25 Unicorn Street- Saturday late afternoon

[throughaphase]

Kitty hadn't taken a lot of damage in the fight with the Inheritors, but phasing a bunch of people at once again kind of took it out of her. Again. Because this was like the third time in like two weeks that she'd had to do it and uuugh she was over it.

So once she got home, she cleaned the cut on her arm and stuck a bandage on it, and then flopped on the bed to cuddle Lucky whether he liked it or not.

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[so_hawkward]

Earlier, Clint had noticed that something wasn't quite right in town, but he'd been at the gym and had decided that keeping everyone calm and, most importantly, inside was probably the better bet.

When he got home, he noticed that things were a little quiet, and that Rook was the only one to greet him. "Kitty? Lucky?" he called, proud of himself for looking for them in the right order.

[throughaphase]

Kitty was half-dozing, half-not, so she probably wouldn't have noticed if he did say their names wrong. But she did lift her head a little to call "Up here!" without opening her eyes. And it was possible she wasn't very loud but that was also because she didn't want to yell that close to Lucky.

[so_hawkward]

That noise was enough to get Clint's attention, and he went upstairs, standing in the doorway for a moment when he saw Kitty and Lucky on the bed. "Okay, this is pretty adorable."

[throughaphase]

"This is not adorable. This is napping," Kitty said, clearly not napping by the words coming out of her mouth. And she had no idea what Lucky was or wasn't doing.

[so_hawkward]

Lucky, because he was the best dog ever, had been content enough to just lay there with Kitty. Now that Clint was here, he nudged softly at the bandage and then laid his head back down.

"It's still pretty adorable. What happened?" Clint asked, sitting on the edge of the bed.

[throughaphase]

"Localized invasion," she said, opening her eyes. "We saved the island, you're welcome. I'm fine, just had to phase a bunch of people."

[so_hawkward]

"So, business as usual?" Clint teased, laying down next to her and wrapping his arm gently around her waist. "I certainly feel safer now, thank you."

[throughaphase]

"You should," Kitty said, snuggling a little closer to him. "Also thanks to Tony, Spider-Man, and some others."

[so_hawkward]

"You let Tony help save the island? That was a terrible idea. Now he's going to be smug for weeks," Clint teased, opening his hold on Kitty so she could snuggle as much as she wanted. "I'm glad you're okay. And the others, but mostly you."

[throughaphase]

"Because I'm special," she agreed, shifting a little so she could look at him better. "March is fired, by the way."

[so_hawkward]

"Geez, this has all been since the beginning of the month, hasn't it?" Clint asked. "We're not even halfway through yet. I wouldn't mind just skipping to April though. Nothing important happens in March."

[throughaphase]

"I'm cool with skipping ahead. And I seem to remember last year at this time sucking, too," Kitty pointed out. "We can write off March and plan happy things for April. nothing but happy things."

[so_hawkward]

"I hope you realize that if you let me help plan, my half of the plans will involve this room," Clint said.

[throughaphase]

"Is that supposed to be a bad thing? Because nothing attacks in this room," she said, finally letting go of Lucky to turn over a little more. She still kept her hand there for petting, though.

[so_hawkward]

Lucky didn't mind Kitty moving, and stayed within petting range so he and Clint made a Kitty sandwich. Cuddling with both his owners was the best thing ever.

"That's true. This room involves a lot more happy things, I'd say," Clint pointed out.

[throughaphase]

"Yep. Even if they are things Lucky's too young to hear about," Kitty said. "Does this mean I plan the non-bedroom activities?"

[so_hawkward]

Clint pretended to think about that for a minute before nodding. "That seems fair. We can do whatever will keep you from wearing yourself out again."

[throughaphase]

"Or at least wearing me out in fun ways," Kitty said. "Not necessarily always dirty."

[so_hawkward]

"Why don't I stick to the fun ways of wearing you out, and you stick to the relaxing ways of being together?" Clint said with a laugh. "I see a lot of movie watching and dog petting."

[throughaphase]

"And maybe an excuse or two to get away from where things are dramatic," she said thoughtfully.

[so_hawkward]

"Mmmm, vacation maybe?" Clint said. "I know we just went on a cruise but I think you've earned another break, even if it's just a little one." Sitting up more, he said, "Hey, we should do something where we can bring Lucky and Rook. Like, all of us get away for a bit from drama."

[throughaphase]

"We could do that," Kitty said, brightening. "Not just New York, I'm guessing?"

[so_hawkward]

"Nah, probably not," Clint said, relaxing next to Kitty again and holding her close. "Maybe further down south. I have a place we could go, assuming it's still there."

[throughaphase]

This cuddling thing was the best. The best. "Ooh, having a place down south sound- wait, assuming it's still there?"

[so_hawkward]

Clint was always glad when he could use his arms for good and not evil!

"Yeah, I haven't been there in a year or two, I think?" Clint said. "But it's all paid up. It's a place to go if I ever need an emergency hiding place, you know?"

[throughaphase]

"Makes sense," said Kitty, who'd definitely either had to do that, or had friends who'd had to do that in the past. "And it also helps when you need a vacation."