Well, since it's basically half-written already, I guess I'll just have to type it up as a proper fic.

Plotting that was a beautiful journey of hope and despair that left me emotionally drained, yet satisfied, like fucking a burning dolphin

And lol Clint's mostly there to keep an eye on things. Sam makes it very clear that no one should use Clint as a role model, Clint doesn't even respond bc he knows Kate will start telling everyone about his many failures as a grown adult.