Fool's Gold ▷ Clint Barton

INTRO

FOOL'S GOLD

❝ Only a fool falls in love ❞

Tensley Ellis was the shyest con man in the world. He worked best while in a large crowd, messing with his cards while stealing wallets and the occasional expensive watch, but he was happiest tucked away in his Seattle apartment with his brothers and kittens. But doing card tricks and playing with his kittens wasn't enough to keep him and his brothers stable and alive, so he had to resort to more shady dealings, which involved more social interaction than he would've liked.

It was because of these shady, less-than-ideal dealings that Tensley was tasked with something simple. Intercept a truck carrying billions of dollars worth of illegal weapons and bring them back. He did this right, he and his brothers would never have to worry about money again. It seemed simple at the time, until he ran into a few problems.

Clint Barton was one of those problems. Still rather new to S.H.I.E.L.D. yet rising quickly through the ranks, he was sent to pick up the exact same shipment of weapons. Instead of weapons, however, he simply found himself face-to-face with a bumbling con artist who threw cards at his face, demanding to know where the shipment was. As it turned out, they weren't the only ones after the score.

That was how Clint and Tensley found themselves chasing after the elusive group, motel hopping and forcing themselves into less than ideal situations filled with pizza, petty arguments, and accidental cuddling. They hadn't signed up for any of it, but they would be lying if they said they hadn't loved every second of it.

But even after everything that had happened and all the time that had passed, things weren't ever going to be fully safe, and as Tensley and Clint find themselves working against the clock to find Tensley's brothers, they begin to wonder if they were foolish to even try to live normal lives. If they were foolish to even choose to fall in love. Foolish to try and be okay.

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CAST

dave franco as tensley ellis

❝ I can't believe I'm already an old cat lady while still in my twenties and a man ❞