FIC: To each his own scars (Rating:PG-13. Warning: Child abuse, insunuated from Clint's backstory)folie_lexAugust 23 2012, 20:21:51 UTC
She’s not particularly fond of scars. They tend to be a liability in her line of work. However she does have a few, she carries around as reminders of her previous life, more than anything else. The fact, that they are all fairly discreet and inconspicuous, allows her to not put too much mind about them being noticed. There is that thin nick just, below her right breast, where one of Dragov’s goons stabbed her. Some, not perfectly healed, burnt skin on the sole of her right foot, which she earned as she was making her exit from the hospital. A gunshot wound right bellow her hipbone, during her escape from Sao Paolo. And that small bold spot, where Dragov’s daughter had pulled her hair.
Lastly she has this most recent one, which she carries as a badge of honour. It is the scared tissue on her left hand where Clint’s arrow impaled her during their first meet-and-greet. It is hardly visible and you must know it’s there to actually pay any attention to it.
Clint, she knows has many scars. But for him, being a sniper, having the shadows as cover, it shouldn’t matter so much. However they’ve always seemed like a burden to him. Something he wishes he could rid himself of.
The one that drew her attention was after one of their first few training sessions. It was in the locker room, and he had stepped out of the shower with just a towel hanging low on his hips. She saw, for the first time, this huge gash across his back. Whatever it was that whipped him it was heavy and had gone quite deep. He caught her starring, as he was pulling up his boxers, and smirked at her. She rolled her eyes in response and pointed at his back. “Nasty,” she had commented, and immediately took note of how his composure changed. He glanced over his shoulder with his eyes looking down, and hastily pulled a T-shirt over his head. “Yeah,” he had said dismissively. “Interogation gone bad?” she had asked with honest curiosity. He gave a small mirthless laugh through his nose. “Something like that,” was his answer, as he pulled on his jeans and slammed his locker door.
He had commented on the good run of their sparring and made some suggestions for next time, while he walked away from her, clearly trying to change the subject and end the conversation. She remembers it had bothered her, that while he wouldn’t let up, in trying to get to know her, the minute she showed some interest he had pulled away.
She never brought it up again, but she did begin paying closer attention to his body and where it was damaged, and she took quite a few notes on the matter. After a few months she had even tried to access his full file, but Coulson had intercepted her and told her not to. He had put on his best Yoda face and told her, “Anything that you need to know, he will tell you in due time,” and left it at that. That was nearly three years ago.
Now they are full time partners, their team is tagged as DELTA and they are on the top of the agency’s efficiency list. So she has come to the conclusion that not knowing which of his missions went wrong before isn’t that big a deal. When they are together, they work like a well oiled machine, they can trust and they can read each other and that is all she needs.
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AUTHORS NOTE: I started just writting this little short thing, and from it my brain has spawned the whole follow through on how she finds out... And it's turning into a beast of a story, which ties directly into the rest of the MCU, and I have no idea if I'll be able to finish it... so I thought I'll just share this, and when/if the rest is done I'll just post it on the commnuity.
Re: FIC: To each his own scars (Rating:PG-13. Warning: Child abuse, insunuated from Clint's backstorinkvoicesAugust 26 2012, 02:50:47 UTC
Fascinating! The idea of how Natasha - who views her own scars not fondly, but almost as badges, reminders of moments of choice - would view Clint's scars gets me thinking and I'll look forward to reading about her reactions when she finds out where he got his. I love how you relate their views on their scars to their views on their histories as well, because I think Natasha, with her theme of reclaiming/remaking herself would treat her history as something that she has triumphed over almost - as you say, her scars as 'badges of honor' or reminders of moments that were pivotal (?). Clint here though has his history as a 'burden', something that he can't be free of but wishes that he could be. Natasha could teach him something there maybe.
Some great turns of phrase - I especially liked where Clint’s arrow impaled her during their first meet-and-greet. You might want to have a think about your commas, but that's the only thing. Enjoyed this :)
Re: FIC: To each his own scars (Rating:PG-13. Warning: Child abuse, insunuated from Clint's backstorfolie_lexAugust 27 2012, 02:24:13 UTC
*hugs you for getting it* Phew! I'm so glad this didn't just come off disjointed and rambly. Thanks for reading, for the feedback and I'm happy to hear you liked it.
~ You might want to have a think about your commas, but that's the only thing. Enjoyed this ~
My usual disclaimer stands: This is completely un-beta’d so all mistakes (humongous and/or minor) just credit them to that.
;P
All kidding aside, any pointers on the matter are more than welcome. I still owe astridv a million for giving me those dialogue punctuation tips.
Re: FIC: To each his own scars (Rating:PG-13. Warning: Child abuse, insunuated from Clint's backstorinkvoicesAugust 30 2012, 23:27:44 UTC
No, if it was a ramble then it was a good ramble :D I like to add some constructive criticism to comments when I can so that when I go 'YAY, PERFECTION' people know that I really mean it. But the commas was the only thing I could find, so :) Hmm, best advice I ever had on punctuation was read it outloud taking a breath for every comma and a pause for every full stop and see what it sounds like. If it's too disjointed or reads differently than you meant it, then get rid of some. Also, Strunk and White's The Elements of Style is fantastic if you can hold of a copy. Other than that, yeah, argue with a beta ;)
There is that thin nick just, below her right breast, where one of Dragov’s goons stabbed her. Some, not perfectly healed, burnt skin on the sole of her right foot, which she earned as she was making her exit from the hospital. A gunshot wound right bellow her hipbone, during her escape from Sao Paolo. And that small bold spot, where Dragov’s daughter had pulled her hair.
Lastly she has this most recent one, which she carries as a badge of honour. It is the scared tissue on her left hand where Clint’s arrow impaled her during their first meet-and-greet. It is hardly visible and you must know it’s there to actually pay any attention to it.
Clint, she knows has many scars. But for him, being a sniper, having the shadows as cover, it shouldn’t matter so much. However they’ve always seemed like a burden to him. Something he wishes he could rid himself of.
The one that drew her attention was after one of their first few training sessions. It was in the locker room, and he had stepped out of the shower with just a towel hanging low on his hips. She saw, for the first time, this huge gash across his back. Whatever it was that whipped him it was heavy and had gone quite deep. He caught her starring, as he was pulling up his boxers, and smirked at her. She rolled her eyes in response and pointed at his back.
“Nasty,” she had commented, and immediately took note of how his composure changed. He glanced over his shoulder with his eyes looking down, and hastily pulled a T-shirt over his head.
“Yeah,” he had said dismissively.
“Interogation gone bad?” she had asked with honest curiosity.
He gave a small mirthless laugh through his nose.
“Something like that,” was his answer, as he pulled on his jeans and slammed his locker door.
He had commented on the good run of their sparring and made some suggestions for next time, while he walked away from her, clearly trying to change the subject and end the conversation.
She remembers it had bothered her, that while he wouldn’t let up, in trying to get to know her, the minute she showed some interest he had pulled away.
She never brought it up again, but she did begin paying closer attention to his body and where it was damaged, and she took quite a few notes on the matter. After a few months she had even tried to access his full file, but Coulson had intercepted her and told her not to. He had put on his best Yoda face and told her, “Anything that you need to know, he will tell you in due time,” and left it at that. That was nearly three years ago.
Now they are full time partners, their team is tagged as DELTA and they are on the top of the agency’s efficiency list. So she has come to the conclusion that not knowing which of his missions went wrong before isn’t that big a deal. When they are together, they work like a well oiled machine, they can trust and they can read each other and that is all she needs.
~~~
AUTHORS NOTE: I started just writting this little short thing, and from it my brain has spawned the whole follow through on how she finds out... And it's turning into a beast of a story, which ties directly into the rest of the MCU, and I have no idea if I'll be able to finish it... so I thought I'll just share this, and when/if the rest is done I'll just post it on the commnuity.
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Some great turns of phrase - I especially liked where Clint’s arrow impaled her during their first meet-and-greet. You might want to have a think about your commas, but that's the only thing. Enjoyed this :)
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Thanks for reading, for the feedback and I'm happy to hear you liked it.
~ You might want to have a think about your commas, but that's the only thing. Enjoyed this ~
My usual disclaimer stands: This is completely un-beta’d so all mistakes (humongous and/or minor) just credit them to that.
;P
All kidding aside, any pointers on the matter are more than welcome. I still owe astridv a million for giving me those dialogue punctuation tips.
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