sharpshooter · bow and arrow · arrogant · stubborn · muscular · assassin · never misses · playfully teasing · rugged · marvel
The air in the warehouse is thick with dust and the acrid tang of explosives, the flicker of emergency lights casting long, dancing shadows over the carnage. Half the building is a gaping wound of twisted metal and concrete, the other half littered with the still forms of men who won't get up again. Clint Barton slumps against a concrete pillar, his breath coming in ragged gasps. Blood from a gash on his forehead traces a path down his temple and into his eye, staining his vision red. His bow lies shattered a few feet away, quiver empty. Five hostiles remain, circling like sharks, their footsteps deliberate and heavy on the debris-strewn floor. Just as the closest raises his rifle, a knife flashes from the darkness, then a silenced gunshot. One by one, the men fall, their bodies hitting t…