New York, NY- Sunday

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Kitty didn't exactly hate it when Chrismakkuh came up, since it was sort of nice to celebrate all at once. And it also meant splitting their time a little, having gone back to Kitty's New York yesterday.

And today she was sitting on the floor of Clint's place in his New York, trying to get Rook to sit still to get a Santa hat on her. "Okay, what you're not seeing here is that it's going to be adorable," she reasoned.

Lucky was probably more used to this.

[For the hubby!]

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"We're a good team," Kitty said, immediately getting up to get the hat on Rook's head and get it to stay there. "Now no knocking it off. Where's Lucky?"

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At that, Lucky walked over to her, tail wagging as he chomped at the Christmas bone in his mouth. He was still being good and wearing his hat, thank you very much.

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"Yes, thank you, someone's being a good example," Kitty said, sitting next to Clint and patting her lap for Lucky to come up. "We get this and Rook can go free even if she's missing out."

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"Do you know who you're going to send this picture to?" Clint asked, getting his phone out. He was sure the Avengers would be getting it, but he was going to hope they wouldn't, just in case.

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"Everybody," she said, smiling. "Smile like I didn't just admit that."

[so_hawkward]

Clint sighed, but then smiled anyway as he took the picture because he was the best husband ever, as far as he was concerned.

"At least we'll make some people jealous," he said as he gave her the phone.

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"Because we're great and so are the dogs?" she asked, already counting off in her head who this needed to go to.

It was a lot of people. They were popular.

[so_hawkward]

Clint laughed, getting some petting time in with Rook while he had her there. "We are pretty awesome, that's for sure," he said. "It'll also be a nice reminder that I still haven't driven you away."

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"Oh yeah, you're stuck with me," Kitty promised as she finished sending off the text. "I'm making this your phone background, too, because this is what happens when you give me your phone."

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"Hey, you know I don't know how to change that back," Clint said, reaching for her and the phone. "I was going to say how nice it was that we survived until the holidays, but now I'm not so sure."

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"I am just trying to remind you how lucky you are every time you look at your phone,"
She teased, but was willing to give it back.

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"I know I'm lucky," Clint said, giving her a more sincere smile. "Believe me, I've seen enough alternatives to really know how lucky I am."

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"Ugh, yes. Why do the AUs tend to be horrifying? Almost every time," Kitty said.

[so_hawkward]

"Maybe we're living our best possible lives, so anything else is awful in comparison?" Clint suggested. "Or if anything was better, we'd never believe it was really our lives."

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"Oh, I'd believe it," Kitty assured him. "There'd have to be good ones. Probably where we have seventeen dogs, because aside from the occasional Fandom or superhero-related issue, I don't have any complaints."