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Apr 23, 2012 17:14



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Fill: Drowning, 2/2. Clint/Coulson. anonymous May 2 2012, 22:24:50 UTC
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They release Phil on a sunny day, the summer heat almost blistering, but oh-so-wonderful after the coolness of his hospital room. It's more than two months after and his strength is nearly back to where it should be, his heart beating perfectly thanks to the latest in technology, and he just wants to see the team. He wants to see Natasha, know she's okay, maybe talk to her a little about Clint.

He thumbs the ring on his finger idly at the lonely feeling that bubbles up.

Fury takes him to the Mansion and drops him off, looking worried and unsure the entire time; he's tried to bring up Barton several times since that day, but Phil's never let him refute the idea that Clint's dead and he's never had the chance to explain that he's made a mess of Phil's husband. (Let's be clear, there'd been a plan and a reason. But once a guy starts hallucinating his dead partner in his grief... well, that's land that Fury doesn't know how to navigate.)

The ride up to the suites is too long, and the place is quiet when he gets there. Phil figures they've gone out; he resolves to wait and settles onto a bar stool in the kitchen to catch his breath. He closes his eyes as he paces out his heartbeat, forcing himself to calm and control the rate as the physical therapist had taught him, and when he opens them, there's a cup of coffee under his nose.

"Drink it before it gets cold," Clint mutters, and Phil's pretty sure his heart stops for a second. Then he silently threatens Fury with a long, painful death.

"Clint..."

"We took Steve to a Dodgers game last week," Clint goes on, as if he hasn't been absent from Phil's life for the last ten weeks. His head is in the refrigerator and he's poking through tubs of leftovers, saying, "You wouldn't believe how much he loved it. I've never seen a guy so happy about a fucking sports game. Seriously, he cried."

When he pulls back, he blinks at Phil and mutters, "Huh," before slipping a container of sauced pasta into the microwave. He speaks again, telling Phil about the new glove and wrist guard Tony's been working on for him and he kind of thinks Tony's awesome but he won't actually tell that to Tony. "His head's kind of large enough as it is."

Phil listens as Clint talks, and when Clint turns around again, he says, "Clint."

There's a tiny frown on Clint's face-Phil hates it instantly-and he swallows thickly. "You never usually stay this long."

He doesn't know how to respond to that, unsure what Clint means, but yeah, heart definitely shattered and Phil gets up, rounds the counter, and pulls Clint to him. "I'm home."

For a second Clint fights the hold, then something clicks in his mind and he touches the spot over Phil's shirt where the bandages sit. He sucks in a breath, then another, and Phil knows Clint's trying not to breakdown right then and there.

"I'm home. I'm okay," he whispers.

And that's it. Clint's knees go weak and they're on the floor seconds later because Phil can't hold him up right now; he doesn't sob, but there's a growing wetness on Phil's tee, and Clint's trembling, his hands clenched tight in the fabric.

(When the rest of the team returns, one by one, they sit down in a circle around the pair.)

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Re: Fill: Drowning, 2/2. Clint/Coulson. anonymous May 3 2012, 02:17:16 UTC
oh my gooooooood

oh my god the feeeeeeels

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Re: Fill: Drowning, 2/2. Clint/Coulson. shortcrust May 5 2012, 13:05:18 UTC
THIS IS THE OP AND I'M JUST DYING BECAUSE EVERYTHING I BEAUTIFUL OH MY GOD.

You struck this perfect balance between what's real, and it just seems really dream-like and floaty, like he's hallucinating, and Clint, oh my, this is just simply perfect. Perfectperfectperfect.

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Re: Fill: Drowning, 2/2. Clint/Coulson. neierathima May 9 2012, 00:40:17 UTC
I'm just going to be sobbing grossly in the corner for a minute.

/feelings

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