Title: Lifeline
Author:
sarea_okelaniRating: R
Pairing: Clint/Natasha
Word Count: 6,848
Author's Notes: This is fairly lighthearted in tone. I've been reading some dark, angsty things and while I love dark, angsty things, and may write something dark and angsty eventually, this is not that story. This asked (nicely) to be written first, so I did. A lot of the backstory is my headcanon. There's so much comic book canon, some of which contradicts itself, and some of which the movie has contradicted, so I felt free to deviate a bit too. :-) In the movie, I think Natasha wears her heart on her sleeve a bit - okay, maybe not her sleeve, maybe someplace a little more hidden, but the point is that she cares for Clint, she wasn't particularly subtle about it, and it doesn't take a Tony Stark to see it. :-) This story is for that Natasha. Many thanks to
ropo, who brings up Very Important Points such as "In the covers, or over the covers?" and
jade_okelani, who always manages to talk me off the ledge. Lyrics by Angels & Airwaves.
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Summary: In the aftermath of Manhattan, Clint tries to remember what "normal" was like, but Natasha's not making it easy. )
x-posted... just discovered this comm, yay for more Clint/Natasha!
I'm not sure if this story neatly fits into any of the suggested tagging genres. >< So I've kind of selected all of them. It has a bit of all of those things, but not really any one thing. Sorry!