Absence makes the heart grow fonder, and it definitely made a lot of other things grow too. Despite his preference to not actually get involved in spy work often, Clint had been happy to get the call to back Natasha up on this mission. They had already been apart for longer than his liking, and even though he knew she could handle herself he never felt quite right when he wasn’t there to have her back.

He had missed her, and he was very much looking forward to the opportunity to show her just how much.

“As long as it’s not really the wine,” Chris said, looking worried that it might be.

He swore this was the longest cab ride ever. Maybe the cabbie was a pervert and was taking them on detours in hopes he’d have something to watch, but more likely it just felt like it was taking forever since Clint was highly anticipating it being over.

“It has. You can see for yourself. I’ll show you,” he said rather quickly, his eyes dropping to her lips so tantalizingly close to his.