The Xavier School- Wednesday afternoon

[throughaphase]

After two days in a tube, unable to communicate except when Clint was there, not needing to eat or sleep or basically do anything but look out the little window and wave at people, Kitty got to get out. They'd come up with a suit that looked kind of like a uniform, only with a helmet, and being totally enveloped in this suit meant that her molecules would actually stay together, and she could be mobile again. And talk.

In fact, poor Emma had been in the infirmary when Kitty began to talk again, and after begging her to shut up already, once Kitty started wondering aloud how she could see when her body was phased because science didn't work that way, Emma called Clint down so he could deal with it.

So this still wasn't ideal, and the prognosis wasn't terrific, but it was better.

[For the fiance! And for the time being, Kitty's going to be stuck in the suit, which she will always be wearing even when the icons don't reflect that.]

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[throughaphase]

"Want the number to mine?" Kitty teased. Aww, look, she could smile and everything.

[so_hawkward]

"Not unless you want me to tell them you're still alive," Clint said.

[throughaphase]

"That begs the question of how many people you told I wasn't alive," Kitty said.

[so_hawkward]

"Uh, I told Allie. I thought she'd want to know," Clint said. "And it was on the radio so... you might have some explaining to do when we get back to town, I'm sorry. My students appreciated me being in a better mood though."

[throughaphase]

"It's okay. I'm going to have to explain the suit anyway." And if she could figure out what happened to her phone she could let Allie know. "Sorry to put you through this."

[so_hawkward]

"Hey, you didn't ask for this to happen," Clint said softly. "We both signed on for this with the superhero gig. The important thing is that you held on and you came back to me."

Or Magneto brought her back but shhh, details.

[throughaphase]

"Always," Kitty said, flashing him a smile. "But it's going to be tough. I don't know how long I'll be like this. And it's better than last time, but that was a nightmare."

[so_hawkward]

"That's because you didn't have me last time," Clint said. "You're not going to be alone this time."

[throughaphase]

"You're the best and I love you," Kitty told him, and it felt so great to be able to say that. "But I mean more in the sense that my molecules tried to fall apart that time."

[so_hawkward]

Clint frowned deeply, and shook his head. "Well, they're not allowed to do that this time. Or else."

[throughaphase]

"You're stuck in optimism mode, huh?" she realized.