[ REUNITE ] - having been apart for some time, sender, upon seeing receiver for the first time, sprints to give them a hug. (be emo w this okay PLS--)
it started as a conversation with booker . a questioning of sorts , when he hadn’t really been in the mood or state of mind to answer any interrogations . clint hadn’t agreed and furious that thor even entertained the idea of trying to get through to booker . somehow it just felt RIGHT . there are reasons for everything and once he realizes that nothing will come out of the visit with the drunk french man , thor has had enough .
he watches booker retreat to his apartment , bottle in hand and stumbling . why did he even bother ?? thor is disappointed but its been that way since he’d found out exactly what booker was up to . they all were because they are family and family doesn’t betray one another . he can understand the thought process since he’s been a live a long long time but he hasn’t been alone . not in the sense that booker has . thor has almost ALWAYS had clint . pirate and viking teaming up against the world .
with one more glance , he pulls the phone from his pocket to call his pirate . the first thing he does is get an earful , none of which he has the energy to fight back against . the fatigue and mental exhaustion is setting in and arguing something he knows is justified isn’t something he’s planning on doing . in the midst of clint yammering on in his ear , he’s too tired and preoccupied to notice the pursuer behind him . there’s more than a few that grab him . from the sets of hands , he’d say three . a bag thrown over his head and a knife digging deep to his chest is lights out for the viking and it kills him instantly .
thor may be immortal but TECHNICALLY , he is still human and humans make mistakes . everything up until this moment has been weighing on the viking . distracting him and not sleeping isn’t really advantageous to a clear mind . he remembers vaguely waking up a time or two , the death that washes over him is always a haze at first but whoever has set forth this endeavor to capture him has certainly done their homework . they know his strength , they know that he needs to be taken care of QUICKLY and with more than one man .
whoever did this is SMART .
every time he awakens , there’s only a few moments of wakefulness before everything goes dark again . when thor opens his eyes for the final time of this excursion , its bright but in the sense that the sun is just coming up over the water he can smell in the distance . he knows that scent of salt anywhere . he is bound on his knees , but not too tightly . the mastermind behind this certainly isn’t the one that tied him and that is something to be thankful for .
❝ about time you’ve awakened . ❞
the voice is soft, much softer than he was expecting and the person it belongs to stands far enough away from him that if he frees himself , he couldn’t get to her quickly . setting eyes on her though . . . he KNOWS her . he has dreamed of her many many times . how can this be ?? ignoring her is his only option , thor needs to get his bearings and find a way out of this . the rocky nature of this journey suggests they are on a boat and once his visions becomes focused again everything is confirmed .
their location is the middle of the ocean . shit . his blue gaze finds that of booker not too far away looking a little worse for wear . probably didn’t help that he was drunk the last time thor saw him . double shit . what concerns him most is the chain they attach to booker , his own are void of it so far and giving them the chance to put one on him isn’t going to happen . whatever they have planned is not . . . . will not end well .
his course of action is to distract and divide . while a few of the men tend to booker and the woman decides she isn’t done talking despite thor completely ignoring her , his train of thought is completely set on one course of action . when he makes his move its quick and furious , luckily his legs aren’t tied . before anyone can react or get within arms reach , thor throws himself overboard , hands tied be damned . once he’s out of eyesight of their enemies , only then will thor worry about the elements or how far out at sea they actually are . getting his hands untied is also another feat entirely .
thor stays underwater for as long as possible before he passes out , by now over the years his lung capacity has been tested again and again . by the time he needs to resurface the boat isn’t in sight and it gives him time to get his head together, figure out a way to get his hands untied , which doesn’t take too much effort .
he washes up on the banks of an italian village and once his strength returns enough that thor can lift himself to his feet the first thing he does is find a phone . a safe house is probably ninety one kilometer east of here towards florence . clint is upset and panicked , justifiably , but thor can’t explain over the phone . he’s been gone for WEEKS . it doesn’t make sense , but they’d have to have found a way to keep him down for longer than he thought .
❝ get to the safehouse in florence . i’ll explain as much as i can .
call andy and tell her we’ve got work to do . ❞
the safe house on the outskirts of florence hasn’t been touched in a long while , but the perimeter appears to be safe . there are canned goods that he opens quickly and doesn’t bother cooking followed by chugging a few bottles of water . his mind is weary , but everything pushes to the wayside once he hears that car door slam . thor rushes to the door but clint is already there sprinting to meet him . arms thrown around him and a nose buried so deep in his neck .
❝ it’s okay . . . i’m okay ,❞ thor assures him but he hasn’t had time to process any of it . what does she want with them ?? his own voice isn’t that convincing with how shaky it is . capture truly is one thing they fear most and now booker is in her grasp . thor would never just leave him there. HE CAN’T , but right now he’s too immersed in clint’s embrace . the one thing that can calm his storm and bring him back to ground . thor presses kisses to the side of clint’s face as he holds him tight . this time it was just much too close .
❝ we’ve got a problem , clint . a huge one . ❞ he says leaning back ever so slightly but clint is determined to not let go if he can help it . they can only deal with one thing at a time and until they can talk to andy there is nothing for them to do but to bask in finally being back together again . / / @nockeddown
