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"Well, you're still in the park then. Stay where you are, I'm on my way." He said and ended the call.

I looked around and spotted a bench so I walked over and took a seat as I played games on my phone. After about twenty minutes I heard someone call my name and I looked up to see Steve making his way over.

"Thank you so much for coming." I said.

"It's no worries, I'm happy to help, and I'm happy to have escaped from Tony, he's gloating about how he saved everyone by himself, even though he definitely didn't." He said and I chuckled.

"I tried calling Clint but he wouldn't answer." I said with a sigh.

"What happened" He asked.

"Well earlier on the news, they started to make up stories about why Clint wasn't with you guys on this mission. So I suggested we go for a walk and we came to the park, we stopped at the little café for hot chocolate." I started.

"They do the best hot chocolate." He said and I smiled, nodding in agreement.

"We were sat there drinking our hot chocolate and he was on edge so I grabbed his hand to try and calm him down. A few minutes later we saw this." I said, showing him the photo.

"What's the big deal? It's just a photo." He said.

"I think he was more bothered about the caption underneath it." I said.

"Right, well I can see his issue with that, but everyone will get over it soon enough, and so will he. Now come on, we had better get going, Bruce said something about wanting to give you a check up when you got back and that you need your medication." Steve said and I groaned.

"I hate needles." I said with a frown.

"I don't think anyone really likes needles." He said with a grin.

I just shook my head at him and we walked along in a comfortable silence for a while, I just admired the view around me.

"What's going on between you two anyway" He asked after a few minutes, referring to Clint and I.

"In all honesty, I don't know. I mean we've kissed a few times but just as I think it's going well he suddenly changes and pushes me away." I said with a sigh.

"Do you like him?" He asked.

"I really do, he has helped me so much, and he makes me feel things that nobody else can, I can't explain it. But I just can't tell how he feels about me." I said.

"He does like you, trust me. Just seeing the two of you together, it's plain to see that there is something between the two of you. Just give him some time." He said as we arrived at the tower.

I went up to the lab where Bruce was searching frantically for something, but stopped when he saw me come in. He ran a few tests and checked me over before injecting my medicine into my arm.

"That's the last dose of that you'll need." He said.

"Thank god." I said with a relieved sigh.

"I'm all done, so you're free to go." Bruce said with a small smile.

"Thanks." I said with a smile as I turned to leave.

I made my way up to my room and pulled out my phone to see if Clint had been in touch, but he hadn't so I decided to try and call him again. I sighed as it went to voicemail, deciding to leave him a voicemail.

"Hey Clint, it's Abi again. Please just come back, the media will get over it and forget about it in a few days. If you aren't going to come back, at least let us know you're okay. Please. I'll see you soon." I said and I ended the call.

My stomach started to rumble, it was 8:45pm and I hadn't eaten since Clint made the pasta at around 2pm. I got up and made my way to the living room to find out who was cooking, but both the kitchen and the living room were empty.

"Jarvis." I called.

"Yes miss?" He replied.

"Where are the others?" I asked.

"They're down in the labs." He said.

"Thanks." I said as I walked over to the elevator.

I stepped out of the elevator and looked around, seeing everyone over in Tony's lab so I made my way over.

"What the hell is Clint doing there?" Natasha asked.

"You found him?" I asked quickly.

They all jumped and turned to face me, Tony quickly shut his laptop so I couldn't see the screen.

"Well where is he?" I asked.

"We don't know." Tony said.

"Don't mess with me right now Stark." I demanded.

He opened his mouth to say something but decided not to. I pushed past him and opened his laptop, seeing a flashing red dot on the screen.

"Isn't... isn't that a strip club?" I asked.

They all stayed silent and avoided eye contact with me, I just rolled my eyes.

"Right." I said as I walked off.

I made my way into the kitchen and grabbed a big bag of chips before going back into my room. I opened the bag of chips and grabbed my TV remote from my nightstand and turned it on before putting on a movie. About half way through, there was a knock at my door so I paused my movie and opened the door to see Steve stood there.

"Are uh... are you alright?" He asked.

"Just fine." I said, forcing a smile.

"Stupid question. I'm sorry about earlier, I was just still in shock, it's not like Clint to be in a place like that, that's usually Tony's sort of place." He said.

"I just don't understand it. He freaked out about the two of us being seen in the park together and then he goes to a place like that, surely it would be worse to be seen at a place like that?" I said.

"That's what I was thinking too, but he will come back soon enough. Tony is tracking his phone so we can keep an eye on where he's going and possibly intervene if he's gone for too long." He said.

"Okay, keep me updated." I said.

"Will do." He said.

He turned to leave but then turned back to me.

"Do you want to get something to eat? Like a takeout or something?" He asked.

"Sure, I could kill for a Chinese right now." I said.

"Sounds good to me, come on." He said with a smile.

I followed him into the empty kitchen, the others were still down in the lab, I could hear the music thumping from up here. Steve and I ordered our Chinese and when it arrived we sat on the couch and ate as we watched some comedy movie on the TV. It completely took my mind off of Clint as we sat there laughing, tears streaming down our faces throughout almost the whole of the movie. When it finished I checked the time, realising it was 11:45pm.

"Thank you for cheering me up." I said to him.

"It was my pleasure." He said with a smile.

"Well I'm going to head to bed." I said with a yawn.

"Okay, I'm going to head back down to the lab and see what's going on down there, sounds like they're partying or something. Make sure you call if you need anything." He said.

"Okay, well have fun, and thanks again." I said, giving him a quick hug.