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'The sky is blue
but it's not that colorful
the whole city is dull
without you here'
"Seriously Nat?" Clint was doing his best not to laugh and violate her self-confidence, too much. He flipped the Big Ben postcard back and fort, between the picture and words written with a perfect penmanship.
"I've tried, OK?" Her voice simply told him he'd failed. "It's not my fault I don't know how to write something nice, just burn them."
"Aww, Nat no." Clint groaned "I'm gonna keep it forever… It's beautiful. It's going to be displayed in Smithsonian centuries later"
"And by the way, did you know 'Big Ben' is actually the nickname of the biggest bell on the clock tower? Not the whole tower name" he added when Natasha didn't immediately reply.
The other side of the line went silent for a little too long Clint had to look at his phone screen to check if Natasha was still there or she had already threw her phone down the Thames. Doing so make Clint missed whatever she was saying. What a bad timing.
"Sorry, what did you say?"
A heavy sigh could be heard easily this time "It was nothing"
"Alrighhhttttt" He agreed "Because you of all people would mumble nothing at all."
Clint was imagining Natasha did an eye roll while saying "Whatever, I just can't wait to wrap the mission up so I can go back and beat your sorry ass at the farm.
He looked down at the monitor wrapped around his ankle. He didn't regret siding with Steve one bit but the aftermath of not being able to go anywhere else outside his house sucked.
He didn't actually have to take their offer but he was too old to run like he used to do back then. Furthermore, he had already retired from being a hero for months, so no point in going back in thieves and spies businesses.
Well, at least his invisible jail was still bigger than that ant guy. Heard the guy accidently triggered an alarm just days ago. Poor man must be scared, or bored to death by how serious these guys work.
"Miss you too, Nat"
"Yeah" A small chuckle followed "You better be"
"I have to go now"
"See you later?"
"Sure, I'll see you soon"
Natasha hung up. She actually had to check up with Steve and James at Wakanda post-mission, but she would find another way around paying a visit to the retired Avenger later.
Little did she know she would meet Clint again five years later.