Fic: World serves its own needs, dummy serve your own needs - Avengers - PG 13 (2/12)
Author: Book_Junkie007
Pairing: Clint, Natasha, Coulson
Rating: PG 13
Wordcount: ~200 words
Warnings: Minor swearing and violence
Notes: Written for be_compromised's Promptathon for a series of prompts. Each espionage definition is referred to in some way in the drabble.
Thanks goes to some1tookmename on Twitter for doing a grammar and flow check and Laffers18 on Twitter for making sure they're in character.
Master list
Summary: COLD APPROACH: An often-risky attempt to recruit a foreign national as an agent or informer without any prior indication that the person might be receptive to such an offer. Usually made after evidence that the target is in desperate need of money, or is simply greedy or perhaps unhappy in his/her work or lifestyle.
Clint watches as the Widow comes out of the party, after having sent all her marks outside, goes up to the first man who was waiting for her, and slits his throat with a knife from a thigh holster. She repeats the gesture with the second man, third man, fourth man, until they all lie at her feet. Clint hasn’t heard her make a sound the entire time, and knows she wouldn’t have anyway. She’s much too professional for that. After she’s finished with the last man, she wipes her hands off on a wet wipe from her purse, and appears to sink into herself.
Clint knows that look, it’s the same look he had after he’d realised that no matter how many people he’d killed as a soldier, there was always going to be more that needed killing. SHIELD had been the one to find him then, offering him a job utilizing his archery skills from the circus. They had prevented him from going the same way as his father, and he was thankful for it. Watching her some more, as she appears to be indecisive about whether she wanted to go back to the party or slip into the night, he makes a decision. He’ll give her a second chance.
Pairing: Clint, Natasha, Coulson
Rating: PG 13
Wordcount: ~200 words
Warnings: Minor swearing and violence
Notes: Written for be_compromised's Promptathon for a series of prompts. Each espionage definition is referred to in some way in the drabble.
Thanks goes to some1tookmename on Twitter for doing a grammar and flow check and Laffers18 on Twitter for making sure they're in character.
Master list
Summary: COLD APPROACH: An often-risky attempt to recruit a foreign national as an agent or informer without any prior indication that the person might be receptive to such an offer. Usually made after evidence that the target is in desperate need of money, or is simply greedy or perhaps unhappy in his/her work or lifestyle.
Clint watches as the Widow comes out of the party, after having sent all her marks outside, goes up to the first man who was waiting for her, and slits his throat with a knife from a thigh holster. She repeats the gesture with the second man, third man, fourth man, until they all lie at her feet. Clint hasn’t heard her make a sound the entire time, and knows she wouldn’t have anyway. She’s much too professional for that. After she’s finished with the last man, she wipes her hands off on a wet wipe from her purse, and appears to sink into herself.
Clint knows that look, it’s the same look he had after he’d realised that no matter how many people he’d killed as a soldier, there was always going to be more that needed killing. SHIELD had been the one to find him then, offering him a job utilizing his archery skills from the circus. They had prevented him from going the same way as his father, and he was thankful for it. Watching her some more, as she appears to be indecisive about whether she wanted to go back to the party or slip into the night, he makes a decision. He’ll give her a second chance.