#mjolnir

Judging by the resounding groan from everyone when Tony started talking about his open heart surgery in a cave, they’ve all heard this story a million times. Peter was on the edge of his seat though, and something about his enthusiasm made everyone else get involved.

Clint shared the story about him getting an axe in the back of his calf. The scar ran along the whole muscle and if Peter really paid attention he could see the slight favouring of Clint’s left leg.

Natasha showed him the scar of the time she was shot, through and through in the stomach. She had a few other minor ones, but her claim to fame was that he was barely scarred because she was so good (Clint rolled his eyes and Tony threw a couch cushion at her).

Steve spoke about how most of his scars disappeared, but he did have one that ran down his back from before the serum when he fell off a bike down a cliff edge. Bucky laughed about his clumsiness.

When everyone turned to Bucky for his story, it was obvious the air turned somewhat uncomfortable. Bucky didn’t talk about his arm much, but he explained the basics. Peter sat there completely enthralled.

“Yeah okay, fine, Barnes. You win the scar game,” Tony laughed, leaning back and pulling out his phone.

“Well we haven’t heard the kids, yet,” Clint pointed out, eyeing Peter with a glint in his eyes.

Peter hesitated. “I don’t scar,” he admitted, feeling guilty about it suddenly.

Clint just shrugged. “What, not even a good story to tell?”

Peter thought it over for a second. “Not really. I mean, I’ve had a building dropped on me and then crashed a plane right after but-“

“Woah woah woah, you had a building dropped on you? When the fuck was this?” Tony says, putting his phone back away and sitting forward.

“The Vulture?” Peter says, unsure of himself. He was sure Tony already knew this.

“How did you get out if Tony didn’t rescue you?” Steve asked, curious. Everyone was paying attention, Peter realised.

“I- well, I lifted it?”

Silence.

“Fucking hell, kid,” Clint said, awe in his voice. Natasha gave a low whistle too. Tony just looked horrified.

It was then that Thor walked through the door. “What’s everyone so excited about?” He asked, dropping Mjolnir off on the table before settling down with everyone.

Peter watched as Natasha and Clint had a silent conversation. “Peter thinks he can beat you in an arm wrestle,” Natasha shrugs.

Peter splutters. He tries to back out, but Thor is already in position boasting about how he doesn’t want to ‘crush the little spiders dreams’.

1. In The Avengers when she had her leg stuck under a metal beam, and Hulk was transforming, she told the engineers who were about to help her to run so they’d be safe from Hulk. She was really struggling to free herself, and you can tell by her face and her breathing that she was TERRIFIED. Those engineers could’ve saved her, and she knew that, but she chose to save them instead.

2. In Civil War, she tried her hardest to keep the team together. She signed the accords, but she also didn’t turn on Steve because of his different views, rather she comforted him and was still a good friend to him despite their disagreement.

3. She comforts the others when they’re upset. Ex. Yelena at the end of Black Widow, Bruce with feeling like a monster, Clint after being mind controlled.

4. She’s the heart of the team. She fought to keep them together in Civil War. She was the one who recruited Steve to break them out of prison. She’s always there for her team when they need emotional support. She’s selfless.

5. She never quits being a hero, no matter how tired she is. In Age of Ultron, she talks a lot about wanting to run away and disappear, but she doesn’t. She stays and fights and makes sacrifices even though she feels like shit. In Endgame, after everyone else had given up, Natasha was still trying to save the world and rebuild as best she could, when she has the LEAST reason to, because she’s one of the few people who didn’t do a major fuck-up in Infinity War.

6. She went after Dreykov when she learned the Red Room was still operational, knowing full well that there was a good chance she’d be captured again and mind controlled, forced to work for him all over again. She could’ve turned her back on it and Yelena, because she was free. But instead she went back, and let her abuser touch her again, so she could save a bunch of girls she doesn’t know. Obviously the Red Room fucking traumatized her, and it’s the last place she’d want to go back to, but she did it. That ALONE should make her worthy of Mjolnir.

7. She’s kind to kids. Simple, but also a really big green flag, that she takes care of Clint’s kids so well that his kids seem more excited to see her than him 💀

8. She’s reliable. She’s always capable of making last-minute decisions in battle, and doesnt hesitate despite how dangerous they tend to be. Like riding one of the Chitauri, or jumping out of the truck being flown by Ultron.

9. She doesn’t hesitate to sacrifice herself for her loved ones. Obviously she did sacrifice herself in Endgame, but she was also prepared to die for Yelena when she let go of the parachute in Black Widow.

An illustration by Donn P. Crane from Journeys Through Bookland (1922).

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