#alphaflyer

[cassiesinsanity]

Words: 8126 Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Avengers (Marvel Movies), Marvel Rating: Mature Relationships: Clint Barton/Natasha Romanov Characters: Natasha Romanov (Marvel), Clint Barton, Minor Tony Stark, Minor Steve Rogers Additional Tags: Romance, Developing Relationship, Friends to Lovers, Time Travel, Wild West, 1800s, Minor Violence, Canon-Typical Violence, Derogatory Language, Period Typical Attitudes, Period-Typical Sexism, Period-Typical Racism, Prostitution, Horses, All the Western Tropes

When Natasha heard that snap-crackle-pop coming from Tony's time machine and felt herself getting sucked in, she knew there was a problem. When she saw the bullet-riddled sign, "Welcome to Tombstone!", she knew the problem was bigger than she'd feared. But nothing prepared her for Clint Barton, Saloon Proprietor.

[iriel3000]

2024 Welcome Back Recs

HELLO!! 🤗 What has been going on? How are you?

I miss you, I miss this place, I miss writing and reading Clintasha fics. In an effort to change that, let's bring back Recs 💘

Because of my new busy schedule, recs will be posted monthly. No theme yet. I'd like to highlight the most recent authors still generously giving us content for a while. Thank You, Authors!

Welcome Home (Art) by scottxlogan

Returning to their apartment after a long, undercover mission has left them rubbing elbows with the city's elite for far too long with no time for each other, Clint and Natasha decide that perhaps it's time to find another way to unwind and have a little fun together.

Quis Custodiet by AlphaFlyer/@AlphaFlyer

The trials, tribulations, and occasional benefits of having gods, monsters, super soldiers, and master spies infiltrate your work place.

you took my soul & wiped it clean by archers_and_spies/@asterarchers

To partnership, Natasha supplies. To friendship and love and answering the door from beyond the grave.

Are They or Aren’t They? by Ultra

Five times the Avengers think they’ve figured out whether Hawkeye and the Black Widow are dating, and one time there’s no doubt.

if memories are shadows (we'd best not waste the light) by daughterofrohan/@natrasharomanova

Coulson and Fury have been on his case about helping her adjust - and he’s trying - but she’s like listening to music in a foreign language; every once in a while a word jumps out at him that he recognizes but he can’t yet string them together to make a sentence. This, though, is a language he understands.

Next Thing You Know by kiss_me_cassie/@cassiesinsanity

"Yelena once told me that in her story I was a science teacher living out west with my husband, who rehabbed houses."

Anything? Anything. by ScavengersSuccotash/@scavengerssuccotash

For the Tumblr Prompt:“I want you to be the first.” (Interpret “first” however you like) “You can do anything you want.” “Anything?” “Anything.” “I want you to make a mess of me.” “And babe? I want you to go slow.”

Welcome the most useless guy here! (We take that back.) by YYink

Clint Barton left for what? 5 minutes top. And hes forcefully “dragged” back by Natasha. He has no Clue what’s happening till he finds outs hes been handcuffed to Thor. (He just woke up)

Guilt by the Numbers by firlalaith/@firlalaith

Clint finds out how many agents died on the helicarrier….

[be-compromised]

Promptathon 2024 Masterlist

Promptathon 2024 has come to an end! With an impressive grand total of 35 fills, and 535 comments at last check. Thank you to everyone who prompted, created, beta read, commented, cheered, and took part. We hope you had fun! Watch this space for Secret Santa 2o24 sign ups coming VERY soon and maybe a little fun for Halloween…

A promptathon masterlist is now available below and on dreamwidth. If there’s any incorrect or missing information please let me know in a comment to the dreamwidth post and I'll make sure it gets updated. (Our Username Database is a handy way to keep us up to date with your online handles for crossposted masterlists.)

The main links for the masterlist go to the original dreamwidth promptathon comments for archiving, but I've tried my best to also include links to AO3 where I've spotted crossposting. Please feel free to post/share your fills elsewhere! If you're using AO3 we have a handy Be_Compromised Promptathon Collection and you can tag works as be_compromised promptathon and community: be_compromised.

If you still have prompt fills that you’re working on, or feel inspired by prompts now or in the future from any of our community events, please do keep creating. Now that promptathon is over they won’t be included as part of the event or masterlist, but they will always be appreciated :)

And on to the main event…

5 Times Clint and Natasha Cursed the Rain and 1 Time They Didn't | AO3 by @cassiesinsanity (PG; no warnings) Prompt: Tokyo wasn't their first time together in an alley in the rain

After The Threesome | AO3 by @inkvoices (Mature; sex) Prompt: After The Threesome They Both Take You Home by Sue Hyon Bae (poem here)

ain't that the worst thing you've ever heard? | AO3 by @quidnunc-life (Teen; no warnings apply) Prompt: Outsider POV or threesome: Woken up 3:45 by voices yelling outside my window. Turned out to be a couple in formal wear, literally standing in the road, who continued to yell back and forth at each other for quite some time, including [one] with, 'I love you!' and [the other] going back with, 'No, you don't!' Very sad that they can't make it work, but could they please have that conversation not outside our open windows at 4am?!

a masterpiece of a mess | AO3 by @cassiesinsanity (Mature; no warnings apply; Clint/Bucky with past Natasha/Clint and Natasha/Bucky) Prompt:Maybe if he was a little less fuckable we wouldn’t be in this mess.

a masterpiece of a mess (remix edition) | AO3 by @cassiesinsanity (Mature; no warnings apply; Clint/Darcy/Natasha) Prompt:Maybe if he was a little less fuckable we wouldn’t be in this mess.

Another String To Her Bow | AO3 by ultra_fic (G/K; no warnings apply) Prompt: Clint learns Natasha can shoot a bow.

Blank Slate | AO3 by @firlalaith (Teen; a little angsty but nothing bad) Prompt: One of them is de-aged. They can't be turned back, so they're going to have to grow up again the long way. (Your choice as to if they still have their memories or are completely de-aged as in they can’t remember any of their past.) The other has to choose whether to also be de-aged and grow up with them, be their friend (and maybe more if history repeats), or stay an adult and protect them (which might have to be from a distance?). Because they both know all too well how vulnerable children are, and had shitty childhoods, and want better for the person they love this time around.

Blindside | AO3 by @cloud--atlas (Teen; no warnings) Prompt: I'm so obsessed with your ex

Butterflies in Iowa | AO3 by @firlalaith (Teen; Character Death, Depiction of a Suicide, Vormir) Prompt: Lila sees Clint during the test run and the consequences

Daughter of Goose by @alphaflyer (G; no warnings apply) Prompt: In which Liho (or Lucky) turns out to be a Flerken.

desirable (and other adjectives) | AO3 by @cassiesinsanity (G; weight gain) Prompt: Clint refers to it as a bulk cycle. Natasha simply calls it getting fat.

Don't Touch Lola | AO3 by @firlalaith (Teen; no warnings apply) Prompt: Endgame AU/fix-it: when Clint and Natasha show up to fetch the Soul Stone it's not there, it turns out at this point in time that someone else already has it.

Every Hawkeye has a Widow | AO3 by @firlalaith (G) Prompt: (615): Your sister reminds me of me at her age. Stop her while you can.

Get by with a little from our friends by @quietlyimplode (Teen/PG13; no warnings apply) Prompt: I can do it with a broken heart

history be rhyming | AO3 by @firlalaith (Teen; no warnings apply) Prompt: “He’s dead. Again.”

Hope in the Rain | AO3 by @quietlyimplode (Teen/PG13; Angst(?)/ Canonical Violence?) Prompt: Tokyo wasn't their first time together in an alley in the rain

I Get By… | AO3 by ultra_fic (G/K; no warnings necessary) Prompt: Kate notices the Black Widow tattoo on Clint's arm

I must have turned bright red (I liked what I saw) | AO3 by @icantopenwaterbottlecaps (Teen; no warnings) Prompt:An adult Natasha signs up to work at a summer camp, as part of her own healing and to give back. Enter Clint Barton, who's been a volunteer there already for a while (or may have similarly been originally ordered to work there like Nat). Everyone knows him, everyone gets on with him, he trains kids in archery and teaches them how to swim and grow in confidence, and he’s just. too. damn. Nice.

In Our Professional Opinion | AO3 by @alphaflyer (Mature; no warnings apply) Prompt: Rating SHIELD safehouses

It Might Be Worth It | AO3 by ultra_fic (Teen; no warnings apply) Prompt: In a world of boys, he's a gentleman

lingering doubts | AO3 by fadedwings (Teen; swearing, nightmares, insomnia, and some angst with a side of cuddling) Prompt: Clint never actually broke entirely free from Loki's control / still had lingering issues until Loki died. Or until the stone that powered the tesseract was destroyed.

Not Another Moment to Waste | AO3 by ultra_fic (Teen; no warnings apply) Prompt: You took the words right out of my mouth (it must’ve been while you were kissing me).

not just another mission | AO3 by fadedwings (Teen; adult language) Prompt: You squeeze my hand three times in the back of the taxi

Out On the Moonlit Floor | AO3 by ultra_fic (G/K; no warnings necessary) Prompt: This is a love story. It must be; it's got kissing in it.

"Paradise Lost" | AO3 by chaed (T; no warnings) Prompt: Superior Iron Man enlists the services of nefarious assassin duo Black Widow and Hawkeye (dark!Clintasha).

Progress | AO3 by @inkvoices (Teen; a character having some anxiety in crowds and being the centre of attention) Prompt: our mutual friend has been talking us up to the other and when we finally meet, we have to tell them that we’ve been in a feud for the last six years

red light | AO3 by @quidnunc-life (Teen) Prompt: Sex work AU

(REMIX: Red Light / Little Red Lies | AO3 by @icantopenwaterbottlecaps  (Teen; no warnings) Prompt: Sex work AU

REMIX: red light / Little Red Lies / ran the red | AO3 by @asterarchers (G; no warnings) Prompt: Sex work AU

she’s gone by @quietlyimplode (Teen; angst) Prompt: When you hold me, it holds me together And you kiss me in a way that's gonna screw me up forever

The Ties That Bind by @alphaflyer (Teen; no warnings) Prompt: Clint and Natasha are having the most incredible, amazing first date - what could go wrong?

the words of another | AO3 by @quietlyimplode (Teen/PG13; discussion of mental states) Prompt: Early SHIELD. Natasha hacks into the system and reads what is in her evaluation (Psychologists, Fury, Clint, etc.)

Untitled Fill (100 Word Drabble) by @quietlyimplode  (Teen; angst) Prompt: Non sexual (physical) intimacy

what we do to each other by @poppypickle (T; beginningsofcomplicatedfeelings!fic) Prompt: Don't know what to call this situation, but I know I can't call you mine

you've been calling my bluff on all my usual tricks | AO3 by @asterarchers  (Teen and Up; no warnings apply) Prompt: Gentle Ways To Let Him Know You're Dating Each Other

[alphaflyer]

I wrote a thing for the @be-compromised "Party like it's 2012" mini-promptathon!! It's a 5+1 but the title would have been too long...

The trials, tribulations, and occasional benefits of having gods, monsters, super soldiers, and master spies infiltrate your work place.

[quidnunc-life]

ten! first! lines!

@leenik-geelo tagged me to post first lines from ten of my fics! let's go!

There were lots of good things about being a private investigator: working whatever hours you wanted, indulging the overly nosy aspect of human nature, having reason to purchase fantastic trench coats. (letting me in or letting me go)

“It’s going to rain,” she tells him, apropos of nothing. It’s May in Omsk, utterly picturesque, blue sky and fleecy clouds and the river Irtysh throwing dappled sunlight in every direction. Even the back alley he has her cornered is positively scenic, as far as alleys go. (all the magic i have known)

It’s 11:45 on New Year’s Eve, and no, Clint doesn’t know where Natasha is, and yes, he knows they’re often together, but they’re not right now, obviously, and it’s not like he’s her babysitter, is he? (the time of night some people call morning)

It begins, as too many things in his life do, with Dog Cops. (and at night be warm)

“She’s in Venice,” Phil tells him; but Clint has been chasing the faceless Black Widow through Europe for two years now, and he’s learned better than to take the certainty in his brow seriously. (con te partirò)

Everyone knows who Natasha Romanoff is. (who wants to be a billionaire)

Objectively, it’s Clint’s fault. (fast, thorough, sharp as a tack)

When Janet suggests a team bonding event, Natasha thinks she means… you know, normal stuff: an art gallery, a movie; hell, even bowling. (some moments more spectacular than others)

There’s a diner at the end of the block, and that’s what it’s called. (minor arcana)

Sometimes, you lean against a brick wall outside a coffee shop to take a selfie with your coffee, and nothing happens. In fact, go ahead and replace “sometimes” with “usually,” or “99% of the time.” It’s highly unlikely, after all, for a wall to be anything other than what it appears to be. (listen, there's a hell of a good universe next door)

aaaaand some bonus wips, should anyone want to motivate me:

Although it’s not the career Clint Barton intended to have, he is, it turns out, an incredible assistant. (a "billionaire" sequel whose working title is "a fake marriage that definitely won't become real, no sir")

If Pepper wasn’t so desperately happy, Natasha would cheerfully murder her. (a flatshare au. working title: damn you live like this???)

tagging: @cassiesinsanity @alphaflyer @cloud--atlas @poppypickle @inkvoices @aurorashard and anyone else who wants to!!!

[spectralarchers]

Thanks for the tag, @dhufflebee!

Are you named after anyone? no, my parents needed a name that worked in french, english and danish

When was the last you cried? two days ago

Do you have kids? no

What sports do you play/have you played? horseback riding and I know ride a bike, so idk if that counts?

Do you use sarcasm? I don't think I do but I have a dry sense of humor

What is the first thing you notice about people? their general body language and whether they're open to new people or not

What is your eye color? grey

Scary movies or happy endings? i don't watch scary movies

Any talents? *signal lost sound*

Where were you born? someplace, somewhere, sometime

What are your hobbies? writing fanfic, hanging out online with friends and riding my bike

Do you have any pets? no - i'm allergic to cats, so...

How tall are you? 168 cms

Favorite subject at school? literature & design

Dream job? a job where I don't feel like dying whenever I get up in the morning, which is what I have currently!

Tagging @yayforawesome @obishenshenobi @portraitoftheoddity @hawkeykirsah @hotdagas @alphaflyer @cassiesinsanity @aquarianconstellations @rumowrites @oneiriad @ohmystarsy @katsdisturbed @yayforawesome @fezwearingjellybananas

[poppypickle]

Another Tag Game

Tagged by the lovely @alphaflyer weeks ago!

Are you named after anyone? Not my first name, but my mother and I share the same middle name.

When was the last you cried? Hmmm...maybe last week. Related to a new food allergy drug I'm hoping brings relief to my family.

Do you have kids? Yes, two boys. They are two wild and crazy guys, as the saying goes.

What sports do you play/have you played? I am not very sporty, but I played a bit of soccer and softball as a kid. And I was a middling cheerleader, if you count that as a sport.

Do you use sarcasm? Always.

What is the first thing you notice about people? Whether they speak kindly to those around them.

What is your eye color? Dark brown.

Scary movies or happy endings? Happy endings! With kissing!

Any talents? Situational/contextual analysis, reading people and seeing through agendas. -> these are good and accurate for me too, so I'm stealing them

Where were you born? Southern California

What are your hobbies? Fandom, NYT puzzles, watching my kids play copious amounts of soccer, writing

Do you have any pets? Yes, two dogs named Albus Dumbledog and Rowena Ravenpaw

How tall are you? 5'2"

Favorite subject at school? English, creative writing, math, biology...I loved school tbh.

Dream job? I feel really lucky that I have had a couple of jobs I once dreamed of having. In a parallel universe, I'd love to be a not-famous-but-still-successful singer/songwriter.

[chaed-ffnet]

Thanks for the tag @alphaflyer!

Are you named after anyone? Not that I know of.

When was the last you cried? When I watched Society Of Snow on Netflix.

Do you have kids? Nope.

What sports do you play/have you played? Competitive cross-country horseback riding.

Do you use sarcasm? Every day.

What is the first thing you notice about people? Their teeth. It comes with the job.

What is your eye color? Brown.

Scary movies or happy endings? Scary!

Any talents? Hopefully! I have a good analytical mind and love creating stuff.

Where were you born? In a hospital.

What are your hobbies? Leather working, long-distance hiking, horseback riding, climbing, pretty much everything that can be done outdoors. And writing fanfic, lol.

Do you have any pets? I have a sausage dog and a horse.

How tall are you? 175cm.

Favorite subject at school? English. Mine was always good, so I never had to study for it.

Dream job? Geez, wherever the money grows.

[themculibrary]

Fics Named After Locations Masterlist

A Long Way From Budapest (ao3) - AlphaFlyer clint/natasha, clint/laura T, 14k

Summary: Natasha remembers letting go. She remembers falling, endlessly, the jagged black rocks rising to meet her. And then, nothing – until the moment her eyes and her mind opened to the golden glow.

Avengers At Disney World (ao3) - ctxrover clint/natasha, steve/bucky T, 70k

Summary: Fury's fed up of the Avengers not behaving like a team, so he's sending them on a bonding trip to Disney World with Hill as their babysitter. Meanwhile, Coulson rarely gets to spend time with his kids so he takes them to Disney World. The problem? They're going at the same time as the Avengers-who don't know of Coulson's survival. Some sort of AU. Clintasha. Some Stucky. Rated T.

Brooklyn (ao3) - togina steve/bucky T, 8k

Summary: “Captain America, what’s your stance on gay marriage?”

Everyone knows that, by now. Everyone but Bucky.

Budapest (ao3) - JunesPegasus N/R, 4k

Summary: Clint Barton aka Hawkeye is sent to eliminate a Russian assassin: Natasha Romanova. But he is soon enchanted by her seductive charme and things turn out way different than he planned.

Clint's a Nerd From Iowa (ao3) - Big_Hazard bucky/clint T, 4k

Summary: Part of the Avengers shows up on Clint's lawn. He doesn't want them there, but he's also too lazy to make them leave. Clint shows them around Iowa anyway because he's a nice guy, and somewhere along the way secrets that weren't really secrets come out.

Disney World (ao3) - Kenzie_Marvel G, 9k

Summary: Natasha and Tony takes Yelena and Peter to Disney World, cute chaos ensues. :)

ever since new york (ao3) - 1000_directions clint/phil M, 1k

Summary: “You’ve been here longer than I have,” Clint says, and he looks into Phil’s eyes. “Is this heaven or hell? I mean, you died. And you’re here. So I guess I’m dead, too, right?”

“I did die,” Phil says thoughtfully. “But only a little bit. I got better.”

Here's to Las Vegas (ao3) - iam93percentstardust steve/tony T, 1k

Summary: The day after Steve gets married, he wakes up in a Las Vegas hotel with a ring on his finger and Tony Stark snuggled up beside him.

Las Vegas (ao3) - elcapitan_rogers steve/natasha M, 219k

Summary: Steve was freaking out over his own wedding and the gang decided to take him to Las Vegas to unwind him.

Malibu (ao3) - glitteratiglue steve/bucky M, 13k

Summary: Steve believes Bucky is dead for exactly a week. Then he doesn't.

(AU where Steve rescues Bucky before Hydra can turn him into the Winter Soldier. They get to go home from the war, but that's only the start.)

Malibu Madness (ao3) - Vanilla98 steve/tony, clint/natasha E, 35k

Summary: After an eventful semester at school, Tony brings Steve and his four other friends to his new house in Malibu. There, they get to see what Tony goes through at home. And to be honest, they're not impressed. Howard Stark is always abusing him, Maria Stark is barely at home and there is only so much Jarvis and Ana can handle. Moreover, they can see Tony struggling to hold up his masks. Will they, especially Steve, be able to convince Tony that he is going to be okay and that they will always be there for him?

nevada heat, nevada streets (ao3) - loverloser steve/tony G, 4k

Summary: steve rogers takes a ride, and his bike breaks down in las vegas, nevada. tony stark's garage is the only one with a light on.

New York (ao3) - capsiclewidow steve/natasha T, 5k

Summary: Some days were okay. Some weren’t. None of them were ever good.

It came in waves. She’d be fine for a while - not good, only fine - and then suddenly she’d reach into her closet for a clean shirt, pull one out that didn’t belong to her, and Steve would find her curled up in bed wearing one of Clint’s old flannels shaking with tears she refused to let him see. She hated it, despised the person she’d turned into, which made everything worse. She wouldn’t speak to him for days at a time, but he’d still be there, making sure she ate and drank water and worked out every once in a while and didn’t spend too much time alone.

Two years and he still refused to leave her.

No Sleep 'Till Brooklyn (ao3) - softdadironman T, 6k

Summary: For someone with such a strong sense of responsibility (if you've ever talked to Peter, you know he spits out the phrase "With great power comes great responsibility" on the daily), Peter was a reckless piece of work.

In which Peter juggles his duties as Spider-Man, as a student, as a part time employee, as an Avenger, and as a kid.

Seduced in Sokovia (ao3) - Sholio T, 2k

Summary: "You're not looking close enough," Bucky said. "Read the titles."

Sam picked up the nearest book, on which a woman in a long purple gown was being either menaced or romanced—it was sort of hard to tell—by a dark-haired, pirate-like man in a flowing white shirt. There was a castle in the background that looked stereotypically medieval. The title was—

 "...Sold to the Sokovian?"

That's What You Get for Waking Up in Vegas (ao3) - LordOfThePoptarts natasha/tony M, 3k

Summary: Natasha and Tony have been dancing around each other for a year now. Both are perfectly happy to use the other as post-battle stress relief and 3 AM post-nightmare confidants, but they are the very definition of consummate professionals when they aren't alone and in highly emotionally charged situations. All that changes when the two attend a gala in Las Vegas.

The Only Guy Steve Knows Who Lives In Brooklyn (ao3) - Beans (provetheworst) clint/natasha T, 27k

Summary: Clint’s the only guy Steve knows who lives in Brooklyn, which is probably why the Winter Soldier starts hanging around his apartment. Clint has had worse houseguests, but even that doesn’t explain how he ends up on a thirty three hour flight to Madripoor trying to save the guy Captain America’s probably in love with from mad scientists.

What Happens in Budapest…Comes Home to Roost (ao3) - MarbleGlove clint/laura T, 4k

Summary: Found family and unexpected allies, monsters that needed killing and recovering from brainwashing, … yeah, the New York alien invasion really did remind Natasha of Budapest.

What happens in Vegas... (ao3) - asamandra clint/tony, pepper/tony M, 6k

Summary: When Tony was dying from palladium poisoning he ended very drunk in Las Vegas... and married...

[nana-evans]

10 Songs/10 People Tag Game

I got tagged by @asamandra and @kyrri0. Thanks, darlings!

1 - Feel Good Inc - Gorilaz

2 - idon'twannabeyou - Billie Eilish

3 - Les filles d'aujourd'hui - Joyce Jonathan, Vianney

4 - Rush - Arya Starr

5 - Broken - Amy Lee, Seether

6 - Amsterdam - Coldplay

7 - Sweet but Psycho - Ava Max

8- Est-ce que tu m'aimes? - GIMS

9 - Na tua estante - Pitty

10 - Casa Pré-Fabricada - Los Hermanos

I'll tag @space-luna, @placna, @boonsweetie @amberlyinviolet. @helena-edits-in-real-time, @theorangedeath, @bluedemonsblog, @sevdrag, @alphaflyer, @eulers-babe and anyone who wants to do it

[inkvoices]

Circus Fics

A collection of circus and carnival fics featuring Clint Barton (and Natasha Romanoff, Kate Bishop, Tony Stark, Phil Coulson, Dick Grayson, and friends). Reblogs with additional fics very, very welcome!

some moments more spectacular than others by gsparkle

Mature; Clint Barton/Natasha Romanoff; 21,575 words

Summary: When Janet suggests a team bonding event, Natasha thinks she means… an art gallery, a movie, even bowling. Something like that. 

Not the circus. Not clowns. Not falling head over heels for a professional circus archer with an affinity for purple, slushies, and purple slushies.

Freedom by lar_laughs

Teen and Up; Clint Barton/Natasha Romanoff; 1,757 words

Summary: He and Barney found the circus completely by accident. They’d run away from yet another foster home, intent on making it to the ocean (because Clint really wanted to see the ocean and now was as good a time as any), when they decided to stay the night under some trees surrounding a deserted field. When they woke up the next morning, the empty field wasn’t so empty any longer. (Night Circus AU)

First of May by inkvoices

Teen and Up; Clint Barton/Natasha Romanoff; 6,766 words

Summary: Clint is eight years old the first time he decides to run away and join the circus. Like a lot of things in Clint's life, it doesn't work out, but then this is a circus that comes around every ten years and believes in second chances.

galaxies in our halos and hands by sweetwatersong

Teen; Clint Barton/Natasha Romanoff; 1,339 words

Summary: He has faith in miracles. The white horse and the woman who rides him can be nothing less.

airs above the ground by sweetwatersong

Gen; Clint Barton/Natasha Romanoff; 667 words

Summary: With hand and touch, smile and twist, they move as if the world around them has ceased to exist, and the laws of gravity have their own rules in the canvas tent they dance under.

Overture by AlphaFlyer

Teen and Up; Clint Barton/Natasha Romanoff; short fic

Summary: Carson's Carnival of Travelling Wonders makes a stop in Ohio.

Slide In by enigma731

Mature; Clint Barton/Natasha Romanoff; 3,962 words

Summary: Natasha’s expected a mockery of a man, a virtual caricature fitting of the costume and the codename. All it takes is that first, single shot, for her to realize that she has been utterly wrong. (Alternate first meeting.)

Dust to Dust by inkvoices

Teen and Up; Clint Barton/Natasha Romanoff, 1,361 words

Summary: The carnival stops for a stick of a lad, nothing but bones and bones are what he’s burying. Natasha doesn’t care what his story is. She’s not a goddamn fortune-teller.

Clint is a farm boy that the carnival picks up and Natasha is one of the carnival’s dancers. Avengers/Carnivàle fusion.

The Nature of Dust by inkvoices

Mature; Clint Barton/Natasha Romanoff; 10,196 words

Summary: For as long as he can remember Clint has always been getting into trouble for seeing things that he shouldn’t, or rather for getting caught at it. Oklahoma, 1934, and this time trouble comes in the form of a girl.

Cover Another Black Eye by geckoholic

Teen and Up; Violence; Clint Barton/Natasha Romanoff, Clint Barton/Bobbi Morse; 6,969 words

Summary: History will dub it the summer of love. Natasha neither knows nor cares about love, never has, expects she never will, but history's got one thing right: it's the summer when everything changes.

Natasha and the Amazing Hawkeye(s) by Frea_o

Teen and Up; Gen Clint Barton & Natasha Romanoff & Kate Bishop; 5,330 words

Summary: It starts because somebody orders a hit on the Amazing Hawkeye. No, not that Amazing Hawkeye. The other Amazing Hawkeye.

Where Home is Tonight by samalander

Teen and Up; Clint Barton/Kate Bishop; 4,990 words

Summary: "Look, when I say I'm not from around here, I don't mean I'm from Jersey. I'm not supposed to be here. And I won't stay long. But-- but I wanted to meet you. See if you lived up to the hype."

"Girl," Clint says, his arrogance somehow more pronounced by his youth, "I am the hype."

Or, Kate falls off a building, and lands in a place where time moves differently.

scramble in the summer sky by paperclipbitch

Teen and Up; Kate Bishop/America Chavez and the young avengers with a little Clint and Natasha; 3,011 words

Summary: Kate’s first week, when she was still pretty sure this was a terrible idea and also not one that real people actually had – seriously, in the twenty-first century, who ran away with the circus – America came up to her three days in and said without preamble: “is anyone going to come looking for you, Princess?”

Try to Freeze Time by thepartyresponsible

Mature; Clint Barton/Tony Stark; 6,897 words

Summary: The circus has a way of evening people out. Everyone looks the same when the lights center on the stage. The whole audience, just blank shadows, staring in. Everyone looks like nothing. 

Someone like this, though. Someone like him. They’ll throw off that nothing before they get back to whatever pampered bed they crawled out of. Everyone else stays nothing, but, for people like that, it’s just a temporary state. 

Clint doesn’t mean to watch him. It’s just that he keeps catching Clint’s eye.

No Magic Would Save Me by arsenicarcher

Mature; choose not to warn; Pepper Potts/Tony Stark and kid!Clint, 20,738 words

Summary: Once upon a time, an angel with the unlikely name of Pepper came to the circus, and took Clint away.

home is under a canvas sky by Selenay

Teen and Up; Clint Barton/Phil Coulson, Clint Barton & Natasha Romanoff; 15,968 words

Summary: "Who's the new guy?" Clint asked, trying to sound casual.

"His name's Phil," Natasha said. "He's our new knife throwing act."

"You didn't have an old knife throwing act."

"We did a few years ago. Knives and archery. It was a good act."

circus peanuts by dustbear

Gen; Clint Barton/Phil Coulson; 9,451 words

Summary: There are always kids that run away to the circus. 

Sometimes, they're from good families, kids from the depths of suburbia, looking for a new, exciting life. The circus is just a grittier, dirtier, summer camp to them, a brief foray into the seedy underbelly of travelling entertainment. They always go home, eventually.

And, there are kids like Clint. Who have to learn to hit the bullseye every time, and split arrows on cue, who learn to balance on a tightrope blindfolded, who learn not to flinch when the knives hit the plywood only millimeters from their soft flesh. If they learn, they’ll thrive, and they’ll eat, and they’ll sleep, sometimes even with a sturdy roof over their heads.

Sometimes, much later, some of those kids - from both categories - grow up and become SHIELD agents.

and so it grows by hoosierbitch

Teen and up; grief; Clint Barton/Phil Coulson - Phil's mom's PoV

Summary: High School!AU in which Phil is trying so hard to step up and be the man of the house, but his mom is more than capable and just wants him to spend time with that nice Clint boy she knows Phil is crushing so hard on. (None of this fic takes place in a high school, but Clint and Phil are high school aged.)

Only learned bad things by grydo2life

Teen and Up; Clint Barton/Phil Coulson and various avengers; 5,217 words

Summary: “What, really?” Tony asks.

Clint resists the urge to cross his arms defensively. “Yes.”

Or, 5 skills Clint learned in the circus, and 1 he picked up at SHIELD.

Winter Quarters by AcornsOnTheGround and Teeelsie

Mature; choose not to warn; Clint Barton/Dick Grayson; 52,000 words

Summary: The winter that Dick Grayson is eleven years old, the other boy shows up for the first time. He’s small - can’t be more than ten years old - but there’s a curious intensity to him that makes him seem older, and that has Dick’s eyes flicking back and forth between his own textbook and where the boy seems to be burning a hole in his with a laser focus.

They’re at winter quarters in Florida, a borderless area in the middle of the state where traveling circuses and carnivals lay low during the cold and rainy months of October through March.

Dick Grayson and Clint Barton: two boys, raised in the circus, destined to be superheroes. Of course they cross paths.

[cassiesinsanity]

My new indigenous tea mug courtesy of @alphaflyer and in honor of @crazy4orcas

[iriel3000]

2017 Friday Recs - Week 3

Happy Friday! Some reading recommendations for your enjoyment. No particular order and more to come.

Six years ago or six days ago, kudos and comments are always appreciated. No story is ever 'too old' to comment upon. 🤩

 The Principle of Terrestrial Mediocrity by AlphaFlyer/@alphaflyer

"Scott and I were in jail together and so were Scott and Hawkeye, which makes us practically cousins."

Luis takes a job in Avengers Tower. There may be pizza.

Avengers: Age of Ultron - Alternate and additional scenes by Haylie_Myers

Alternate and additional scenes for Avengers: Age of Ultron.

handcuffs by lilsteverogers (harryandhis17black)

They don't mention why she doesn't like the feeling of the hard metal against her skin.

 Old Fashioned Kinda Guy by andrastesgrace (emmijadeshow), gallifreyslostson/@familyassembled

Steve struggles with the current level of physical intimacy in his relationship with Peggy, like the giant dork he is. Natasha and Clint are, as usual, absolutely no help.

Say Something by I_OfTheHawk

Set just after Avengers, Natasha tries to offer support for her troubled Hawk. Based off a fanart I saw, I couldn’t find the photo but credits to whoever made it.

Strangelands by Claudia_flies

In the room, they just want to talk. Talk and talk and talk endlessly. Circles over the same thing and she’s so bored. She wonders if the Americans think this is torture.

If you are one of the authors or know them on tumblr and they are not properly tagged, please let me know in comments and I'll add them. Please feel free to click the Iriel3000fridayrecs link below to browse more categories.

[be-compromised]

One Prompt Challenge Masterlist

This is the masterlist for the One Prompt Challenge - as a warm up to the big promptathon, this challenge was for everyone taking part to fill the same prompt. Although we actually ended up with two as joint winners in a discord vote: ‘rooftop’ and ‘time travel’. Thanks to everyone who played and commented! 

beginnings & endings by @archers-and-spies (G; choose not to warn and no warnings apply) Summary: When the dust settles, Clint meets Steve on the bench by the lake, two hours before sundown.He has a promise to keep.

Distracted by @firlalaith (Teen; no warnings apply) Summary: Clint on his first SHIELD mission.

from brooklyn with love by @icantopenwaterbottlecaps (Teen; no warnings apply) Summary: Immediately, Clint knows something is wrong. You don’t get to hang around the Avengers, fighting crime and supervillains on the daily without developing a serious Shit-is-about-to-go-down-o-meter, and this… Well, maybe shit isn’t going down, not exactly, but something is definitely wrong. The buildings are all off, there aren’t enough flashy, LED shop signs or social media trap cafes. The regular bodegas are around, but the signs all look mysteriously newer. The people around him are decked out in suits and minidresses that he hasn’t seen in vogue since–– Since… Aww futz! Or: Clint and Natasha meet on a rooftop in New York City, only, it's 1969 and they're both stuck in time.

infinity in the palm of your hand by @inkvoices (Teen; no warnings apply) Summary: For the Ancient One, it’s only moments after she entrusts the Time Stone to Bruce Banner that it’s returned to her.

It Should've Been Me by @iriel3000 (PG for language; no warnings apply) Summary: During house arrest, Clint is visited by a familiar face.

Some Day by ultra_fic (Teen; no warnings apply) Summary: Clint has a chance to go back and fix things for Natasha.

Teatime at Tiffany's by @alphaflyer (Teen; no warnings apply) Summary: "This is one of the most powerful objects in the universe and I am not letting you use it to buy your girlfriend a box of chocolates or some lingerie, Barton." Clint forgets Nat's birthday and goes to Dr. Strange for help.

What You Give Is What You Get by @cassiesinsanity (Explicit for sex/smut; no warnings apply) Summary: Strike Team Delta enjoys some private time up on the roof during target practice.

[megamindsupremacy]

Misc Marvel Fics Recs (Part 3)

Safeguard by aloneintherain

After the public death of a superhuman 15 year old, teenage superheroes are forced to wear government-issued clothing that marks them as underage. Or; Peter is backed into a corner, Tony Stark grows increasingly frustrated, and New York protects their own.

Peter focusses on the pedestrians, on their whispering and pointing. At Peter. At his blue Regulation Jacket, in the middle of Times Square, blown up to epic proportions on the huge towering screens.

Oh.

“Oh,” Peter says, dumbly. “Oh no.”

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Blackbird by neptuneslight

He wonders if Icarus knew what he was doing. If he laughed in the face of death. Or if he was just a stupid, scared kid who didn’t have another way out.

History has a habit of repeating itself. The only thing that really changes is its victims.

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Home training by theformerone

T'Chaka takes Erik back to Wakanda.

Erik is a problem child.

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Asphodel by sanctuaria

After sacrificing herself on Vormir, Natasha wakes up in a strange world of perpetual orange twilight.

Of course, she's not the only one stuck there.

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Kill me anytime by alphaflyer

It’s been a very long time, if ever, that she has looked at a man other than through a targeting scope. It feels strange and oddly liberating.

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Jailbreak by envysparkler

Tony takes one look at the Raft and sees red.

(Steve and the Winter Soldier can wait. He has a jailbreak to execute.)

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Special guest star by andrastes_grace

It goes like this: He feels his sister die.

Pietro Maximoff survives the battle of Sokovia. Wanda doesn't.

Things do not go well.

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Turn as they go by meliebee

Monica takes off Ralph's necklace and—oh—he’s Peter again.

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Arachnid decathalon by blueh

No one ever really tells you what to do in the case of bus explosions, field trips, hostage situations, and identity reveals. Of course, the aftermath is ten times worse and, well, Peter just considers himself lucky that he doesn't have to figure that stuff out on his own.

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Both have sharp teeth by cosmicocean

"And there are stories about wolves and girls. Girls in red. All alone in the woods. About to get eaten up. Wolves and girls." -Black Widow, Nathan Edmondson

She is one of 28.

The story of the girl who would be Karen Page, through Russian winters and New York streets.

[quidnunc-life]

i was taggled by @leenik-geelo to list my 5 fave fics i've written and i'm avoiding writing fic numero 40 sooooooo

minor arcana - i'm actually proud of a lot of the stuff i've written, but this is the only one that i've ever seen a possibility to expand into a full length novel? it's my favorite kind of narrative voice and i feel like this is the first time i really nailed magical realism

fast, thorough, sharp as a tack - plot ✅ shenanigans ✅ drunken karaoke ✅ belligerent! sexual! tension! ✅

some moments more spectacular than others - this is from a period of my life where i really felt like i was hitting my stride as a writer and knew what i was doing. i famously love a nat and tony friendship, and also circus clint + neurotic natasha was a fun combo

con te partirò - i mean. this one was just good. the identity of it all was legitimately just fun to write and i'm also very into exploring what avengers/spies do when they're not working/on vacation so this was the perfect avenue for that

and at night be warm - lowkey i forgot to write an ending which is why this is in fifth place but this was RomCom™ which is notoriously my brand now but i think this helped me figure out that i even wanted to be a romcom girly and like we're all better for that realization

anywayssss tagging @cloud--atlas @cassiesinsanity @alphaflyer and anyone else who'd like to gas themselves up a bit!