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"I'm going to be late because of you."
You catch yourself smiling at the spunky young adult who reminds you of yourself back when you were her age.
"You're gonna be alive ‘cause of me." Clint returns.
Shoving your cold hands into your pockets, you take in your surroundings through the fog of your frozen breath.
The streets of New York bustle with people rushing through their last-minute Christmas shopping or holiday activities. You hear construction happening down the street, the harsh beeping of equipment cutting through the Christmas tunes and city ambiance. Your steps are loud as the snow crunches under your boots.
You allow yourself to relax a fraction. There are no tracksuits, no excessive use of the word "bro" and no threats. For now. Out of the corner of your eye, you notice you were not the only one observing your surroundings.
‘Old habits die hard, partner,’ you think to yourself. It's habits like these that kept you alive the last five years.
"Oh. Being a gentleman walking on the outside. That's nice.”
Only then did you notice that your partner had moved himself so that you and Kate Bishop were on his left side.
"No, no. It's just so I can hear you. And to be clear, not 'cause I want to, just ‘cause I need to.”
So it is a hearing aid. You had wondered what happened to cause Clint to lose his hearing since you and Ronin were taking down gangs and mafias together.
You were doing just fine by yourself when Ronin came onto the scene. However, you quickly realized the power and fear that caught the hood like a fire catching dry wood. The name Ronin became infamous in the crime world, and you wanted that name on your side.
He was adamant about working alone; said he already had a partner.
"Well, where is he?" you had asked.
From under the hood, crinkles formed around his eyes. "she. Trust me, she will kick your ass. Then she'll kick my ass for replacing her."
When you insisted, he shook his head and told you he didn't want to drag you into this. His mission was vengeance. Rage and destruction and blood followed him like a shadow.
He never officially accepted you as his partner. So like Kate, you didn't take no for an answer and stitched yourself to his hip. Hey, you have yet to hear him complain.
"No, my problem is you-” You catch Clint saying, snapping you out of the past. "-and this ninja suit that people were trying to kill you because of this ninja suit. The whole thing's a problem that I'm going to solve today so I can go home to my family.”
That same ninja suit you saw on the news caused you to find Clint Barton. When you realized the past was not yet behind you, you left your New York apartment in the dead of night to track down your former partner.
You didn’t expect to find him with an archer girl and a dog with one eye that likes pizza.
"No, it's branding,” Kate deadpans.
You huff a laugh. You like her.
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