Gonna Need a Bigger Boat

Title: The Horrible Hawkeye Essay
Fandom: Hawkeye
Rating: PG
Warnings: None
Pairings: None
Characters: Natasha Romanoff, Clint Barton, Kate Bishop
Word Count: 364
Summary: Clint whines. Natasha makes him do it anyway.
Author’s Notes: I had an open prompt night on my Tumblr and I’m archiving some of the stories here. The prompt was to write any of my characters having difficulty with a writing assignment. This is what happened.

( “Why does Coulson even need to know about things like childhood pets? Mine were elephants because of the circus. That’s not that interesting. ‘When I was nine, my pet was Bobo the elephant. He was big and gray. I liked him but he smacked me with his trunk. The end.’” )

Title: The Magic of Tumblr
Fandom: Captain Marvel
Rating: PG
Warnings: None
Pairings: Carol/Jess
Characters: Carol Danvers, Jessica Drew, Natasha Romanoff
Word Count: 281
Summary: Carol and Jess introduce Natasha to something very, very complicated.

( “Who else is going to send you fourteen asks about bathing products?” )

Title: Girls’ Night
Fandom: Chuck, The Avengers
Rating: PG
Warnings: None
Pairings: None
Characters: Carina Miller, Jane Foster, Sarah Walker, Lady Sif
Word Count: 340
Summary: Four very unlikely friends meet up for a girls’ night. It probably won’t end well.

( “Is this not a feast we celebrate tonight? I wore my finest helm.” She tapped the silver at her brow. “Was I not supposed to do that?” )

Title: The Rocketeerman
Fandom: The Avengers, The Rocketeer
Rating: PG
Warnings: None
Pairings: None
Characters: Tony Stark, Clint Barton, Natasha Romanoff, Cliff Secord
Word Count: 434
Summary: Natasha is captured by Loki. Cliff is about to die saving her. Tony Stark is not helping.
Author’s Notes: I think somebody typo’d, but I’m an awful person that couldn’t resist.

( Tony couldn’t decide if the more impressive thing about him was the streamlined gold helm—with the rather large dent in it—he wore or the rocket pack strapped to his back, but either way: “Seriously?” )

My Yuletide Recs, sorted by fandom!

( 18 fandoms, 19 recs )

Any stories absolutely missing from my list? Let me know! I could always use more to read.

- Frea

Title: Miracle
For: anuna_81
Rating: PG-13, warnings for violence, pregnancy, sex, etc. baby-fic!
Fandom: Avengers
Pairings: Clint Barton/Natasha Romanoff
Summary: She’s not a woman that believes in miracles, but a mission in Antigua leads to some very surprising consequences for two of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes.
Length: 2902 words

Another entry in the "Fic and Dash" pool for the day. This one was supposed to be a lot shorter than it turned out to be. Happy Christmas Eve!

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( “Stranger things have happened, Agent Romanoff.” “No,” Natasha says. “No, they haven’t.” )

Title: Badge and Shield
Word Count: 1,575 words
Rating: PG-13
Fandom: Avengers
Pairings (if any) : Peggy Carter/Steve Rogers, Maria Hill/Steve Rogers
Warnings (Non-Con/Dub-Con/Underage): Sexism, violence, action, mentions of rape (this is an umbrella warning for the universe), homicide, suicide, pretty much everything cops deal with.
Summary: Maria Hill knows that when people look at her, they see “woman.” Followed by “bitch” or “cop” or even “bitch cop.” Or: the one where Peggy Carter and Maria Hill work on the gang task force and are awesome partner detectives.
Notes: So anuna_81 wrote an awesome little start of a series where Clint is a single father and a cop and Natasha’s a dance teacher (which you can’t read unless you’re friends with her, so you’ll have to take my word: it’s fantastic). The rest of the Avengers fit in the police situation somehow (I’m not entirely sure how, except that Tony is Clint’s partner and they’re very Tango and Cash), and somehow or other, our comments got around to talking about where Maria Hill and Peggy Carter fit. Then I imagined them as buddy cops and this little ficlet was born in the comments.

I regret nothing.

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( She sees the way the dealers eye the two of them when Carter puts the sedan in park, but it doesn’t particularly bother her. )

Title: Cooking Lesson
Prompt: Homemade
Bonus? Yes
Word Count: 100
Rating: PG
Original/Fandom: Fandom, Avengers
Pairings (if any) Gen
Warnings (Non-Con/Dub-Con etc): Some hinted at swearing, minor damage to a hand.
Summary: Clint may never miss, but maybe he should still stay out of the kitchen.
Note: They were talking about culinary abilities on the be_compromised All Things Friday yesterday. It inspired this tiny, tiny ficlet.

( You really should learn some gratitude, Natasha. )

Title: Downton Abbey, A Ghost Story
Rating: PG
Fandom: Downton Abbey
Pairings: William Mason/Lavinia Swire
Warnings: Supernatural, Deals with Death
Summary: Life does not stop with a heartbeat. William Mason and his life after Downton Abbey, and in Downton Abbey.

( But what is Downton? )

Title: A Feast for Queens
Prompt: We All Survived
Rating: PG-13 (sexual innuendo)
Fandom: Avengers
Pairings: Clint/Natasha
Summary: Thor cooks. Everyone despairs.
Length: 1031 words

( Somehow they survive it. SOMEHOW. )

Title: The Woman in the Crosshairs
Rating: PG-13 for minor violence and some language
Fandom: The Avengers (Movieverse)
Pairings: Clint/Natasha, Thor/Jane, Darcy/OMC
Summary: In which Clint has a new hobby and Natasha isn't curious, until she is. Black Widow and Hawkeye, their partnership—and what it means—throughout the years.
Length: 12,182 words

( Part 1. )

On to Part 2

Title: Nobody Puts Dummy in the Corner
Rating: PG, some language
Fandom: The Avengers (Movieverse)
Pairings: Clint/Natasha, Pepper/Tony
Summary: Natasha is the last Avenger to move into the Tower. For Tony’s sanity, that’s probably a good thing.
Length: 4,785 words.

( The plot bunny that gave me a headache in its full glory )

Title: Monopolizing the Avengers
Prompt: Snowed In
Rating: G
Fandom: The Avengers (Movieverse)
Pairings: Gen, Clint/Natasha if you squint
Summary: Steve gets nostalgic and Thor gets culture.
Length: 940 words

( Steve’s preferred piece is the Lantern, but they decommissioned it after 1950 )