Rec of the day

The Last Great Border Town Hotel by ignipes
Natasha/Clint plus Coulson, Fury; PG-13; backstory/friendship/partnership; 4951 words
Summary: Natasha has a lot of weapons in her arsenal. Trust hasn't always been one of them.

Totally love the characterizations and backstory.

"If you're going to tie me up again," she says, "the least you could do is tell me your name. Or should I still think of you as Tom from California?"
"Barton. Clint Barton."
She tilts her head to the side. She doesn't think he's lying. "You don't look like a Clint."
"You don't look like a Natalia."
She doesn't let her surprise show. It's been a long time since anybody has used her real name. "My friends call me Natasha," she says.
Barton raises an eyebrow. "You don't have friends. You only have assets you haven't killed yet."