THIS IS A COMBINATION OF TWO PROMPTS... this is number 2...

Title: Through the Good and Through the Bad
Word Count: 4416
Summary: It only takes one minute to send them both flat on their backs. Clint and Natasha struggle to set each other back up as they sustain serious damages that could affect their future with the Avengers.

Snippet:
Natasha thinks the panting she hears is her own. In the stillness of the explosion, she’s not sure of anything but the pain lancing through her back and the cold air on her toes. That’s good... right? She wishes she could remember what protocol she should be following so that something goes as planned. Was she supposed to meet Clint at the top of this building that’s now only rubble around her? Was he going to be on the next one over? The one on the next block?

There are sirens in the distance and all she can think of is finding Clint so they can get the hell out of there. No way is she doing to spend time in a normal hospital again. No way...

in...

hell....

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There’s a dull roar in Clint’s head that shouldn’t be there. He distinctly remembers putting his hearing aids in this morning. Tasha’s going to kill him if he loses them again. That whole week he went around scowling at people while trying to get by on reading lips earned him more than one thinned lip frown from the redhead.

It’s one thing for everyone to know he’s deaf and another thing altogether for them to remember to turn to him when they’re talking. Everything in him fights against being made the middle of every conversation, as if he’s somehow more important because he can’t hear. It’s always been the sidelines for him and always will be.

Trouble with the dull roar is it’s making it hard for him to keep his eyes open. The light hurts and there’s a lot of it. His left arm’s dead weight and his right isn’t much help but he finally gets it up so it’s covering his closed eyes, keeping out the harsh glare until he can handle the brightness.


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