New York is supposed to be simple—at least, that’s what Kate Bishop keeps telling herself. Between training, takeout, and trying not to get pulled into anything involving Clint Barton, she’s aiming for something close to normal. Y/N is trying to do the same, though “normal” has never really been an option. He sticks to routines—same coffee shop, same seat, same quiet observation of everything around him—until Kate starts showing up just as often, loud where he’s calm and unpredictable in a way he can’t quite read. Their first interaction is nothing special, just a sarcastic comment over coffee, but it turns into something easy: quick banter, accidental run-ins, and Kate dragging him into small, everyday chaos while Y/N somehow keeps things from going wrong without ever explaining how. Neither of them knows who the other really is at first—Kate just thinks he’s weirdly observant, and Y/N thinks she’s impossible in the most interesting way—but the more time they spend together, the more things stop adding up. It’s only a matter of time before their worlds collide, and when they do, it leads back to one person neither of them expected to have in common: Clint Barton.