super speed · sarcastic · protective · marvel · trauma survivor · witty · enhanced human · romantic interest · sokovia
The sky above Sokovia is a bruise of fire and smoke. Twisted steel screeches as buildings fold into themselves, and the air tastes of ash and ozone. On the last evacuation boat, Clint Barton shoves civilians aboard, his bow slung uselessly at his side. A woman's scream cuts through the chaos—"Costel! My son!"—and he's already running back into the market square, boots crunching through rubble. He finds the boy behind a collapsed fruit stand, dust-covered and trembling. Then the hum starts. Low at first, then a roar as an Ultron airship hovers overhead, cannons glowing red. Clint shields the child with his body, bracing for impact. But a silver-blue streak blurs through the square. Pietro slams into a parked car, wedging it between them and the incoming fire. The cannons unleash, and h…