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“Oh, uh-- sorry. I just-- I just got caught up I guess.” He wasn’t being very sly, actually he was pretty suspicious. He kept his back turned to her to hide his beat up face that he hadn’t had checked over at medical.

“But I don’t need it. I could-- I would be fine at home in my bed, in my room. Not here with all this-- this...” He trailed off, gesturing to all the machinery in the room. The movement caused him to wince and wrap an arm around his middle.

“Please. It’s never too early for Bucky to be doing something dumb. In fact, I am fairly certain that doing dumb things is his whole raison d’etre. But if his doing something dumb is gonna call more headache (and paperwork) for us in the end? Then I am all about heading him off. Just tell me which way you need me to go.”

“We got 16 hours until the candy goes on sale.” Clint murmured.  “We should get to the store early if we want to get the good stuff.”  The archer treated the day after easter like a mission.  Get to the store early, make a bee-line to the candy section and get all the peeps and robin eggs that he can carry and then vegetate on the couch and watch whatever horrible soaps were on tv.

James relaxed back into Talia’s arms, exhaling deeply. He closed his eyes again and tried to push all the images from his mind. He knew he was safe with her. He never questioned that. He just had to calm down now. He was glad she as there, but he couldn’t say that. He couldn’t say anything just yet.

The rain was falling on her face and he sighed. He hated this San Fran weather sometimes. He missed the snow of New York. She just smiled in the rain and he could almost see it as his radar showed every inch of her in the rain. He loved her he really did. He walked up behind her and spun her around. “I love you Natasha.” He kissed her softly and nipped at her bottom lip.