Clint Barton had spent the last 48 hours sat in a plastic chair with next to no padding in a room he only wished he never had to sit in. He was alone in his waiting game as he watched doctors come in and out with updates and checks and the dedicated nurse switch three times. He made small talk with them as they tried to make the situation better, but the situation remained pretty stagnant. They had managed to remove the bullet from Annie's chest, along with her spleen which had been damaged. She remained asleep, chemically sedated whilst a ventilator breathed for her until the team knew that she had no remaining bleeding. She had crashed once already from internal bleeding and they were taking no chances. 

"Mr Barton?" A familiar voice called, the voice belonged to a nurse named Emilia, who had been the nurse in charge for the last two days of which he had been present. She was a kind looking middle aged woman who was definitively older than he was. And she had been incredibly kind to him, just like most of the staff had been. They had been able to share as much as they could with him at the moment and he understood slightly what they were trying to explain to him. He knew that Annie was still critically ill but she seemed more stable today, with the plan to leave her to sleep for another 12 hours and then they could reduce the amount of sedation she was on and wake her. 

"Yes?" He responded slowly drawing his eyes away from the monitor he had been watching incredibly closely for any changes in her vital signs. 

"There's another visitor, named Natasha? Our policy will allow you both to be in here at once if you wish." Emilia explained and Clint felt a little bit of relief. In the two days since Sokovia he had yet to hear from Natasha. And despite him messaging the red haired woman to let her know what was going on, what changes had occurred he had heard nothing. 

"Yeah she can come in." He agreed and within a few minutes Emilia had returned a familiar figure standing just behind her. 

Natasha, looked as though she was in a completely different state to what Clint was in that moment. He knew he looked rough, he had only really left the room when there was a medical procedure or at any point when the team asked him to step out. Yet Natasha looked refeshed, peaceful and a little joyous. Things nobody should be feeling when their partner of five years was in a hospital bed plugged into multiple machines to support their life. He knew that, and he knew that their relationship was most likely on the outs and had been for a while. But looking at the ex-spy he could tell what she was here for was something he wished would never have to be spoken about. Yet alone over a bedspace. 

"Clint." She began but Clint didn't want to hear what she had to say not really. If she wanted out, he wanted her gone. 

"You're here to say goodbye aren't you Nat?" His voice was higher in pitch than normal, his emotions feeling as though they were about to go into overdrive. He couldn't deal with anything which had happened in the last 48 hours yet alone this final blow. 

"I'm sorry Clint." Was all that Natasha could offer him and the man just gave her a steely look. 

"Yeah sure." He shrugged her words off before returning his attention back to Annie. Annie who seemed to be able to tell something was wrong as her heartbeat spiked a little. He knew she couldn't really hear them in that moment, not without her hearing aids. Her hearing was only slightly better than his own, she would be unable to hear anything over the sounds of some of the machinery around her. But she could sense there was a change in the atmosphere. 

"If I don't go now, I'll never be able to face her." Natasha added as she cast her own eyes to the woman lying in the bed. 

"She's known for a while Natasha, I was just stupid enough not to believe her." Clint added before taking a look at the bedside nurse, he gave her an apologetic smile knowing that the relationship drama going on was not something that the young nurse had signed up for when arriving at work that moment. 

"Just leave Nat. When she's awake I'll let her know. Tell Bruce he's a dick from both of us."