Kate crossed her arms.
"You bought a plant."
Clint looked a mixture of proud of himself and ashamed.
"Yeah."
"A huge plant that you can barely pick up that's about as tall as Lucky."
"Yeah."
"And you bought this giant plant because...?"
Clint pouted.
"The lady in the store was judging me! She didn't think I could afford it."
Kate rubbed her forehead and wondered if the Avengers would help her bury Clint's body if it ended up with a couple of arrows in it. Probably. Natasha, at least.
"And exactly how much was this plant?"
"Uh, 300, give or take."
"Who pays 300 dollars for a plant? Who even wants a 300 dollar plant?"
Clint shrugged sheepishly.
"Plant collectors?"
Kate closed her eyes.
"Plant collectors?"
"Or people that just really like plants."
Lucky stood on his back paws and leaned the front ones against the counter to sniff at the new purchase curiously. Kate nudged him away with her foot. It could be poisonous, for all she knew.
"You can't keep a plant." She told him. "I'm surprised that you've managed to keep Lucky alive. Plants can't eat pizza."
"I know." Clint said mournfully. "I don't know what to do with it, though."
"Give it to Simone or something."
Kate told him, poking one of the leaves.
"I already tried. She doesn't want it."
Clint said, batting her hand away.
"Then just let it die. Throw it away or something."
"It cost 300 dollars, Kate. We can't just leave it."
"Well, I don't know, then."
He looked it up and down.
"Maybe we could just leave it on the doorstep of the Avengers mansion and run."
"JARVIS would rat you out."
Kate reminded him, hopping up to sit on the counter the plant was resting on.
"Ughh."
Clint groaned. He put his head down on the counter but misjudged and whacked himself in the face with a leaf.
Kate patted the plant.
"You know what? I'm starting to like this plant."
"You keep it, then."
Clint told her, muffled by being smushed into the counter.
"Nope." Said Kate cheerfully. "I'll pick you up some plant fertilizer or whatever it uses at the store tonight."
He made a hopeless little noise as she trotted towards the door.
"Bye!"
"Don't go to Target."
He said, pushing the plant away from him.
She grinned at him and closed the door behind her.