FIC Shielding Secrets
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shanachie_quillTitle: Shielding Secrets
Characters: Clint Barton/Natasha Romanov (implied), Steve Rogers, Sam Wilson
Fandom: Captain America: Winter Solider
Series: Secrets verse
Written For:
Prompt: Plans for keeping people safe
Summary: Natasha has made some tough decisions in her life, but she doesn’t believe in making them for other people. So she wants to let everyone that is involved in this one know what’s going on.
Rating: PG
Spoilers: CAWS
Warnings: Neither Clint nor Natasha can deal with feelings, OMG they might have to have an actual talk, Making them talk about something other than fighting
Disclaimer: No one recognizable belongs to me, not making any money off this.
Author's Note: So this is the second one of my “Secrets” stories. Hope you like this one too. I had fun writing these. Wasn’t planning on writing either of them and I don’t plan on writing anymore, but who knows.
Natasha fingered the arrow pendant on her necklace as she felt Steve’s eyes on her. “Maybe you should call him,” Steve suggested. “I’m sure it’ll make you feel better.”
Her hand dropped to her side. “Love is for children,” she told him.
“I didn’t say anything about love,” Steve pointed out. “But you’re obviously thinking about him. I just thought…”
“Please don’t concern yourself with anything other than our mission,” Natasha told him.
Steve opened his mouth as if he was going to say something else, then changed his mind as Sam re-entered the room they’d been staging in. “You two about ready to go?” he asked.
“I just need to make a phone call,” Natasha said.
Sam looked from her to Steve before saying, “All right then. I’ll just see you two outside?”
“Hold up, Sam. I’ll go with you,” Steve said.
When the boys had left her alone, Natasha pulled an unused cell phone from a hidden pocket in her jacket and turned it on. Once it had powered up, she dialed the only number stored on it, waiting until it rang through before hanging up again.
A few minutes later the phone rang and she immediately answered it, “Barton, where are you?”
“Back-ass-i-stan,” Clint answered. “Finished up my mission and was about to bug out when…”
“Did you have an extraction plan this time?” she asked, knowing that occasionally when he went in alone, he did get one.
“Nope. Was just supposed to call for extraction if I needed it.”
“Don’t,” she told him. “Don’t call SHIELD. If you have to call someone… Call Stark.”
“Are you serious?”
“I don’t think calling SHIELD is a good idea. Since it’s infested with Hydra.”
“What did you do this time, Natasha?”
“It wasn’t me,” she replied primly. “Although I did help Steve with it.”
“Ya know, I don’t know I’m even going to ask,” Clint told her. “Fine if I can’t get myself out, I’ll call Stark.”
“Good,” she said. “I’ll meet you when we’re done.”
“What… are you doing?”
“Steve wants to take down Insight and the Triskelion,” she answered.
“I don’t even know where to go with that other than… is he nuts?!”
“Quite possibly. I’ll remind you that he took on entire Hydra bases during the War with less than two handfuls of men.”
“So he’s going to take on all of Hydra with what only two people?” Clint asked.
“Four,” Natasha corrected.
“Fine. Four. You can’t call in, I don’t know, Banner or Stark? Or wait two days for me to get there?”
“We’re sort of going for covert, Barton. And I wouldn’t call either Stark or Banner subtle.”
“Neither is Rogers,” Clint pointed out.
“He’s getting better. And he’s so… polite about not being subtle.”
Clint barked out a laugh at that. “Anything else I should know about?”
“We’re going to expose Hydra,” she said softly, “but by doing so we’re going to expose SHIELD.”
“Which means exposing us,” Clint concluded.
“I thought you should know before I blew all your covers.”
“Well I appreciate the heads up,” he said.
“When we’re done…” she started.
“I’ll meet you,” he agreed. “Just leave me a message.”
“Clint.”
“Natasha.” He let out a sigh. “You didn’t make the wrong decision.”
“I’m not looking for absolution, Clint. I made my decision. I’ve already discussed this with Steve and I am with him.”
“I never doubted you,” Clint said.
Natasha closed her eyes against the faith in his voice. “I didn’t ask for that.”
“I know. I gave it to you when I brought you in. I made you a promise. I made you that promise, Nat, not SHIELD.”
“I’ll meet you when we’re done,” she told him.
“Good luck with Rogers and subtle.”
“Oh but he’s learned so well,” she replied.
“I’ll meet you over the rainbow,” he told her. “In five days.”
“You think that’s remote enough?”
“If it’s not I don’t think any place is.”
Natasha looked up as Steve poked his head back into the room. “I have to go,” she told Clint as she nodded at Steve.
“All right. See you soon,” he replied and hung up.
Natasha stared at the phone for a minute, debating before turning it over and pulling the battery from it. She turned, walking into the bathroom and dropping both pieces into the toilet. “Little paranoid?” Steve asked as she walked past him out the doorway.
“It doesn’t pay to be too careful,” she answered. “Let’s go slay the dragon.”
Clint is referring to the Wizard of Oz with his ‘over the rainbow’ reference, but he actually means for Natasha to meet him in Iowa. There were seven commandos (according to my count when I was watching the movie), hence the comment about less than two handfuls.
Characters: Clint Barton/Natasha Romanov (implied), Steve Rogers, Sam Wilson
Fandom: Captain America: Winter Solider
Series: Secrets verse
Written For:
Prompt: Plans for keeping people safe
Summary: Natasha has made some tough decisions in her life, but she doesn’t believe in making them for other people. So she wants to let everyone that is involved in this one know what’s going on.
Rating: PG
Spoilers: CAWS
Warnings: Neither Clint nor Natasha can deal with feelings, OMG they might have to have an actual talk, Making them talk about something other than fighting
Disclaimer: No one recognizable belongs to me, not making any money off this.
Author's Note: So this is the second one of my “Secrets” stories. Hope you like this one too. I had fun writing these. Wasn’t planning on writing either of them and I don’t plan on writing anymore, but who knows.
Natasha fingered the arrow pendant on her necklace as she felt Steve’s eyes on her. “Maybe you should call him,” Steve suggested. “I’m sure it’ll make you feel better.”
Her hand dropped to her side. “Love is for children,” she told him.
“I didn’t say anything about love,” Steve pointed out. “But you’re obviously thinking about him. I just thought…”
“Please don’t concern yourself with anything other than our mission,” Natasha told him.
Steve opened his mouth as if he was going to say something else, then changed his mind as Sam re-entered the room they’d been staging in. “You two about ready to go?” he asked.
“I just need to make a phone call,” Natasha said.
Sam looked from her to Steve before saying, “All right then. I’ll just see you two outside?”
“Hold up, Sam. I’ll go with you,” Steve said.
When the boys had left her alone, Natasha pulled an unused cell phone from a hidden pocket in her jacket and turned it on. Once it had powered up, she dialed the only number stored on it, waiting until it rang through before hanging up again.
A few minutes later the phone rang and she immediately answered it, “Barton, where are you?”
“Back-ass-i-stan,” Clint answered. “Finished up my mission and was about to bug out when…”
“Did you have an extraction plan this time?” she asked, knowing that occasionally when he went in alone, he did get one.
“Nope. Was just supposed to call for extraction if I needed it.”
“Don’t,” she told him. “Don’t call SHIELD. If you have to call someone… Call Stark.”
“Are you serious?”
“I don’t think calling SHIELD is a good idea. Since it’s infested with Hydra.”
“What did you do this time, Natasha?”
“It wasn’t me,” she replied primly. “Although I did help Steve with it.”
“Ya know, I don’t know I’m even going to ask,” Clint told her. “Fine if I can’t get myself out, I’ll call Stark.”
“Good,” she said. “I’ll meet you when we’re done.”
“What… are you doing?”
“Steve wants to take down Insight and the Triskelion,” she answered.
“I don’t even know where to go with that other than… is he nuts?!”
“Quite possibly. I’ll remind you that he took on entire Hydra bases during the War with less than two handfuls of men.”
“So he’s going to take on all of Hydra with what only two people?” Clint asked.
“Four,” Natasha corrected.
“Fine. Four. You can’t call in, I don’t know, Banner or Stark? Or wait two days for me to get there?”
“We’re sort of going for covert, Barton. And I wouldn’t call either Stark or Banner subtle.”
“Neither is Rogers,” Clint pointed out.
“He’s getting better. And he’s so… polite about not being subtle.”
Clint barked out a laugh at that. “Anything else I should know about?”
“We’re going to expose Hydra,” she said softly, “but by doing so we’re going to expose SHIELD.”
“Which means exposing us,” Clint concluded.
“I thought you should know before I blew all your covers.”
“Well I appreciate the heads up,” he said.
“When we’re done…” she started.
“I’ll meet you,” he agreed. “Just leave me a message.”
“Clint.”
“Natasha.” He let out a sigh. “You didn’t make the wrong decision.”
“I’m not looking for absolution, Clint. I made my decision. I’ve already discussed this with Steve and I am with him.”
“I never doubted you,” Clint said.
Natasha closed her eyes against the faith in his voice. “I didn’t ask for that.”
“I know. I gave it to you when I brought you in. I made you a promise. I made you that promise, Nat, not SHIELD.”
“I’ll meet you when we’re done,” she told him.
“Good luck with Rogers and subtle.”
“Oh but he’s learned so well,” she replied.
“I’ll meet you over the rainbow,” he told her. “In five days.”
“You think that’s remote enough?”
“If it’s not I don’t think any place is.”
Natasha looked up as Steve poked his head back into the room. “I have to go,” she told Clint as she nodded at Steve.
“All right. See you soon,” he replied and hung up.
Natasha stared at the phone for a minute, debating before turning it over and pulling the battery from it. She turned, walking into the bathroom and dropping both pieces into the toilet. “Little paranoid?” Steve asked as she walked past him out the doorway.
“It doesn’t pay to be too careful,” she answered. “Let’s go slay the dragon.”
Clint is referring to the Wizard of Oz with his ‘over the rainbow’ reference, but he actually means for Natasha to meet him in Iowa. There were seven commandos (according to my count when I was watching the movie), hence the comment about less than two handfuls.
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