#12 Days of Darcy Lewis

[ibelieveinturtles]

Same Intern, New Job

One wrong decision and instead of heading to New Mexico to intern with Dr. Jane Foster, Darcy finds herself at the TVA. An eye for detail and a bit of quick thinking soon leads to a different kind of internship.

Title: Same Intern, New Job Squares Filled: The 12 Days of Darcy Lewis Doodles and Digital Media Mini Challenge, Day 1: An Intern in a New Job Creator: ibelieveinturtles Rating: G Fandom: MCU Pairing: N/A Summary: One wrong decision and instead of heading to New Mexico to intern with Dr. Jane Foster, Darcy finds herself at the TVA. An eye for detail and a bit of quick thinking soon leads to a different kind of internship.

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[thatsolacegirl]

Adventures in Babysitting

Title: Adventures in Babysitting

Participant: thatsolacegirl

Square: 12 Days of Christmas Mini Art Challenge- Day 3: Three Men and a Baby

Ratings: Gen

Warnings: No Archive Warnings

Ships: None

Tags: moodboard, Darcy Lewis, 12 Days of Christmas, babysitting

Summary: When a lab accident involving Tony, Bruce and Thor goes wrong, Vision is turned into a literal baby. They call Darcy for help, who in turn gives them ultimatum: fix the situation in 24 hours or she'll tell Wanda.

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[darcylewisbingohq]

My sincere apologies, folks. I missed a day with the 12 Days of Darcy yesterday due to a medication-induced, all-day nap. 🤦🏻‍♀️ I’ll do a double post today to make up for it and get us back on track. Take whatever time you need to catch up. I’m so sorry!

—Darcy Bingo Mod Chrissi

[sadbi-hours]

Title: The (Mis) Fortune of A Single Mother... And a Baby

Pairing: N/A, Up to interpretation

Rating: G/ SFW

A/N: Just a cute little one-off, no real set pairing though we'd know what I'd choose. Enjoy!

Image Credits: Banner made by me with the help of PicsArt and Google Images

Created For:

@darcylewisbingohq: The 12 Days of Darcy Lewis Doodles and Digital Media Mini Challenge- Day 3: Three Men and A Baby

@anyfandomaubingo: G1- Sitcom AU

@anyfandomfluffbingo: I4- Farmer AU

@fandom-free-bingo: N3- Cab Driver AU

@thebo3bingo: I1-Babysitting

@marvel-smash-bingo: I3- Farmer AU

@seasonaldelightsbingo: I2- Free Space

@hurtcomfort-bingo: N1- Group Support

@steverogersbingo: C3- Free Space

@lyricalescape: O4- Got It In You by BANNERS

@sebastianstanbingo: G5- Florist AU

Description:

Ohh, you got it in you

Ohh, you got in you - Got It In You (Acoustic) by BANNERS

It's hard being a single mother.

No, scratch that, it's hard being a homeless and jobless single mother with a sickly son. Living out of hotels, barely able to afford diapers and formula; let alone pay the medical bills to get her son the proper care he needs.

Nope, 2023 hasn't been Darcy's year...and 2024 isn't looking to be any brighter.

But it might not be all too bad, when she happens upon the cab driver, Steve Rogers, who was there to hold her hand through the birth of her son, on the way to her job interview.

Or when she lands the job helping out a local florist shop and its owner, James Barnes.

Boy, are things definitely starting to look up, when a grumpy but sweet farmer, Bruce Banner decides he wants to take her and her son off the street and into his home.

And as the months roll by and Darcy gets close with each of the men in her life, she begins to wonder just what 2024 has in store for her.

[shadoedseptmbr]

20 Questions for fic writers

tagged by @wrathoscribbles Thank you!!! <3

hmm, i am where these things go to die but feel free to tag me if you get the urge to run with it!

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

115 uh, doesn't seem like that much, really

2. What’s your total A03 word count?

832,340

3. What fandoms do you write for?

well, let's see- Mass Effect, Dragon Age, MCU (caveat, all my Marvel knowledge goes into anything I write. My Hawkeye is an amalgam of the Clint i grew up with, the Clint from Fraction's run of Hawkeye, and what we were given in the MCU with all the...uh, blatantly weird dad vibes thrown out the window. I really like Laura and the kids but i have no idea what to do with Dad!Clint. He is the least Dad-shaped Avenger and i'm including like, Speedball). I haven't written Buffy or the fandom that shall not be named in literally over a decade but i do have a couple stories for each on my AO3.

4. What are your top five fics by kudos?

In Cupid's Little Bag of Trix

Fandoms: Thor, The Avengers (2012), MCU by way of every Marvel 'verse M Clint Barton/Darcy Lewis background Natasha/Steve Summary Darcy might have a little crush. And possibly a kink. Look, it's been a long couple of years.

Shelter

Fandoms: Dragon Age 2 E OCf!Hawke/Sebastian Summary In whom do we seek shelter? Sebastian and Hawke, figuring things out over the course of a story. mind the tags, this one goes dark and sideways but ends happy. Written before extreme tagging was a thing.

apodyopis (SO *thirsty* lol)

Fandoms: Thor The Avengers (Marvel) - All Media Types M Clint Barton/Darcy Lewis voyeurism but not like...no one is actually having sex Clint's just like that

Summary

Clint likes to watch his girl work. Kind of a sequel to Cupid's Little Bag of Trix but can be read alone

Steal Away Home

Fandoms: Dragon Age 2 Explicit Graphic Depictions Of Violence F/M, Multi Work in Progress Sebastian Vael/Hawke (F) Aeryn is a menace Aeryn is also an assassin Child endangerment Panic attacks fantasy PTSD childhood neglect everyone here has issues

Summary Post-game adventure including the reclaiming of Starkhaven. Sequel to Shelter. This one needs tags updated, too. Several panic attacks, several people with control issues, lots of childhood neglect and out right abuse and endangerment. We used to just assume everyone knew that was par for the course with DA but honestly.

anchor the night

Fandoms: Mass Effect Teen And Up Audiences Choose Not To Use Archive Warnings F/M Summary After the date at Apollo’s. After the bit that would fade to black, too. Mind the tags.

5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

oh absolutely, fandom is built on the life blood of comments and i've made some of my dearest friends fangirling over each other's fic. Plus, i've never been particularly overwhelmed by comments so it's never been a particular hardship.

6. What’s the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

dolore broke my own heart with that one

7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

In Cupid's Little Bag of Trix, probably. Clint and Darcy are a barrel of monkeys and they're both so fucking full of zest.

8. Do you get hate on your fic?

Not that I've ever noticed. I'm fortunate enough to just get readers who want to be chill. i had someone once scold me for being mean to Alec Ryder, lol.

9. Do you write smut?

so much smut- less in Mass Effect, which is mildly hilarious given Aedan's penchants, lol.

10. Do you write crossovers?

Not unless you count the various branchings of Marvel. I don't really get the appeal.

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Not as far as I know.

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

again, not as far as I know

13. Have you ever co-written a fic?

I have! I had the high honor of writing Shep/Shep with my buddy @nightmarestudio606 with The End is Where We Begin

14. What‘s your all-time favourite ship?

I sail an armada, lol. I multiship and my favorite varies with what day it is. Right now, Codywan is winning, heh. My favorite to *write* though... Shenko is right up there but Clint/Darcy was so much fun.

15. What’s the WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

none of my WIPs are abandoned. I don't know if I'll ever finish Steal Away Home the way i want to, though.

16. What’s your writing strengths?

Dialogue and characterization, I think. Structurally, I have an excellent grasp of nuance when it comes to word choice in a way that lets me say a lot with not much.

17. What’s your writing weaknesses?

I'm not particularly focused and it can take a long time for me to finish work. And I tend to write without outline and that can lead to a wandering, meander of a fic.

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic?

Do it all the time, do my best to make it accurate. I use a smattering of Scots Gaelic for my version of Starkhaven and my source is mostly old books because i like the archaic texture of it. Several of my characters have american south accents and i elide words and use slang and drop g's. '"I am going to the store, mother," she said in her Texas twang' does not read like "Goin' t'the store, ma." and you can't make me believe you don't lose vast amounts of characterization by trying to force it to work. And overly correct dialogue is one of the first reasons i'll drop out of reading fic.

19. First fandom you wrote for?

First written? The Black Stallion (book not movie) First published online? Trixie Belden

20. Favourite fic you’ve ever written?

hard to pick from my favorite children, lol

Cupid's Little Bag of Trix is a (now fairly heavily edited) mess of stream of consciousness that grew a plot from when i was writing quick switch omniscient pov and just expected my readers to figure it out. But i love it. And it remains the biggest boost to my writing ego as ten years after posting, i still get kudos Verge (post Omega DLC) is when i really figured out who Aedan and Kaidan are, together and it manages to wreck me all over again, every time i re-read it.

[karimac]

...in the details, Part 12

A/N: Warning for this series: 18+ audience (minors DNI), some cinematic level violence, some fluff and angst. Doubt that smut will be involved, but it may be implied. I’ll make sure that is noted clearly if it pops up.

All relationships, at this point in the story, are platonic, but there is romance in the cards for Kari and Bucky.

Please do not repost or translate my work. Likes, comments and reblogs are greatly appreciated.

Taglist is open! Please send an ask, and I will gladly add you to the list. If I have added you and you do not wish to be on the list, please let me know, and I’ll take you off the list.

Word count: 3.5k, give or take a word. Not beta read. All mistakes are my own.

Masterlist

Weeks had seemingly passed since the “Save Kari from herself” club was formed, but in reality it was only a few days. Despite the truncated length of the encounter, Devnet Casey was regretting getting involved at all with the Avengers and their hangers-on at this point.

Dev liked them all well enough. Darcy Lewis was gas, or funny beyond words as the non-Irish might say, and Wong was as wise as Kari had made him out to be. And Bruce Banner? He was all sorts of trouble Dev likely should have avoided like the plague, but she had a weak spot for science types.

She just didn’t like spilling the tea about one of her oldest friends to some new crop of “friends in training” yet again. How many times had it been now? After nearly 1,500 years? Who would want to keep track!

“I’m mental. That has to be it, Ty,” Dev said as she sat in her leather chair and patted the head of her Irish wolfhound Tyrone, his salt and pepper fur soft to her touch. “I’ve lost the plot, and here I am, about to make this all a million times worse.”

As Dev looked up at her clock, she shook her head and realized she’d need to leave soon. She’d asked Bruce to meet her at a small restaurant in Galway to sit and chat. He was going to be in town for yet another scientific conference. Biomedical and Clinical Engineering Association of Ireland if she remembered correctly. She did not want him coming out to her home just yet. A bit of distance never hurt as far as the immortal was concerned.

“I wish I could take you, but I will bring you a treat bag, Ty,” she said as she leaned over and hugged her furry companion before grabbing her keys and heading out the door. Kari might have used a portal to get there, but Dev needed to drive to center herself a bit.

For some crazy reason, Dev had suggested the Ard Bia at Nimmo’s. It was on the Spanish Parade Long Walk, and it tended to be a place for the more loved-up of the local crowd, but the seafood was to die for, and she did not want to be in some dark hole of a place for this talk. Light to clear the omissions and misgivings away and to help the new crowd understand what was ahead.

Heaven help them all.

If this lot were truly Kari’s friends, they could withstand the tumult.

“Of course he had to beat me here,” Dev said under her breath as she parked her car and walked past a few tourists who were dotting the street. “I see you found the place well enough,” Dev said as she waved to Bruce as she got to the entrance. “I do not have the lead foot Kari does, and I was not keen on using her other favorite mode of transportation. It can spook the tourists a bit too much.”

“Ah, yeah, Sam hates her driving, and I get why the other isn’t a great choice,” Bruce chuckled as he held the door open for Dev to go inside. “And your directions were perfect. I enjoyed the walk from the hotel.”

“Reservation for two. Casey,” Dev said to the hostess, and soon she and Bruce were seated at a table inside. “I know it’s a tad cozy. The design concept is more or less eclectic farmhouse, but the food is fantastic.”

“If you can’t trust a local…” Bruce said as he looked at the menu. “Wow. Beetroot gnocchi. You don’t see that often.”

“Alright, I figured it might be good for the local businesses to have more visitors trying out the fancier spots in town. You could tell your test tube society friends about this place,” Dev giggled as Bruce gave her a bewildered look. “They can’t eat protein bars and energy drinks all day.”

“That was Tony,” Bruce replied as he set down his menu for a minute. “Wait. You told Pepper you knew Howard.”

“In the Biblical sense, ah, yes,” Dev said as she looked Bruce straight in the eye. “But we ended it long before he met Maria, and I made myself very invisible after that. She did not need an old, I mean really old, girlfriend hovering around.”

“Not judging,” Bruce said as he held up his hands in a slight protest. “I just wanted to make sure I had the details straight. Dillisk mash?”

“What? Oh, the menu,” Dev asked as Bruce pointed to a particular item. “Mashed potatoes with greens, in this case a reddish seaweed.”

“Oh, Kari makes that colcannon thing. Like that. I get it.”

“Kari does a lot of things. That’s why I invited you to have dinner. I know you and Darcy and Wong have been pouring over my books. You probably need to have some things decoded by now. Right? Her very large family tree. All the battles she fought. Some odd historical point, maybe?”

“Only one thing actually,” Bruce said as he took a look at the drink menu. “Why are you so nervous about talking about all this? That Cailleach thing scared you, but that wasn’t the only thing that made you antsy.”

“Would you want to spill all of your friend’s secrets to people you didn’t know very well? Secrets you’ve held since the 500s in some cases? The fact she killed herself with a huge sword but was resurrected because of some jiggery pokery deal her Mhamó made with a goddess? Sorry. Her grandmother. The story of how a wizard—who was played by Colin Morgan or Sam Neill in one drama or another—used a blade to cut her body and soul into tiny shards and send them out into the ether, and how she is connected to nearly ever damned part of what Wong calls the multiverse? Maybe you want to hear the tale of how she was found, babbling like a lunatic in Irish, by a now famous British spy and tossed into the story of the Star Spangled Man and his poor friend who became the assassin for the ages? Where do you want me to start, Bruce? Because no matter where I start, this will all end in heartache and tragedy. It always does. And don’t get me started on why she has no kids. That one I can’t…I just…it hurts too much…”

“Slow down,” Bruce said as he gestured with his hands again, the immortal across from him levitating slightly in her chair. “And please sit down. This was never going to get settled in a day or even a hundred days. I think we all know that.”

“Sorry. I just don’t want to see anyone hurt. Not Kari. Not Barnes. Not any of us,” Dev added as she looked at her own drinks menu and waved over the server. “Chardonnay, please. And a Barry’s tea pot for two. Two glasses of sparkling water as well. I think you are not a drinker, right?”

“I’ll try the Silk Tree and Poacher’s Tonic. It seems to be a really nice non-alcoholic G&T,” Bruce said as he shook his head at Dev. “Good memory.”

“I try,” she said as she flexed her fingers a bit. “Kari’s afraid something will happen with Barnes. They…they have had a lot of run-ins over the years. That mess in Poland. A couple of bad dances in Russia. A train tunnel in the middle of Hungary. There are times I’m sure the Goddess blocks from her memory. He damned near killed her a few times, and either she is not bringing them up, or she doesn’t remember. I don’t want to think of them, you know, and him doing something that makes her snap. Or vice versa.”

Bruce by now was playing with his silverware as the server came over to take their orders of the chef’s favorite fishes with lots of local side dishes. Dev was not sure what Bruce would make of the samphire with his order. It was a local succulent that was used in a mixture with asparagus. She’d just have to wait and see.

“Look, I do not want to know about their private moments…” Bruce said as Dev turned bright red. “Oh. Sorry. What did you mean, then?”

“OK, if I reach for something near your arm, no issues. If he does and it reminds her of when he choked her, well, that is another story. And he choked her when he tossed her out the window in Katowice. Loki told me that story one night over Asgardian ale and some dreadful Viking dish I do not want to describe right now. Loki, well, he...it wasn’t that he loved Kari like that. That’s not my understanding anyway. They were friends on some weird level no one else could fathom. But they never…you know…”

“That is one picture I do not need to dwell on,” Bruce replied as his appetizer of aubergine fritters was brought over. “I know she felt horrible when he died. She always says she let him down because no one believed that he was brainwashed by Thanos.”

“I would not have either,” Dev noted as she took her tiny seafood fork and went to work on her Killary mussels. “But back to Herself. I think she is afraid that any problems she has with Barnes will send her down the road to ruin. To become The Destroyer. To become Cailleach.”

“Wait. That’s not another person?”

“As far as we can tell, no. Kari has two living sisters-in-law. Enya Sun and Minerva O’Malley Harkness. We call her Mina. They are part of the we in all this. And we have never once feared this Cailleach nonsense. Not until now anyway. Wong made her antsy about things. And the fact she did that stupid spell didn’t help. And that succubus in New Jersey fighting The Scarlet Witch. Add to that the fact Kari’s self-esteem sometimes is just shit. Thank her mother and grandmother fighting over her for that. Losing her siblings in the ways she did, especially her twin Branan. I’m afraid, Bruce. And I can’t just blurt it all out yet. Your friends will think I’m a basket case. I’m really not.”

“Then why did you decide to tell me?” Bruce asked as he dipped his fritters in the miso aioli that they were served with. “Why not Wong? Since he is the Sorcerer Supreme, wouldn’t it make more sense?”

“You can thank Howard for this chat,” Dev said as she put down her fork and picked up her Chardonnay. “I know a lot of people thought he was crazy and reckless, but he always listened. You always listen, too. So here I am, spilling my guts about one of my best friends because I can’t carry this by myself anymore. Enya will get snarky, and Mina, well, she’s a vampire, so not too many people invite her into any of their homes for very obvious reasons. So by default it’s always been me doing the heavy lifting on this stuff. I love them all, but I can’t fix this. I can’t undo Kari’s stupid spell. I can’t rewind time so she never met that succubus. And I can’t have a million people asking me a million questions at once. So for tonight, well, I’ll answer yours, Bruce. Maybe we can get a better footing to figure out what to do next? Or at least maybe I can give you a reason to trust that I’m not barmy or a bitch.”

By now the wait staff started bringing over the main dishes, and Bruce seemed pleased with the black sole he had ordered. “Thank you,” Dev said as her plate of pan roasted cod was set in front of her. “Bruce, I hope you like it. And don’t worry. I never say no to dessert.”

“How did you end up meeting Kari anyway?” Bruce asked as he looked at the servers clearing a nearby table. “Back in Camelot, right?”

“That is a very long story. The short take is this. I was sent to Avalon to study with a group of bards. Kari’s grandmother sent her there hoping she’d marry Arthur. Frankly, Kari scared the man. She did not scare Enya’s brother Galen. We just moved in the same circles in court, and being the Irish girls, well, we sort of stuck together. Then Galen was killed in battle, and things went boots up pretty damned fast. I’m sure you read that part in one of my books.”

“Then enter Merlin and his spell, and all hell broke loose?” Bruce asked as he tried the samphire and asparagus that came with his black sole. He stopped to look at it for a moment before taking a good sized bite. “This is pretty good. But what happened in Camelot sounds like a nightmare.”

“It got to be one once we realized Kari was still connected to all those parts floating in space. She felt them, and then she started seeing what they were doing while she slept. Most of the time it’s nothing, but sometimes it’s really bad. Those parts of her all have their own lives. Some of those shards have husbands and children. And that’s what hurts so damned much. Kari has always wanted children, and she technically does have them because of all those parts of her that have kids, but it isn’t the same. It’s enough to make your head explode at times. That’s why I stayed in Galway teaching. It keeps me sane. That and my dog Tyrone.”

“I can only imagine,” Bruce said as he sipped his virgin G&T. “Do you think she’s told Bucky about any of this?”

“I’d say that’s a hard no. But he’s not stupid. He reads. A lot from what she’s told me. He’s likely to start looking up stuff. Especially if that nut Helmut Zemo is involved. He gets under people’s skin pretty easily, and I know Kari got upset when he started talking to Bucky during that Flag Smasher business. We tapped into our mental link to her briefly when they were in Madripoor. I don’t think she told any of them. To be brutally honest, she’d have left Zemo to die in Siberia if Black Panther had let her. As she’d say, that was not her call. When it comes to Barnes, Kari never thinks straight. My opinion, and I’ll die on that hill.”

“Pretty forceful words, Dev,” Bruce noted as he finished his rosti, a Swiss-style potato pancake and set down his fork. “Why does that scare you so much? From what Sam has said, Bucky doesn’t seem to think all that straight where Kari is concerned. They dance around each other a lot.”

“And that can’t be good,” Dev said as she looked over the dessert menu that one of the server’s had left on their table. “They just, they…oh shite.”

Dev turned slightly in her chair and then started to hunch down like a scared school girl. “Not now. Not here,” she mumbled as Bruce looked over at another table and saw a couple sit down. The only thing that seemed slightly unusual was the fact the man, tall and muscular and seemingly in his 30s, sported a very healthy head of pure white long hair.

“You know them?” Bruce asked as Dev squeezed her eyes shut and seemed to be praying or casting a spell.

“Dev? Devnet!” the slender woman with dark brown hair and stunning green eyes shouted as she got up and hurried over. “Is this your new gentleman friend? How delicious!”

“Aerfen, no,” Dev said as she rolled her eyes. “Dr. Bruce Banner, may I introduce Aerfen and Ardan Dalcais. Kari’s twin cousins. I never thought I’d see them here tonight. I swear. They usually stay in Dublin where they live.”

“Oh, what has cousin done now? Or should I saw who has she done now?” Aerfen giggled as Ardan walked over. “So, Dr. Banner? Ah yes. Devnet has always enjoyed having her…”

“Don’t you dare!” Dev snapped. “I don’t accuse you of seducing every person you see, Aerfen.”

“Moi? I am not accusing you of anything. Just a bit of camaraderie and you go girl spirit! I wish I were in your shoes,” Aerfen said as she batted her eyes at Bruce.

“Pay no attention to my sister,” Ardan said as he stood and looked at the Avenger. “Devnet, if you need us, we’ll be over here. Not bothering anyone,” he said as he guided his sister back to their table.

“It could have been worse, I suppose,” Dev said as the twins walked away. “It could have been Conri and Saorla O’Cathain. Kari’s cousins on her father’s side. Aerfen and Ardan are on her mother’s side. They mean well, but…no. Back to the topic at hand. Barnes and Kari. Dancing.”

Bruce looked a bit confused after the cousins went back to their table. “Kari never mentioned…”

“Any of her family? I’m not shocked. When her siblings died, she shut down. She never gives straight dates on when they passed. She never talks about surviving family. She rarely tells anyone about me, Enya or Mina. I think she’s afraid we’ll all be in line for some sort of trouble. Those stupid accords. People coming after her. As I said, it can make your head explode. Now, how about dessert?”

Dev finally looked at the menu and decided on the strawberry parfait, and Bruce opted for the chocolate and hazelnut cake.

“She’s staring again, isn’t she?” Dev whispered as she leaned closer to Bruce. “And I just gave her more ammunition. I am an eejit. Don’t worry. I am not…I have read your story…Natasha…and I am so sorry about your loss…I just need a friend.”

Bruce was processing everything Dev was saying when several of the patrons got to their feet and looked out the window onto the street in front of the restaurant. There were purple lights dancing in the air, and suddenly they vanished. Dev looked at Aerfen, but the woman simply shrugged and went back to drinking her own glass of wine. “And just like that, another evening in tatters. Níl ann ach figiúirí. Sorry. It just figures,” Dev said as she looked at her dessert and finally remembered her promise to Tyrone. “Waiter, could I please get a Morgan’s ribeye to take home? Thank you.”

“Midnight noshing later?” Bruce asked as Dev laughed. “No, I promised Tyrone a treat bag. Maybe I should call Wong? That seemed a bit too supernatural for my liking, and if the Trouble Twins did not cause it, and I know I didn’t do it, then who did? I know you don’t know, and you have that talk tomorrow. I’ll find out on my own for now, but I’ll keep you posted.”

When the bill came over, Dev slapped Bruce’s hand after he started to put down a credit card. “I asked you here. My treat,” she said before she turned to hand the server her card. The purple lights came flashing back, and this time the patrons started to shout as something appeared in the lights. “Bruce, maybe you want to get out of here before…too late.”

Ardan was running out of the restaurant, sword in hand, scaring whatever people were still outside as he tried to see what was coming through the lights. “Oh joy! He thinks he’s the Witcher or something,” Dev grumbled as she got up and ran outside just to watch the lights fade again. “Well, did you see anything?”

Ardan walked over to his fellow immortal and Banner and shook his head. “The Rift might be pushing the boundaries again. I’m not sure. Where is Herself?”

“Herself, if she finds out about any of this, will kill me,” Dev replied as she looked to see Aerfen had followed behind Bruce. “And now I think I have to tell you two as well. Bruce, I can take it from here. I’ll ring you tomorrow after your talk. Night.”

“Night,” Bruce said as he walked back to his accommodations. The Eyre Square Hotel was not that far off, and Dev was glad for that in case she needed his help later.

“Now, Trouble Twins,” she started to say as Aerfen poked her in the side with her elbow. “Ow. What?”

“You like him. I can tell,” Aerfen said as Dev groaned in reply. “Fine, but you are no fun! What is wrong with Kari this time?”

“Remember back when Merlin was stupid? Kari upped that with a dodgy spell, and I have a funny feeling those purple lights mean we are all in the shite because of it.”

Dev turned back to make sure Bruce was actually on his way back down the Spanish Parade Long Walk. “May this be nothing I can’t handle on my own,” she said quietly as Ardan gave her a funny look. “Trust me. The Avengers are not ready for The Rift or any of the nonsense your family brings with it at times. You are all like family to me, but gods, they can’t deal with the lot of us on a good day.”

Tag list: @arrthurpendragon, @historygeekfics, @starryeyes2000, @chickensarentcheap

[somesortofitalianroast]

A Lab Accident [Moodboard]

Title: A Lab Accident [Moodboard] Participant: SomeSortofItalianRoast Square: 12 Days of Christmas Mini Art Challenge - Day 2: Accidental Clones Rating: Gen Warnings: no archive warnings apply Ship: none Tags: moodboard, lab accident, clones Word count: 0 Summary: Wrong place, wrong time: Darcy Lewis is at the center of a lab accident, and somehow, there are two of here.

@darcylewisbingohq

[raineydaywrites]

20 Questions for fic writers

Tagged by @barry-j-blupjeans (thank you!!!)

tagging @sgrumby and anyone who wants to play!!

1. How many works do you have on A03?

132

2. What's your total A03 word count?

568,150! half a million!!

3. What fandoms do you write for?

Mainly TAZ Balance and Star Wars (Prequels/TCW era, mostly), but I've written a fair amount for Star Trek: Deep Space Nine in the past, and I'll sometimes write a fic here or there for other fandoms.

4. What are your top five fics by kudos?

They're all Star Wars fics, which makes sense but makes me kind of sad because I love my other fics too. But oh well:

still much that is fair.

Obi-Wan Kenobi, The Jedi Code, and Other Things That Anakin Has Misunderstood

Take Two

brothers don't let each other wander in the dark alone

growing season (absolutely BLEW MY MIND that this one is in my top five now. It's a one-shot kidfic for a pairing I don't write often?? I'm not used to those getting notes. But I guess it is the Codywan era for prequels fans so I can see where it's coming from.)

5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

I try to! But sometimes I don't have the spoons for it. But I love getting comments and want to show my appreciation!

6. What's the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

I don't usually write super angsty endings! I don't like them. Or, well, actually I do enjoy them sometimes, but IDK, if I'm writing a whole-ass fic, I usually want to make the ending happy!

7. What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending

still much that is fair! which is wild because it has one of the angstiest premises I've ever written (suicide attempt that all loved ones believed to be successful, ends with characters giving each other hugs and 'love yous' and closure)

8. Do you get hate on fics?

Rarely. Every once in a while. Sometimes people don't like me writing autistic headcanons or characters mentioning pronouns.

9. Do you write smut?

No. I'm not opposed to it in fic, but it doesn't interest me.

10. Do you write crossovers?

No, but I'll read them sometimes. I'm not opposed to writing them, but I've never really gotten an idea for one that inspires me.

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Not that I know of! I did once have someone warn me that my fic was 're-posted' to ao3 back in the days when I was still posting on both ffnet and ao3 with different usernames.

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

Nope!

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

Yes, actually, though I forgot about it until asked! It's not one I ever posted. I co-wrote a Maximum Ride fic with a friend in middle school, lol. But I'd love to co-write again in the future! It's fun to talk about ideas with friends.

14. What's your all-time favourite ship?

All-time favorite ship is SO hard for me because I'm a multishipper and I flipflop fandoms a lot, so I kind of default to my first (and still beloved) ship: Janeway/Chakotay from Star Trek: Voyager. I'm also gonna answer for my two main fandoms atm: Star Wars is Obi-Wan/Satine and TAZ Balance is Barry Bluejeans/Lup/Lucretia, because I love a good polycule. Also Barry and Lup on their own are great but they remind me too much of my parents to really go wild over them.

15. What's the WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

Be My Brother's Keeper. A Darcy Lewis is Tony Stark's daughter AU. I love that one and I had PLANS for it, but my Marvel days are so long gone.

16. What are your writing strengths?

I think I'm good at coming up with creative, unique ideas and making them work!! People often say that they didn't expect to like my fics from the premise but enjoyed them anyway. :3 I'm also good at character interactions and emotions

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

Describing things, mainly visual things that are happening. They're just there, in the fanfic, not in a physical location to me. Also staying motivated to finish writing and avoiding derailing my own ideas with wanting to include EVERYTHING.

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic?

I haven't done it before but I'm not opposed!

19. fandom you wrote for?

Like, first fandom? Nancy Drew. I wrote a Nancy Drew fanfic when I was eight years old on looseleaf notebook paper, before I knew that anyone else wrote fanfic. In it, Nancy fell down a hole, broke her leg, everyone who loved her thought she was dead and they were all soso sad, but then they found her and it ended happily. My tastes have not evolved much since, but my writing ability has!

20. Favourite fic you've ever written?

Changes often! Currently it is The Parent Trap(ped in an Umbrella) but I'm also quite fond of Still Much That Is Fair and one more last try, I'm gonna get the ending right.

[fishnamedsushi]

(Laughs/cries at how late I am)

Work has been so busy recently and I've been heads down working on my latest fic, but the amazing @lilredghost and @dark--whisperings both tagged me in this game!!!

How many works do you have on ao3?

Seventeen!

(Me: Wait, really??? That's awesome!)

2. What's your Ao3 word count?

188,000 words!

3. What fandoms do you write for?

My jam these days is Star Wars (Obikin) but previously I was involved in MCU verse (Stony, TaserTricks). I am also eyeing some potential fics in OFMD and Lokius...if I ever get the time lol.

4. What are your top five fics by kudos?

FML, Darcy Lewis Style (627 kudos) Loki/Darcy Lewis, AU

Forget Me Not (426 kudos) Anakin Skywalker/Obi-Wan Kenobi, Tatooine AU amnesia fic

If You'll Let Me (376 kudos) Steve Rogers/Tony Stark, A/B/O AU

A Different Sort of Knife (303 kudos) Anakin Skywalker/Obi-Wan Kenobi, Sith Obi/Padawan Ani AU

A Perfect Distraction (243 kudos) Anakin Skywalker/Obi-Wan Kenobi, the lip gloss fic

5. Do you respond to comments?

Yes! Comments are my favorite thing and I love reading and responding to them! They're honestly one of the best motivations to keep me writing...I've changed fics mid-plot just because of comments lol.

6. What's the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

Hmm...probably Lie To Me or While You Were Gone, both Sherlock (Johnlock) fics. Both stories are very dark and gritty, especially WYWG, and I think I might have been going through *some stuff* when I wrote them that influenced how they turned out lol. I absolutely adore WYWG - it's one of my favorite fics that I've written.

For Obikin, the angstiest fic is probably Away From Me (Don't Fall) which is a post-Order 66 fic where Anakin's fall to the Dark Side caused Obi-Wan to fall as well. It's a recent fic and I've got a sequel half-drafted just waiting to be finished. There's a twist at the end that I won't spoil...you'll have to go read it if you want to know what happens 👀

7. What's the fic your write with the happiest ending?

Ohh..that's a tough one! I always strive for happy endings (no pun intended) even in fics that are literally just porn (in which case, pun definitely intended).

I think To Tell The Moon has a very sweet happy ending. It's a same-age AU where Anakin and Obi-Wan are both padawans and end up taking part in winter festivities on a planet during a mission. It's a very wholesome fic all around (though since it's me, there is some angst haha).

The next one would probably be Forget Me Not and A Perfect Distraction, which I linked above, if only because both of them feature Obi-Wan getting what he wants and deserves, which he never does in canon, and I want him to be happy.

8. Do you get hate on fics?

Not in a long time, thankfully. When I first started writing fanfic I did get some hate which was very demoralizing but eventually I just decided to tell those people to fuck off very kindly. I've been so lucky to be in fandoms where everyone is pretty accepting and supportive 💕

9. Do you write smut? What kind?

👀😉😎 Check my AO3. There's smut. I'm a big fan of dirty talk and D/s undertones. Obikin delivers plenty of opportunity !

10. Do you write cross-overs?

Not yet! I would love to try one day if the opportunity presented itself.

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Not that I know of!

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

Not yet, but I would love that if anyone every felt so inclined! Same with podfics.

13. Have you ever cowritten a fic before?

I have not but that would be an interesting experience!

14. What's your all time favourite ship?

That's such a tough question haha. If I had to choose, I'd pick, in no particular order:

Obikin

Hannigram

Kylux

Dinluke

Spideypool

Geraskier

15. What's your WIP you like to finish, but doubt you ever will?

I want to go back and finish A Different Sort of Knife one day. I had such a fantastic time writing Sith Obi-Wan and his catnip Padawan Anakin. I hope that I get the motivation to go back to it.

I just finished a WIP that I had started last year and ended up coming back to it after a hiatus (Forget Me Not), so there is hope!

16. What are your writing strength?

I like to think that I'm good at characterization. It's something I obsess over when I'm writing, to the point that I end up throwing out whole passages if I don't feel like I'm conveying the character correctly. I've been told that my descriptions and metaphors are good, which is lovely to hear ❤

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

Probably that it takes me too long to write something haha.

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic?

I love reading fics with dialogue in other languages! It adds so much depth to the story and is very immersive.

19. First fandom you wrote for?

MCU (Loki/Darcy Lewis). Back when I thought I was straight, but Tom Hiddleston and Kat Dennings are both babes so I stand by it.

20. Favourite fic you've ever written?

Probably To Tell The Moon or Forget Me Not.

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Phew, that was fun! Thanks so much for the tags!

To keep this rolling, I'll tag in @demon----dean, @nixie-deangel, @renlyslittlerose, @dreaminghour in case you haven't already been tagged!

[mthofferings2023]

sarahyellow

See sarahyellow’s existing works here.

Preferred contact methods: Tumblr: sarah-writes-stucky

Preferred organizations: - Center for Reproductive Rights - Innocence Project - National Network of Abortion Funds - Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network (RAINN) - Red Umbrella Fund (See the list of approved organizations here)

Will create works that contain: A/b/o, kink, AUs, D/s, smut, elements of sci-fi/fantasy/dystopia, period romance, power imbalances, meet uglies, arranged marriage, sex pollen/necessitated fucking, prostitution, humiliation, fringe kink (seriously, hit me with your weirdo garbage, I've written diapers and cannibals before, I won't be shocked), juicy societal issues

Will not create works that contain: fics that have no smut, overly fluffy meet-cute fics, 5 and 1 fics, dbf! fics, HTP, mega-heavy angst and torture with no happiness in sight, MCD, fics with a main cast of like, 20+ characters, crack (humor okay)

  -- Fic or Other Writing --

Auction ID: 1015

Will create works for the following relationships: Bucky Barnes/Steve Rogers - MCU Bucky Barnes/Darcy Lewis/Steve Rogers - MCU Bucky Barnes/Peter Parker/Steve Rogers - MCU Steve Rogers/Original Female Character - MCU Bucky Barnes/Original Female Character - MCU Bucky Barnes/Steve Rogers/Original Female Character - MCU

Work Description: Hi! I'm ready to write a one-shot Stucky or Stucky threesome (with Darcy Lewis, Peter Parker, or an original female character) fic for you. As a note, I'm recovering from an injury that affects my typing ability, so it would be best to start discussions about the auction fill in early January. Higher bids will result in higher word counts! $5 - (starting bid) 2000-3000 word fic $10 - up to 6,000 word fic $15 - up to 12,000 word fic, multi-chapters permitted! $20 - up to 20,000 word fic, multi chapters permitted! $25 - same as $20, plus matching artwork (I'm a novice artist though, so that's why it isn't the auction item itself.) $30+ - same as $25, but with multiple matching artworks, one of which can be anything in the story-you specify! Fic by no means needs to be porn-without-plot, but I'm only interested in writing fics rated E, so if you want explicit stuff, I'm your girl! I'll work with the winning bidder at multiple points to make sure they get what they want: 1. I'll communicate back and forth with you (Tumblr, email or Discord) and get a list of everything that you'd like to see (and not see) in the fic. Feel free to list as much as you like, in as much detail as you like, and be sure to rank how important which parts are. 2. Within 3 days of Step #1, I'll send over a detailed story outline for your approval. 3. Within 4 days of Step #2, I'll send over the first scene (1000-2000 word sample) of the fic for your approval. 4. Within a maximum of two weeks after your Step #3 approval, you will have your very own, custom, completed fic. It is free for you to keep private, translate, podfic, illustrate, or post as text on any social media site you like, so long as I am credited as the author. Bids over $25 include matching art, and therefore have a longer timeline. You will still have your finished fic within 2 weeks, finished art may take up to 1 month. (I will make any edits and changes to the story that you'd like, but only up until that last step #3 - i.e., once the first few pages are approved, then change requests can still be made, but will not be guaranteed.) Lastly, I genuinely enjoy writing on request, so when you fic is all is said and done, if you'd still like to stay in contact, then I would love to connect through Tumblr, Discord, etc. I'm super excited to make someone's vision come to life!

Ratings: Explicit

Can pods bid on this auction? Yes - Podbids welcome!

CLICK HERE TO BID ON THIS WORK

The auction runs from October 22 (12 AM ET) to October 28 (11:59:59 PM ET). Visit marveltrumpshate.com during Auction Week to view all of our auctions and to place your bids!

[ibelieveinturtles]

Proceed With Caution

Sent to help clean up a Variant in the Westview S.W.O.R.D. camp, TVA Agent Darcy gets sucked into the Hex and comes face to face with herself.

Title: Proceed With Caution Squares Filled: The 12 Days of Darcy Lewis Doodles and Digital Media Mini Challenge, Day 2: Two Accidental Clones DLBHQ 2023: C5: TVA Agent!Darcy Creator: ibelieveinturtles Rating: G Fandom: MCU Pairing: N/A Summary: Sent to help clean up a Variant in the Westview S.W.O.R.D. camp, TVA Agent Darcy gets sucked into the Hex and comes face to face with herself.

@darcylewisbingohq

[thatsolacegirl]

Internship Diaries: Keeping an eye on a nexus being

Title: Internship Diaries: Keeping an eye on a nexus being

Participant: thatsolacegirl

Square: 12 Days of Christmas Mini Art Challenge- Day 1: An Intern in a New Job

Ratings: Gen

Warnings: No Archive Warnings

Ships: None

Tags: moodboard, Darcy Lewis, 12 Days of Christmas, internship, Wong, America Chavez

Summary: After her last rodeo in Westview, Darcy's life is threatened, so she finds herself taking protection in Kamar-taj. Wong requires an intern to keep an eye on the new multiversal visitor, America Chavez. Who better to ask than Darcy?

@darcylewisbingohq

[darcylewisbingohq]

Day 5: Five Minutes Alone with Darcy’s Hero

(Full disclosure: this prompt is a day late because of anxiety meds I took to head off a bad day yesterday. They’re like a nap in a bottle. I know I’m more upset with myself than y’all probably will be with me, so I’m trying to give myself some grace about it. Just know it wasn’t intentional or forgotten. Just … life between holidays. ♥️ —Chrissi)

The 12 Days of Darcy Lewis Doodles and Digital Media Mini Challenge

Surprise! Today is the first day of an art and digital media mini challenge for the artists among our creative Darcy fans!

The challenge is to doodle a sketch or make a little something like a moodboard or digital manip each day of the 12 Days of Darcy inspired in some way by the prompt of the day.

Your works can be shared on tumblr, the Archive, Twitter, or any fandom space you can link us back to on our Discord or in a post here on tumblr to show us and the fandom what you make!

The reward for completing this challenge is the satisfaction of completing the 12 Days of Darcy Lewis Doodles and Digital Media Mini Challenge, but we’ll also be reblogging your art on tumblr and you’re welcome to share it to the Darcy Lewis Bingo HQ 2023 collection on the Archive as well.

Today’s mini art challenge prompt is:

Day 1: An Intern in a New Job

Your DLBHQ Mod Team,

—Chrissi and Turtles

[themculibrary]

Darcy Lewis & Jane Foster Masterlist

Blank (ao3) - buttsbeyondbutts jane/thor, darcy/oc, ian/darcy N/R, 3k

Summary: In a world where the name of your soul mate is inscribed upon your skin, Darcy Lewis is blank.

Five Times she felt bad about it and one time she didn't.

Catalysts (ao3) - Niobium jane/thor G, 2k

Summary: Meeting people winds up being a catalyzing event in Jane Foster’s life more often than not.

Differing Opinions (ao3) - afteriwake darcy/loki G, 640

Summary: Darcy and Jane have differing opinions on Darcy's budding relationship with Loki.

Distraction and Reckoning (ao3) - G_the_G jane/thor, darcy/steve G, 2k

Summary: Darcy needs some distraction before things start happening. Big things.

Exiles (ao3) - ibelieveinturtles G, 1k

Summary: Darsi meets a friend and learns more about, well, everything.

Humanity's Unlikely Ambassador? (ao3) - Rozilla jane/thor G, 4k

Summary: An article for Vanity Fair written by Christine Everhart profiling Jane Foster, with Darcy making sure no one a) slips up and over shares or b) makes her boss look bad.

If Dreams Could Meet Reality (ao3) - Not_Crazy_Just_a_Fangirl G, 579

Summary: What if...Jane and Darcy met as children.

Past Lives (keep me awake at night) (ao3) - ChaoticPsyche G, 100

Summary: Darcy Lewis dreams, and though she doesn't remember them, she knows something is up.

That’s Not Possible (ao3) - Fraulein G, 143

Summary: Jane and Darcy foresee some interesting fallout from their latest experiment.

The Impossible, Probable (ao3) - Fraulein G, 119k

Summary: Traces the journey Darcy and Tony take to find one another. Explores the consequences of discovering that Darcy is Tony's daughter.

The MASH Gods Have Spoken (ao3) - nessismore pre-darcy/steve, mentions of jane/thor G, 1k

Summary: "If you end up living in a shack on the Jersey Shore with Tony Stark and 12 children, driving a Pinto and mucking out stables for a living, don’t say I didn’t warn you."

Darcy comes up with a way to distract Jane from work.

The Perfect Weather (ao3) - Fraulein clint/darcy G, 10k

Summary: Clint's paranoid. Darcy’s bravery is put to the test. Jane has a rude awakening in regards to her research. Also, Clint learns he should never underestimate a girl with a taser who’s willing to use it.

The Spheres Are in Commotion (ao3) - nonisland jane/darcy G, 1k

Summary: On the days when she remembers that some people make good life decisions and it’s possible she should try to be among them, Darcy still isn’t sure how she ended up interning for Jane.

Thunderclouds (ao3) - Bambie jane/thor G, 2k

Summary: Jane is a good boss and a good friend, science-related insanity aside, and Darcy isn't about to forget that any time soon.

Two AM In The Key Of Anxiety (ao3) - FeathersMcStrange G, 586

Summary: Darcy Lewis is brilliant, in college, funny (if she does say so herself), and wholly competent at surviving end of the world scenarios.

She also has an anxiety disorder.

Jane understands, and handles it.

Everything turns out okay.

We are NOT getting None Pizza Left Beef (ao3) - MissChrisDaae G, 384

Summary: Requested by thehalliebadger on Tumblr: "Jane and Darcy friendship moment of one taking care of the other after a night of drunken adventures."

Who Knew? (ao3) - Fraulein G, 283

Summary: Apparently the best way to get through to Jane was through music.

You make a plan, you stick with it. (ao3) - scarletnerd05 clint/darcy T, 3k

Summary: Jane just wants to do her science. Darcy just wants to text her boyfriend. If only there wasn't so many damn bugs!

[gaeilgerua]

A Frozen Beginning

Fandoms: Harry Potter, Marvel Cinematic Universe Pairing: Theodore Nott/Darcy Lewis Rating: General Audiences Summary: Theo lives in the small town of New Asgard for years, during one of the many ice fishing trips he takes with some of his fellow townsfolk, he meets someone new. Word count: 1,622

Written for:

@mrvlmagic‘s 12 Days of Enchanted Wonders (pairing: Theo Nott/Darcy Lewis, enchanted item: Dragonfang, winter activity: Ice Fishing) @darcylewisbingo square R4: First Kiss

[make-me-imagine]

Marvel/Avengers Halloween Scenario Game

13 Days of Halloween: Day 4 (Bonus)

(Scenario Game Masterlist)

Rules/What you do: Just match the month/day/letter to yourself and you got yourself a cute little scenario to imagine lol. And you can also leave in the tags or comments, what your scenario is :) *Please consider reblogging or tagging your friends/mutuals to share this around.

Your Birth Month:

You And...

January: Sam Wilson // Pepper Potts

February: Vision // Lady Sif

March: Tony Stark // Maria Hill

April: Scott Lang // Wanda Maximoff

May: Bucky Barnes // Carol Danvers

June: Pietro Maximoff // Darcy Lewis

July: Thor // Monica Rambeau

August: Steve Rogers // Jane Foster

September: Peter Parker // Natasha Romanov

October: Bruce Banner // Okoye

November: Clint Barton // Gamora

December: Stephen Strange // Hope Pym

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Your Birth Date:

1: Go to a pumpkin patch... 2: Get lost in a haunted house... 3: Wear matching(couples) costumes... 4: Decorate for Halloween... 5: Get chased by a monster... 6: Have a Halloween movie marathon... 7: Go to a Halloween fright night festival... 8: Tour a decorated neighborhood... 9: Bake Halloween themed desserts together... 10: Go to a Halloween Party... 11: Go on a hayride... 12: Accidentally wear the same costume... 13: Go on a haunted tour... 14: Get lost in a corn maze... 15: Take turns telling scary stories around a campfire... 16: Watch horror movies together... 17: Go to a haunted house... 18: Go apple picking... 19: Get lost in the woods... 20: Go to a county fair... 21: Pick each others costume... 22: Have a jumpscare/prank war... 23: See a real ghost... 24: Carve pumpkins... 25: Go trick-or-treating (or) Give out candy to trick-or-treaters.. 26: Dress up as each other... 27: Get stranded in the middle of nowhere... 28: Host a Halloween Party... 29: Make your own costumes... 30: Go ghost hunting... 31: Attend a masquerade...

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First Letter of Your Name (or Username) -

AND...

A-E: You have your first kiss.

F-K: They end up confessing their feelings for you.

L-S: They tell you they love you for the first time.

T-Z: It's your first date.

xx

A bit of a different style to this one, hope you like it!

Don't forget to comment or reblog with your results, and tag your friends!

General Taglist: @criminaly-supernatural, @caswinchester2000, @imaginesfire, @onuen, @witchygagirl, @alexxavicry

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Requested Taglist: @le-green-lion