PROMPTATHON 2015

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[franztastisch]

I could walk out, but I won't

[Heavenfaced - The National]

FILL fic: I Could Walk Out (PG-13) (1/2)

[cybermathwitch]

I could walk out.

There's a door not five feet away from me, wood and glass and shiny brass hardware, and it would be so easy to just open it and leave.

I take another drink of the wine Laura poured for me about thirty seconds after I walked in - eyes full of unasked questions about what she'd seen on the news, what Clint had told her based on what I'd told him...

Or maybe about the things she'd found by looking for the files herself.

I'd gotten used to the looks in the hearings, from the reporters, from people on the street that had come to Capitol HIll to gawk. There was no way to know what they'd read, how much of my history was really in those files that I'd revealed. I'd had just enough time to make sure Fury had kept his word to Clint, that Laura and the kids weren't in there, but no time to see what SHIELD really had on meAnd somehow, in the aftermath, I hadn't bothered to look since

RE: FILL fic: I Could Walk Out (PG-13) (2/2)

[cybermathwitch]

A foot jostled mine under the table and I looked up.

"SHIELD's over. That's done. You wanna talk about debts and ledgers? You've saved the world, saved billions of people. You took down Hydra. God knows how many lives that saved. Millions. They owe you their lives two times over. You wanna talk about debt, Natasha? They. Owe. You.

"And yeah, all our dirty laundry's out there for everybody to see. Yours and mine both. Someday, they're gonna go searching and I'm gonna have to look my kids in the eye and explain what I did and why I did it. They'll look for you, too, whether you're here or not. Only difference is, you walk out that door? You won't be here to explain it to them."

Like on a rooftop in Minsk over a decade ago, I look in his eyes and I know that he believes it. Clint's never been able to lie to me. I've never let him. In return, I don't know that I've ever lied to him, and that's a sudden realization that makes my stomach twist like I'm in freefall

RE: FILL fic: I Could Walk Out (PG-13) (2/2)

[franztastisch]

I really really like this. I dunno if you know the song I took the lyric from, but I can her it, over this and it fits so well.

Thank you.

RE: FILL fic: I Could Walk Out (PG-13) (2/2)

[cybermathwitch]

Hooray! I actually didn't have a chance to look the song up at all, and have never heard it, so I'm super thrilled about that! I was just riffing off the line. :D And you're very welcome.

RE: FILL fic: I Could Walk Out (PG-13) (2/2)

[franztastisch]

Ooh! Here it is if you haven't already found it yet. I love it so much. <3

RE: FILL fic: I Could Walk Out (PG-13) (2/2)

[scribble_myname]

Lovely.

RE: FILL fic: I Could Walk Out (PG-13) (2/2)

[cybermathwitch]

Thank you!