#009 - Sounds (The Avengers movieverse)
Title: Sounds
Fandom: The Avengers (movieverse)
Character(s): Clint Barton, Phil Coulson
Rating: G
Word count: 200
Warnings: None.
Challenge: #009 - Gasp
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Clint’s overly fond of quips and smart remarks, but when he needs to, he does silence better than any other SHIELD agent, with perhaps the exception of Natasha. When he sneaks away into the rafters or air vents, perching high above and watching with sharp eyes, Clint disappears. He’s neither seen nor heard, and he likes it that way.
Silence is not necessarily a bad sign with Clint. He’s focussed and intent and controlled, but he’ll always respond to Coulson when he calls for Clint to check in, even if it’s just a few words. They learned the hard way that it’s necessary, and Coulson knows how to read every little sound that says that Clint is secure, uncompromised.
But when Clint lets out a small gasp and nothing else, and Coulson knows that something is wrong. Very wrong. The smallest of Clint’s sounds can say so much - a teasing ‘Sir’, a click of the tongue, a soft chuckle; all affectionate signals that Coulson gets from Clint regularly, but this gasp only screams danger.
Coulson starts to act immediately, ordering agents to find Barton, now, and listens for anything else, anything that will tell him that Clint is safe.
Fandom: The Avengers (movieverse)
Character(s): Clint Barton, Phil Coulson
Rating: G
Word count: 200
Warnings: None.
Challenge: #009 - Gasp
***
Clint’s overly fond of quips and smart remarks, but when he needs to, he does silence better than any other SHIELD agent, with perhaps the exception of Natasha. When he sneaks away into the rafters or air vents, perching high above and watching with sharp eyes, Clint disappears. He’s neither seen nor heard, and he likes it that way.
Silence is not necessarily a bad sign with Clint. He’s focussed and intent and controlled, but he’ll always respond to Coulson when he calls for Clint to check in, even if it’s just a few words. They learned the hard way that it’s necessary, and Coulson knows how to read every little sound that says that Clint is secure, uncompromised.
But when Clint lets out a small gasp and nothing else, and Coulson knows that something is wrong. Very wrong. The smallest of Clint’s sounds can say so much - a teasing ‘Sir’, a click of the tongue, a soft chuckle; all affectionate signals that Coulson gets from Clint regularly, but this gasp only screams danger.
Coulson starts to act immediately, ordering agents to find Barton, now, and listens for anything else, anything that will tell him that Clint is safe.