Did he have any lipstick stains on him? He hoped not but he was going to check before bed. What about dinner? He could go without that for now. Bills were first. He read through them and made sure to pay them in full before stuffing them back in the mailbox and dragging himself back inside. The door was locked, the lights were turned off, trash was thrown out, laundry was folded and put away after taking it from the dryer. The house went silent. Clint walked into his bathroom, washed the lipstick of his face and neck then brushed his teeth and headed to bed to sleep.

When Clint woke up it was pretty early, but he was starving. That's what happened when all you really ate was the small lunch you had. Getting out of bed, he left to shower then got dressed and tossed his clothes in the basket before making his way to the kitchen. He hesitated when he reached Maddie's room but couldn't help it and knocked softly before looking inside. "Mads. you're awake?" He asked her and yawned softly. "Didn't sleep any?" He asked curiously, making his way to the edge of her bed where he sat down. She didn't look like she got any sleep. In fact, she looked scared. "Nightmare." He concluded.

She had a nightmare about fire? Clint frowned. "Well...maybe it has something to do with Aurelie coming over? Maybe she brought back bad memories or maybe you just hate her so much you want to set fire to the place where she and her people meet and kill them?" Clint suggested. "I mean, after all they've been doing, trying to drag you to their place, tormenting you. Stalking you, shooting at you, drugging you. I wouldn't blame you if you wanted to kill them. It was just a bad dream Mads, I wouldn't focus on it too much." He told her calmly. Sometimes our brain had ways of expression our emotions in a dream. It would give us the satisfaction we couldn't have in reality, if only for a short while.

"Nope. I got home, put my laundry away, went to bed. So I'm pretty hungry right now. Was going to make breakfast but wanted to check up on you first. Oh and bills. Took care of those too. I'll call you when breakfast is ready alright? And don't worry about that dream, I hope you can get a better night's sleep tonight." Clint said to her. He hoped that Maddie didn't want to talk about his time yesterday because then he'd have to lie, and he didn't want to lie to her. She didn't deserve that at all. You could just tell her the truth. This was true, but he didn't know how she'd react to it. It wasn't like they were dating but it was just...it wasn't a good thing to kiss your ex willingly.

Clint headed to the kitchen where he started getting everything he'd need ready to use. He even started on making himself some coffee, he'd need it. While he busied himself in focusing on cooking, he was also glad that she hadn't mentioned yesterday to him at all. Thank god. He thought to himself. A busy day was just what he needed in order to distract himself. But...he knew he'd have to make a choice eventually. He broke up with her for a reason and now she was trying to worm her way back into his heart. Was it working? No. Well...maybe? Wait, no! Not at all, no! It's over, we're done and there's no going back Clint. You moved on! Right, he had to stay true to himself.

Clint had set the table and made sure to pour her a glass of water since that was she always seemed to drink. He had made them each an omelette with spinach and egg whites. Some salt and pepper for taste. Despite everything, he had fun yesterday. It was nice being able to catch up with friends, especially since they didn't do it so often. After getting the table set and serving the breakfast, he announced that breakfast was ready and started pouring himself his coffee to start the day.

"Magic of freakin' Macy's mads.." he muttered then shook his head and sat down. "Sorry, haven't had my coffee yet." He told her and took a sip. "Ahh, better. To answer your question, I just call upon the gods of cooking to bless me with their magical cooking powers and bam!, perfect food every time." Clint answered with a laugh. Oh man, it felt good to joke around like this. Just be a total goof again and be comfortable in doing that. "Salt and pepper though. That stuff makes a world of difference. I personally love pepper so I use it on pretty much all foods. Even on mac and cheese. Yep, I said it. I put pepper on mac and cheese and I like it." He said with a smirk.

((omg I made you laugh for real? xD Yay!))

"Well that, and Spinach is just really good alone so yeah. That adds some flavor to the product. Ever have raw spinach? It's amazing. I wasn't sure if I should use the egg yolk as well but I figured it would be much healthier without it. I'm glad you seem to like it." Clint commented, seeing how she took another bite. Or maybe she was just really hungry like he was. "At least I'm eating an actual breakfast this time instead of just a bagel before work." he stated quietly to himself. And this was much healthier and more filling than a bagel was.

Speaking of work, what time was it? He glanced at the clock on the wall, he still had plenty of time before he had to leave so he had plenty of time to get ready still. "Oh, well, it's really good. Raw broccoli is really good too." So were carrots, but he wasn't going to go off on a ramble about vegetables and how good they were. That sounded like something his mother would do when he was a kid. "Some yolk yeah. But some people just eat it too much." He shuddered at the thought then took another bite of his food.

"Ehhh that's true, I'll give you that point. I've yet to meet anyone who eats a balance of everything." He said, taking another bite of his food and thinking for a bit before looking at her and drinking some coffee. "So umm...what kind of movie would you like to watch? Horror is off limits." He told her, giving her a knowing smile. After the nightmare she had, he didn't think a horror movie would be a good choice.