MHA #10- Wednesday evening

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Kitty had had plans for date night. She'd planned on setting up dinner on the roof because sunsets and stars were romantic and everything and she was trying here.

And then it'd started raining. Dammit, where was Storm when you needed her?

She still had dinner, so that part was fine, but until Clint showed up she'd be glowering out the window like that'd make the weather behave... and make the roof not wet. (Okay, and she'd send a text because she had to.)

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[throughaphase]

"I figured that when you called me wonderful on air," she grinned, going to get her phone and bring it over to show him the pictures.

[so_hawkward]

Not even the fact that it was Stiles getting cuddled was enough to keep Clint from laughing. "Oh my god. This is amazing. I forgive the island for everything for at least the next 48 hours."

[throughaphase]

"And now if the island goes completely crazy in the next couple days, I'll know to blame you," she teased, and don't mind her forwarding those pictures to him because she maybe liked being called wonderful.

[so_hawkward]

"Hey, I didn't necessarily say I'd forgive the island for new stuff," Clint said, grinning when his phone beeped with the new pictures. "I just needed that laugh."

[throughaphase]

"Rough day or something?" she asked, pocketing her phone.

[so_hawkward]

On one hand, Clint could easily say it had been a rough day, and he didn't think Kitty would prod too much. But, on the other hand, it was getting easier to trust her, and while that was still terrifying even after all this time, it made lying to her a lot more difficult. "Or something," he said. "Do you remember the whole alien thing and Loki being a dick and all that I told you about?"

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"I remember. Kind of hard to forget," Kitty said, actually somewhere between surprised and impressed that he didn't just go with 'rough day.'

[so_hawkward]

"Yeah, well, it was a year ago. Like, actually a year ago," Clint said, looking a little embarrassed because ugh, this felt so weird to actually talk about. "That's why I've been kind of weird the past few days, and if I haven't been entirely pleasant, I'm sorry."

Look, he was trying really, really hard to not do the driving away thing, and that meant not being a hot mess, right?

[throughaphase]

If she had gold stars in her apartment, she would have honestly gone to get one for him right now. Probably would have made things awkward, so maybe it was a good thing she didn't keep gold stars on hand.

"You haven't been that bad with me," she assured him, sliding her arms around him because she figured a hug might not be a bad thing. "How're you doing now?"

[so_hawkward]

"Oh, well, I'm awfully good right now," he said, smirking and slipping his arms around her in return. "I'm doing okay. Derek vs. the gremlin definitely helped."

[throughaphase]

"Then I know to keep those pictures on hand now," Kitty said with a little smile. "So what's been going on?"

[so_hawkward]

"Aside from that, not much. It's been weird to just have the gym to worry about," Clint said. "I kind of like having multiple things to do with my time, you know?"

[throughaphase]

"We need to find you more hobbies," she said lightly. "Not having much to do probably doesn't make the anniversary stuff any easier."

[so_hawkward]

"I don't know if stamp collecting would help right now," Clint said with a teasing smirk. "Dinner with a pretty girl does though."

[throughaphase]

"Good. And you know if you need to talk about it, I'll listen," she told him. "And if you don't, then I've got plenty of ways to make things a little better. Starting with dinner on actual plates." See, she put effort in.

[so_hawkward]

"Actual plates? That's way fancier than I'm used to." In Clint's defense, he was at least half teasing. It wasn't that he didn't know how to use plates, they just seemed like a waste sometimes. "Is it okay that I don't want to talk about the Loki thing?"

[throughaphase]

Kitty shrugged. "It's okay with me as long as it's okay with you," she said. "Telling me there was an issue in the first place is kind of a big thing- and for the record, I'm really glad you said something- and if you want to leave it at that, that's fine by me."

[so_hawkward]

Clint grinned and leaned down to give Kitty a kiss. "You really are awesome, you know. For putting up with me and knowing me talking about things is big. But I guess that's why it's easier with you? I don't know, I don't have a whole lot of nice experience to compare this to."

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"I am all for keeping things easier with me," she told him, smiling. "There's stuff I don't like to talk about either, but there are people I know I can talk to- you being one of them- and that means a lot. And you should get to have that, too."

[so_hawkward]

Thinking about what he deserved was an even more potentially terrible topic, so Clint just smiled. "No, I don't mind listening to you at all. I like to think I can help when you need it. Except with cooking, you're probably better on your own there."

[throughaphase]

"...You realize now I want a night where we stay in and cook," Kitty said. "Because I want to see you try it."

[so_hawkward]

"Unless you want breakfast for dinner, I wouldn't recommend that. I'm great at breakfast." Okay, he was pretty good at breakfast. "But dinner's a different story."

[throughaphase]

"It's okay, I want to see this. We'll just dial all the numbers for the pizza place and hit talk when we see what we end up with," Kitty said.

[so_hawkward]

Clint laughed. "I can't tell if you're very crazy or very brave."

[throughaphase]

"Usually a little of both, but in this situation I'd only be those things if I thought we'd end up actually eating it," Kitty said. "You're talking to a girl who got Thai for tonight and put it on plates so it's not technically takeout anymore."

It was still totally takeout, Kitty.

[so_hawkward]

"Does that mean I can bring Chinese or something when we cook and warm it up?" Clint asked. Hey, if loopholes were an option, he was going to take one.

[throughaphase]

"Yep. It's really the only way," she agreed. "Do you think I'm insane now?"

[so_hawkward]

"No, I think you're very smart," Clint said, going in for another kiss. He'd let her get to the dinner part of their evening eventually, really.

[throughaphase]

Yeah, she was catching on to that. "Are you trying to make this end in leftovers before we even eat?" she asked, clearly having a huge problem with that.

[so_hawkward]

"No, not at all," Clint said between kisses. "Thai food is good and food gives you energy."

[throughaphase]

"Oh? What might we need energy for?" she asked, totally innocently really.

[so_hawkward]

"Dessert?" Clint suggested.

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"And if I didn't think that far?" Kitty asked.

[so_hawkward]

"I can take care of it," Clint offered, nuzzling at her neck a little. "It only seems fair."

[throughaphase]

"Have I mentioned lately you're the best?" Kitty asked, smiling.

[so_hawkward]

"Not in the last few minutes," Clint said. "You should feel free to say it again."

[throughaphase]

"You're the best," she replied. "Heard it enough yet?"

[so_hawkward]

"For now," Clint said with another kiss. "Come on, let's eat this amazing dinner you've prepared."