Title:  "Rain on the Scarecrow"
Author: alphaflyer
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: None, but possible spoilers for Age of Ultron (based solely on the trailers, and speculation)
Characters: Natasha Romanoff, Clint Barton, Thor, Bruce Banner, Steve Rogers, Tony Stark, Pietro Maximoff, Wanda Maximoff,Laura Barton

Summary: When the Avengers need a break, Hawkeye takes them in. (A/U, canon divergence)

A/N: I haven’t seen Age of Ultron yet, so tagging this as containing “AOU spoilers” is perhaps a bit of a stretch. But I’ve seen the trailers and read some of the speculation, especially about “That Farm” and the people on it -- it is those things that inspired this tale. So if you want to remain completely unspoiled for anything you might see, do not read this story until you have seen the film (and then snicker at how far off I was!).

The title is taken from John Mellencamp’s eponymous song; spyforaday may not even remember suggesting it to me as a “Clint-type of song" but she did, so this story is for her. Infinite thanks are due to my BFF Runawaymetaphor and to geckoholic, who made this much better than it started out.'


The first thing Natasha notices is the change in the light; the second is the absence of sound, once the noise of their arrival has settled.