Steve winced as another HYDRA agent flew through the wall behind him. Why did Fury agree to put our squad on the rotation tonight of all nights? Steve glumly ducked under the hook punch before taking out the group that rushed him. Steve hurried to find Clint, following the trail of bodies down the hallway.

Clint felt a satisfying crack as the HYDRA guard he punched in the jaw slump to the ground as he continued to clear the building. Stupid HYDRA and their stupid date-ruining-plans.

It's been two months since Toni had finally agreed to go out with him. But every single time they set plans, the universe laughed and gleefully stomped on each and every one.

Dinner at Mario's? No, not according to the killer robots storming the streets.

70's night at the roller rink? Cancelled due to the rampaging dinosaurs that fell out of the sky.

Hot dogs at Coney Island? A giant kraken decided to terrorise the port.

And tonight of all nights was supposed to be movie night. Clint had even went all out, popping all the popcorn on the stove and bought all of Toni's favourite movie snacks. Just as they were about to settle in and start the movie, Clint screamed as he got the call for the 'emergency' mission. In Russia of all places.

Clint continued to furiously vent his frustrations on all the HYDRA agents in his way. Steve winced at another loud yelp as Clint broke another HYDRA agent's arm.

He was about to knock out the last one when he felt a tug on his wrist, stopping the punch midway. A flash of red hair darted in front of him, stopping him from knocking the HYDRA agent out cold. Natasha's eyes flashed at him in warning Clint saw the flash of a metal arm roughly grabbing the fallen agent in front. Bucky dragged the agent across the room, securing the sneering man and tying him to the chair in the corner.

"We need this one conscious."

Natasha glanced over at the console in the center of the room. Clint let out a sigh as he dropped his arm, walking towards Sam who was scanning the console and the screens in front of him cursing.

"What's wrong Falcon?"

Sam grimaced. "A lot of it is in Russian, so I'm not a hundred percent sure, but from what I can tell this isn't good. Widow?"

Natasha quickly took over, fingers flying across the screen. Images blurred as they went by, and Clint tried to make out what he could with the limited Russian he did know. Clint cursed as the name Stark flashed back at him on the side of large shipments of weapons crates.

"I thought that we had gotten back all of those stolen Stark weapon caches."

"Well apparently we didn't. Director Stark is going to be furious."

Clint rubbed his hand over his face, a headache slowly forming. Even after retiring fully from SHIELD to focus on Stark Industries, Howard had made sure that Stark Industries made weapons only for the military and SHIELD and fought hard with the board to retain that exclusivity.

Of course, that didn't stop HYDRA from going in and stealing what they needed.

"Clint."

Clint's eyes snapped immediately to Natasha. She had turned pale as her fingers tightened on the keyboard. Clint's eyes jolted back to the screen, swearing at the security footage in front of him. Stills of Toni filled the screen; pictures of her and Pepper leaving Stark Industries, of Toni and Howard at a gala.

His stomach dropped as his eyes fixed on the most recent image. It was five hours ago, of Toni walking towards her car in the empty SHIELD parkade.

Clint fumbled with his phone as he called Toni. "Pick up, pick up, pick up-"

Hi, you've reached Toni! If you're Pepper, no I'm not hiding from you-

"Fuck!"

Clint hung up as he dialed back again.

Hi you've reached Toni-

A sharp laugh rang throughout the room. Everyone's heads swiveled to the man tied up in the corner. He spat out blood before grinning, the dark red staining his teeth as his eyes glinted back.

"You're too late. Hydra has already retrieved the asset. We've won."

Clint surged forward, suddenly in front of the bloodied man, gripping and shaking the man hard.

"Where did you take her? I swear, if you don't tell me right now-" Sharp laughter cut him off before Clint punched the man multiple times. As the man in the chair wheezed, Bucky wrapped his arms around Clint, pulling Clint away.

"Hey I know, I know. But we're going to need him conscious if we're going to get anything out of him."

Clint slowly slumped as he felt the arms around him relax. Steve was on the phone in the corner quietly, speaking in cold , clipped tones.

The HYDRA agent slowly lifted his head as he stared back up at Clint, meeting his eyes dead on. Clint felt a cold dread pass through him. Bucky's eyes narrowed, but before he could open his mouth, the agent in front of them smirked.

"Hail Hydra."

Before Clint or Bucky could reach him, the HYDRA agent bit down hard before slumping over and convulsing in the chair. Natasha reached the agent first, cursing as he was already collapsed with foam dripping out of his mouth.

"He's dead."

Bucky swore loudly in front of them before punching a wall, leaving a large dent. Clint's eyes snapped to Steve, fingers clenching the phone tightly as he continued to yell in the phone. Steve hung up before marching over.

"She was taken in the parkade early this morning. They noticed about an hour later because she was scheduled to meet Rhodey and Pepper for an early breakfast before a meeting. JARVIS was finally able to activate one of the trackers she had on her, and they are sending us the coordinates now."

The team sprinted outside as a SHIELD quinjet landed outside. Coulson ran out to meet them as a group of SHIELD agents swarmed the facility. "We've got this covered. I've programed the coordinates in the jet already. It seems to be an off the grid a few hours from here but I would be cautious, they seem to have higher security in this facility."

Coulson pulled out a small usb stick, pressing it into Steve's hand. "Plug this into any of the mainframe computers and I should be able to give you some eyes on the inside. After we secure this facility, I'll set up and get ready."

Steve nodded his thanks as they all rushed into the plane. Natasha firmly held Clint back as Bucky took the pilot's seat. Clint slumped into his seat, glancing at Natasha in gratitude as he stared out the window. Steve gripped his shoulder gently and squeezed.

"Don't worry, Toni is one of the toughest, smartest people I know. By the time we get there, she'd probably already found a way to break herself out."

Not only did Toni break herself out by the time the team landed, she had cheerfully destroyed all the stolen weapons caches with glee.

For a moment, the rest of the team stood there in shock as Toni punched another HYDRA to the ground. The last one tried to surprise her, but she curled and used the momentum to twist her legs around his neck, slamming his head down into the ground.

The facility was burning around her as she stood up slowly panting, with blood dripping down the side of her face as she grinned brightly at the team. Clint started marching quickly towards the small genius.

"Nat! Nat! Nat! IT WORKED! DID YOU SEE THAT? IT WORKED-"

Clint cut her off, pulling her tightly into his arms. The team chuckled as they let out signs of relief. Steve and Bucky moved to secure the perimeter and make sure there wasn't any enemies remaining. Sam gaped as he stared at the still high flames burning around them. Natasha's eyes were warm as she moved to the side to report to Coulson.

Clint's hands were everywhere at once, scanning every injury, bruise and cut that Toni received.

Clint felt like he was punched in the gut again as Toni smiled brilliantly up at him. He let out a shaky laugh as he pulled her tight in his arms, letting go quickly as Toni wheezed.

"They got my ribs a bit, and I'm starting to get dizzy, but other than that I'm fine. That should teach em' to mess with a Stark."

Clint gently pulled her to the jet, wrapping a blanket around her shoulders. He let out a shaky sigh as he sat next to her. Clint felt Toni grasp his hand, giving it a tight squeeze.

"We missed date night again, which I am super mad about and I still can't believe you haven't seen Labyrinth yet. But, we're here, we're alive and we're fine."

Clint gripped her hand tighter. "We're fine."

Toni smiled up at him. "We're fine."

Toni brightened. "Besides, now Tasha and Bucky owe me brunch for a whole month because I totally was paying attention to their training and definitely not getting distracted…"

Clint coughed as his cheeks burned a bright red. Now that he thought about it, he did remember falling on his face more often a few months back every time he and Steve were sparred in the practice room. And okay maybe that was because Bucky and Natasha were working with Toni on the other side of the room, but how was he supposed to concentrate when she stared at him like that.

Toni watched him closely smirking as he looked away. "Besides, now we can go on our date!"

Clint's eyes narrowed down at her. "Of course. After we head to SHIELD medical."

Toni pouted. "But Clinnnntt I'm totally finnnnee."

Clint stared at her before poking her in the side. "Ribs remember? Plus, we should get that cut stitched up."

Toni sighed resignedly as she leaned into Clint's side. "Fine, fine."

Clint lifted her chin gently, lips pressing against hers softly then more insistently as Toni deepened the kiss enthusiastically. As they pulled away, Clint's eyes glinted.

"Don't worry, I think I have something to make up for the worst night ever."

Director Fury paused as he walked into the room. Five remaining HYDRA agents that had managed to escape the burned down facility were tied up and dumped into individual cells. A giant, towering stack of paperwork sat on top of the desk on the side of the room.

Fury pulled the note off the wall beside it, pinned to the wall with an arrow.

From Russia with love. Don't call us for the next 48 hours or the next time Agent Barton is assigned a mission, or I get kidnapped, I will make sure this pile is doubled.

-TS

Fury banged his head on the desk as papers flew around him.

[4 months ago]

Toni collapsed in exhaustion as Natasha and Bucky looked down at her.

"You've done it. You've killed me and I can't get up. Tell Bruce I want him to be the one to finish all my experiments."

Bucky snorted before hoisting her up onto her feet. "Come on doll, you can do it. Me and Nat aren't going to always be there to cover you. You've got this, you're just distracted."

Toni glanced quickly over to the other side of the gym. Steve and Clint were sparring on the other side, not holding back as they circled each other. Toni's eyes snapped back, but Bucky and Natasha only smirked at her knowingly before looking at each other.

"Well, if you are going to be distracted, you're going to have to work through it."

Toni's eyes widened before groaning as she pulled her hands up, moving into a fighting stance. Natasha's eyes glinted back at her before moving into attack again.

Clint staggered back as Steve clipped him in the side of the face. Clint had turned instinctively as he heard twinkling laugh from the other side of the room. Steve grinned at him knowingly as he peered over at Bucky adjusting Toni's stance as she faced Natasha across the room.

Before Steve could say anything, Clint glared at him.

"Don't say a word. Let's go again."

Steve laughed as Clint launched himself at Steve more aggressively than before.

A/N: I hope you enjoyed that addition! Let me know if there is anything else you want to see in this verse!