Avengers - Protected

I had a Pepper-centric story I was going to use for this prompt, and I may still finish it, but I rather like the way this one treats the definition of the word "bodyguard" instead.

Title: Protected
Genre: Gen, Team
Rating: PG-13
Length: ~5,000 words
Warnings: Injury, bit of gore, bit of language.
Synopsis: Protect - to keep safe from injury or harm.
Author's Note: For the "bodyguards" square at hc_bingo.
Disclaimer: I do not own these characters and am making no profit from this.

Also available at AO3.

( Protected )

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