The safehouse in South Carolina- Tuesday

[throughaphase]

In the world Wanda had built for everybody, this last weekend would have been Clint and Kitty's wedding. Instead of being weird and awkward about it in Fandom, they'd taken the dogs and headed for Clint's safehouse, and stayed for slightly longer than intended because SDCC. While Kitty wasn't sure she felt better about the whole situation that they had been specifically not talking about, at least there'd been the distractions.

And on the last day, she'd procrastinated on packing enough to walk outside to the beach, where she could sit for a little bit without any squirrels spying on her.

[For the boy!]

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[throughaphase]

"Maybe," she said, and while she didn't sound convinced, she squeezed his hand back. "How are you doing with all of this?"

[so_hawkward]

"I'm okay, but I didn't lose as much," Clint pointed out. "And I was thinking about how some stuff could have been worse. Like, if we'd actually been stuck in that other world for a while, and we went through with getting married, it would have been a lot worse to come back to the real world."

[throughaphase]

"True," she conceded. "And if we'd known what was happening and had to stay, we'd have to have the world's most awkward 'where is this relationship going?' talk ever."

[so_hawkward]

Clint laughed softly. "See, I just keep telling myself that it could have been worse. I could have lost you somehow, or you could have lost your powers. I know it's not much but it's what's keeping me going."

[throughaphase]

"Sorry you had to get caught up in all of this," Kitty sighed. "It can't be easy."

[so_hawkward]

"It hasn't been easy, you're right. But if my choices are dealing with stuff like this or not being with you, I'm gonna pick you every time so..." Clint trailed off with a shrug.

[throughaphase]

"I really don't deserve you," Kitty decided after mulling his words over for a moment.

[so_hawkward]

Clint snorted at that. "There's a lot of people who would disagree with you there," he said, "including me. I'm the one who doesn't deserve you."

[throughaphase]

"You put up with a lot of crap from my world, and you stick around," Kitty said. "I can't think of anyone else who would do that."

[so_hawkward]

"You're worth it," Clint insisted. "Completely, 100 percent worth it."

[throughaphase]

This conversation had been a really good idea. "Better watch out. Talk like that, I might just marry you for real someday," she teased.