A room at the Arms- Friday night

[throughaphase]

Months ago, Kitty had said she was going to throw a birthday party this year, just to make Rosa go to it. And then Clint and Kitty's birthday week came up and she decided nope. They had a very-nearly-two-month-old, she was tired, she just did NYE, no.

Instead, they were celebrating their birthdays with an actual date night. At a hotel. Where they could sleep the whole night. And get room service. And not have to clean anything. It was gonna be great. Kitty was already in pajamas.

And as she pulled the cover off one of the food trays, she made sure her phone was face up on the bed and in sight so she wouldn't miss any calls about Lexi. "No news is good news, right?"


[For the slightly belated birthday boy.]

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[so_hawkward]

"No news is probably great news," Clint said. It was a little sad how exciting pajamas and room service was, but he was getting older after all. "I'm sure Kanan can handle a good baby considering how many students he had to deal with."

[throughaphase]

"Yeah. I mean, teenage students are very different than a baby who doesn't know how to communicate yet," Kitty said quickly. "But what's the worst that happens, she cries?"

She still looked at her phone.

[so_hawkward]

"She should just sleep. I'm sure she'll be fine," Clint said, glancing over at the phone as well. "Technology is pretty awesome, I have to admit."

[throughaphase]

"It is. Like if I really get worried, I can check in at any time," she said. "Which I'm not, but I might send a text after a very expensive, very lazy dinner. Which has not been in our freezer, and especially not microwaved."

Parenthood: super glamorous!

[so_hawkward]

"And it's still warm while we're eating it. What a concept," Clint said. "We could have done a lot worse with babysitters. We could have asked Tony and ended up with a robot watching Lexi."

[throughaphase]

Kitty frowned. "Steve would stop that from happening, right?"

[so_hawkward]

"Steve loves us and loves Lexi and knows exactly how crazy Tony can be even though he loves him too. It'll be fine," Clint said with a laugh. He leaned over and gave Kitty a gentle kiss. "Another year wiser and you still want to spend a night with me."

[throughaphase]

"I know, crazy, right?" Kitty teased. "Privately and without distractions, even."

Well, the phone.

[so_hawkward]

Clint glanced at the phone again and, not seeing anything to worry about, gave Kitty another kiss. "I feel like we're tempting the island to do something stupid, but I hope we get a quiet night tonight."

Where they'd fall asleep early like old people, but at least they'd be alone?

[throughaphase]

"The island is not allowed to do anything stupid, because I will kick its ass," Kitty said, very seriously.

Which, if anyone was going to threaten an island, it should be a woman who could phase into it.