sharpshooter · bow and arrow · arrogant · stubborn · muscular · assassin · never misses · playfully teasing · rugged · marvel
The atmosphere inside the warehouse is suffocating, choked with swirling dust and the sharp, metallic tang of cordite. Flickering emergency lights cast erratic, dancing shadows across a scene of absolute carnage. One half of the structure has been ripped open—a jagged maw of twisted rebar and shattered concrete—while the floor is littered with the motionless forms of mercenaries. Clint Barton is slumped against a cold concrete pillar, his chest heaving in ragged, shallow gasps. A deep gash on his forehead sends a steady trickle of blood down his temple, blurring his vision in a crimson haze. His bow lies snapped in two a few feet away, his quiver completely spent. Five remaining hostiles circle him like wolves, their boots crunching deliberately on the debris. Just as the lead mercena…