6- The News

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(Third Person POV)

Y/N walks into the bedroom that her girlfriend is in to see her sitting on the bed, staring at her hands.

"Are you okay? Katie?"
She asks, sitting beside her.
Kate looks up, seeing her girlfriend.

"Yeah, how are you doing? I know this has all been kinda crazy"
Y/N sighs and leans her head on Kate's shoulder and plays with her girlfriends fingers.

"I'm okay, I'm kinda tired though"
Kate lays on her back so Y/N can lay her head on her chest.

"Go to sleep, babe. I am as well"
Y/N closes her eyes, listening to her girlfriends calming voice as it lulls her to sleep.

The next morning, Y/N smells bacon and sees that Kate isn't in bed anymore. She goes out to the kitchen to see her girlfriend standing by the stove, a plate of bacon and eggs next to her.

"Hey babe, good morning"
Kate says to the shorter girl.

"Good morning, Katie"
Kate pushes the plate towards her as Y/N sits at the table.
They both eat their breakfast talking about nothing in particular before curling up on the couch, turning on the TV.

The door opens about half an hour later and Clint walks inside.
He notices that they are talking about Armand's death on the news.

"They think I'm the vigilante?"
Kate asks, horrified.
Y/N frowns and squeezes her girlfriends hand.

"You've been on the news twice in less than a day. That's impressive"
Clint replies in a sarcastic tone, walking to the kitchen.

"I have to go"
Kate looks at Clint.

"No you don't. Those tracksuit guys tried to kill you yesterday. I'm getting the suit and until I do, you guys are staying here. It's safer"

"Not going to work isn't safe. I'm surprised my mom hasn't called me yet"
Kate looks annoyed.

"Just stay here"
Clint says, packing his bag.

"If we stay here, she's just gonna get us anyway. Her mom owns a security company. It's the safest place we have"
Y/N says, walking with Kate.

"You're not gonna listen are you?"
Clint looks at the girls.
The girls look at each other.

"No, we want to though"
Kate says, grabbing her girlfriends hand.
Clint sighs.

"Get changed then, you both look silly"
The girls look down at themselves and see that they are both in dressing gowns.

"Alright, she doesn't have much though"
They go to the bedroom to change clothes before leaving the apartment.

"I'm gonna be late because of you"
Kate tells the man in an annoyed tone.

"You'll both be alive thanks to me"
He goes to walk on the side closest to the road.

"Maybe you are a gentleman"
Y/N says, teasingly.

"It's so I can hear you. Only because I need to"
He replies.

"What happened?"
He seems to be in thought for a minute before replying.

"It's hard to tell"

"Mommy there's a superhero"
They hear a voice behind them say.
They see a boy looking in their direction before he runs off to a cosplayer.

"Look, there's you!"
Kate tells the man with an excited face.

"No, that's Katniss"
He pulls the girls by their arms away from the group.

"You have a branding problem"

"No, you girls are my problem and this suit and the people that are after it. I'm going to solve this problem today so I can go to my family"

"No, it's branding"
Kate replies, obviously.

"You're low key, it's hard to sell"
Y/N says to the man.

"I'm not trying to sell anything"

"And that should make you cooler, but with all the scary things happening, people want someone sincere"

"I told you, I'm not trying to sell anything"

"You do anyway though"

"Okay, what am I selling Kate?"
He asks, annoyed.
She stops walking to look at him with a hurt look.

"Inspiration"
She spits out.

"Here's my work, should we meet back at the safe house?"

"Uh, this might be the last time we see each other"
He hands her his phone,

"Put your number in, for emergencies"
She takes his phone and types in her number and calls it.

"I'm letting it ring so I have your number"
She mumbles.
Clint then offers Y/N his phone and she types in her number as well.

"I will get your number from Kate"
He nods before walking away.

"I will call you later!"
Kate calls out to him.

"Please don't do that!"

"I've got your number!"
Y/N grabs Kate's hand and pulls her inside.

"We'll be back in a sec"
Kate says as she throws her stuff down at the front desk.
Y/N smiles apologetically at the woman and follows Kate.
They walk into Eleanor's office.

"I'm sorry, before you say if-"
Kate's cut off when Jack calls her.

"Katie!"
Kate glares at him.

"Don't call me that"
She mumbles.

"Kate"
Y/N mumbles in Kate's ear, annoyed.

"I'm sorry for your loss"
Y/N says to him.

"Thank you, that's very kind"

"Must've been shocking"
Kate says, sitting down and pulling her girlfriend onto the couch next to her.

"It was"

"You guys were close, weren't you?"
Kate asks.

"It was a special relationship"

"How does the inheritance thing work-"
She's cut off again, by her mother this time.

"What are you girls wearing?"

"Uh, we're borrowing from a friend"
Kate says, thinking.

"And what about the fire in your apartment?"

"Can we talk without him?"
Kate asks, annoyed.

"It's okay, it makes sense that she is angry. She probably feels replaced and she's testing our dynamic"
Everyone looks at him, confused.

"I brought a book about being a step dad"
He says, proudly.

"Good purchase, Jack"
Y/N says with a smile.

"Girls, Jacks cooking dinner, why don't you come?"
Y/N smiles and nods.
Kate looks at her girlfriend and sighs.

"Fine, but I get to choose the conversation topics"

Everyone chuckles as Kate leans into the couch.


Kate is so cute! I hope you enjoyed this chapter and look forward to the next one!

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