Fated Marks

“Cal I need you to call the New York City Ballet and get me seats for opening night.” Tony said.

“Uh sure, but aren’t you cutting it a bit close?” I asked. Nate still had the entire booth to himself and no one to go with.

“Well Pepper keeps hinting at it and I could use all the brownie points I can get at the moment.” Tony said.

“What’d you do?” I asked.

“Why do you automatically assume…” he started and I gave him a look. “So I may have accidentally stood her up for dinner last night.”

“The same dinner I reminded you about three times before I left, and had to beg Josh to come and cook exclusively for you two making him miss his appointment for his engagement photo shoot with the hardest to book photographer in the city?” I said getting annoyed.

“Maybe?” Tony said

“Tony!” I chastised.

“I screwed up, it’s just that there was a loose wire in the arm and I had to fix that and then I thought of a better way to connect…” He started rambling.

“As great as that is you not only got your wife pissed at you but I’m sure she now thinks I’m completely incompetent and my best friend probably wants to murder me for introducing you to his fiancé.” I said.

“I can get them another appointment.” Tony said.

“That’s not…” I started before sighing. “Okay I’m going to get you those ballet tickets and I’m going to get Will and Josh another appointment by name dropping you a lot.”

“I’ll pay for it too, rush fees and everything.” Tony said.

“I’m sure that’ll help get you back into Will’s good graces.” I said.

An Hour Later-

“What do you mean you’re sold out?” I said.

“I’m sorry ma’am, but tickets have ben sold out for months.” The ballet coordinator said.

“Are you sure there isn’t anything, not even in the nosebleed seats?” I asked.

“No ma’am.” She said getting frustrated.

“Did I mention it’s for my boss Tony Stark?” I asked.

“You did many times.” She said annoyed.

“Okay well if you by chance have anyone cancel at the last minute or find an opening please call me back.” I said.

“Sure.” She answered and hung up.

“Uh.” I groaned.

“Everything all right?” Bruce asked.

“The ballet is sold out. Who even goes to the ballet?” I asked.

“Sunshine gives me some good news.” Tony said walking in.

“The Ballet isn’t a dying art form like I previously thought.” I said.

“Did you get the tickets?” tony asked.

“No they’re sold out.” I said.

“Did you tell them who it was for?” Tony asked.

“I name dropped you like ten times and they were still sold out.” I said.

“Crap, What am I supposed to do I already told Pepper we were going.” Tony said.

“Why would you tell her that?!” I asked.

“Because you always come through!” Tony exclaimed.

“Way to rub it in Tony, as if I didn’t feel bad enough already.” I said as my phone chimed.

“Is that the ballet?” Tony said hopefully.

“No it’s Nate.” I said before it hit me. “Shit Nate!” I quickly picked up my phone and dialed Nate.

“Hey you.” He greeted.

“Hey. Sorry I know this is a bit last minute but do you by chance still have that booth reserved at opening night of the ballet?” I asked.

“I do actually.” Nate said sounding hopeful. “Why did you change your mind?”

“Uh not exactly. My boss really wants those tickets and he already promised his wife…” I started.

“They’re his.” Nate answered.

“Really, Nate I owe you. You’re a life saver.” I said.

“Would you owe me enough to come with me to this thing?” Nate asked. “Chuck and Blair bailed at the last minute and I could really use the company.”

“Uh…” I started and Tony gave me a pleading look. “Sure.” I said. “I’ve never been to the ballet before. It could be fun.”

“I’ll pick you up at six thirty.” Nate said.

“Can’t wait.” I said politely before hanging up.

“Well?” Tony asked.

“I got you a booth.” I said.

“Yay. I knew you’d come through.” Tony said patting my back as if trying to say ‘atta girl’

“You owe me.” I said.

“You want a car?” Tony offered.

“Haha.” I said mockingly. “So what’s the dress code for this thing?”

“It’s a black tie event. Don’t worry I already have a tux ready.” Tony said.

“That’s not why I was asking.” I said. “I have a… date.” I guess it’s sort of a date. Two friends hanging out at the ballet.

“Ooooh, who’s the lucky guy?” Tony asked.

“A friend.” I said.

“Where’s he taking you?” Tony asked.

“The ballet.” I said texting Will. “I’m taking the rest of the day off. I need to go find a dress.”

“Put it on the company card.” Tony called after me.

“Kay.” I said as I walked out.

Will of course was elated at the news of me finally giving Nate a chance. I wasn’t going to lie Nate was a great guy and I could picture us together but for some reason there was this nagging voice in the back of my head saying that it was all wrong for no reason.

A Few Days Later-

Tony gave me the day off so that I could go and get ready for my date. He could stop laughing at the irony that we both got pulled into a date to a place neither of us wanted to be at.

I put my hair up into an intricate braided bun before doing my makeup. I kept it light with some simple winged eyeliner. I pulled the sheer light blue and nude chiffon dress out of the garment bag slipped it on.

I may not like the venue but I did love this dress. It was a showstopper. Nate texted me that he was around the corner and I grabbed my clutch before locking up.

I walked down the hall just as Clint was coming in.

“Hey Cal.” He greeted before he did a double take. “Wow. You look amazing.”

“Thank you, Will picked it out. I swear he dresses me better than I dress me.” I said.

“Work event?” he asked.

“No… I had to ask for a favor to get Tony ballet tickets but in exchange I had to go with Nate so he won’t be alone.” I said.

“Nate huh? So you’re going on a date.” Clint asked.

“We’re going to the ballet.” I said with a grimace. “As friends.”

“Yikes.” Clint said.

“Tell me about it.” I said as my phone dinged again. “He’s outside. I’ll see you later.”

“Have fun.” Clint said.

“I’m probably going to sleep through the entire thing.” I said. “I just want to stay home and play Mario kart.”

“Rain check?” Clint asked.

“I feel like I haven’t seen you in forever.” I said.

“I saw you on Monday.” Clint said.

“I did?” I asked.

“You grunted at me.” He said.

“Shit sorry. Work’s been…” I started.

“Yeah, same with me. You up for dinner tomorrow? Found a place that sells something called a churronut.” Clint said.

“A churro donut?” I asked. “Sounds amazing.”

“It’s a date.” Clint said.

“I wish that was my date.” I said. “Kick newb ass for me.”

“I will.” Clint said heading inside as I walked out. I headed down stairs saw a limo pull up.

The door opened and Nate came out.

“Hi.” I said.

“Hi, Cal you look beautiful.” Nate said making me blush.

“Thanks you look great too Nate.” I said admiring how he looked in a tux.

“Thanks for coming with me to this.” He said.

“Well, Will said part of the New York experience is catching a show. I guess this counts.” I said.

“Shall we?” he said opening my door for me.

“Thank you.” I said ducking in and sitting down. “You’re really pulling out all the stops here.”

“Well it is family work thing and it’s the least I can do since you’re doing me a favor by being my date.” Nate said rubbing the back of his neck.

This isn’t right…

“You ready?” Nate asked as we pulled up.

“As I’ll ever be.” I said. He smiled and opened the door before stepping out and helping me out.

We walked out and there were a few photographers taking pictures of everyone passing through.

“Let’s go through the back. I hate going through the press.” Nate said.

“Fine by me.” I said following him. There was a small reception before the start of the performance. Nate said hello to a few people and I smiled politely as he introduced me. It reminded me a lot of some of the parties I went with dad back when I was still working with him.

“I’ll be back I just have to go say hi to one of my dad’s business partners.” Nate said,

“Oh sure.” I said. I watched him walk away and responded to one of Rebekah’s texts asking me how the date was going.

“Cal, I didn’t think I’d run into you here.” Tony said as he came over with Pepper.

“Small world.” I said sarcastically. “Miss Potts.”

“Callie how are you?” She asked with a smile.

“Good, just here with a friend.” I said.

“Who’s the lucky guy?” She asked with a smirk. I didn’t even bother correcting her.

“That’s him over there by the planter.” I said.

“Is that…” She asked Tony.

“Wait your Nate is Nate Archibald?” Tony asked.

“Well first off he’s not my Nate.” I said.

“Sorry about that, the guy’s kind of like an uncle. Oh Hi.” Nate said putting his arm around me not realizing whom I was talking to.

“Nate this is my boss Tony and his wife Pepper.” I said.

“Mister Stark, Miss Potts it is a pleasure to meet you.” Nate greeted before he remembered what I said. “Wait Boss? When you talk about your boss Tony you were talking about…”

“Yeah.” I said. “I never mentioned that?”

“No, I think I’d remember something like that.” Nate said.

“You didn’t tell your boyfriend that I was your boss?” Tony asked not noticing Nate and I were freaking out over the use of the term boyfriend.

“He’s not…” I started.

“We’re not…” Nate said asking me.

“I have a hard time talking about myself.” I said deflecting.

“Why, I love talking about myself.” Tony said.

“We know.” Pepper and I said at the same time.

“Ladies and gentlemen if you’d please make your way to your seats the performance will start shortly.” One of the ushers announced.

“Well we should get going.” Nate said.

“We should.” Pepper agreed.

“Enjoy the show.” I said.

“We will, thank you. Cal I’ll see you tomorrow.” Tony said.

“See you then boss.” I said before following Nate to our booth. “So about earlier…”

“Yeah people kept asking me if we were… together.” Nate said.

“Well if it helps get you out of awkward boring business conversations. I’m okay being your girlfriend for the night.” I said.

“Thanks.” Nate said smiling.

Over all it was a great night. The performance itself was so boring but dinner was a blast. We talked until the restaurant closed and they had to kick us out. The Nate dropped me off back home. He walked me to my door and said good night with a small peck on the lips before leaving.

Things stayed kind of the same and at the same time different.

The preliminary interviews went pretty well and everything was proceeding with the trial. Of course that meant that I was busier than normal and hardly did anything besides work or school. I had even missed a few weeks of family meals as Will dubbed the dinners we had a once a week at his new place.

I still saw Nate every day at school. He’d meet me out side of my class and we’d walk to get coffee together while holding hands or hugging. We’d managed to get lunch together a few times.

Clint was also pretty busy with work and I had only seen him a few times in the hall early in the morning. Though he would leave me coffee with notes wishing me a good day and I’d leave him dinner ready for him when he showed up along with a note wishing him a good night.

That wasn’t the only change. Tony’s wife Pepper was around more and more and the two of them would only communicate through me and Pepper’s assistant. It was obvious the two of them loved each other or at the very least cared about one another a lot but they were both workaholics and as a result so was I. Of course that didn’t stop Tony from having a few guests over for a night cap on the few weekends she was away which meant I had to be on call even on my days off to clear out any clingy guests that didn’t want to leave.

It was like this for two months until finally I crashed.

I got home late one Friday night and woke up to Will shaking me awake.

“Oh you’re up.” Tony said.

“What the hell?” I said pulling the blankets up again. “I’m trying to sleep.”

“No you’re not. You’re wallowing.” He said.

“I’m being hunted by my older brother, I gave up my nephew and I lost… I’ve earned the right to wallow.” I said pulling the blanket up.

“Fine then scoot over.” Tony said.

“Uh.” I groaned before scooting over while staying under the covers

“Oh come on Hales, I haven’t styled my hair but I don’t look that bad.” Tony said trying to pull the covers away so he could see my face.

Suddenly I heard my bedroom door bust open along with heavy footsteps.

“Cal.” Someone said.

“Hm” I groaned.

“Cal get up.” They said.

“Five more minutes Tony.” I mumbled.

“Calliope!” Will shouted making me realize I wasn’t dreaming. Wait… why was I dreaming about my boss being in bed with me?

“I don’t want to get up.” I cried.

“Well tough.” Will said opening the blinds.

“No!” I cried out burying myself under the covers.

“Oh no you don’t” Will said pulling the covers away.

“The light it burns.” I groaned.

“Up.” He said taking my pillows away.

“I just want to sleep.” I whined.

“Cal it’s three in the afternoon.” Will said.

“What no its not.” I said.

“Really?” Will said handing me my phone. There were like ten missed calls from Tony asking where I was.

“Shit!” I said standing up. “I was supposed to work today!”

“It’s Saturday.” Will said.

“That’s even worse!” I said quickly jumping to my closet. As soon as I turned around my phone rang but before I could reach it Will grabbed it and answered it.

“Hello Tony?” Will said.

“Will give it to me.” I said.

“Yeah it’s Will how are you?” Will greeted. “I’m good so I was wondering what’s going on with Cal because I came to visit her and she was knocked out. I dare say even comatose. Oh really that’s so nice of you. I’ll let her know.”

With that he hung up.

“What did he say?” I asked.

“He said you’ve been working a crazy amount of hours and he wanted you to take the week off. He’s taking his wife to the Bahamas for the week so you’re free.” Will said.

“Really?” I asked.

“Yeah, come on we need to talk.” Will said walking out of my room. I sighed but followed after him. I walked into the living room and saw Clint was sitting on the couch looking like he was ready to knock out.

“Hey stranger.” I said.

“Hey you.” He said with a sleepy smile.

“Late night?” I asked.

“Traffic, clients…” He said.

“I feel you.” I said sitting down.

“We haven’t seen you two in almost a month.” Josh said.

“And by the looks of it you two haven’t seen each other since then either. What the hell guys?” Will said.

“Work.” We answered.

“Oh that is bull shit. Clint you’re good at what you do because you don’t micro manage and know how to delegate.” Will said.

“And Cal, you’re a perfectionist but you’re running yourself ragged.” Josh said. “You’ve lost a ton of weight since we last saw you.”

Clint turned to look at me and looked me up and down.

“You have.” Clint said.

“I think your arms are buffer than before.” I said noticing it too.

“What’s going on?” Will asked.

“I have a lot of big contracts coming up and these clients are a pain. They keep changing their minds at the last minute or adding more to it.” Clint said.

“Cal?” Josh asked.

“My boss is an insomniac and a perfectionist. That’s all I can legally say.” I answered.

“But even he says that by his standards you’re over doing it.” Will said.

“I love working. It’s stressful and time consuming but I love it.” I said.

“And the weight loss?” Will asked.

“I lose track of time and my appetite.” I said. “I’d rather sleep than eat.”

“You know this is exactly why I moved in here the first time around.” Will said.

“And how you both became friends. You get caught up in what you’re doing but you do a better job of taking care of others than you do yourselves. You said than when things got bad with Bobby, Cal was the one that checked up on you and kept you going.” Josh said.

“And taking care of Clint gave you a reason to get out of the house everyday for something that wasn’t school or work. You two balance each other out but you need someone to make sure you’re taking care of your basic needs. Even if it’s just to remind you to eat.” Will said.

“Which is why we came up with a solution.” Josh said.

“You need a new roommate.” Will said.

“What?” I asked.

“You’re avoiding being at home because you don’t like being alone. So we’re going to find you a roommate.” Will said.

“Will I don’t want a roommate.” I said.

“But you need one.” Will said. “Cal, if you get a roommate and you’re never home you’ll have someone to clean up the place. Seriously when was the last time you dusted around here?”

“I don’t even remember the last time I was home other than for sleep.” I said when I heard a soft snore. “I envy his ability to sleep anywhere.” I said before throwing a pillow at him making Clint jump

“Wha!”

“Guys we knew you moving out would be an adjustment and it’s going to take some time to get used to it.” I said.

“We’ll make more of an effort to not turn into hermits.” Clint said.

“Look I have two in mind that I think you’d really get along well with. They’re good guys. Fitness nuts. Funny…” Will started.

“No.” I said.

“Cal come on.” Will started.

“Cal just meet them.” Josh said. “Clint met them.”

“You did?” I asked.

“You mean…” Clint started and Josh nodded. “Yeah you’d like them.”

“I’ll think about it.” I said.

“And you should call your boyfriend more, maybe go on another date.” Will said.

“He’s not my boyfriend.” I said.

“He could be if you give him a chance.” Will said.

“If you say so.” I mumbled as I leaned back on the couch and started drifting off to sleep.

“So much for dragging you to kick boxing class.” Will muttered. I started leaning to the side and ended up leaning against Clint who was already snoring.

“Let them sleep, they need it.” Josh said draping a blanket over us before I was out.

Clint carried me to the bedroom before putting me down on the bed, hovering over me. He looked at me with a huge smile on his face. His sharp eyes were softer and twinkled.

"Hey," He said resting his forehead against mine. "You okay?"

"Yeah, just really happy." I answered before leaning up to kiss him. I slowly started unbuttoning his shirt until I finally slipped it off of him. I sat up and started unbuckling his belt before pulling his pants down.

"I feel a little underdressed now." Clint said with a chuckle.

"Well…" I said kissing his stomach. "You should do something about it." Clint smirked before pulling me up flush against him and kissing me. His hand trailed behind me and pulled the zipper of my dress down. I pushed the straps off my shoulder and let the dress fall to the floor leaving me in my… light pink lace lingerie set.

"Damn, How did I get so lucky?" Clint asked.

"Funny, I ask myself that all the time." I said hugging him. He wrapped his arms around me and kissed the top of my head.

"I love you so damn much Hales." Clint whispered before kissing me. I moved my hands down to his boxers and slowly pushed them down before moving Clint so he was standing next to the bed. I pushed him to sit at the edge of the bed. "Bossy." He said before wrapping his arms around my waist and kissing my stomach.

"Let me take care of you for once. Tonight." I said leaning down to kiss him. "Is." I said kissing his jaw. "All. About. You." I said kneeling on the ground. I took him in my hand and slowly stroked him before leaning forward and kissing his tip. I looked up at Clint who just looked like he was trying to hold himself together. I licked his tip before taking him into my mouth and moving down his length.

"Ah! Hayley." Clint gasped. I took him in as much as I could before moving up and then sucking on the head again before moving back down. I put my hand to his base and work what I couldn't fit into my mouth.

"Ah! Yes baby…" I traced the vein on him with my tongue as I moved and that just made him groan and moan louder. I felt Clint put a hand in my hair and rocked his hips making him bump into the back of my throat. It was a little more than I was used to but I adjusted pretty quickly and sucked him down further. I looked up and Clint was panting.

"Fuck. Hales I'm close Baby so uh!" Clint groaned.

I took him in as much as I could and started moving faster. It wasn't long before I felt spurt of cum shoot down my throat. I swallowed around him as I worked Clint through his orgasm. When he stopped shivering, I let go of him and moved to lie next to him. He was panting but had the most blissful and relaxed smile on his face.

"Hi." I said kissing his cheek.

"Hi." He said back with a smile. Clint rolled on top of me and kissed me.

Clint ground my hips against mine and slowly started kissing down my neck while palming my breasts through my bra. He slowly kissed and sucked on my breasts while he slipped a hand under my panties.

"Ah." I gasped as he started rubbing on just the right spot.

"So wet." Clint commented. I moved my hands to the side of my underwear and pulled them off. Clint moved from next to me to lie between my legs. He put a kiss on my hip before slowly moving down and sucking on my hard nub making me arch my back.

"Yes ah!" I moaned and that just spurred him on.

Clint licked up my slit before working his tongue inside of me. Shit I don't know how he did it but he managed to hit all the right spots. I couldn't help but rock my hips on his face. He increased the stimulation by rubbing circles on my nub sending me over the edge. He moved back up and bent down to kiss me as he lined himself in and pushed in.

"Ah!" I gasped at the feeling of being stretched out so soon after an orgasm.

"Fuck." Clint groaned into my neck. "You're really tight."

"Clint move." I urged.

"Sh, I got you." He whispered as he slowly started moving.

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Clint moved slowly enjoying every second of us being together knowing that it was probably going to be a while before we would be doing this. He moved his hand behind me unhooking my bra. I slipped it off and threw it somewhere.

Clint bent down and started sucking on a nipple while speeding up moving faster and harder than before. I could feel myself getting close.

"Clint!" I shouted as I could feel myself almost go over the edge.

"Fuck." He groaned. "I'm right there with you. Let go baby. Come for me." He said snapping his hips rubbing my nub with ever movement.

"AH! Clint!" I shouted clawing into his back.

"Hayley!" He shouted shooting his cum inside of me before collapsing on me. We were both panting and completely wrecked. I held onto Clint while he slowly moved to pull out. He rolled us over so I was lying on his chest and pulled the blankets over us.

"You were right, that just keeps getting better." Clint said making me giggle. I kissed his jaw and drew circles on his chest enjoying the moment. "I'm gonna retire." Clint said out of nowhere.

"What?" I said.

"In a few years I'm gonna retire or at least step back from field work, take a desk job." He said. "I want a life with you Hales. The house, white picket fence, kids running around maybe another dog so Lucky won't be alone. I want to come home to you. I want to bicker about chores and remodeling the house. I want… I want everything with you."

I gasped and opened my eyes. It was dark and I was pressed up, my back against the back of the couch and I was hugging someone who judging by the familiar soft snoring and… moan… was Clint. I moved a bit and I realized that our legs were kind of tangled together and I may have been grinding on him and he did too.

“Mh.” He moaned before gasping and tensing. He was quiet for a minute before he finally said something. “Cal?”

“Yeah?” I asked.

“You okay?” He asked.

“Uhuh.” I said and we stayed quiet for a minute not moving. “Clint?”

“Yeah?” he asked.

“I think it might be time we start dating.” I said.

“I think you might be right.” He said.

“Is it horrible that I’m really craving pizza right now?” I asked.

“We’ve been asleep all day, I could go for a bite.” He said.

“We should probably tell Will he has a green light to set us up.” I said.

“We do owe him and Josh a family dinner. We go grab pizza stop by for beer and wine and go tell him the good news.” Clint said.

“Sounds like a plan” I said starting to get up.

“Just one more minute” Clint said pulling me back. “I missed you.”

“Missed you too.” I said hugging him.

Third Person’s POV-

Clint walked into the common room after being away for months. His only contact with anyone at the Tower had been exclusively through Natasha so she was the only one that knew that he wasn’t actually away chasing leads so much as hiding away upstate knocking down walls and fixing the ceiling of the home he was supposed to be working on with his soulmate.

He got called in by Natasha because his former boss had picked up a few leads in South Africa.

Oh course instead of being greeted by his best friend he was greeted by Steve and a brooding former brainwashed assassin.

“Clint.” Steve said going over to greet him. “I didn’t know you were here.”

“I just got in.” He said.

“Well dinner’s almost ready. I was just about to call everyone up.” Steve said.

“I actually had a bite to eat on the way in. I’m just gonna head up and get Lucky settled and head out to check on some things.” Clint said heading out.

“Clint.” Steve said stopping the elevator doors from closing. “It wasn’t…”

“Stop. I get it. I get it better than anyone else ever could and I don’t blame him for what happened but its hard to be in the same room as him and not picture Hayley lying in that hospital bed where she’s been for the past five months.” Clint said.

With that Steve let the doors closed and Clint headed up. He quickly made sure Lucky had everything he needed before heading out.

He walked into the hospital and signed in like always before heading into the same room he had visited many times before.

“There have been reports of many bases around the world but rest assured we shall take them all down one by one.” Thor said. “The past few months have not been easy but we make do. I must go love. I shall try and return again before we leave. Rest well my love.”

Thor gently kissed her forehead before turning around.

He was surprised to see Clint standing in the doorway but was happy to see him. The first thing Thor noticed was the beard his friend was sporting. The playful and taunting look his friend used to have was replaced with a sad on.   

“Eye of Hawk, it is good to see you.” Thor said.

“Good to see you too. How’s our girl?” Clint asked.

Thor sighed and looked back at their sleeping soulmate.

“She is much the same which I’ve been told is good but she is not waking up.” Thor said. “I shall take my leave.”

“I’ll see you back there.” Clint said. Thor patted his shoulder before heading out.

Clint walked in and sat down.

“Hey, sorry I haven’t been by as much as I should have. Just been away dealing with… me. I’ve been upstate working on the hours. I fixed the ceiling. Then I had to work on the plumbing and fix the ceiling again. Not one of my brightest moments. You probably would have laughed at me when I forgot to turn off the water before trying to take out a pipe but I got it.”

Clint looked at Hayley and wishing she would laugh or make a snarky comment.

“I finally took down that wall.” Clint said. “And… I miss you. I miss waking up next to you every morning and your face being the first thing I see every morning. I really wish you’d just wake up already.”