[ She and Clint clashed at home too, albeit in different ways and for very different reasons. This time Kate doesn't feel like it's on her to wedge her way back in, and gone is the temptation to fill his inbox with more voice messages than it can hold. But part of her worries he'll just avoid her altogether — she's not the Kate he knows, anyway — and that nagging concern doesn't let up until he makes contact. ]
i got nothing solid but something about it seems off apart from, you know, all the obvious stuff
[ As much as she has avoided them in the past, she'd take an ostentatious rich people fundraiser over this any day. ]
( it's different for him, too — in most circumstances, he and kate have played a game of 'who can hold out the longest' interrupted only by clint being the one, inevitably, to give in and try before deciding that no, it's not worth it. before deciding that there's only so many times a person can end up on voicemail, or left on read before getting the hint.
he's a little surprised when she replies, but not unhappy.
and maybe some of it's not even kate, not even that she's different (and he's different, at least as far as she's concerned), maybe it's duplicity. it's a question he doesn't know the answer to, one he's not sure he'll get the answer to.
—in much the same way that kate's own response doesn't really say much of anything. )
[ Okay, that's new. Usually she ends up involved by way of bulldozing past Clint's — other Clint's — repeated insistence that her involvement is not necessary at best, a hindrance at worst. Let the experienced Avenger handle this, go home and stay out of trouble.
It's a welcome change of pace, but she doesn't quite know what to do with it. ]
i might those rumors come with any leads on where to start?
okay see when i talk about chatting up receptionists, i'm talking about being friendly which usually goes a long way
but since we are where we are, i'll give it to you that friendliness alone may not cut it anyway, we're catching them in the middle of a work day, it can't be that crazy and all we need is a lead on which gang we're dealing with, it's nbd
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Date: 2024-09-01 08:56 pm (UTC)i got nothing solid but
something about it seems off
apart from, you know, all the obvious stuff
[ As much as she has avoided them in the past, she'd take an ostentatious rich people fundraiser over this any day. ]
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Date: 2024-09-01 09:16 pm (UTC)he's a little surprised when she replies, but not unhappy.
and maybe some of it's not even kate, not even that she's different (and he's different, at least as far as she's concerned), maybe it's duplicity. it's a question he doesn't know the answer to, one he's not sure he'll get the answer to.
—in much the same way that kate's own response doesn't really say much of anything. )
sooo
you're going to check it out?
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Date: 2024-09-02 07:16 am (UTC)It's a welcome change of pace, but she doesn't quite know what to do with it. ]
i might
those rumors come with any leads on where to start?
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Date: 2024-09-02 08:16 am (UTC)( katie, he almost adds. doesn't, but— almost. the thought's there. for five seconds, and then— )
natasha gave me a file on them. territories, dens. hotspots.
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Date: 2024-09-02 06:03 pm (UTC)see who knows what
i'm pretty good at chatting up receptionists
[ She annoyed the receptionist at her mom's firm into submission Kate's first day on the job, is what she means. ]
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Date: 2024-09-02 06:48 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2024-09-02 06:53 pm (UTC)but i guess that's on me for being too quick with the "we"
did you just text me to be grumpy then??
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Date: 2024-09-02 07:01 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2024-09-02 07:02 pm (UTC)THAT one's normally mine.
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Date: 2024-09-02 07:14 pm (UTC)it's usually up to me to make up for what he lacks in that department
if it's not gonna make a big difference, we could leave it up to a coin toss
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Date: 2024-09-02 07:22 pm (UTC)it's probably gonna depend on the receptionist, kate.
who knows what they're into.
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Date: 2024-09-02 07:42 pm (UTC)when i talk about chatting up receptionists, i'm talking about being friendly
which usually goes a long way
but since we are where we are, i'll give it to you that friendliness alone may not cut it
anyway, we're catching them in the middle of a work day, it can't be that crazy
and all we need is a lead on which gang we're dealing with, it's nbd
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Date: 2024-09-02 08:12 pm (UTC)and you never describe a work day as "not that crazy".
that's just asking for trouble.
I barely even get to have "not that crazy" in my personal life.
( right— )
the construction company's in ruby territory.
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Date: 2024-09-02 08:33 pm (UTC)i don't think your experience in the workforce is that universal
haven't you been an avenger since before you could rent a car?
oh
well then we should just break in after hours
right?
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Date: 2024-09-02 10:20 pm (UTC)I'm multi-faceted.
I could rent a car.
( just. )
...yeah.
it'll be quieter.
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Date: 2024-09-03 04:43 am (UTC)sooo
i'll meet you there after close?
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Date: 2024-09-03 05:35 am (UTC)an hour after.
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Date: 2024-09-05 06:16 am (UTC)see you there
[ Continued. ]