MCU Fic: that groove has gotten so deep

[out_there]

that groove has gotten so deep (8112 words) by out_there
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Clint Barton/Phil Coulson
Characters: Clint Barton, Phil Coulson
Additional Tags: Mission Fic
Summary:

"I thought Shanghai was supposed to be a break," says the note left on the single bed. It's in Barton's scrawled handwriting, a chicken-scratch pattern of lower-case letters, heavily slanted to the left.

Phil tucks the note away in his pocket and looks around the room. Dingy off-white walls, industrial orangey-mustard carpet and cheap polyester bedspread. As far as safehouses go, it's a big step down from the Ritz.

Then again, Phil remembers how much room service Barton ordered over four days at the Ritz. It's hardly a coincidence they're not assigned nice hotels anymore. Plus, there was that whole exploding chandelier incident.