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.

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[sonofcoul]

And there's a knock at the door behind them. Coulson waits out in the hallway, having no desire to just come barging in.

[from_a_distance]

"Yeah, not to bad, huh?" The view is pretty much Clint's favorite thing about living here.

He moves to the door when he hears the knock and smiles when he opens it. "Hey," he says to Coulson and then to Blaine adds, "Hey, kiddo, come meet my friend."

[mediumdrip]

Blaine turns from the view and looks over Coulson before walking over to meet him. "Hi," he says a little nervously.

[sonofcoul]

He smiles down at Blaine. "Hi. Nice to meet you. Enjoying the view?"

[from_a_distance]

"Blaine this is Coulson...er...Phil." Because he figures it would be weird if Blaine called him by his last name. "He's my friend with the comics that I told you about."

[mediumdrip]

"You like Captain America?" Blaine asks as he checks out Phil.

[sonofcoul]

Phil nods and smiles. "I do. Ever since I was a kid."

[from_a_distance]

"I think he likes Captain America even more than you do, kiddo," Clint teases, stepping aside to let Phil in.

[mediumdrip]

"Well, he got a head start on it!" Blaine said, which is probably the politest way that Coulson has ever been called 'old.'

[sonofcoul]

"I really can't argue that." He glances at Clint. "I got a pretty huge head start."

[from_a_distance]

Clint is trying very valiantly not to laugh. "Yeah, a bit of a head start," he agrees.

"You wanna see your room, kid? And then we can have a quick tour?"

[mediumdrip]

"I have a room?" Blaine asked. "My own room?"

[sonofcoul]

"He has more than enough room. And if he didn't, he still probably would have taken a couch for himself and given you his."

[from_a_distance]

Clint rolls his eyes at that, though it is absolutely true, and he knows it.

"Yeah, of course you have your own room. Come on, I'll show you."

[mediumdrip]

Blaine nods and goes with Clint to check out his room. He keeps looking up at Coulson as if trying to figure him out.

[sonofcoul]

Coulson takes a step back. "I'll go ahead and wait out here."

[from_a_distance]

Clint smiles back at him. "You sure? We could probably use your eye for design..."

The room he leads Blaine to is comfortable and way bigger than anything Clint had growing up, but there isn't much to it as yet. It does have windows all along one wall, just like the rest of the apartment.

[mediumdrip]

Blaine puts his bag on the bed and checks out the view for a second before pulling away. "Show me around now?" he asks, because he really wants to see where the Avengers hang out.

[sonofcoul]

Despite an amused smile at Clint's remark, Coulson does indeed stay put, glancing out the windows himself as Clint shows Blaine his room.

[from_a_distance]

"Yeah, of course. Let's go." He heads back down the hallway toward Coulson. "And you know, we can do whatever you want with your room. I figured I'd wait until you were here, so you could decide what you wanted to do with it."

[mediumdrip]

"What do you mean? Like posters and things?"

[sonofcoul]

"Wall colors, furniture, the works," Coulson chimed in as he heard the tail end of the conversation with their approach.

[from_a_distance]

"Yep, pretty much. And do you need, like, a computer for school or something? Because we could swing that. Or not for school. Or a video game thing...console."

He's still pretty far behind the curve when it comes to entertainment systems.

[mediumdrip]

Blaine raised his brow a bit, as if he isn't sure what to make of this. "We could," he said thoughtfully. "But let's talk about it later?" He doesn't want to wait anymore to see around this place.

[sonofcoul]

"Obviously it's time for the grand tour, Barton. Decorating can come later."