Meant For More¹ - (Male Reader x Kate Bishop)

Steady Recovery

Y/N was in the bedroom of his and Kate's shared house, he was resting and recovering from the stab wound, each day he went through training as he slowly but surely made his way back to full health. Luckily the blow to the head didn't cause any long term serious injuries, Y/N made a note to train in fighting enemies wielding swords more often, seeing it as him being sloppy that lead to him being stabbed.

As Y/N headed to the living room he saw Kate working, filling out paperwork at the island in the kitchen, she had a coffee next to her.

"Hey Kate, you okay?" Y/N asked as Kate shook her head.

"No, rough night on patrol." Kate said lifting the hem of her shirt up to reveal bruises from her nightly patrol as Hawkeye.

"Damn, so what happened?" Y/N said as he sat down on a stool and felt his wound twinge. He hissed in pain as Kate immediately rushed to help him.

"Woah, take it easy, Helen said you won't be up and going for a few more weeks." Kate said as Y/N let out a huff.

"Helen always was thorough with recovery times, I miss the cradle, I'd be back in the action in hours." Y/N said as Kate smiled as she sipped her coffee.

"Come on, at least you get a few weeks off on a holiday." Kate said as Y/N smiled.

"Touche." Y/N said as Kate leaned her head on Y/N's shoulder. "What do you reckon we head out for the day?"

"Sure, I think we both need the relaxation." Kate said as she kissed Y/N's cheek. "I'll head upstairs and get changed into some decent clothes, you make yourself some breakfast."

Y/N sat there and ate a bowl of cereal while Kate was getting showered and dressed. When Kate came back to the kitchen she was now wearing a purple hoodie and a pair of grey jeans with some trainers. Y/N was already dressed in a black t-shirt with sky blue jeans and some work shoes.

1 Month Later

Y/N was finally back in the action, having been given the clean bill of health by Helen Cho, he was currently still getting over the injury however, it had made him have to take it easy for a while as a result he was a fraction slower than he was before being stabbed, but he could easily work back to that with enough training. His day out with Kate a month ago had been spent recruiting the members for the New Avengers.

They were currently in their office at the Mansion, Kate was going through paperwork for her company, Y/N was marking some classwork, Bucky was currently teaching a History Class.

"How's your scar healing?" Kate asked as Y/N paused for a moment.

"Mhm, yeah, healing brilliantly." Y/N said in a distracted tone.

"Come on, what are you reading that's got you so distracted."

"Kamala's story for English, it's, well it's fantastic. Great and all but the villain in it brungs back some...unpleasant memories." Y/N said as he showed Kate the work.

"Avengers: Return of Ultron. Isn't that the robot that destroyed Sokovia?"

"Yeah, and killed Wanda's brother, Pietro, he was a good kid, didn't deserve what happened to him, neither did Wanda, she's had it rougher than me." Y/N said as Kate put her hand on Y/N's hand.

"You okay." Kate asked as Y/N done his fake smile.

"Yeah, just me being a morbid and depressing soul." Y/N said calmly as he stood up and Kate looked at him, Y/N let out a sigh. "Kate, Pietro didn't just die, he was killed by Ultron, saving Clint and myself. I watched him die."

"I'm sorry."

"Me too Kate, me too." Y/N said as Kate stood up and walked over to Y/N.

"Come on,it's lunch, wanna grab a bite to eat?" Kate asked as Y/N nodded.

"Sure, I could do with getting out of the office for a while." Y/N said as he followed Kate to the canteen to grab some food, before heading out into the mansion garden and relaxing there for a while.

[A/N] Sorry for the short chapter, I've been spending the last few days getting a few other works updated/started, hopefully I can manage to get a proper sense of organization soon and have more consistent updates for my works, thanks :)