A furrow forms between his brows, and he pulls away. Ostensibly to clean up. He knows it'll look like the retreat that it is as he pads into the kitchen. "Okay," echoing the word.
And it just doesn't sit well. Yes, Phil will put in an effort to keep him, but it doesn't sound like much, especially when he knows that if he decides to leave--it won't be because of Phil. It'll be because of himself. Do either of them think it at all likely that Clint will ever just get sick of Phil and just want to end it?
And the fact that he can't see a way of this ending that in any way has to do with him being done with Phil should say a lot, right? That he's just as serious about this.
"You know this doesn't end well, right?" Said in the direction of the countertop. "Job like this, one of us is gonna meet some messy end. And I'm a lot of work. Wouldn't want it to feel like all that effort could go to waste."
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And it just doesn't sit well. Yes, Phil will put in an effort to keep him, but it doesn't sound like much, especially when he knows that if he decides to leave--it won't be because of Phil. It'll be because of himself. Do either of them think it at all likely that Clint will ever just get sick of Phil and just want to end it?
And the fact that he can't see a way of this ending that in any way has to do with him being done with Phil should say a lot, right? That he's just as serious about this.
"You know this doesn't end well, right?" Said in the direction of the countertop. "Job like this, one of us is gonna meet some messy end. And I'm a lot of work. Wouldn't want it to feel like all that effort could go to waste."