"Considerate of you," he said, his gaze lingering on her lips and the faint smile there for a moment. For the first time since she'd been hit he let himself let go of some of the tenseness melt away from his shoulders and relaxed the tiniest bit.

The tightness had been all that had been holding him together as he'd answered questions and waited for news. They'd been through this before. It wasn't the first time or the last that one of them would be wounded on the job, but he'd been directly responsible this time. It was something he wasn't going to be letting himself off the hook for any time soon.

"That code box better be worth it," Clint murmured, sighing softly. "That's all I've got to say."