#natasha and clint

[toomanybirdss]

saw someone write this to explain jayce's justification for using the arcane to save viktor, but it felt like an epiphany moment to me that boils down a really interesting concept.

they said : "i need you more than i need to be good"

and i just... it's so beautiful and heartbreaking and devastating and morally ambiguous and potentially harmful.

but i think it succinctly describes many instances in fantasy / sci-fi / fiction relationships (of any kind) where they love and are devoted to each other, to the point where they would corrupt themselves or each other or the world or their morals in order to stay together.

like jayce using the arcane to save viktor.

like silco using shimmer to save jinx.

like ekko using the z-drive to save jinx?

like xaden turning venin to save violet.

like emma turning killian into a dark one to save him.

like neil going to the nest and letting lola capture him to protect andrew and the foxes.

like aaron killing drake for what he did to andrew.

like jean helping and protecting neil while in the nest to ensure that neil could eventually leave.

like jean "i will lose them all if i have to."

like cardan exiling jude to protect her from persecution for killing balekin.

like peeta and katniss choosing to eat the nightlock berries instead of killing each other.

like patroclus following achilles in his adventures, and eventually putting on his armour to fight in his stead.

like achilles choosing to kill hector knowing what his fate would be.

like natasha choosing to die for the infinity stone instead of clint.

like lucy rewriting the end book.

like aang closing his access to the avatar state instead of letting go of katara

i could go on forever.

some of these are romantic relationships and some aren't. some of these you might not even agree are applicable examples. and most of these are extreme cases.

but i think this sentiment can be seen in many many large and small acts of sacrifice. where one person doesn't agree with the morals or the consequences or the reactions related to the action in question, but the other has completely put aside those factors and concerns in order to protect that person.

it feels like a deeply indescribable emotion and desire. the act itself seems almost unfathomable to the person on the receiving end of it, and sometimes even to us as the audience.

but those choices likely can never truly be understood until you yourself are faced with a situation like it.

where someone you love is in danger, and the more unfathomable thing is the possibility of losing them.

i think that phrase encapsulates this beautifully.

[clockwork-stars]

"Don't wait for me, I can't come"

[marvel-my-most-beloved]

[renegadesstuff]

They both loved her so much 🥺🤍

[tashastark1]

Well, we all have a face

What we hide away forever,

And we take it out and show ourselves

when everyone is gone

Billy Joel — Stranger

•••

Natasha is a professional spy. She has worn masks all her life. Whether it's for work or her own safety, she does it so easily, as if at the snap of her fingers. La femme fatale or girl next door, pretty fool, penitent sinner. A flick of eyelashes, a raised eyebrow, just a subtle change in body language—and a new mask is on.

Over the years, she'd had to change hundreds of masks. Maybe more. She doesn't count. She looks into the cracked and dirty mirror in just one another trashy hotel in Budapest and doesn't know who she's looking for there.

There have been so many masks over the years that Natasha has forgotten who's the woman behind all of them. Who the real Natasha is. It seems that all those masks have rubbed against her skin forever.

Sometimes it seems to her that there is nothing underneath. The real Natasha is simply does not exist. She's a blank sheet ready to put on any personality you need. A faceless puppet, pulled by the strings by the Dreykov.

And then Natasha meets Barton.

He is absolutely impossible, really. His face is just too sincere and plain for a spy. It terribly shows all emotions so clearly.

Barton makes Natasha laugh a lot; Barton teases Natasha; Barton plays tic-tac-toe with her; Barton watches the Budapest on fire with her.

Barton looks at her and sees something she does not see.

Barton tells her old jokes and Natasha laughs, throwing back her beautiful head, laughs for the first time in years. They're each others shoulder to lie on. The back to feel safe.

Natasha looks in the mirror of trashy hotel in some godforsaken town while Clint sleeps in the next bed. For the first time in years, Natasha sees a woman behind all those masks. She's finally find her in his eyes.

The real Natasha, the one who is she with Clint.

[hersheysmcboom]

Reason: I’m just not sure if melina would believe in religion, even if she convents.

[mysticgirl84]

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[sunshiny-rants]

[floilee]

America: Do you think Ross betrayed on Rachel or not?

Natasha: Definitely yes.

Clint: Yes, I think too.

Yelena: He literally kissed another woman after they broke up.

Kate: THEY WERE TAKING A BREAK!

[clintbartonslover]

[phoenixofthestars]

downloaded a bunch of clintasha fanfiction to look at later cause I don't know how much sex there is (and also I may start crying) and I don't want someone glancing at my laptop screen and seeing something Suspicious

these two are going to be the hill I will die on and you can't stop it

I love them so fucking much but they will be the end of me

[tfatwsiguess]

I won’t die peacefully not knowing what Natasha said

It’s giving…

#me and my bestie talking shit

[asherashedwings]

This is how the first Avengers went, right?

[renegadesstuff]

THIS PARALLEL STILL HURTS 💔

[morgangalaxy43]

The Avengers 2012 era was the best time ever in the fandom

Thor loves pop tarts, Clint lived in the vents, Bruce and Tony did science together, Steve was the mom friend of the team and did art in his free time, Natasha was cool aunt of the team, Loki was there too and a bunch of other characters like Peter, Sam, Bucky, Vision and Wanda all lived in the Avengers tower together

It was a much simpler time where everyone in the fandom was chill and having fun together

[hersheysmcboom]

(Clint showed yelena ghostbusters and now she’s scared of ghosts)

Clint: I thought she could handle it!

(Cue yelena attacking some innocent neighbor‘s halloween decorations)

Yelena: DIE AGAIN GHOSTS!!! DIE AGAIN!!

Natasha: (sarcastically) oh yeah, she’s handling it real well.