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āYou look like hell,ā Tony said, landing soft on the dock.
Clint nodded once. No speech. No grand vow. He just picked up his bow from the dockāthe one heād set down five years agoāand the string sang under his thumb.
The lake was still. So still that the reflection of the cabin didnāt ripple, and the stars looked like pinned needles of light in a frozen sky. Clint sat on the dock, feet inches above the water, and watched the suitcases by the cabin door. The years had taught him that silence wasnāt empty. It was just waiting. avengers-endgame
From the rift came a figure, armored and glowing faintly, dragging a hammer that sparked with old storm-light. Thor looked thinner, his eyes clearer than theyād been in five years. Behind him, a raccoon with a blaster the size of his arm. Then a woman in red, feet barely touching the ground. And a man in a red-and-gold suit that Clint would know anywhere.
Inside, Tonyās voice crackled from an old suit speaker. A hologram flickeredāMorganās hand reaching for a helmet sheād never wear again. Pepper stood in the doorway, her back to the lake, but he knew she was watching him. āYou look like hell,ā Tony said, landing soft
āOne more,ā Tony agreed. And then, quieter: āFor her. For all of them.ā
Tony didnāt look triumphant. He looked tired. But he was here . No grand vow
A low hum built behind the treeline. Not thunder. Not a quinjet. It was deeperālike the planet itself groaning. The sky split. Not the snap. Something else. Orange and raw, spinning open like a wound reversing.
āYou look like a ghost,ā Clint replied.