I think they'd be silly to waste that onscreen chemistry (seriously -- didn't they come second in "on-screen chemistry" in the People's Choice Awards?).

Then again, I just said elsewhere that I think we will find out that they have a very special relationship, beyond traditional love (which we have been told, is for children). Jeremy Renner said at one point that "something will be revealed, and then you will understand what [their relationship] is."

Maybe they tried the traditional being-together at one point (now that we know in the MCU Bobbi Morse was married to Lance Hunter, not Clint Barton, maybe they were in the MCU??) But kinda failed at that, because that's not how they roll. But they are, to each other, the person that is the closest and means the most in the entire world. (With benefits.)

They so would. /nods

And yeah, I wouldn't expect them to have a 'traditional' relationship either. Hell, I pretty much don't want that either. His quote could mean anything tho. Ah well, I don't need them to be revealed to be together. I just need her not have a stupid, shoe-horned, extra-dramatic romantic subplot with the Hulk. XD

And seriously, if they sideline their importance to one another, relationship or now, I'll riot. Whichever way you look at it, romance or none, but them being close and linked to one another, this way or that, is canon and I'm goddamn insisting they keep it.

I'll be following my own advice now and take a deeeeeep breath, lol.