[ Post AoU, I've got it covered ;) ] The Age of Ultron is over. The Avengers expect a cool-down period. Clint has a happy family life (or so everyone thinks) and Natasha's alongside Captain America training the new Avenger recruits. What could be wrong? Of course, the super spies can never catch a break. Both Clint and Natasha's past become uncovered along with Fury's plans. They endanger not only their friends and family, but each other as they try to avoid the repercussions of their sins. Clint and Natasha only have each other's trust to hang onto as they venture into the past, the buried, the unknown... the dark. ** Note ** I don't want to skirt the Barton family in a common way by like killing off Laura or creating an AU. I'm going to work through this logically in a way that, if we really wanted to, could gloss over the Barton family in AoU. I will also work through the whole Bruce and Natasha catastrophe (in my opinion, of course). I assure you that everything will be thought through as logically as I possibly can in order to make this fit within the MCU. Please don't forget to vote and comment! I appreciate all the time you take to read my story, you don't know how much it means to me :) PART 1: Chapters 1 - 15 [The Barton Family] PART 2: Chapters 16 - ? [The Dark]

Original Story Summary: Clintasha AU: Natasha Romanoff and Clint Barton have been married for three years now, and yet continue to work together as active Avengers. When a simple mission turns to tragedy, both of their lives are put in grave danger. When Clint makes a fatal decision to try and save Natasha, they find both they find themselves separated by forces neither of them can control I have gone back and edited some of the old chapters of this fanfiction because I have been writing it for over a year. I have fixed both the grammar and spelling, as well as changing some parts of the story to make it flow better as a story. I've also added some parts to each edited chapter. While when I edit the chapters I replace them in my current story, only the edited chapters will be put on this story, so fans of the original fic can be updated when there is a new edited chapters. You can find the whole story ( including old unedited chapters ) on my story titled "Dear Agony". I will eventually have old chapters edited and put here. Edited Chapters: 1-5