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2016 Friday Recs - Week 1

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

"We're still friends, right?"

It is now officially Captain America: Civil War month!

hold you by the edges by AlwaysLera

Natasha and Clint talk about what sex between them would look like so Natasha can process it.

hope for you yet by kiss_me_cassie/@cassiesinsanity

the one where Clint pines for Natasha, Kate tries to make him see reason, and then Natasha takes things into her own hands.

A Conversation of Good Intentions by CalmedByTheStorm

The dust hasn't even settled. Flames still erupt from the truck and Natalia Alianova Romanova sits on top of a building looking down at the choices she's made.

Possession Is Nine-Tenths Of The Law by @em2mb

Five times Natasha stole clothes from Clint (and one time he let her).

Venom of a Widow's Kiss by PlaidHunters

Clint receives a call from Natasha, but somethings wrong. (sort of?)

Clouds of White by recycle_box

In which Clint is Natasha's lifeline.

The Farm by @KingRichRock

How I feel the Farm scene in Age of Ultron should have gone. Becuase I will never not be bitter about it.

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Natasha Romanoff Masterlist of Fic Recs - Version 2.0 - Page 1

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Updated June 2021

This is not an exhaustive list (and in no order whatsoever) of the brilliant fic that is out there. Please let me know of any i have missed or any recs to put in and I will endeavour to add it. I have not included warnings or ratings. Please make sure you look at the tags, judge for yourself and as always take care of yourself first. (17 authors under the cut)

The Irish Mayhem @the-irish-mayhem

White - part of Perfection of Duality Series - the making of Natasha Romanoff. One of my favourite fics in the world. I will love it forever.  -    25/25

Perfection of Duality- part two - Natasha - Natasha in shield - 4/?

Mypedia @sebuttstianstan

anything that bleeds - Natasha - Natasha is a sub. Don’t let that fool you, Natasha’s backstory with bdsm elements. 21/22

Shadesfalcon @shadesfalcon

Like Real People Do - Clint/Nat - ‘Do we have song?’ Iterations of what’s the ties that bind them together.    1/1

Whether you ask it or not - Clint/Nat - Natasha gets poisoned - and has the line ‘“’Night, little dragon. May your fires ever burn hot upon your unsuspecting foes.”    1/1

Sometimes winning means you’re the last one standing - ot6+everyone - don’t play ‘never have I ever’ without some laughs and trauma rearing its head   1/1

I am good - Clint/Nat/Laura - Clint brings Natasha home for the first time.   1/1

Careful She Bites - Clint/Nat - don’t confront Natasha about the handcuffs. Just don’t.  2/2

What happens here stays here - Clint/Nat- Natasha can’t remember Budapest.  1/1

Koren M- cybermathwitch

I’d Make Room for you - Clint/Nat/Laura - perspectives of each other are important. 1/1

Course Corrections - Clint/Nat/Laura - taking care of each other 2/2 snippets into conversations/life Course Corrections (Age of Ultron Fix-It Fic)

As if you have a choice - Clint/Nat - Natasha gets pregnant. They know they can’t keep it. 3/3

The weight of us - series of 11 - my fav is ‘Seeing Red’ and ‘Sharp and Sweet’. Clint/Nat shield days

Red Flag Warning - Natasha - red is a warning colour. Clint should know.   1/1

Edgeofthegalaxy @natasha-romanoff-deserved-better

buried in your bones, i see it in your closed eyes - Natasha dissociates and its a long way back Clint/Nat 1/1

Origins - Young Natasha in the red room, of learning morality and goodness. 1/1

But even the strong can fall - Natasha goes silent on a mission, Clint knows something is very wrong. Clint/Nat 2/2

Just a Kid - sometimes Natasha doesn’t realise how messed up her childhood was. Sometimes she needs to be told. Nat/team 1/1

Collateral Damage - Natasha comes home from a mission; Tony needs to patch her up. Tony & Nat 1/1

Daughter of Rohan @natrasharomanova

Living Louder - Clint/Nat - break my heart. Origin stories.   21/21

Beside you (sequel to living louder) - Clint/Nat - shield falls. Clint and Nat find each other in the aftermath.

It’s still raining - Clint/Nat - everything happens when it’s raining.  1/1

You are a piece of me, I wish I didn’t need. Clint/Nat/Laura/family. Clint brings Nat to the farm for the first time. Healing ensues.   1/1

Impossibilities- Clint/Nat but with Pepper/Maria/Darcy and Jane - Natasha is pregnant?   1/1

Wake my spirit Cold - Clint/Nat - Christmas throughout the years -    1/1

(We could be) infinite - Clint/Nat - ENDGAME FIX IT. The soul stone split in two. No one dies.    1/1

I am not the only traveler who has not repaid his debt - Clint/Nat - ENDGAME FIX IT. Natasha dies but is alive in a multiverse. Clint dies in the alternate. They meet in the middle.     1/1

Sugarfey @sugarfey

Chrysalis - Natasha - this is how it goes and how she came to be.  Ashes series  1/3

A walk on part in the war. Natasha - Drakovs daughter is ‘saved’.  Ashes.  2/3

World on Fire - Clint (/Natasha) Clint has a history and can play the guitar.  Ashes   3/3 - my favourite part.

First Name Basis- Clint/Nat - getting to know you.    1/1

Right where I used to be - Clint/Nat - it’s Natasha’s birthday, Clint uses this to get to know her better.    1/1

Once was lost - Clint/Nat - slow burn, Natasha offers herself to him once.    1/1

Expresso is not an option - Nat/Maria - ‘you could destroy shield in a heartbeat, couldn’t you?’

Thursdays Child - Nat/fury - fury mentors Natasha-from afar.    1/1

Shelter - Clint/Nat/liho/lucky - Lucky puts one big paw on Natasha’s knee and looks at her as though she hung the sky with pizza -   1/1

Almost home - Natasha - find a mooring and settles -    1/1

Long spaces 3/3 - Natasha/Clint - natasha and Clint fit together - all the broken pieces. .  3/3

Inkvoices - @inkvoices

Smile for the living - POST ENDGAME - Natasha is brought back.     1/1

In deed- Clint/Bucky/Nat. In which dogs and deeds are discussed.    1/1

Driver chooses the music. Clint/Nat - get in the car.

On Names - Clint/Nat- she goes by many names -  1/1

AlwaysLera

Fallout Patterns - what happens when your mind is a nuclear bomb? Nat/Clint - sex is not always sex when trauma is as deep as hers -   14/14

Breathe me with your hands - Clint/Nat - navigating sex -  1/2 One Red Thread Series- Nats pov.

Hold you by the edges - 2/2 One Red Thread - Clint’s pov.

Ghosts that we knew - Clint/Nat - aftermath of the avengers. Natasha navigating the world when Clint safewords out. 15/?? Unfinished.

How the day sounds - Clint/Nat - thanksgiving throughout the years -     14/15 (?fluffy)

You were a kindness - Clint/Nat - a perfect look at the trauma of being brought in. Let herself be nothing but a branch. Let herself be nothing but stardust. Stardust could not be hurt. Stardust could not be used. Stardust could not be held.    1/1

Crashing, understanding, blinding, tumbling - Nat/Tony - plane crashes - tony takes care of Natasha whilst blinded -    1/1

Two plus two is five - Clint/Nat - how do you test a concussion? Two plus two is five in large quantities of two.   1/1

Into the dark (song fic) - team after harrowing mission watch Clint and Natasha dance - 1/1

The ocean carry you home - team- pepper is pregnant, Natasha doesn’t cope well with the news. Yellow blue bus.    1/1

Enigma731 @enigma731

Something just like this - Clint/Nat - Clint is depressed. Natasha doesn’t know how to help.    1/1

Going to the Chapel. Clint/Nat - get married in Budapest and have sex.

September - Tony/Nat bonding - Tony makes a memory machine to cure ptsd, Natasha helps.   1/1

Everything Costs - Clint/Nat- Natasha keeps getting hurt on missions, Clint wants to know why.  1/1

That’s way you showed me (I wasn’t quite so alone) - Clint/Nat - 3 christmas’ -    1/1

Prompts (some lovely short 1 shorts) - team assorted -   13/?

It starts with Time - Natasha - Natasha goes looking for her family -   1/1

The war I can’t win - Natasha/Clint - Clint gets injured. Natasha is his support.  1/1 (it mentions Occupational Therapy this is a winner)

We are not shining stars - Natasha/Laura + Clint - Clint dies (fair warning) it’s all Natasha can do to cope.    1/1

Unpack your heart - Clint/Nat - in the beginning they left post it notes -   1/1

Hearts and Bones and Blood - Natasha/Clint - Clint saves Natasha from mental health services when she first comes to shield. Because sometimes she gets lost in her own head.

What Girls are Made of - Nat/team - 5x Natasha has unconventional means of flying.    1/1

Ghost Towns - Clint/Nat - Natasha has memories implanted in her head, shield medical and Clint try to help.   1/1

The glass parade - Steve /Natasha - he watches her become different people.  1/1

Slipsthrufingers

Cleanliness Is Next To… - Nat/Clint- Or Five Memorable Showers Clint Barton and Natasha Have Had, and One Time There Was a Bath Instead. -  1/1

The more you know - Clint/Nat - this is what they learn first (or Natasha is not what is written in her file) -  1/1

Perspectives - Nat/team - perspective and interpretations; what do you see?

OracleGlass

safe as houses - Clint/Nat - what makes them go to a nonshield safehouse?

The clutch of circumstance - Clint/Nat- he helps her start. 1/1

Ranni

Voluntary Procedure - Clint and Natasha agree to be mind wiped. The others are not happy - Clint/Nat/Team 6/6

Stronghold - Natasha and Clint shut down their various safehouse. Clint/Nat (team) 1/1

Spy Vs Spy (recced by Anon) - Clint & Coulson & Natasha - Natasha Romanov was the most beautiful person in the room and nobody asked her to dance. 2/2

Paperairplanesopenwindows @paperairplanesopenwindows

On the first day of Christmas - Clint/Nat/Laura- Laura wants to celebrate, Clint and Nat aren’t so sure - 1/1

A little to the left - Clint/Nat/Laura - she’s Natasha but a little to the left (POST ENDGAME) -   4/4

Family Togetherness Time - Clint/Nat/Laura - Steve gets concerned about Nat and turns to the people he thinks can help. 3/3

Eauline

In every lifetime I choose you - Nat/Steve - Natasha gets captured to get to Steve. 11/11

MillyVeil

Burn baby, burn. Clint/Nat - Clint saves Natasha from heatstroke. 1/1

Teamwork - Clint/Nat - fuck or die, Clint’s not ok but Natasha is. He doesn’t understand. -   2/2

Other people - Clint/Nat- she’s up for some monkey sex until she’s not.    2/2

altheterrible @altheterrible

Shining white in the sun - Natasha - Clint dies, Natasha tries to cope. She doesn’t do it very well. 7/7

tastes - team - different tastes in points in time - 1/1

strix_alba

places to go, people to be- Natasha - Natasha gets to decide who she really is after the fall of shield 1/1

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Clint And Natasha (Clintasha) Masterlist 3

Links Last Checked: June 5th, 2024

part one, part two, part four

All in the Family (ao3) - AlphaFlyer M, 3k

Summary: Hawkeye meets the Red Guardian. Alexei is not impressed.

And you (ao3) - steveandbucky T, 1k

Summary: “Or, you know,” Clint shrugs. “We could get married for real.”

Caught in a Goodbye (ao3) - st_valentinus T, 12k

Summary: Natasha has a new mission to take care of on her own, which leads Clint to find a way to say goodbye. Of course, this goodbye doesn't last as long as they expected.

Clint Barton's Guide to Friends and Ceiling Vents (ao3) - NoliteTimereEos T, 6k

Summary: In which Clint Barton meets a missing assassin in the vents and somehow becomes friends with him. Things don't go as bad as they could have.

Come and pin me down (ao3) - chezamanda E, 3k

Summary: Natasha Romanoff always gets what she wants.

Denial is a river in Egypt (ao3) - KafkaTamura E, 10k

Summary: When Nat sleeps with him but leaves him hanging, Clint wonders what that means for their relationship. Their conjoined, codependent and inseparable bond. Will that mess everything up?

Denial is a river in Egypt, but when it becomes evident their feelings are requited, what will Clint do?

down in the valley (ao3) - anothercover M, 25k

Summary: Six years after the final battle with Thanos, Natasha wakes up in a cabin in the Pacific Northwest. She wakes up with a wedding ring. She wakes up with Clint also wearing one. She wakes up with their four year old son.

She wakes up without any memory of how she acquired a single one of these things.

[A different take on Endgame. No real spoilers.]

Fake It (ao3) - sgteam14283 G, 9k

Summary: Faking a relationship is part of the job for Strike Team Delta. But sometimes the lines can get blurred.

Friends With (Marrige) Benefits (ao3) - AngelOfBooze N/R, 3k

Summary: Clint and Natasha are mistaken for a romantic couple by the press. They roll with it like square tires.

habeas matrimonium (ao3) - crystallitanie T, 4k

Summary: Five times Natasha Romanoff and Clint Barton pretended to be hitched (and one time... well)

if ever two were one (ao3) - shellybelle N/R, 5k

Summary: Five ways the Avengers found out Clint and Natasha were married, and one way Clint and Natasha told them. Featuring domesticity, scrambled documents, Tony and Pepper getting their snoop on, and of course some general badassery.

Nothing Says Romance Like A Quickie In The Stairwell (ao3) - startrekkingaroundasgard E, 3k

Summary: Clint and Natasha are passionate people. Unfortunately, they don’t have much luck when it comes to expressing such desire and more often than not are interrupted before either finishes. These are 3 times when they were interrupted and 1 when they aren't.

Open My Eyes, I See Sky (ao3) - AlwaysLera M, 11k

Summary: After Loki and Thor return to Asgard, Clint disappears in the middle of the night. Against her instincts, Natasha decides not to use her considerable talents, assets, and resources to chase him down. He needs to level out, she tells herself, it'll take time. So why is she the one feeling offbalance?

Take Cover (ao3) - MajorMinor M, 11k

Summary: Prompt: Forced to get legally married for a mission but they hate each other.

The CEO's New Escort (ao3) - Iriel3000 M, 9k

Summary: As the youngest CEO of Stark Industries, Natasha Romanov has no time for personal relationships. Like many other male executives, she uses an escort service to provide the proper dates for high level functions.

Natasha is paired with the sexy and charming Clint Barton and finds herself falling for him. When a secret Clint has been hiding is revealed, Natasha is forced to confront her feelings and decide if keeping up appearances is more important than losing him.

The Kiss of Fire and Powder (ao3) - Starjargon T, 5k

Summary: Nat meets a nice man on a plane as she visits a foreign country. Due to bizarre circumstances, they find themselves closer than either of them could have imagined. If only either one was who they claimed to be.

The Secret Ingredient (ao3) - kiss_me_cassie T, 5k

Summary: "Natasha. We talked about this," Steve said with a long-suffering sigh as he turned his phone around to point out her latest blog entry. "You can't keep disabling the comment thread whenever you don't like what's being said."

"Did you see he wrote?" Natasha asked indignantly, blowing a wayward curl out of her face. Since ArrowGuy had started commenting on the blog a little over six months ago, he'd been a thorn in her side, making all kinds of crazy comments. Some were just run of the mill annoying, but others were truly insane. She shuddered, just thinking about the time he'd mentioned trying to roast a Cornish game hen in the microwave.

Three Times The Team Nearly Blew Their Cover (And One Time They Did That Themselves) (ao3) - andacus T, 3k

Summary: Three (of the many, many) times The Avengers didn't think before acting and caused Clint and Natasha more trouble than they needed. And one time they almost blew their own cover (wink wink, nudge nudge).

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Clint/Nat Fic Recs

I made a list of my fave Clint/Nat fics for this weeks ATTF (add yours here) and decided to share direct to here. Enjoy!

Two for the Show and Upon this Winter's Night by mousie tongue

[ AU, FFN, M and E, cntw ] Oh man, these remain some of my fave Clint/Nat stories. Orphanage AU. Amazingness.

Soiree by ruby_caspar

[ AU, LJ, PG, no warnings ] Brilliant regency AU written for a be_compromised Secret Santa in 2013. Urgh, I love.

no light in this valley by trysts

[ AU, LJ, PG13, violence ] Another of my fave AUs. Western AU with Clint as a lawman.

the body in the machine by trysts

[ pre-movie, M, canon-typical violence ] Excellent pre-movie Clint and Nat.

#27 IKEA by nympheline

[ post-Avengers, tumblr, PG13, no warnings ] A gut punch, immediate fallout flashfic of the very best sort.

Playing Games by Karu-DarkAngel

[ pre-movie, FFN, M, sex and violence ] Another one of my favourites. The tension in it crackles. Karu-DarkAngel's other Clint/Nat stuff is equally good.

warp and weft by legete

[ post-Avengers, AO3, PG13, violence ] A wonderful kinkmeme fill where Loki sewed Clint’s mouth up to stop him talking and Natasha is left to remove the stitches. 

The Woman in the Crosshairs by Frea_O

[ post-Avengers, AO3, PG13, no warnings ] Clint is secretly an author. A lovely getting together fic.

The Nature of Dust by inkvoices

[ AU, AO3, M, no warnings ] Dust Bowl/Circus AU with magical elements. Lovely and atmospheric.

Indebted by sablier_bloque

[ pre-Avengers, AO3, E, graphic violence and sex, underage (though nothing bad) ] A fantastic Clint-recruits-Natasha fic. Excellent levels of pining.

Man on a Wire by enigma731

[ pre-Avengers AU, AO3, M, no warnings ] A wonderful Natasha-recruits-Clint AU. Plus, circus elements. :D 

What We Did Right by bluflamingo

[ AU, AO3, G, no warnings ] Teacher AU; Clint is Natasha's daughter's Deaf teacher. Lovely, lovely little story.

the hurts of human life by actonbell

[ post-WS, AO3, G, general Bucky-adjacent warnings ] Some of my very favourite Clint Barton characterisation ever. Background Steve/Bucky.

and at night be warm by gsparkle

[ AU, AO3, PG13, no warnings ] Radio AU. Urgh, will I ever not rec this fic? No, no I won't. So warm and fluffy.

Samsara by xahra99

[ Mission fic, AO3, G, canon-level violence ] A fantastic mission fic set in Tibet. Very happy I tracked this one down.

Time, Baby by cat_77

[ Mission fic, AO3, PG13, canon-level violence ] A lovely trapped-and-awaiting-rescue getting-together fic. Cat_77's genfics are always worth a read.

Boys Wanna Be Her by paperclipbitch

[ Avengers-era, AO3, E, no warnings ] The classic bodyswap AU. Amazing stuff.

You Were A Kindness by AlwaysLera

[ pre-movie, AO3, M, past-abuse, PTSD etc ] AlwaysLera wrote some wonderful Clint/Nat. This one is delicate and both Clint and Natasha are wonderfully drawn. Clint recruits Natasha (sort of). 

when the music stops, we'll still be dancing [together] by andibeth82

[ AU, AO3, G, no warnings ] Ballet/musician AU. Clint plays violin, Natasha dances. Delicate and wonderful. 

if ever two were one by shellybelle

[ post-Avengers, AO3, G, no warnings ] Five times people found out Clint and Nat were married and one time they tell everyone. 

Here I Dreamt I Was A Soldier by SugarFey

[ AU, AO3, M, war ] WWII codebreaker AU, also with Carol/Jess. Urgh, so good. 

White Blank Page by AlliSnow

[ Avengers-era, AO3, M, mind-control, background abuse ] One of the very best Natasha-centric mission fics/rescue fics out there. If you haven't read this, you should. Superbly plotted. 

The Observable Universe by Sarea Okelani (serea)

[ Avengers-era, AO3, PG13, no warnings ] Jane POV, Jane trying to get Clint and Nat together. One of my faves (again) 

Not A Day Goes By (Not A Single Day) by samalander

[ AU, AO3, G, no warnings ] Clint/Nat coda to another of her fics, this is a brilliant slice-of-life fic. You're in good hands with samalander. 

The Guy, The Spy, His Not-Wife, And Their Handler by tielan and pentapus

[ Mission fic, AO3, PG13, no warnings ] Great mission fic with Natasha and Maria being competent badasses. 

Life of Crime by neveralarch

[ AU, AO3, E, sex and violence ] One of my very favourite fics ever ever ever. Supervillian AU. Clint/Nat/Bucky, Clint/Carol, Kate/America, hilarious and awesome. Reads like the best Marvel comic, with added sex and polyamory.

Mr. & Mrs. Barton (Or: Why Natasha Sends Jennifer Aniston an Annual Apologetic Fruit Basket) by shellybelle

[ AU, AO3, E, sex and violence ] Mr and Mrs Smith AU. Wonder and glory.

I also recommend Clint&/Nat stories by Feather (lalaietha) who has some of the very best characterisation of both Natasha and Clint. I am especially fond of her ideas on Clint Barton's morality. It's an expansive post-WS AU, with Steve/Bucky, Tony/Pepper and Bruce/Betty, plus a raft of wonderful OCs.

[stefaniegk]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: The Avengers (2012) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Clint Barton/Natasha Romanov, Pepper Potts/Tony Stark, Jane Foster/Thor Characters: Bruce Banner, Pepper Potts, Tony Stark, Jane Foster (Marvel), Thor (Marvel), Natasha Romanov, Clint Barton Additional Tags: I Don’t Even Know, Angst, Fluff and Angst, Bruce Feels, Dancing, Songfic, Aftermath, Coping, POV Alternating Summary:

After a mission goes poorly, the team sits around in silence. A song on the radio prompts Clint to do something unusual and each team member is moved, in their own way.

[iriel3000]

Friday Recs - You're Welcome 3

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

Get ready to have your windows and mirrors fogged up because we have some steamy stories for you! This week's set is brought to you by the beautiful and creative @melanieslocationsandpassions. These fics will not let you down, Melanie!

I hope you all have a fabulous weekend🤗

hold you by the edges by @alwayslera

Natasha and Clint talk about what sex between them would look like so Natasha can process it.

I'm gonna teach you and keep you for myself by @chezamanda

Natasha finds an interesting use for the aerial silks she keeps in the gym.

Vulnerability/Control by @iminthewrongstory

So there they were, enjoying what amounted to a vacation in paradise on the company’s dime, and Natasha couldn't relax. She was tense and irritable, all because she was having trouble not jumping her partner.

Erotographomania by @eiluned/@eiluned

Today’s lessons are: a) do not introduce Natasha Romanoff to the world of pranking, and b) do not sleep too deeply around Clint Barton.

Wayside Stations by @SugarFey/@sugarfey

The first time was about living. Six cities on the road to something more.

The Company You Keep by @geckoholic/@lostemotion

The first time doesn't really count for either of them. They don't glorify it in hindsight or put more into it than what it was: playing with fire, slowly dragging your hand over a flame you know could burn you alive.

Next week's category: CA: Winter Soldier 2

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. Also, feel free to browse other categories, click the Iriel3000fridays recs link below.

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Friday Recs - Coffee Shop AU Edition

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

I'm a tea drinker so I have to admit I turned my nose up at Coffee Shop AU's for a long time. The below stories changed my mind and now I'm addicted. ☕

Caffeine, Pizza, and Caffiene- Wait... by JenJo

Kate & Natasha work together in a Coffee Shop; Clint is Kate’s neighbour who makes sure she gets to & from work safely. And if walking with Kate to and from work gives him the chance to indulge in his crush for Kate's fellow barista? Well, Clint will tell you that he’s just working up the courage to ask her out.

Black Hole Conversations by honestmischief

Natasha was Clint’s first customer at his new job as a barista, and he was immediately captivated by her. The fact that she couldn’t remember him each time she returned was even more intriguing.

Coffee Belongs in Your Mouth, Clint by Sanctuaria

In which Clint is in love with coffee, and also Natasha, and Liho is a menace to both. Oh, and the cat’s not the only surprise visitor.

Peppermint Mocha Means I Love You In A Rare Tibetan Dialect by AlwaysLera

Clint's late for Tony and Pepper's big fancy engagement party that Natasha helped to plan. To make up for it, and his phobia about what Natasha might expect from their relationship, he makes a quick stop for an unusual party favor.

One Black Coffee by kiss_me_cassie/@cassiesinsanity

Variety is the spice of life. Or so they say. Clint isn't so sure. Until he is.

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.

Next Week's category - Avengers: Infinity War

[iriel3000]

Friday Recs - Protective Hawkeye 2

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

Natasha being Clint's priority is what I live for in fiction. I've read all of the below more than once.

Waiting For A Hurricane by @ Eternal_Love_Song/@eternal-love-song

Dating a spy was like waiting for a hurricane when you had no weather forecast. You never knew when it would hit, but you always knew that it was coming.

Burn, Baby, Burn by @MillyVeil

A job goes sideways and Clint has to keep Natasha from dying of heat stroke.

Deprivation by @cheeruplovely

Natasha and Clint's first mission comes back to haunt them in the worst way possible, leaving Clint desperate to help his partner who refuses to sleep.

Two Plus Two is Five by @alwayslera

Five Times Natasha Romanov Got a Concussion and Clint Had To Deal With Her

Parenthood is Hard by @SneakyHufflepuff

Clint defends his child and his home.

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.

Next Week's Category: Jealousy

[iriel3000]

Friday Recs - Christmas Edition Part One

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

For those who get into the Christmas and Holiday spirit early 🎄🎁the following are some wonderful fluff and feel good stories to start the season.

sometimes in a dream you appear by @AlwaysLera

Steve has big scary feelings about Bucky that Natasha recognizes because they're her own about Clint.

Mistletoe by @kiss_me_cassie/@cassiesinsanity

If you'd just asked, I would have kissed you without the mistletoe.

Not Your Average Mall Santa by @afteriwake/@afteriwake

Clint and Natasha take his niece and nephew to the mall to see Santa, but Natasha susses out that their Santa isn't all he seems.

Candles in the Window by @thedemonkingawakes

Clint is called away on a mission two days before Christmas.

No Good Deed Goes Unpunished by @AngelOfBooze

Natasha and Clint get ready for their first Christmas photo.

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.

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Masterlist of Natasha Fic. PART ONE

This is in no particular order, my one line reviews are not adequate and the relationship / tag is not specifically together (could be friends/lovers; just means that that’s who it’s based on). 

One day I’ll change it round to genre .. maybe. Please take note of trigger warnings before reading, there are a range of fics with a range of warnings; I have not included them here but I will when I have time. Above everything, take care of yourself.

I am so excited about this list and this was so much fun to collate (you can all thank @sebuttstianstan for the motivation).  If there is any, any fics that I have missed; please please please let me know and I will add them in. Likewise about tagging people, if I’ve missed a tag let me know. Actually if anything’s up let me know.

For all you fic writers, this is my love letter to you. I would have been done post endgame if i did not have you all rooting for Natasha and having your beautiful words to fall back on. I cannot thank you enough. Natasha is my queen. 

Link to part 2: https://quietlyimplode.tumblr.com/post/189258259236/quietlyimplode-masterlist-of-natasha-fic-part

The Irish Mayhem @the-irish-mayhem 

⁃White - part of Perfection of Duality Series - the making of Natasha Romanoff. One of my favourite fics in the world. I will love it forever. Natasha - https://archiveofourown.org/works/642860/chapters/1166559   25/25

⁃Perfection of Duality- part two - Natasha - Natasha in shield - https://archiveofourown.org/works/4434323/chapters/10075220   3/?

Mypedia @sebuttstianstan

⁃anything that bleeds - Natasha - Natasha is a sub. Don’t let that fool you, Natasha’s backstory with bdsm elements. https://archiveofourown.org/works/3908632/chapters/8748121

Shadesfalcon @shadesfalcon

⁃Like Real People Do - Clint/Nat - ‘Do we have song?’ Iterations of what’s the ties that bind them together. https://archiveofourown.org/works/2592356   1/1

⁃Whether you ask it or not - Clint/Nat - Natasha gets poisoned - and has the line ‘“’Night, little dragon. May your fires ever burn hot upon your unsuspecting foes.” https://archiveofourown.org/works/2577152   1/1

⁃Sometimes winning means you’re the last one standing - ot6+everyone - don’t play ‘never have I ever’ without some laughs and trauma rearing its head https://archiveofourown.org/works/5668228   1/1

⁃I am good - Clint/Nat/Laura - Clint brings Natasha home for the first time. https://archiveofourown.org/works/4642842   1/1

⁃Careful She Bites - Clint/Nat - don’t confront Natasha about the handcuffs. Just don’t.https://archiveofourown.org/works/3420263/chapters/7491917   2/2

⁃What happens here stays here - Clint/Nat- Natasha can’t remember Budapest. https://archiveofourown.org/works/3420263/chapters/7491917   1/1

Koren M- cybermathwitch

⁃I’d Make Room for you - Clint/Nat/Laura - perspectives of each other are important.https://archiveofourown.org/works/4747157/chapters/10850873

⁃Course Corrections - Clint/Nat/Laura - taking care of each other 2/2 snippets into conversations/life Course Corrections (Age of Ultron Fix-It Fic) https://archiveofourown.org/series/271813

⁃As if you have a choice - Clint/Nat - Natasha gets pregnant. They know they can’t keep it. 3/3 https://archiveofourown.org/works/716002

⁃The weight of us - series of 11 - my fav is ‘Seeing Red’ and ‘Sharp and Sweet’. Clint/Nat shield days - https://archiveofourown.org/series/28569

⁃Red Flag Warning - Natasha - red is a warning colour. Clint should know. https://archiveofourown.org/works/536761   1/1

Daughter of Rohan @natrasharomanova

⁃Living Louder - Clint/Nat - break my heart. Origin stories. https://archiveofourown.org/works/2682986/chapters/6001130    21/21

⁃Beside you (sequel to living louder) - Clint/Nat - shield falls. Clint and Nat find each other in the aftermath. https://archiveofourown.org/works/3420728/chapters/7493195    15/15

⁃It’s still raining - Clint/Nat - everything happens when it’s raining. https://archiveofourown.org/works/3804445   1/1

⁃You are a piece of me, I wish I didn’t need. Clint/nat/Laura/family. Clint brings Nat to the farm for the first time. Healing ensues. https://archiveofourown.org/works/3894721   1/1

⁃Impossibilities- Clint/Nat but with Pepper/Maria/Darcy and Jane - Natasha is pregnant? https://archiveofourown.org/works/7763197   1/1

⁃Wake my spirit Cold - Clint/Nat - Christmas throughout the years - https://archiveofourown.org/works/9019171   1/1

⁃(We could be) infinite - Clint/Nat - ENDGAME FIX IT. The soul stone split in two. No one dies. https://archiveofourown.org/works/19117489   1/1

⁃i am not the only traveler who has not repaid his debt - Clint/Nat - ENDGAME FIX IT. Natasha dies but is alive in a multiverse. Clint dies in the alternate. They meet in the middle. https://archiveofourown.org/works/19761415    1/1

Sugarfey @sugarfey

⁃Chrysalis - Natasha - this is how it goes and how she came to be. https://archiveofourown.org/works/408660 Ashes series  1/3

⁃A walk on part in the war. Natasha - Drakovs daughter is ‘saved’. https://archiveofourown.org/works/412750 Ashes.  2/3

⁃World on Fire - Clint (/Natasha) Clint has a history and can play the guitar. https://archiveofourown.org/works/418920 ashes   3/3 - my favourite part.

⁃First Name Basis- Clint/Nat - getting to know you. https://archiveofourown.org/works/408668   1/1

⁃Right where I used to be - Clint/Nat - it’s Natasha’s birthday, Clint uses this to get to know her better. https://archiveofourown.org/works/444795   1/1

⁃Once was lost - Clint/Nat - slow burn, Natasha offers herself to him once. https://archiveofourown.org/works/473077   1/1

⁃Expresso is not an option - Nat/Maria - ‘you could destroy shield in a heartbeat, couldn’t you?’ https://archiveofourown.org/works/483403

⁃Thursdays Child - Nat/fury - fury mentors Natasha-from afar. https://archiveofourown.org/works/2903951   1/1

⁃Shelter - Clint/Nat/liho/lucky - Lucky puts one big paw on Natasha’s knee and looks at her as though she hung the sky with pizza - https://archiveofourown.org/works/2531663   1/1

⁃Almost home - Natasha - find a mooring and settle - https://archiveofourown.org/works/1884144   1/1

⁃Long spaces 3/3 - Natasha/Clint - natasha and Clint fit together - all the broken pieces. https://archiveofourown.org/series/42756.  3/3

Inkvoices

⁃Smile for the living - POST ENDGAME - Natasha is brought back. https://archiveofourown.org/works/20102830    1/1

⁃In deed- Clint/Bucky/Nat. In which dogs and deeds are discussed. https://archiveofourown.org/works/13758576   1/1

⁃Driver chooses the music. Clint/Nat - get in the car. https://archiveofourown.org/works/7897396

⁃On Names - Clint/Nat- she goes by many names - https://archiveofourown.org/works/474833  1/1

AlwaysLera

⁃Fallout Patterns - what happens when your mind is a nuclear bomb? Nat/Clint - sex is not always sex when trauma is as deep as hers - https://archiveofourown.org/works/633824/chapters/1146909   14/14

⁃Breathe me with your hands - Clint/Nat - navigating sex - https://archiveofourown.org/works/8803738?view_adult=true 1/2 series Nats pov. Hold you by the edges - https://archiveofourown.org/works/8830216   2/2 Clint’s pov.

⁃Ghosts that we knew - Clint/Nat - aftermath of the avengers. Natasha navigating the world when Clint safewords out. 15/?? Unfinished. https://archiveofourown.org/works/1043644/chapters/2086210

⁃How the day sounds - Clint/Nat - thanksgiving throughout the years - https://archiveofourown.org/works/1045114/chapters/2089668    14/15 (?fluffy)

⁃You were a kindness - Clint/Nat - a perfect look at the trauma of being brought in. Let herself be nothing but a branch. Let herself be nothing but stardust.Stardust could not be hurt. Stardust could not be used. Stardust could not be held. https://archiveofourown.org/works/1043941   1/1

⁃Crashing, understanding, blinding, tumbling - Nat/Tony - plane crashes - tony takes care of Natasha whilst blinded - https://archiveofourown.org/works/1043770   1/1

⁃Two plus two is five - Clint/Nat - how do you test a concussion? Two plus two is five in large quantities of two. https://archiveofourown.org/works/641545   1/1

⁃Into the dark (song fic) - team after harrowing mission watch Clint and Natasha dance - https://archiveofourown.org/works/638975   1/1

⁃The ocean carry you home - team- pepper is pregnant, Natasha doesn’t cope well with the news. Yellow blue bus. https://archiveofourown.org/works/632400   1/1

Enigma731 @enigma731

⁃Something just like this -Clint/Nat - Clint is depressed. Natasha doesn’t know how to help. https://archiveofourown.org/works/18483235   1/1

⁃Going to the Chapel. Clint/Nat - get married in Budapest and have sex. https://archiveofourown.org/works/11029737?view_adult=true 1/1

⁃September - Tony/Nat bonding - Tony makes a memory machine to cure ptsd, Natasha helps. https://archiveofourown.org/works/10818012   1/1

⁃Everything Costs - Clint/Nat- Natasha keeps getting hurt on missions, Clint wants to know why. https://archiveofourown.org/works/9886418   1/1

⁃That’s way you showed me (I wasn’t quite so alone) - Clint/Nat - 3 christmas’ - https://archiveofourown.org/works/8973541   1/1

⁃Prompts (some lovely short 1 shorts) - team assorted - https://archiveofourown.org/works/982144/chapters/1934307   13/?

⁃It starts with Time - Natasha - Natasha goes looking for her family - https://archiveofourown.org/works/8326675   1/1

⁃The war I can’t win - Natasha/Clint - Clint gets injured. Natasha is his support. https://archiveofourown.org/works/7958692   1/1 (it mentions Occupational Therapy this is a winner)

⁃We are not shining stars - Natasha/Laura + Clint - Clint dies (fair warning) it’s all Natasha can do to cope. https://archiveofourown.org/works/6637426   1/1

⁃Unpack your heart - Clint/Nat - in the beginning they left post it notes - https://archiveofourown.org/works/6004660   1/1

⁃Hearts and Bones and Blood - Natasha/Clint - Clint saves Natasha from mental health services when she first comes to shield. Because sometimes she gets lost in her own head. https://archiveofourown.org/works/4989790/chapters/11462407 1/1

⁃What Girls are Made of - Nat/team - 5x Natasha has unconventional means of flying. https://archiveofourown.org/works/4134261   1/1

⁃Ghost Towns - Clint/Nat - Natasha has memories implanted in her head, shield medical and Clint try to help. https://archiveofourown.org/works/1179878   1/1

⁃The glass parade - Steve /Natasha - he watches her become different people. https://archiveofourown.org/works/974616  1/1

Salamander

⁃Fragments - Clint/Nat/Laura - Clint brings Natasha back to the farm; Laura is not who she says and Natasha struggles to cope. https://archiveofourown.org/works/5371067  1/1

⁃Don’t Fade on Me - Wanda / Nat - Natasha and Wanda talk and bond, it’s not all happy memories. https://archiveofourown.org/works/4418798  1/1

⁃Yesterday upon a stair - Clint/Nat /Alexei - Natasha had an imaginary friend to guide her through. It may just have been Clint. https://archiveofourown.org/works/834706?view_adult=true 1/1

Agents of puppies @agentsofpuppies

⁃Innocence Died Screaming - Clint/Nat - Natasha comes to shield, Clint helps guide her. Innocence Died Screaming 15/? https://archiveofourown.org/works/2785391

⁃One Shot Prompts - team - one shots “You're really sick this time, Tash. Why didn't you go to Medical?" “You weren't here."-  - https://archiveofourown.org/works/2718320/chapters/6087116  29/?

HVL

⁃Lost But Not Forgotten - Nat/Steve/Bucky - Natasha’s recovery from torture and the subsequent search for her daughter. Part of a series which I will be reading when I have a spare month to sit and read - or a plane ride. https://archiveofourown.org/works/19334620

⁃To be human series - Natasha - team - series of above - https://archiveofourown.org/series/1340026

(Many many chapters)

Flyingblackhawk @flyingblackhawk

Mostly Clint/Nat but heaps of others with different ships. Link to all - https://flyingblackhawk.tumblr.com/ficlist - peruse when you have time because you get stuck reading all the brilliance.

⁃Fluffy One Shorts - Fluffier than a Blowdried Pomeranian

⁃Angsty one Shots - I Hate Myself and Want to Be in Pain

Mind the Target @mindthetarget

⁃punch and plummet - Nat/team - Natasha is mid mission and loses her grip. 1/1 https://archiveofourown.org/works/4325778

⁃Night Drive - Nat/Clint - sometimes a therapeutic drive is needed - https://archiveofourown.org/works/4302768   1/1

⁃Know you better - Clint/Natasha - Natasha knows things about Clint. One is that he’s in love with her - https://archiveofourown.org/works/4302570   1/1

Deastar

⁃Trigger Finger - Natasha /team - the aftermath of the avengers. Pepper takes a self defence class. https://archiveofourown.org/works/1864095   1/1

Cheer up lovely @cheeruplovely

⁃The wreck of our hearts - Natasha/Clint/team - Clint is jealous of Tony. Natasha notices why. https://archiveofourown.org/works/3328352   1/1

⁃Defying Orders - Clint/Nat/Fury - Natasha is the victim of a drug attack, fury and Clint discuss it. https://archiveofourown.org/works/775809   1/1

⁃Tremble for my Beloved - Natasha/Clint - natasha goes back to the red room alone, Clint saves her. https://archiveofourown.org/works/745327  1/1

⁃In sickness and health - Clint/Nat - clint gets a cold and Natasha can’t cope with Man Flu - https://archiveofourown.org/works/518992   1/1

⁃Things Married people do - Clint/Nat - they’re married but they’re not. https://archiveofourown.org/works/420319   1/1

⁃Nothing Else Matters - Clint/Nat - it’s a close call after a building falls on Natasha https://archiveofourown.org/works/399589   1/1

⁃Assumptions - Clint/Nat/team - tony assumes they’re sleeping together. The truth is even better - https://archiveofourown.org/works/388203  1/1

⁃Patch You Up - Clint/Nat - he’s almost too late to save her. https://archiveofourown.org/works/383899   1/1

⁃Deprivation - Clint/Nat - a mission comes back to haunt Natasha. She’s more emotion on less sleep. https://archiveofourown.org/works/383814   1/1

⁃When the last catches up - Clint/Nat - Natasha past comes a haunting in front of the team. https://archiveofourown.org/works/383150   1/1

Kiss Me Cassie @cassiesinsanity

⁃Just Punch-y - Clint/Nat - Natasha punches Clint in the face. She was aiming for Rumlow. https://archiveofourown.org/works/17920574   1/1

⁃Breaking and Entering Never looked so good - Clint/Nat/Kate - Clint breaks in; Natasha is naked. https://archiveofourown.org/works/15765474    1/1

⁃Underneath it all - Clint/Nat - he can tell how she feels by what she’s wearing - https://archiveofourown.org/works/15444984

⁃Like a hurricane - Natasha/Bucky - they’ve met before but should do a reintroduction. https://archiveofourown.org/works/14291334   1/1

Theleaveswant

⁃here because we’re not all there - Bucky/Nat - they both have red room triggers and trauma - https://archiveofourown.org/works/3242699?view_adult=true   1/1

Andibeth @isjustprogress

⁃Dialogue of Self and Soul - 7-7 series - Clint/Nat - Natasha unexpectedly gets pregnant, but everyone knows that assassins can't be mothers. // Set Post Avengers: the story a spy who wasn't made for parenthood, and the journey it takes to go from one extreme to the other. https://archiveofourown.org/series/58382 ***must read if you read nothing else.

⁃I took a heavenly ride through your silence - POST ENDGAME - Natasha dies but wakes up in 2012. https://archiveofourown.org/works/19194298   1/1

⁃Though I play at the edges of knowing - Clint/nat. Post Infinity war - five times Natasha looked back on her past - https://archiveofourown.org/works/17730998   1/1

⁃Winter in the Pub - Natasha/Nebula - drinks in the pub. If only they knew how alike they are. https://archiveofourown.org/works/17137907   1/1

⁃Pour like Honey, through the darkness - Nat/Bucky/Clint - comicverse natasha fakes her own death. https://archiveofourown.org/works/13820433   1/1

⁃Like a shadow or a friend - Nat/Clint - asexual Natasha navigating the brave new world of shield - https://archiveofourown.org/works/9911354    1/1

⁃That would be enough - Natasha/Barton family - one shots/prompts assorted. https://archiveofourown.org/works/5383793/chapters/12434636    56/?

⁃The war can’t touch us here - Nat/Clint/Laura/Maria/Steve - Natasha is born in war but saved by others. https://archiveofourown.org/works/6656962

1/1

⁃Laura Barton’s House for Wayward Trauma Survivors - Nat/Laura/Wanda/Bucky/Clint - What do you mean, bringing a few guests?” Laura asks suspiciously. https://archiveofourown.org/works/5359259      1/1

⁃We will light up the sky as we burn it down - Clint/Nat - meet me in Montauk. Nothing is ever as bad as it seems. https://archiveofourown.org/works/4839518

1/1

⁃We are not all that stares back. Clint/Nat - tell me something true. Natasha holds onto words he tells her. https://archiveofourown.org/works/4455839

⁃And this is how you keep her - Nat/Clint - Natasha helps Clint heal after the avengers https://archiveofourown.org/works/2490605

1/1

⁃If we are not spies - Nat/Clint - she’s been running, but he finds her. https://archiveofourown.org/works/1614011

1/1

⁃Synergy - Clint/Nat - five times they spent New Year’s Eve together . https://archiveofourown.org/works/1121251/chapters/2259533     6/6

⁃And when we’re there we’ll belong. Series - Clint, Laura and Natasha: a family's journey, and the long (and sometimes winding) road to love. [Reading order:]

⁃i. i love only that which they defend (main storyline) https://archiveofourown.org/works/4767218   1/1

⁃ii. til the clocks run down (expanded main storyline -- can be read independently but does slot into the main fic in certain ways, specifically in regards to scene placement, timing, and assumed character knowledge)til the clocks run down 21/21 https://archiveofourown.org/works/4844699

⁃iii. for the half of ourselves we have lost (post age of ultron, pre/post civil war) for the half of ourselves we have lost 19/19 https://archiveofourown.org/works/6823027

⁃iv. how to feel a tranquil life (post infinity war)how to feel a tranquil life 11/11 https://archiveofourown.org/works/14656449

⁃v. moments [the world can't stop us] (timestamps for clint, nat and laura for this universe, can be read independently of previous three stories) 7/7 https://archiveofourown.org/works/12406956

⁃Dancing in the dark turmoil - Clint/Nat - if anyone can find this link?? (You’re my best friend. When was I not?)

Shellybelle @geniusorinsanity

⁃Nor we need power or splendour- Clint/Nat/Laura - a powerful look at the ot3 and how they fit together given all pasts and trauma. https://archiveofourown.org/works/4053391/chapters/9120604#chapter_1_endnotes 18/18

⁃if the two were one - Clint/Nat/Team - five times the team found out Clint/Nat were married - https://archiveofourown.org/works/453319

1/1

⁃All the transparence (in shades of red) - Clint/Nat - Clint’s broken after Loki. Natasha meets him in buffalo. https://archiveofourown.org/works/453308

1/1

⁃If you let me through the door, we can let the world in - tony/team. Tony built the tower - for his friends. https://archiveofourown.org/works/454120/chapters/779743    1/1

⁃Like a clock in a thunderstorm - Clint/Nat - thunderstorms and confessions - https://archiveofourown.org/works/468294

1/1

⁃Conversations by other means - Clint/Nat - fight and a good fuck - https://archiveofourown.org/works/642806

1/1

⁃A gift like joy - Clint/Nat - Clint comforts Natasha (non-sexually) after a mission requires her to sleep with someone for information. https://archiveofourown.org/works/642796

1/1

⁃Rarely short on caring - Claire Temple /various superhero’s - Caring for others is not always so hard. https://archiveofourown.org/works/5352590

⁃No matter what she tells you - Natasha - 5 lies Natasha tells. https://archiveofourown.org/works/6812596

1/1

Eiluned @eiluned

⁃read all the smut. Seriously.

⁃Troika series - Clint/Nat/Darcy - the deliciousness of smut - 8/8- https://archiveofourown.org/series/20572

⁃underneath and unexplored - Nat/Clint - progression of Natasha’s emotions in 5 parts. https://archiveofourown.org/works/2852912

1/1

⁃We make a life by what we give - Clint/Nat - Christmas Celebrations - https://archiveofourown.org/works/2854100

1/1

⁃Play it by ear - Clint/Nat - Natasha has a secret, she loves Clint. https://archiveofourown.org/works/2282619

1/1

⁃Know Thyself - Clint/Nat - after shield collapses, Natasha searches for who she is. https://archiveofourown.org/works/1822993

⁃The Cat - Clint/Nat - Natasha is stealthy like a cat. https://archiveofourown.org/works/1250716

1/1

⁃Two Solitudes - Clint/Nat - Natasha knows Clint. Trust with secrets leads to more. https://archiveofourown.org/works/699826

1/1

⁃Heart Hides a Secret - Clint/Nat - series of 3 one shots. https://archiveofourown.org/series/25878

⁃Five Times Clint and Natasha Slept Together (and the First Time They Slept Together) - Clint/Nat - 5+1 - https://archiveofourown.org/works/390944/chapters/641476   1/1