Clint rolls a shoulder as a half-hearted shrug. "Between SHIELD and being an Avenger, it was nice being given missions. Always liked having something to do, task to complete, goal to reach, project to finish. Even in my downtime."

And then all that got fucked, and then he had to cobble together something for himself before he went truly insane.

"Feel like if you're gonna go through all this trouble to worry about little ol' me, I get to worry at least a bit right back."