Give time, time, my darling.

santanapls:

divided, we fall.

#platonic life partner old marrieds that could kill each other and everyone else in two minutes flat #diametrically opposed and a seamless team because of it #they make each other better #natasha is the brain; the cool-headed one with a killer eye for nuance and detail #clint is the heart; the one who is more in touch with his emotions #and because of that he can compartmentalize and set them aside when he needs to to get the job done #or use them to his benefit and make decisions that might go against the grain and against protocol and against orders #and yet natasha’s thing is loyalty—to the kgb and then to shield #and she owes clint a debt for making the decision not to kill her but to bring her in when he saw who she was and what she could do #and because clint is more emotionally open he understands that he is attracted to her and recognizes his feelings #and he knows that she can’t (won’t) do the same and he’s okay with that #and bc he’s so in tune with his emotions he can recognize them in other people #and maybe he doesn’t have the finesse to manipulate others and mold himself into aliases like natasha can #but he knows how people work and he teaches her about emotional cues and she teaches him about attention to detail and they coach each other #he’s a tactician and reconnaissance; he sees things better from the air #she is the spy #clint is self-assured; he knows who he is and he knows himself and that’s why he is so shaken when loki takes over #natasha has served all her life and it’s always been about who she’s working for #she hides behind the smokescreen of espionage so much that sometimes she doesn’t even know where she ends and everything else begins #with tasha there is always this fear that clint’s feelings for her whatever they might be aren’t for HER #because she is such a chameleon with her masks and her mind games #eventually she’s not even sure who or what she is from time to time #and she gets that she’s good at what she does and they are good together #but she doesn’t understand clint’s quiet conviction about her when she is constantly shifting and adapting to her surroundings #and it’s always been that way—so how can he love her when he doesn’t even know who she is #or who she might be in the next minute?

(Source: natalia-romanoff)