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Natasha Romanoff ([personal profile] redintheledger) wrote2012-05-10 05:14 pm
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Post-Canon: New Zealand, with Clint - Vacation

Natasha has a beach cottage, a damn comfortable couch, and a book (Japanese, all magical realism and folklore). There is also a glass of wine on the coffee table, a cushion underneath her head, and a Russian metal a cappella band on the stereo.

She is feeling decadent.

Moderately decadent, anyway; it's not as if she and Clint have pulled one of their 'let's book out the honeymoon suite' stunts. This is a perfectly nice, perfectly modest little cottage they've rented, and she's feeling relaxed enough that she only has a knife strapped to her shin underneath her jeans.

All she is really missing is a Clint, but she's not going to actively worry about him unless he doesn't turn up in the next hour.
hasthehighground: In SHIELD gear, looking serious and tired (look up)

[personal profile] hasthehighground 2012-05-15 01:37 am (UTC)(link)
"Maybe I should go pick up take-out," Clint says, thoughtfully. The Iron Chef isn't actually that bad, though it loses his attention a lot faster than Nat's. Random gardening programs, on the other hand...
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[personal profile] hasthehighground 2012-05-15 12:27 pm (UTC)(link)
...

Clint is laughing silently, chest rattling with it. "How about I grab Thai, and you commune with the eyecandy."
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[personal profile] hasthehighground 2012-05-15 12:51 pm (UTC)(link)
"Sure thing," he says, standing up and headed out, grabbing his wallet off the side table.

"Enjoy yourself."
hasthehighground: looking out of the corner of his eye (peripheral)

[personal profile] hasthehighground 2012-05-16 07:25 am (UTC)(link)
Clint's back in thirty minutes because, even though he called the restaurant on his way there (one medium beef red thai, and a mild chicken & eggplant sautee), they were well-prepared for speedy takeout orders.

He sets the order on the table, and sits on the arm of the couch. "Why," he asks, after a moment, "is America's Funniest Home Videos even a thing, here?"
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[personal profile] hasthehighground 2012-05-16 07:31 am (UTC)(link)
"I guess seeing people get hit in the face doesn't really change it's entertainment value, globally."

On screen, a squirrel falls out of a tree and lands in someone's hair. There is flailing.

He glances at her, and grins. "Probably could've convinced Thor they were real threats."

Watching Thor watch this was basically the best thing. Or one of the best things.

He gestures in a helpless 'give me my box, moving is beyond me' motion. Take pity, Nat! He's been walking.
hasthehighground: Natasha and Clint being quiet and happy at each other ([natasha] relaxed)

[personal profile] hasthehighground 2012-05-16 08:29 am (UTC)(link)
His mama raised him well. He pops open the carton, and starts eating with the fork taped to the top.

"Didn't really read them," he admits. "I mean, I'd heard the name, but more from guys who thought it made them sound tough. Bet they couldn't even spell Mjolnir."

Not that he can, but he doesn't go around calling himself Thor, does he?
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[personal profile] hasthehighground 2012-05-16 08:52 am (UTC)(link)
Clint watches her for a moment, chewing.

"'Sthat where the red hair comes from?"
hasthehighground: Natasha and Clint being quiet and happy at each other ([natasha] relaxed)

[personal profile] hasthehighground 2012-05-16 09:07 am (UTC)(link)
He looks into the mid-distance for a few moments.



"That would be kind of hot."
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[personal profile] hasthehighground 2012-05-16 09:18 am (UTC)(link)
Clint looks wounded around his fork. He was having dirty thoughts about her. Tall her, admittedly, but still.

At the mention of her bust, though, his wounded face turns into a head-tilt of agreement.
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[personal profile] hasthehighground 2012-05-16 09:38 am (UTC)(link)
"I think I'm actually more okay with Iron Chef."

He can read about it online, like he has been. Where getting overwhelmed is a lot slower, and everything seems more distant.
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[personal profile] hasthehighground 2012-05-16 09:45 am (UTC)(link)
"Yeah, well," he says, grinning at her, "it has a certain charm to it."
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[personal profile] hasthehighground 2012-05-16 10:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Clint checks his watch. "I... that's like whatshisface, in Lion King, right?"
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[personal profile] hasthehighground 2012-05-17 01:30 am (UTC)(link)
"Yes," he says, immediately. "It's like Hamlet, with lions and singing. And basically everyone in America's seen it, especially in their twenties."

She's not in her twenties, but she often pretends she is!

"It's probably not required for watching Meerkat Manor, though."

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