Happy Fathers Day
Clint really misses his kids.
He’d planned to take the weekend off and just be a Dad, leave his Avengering aside for just one weekend wasn’t too much to ask, right?
Try telling that to the bad guys.
It’s 8pm Sunday by the time they save the day and all Clint wants is a long, hot shower and maybe if he’s lucky he’ll manage to Skype Cooper and Lila before they head to bed.
After washing the grime and grit off, he pulls on his softest tshirt and pyjama bottoms and pads into the bedroom, heading for his tablet and hoping that Laura has let the kids stay up on the offchance that he’ll call.
Imagine his surprise when he finds Cooper and Lila bouncing excitedly on his bed.
“What the - - How the - -?”
Lila’s grin shows another missing tooth as she runs over to hug him. “It was Uncle Pietro! We went really fast! Mom was mad when he showed up all bloody and dirty but then she let us go with him. It was fun! And plus we get to see you! Happy Dad Day! I made you a drawing but it blew away. But Pietro says he’ll get me crayons and I can draw another one! But then he fell asleep. Can you get me crayons?”
Clint’s head is spinning as he presses kisses into his motor mouth daughter’s hair. Cooper’s much more stoic but still not too old to let his Dad pull him in for a manly hug.
And now that he’s caught up, he can see Pietro. Bruised and scraped from several near misses over the past couple of days, the kid is slumped over Clint’s desk, exhaustion caught up to him.
Clint can’t quite believe that the kid actually did this for him. He’s going to have to do something extra special to thank him for this. Later though. He’s still got three hours of Fathers Day left and he’s gonna make the most of the amazing gift that Pietro has given him.