Clint knew he should probably humour Edith more, maybe spend more time with her considering her position in HR, but she was so grating. He was glad for Chris’s shy persona so he could dodge her advances easily, and he was even more glad in this moment for Natasha’s help. She could have thrown him under the bus, could have left him to deal with this on his own, but when she practically threw John at Edith he was entirely grateful. Amused as well, but mostly grateful.

And from the look Natasha had given him a moment ago it was looking very likely that he’d get ample opportunity to show her just how grateful he really was.

Edith, for her part, was not happy with the introduction and sized Natalie up like women do their competition, but the line about John caught her by surprise and soon her face lit up as she seemingly forgot that she wasn’t supposed to like this woman.

“Well, I suppose I could let him go if John will dance with me instead...” she said, releasing Clint’s arm and holding her hand out to John.