Victoria Barton was Clint Barton's only surviving daughter after the Snap, and that meant he refused to let her live her own life-even though she was in her twenties and her family had come back from the Blip. He couldn't risk losing her-not after all the mistakes he had made, not after everything she had survived.
And then there was Kate Bishop. His protégé. Bright, awkward, annoyingly charming... and, somehow, starting to slip past his defenses. And Victoria's. But Victoria knew the rules-dating was strictly off-limits until she got back on her feet. But she and Kate were just friends. Right?
OR
Christmas with Kate turns into a confession :3
Tags: Kate Bishop/Original Female Character, Kate Bishop, Original Female Character, Clint Barton, Laura Barton, Canon Divergence, Found Family, Post-Endgame AU, Trauma, hurt/comfort, angst, fluff, angst and fluff, Christmas AU, Friends/Lovers, Suggestive Themes, First Kiss, Mutual Pining, Forbidden Love, Touch Starved, First Person, Romcom, Lowkey though, sorry I just like writing dorky narrators, Slice of Life, but only after the story ends
"Fall asleep and forget all your troubles
Dream of laughter and old friends and lovers
Dream of when you were innocent
Dream forever"
Lord Huron, Lullaby