I'll keep it in mind for next time. [ The smile she offers him doesn't really reach her eyes, but it's something.
She doesn't tell him that she'd been afraid to call. Had been afraid that if she'd have dialed that number she would have been in a cab headed over to where the Kaplan's lived... the same place that Tommy and Teddy lived now.
It had felt like the best idea at the time. Hang up her suit in the far back of her closet between dresses so expensive and so uncomfortable she never wanted to see, much less wear them ever again. Stow her bow and arrows in a safe place, away from prying eyes.
What she hadn't counted on was the way she would automatically tense whenever the news picked up on the activities of the heroes who practically littered New York. Or the way the archery range seemed too constricting. To tame.
No. Calling Tommy would have been a mistake. Just as ignoring Teddy's initial bout of texts had been the better decision all around. ]
Hey, don't just stand there. [ She had no right to be Hawkeye any longer. She wasn't fit enough to lead. ] If you're hungry there's stuff in the fridge. Or we can order pizza or... something. [ She had no right to want back in after she'd said no more. ]
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She doesn't tell him that she'd been afraid to call. Had been afraid that if she'd have dialed that number she would have been in a cab headed over to where the Kaplan's lived... the same place that Tommy and Teddy lived now.
It had felt like the best idea at the time. Hang up her suit in the far back of her closet between dresses so expensive and so uncomfortable she never wanted to see, much less wear them ever again. Stow her bow and arrows in a safe place, away from prying eyes.
What she hadn't counted on was the way she would automatically tense whenever the news picked up on the activities of the heroes who practically littered New York. Or the way the archery range seemed too constricting. To tame.
No. Calling Tommy would have been a mistake. Just as ignoring Teddy's initial bout of texts had been the better decision all around. ]
Hey, don't just stand there. [ She had no right to be Hawkeye any longer. She wasn't fit enough to lead. ] If you're hungry there's stuff in the fridge. Or we can order pizza or... something. [ She had no right to want back in after she'd said no more. ]