Rec of the day

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Between Here and There by andacus
Summary: Or The One Where Clint May Have Possibly Already Known Natasha. You Know, Technically.
Clint's whole life is really just one circus act after another.
Clint/Natasha and Coulson; backstory/snapshots/mission fic; rated M; 8845 words

He wasn’t petulant... he wasn’t, but he was more than reasonably annoyed at being left behind. And maybe he was a little worried. Nat was a really good agent, maybe the best, but he was her partner, they were a double act, you didn’t get one without the other. Except apparently you did.

She stood up, ruffled his hair. “If it makes you feel any better, I’m going to babysit-slash-probably-seduce Tony Stark, which might be the most annoying job ever.”

Alone, Clint stared at the paused game without seeing it. “I could seduce Stark,” he told the empty room.