➵ for widowing ● from flesh to blood to heart to bone

[arches]

<sub>( The hiss of the doors sliding open in the hellicarrier are about the only sound Clint's aware of as he scuffles into the locker room, weighed down by untold amounts of gear. The duffle bag gets tossed unceremoniously onto the floor, and the bow and quiver are given only slightly more reverence, set down on a steel bench. He's covered in a week's worth of grime, dust, and blood; it cakes in his hair and makes his arms stiff as he reaches up to pull off his shirt.

It's only when it's half off, and scrunched around his arms, does he turn to Natasha and sigh. )</sub>

You know we don't even have forms for sick-leave or vacation?

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sob i'm sorry this is so late i love you!!!

[widowing]

[ natasha shuffles more than she walks in after clint, her own bag hefted heavily over her shoulder. there's blood drying in her own hair and on her face, she can feel her suit sticking to her body with it and pulling painfully at her injuries. the bag doesn't have time to hit the ground before she starts to undo her belts and holsters, taking out the more trigger-sensitive weapons and setting them carefully on the bench opposite the one clint's bow is resting on before she starts to strip off her suit.

it's done with no small amount of wincing and hissing, and she looks up at clint with an irritable expression. ]

Why, to discourage agents from playing hooky?

never apologize <33

[arches]

_{( Clint finishes pulling off his shirt, stretching his arms over his head as the layers of grime crack with the movement. There’s a softball-sized bruise blooming on his shoulder, and he massages the joint with one hand as he responds. )}

More like a warning. Don’t get sick, don’t ask for a break, or else.

_{( He pitches his voice low and does his best, gruffest impression of Fury with the last few words. It’s not that he doesn’t like what he does, but after a week and half of being on his feet and going without sleep and then fighting through the last few days, he’s exhausted and questioning why he likes what he does. )}