Comic booking it

[from_a_distance]

Clint was not one to frequent comic shops. In fact, he usually stayed as far away from them as possible--not because, like the other Avengers, he was afraid he might be recognized, but because he was pretty certain he wouldn't be, and that got a little old after a while.

But Coulson had been moping because he couldn't get in to get his Captain America comics for a couple months, and Clint didn't like to see Coulson moping, so he decided to stop by and pick them up for the agent. He'd probably just drop them on his desk when Coulson wasn't around, but at least he knew it would make the man smile.

Comments

[mediumdrip]

"But it's really hard isn't it? I might not be good enough."

[from_a_distance]

"Yeah, it is really hard, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't try."

[mediumdrip]

"That's not what my dad says."

[from_a_distance]

"What does your dad say?"

[mediumdrip]

"That I'm not good enough so I shouldn't try."

[from_a_distance]

"Well, I think your dad knows fu-- er...jack about music. You are really, really good, kiddo. And there's nothing you can't do if you work hard enough at it."

[mediumdrip]

Blaine watches Clint for a moment.

"Did you almost say a bad word?" he asks.

[from_a_distance]

"Yeah, sorry." He is...really going to have to work on that.

[mediumdrip]

"Do you have to get your mouth washed out with soap a lot?"

[from_a_distance]

He laughs. "No, not anymore. Sometimes when I was your age, though."

[mediumdrip]

"But it didn't stop you?"

[from_a_distance]

Smirking, Clint leans in. "It did around my parents."

[mediumdrip]

Blaine looks a little surprised. "Oh, that's bad isn't it? You're not supposed to say those words at all."

[from_a_distance]

"Well...sometimes there's nothing better to say," Clint says thoughtfully.

[mediumdrip]

"So I can say them so long as I don't have anything else to say?"

[from_a_distance]

"How about for now we say you can use them around me, and maybe Coulson and Stark, and we'll leave it at that."

He doesn't want Blaine getting in trouble at school because he forgets to filter himself.

[mediumdrip]

"Umm... I guess? But only when they're really worth it."

[from_a_distance]

"Yeah, of course," Clint agrees quickly.

[mediumdrip]

Blaine just kind of nods as if that makes sense to him and focuses on finishing his Lucky Charms.

[from_a_distance]

Clint nods as well, satisfied, and settles in to finish his breakfast.

[mediumdrip]

Once they're done Blaine moves to take the bowls to the kitchen to clean them.

[from_a_distance]

Clint watches with a smile. "You don't always have to do the clean up, you know."

[mediumdrip]

"I know, but I want to clean up after myself. I can do it so I want to do it."

[from_a_distance]

"Well, I'm not going to stop you," he says, laughing a little and getting up to help.

[mediumdrip]

Blaine smiles up at him. "Do you have your own place too? Or do you just live here?"