I personally think Natasha absolutely loves pumpkin spice chai and only Clint and her SHIELD girlfriends know.

No headcanon regarding October 31st as that's a day I don't do.

I do have a personal soft spot though for Clint loves playing in autumn leaves.

Aww, I can see him plyaing in autumn leaves! Probably did that as a kid. :)

(Also did you type October 31st instead of Halloween on purpose? That just stood out to me for some reason!)

Yep. I just finished tagging TONS of media for my dayjob and I'm pretty sick of the word, plus I wanted to include the various alternatives I also forego.

That makes sense. They start earlier and earlier each year with holiday stuff. Its too much. I get sick of Christmas right around November 6th lol.

5. Place spoilers under a cut, please. That includes things from Thor 2 and the Captain America: Winter Soldier trailer that premiered yesterday. We have a whole post here for reactions!


Haha, just noticed this!

Hahaha whoops. That's what happens when I copy and paste from last year's post...

Haha, I enjoyed it!

hmmm, I think Clint isn't all that excited about fall, because it's the lead up to cold weather and he has too many memories of never being able to get warm enough. Plus, fall=school, and that's not a great set of memories either.

HOWEVER. He is allllll over Halloween, especially trick-or-treating. He buys bags of candy (the good stuff, not any of the "fun" sizes, which basically wound his soul. "Why would you do that to good candy? Why would you chop it up like that??") Venturing over into Hawkguy territory, I feel certain there is one last roof-top cookout at the end of the month, where he can off-load at least some of his sugar high. Natasha watches in amusement/horror (as is so often the case between them.)

Once it starts getting cooler, Natasha allows herself to linger over her morning coffee/tea, to enjoy the contrast with the air temperatures. (Clint is in the background snorting, "Yeah, knock yourself out with the self-indulgence there, Nat," which she ignores with as much serenity as possible.) It's also the time when theater and dance companies start their seasons, so she enjoys getting to see new performances, especially when she can drag Clint along and broaden his horizons. (She might or might not make a few selections based on what she thinks he might like, but no one can prove anything.)

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Once it starts getting cooler, Natasha allows herself to linger over her morning coffee/tea, to enjoy the contrast with the air temperatures. (Clint is in the background snorting, "Yeah, knock yourself out with the self-indulgence there, Nat," which she ignores with as much serenity as possible.)

LOVE this!

I always see Natasha as very controlled, even in her indulgences, which Clint gets, but he definitely thinks she could loosen up juuuuust a little more. :D

Oooh I love these! And good point about the candy, Clint ;)

The fun sizes are just very very wrong.

I feel like in the end though, he won't waste perfectly good candy so will proceed to eat the entire bag in one sitting.

Oh, for sure! It's a big thing for Clint to let *any* food go to waste, much less stuff that tastes good but is just weirdly portioned.

I am totally with Clint on the candy. I mean, why screw around with halving your calories when you can go for broke?

And thanks for the rooftop cookout -- which gave me the idea for the little thing I did further down! :-)

It's such a waste of time to have to tear open all those packages!

And I'm super-glad you ran with the rooftop idea--it needed some TLC, and lord knows I'm not getting anything much done.

I love your take on Natasha's fall rituals and Clint's reaction XD and I'm also totally here for Clint having ~opinions on candy. Heeh. :D

Oh, yeah, my Clint is always trying to loosen Natasha up, even though he understands why she's careful with the control (and will concede that he could also stand to use a little more of thoughtful consideration himself.)

Heeh, I like the way you headcanon him a lot!

"Can I borrow your cat next Wednesday?"

Natasha is instantly suspicious. And ... protective. No need to mention either, though.

"Liho is not my cat."

Clint snorts.

"Yeah, and Lucky is not my dog. They're just random animals we hang around with, feed and water twice a day, and let sleep in the bed when one of us is on mission, and the other one sleeps over in case the poor neglected animal needs a warm spot."

"Liho sleeps with you?" Natasha doesn't quite manage to edit the indignation from her voice.

Clint grins triumphantly.

"Yep. When you were in Krakow last month. Purred, too."

Natasha casts a baleful eye at her the cat. Traitor.

"What did you feed her?"

"Leftover sushi, from that reception at the Japanese consulate Fury made me go to to play spot the yakuza. She's particularly partial to tuna. Not that you'd care, since she isn't your cat."

Natasha decides to let it go. For now.

"So why do you want to borrow her, exactly?"

Clint hesitates for a second, as if he's trying to frame an argument diplomatically, rather than barging straight to the point.

"Emm...."

Natasha goes into mental fast-forwards to spare him the trouble. Wednesday. Black cat. Hallowe'en.

"Are you planning to dress up as a witch for Maria's party?"

Clint gives her that oh, puh-leeease look he does better than anyone (except maybe Pepper Potts).

"This is for before the party. Simone won't let the boys go trick-or-treating this year, not with some of those track suit dudes still being undead. So I thought ..." He sounds almost embarrassed now, and spills out the last sentence really fast. "So I thought I'd decorate the roof a bit."

Natasha considers her partner for a moment. It's a good thing his targets don't know about this cold-blooded killer's Achilles heel.

"And no doubt you're going to be a mummy, with those bandaids?"

He shrugs, and winces a little at the effort.

"I was thinking zombie. Still on those fucking painkillers."

The urge to ruffle his hair is getting close to irresistible. And that's not the only thing that's getting irresistible -- he must have copied that puppy dog look from Lucky.

"I'll make you a deal."

Clint's face is a roadmap, leading from mistrustful to hopeful, and back again.

"Yeah?"

"I bring the black spiders."















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Ha! Love it!

Thank you ... *coughs up a big ball of fluff*

My favorite! :D

AW. This is sweet and funny and perfect. :D

Thank you! :-)

Aw! Rooftop Halloween with Clint and Natasha! And Liho! Those are some lucky kids.

It seems I need to start reading the Hawkeye comics. Does Natasha feature in them often?

Thanks! :-) I've only seen her once (not sure I've read them all ...)

I think she has been in there at least twice? I have only read one single issue and she wasn't in it, but I have seen panels online from the time she was called "work-wife" and then again later in a coffee shop with Barney.

YES. to all of this.

The whole pet interchange is priceless!

We got a treat instead of tricks. Love this! ;)

Most excellent!

Heee!!! Hahaha, Nat just keep denying that Liho isn't your cat! No one believes you! ;D

WONDERFUL. ♥

Hahaha, love them...all 4 of them!

I've got this feeling they like to go to dance clubs on Halloween costume nights in their Avengers uniforms. Word got around somehow, though, and the Daily Bugle sent photographer Lance Bannon* out to try for some pictures. Of course, Natasha and Clint got wind of this and could not resist dressing as each other in order to walk right by him unnoticed. Or, noticed but unrecognized. They laughed about it, but then things turned unexpectedly steamy when they each realized they had a bit of a drag kink.


*Peter Parker declined the assignment since he respects the privacy of other super-heroes.

ok, yes, I can go there. totally.

Please do! *lol* I didn't realize I wanted that until I typed it.

I'd love to see the expanded version of this ... :-)

Me too, actually! I know I'd never get it done, though, so consider it open for anyone's use.

Adore your icon, btw!

Oh yeah, Clint totaly has a drag kink. The Hawkeye initiative is real people. Also guyliner.

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