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she holds tight to him for a moment. she never thought she’d see him again. pulling away, a smile tugged at the corners of her lips. “hey, i’m not crying where all these people can see me,” she joked, giving his shoulder a nudge. kate leaned back down to give lucky a kiss to the top of his head. god, she never thought she’d be with them again. “i missed him too. my best boy,” her voice suddenly got higher–a tone she had reserved just for lucky. straightening up, she linked her arm with her partner. “i don’t know how this place survived with just one hawkeye. “take me to the best pizza place here. you know this place better than i do.”

It makes Clint happy to see Kate, of course it does, she was one of his favorite people in the world. He can’t help smiling as well after seeing Kate smiling too. There was something sweet about watching her interact with Lucky — glad that the dog got so much love from everyone in the family. Yeah, Clint considered her part of that after all this time. She was like the little sister he never had. “Maybe we’ll get this city in order finally with two of us around! You’ll be so impressed. What kind of pizza toppings should we get today? You pick, and I’ll pay.”

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pirates. there were mother freaking pirates in new gotham. maybe the romans or the t-rex were more out there compared to these guys, but… there was something that drew her to pirates. maybe it was partially due to the fact that she’d played a lot of uncharted. not that those always had a lot of literal pirates in them, but often the mention of them and their treasure. thus, stephanie couldn’t help but find this… kind of fascinating. “what’s the plan here?” spoiler asks, turning her attention to the person who had walked up next to her. “somehow i doubt they’ll go back home without a fight. and i’m more than happy to start vibe checking pirates.” a small grin forms across her face, though it’s hidden behind her mask. “unless we’re going to be boring and try to negotiate.”

“We should try to negotiate, but I don’t think that’s going to happen how we would like it too.” Clint admits as his fingers push through his blonde hair. Bandaids were still over his nose and cheeks from the last encounter in this city. Now there was pirates, and he doesn’t quite know how they’re meant to get help get them home. “We have to try convincing them to go through the rift back where they came. I would prefer that to be done without a fight, but they seem a little too eager to stab us if we say the wrong thing. They reek though, fair warning. So keep that in mind when we go to approach them. Do you know anything about pirates? I sure don’t.”

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her eyes nearly welled up with tears as she focused on the man standing in front of her. his name fell from her lips–a name she would usual protest against using, and kate quickly wrapped him in a hug. “oh, my god.” she whispered, holding tightly to her partner. her head was pressed against his shoulder, and, for a moment, she swore she’d never let go. there were tears welling up in her eyes, but kate wasn’t one to cry. finally, she pulled back from their embrace when a cold nose bumped against her uniform. “lucky! hey, boy.” kate crouched down and patted the head of clint’s beloved dog. “new gotham?” she wondered as she stood back up. “it’s weird. i’m not sure how i feel about this place.” at his next inquiry, kate shook her head. “no. i’m okay. i don’t have anywhere to stay, though. are you sure? i’d love to crash with you guys.” at the mention of pizza, kate perked up. “can we get pizza? please?”

Clint opens his arms as if expecting the hug to come, nobody he would be happier to see than his partner. Now there was only one person missing, but the archer tries not to worry about Barney. He was only focused on making sure Kate was okay — giving her a gentle squeeze. “I got you.” He says with a smile, letting her cry if she needed to. He can’t imagine what the last few months had been like when he vanished to this place. “Lucky sure missed you too. Family back together again.” Clint says as he placed a hand on his hip, sometimes the dog was more like THEIR dog with how much they love him. “It’s very weird, but we can experience the weird together! We have to get pizza, it’s the most important thing to be done. Follow me!” He says motioning for Kate to follow him toward one of the local restaurants — nearby if they walk a little.

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arrcwsaimed‌:

part of her was convinced this was still a bad dream. a few hours ago she was in her dad’s home. it was the first time she’d seen him in years. now, she was in the street of a strange city, but some areas still looked familiar. she looked down and spotted her prized weapon in her hand and her hawkeye uniform was covering her. she reached a hand back to feel her hair pulled back into its typical tight ponytail. kate felt around her pockets for her phone to call her dad–nothing. god, what was happening? kate reached out, grabbing the arm of the first person that walked by. “hey. can you tell me where i am? or at least where the closest coffee shop is.” she straightened up a bit and tried tucking her bow behind her. “i’m, uh, new in town and i think i’m lost.” it was a lie, but kate didn’t exactly feel like explaining her confusion.

Clint widens his eyes, and Lucky was just as excited to see her. “Katie?” He was emotional, knowing that uniform anywhere — she was the one that he was proud to call his partner. His dog pushes his way through his legs to get to her, wanting some of the attention. They were finally reunited which felt so right — hawkeye squared back in business. “You’re in this weird place called New Gotham. I swear it gets more bizarre by the day, but what’s important is that you’re here. You’re not hurt, are you?” Clint asks, while she looks to be okay, but wants to make sure. “Do you have somewhere to stay? You can stay with me and the kids — pretty sure Lucky here would love that. I can show you where  after we get coffee and order a  pizza.”

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jim gave a tired smile as he stared off through the trees. the guy was right, but it didn’t mean jim liked hearing it. “yeah, unfortunately i’m far too used to that. needing more men than i have to give.“ he sighed, turning to face the stranger with an appreciative glance. “i wish i could just tell these creatures we don’t mean any harm and if we could co-exist that’d be great, but i’ve lived long enough in gotham to know that almost never happens.“ he gave a small shrug before thinking hard about it, “i don’t think i caught your name, but if you’re as skilled with that bow as i hope you are then i need to count on you to try not to kill anything and just scare it back into that forest. i don’t want to kill or harm anyone if i can help it.”

“I know the feeling.” Clint admits, usually only having Kate at his side. There was the occasions his team would come together for larger scale problems, but usually it was just him with his partner. They worked well together, so he always made it work. “Ideally that would be the way this would go, leave them alone and they leave us alone in return. Although that never quite happens — why would anything be easy?” He sighs a little, but realizes that somehow he forgot to introduce himself. “Clint Barton, also known as Hawkeye.” His identity was public where he comes from, so here wasn’t anything different for the archer. “Nobody is better at using a bow than me. I won’t kill anything, I have some trick arrows that I can use to try scaring them back into the wooded area.”

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xwickedwarriorsx‌:

“I promise you, you will get your tacos.” He nodded and smiled goofily towards the male. He wanted to have friends that offered him tacos, but he knew that he was still extremely awkward to do any of that, so he had to settle for just trial and error to see who liked him enough to be his friend. “That’s nice. Have you guys decided an alliance with the X-Men? They are really a good group.” He nodded, still thinking of joining the team, but he wouldn’t want to make that seem unfair to anyone since he is of great power and could tip the power scales. “Yeah I do. You’re the boss man. I am just waiting for your word and I will beam them out of existence.” Adam said, already knowing where the target exact location was. “They aren’t very stealthy.” Okay to be fair, Adam was clairvoyant and had cosmic and mythical awareness - so it was impossible to sneak up on him. 

“I hope you’re right.” Clint laughs at how ridiculous the request probably seems, but sometimes can’t help thinking with his stomach. The mention of the X-Men surprises him, and while he hasn’t ever been to the school it sounds like they do good things there. “I think it would be in our best interest. I have a feeling that we’ll all need to unite together now more than ever.” He admits as his hand twirls an arrow between his fingers, preparing it with his bow — string pulled back just waiting for the chance to let loose when the vampire jumps out at them. “Where’s Blade when you need him?” He grumbles as he looks around. “It doesn’t seem like it, but you probably can hear them better than me. Which way is it coming from?”

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xwickedwarriorsx‌:

Bucky sat in front of Clint with a towel, bottle of peroxide, bandages, and antiperspirant ointment. He was making sure the male’s wounds and cuts stayed healing correctly. “How does that feel?” He asked, giving Clint another sweet kiss to his jaw. The kids were long gone to bed and they were up being the night owls they were - probably soon would fall asleep watching Netflix. He prepared to move to Clint’s next wound, while looking at the other. He was relaxed in pajama bottoms, a gym shirt with the sleeves cut off, and his pink hair up in a bun. “They really got the best of you out there in that field, huh?” He chuckled, but gave his man another kiss to the forehead, in case he took an accidental jab at the male’s ego. 

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“It feels better, thank you.” Clint admits with a smile, used to being covered in bandages by now. He felt exhausted after having to fight vampires of all things, usually something they’d have Blade around to help out with. He  was lucky to have Bucky here to take care of him. This was the payment of just being human, but it wasn’t the worst injury that he has ever gone through. “They did, but how are you supposed to be prepared for fighting an enemy like that?” He sighs, smiling at the kiss pressed to his forehead though — happy in this moment. “I think that’s all my injuries, I look beautiful now.” He says gesturing to all the bandaids.

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xwickedwarriorsx‌:

“Actually I can sense a decedent of his here. Or maybe Vlad’s? So do be aware.” He turned towards the other and shook his head, with a sigh. The fighting never ended. But fighting is why he was created, so he couldn’t really argue too much about that. “I won’t let anything happen to you, Hawkeye.” Adam nodded and felt something getting even closer to them. He honestly could probably stomp the entire forest, but he didn’t want to be to risky with his cosmic powers - in case they called more things to attention from outer space.  He nodded, deciding to let Clint be the boss and he’d be the muscle. “So, are you still with the Avengers?” He was trying to make small talk with the male.

“Well, I appreciate that so THANK YOU.” Clint doesn’t want to die while they’re out here, that much he knows. He still found New Gotham to be strange, wishing there was more information about the place. Clint can’t believe that he actually misses the way life used to be. “I am, yeah. Cap promised me tacos if we survive this.” He chuckles a little, looking at his company while they make their way through the woods. He doesn’t know what they’re going to find out here — a vampire apparently. “Do you hear that?” He asks as something comes out from the trees. His hand reaching for an arrow.

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supcrsoldicrs‌:

Tacos do sound good, but they don’t come up often in his line of work. No, Steve’s better suited to the whole fighting thing, and he’s learned not to expect catered meals. At least he’s got Clint with him now; he’s glad to be at this alongside a friend, someone he knows can hold his own, can pick up his share of the fight. “Tell you what–we survive this, I’ll buy you tacos.” 

And then, just then, the trees rustle, a twig snaps, something nearby is breathing. “Don’t move,” Steve hisses. “They’re back.”

Clint has no problem holding his own out here, but wonders why they only get missions that turn out like this. Oh well, what can you do? The response to his rambling makes the archer smile happily, hoping he heard that right. “You promise? I’m holding you to that one, Cap.” Now he was hungry, aw no.

His hand quickly pulls out an arrow, pulling back as he aims it silently at whatever would come out of the bushes. “Of course they are, just our luck isn’t it? I’m ready to let loose on your call.”

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“So, we should definitely think about tightening security around the forest - do you think the swamp will need it too? Or is that just better at keeping things out than in? Wait - that seems worse.”

“We can try tightening security, but I don’t think we have enough people here for that.” Clint says honestly, one hand on his hip, while the other one is holding onto his bow. He just wants to be useful, and if patrolling the outside of the forest would make people feel safer than the archer could take the first shift. Why not? What was the worst thing they could happen? “We can stop something from getting out, but we’re kind of trespassing in their home. Whatever is living in there. It’s your call, sir.” He says with a smile, always willing to work with the police on things. It comes with having a public identity, huh?

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“Do you think any of these creatures are famous? Like Dracula? Hansel and Gretel’s witch? Could I get an autograph off of them?”

His eyebrow is raised at the questions, having an arrow in one hand being spun between his fingers, while the other hand holds his bow. “You know I don’t think we’ll be running into Dracula while we’re in here. If we’re lucky maybe his distant cousin, but we might not have time for autographs. I’m going to be too busy trying not to be their dinner to try doing that — you do you though.” He chuckles while keeping his tone playful, stopping in his tracks while hearing the sound of a twig snapping behind them. “Something is following us, stay alert.”

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“we’re not safe yet, so stay alert for more.”

Clint is tired, but maybe that’s just because he’s getting old. He felt better about being with one of his friends, nobody the archer trusts more than Steve. “Why can’t we ever get involved with missions that involve tacos? Oh no! We just eat an entire table full of ‘em or something really bad would happen. I think that would be my kind of danger.” He makes himself laugh thinking about it actually, but at least he was able to keep some humor considering everything. Would they ever be safe? “I’m staying alert — if something comes after us I’ll see it.”

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          Pietro felt himself starting to cry again. His mouth twitched, his eyes were leaking, and he shoved a hand over his face to brush the tears away. Clint’s son. Named after him. Clint really had cared, really had thought of Pietro even after he was gone.           He swallows, and kneels down so that he’s on the same level as the boy. “Hello. It’s- It’s very nice to meet you.”           He hoped that Clint understood how much this meant to him. For most of his life, no one had cared about Pietro. Wanda, of course, and then eventually the Hydra sciencist. But that was different, of course, they’d cared about the powers he had, and not about his life. And then along came Clint, who gave him hope, and said he cared, and then proved it by naming his son after Pietro.

Clint didn’t expect to make Pietro cry, but these are happy ones, right? This was a sweet moment in which he didn’t expect them to ever get the chance to have. His gaze watches as the speedster kneels down to be in the same level as the four year old. Nate seems pretty excited about this, reaching out to touch Pietro’s hair.

“It’s nice to meet you too! I like your hair!” This is when the archer is kneeling down too, just smiling fondly between all of them. He genuinely cares of course, thinking about the loss every single day. It was important to keep the memory alive, but Pietro was here with them again. They can make new memories together.

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          It was a lot to take it. It was one thing to sense that the world had completely changed, another thing to hear it from the mouth of someone that he looked up to. That he admired. That he trusted. Pietro blinks, fitting this new parcel of information into all of the rest that’s in his mind, the way that it explains so much, and yet hardly answers anything at the same time.                     “I feel fine. Like nothing happened. I don’t understand, but I am grateful.”           To whatever god had made it happen. To whatever force had turned the world sideways and inside out.           Pietro’s face turns in the direction that Clint points. Blinks. Blinks again. For the first time since Hydra changed him, he feels incrediably slow on the up take.                     “You… You named your son after me?”

It doesn’t make sense why someone would come back from the dead like this, but takes it as a blessing. Clint makes a vow with himself to keep an eye on the kid, make sure nobody could ever hurt him again. “I’m grateful too. It feels RIGHT having you here. If I ever meet who caused this I’d thank them.” He admits as he gives the speedster a gentle squeeze to his shoulder.

His gaze watches his son, who catches glimpse of them staring and decides to walk over. Clint looks back to look at Pietro again who looks pretty shocked. “I did. You okay with that?” The man pauses for a moment there. This is Nathaniel Pietro Barton. Hey buddy — this is Pietro. The one you’re named after.” He messes up the four year old’s hair, happy that these two got to meet. 

“Hi!” The child shouts while waving excitedly.

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ofnightwiings‌:

He grinned when he heard the voice. It was honestly nice to meet one of his new friends, even in a predicament like this. Especially a new friend he’d shared his backstory and identity with. Wasn’t every day you met another hero who was from the circus. “Barton! Great timing.” he deactivated the electric shocks in his escrima sticks, making note of how many charges he had left. “Don’t apologize- I should have been more alert for multiple people in the forest,” he glanced around the forest for a moment, shaking his head, “I know it’s possibly humanoid,” he admitted, “and that its sticking to the shadows and can blend in insanely well. I know it’s there- Batman training, I’ve been taught to know when someone is stalking me.” he laughed, “let’s take a bet on this. Just a penny. Vampire or werewolf? My bets on vampire.”

Clint is always more than happy to offer a helping hand, especially if it means working with his new friend — one that shares his history with being in the circus. He feels some joy in the moment even with the looming threat of someone keeping their eye on the two of them. It wouldn’t be the first time someone tried following him, and his history as RONIN before having returned to being Hawkeye again makes him aware of some of those techniques. “I have a tendency to do that. There’s probably others around the first outside from US.” He admits, if they made it here then some other people nearby would have too. It was always something with this place wasn’t it? He wishes everything would  jus slow down. “I would bet on vampire too, don’t think a werewolf would be this stealthy.” He pushes his fingers through his blonde hair as he looks around. “OR some kind of witch? I don’t deal with the supernatural all that often. They’re probably watching us right now.”

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Bucky smiled at the kid that was playing with their post Christmas gifts. He and Clint had gotten a lot closer within the last few weeks. He ran a hand through the pink hair, it looked ever better after Natalia fixed it up for him. He smiled once he heard Clint come in. “Hey, baby.” This was all still new to Bucky, but he didn’t want to let things stop  him from enjoying things with Clint. He was happy to be with the male. “I was thinking of whipping up some lasagna for the kids and us.” He kissed Clint softly and moved towards the kitchen. He came over for constant visits, but always went home at the end of the day. 

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Clint smiles as Nathaniel plays with his new toy — his two teenagers upstairs somewhere watching some movie together. He doesn’t mind since that gives him more time alone with Bucky. He comes in, rubbing the back of his neck a little — a bandaid over his nose. “Hey, handsome.” He says as he spent a little time training for an hour. It was important to keep up on his fitness far as he was concerned. “You’re just going to spontaneously make lasagna? I would LOVE that. We can all eat together.” He says with a happy smile while kissing Bucky back, and following him into the kitchen. He was just here to look pretty and stay out of the way. “You’re kind of amazing, you know that?”

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xwickedwarriorsx‌:

“Yeah, but’s it’s been months now and they haven’t shown any sign to come back yet.”  He sighed and looked at Clint, because he was sure that he was sounding like a big baby, which he didn’t want to, but his powers were making him hormonal. “I… it was.” He had to sit down before he could event talk about it. “She was my mother, well at least Wanda, but she seemed younger and a little out of place. But… she felt like she knew me, which I am just guessing is the powers way of bonding and surviving along the collision. But she’s not the mother I once knew.” He looked down at the ground, as if he wasn’t already an emo kid, all of this just made things worse.

“I wouldn’t give up hope yet. This place continues to change, for what reason is still unknown to us. They could still show up, I don’t completely believe this world we’re in hasn’t finished bringing in parts of the worlds we left behind.” Whatever is happening obviously is on whoever is doing this’ terms. This must be overwhelming for Billy, but at least he has some version of his mother here. It was better than the absence of, as he knows this feeling with his older brother missing. ”I know that she’s younger than you remember or are used to,  but consider this a way of getting to know Wanda at a different point of her life. It doesn’t have to be a bad thing, but I’m always here if you need someone to fill in on some guidance in the meantime.”