he huffed. "before dawn, she's yours and only yours." he sniffed. "we can share her after the sun has risen." he promised Tony, looking amused, grinning when Tony tickled her. she was so darn cute. Johnny had assured them that he'd take Aria and that Charley was there today too because Phil had to go into the city over some court case or something so Aria would even have someone her own age, or close to, to play with. it wasn't long before they where set up and had dropped Aria off with Johnny, said hello to shy little Charley whose English was getting much better already. cute little Charley had totally adopted Clint as his favorite too. practically hero worshiping 'papa Clint'. "ten bucks Clint adores the little guy." Fitz teased. as much of a fuss as Clint had raised when Phil had adopted Charley, it would be hilarious if he was a sappy papa now. "Tony! Down!" Steve gasped, suddenly moving into the way, shoving Tony down before even thinking about it, having just seen the flash of light on the muzzle of a gun in the alley right next to the precinct. Fitz was moving now too, drawing his own gun, three pulls of the trigger and the unknown assailant went down while Steve looked down. there was blood spilling out of him from the middle of his chest, a sharp white hot pain that spread through his body. "ouch..." he never felt himself hitting the ground, he'd already passed out while the people inside the precinct came spilling out, Bruce calling for an ambulance even as he started pressing down on Steve's chest, trying to stop the bleeding.