Discipline reviews, she hated those, and considering what Clint had to go through after the Loki incident she was surprised he was so casual about this. It was a bit of a relief, though; like it was evidence that he truly had recovered from what had happened to him, or at least as well as could be expected.

“The tag could have been clearer,” she said. She didn’t elaborate; she didn’t need to. It was enough to make it clear that she wouldn’t hang him out to dry, that part of the blame for the botched mission was on her.

“I’m okay,” Natasha replied. She took short breaths as anything too deep hurt, and she was sure there had been more bullets but she couldn’t quite tell without looking. The must have been superficial compared to the one that had caught her lung. “What did the doctors say?”