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

[from_a_distance]

"That's not how this works, kiddo. You're good enough. You've always been good enough. But he isn't. Not anymore."

[mediumdrip]

"Are you sure?"

[from_a_distance]

"Yeah, Blaine. I'm sure."

[mediumdrip]

"Okay, if you say so..."

[from_a_distance]

Clint sighs because he knows Blaine doesn't believe him, but he didn't really expect him to just yet.

"I do say so," he remarks anyway, and then they're coming up on Avengers Tower.

[mediumdrip]

Blaine frowns a bit and looks up at the tower. "Are we going there?"

[from_a_distance]

Clint smiles over at him. "What do you think, kiddo?"

[mediumdrip]

"If you're really an Avenger... Maybe we are? Is your friend there?"

[from_a_distance]

He laughs. "Yeah, he should be there. Unless he got called in to work."

[mediumdrip]

"I'd like to meet him."

[from_a_distance]

"I'm sure you will," Clint says, pulling his car into the entrance for the parking area of the Tower, pressing a button to relay his security information. "He will definitely be around. You should ask to see his comics."

[mediumdrip]

Blaine sits up, trying to see everything.

[from_a_distance]

As they pull past all of Tony's (really quite impressive) cars, JARVIS' voice comes over the PA system saying, "Welcome home, Agent Barton."

Clint is pretty sure he will never get used to that, but he answers, "Thanks, JARVIS. This is Blaine Anderson. He's staying for the weekend."

He pulls into his parking spot as JARVIS says, "Good afternoon, Master Anderson. I hope you'll enjoy your stay."

[mediumdrip]

"Hello?" Blaine said, looking around. "Where are you?"

[from_a_distance]

"That is a difficult question to accurately answer, Master Anderson."

Clint grins at him. "JARVIS is sort of like the butler here, but he's an AI. Do you know what that means?"

[mediumdrip]

Blaine thinks for a moment. "Artificial Intelligence?"

[from_a_distance]

"Yep," Clint says with a nod as he gets out of the car and moves to get the door for Blaine.

"If you need anything while you're here, you can ask JARVIS. Or if you get lost or you're in trouble or something, and he can find me."

He's fairly confident Avengers Tower will not be attacked this weekend, but it's really hard to plan for those things.

[mediumdrip]

"Okay..." Blaine was starting to feel a little nervous, but the excitement overpowered that. He gets out of the car and grabs his bag before moving to follow Clint. "Will you show me around?"

[from_a_distance]

"Yeah, of course," Clint said, offering Blaine his hand again. "Let's drop your stuff off and then see if we can find Coulson and do a quick tour."

[mediumdrip]

Blaine took his head. "Coulson is your friend?"

[from_a_distance]

"Yep. He should be upstairs unless he had to go in to work."

[mediumdrip]

"Do you like him?"

[from_a_distance]

"Of course. He's a friend."

[mediumdrip]

"No, I don't mean like that. Do you like like him?"

[from_a_distance]

"Oh."

Well, there is pretty much no way he is answering that question to this kid.

"He's a good friend," Clint says, shrugging. "You'll like him."