They love each other. It's that simple. - A collage of one shots involving the quiet, simple, sometimes angsty moments of Clint and Nat's life after giving up SHIELD/The Avengers. (Chronology is continuously clarified after chapter 5, but feel free start anywhere.)
Summertime in the mid 80s. A carnival in Iowa. Young Clint Barton & Patrick Jane cross paths for time.
"Had to decide if I really wanted to find out about you." (Just a little one shot. Warning for mentions of suicide)
A very small moment between the explosion and the dawn in "Kill Switch". (one shot)
He didn't want to go back to that. Not ever again. (one shot)
Looks like they found him. (two shot)
Agent Barton was sent to kill me. He made a different call. (One shot)
Clint takes his first steps as an assassin. Nothing glitters.