What Were You Expecting? (-clint-)

[Clint Barton]

Clint looked at her and smiled a bit, "I just got a tiny scratch compared to what you got " he said to her and and smiled some more to her. He frowned a bit when Amelia asked him questions. "I didn`t expect much when they told my partner was a woman..to me it doesn`t make a difference " Clint said to her.

He sighed softly and looked around some , "That`s not true Amelia..as my partner i have all the reasons to worry about you " Clint told her and looked back her. He used his free hand to push that blonde stand of hair behind her ear.

[Amelia Raven Blake]

Amelia sighed, frowning. "You didn't expect much because I was a woman...because I'm not as strong as the rest of the Avenger team." She looked at him. "That's right, isn't it?" Hurt shone in her eyes despite her attempt to mask it. She didn't want to appear weak, but at the moment she was in pain, and not just from the wound.

She sighed, shaking her head but saying nothing. She started a bit at his touch, she hadn't been expecting it. She let her eyes meet his, hers bright blue and confused, hurt, and his that perfect hazel brown.

[Clint Barton]

Clint sighed and shook his head "That is not true Amelia ,you are very strong " he said to her and looked at her. "Moments like this can`t be avoided, just because i`m a man doesn`t mean i`m stronger " says as well.

He removed his hand away from her , but his eyes met hers and he could see the pain in them. "It`s gonna be alright Amelia " Clint told her.

[Amelia Raven Blake]

Amelia sighed. "Not mentally." She looked at him. "You're stronger then a lot of people I know," she said softly. She sighed frowning slightly and looking at the bed lost in thought. She just wasn't cut out to be a hero was she? Not that she was a hero, just someone who did good things. She thought she was better off being the villain.

A small tear trained down her face. "How," she whispered, "how do you know?" She looked sadly at her partner. "I've lost everything worth fighting for."

[Clint Barton]

Clint looked at her and sighed. "We`re strong i our own ways because something keeps us going and doing this " he said to her and smiled softly. Something was clearly on her mind.but Clint didn`t know what was bothering her..maybe it was some part of the things she told him earlier or maybe it was something else he didn`t know about.

He looked at Amelia still and heard her question, "I just do, and i`m here " he said and shrugged. "I know that you`ve lost people you cared about..but new people will come into your life that`s gonna be worth fighting for" Clint told Amelia.

[Amelia Raven Blake]

"Clint...I'm not who you think I am..." She muttered, refusing to meet his gaze. She just sighed, staring down at the pallid white of the blankets. She didn't care what he thought, she didn't think she could ever be anything but a villain. She had killed so many innocent people how wasn't she a villain?

She didn't say anything to his next words. She didn't know that his second comment would be true. In the future she would love Clint himself but then they'd drift apart and she'd meet her future husband, John Blake...but she didn't know any of that right now. Right now she didn't even know how to control her powers.

[Clint Barton]

Clint looked at her ,"What do you mean Amelia...?" he asked her and looked at her even though she didn`t look back at him. Clint didn`t know much about Amelia ,but he was sure he would get to know her better by the time.

There wasn`t much talking in the room, it was pretty silent in there. Clint leaned back some in the chair against the backrest and looked at Amelia. But Clint cared for her and wanted to be a good friend to her. "Can i get you anything Amelia ?" he asked her.

[Amelia Raven Blake]

Amelia shook her head, she didn't want to explain. She didn't want his sympathy in the matter either, she'd already gotten too much from when she told him about how her father had died. She sighed, looking away. "Nothing." She muttered.

She shook her head once more, not really understand why he was still there. If she was him she probably would have left by now. She wouldn't have waited for herself, she would have just left she wouldn't have cared what happened to herself. It didn't make any sense that someone that had only just met her could care this much.

[Clint Barton]

Clint looked at Amelia and sighed softly. She didn`t want anything at the moment,"Okey then..you want to be alone for a while ?" he asked her and rubbed his hands together some and knew she was going through something but she didn`t want to tell him any of it. There wasn`t much Clint could do to make her talk right now.

Clint moved off the chair and walked over to the window and looked outside , he looked down at the people walking on the street and cars passing by on the road. It was cloudy outside and it looked like it was about to rain.

[Amelia Raven Blake]

Amelia sighed, glancing at him. "You don't have to go...but...if you have somewhere else to be...I'm not stopping you..." She looked away, avoiding eye contact. She didn't want him to look into her eyes and see the pain that she went through every day knowing deep down inside what she really was.

She watched him from the corner of her eye. She didn't want to tell him what she was, she didn't want to ruin the friendship between them. If the partnership they had could be called friendship when they'd only just met.

[Clint Barton]

Clint looked at Amelia ,pursing his lips "I don`t have anywhere else to go right now Amelia..and i choose to stay here with you even though you`re pretty stubborn at the moment. " he said to her. She didn`t even make eye contact with him. All Clint wanted was that she could talk to him about what was bothering her.

It started to rain outside ,the sky was grey and cloudy. Clint turned slightly and looked at Amelia. His lips parted as he breathed calmly. "Listen..you don`t have to tell me anything about what`s going on or bothering you..but just don`t let it turn into a habit now that we`re partners and friends " Clint said to her.

[Amelia Raven Blake]

Amelia sighed softly, looking at the ground. "Bad things have happened to me, Clint...my childhood was shit...it wasn't one that you want to live in, but I did...I suffered everyday. I...I've been through a lot and I just don't want sympathy from anyone because what happened back then shaped me into what I am today."

She fell silent, surprised that she had actually said everything that she just had. She bit her lip. Sullivan would have beaten her for acting defiant. She sighed, clearly upset. Her eyes moist but she sat still, listening to the drizzling platter of rain on the glass window.

[Clint Barton]

Clint looked at Amelia as she started talking and telling him about the things that had happened to her. He walked over to the chair and took a seat. It must have been hard to Amelia to tell him this, but he was glad she had finally done it. "I am glad that you told me Amelia..and you have been through a lot of crap ,i get that now...and i`m not here to give you sympathy ,i`m not judging you because of what happened in your past..all i care about is the person you are today " Clint said and looked at Amelia.

"We don`t even have to mention or talk about it again, but i want you to know that i`m here for you Amelia and that you can trust me. " he said and reached for her hand.

[Amelia Raven Blake]

Amelia sighed. "I'm not the type of person you want to become friends with, Clint. You're a good man, don't ruin that by hanging out with my sort..." She played with the rings around her neck absently, her eyes staring at the floor blankly, a few strands of golden blonde hair falling into her face and casting shadows across her face.

"Some day maybe I'll tell you everything...someday maybe..." Amelia doubted her words even as she said them. Trust him? She sighed, she didn't know if she could trust anyone. She felt his hand on hers and her eyes jumped to his.

[Clint Barton]

Clint sighed and shook his head at what she was saying to him, "Stop saying that Amelia..and i choose whoever i want to hang out with and be friends with ,and that happens to be you..you are not getting rid of me that easily" he said to her.

He looked at her " Okey..but do it when you want to..maybe" Clint said to her. He took her hand and looked into her eyes. " I am here for you Amelia"