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“Thank you, sir,” you say, and you’re both surprised to discover you actually mean it.
He gives you a nod, and maybe he’s not glaring quite as much as usual. “You might even make S.H.I.E.L.D. proud one day, Barton,” he says, then disappears down the corridor in the direction of medical.
And congratulations from Fury, that’s something, that’s pretty impressive. But what really staggers you (and makes you practically jump out of your skin) is when Coulson says quietly from behind you where you had no idea he was, “You already do.”