipped me off the boarding school," Tony confessed, his Dad had always been a touchy subject for him and now he was about to become a Dad himself. Steve could understand why it scared him so much. Tony didn't really have much of a father figure to look up to.

"I guess this whole thing is just something you'll have to play by year, but we both know you're good at coming up with things on the fly," Steve said quietly.

"Yeah, I'm such a natural at that," Stark snapped with sarcasm, "just look at all the mistakes I've made by playing it by year. Obidiah, Hammer, Vanko, don't even get me started on Extremis. I nearly got Pepper killed!" Tony exclaimed loudly, Steve flinched mildly at the volume to his left ear.

"We've all have demons and we all have our own crosses to bear, Tony. Believe me when I say that you are not the only one," Steve consoled his friend, "just look at this like any new mission. We always go in blind, but we always come out on top."

"I'm blind, Cap. That's just it, I'm blind. I miss those finer details and then when I finally catch them it's too late. I- I just don't want to miss out on this." And there it was.

"Then don't. You'll figure it out just like you always do. One little streak of bad luck isn't going to ruin the great Tony Stark." Steve lightly nudges Tony's shoulder. "You'll find your way, you're good at solving puzzles."

"So is this one of those fabulous Captain America pep talks?" Tony jokes, having had expressed enough sentiment for one day.

"No. That was trying to console a good friend-" Tony held up a hand.

"Cap, stop. We're done for today." Steve did not fail to notice Tony's playful smirk as he said it. Steve politely backed off, knowing he had said enough.

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Yes, I know this update is very late and short and not too great, but I was really busy and sick lately, so bear with me here.