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"If you need to talk about it, I'll listen." Phil didn't mean to push Clint away from talking about it. He never intended to do that. He's glad that Clint trusts him enough to talk about it.

"And it will either be deep, dark thoughts or the most random bullshit we can come up with." He shrugs. Both are possible when they are sleep deprived.

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"I'll also listen to you," Clint points out. "If you need to get anything off your chest to me, or just aloud in general. Pretty sure good boyfriends listen."

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"I really want to pass this field physical." Phil twists the stem of his wine glass between his fingers. "Being stuck at a desk I can't imagine it. I want to be in the field."

He wants to lead from the field. Without that... Phil's not sure what he's going to do.

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"You're still healing and doing PT. You might have some odd pulling to compensate for on the shooting range, but once the pain's receded and you're back up to your usual strength, hopefully there won't be a problem."

He can't promise there won't be. Healing's a complicated thing, and Clint's got dumb fucking luck on his side sometimes (and probably good genetics, somehow) that nothing's debilitated or incapacitated him for good.

"And you're still a good people person. If something happens, maybe you don't lead teams in the field, but you don't necessarily have to be stuck at a desk."

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"At least I'm dating the best guy to help me learn how to compensate." Phil smiles a little. Clint's faith in him is very reassuring.

"I'll have to talk to Fury. I can't see him letting me go easily and I don't want to go. You know what SHIELD means to me."

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"I know. There's other positions you can do, but I know how much the field work means, too." He shrugs, sips at the wine. "It won't hurt to actually consider Tony's offer, too."

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"I don't want to go to prison for killing Stark. I'm afraid working for him might do that." Phil will never publicly admit to liking Tony Stark. He does like him and believes he's a genius. He is also one of the most irritating people on the planet.

"I don't know if Fury would let me keep Lola. It's stupid to be worried about that, right? My whole career and I'm worried about a car." A car that Phil probably loves almost as much as Clint.

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"It's your car; he can't just impound her. Okay, so she's got a bit of fancy tech in her, but it's nothing that Tony wouldn't absolutely make even better for you if you brought her. It's not stupid to be worried, but I don't think you have anything to worry about."

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"I'm not letting Stark touch her." Phil makes a face at the very idea, like Clint suggested he sell his first born. Lola is sacred. "These are the things that are worrying me. Outside of how you're doing."

And all those worries seem so small in comparison to what Clint's going through.

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"You do all her maintenance yourself, right? And I have yet to see you turn into a grease monkey in a tank top and smudged with oil. I think Tony pulls the look off a little better, but now I want to see you do it anyway."

Because that's a better thing to think about than knowing his boyfriend is mostly, overall, worried about him.

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Phil has a lot of concerns about rebuilding the city but he's not going to talk about that with Clint who already feels responsible.

"Yes, because I helped build her." Lola is more than just a car or a midlife crisis like some people think. She's the last connection he has to his dad. "You've never been around when I'm done the maintenance."

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"You never tell me when you do it!" he counters. "So, obviously, next time you plan on it, you have to tell me so I can watch. I mostly know how to hotwire them, but I know a thing or two about cars."

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"You're going to be disappointed. I wear coveralls. Not a tank top." Phil does not need people gwaking at him because he's not in a suit and he's showing skin. People gawk enough when he's in the coveralls. "Do you want to learn how to take care of a classic car?"

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"Boooo, you should just give in to my sexual fantasies, dork. Fine, I'll be in an old tank top and ratty but still attractive jeans, and I'll get covered in grease and oil for you to ogle."

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"I don't own any ratty jeans." All the jeans Phil owns are nice and don't have any holes in them. They're for casual days with Clint usually. "I don't see how I lose in this situation."

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"You don't; you get to see your boyfriend look like he's about to star in some real cliche porno while he looks hot with your beloved car." He spreads his hands. "There's no downside."

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Phil playfully narrows his eyes. "Are you trying to finally get me to agree to making out in Lola's backseat?"

Is he going to say yes this time? Maybe. Things change after coming real close to death.

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He presses a scandalized hand to his chest. "What? Who said anything about that? I would never. Perish the thought. Never even crossed my mind. But I mean, since you suggested it..."

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Phil laughs, soft but genuine. "Oh, I see, this is my fault. You never had a single dirty thought about you, me, and Lola before. Uh huh."

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"She's got a comfy back seat. Or, y'know," casual shrug, having never ever thought these things before in his life, at all, not once, "blow you in the front seat, maybe even while you're driving or flying somewhere."

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"I am not a licensed pilot. You are not distracting me that much while I'm flying." Phil does not trust his flying skills against Clint's mouth. He knows which one is better. "We could find a private backroad though. Pretend we're teenagers."

Not that either of them really had the normal teenager experience.

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"Find ourselves a little private makeout point?" He's grinning like a fool and damn near wiggling in his seat. "That's sounding more and more like a yes to defiling your beloved baby, Phil. I guess death or damn near it really does change a man."

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"Please don't refer to it as defiling and it might actually happen." Phil probably won't say no now that he's seen how excited the idea makes Clint. It isn't the near death but that happiness that tempts Phil. He'll do a lot to see Clint that happy.

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"Using in a manner that she was always destined for. Picking up chicks and sexual exploits. Except instead of picking up chicks, it's acting like a handsy teenager with your lasting boyfriend. But if you wanted to play like you were picking up some handsome stranger, I might not be inclined to say no."

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"I'm not running this like an undercover op." Phil is back to shaking his head with fondness. This is the man he's chosen. This is who he loves. He is thinking of something more romantic like a little private drive in movie scene. "I will make out with my boyfriend in the backseat, not a stranger. Strangers don't get to ride in Lola."