#happy valentine’s day to kate bishop ONLY

[bishopsbeloved]

a night in

kate bishop x female reader

After dinner plans are cancelled, Kate Bishop skips straight to dessert

straight up smut, kate topping, she is so fucking horny, fingering, oral (R receiving), mentions of her strap, 1.4k words

Dating Kate Bishop keeps you on your toes.

At the last possible minute, as the two of you were ready to leave her apartment in white tie attire for the high-end Valentine’s dinner reservation awaiting you, she got a call from Clint that had her huffing and grunting and tugging off her blazer.

“Stupid— fucking— superhero thing,” she’d muttered, fumbling with her quiver, “won’t— give me a, uhm, a couple hours, baby, I’ll be so quick.”

When she comes home, you’re at the kitchen counter, preparing a homemade meal in place of your prior plans. You’re still in the tight little number she picked out for you to match with her suit, figuring she’d still want to take it off you. The front door slams, and almost instantly she’s dropped her gear on the ground and made a beeline towards where you’re stood.

“Hi, baby,” you murmur, setting down the knife and turning to face her. Within a moment she’s pressing herself against your back, hands on your hips, stopping you from moving.

“No,” she sighs against your skin, her chest to your back, her mouth on your neck. She leans into you, draping herself over your back to pin you between her body and the counter, and hold you in place. “Stay.”

You’re quiet, cheeks reddening as her lithe arms curl upwards to let her hands cup your tits. Sometimes she’ll hold them just for the sake of holding them, but today she wastes no time in beginning to roughly grope them over your dress, fingers tugging hungrily at the cleavage.

“Katie,” you sigh, unable to stop yourself from leaning back, instinctively relaxing into her touch. She’s solid behind you, deceptively strong, groaning against the skin of your neck and then taking it between her teeth. You whimper.

“Was thinking of these the whole time I was gone,” she tells you lowly. She fumbles with the front of your dress, whining in the back of her throat when she can’t free your tits with ease.

“J— just my tits?” you manage, overwhelmed by her, arching your back into her touch.

“All of you,” Kate admits hoarsely, her hands moving to undo the zipper of your dress now. “Just you. Fuck.”

She’s all over you, she’s everywhere, beginning to grind herself against your ass as she trails open-mouthed kisses across the newly exposed skin of your shoulders. She tugs your dress down further still, impatiently rutting against you like a dog in heat, and you wince as you hear fabric rip.

“S’fine,” she mutters against the skin of your spine, sending shivers down it. She begins to tug you towards the sofa. “C’mere.”

“Katie, the food,” you remind her.

“I don’t— screw the food, we’ll get takeout. You taste better.”

She grips your hips as she sits on the sofa and pulls you onto her lap. The dress is somehow squirmed off of you entirely, leaving you in nothing but panties, and as Kate fights with the buttons of her own shirt you’re finally able to take her in — her pretty lips are parted as she pants softly, cheeks a little flushed, pupils blown. She looks up at you as she tosses her buttonup aside and a thrill of arousal shoots through you as her darkened, hungry eyes lock onto yours and finally your lips meet.

You whine openly into her mouth as her tongue slides against yours, and her hands make their way to your tits again, her thumbs toying with your nipples. Without the boundary of your dress you can feel how cold her hands are, and it makes you tense, squirming a little.

“Shhh, sh sh,” she soothes against your lips, “just let me play with you. Been— been thinking of you like this all night, baby, fuck.” She drags out the syllables, her voice dripping with need, and she’s not the only thing that’s dripping.

“You’re so wet, huh?” Kate muses as your wetness seeps through your underwear and onto her trousers. She jogs her leg, rubbing against your cunt and watching with amusement as you squirm. “Yeah? That feel good, baby? You want more?”

You cry out in the affirmative, and one hand stays on your tits while the other slides down to nurse your overwhelming wetness. She toys with you over your underwear, teasing your clit until you’re shivering in her arms, before growing impatient with her own games as she often does and sliding her cold hand beneath the lacy fabric. You yelp at the contact, and let out a low guttural cry as she slides two fingers into you without hesitation.

“Shh, it’s okay,” she soothes you, lazily curling her fingers inside of you as the pad of her thumb makes its way onto your clit. “Just be a good girl and take it. I’ve been outside working, I’ve been so cold, and I was thinking of this the whole time. You’re gonna be good for me and warm me up, okay? You gonna warm up my fingers?”

“Y— yes,” you cry out. You’re rolling your hips into her, arms curled around the back of her neck, and as the pleasure grows more intense your head falls forward to rest on her shoulder. You pant softly as, on every thrust into you, Kate fucks into the sensitive spot of your gummy walls that makes your vision go white.

“So— s’good,” you whine, breath hot against her skin, and you feel her shiver a little.

“Yeah?” she murmurs, picking up the pace a little. With every thrust your wetness seeps out of you and down onto her thigh, soaking it. “God, you’re so fucking tight,” she says desperately, whiny, her own hips beginning to rut up into you as she fucks you, and it’s the way that she gets off on your pleasure alone that has you gasping and teetering on the edge.

“Cum— cum on my fingers, baby,” she almost begs, an arm looped around your waist to hold you in place as she fucks you steadily, sinking her teeth into the soft skin of your neck. With a cry you obey, blinding waves of euphoria rolling over you as you clench around Kate so hard that she struggles to continue thrusting into you.

“Fuck, fuck,” she grits, fucking you through your orgasm and shuddering a little. The realisation that she’s cum in her pants just from fucking you has you whining, dragging your fingernails down her back, rocking into her. Eventually she pulls her hand from your cunt, sucking your slick off of her fingers and whimpering at the taste.

“Have to taste you,” she mumbles, almost to herself, easing you off of her lap onto the sofa and then getting on her knees. “Just take what I give you, baby, so good for me.”

Kate nudges your thighs apart, burying herself between them and running her tongue up your slit. She groans at the taste, not caring for your little whimpers of overstimulation.

“So fucking good,” she breathes, one arm wrapping itself around each of your thighs to hold you in place. You’re too far gone to muster a reply.

Kate Bishop always eats you out like a woman starved. Tonight, though, she’s hungrier than you’ve ever seen her. She laps at you messily, her nose nudging against your sensitive clit, desperate to engulf you. You’re crying out her name, writhing, and when you reach out to wind your hand through her hair she looks up at you through her lashes. Her eyes are wide and dark, lips swollen, the entire lower half of her face glistening with your juices. She blinks up at you hungrily, still lapping at your clit, swallowing everything you have to offer her, and the sight paired with the overwhelming pleasure coursing through you is enough to have you cumming on her tongue. She hums approvingly against you, the vibrations only prolonging your orgasm, and you feel so overwhelmingly good you can’t even move. Eventually she slows down, sensing your need for a break, and makes her way back up your body to tug you into her arms and hold you close to her.

“So good for me,” Kate soothes you, a hand combing through your hair. “So good at taking everything I give you. So, so good, my gorgeous baby.” She waits until you’ve come down a little more, until your eyes are a little less glassy, before grinning at you. “Happy Valentine’s, sweet girl. You want to ride my strap next?”

[katebisxop]

savior | kate bishop

summary: no one should spend valentine's day alone. well, according to kate, anyway.

warnings: none. gender neutral if you change like one word, though

wc: 728

you close your eyes, relishing the cool water sliding down your throat. the headache from last night had started to fade, though the cuts still stung.

you rest your head against the kitchen wall and sigh, stretching your neck a bit as an attempt to get rid of the ache in your muscles.

a buzz comes from your kitchen counter, signaling a call. you pick it up, smile at the contact name, and hold the device up to your ear. "what is it, kate?"

"can you open the door please?"

your smile starts to droop. "what door?"

"your door. duh."

"oh, please don't tell me she got in trouble again." you groan, but walk to your front door anyway. once you open it, you're met with kate, clumsily attempting to hold a box of pizza, a bouquet of flowers, a paper bag, and lucky's leash all at once.

"kate!" you exclaim, catching the box of pizza before it reaches the floor. "what-"

you aren't even given the chance to finish your sentence as she strides towards your kitchen, sighing with relief as she puts down her 'packages' on your table and lets lucky run free.

"what's this?" you demand, your hands on your hips.

kate ignores you and brings out a heart-shaped cake from the paper bag, lighting it with pink candles.

"kate."

"this," the archer blows out the flame from her lighter, picks up the bouquet of flowers, and does a little twirl towards you. "is me saving your valentine's."

you glance at your phone, still unlocked on the kitchen table, and see that it is, indeed, fourteenth of february.

you give her a look, followed by a sarcastic, "really?"

kate shrugs. "figured you, as a miserable single person-"

"hey!"

"-would've spent valentines alone. since you're too nice for that, i've decided to spend it with you!"

"you're single too!" you protest, but thankfully accept the flowers.

"exactly. also, take it as an apology for dragging you into whatever last night was."

a beat. and then a smile slowly forms on your face against your will. before you could say anything, kate takes out a slice of pizza. "so. you hungry?"

lucky comes running from wherever he was, and it was only then you realize why the dog looked different. kate had put a bowtie on him.

"kate!" you laugh. you squat down to pet him, feeding him a slice. "aw, you little gentleman. c'mere. you want pizza? yeah? sure you do, you good boy."

"sorry pizza's the most romantic dinner i could get."

"it's fine. really. you have cake and flowers and everything."

she taps her fingers on the tabletop, her bottom lip trapped between her teeth, thinking. you notice her silence and give lucky a last kiss before approaching her. "you okay? you don't look very happy."

"i'm fine. um." kate takes a deep breath. "so, i was.. thinking. that.. i.."

"yeah?" you're listening carefully. you were really grateful for her. she was supposed to be resting at home and yet she'd gone through all this trouble to make sure you weren't alone on valentine's day. much like she made sure clint wasn't alone on christmas.

"that i wanted us to be each other's valentines."

"we technically are, though."

"no, i mean-" she closes her eyes. "not platonically. like, i'm asking you... to be my girlfriend."

"oh."

"but it's okay if you don't want to! i mean, i guess i'm sort of putting pressure on you, buying you stuff and all, but i'm not bribing you! i'm just genuinely asking because i really like you and think you're cool, so-"

you turn her around to face you and shut her up with a kiss.

she melts. immediately. you can feel her body relax into you, her hands tentatively placing themselves on your waist. she kisses back, evidently unsure, so you caress her cheek with the pad of your thumb to assure her that it's okay and you'd meant to do that.

when the need for air arises, you part. kate is grinning. "i'm assuming that means yes?"

"it means definitely."

lucky barks, bringing both of your attention to him. he sits there innocently with his tail wagging and his mouth opened into a dog's version of a smile. you start to laugh, kate following shortly after.

so far, this was the best valentine's day ever.

a/n: happy valentine's day, single or taken :)

[themculibrary]

Valentine’s Day Masterlist 5

part one, part two, part three, part four

A Four-Legged Gift (ao3) - saurusk steve/bucky G, 1k

Summary: Steve gives Bucky a cat for Valentine’s Day.

A Web Spun 'Round Their Hearts (ao3) - Peters12and3bros G, 4k

Summary: Fourteen-year-old Peter Parker is still pretty new to the vigilante game. He's trying to get ready for high school, and be the best Spiderman he can be for his city, all while facing the first Valentine's Day since his Uncle Ben's death.

Peter may not have need for a romance this year, but there's still a lot of love in his life, as the city reminds him to appreciate while he has it.

Be Mine (ao3) - Last_Chance_Anna steve/tony M, 20k

Summary: Steve and Tony decide to have a Valentine's Day party. Things spiral downward...then get better.

Can you feel this magic in the air? (ao3) - Froggymoon wanda/natasha M, 2k

Summary: After a series of events Natasha finds herself a little Valentine's Day dates plus some...

Happy Valentine's Day, Peter Parker (ao3) - Lydia_Phantom harley/peter T, 1k

Summary: It's Valentine's day but, unfortunately, Peter's boyfriend, Harley, is in Tennessee. Or is he?

Heart Shaped Confetti (ao3) - Marv_with_a_v matt/foggy T, 1k

Summary: After breaking up with Elektra, Matt Murdock swears off Valentine's Day, much to Foggy's disappointment. He'd been hoping a certain grumpy law student would be his Valentine.

I Blinked And Suddenly I Had A Valentine (ao3) - adairesetted matt/foggy G, 2k

Summary: Matt asks Foggy out on a date, he hopes it goes just the way he expects it to... But eventually, he messes it up. He's late, he lost the flowers he bought and he looks like a mess.

He's sad, disappointed in himself but Foggy knows just how to make things better for them both.

In The Name of Love (ao3) - flipflop_diva steve/natasha G, 734

Summary: Steve and Natasha both seek a little advice from Sam. He does what he can to help them with Valentine's Day.

It's (Not) a Date (ao3) - ABrighterDarkness steve/sam M, 5k

Summary: “You said they turned it into more stress and less fun,” Steve hedged. “Maybe we go have fun and ignore the stress?”

Sam stared at him in silence for a moment and then a small smile crept over his expression, “Sure, Steve. Let’s take back Valentine’s then.”

Lovebirds (ao3) - Siancore sam/bucky T, 1k

Summary: Sam and Bucky spend Valentine's Day together.

Pepper’s Valentine (ao3) - MantaI305ApollosChariot pepper/tony T, 1k

Summary: Tony is disappointed his gift to Pepper didn’t go over as well as planned. Wanda notices.

Since You Came In (ao3) - jemgirl sam/bucky N/R, 2k

Summary: “What are you doing up?” He wondered aloud, after taking a sip of coffee. “You got something planned with Sam for Valentine's Day?” He guessed.

“It’s Valentine's Day?” Bucky asked, then paused and looked up, genuine confusion showing on his face. “Wait — why would Wilson and I be doing anything for Valentine’s Day?”

Steve and Natasha point Bucky in the right direction.

Stupidly in Love (ao3) - Marv_with_a_v matt/foggy T, 700

Summary: Matt and Foggy wear matching t-shirts for Valentine's Day... It's exactly as dorky and adorable as it sounds.

Ten Romantic Valentine's Day Ideas for Busy People (ao3) - BlossomsintheMist steve/tony M, 3k

Summary: Steve and Tony do their best to celebrate Valentine's Day together. They're busy and it's not perfect, but it ends up surprisingly romantic all the same.

Three Times Valentines (ao3) - neowitcher yelena/kate G, 7k

Summary: Kate Bishop does not care for love unless Valentine's comes around and she finds herself longing for something she doesn't understand. Giving in to the pressure, she makes herself go on dates that end with nothing but disappointment. The only constant is Yelena by her side, reminding her of her worth.

Tony Stark's Valentine's Day Chocolate Mayhem (ao3) - Dormammu steve/tony T, 2k

Summary: Nothing says "I like you. Go out with me?" better than a gigantic chocolate heart threatening to fall over on some innocent people.

Valentine's Day (fanfiction.net) - Shadowpool95 T, 2k

Summary: Natasha is not a fan of Valentine's Day. Is anyone really surprised?

Valentine’s Day Gone Awry (ao3) - orphan_account steve/tony N/R, 3k

Summary: Tony didn’t forget about Valentine’s day, he just forgot it was today.

[agoddamnsupernova]

A valentines idea: Kate gives Yelena her first ever rose

"Lena, I'm taking Lucky for a walk!" Kate shouts over her shoulder as she clips the leash onto Lucky's collar.

"Bring back vodka!" Yelena calls from her shower and it makes Kate smile as she heads out the door.

"It's Valentine's day, buddy," Kate says to her dog as they ride the elevator to the lobby. "I don't think Yelena has ever celebrated, so I want to make it good. Will you help?"

The dog tilts his head at his master, a soft grunt coming from him and she takes it as a yes. "Good, we're gonna have to get you a sweater."

Lucky seems unphased as they make their way outside, him pausing just outside to pee on the hydrate. "You're gross," Kate teases.

They make their way all over town, grabbing groceries and a costume for Lucky before Kate stops at the flower shop just down the block from the apartment. "Roses seem cliche but I have a feeling she won't mind," Kate rambles mostly to herself as she picks out a bunch of fresh looking ones, tipping well because it was the day of.

"Happy Valentine's Day," Kate smiles as she heads out, her heart fluttering somewhere in her throat.

She had gotten everything she could think of to make the night special, including a bottle of Yelena's favorite vodka to go with the meal she had planned. It wasn't often that Kate cooked but she had spent the last few days looking into how to make Yelena's favorite dish from home.

When they get inside the door, Yelena is still somehow in the shower and Kate is grateful for the Russian's overuse of their unlimited hot water as she sets up quickly.

She writes something meaningful in the card she had bought, signing it with her name and a heart before sealing it and setting it down with the chocolates and roses. After that's finished she starts working on dinner, her playlist playing lowly from her pocket.

By the time Yelena finally descends from the loft, smelling of Kate's body wash, skin glowing from the hot water. "You are busy, Kate Bishop, what is the occasion?"

"It's Valentine's Day," Kate replies, turning to face her girlfriend with a smile. "Here, I got you flowers and chocolate and a card."

"I did not know we would be celebrating, I have not gotten you anything," Yelena says softly, taking the red envelope in her hands.

"You don't have to get me anything, I just wanted today to be special for you," Kate grins, plucking a rose from the bouquet. "You do so much for me all the time."

Yelena smiles softly, tears forming at the corners of her eyes. "I have never--you got me roses..."

"Of course I did," Kate hums, moving to slide her arms around Yelena's middle. "You deserve only the best, Yelena."

"I can't believe you did all of this for me," Yelena murmurs, pressing their foreheads together as a tear slips down her cheek. "You're so perfect."

"Hardly," Kate chuckles, brushing their noses together. "You spend so much time taking care of me, I wanted to do this for you."

"I love you, Kate Bishop," Yelena whispers before kissing her softly, bringing her closer as though she were afraid that Kate would disappear.

"I love you, too," Kate smiles softly, bringing a hand up to brush the tears that slip down Yelena's warm cheeks. "Don't cry, my love."

"Happy tears," Yelena replies, leaning into Kate's touch. "Thank you."

"Oh hush," Kate replies before pecking Yelena's lips. "I need to get back to the cabbage rolls or the filling might burn."

"You're making my favorite?" Yelena asks so softly that it hurts Kate's heart just a little.

"All of them actually, I've been watching cooking videos while you've been at the gym," Kate admits with a blush as she gets back to work. "Although, I will admit I didn't make the napoleon, I bought it from the bakery you like."

"Marry me," Yelena replies and for a moment Kate can't breathe. "Only if you want to, you know."

Kate chuckles softly, scrubbing at her eyes to fight off the tears that threaten to spill over. "Of course I want to."

"I should really get a ring then, huh?" Yelena teases as she settles down to pick through the large box of chocolates.

It makes Kate laugh in a way only Yelena manages to as she gets to work filling the cabbage rolls. "I suppose you should."

Send me things?

[the-widow-sisters]

Be Mine, Valentine

Summary: It's Valentine's Day, and Kate just wishes she had the courage to give Clint an anonymous Valentine, her crush on him overwhelming her good sense. However, she has enough sensibility about her to hold back from actually following through.

Unfortunately for her, Yelena is not so sensible.

Word Count: 2590

A/N: Happy Valentine's Day, y'all! I hope you guys enjoy this fic, and I hope you all had some time to spend with friends and loved ones today 🥰 And if you didn't get any roses, here's some just for you!

🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

You guys deserve all of them 💖

  “Gosh, I don’t know, Lucky… I don’t think I can do it,” Kate explained, rubbing the Golden Retriever’s ears as he sat nearby her. She let out a small breath, looking over the post-it notes covering her vanity at the moment.

  It was Valentine’s Day, and Kate was honestly feeling rather glum about it since the only person she had a crush on was undoubtedly way older than her and way too married. The funny thing was that no matter how she tried, she just could not quite get over him and her crush on him.

  It must have just been something to do with the fact that he saved her life when she was a young, impressionable ten-year-old that was extremely taken with the most talented man she had ever seen.

  But nevertheless, she had a ton of lavender post-it notes that she had been scrawling tons of lovey-dovey, cutesy messages on in hopes of finding something that she might could possibly have the courage to hide in Clint’s things for him to find.

  “I mean… What is this? ‘Did it hurt when you fell from the vending machine? Because you’re a snack.’ That’s like the worst thing that a guy has ever said to me, and I wrote it on a post-it to hypothetically give it to Clint. What am I thinking? I’m so stupid,” Kate groaned in exasperation, reaching her hands up to rub at her face as she drew out the last word in a light growl.

  Lucky raised his head just a little as her fingers scratched at his fur, nosing gently at a post-it note.

  “What?! No! I could never give them to him… Are you crazy?” Kate questioned, pushing Lucky’s nose away from the piece of paper. Lucky just moved his head into her lap, letting her pet his ears as he quietly enjoyed her affections.

  “I mean, look at this one! ‘Let’s be double partners.’ And I even put a winky face like a total dork,” Kate noted in mortification, and Lucky just closed his eyes as she continued to offer gentle ministrations. Kate finally looked down at him, a slight frown on her face.

  “Y’know, Lucky, it makes no sense how I can be brave enough to jump out in front of traffic to save a dog, but I can’t give a silly note for my hero,” Kate sighed deeply, ruffling the dog’s ears playfully before stilling her hand. He whined a little at the lack of attention being showered on him, and Kate just huffed, picking back up on her scratches.

  “Don’t worry, buddy. You’ll always be the number one man in my life,” Kate assured him with a grin before bending down and kissing his head softly. He moved up, licking her chin affectionately. Kate huffed a little, smiling softly before getting up and looking over the notes. She shook her head slowly with a groan.

  “I guess I’m going to go get a shower,” Kate informed him, and he tilted his head inquisitively. She grinned a little, grabbing some clean clothes from her dresser.

  “Now don’t go spreading those around while I’m showering, got it?” Kate asked him, pointing at him playfully, and he just barked in reply to her pointed finger. Kate laughed a little, heading to the bathroom and shutting the door behind her.

  She could not resist being playful with the dog. He was just too much fun, and she loved him so much.

  Besides… The post-it notes were definitely not going anywhere.

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       “Kate Bishop?! Let me in! You have something that belongs to me and I’m coming to get it back now!” Yelena called loudly, knocking on the door. She could hear Lucky excitedly scratching at the door, snuffling at the crack underneath it happily as he tried to get to her.

  Yelena waited a few moments before knocking one more time.

  “Katie-Bear, if you’re trying to hide all the posters, there’s no reason for it. You know I’ve seen them all!” Yelena yelled again, referencing all of the Hawkeye posters that Kate secretly kept in her bedroom that Yelena had discovered a while back.

  “I’m honestly not sure how Clinton has managed to not see them yet,” Yelena muttered under her breath, waiting impatiently as she tried to listen for Kate behind the door. She soon realized that Kate was apparently not anywhere nearby or at least could not hear her.

  Yelena rolled her eyes heavily, shrugging a little before opening the door and moving in around Lucky. He was wagging all over, and Yelena grinned widely as she got down on her knees and ran her fingers through the fur coating his neck.

  “Hey, buddy boy! How are you today, huh?” Yelena greeted playfully, and Lucky surged forward, licking her nose. Yelena just laughed before straightening and heading to Kate’s room in her small apartment.

  The whole reason that Yelena was here in the first place was because Natasha had very rudely loaned Kate one of Yelena’s shirts and Kate had not returned it yet. It had been a whopping three days, and Yelena was not about to add an extension onto her lease period.

  “Now, let’s go see if we can find my shirt,” Yelena declared as she headed down the small hallway and into Kate’s room. To her surprise, she immediately spotted her shirt lying on the floor nearby some other dirty clothes.

  Yelena scoffed in pure disdain, plucking her shirt from the floor as she gazed at it in utter offense. She looked between Lucky and her shirt.

  “Can you believe her? Does she have no respect at all?!” Yelena questioned incredulously before quickly quieting as singing came from the bathroom. At that moment, she also realized the shower water was running. Yelena quieted down just a little, huffing as she wrinkled her nose at Kate’s singing.

  “Pfft… She thinks she sounds like Celine Dion. What she doesn’t know is that she’s like a dollar store version of Madonna,” Yelena cackled to herself, whispering to the dog in the room. Lucky just tilted his head a little. Yelena let out a sigh.

  “Don’t look at me like that. You know it’s true,” Yelena told him before heading to the bedroom door.

  But as she reached the door, something caught her attention out of the corner of her eye. She turned to look, and her eyes widened as she took in the sight of the countless post-it notes stuck all over Kate’s vanity. Yelena raised her eyebrows, looking down at Lucky.

  “She’s nuttier than a fruitcake… Do you need me to take you home with me? Wink if yes,” Yelena expressed, a seriousness in her voice. The dog just panted happily at her, watching her carefully. Yelena then headed over to the vanity, leaning over a little as she read some of the post-its.

  She snorted hard at one particularly weird one that she read.

  “‘Mr. and Mrs. Clint and Kate Barton?’ I don’t know how you live with her. Poor boy,” Yelena expressed, reaching out and scratching Lucky’s head. He nuzzled into her head, enjoying the attention.

  Yelena smirked widely as she realized precisely what Kate must have been trying to do. She must have been writing little weird notes in an attempt to get the courage to show one to Clint.

  Yelena wasted only a moment looking at the ridiculously large amount of notes before reaching out and starting to collect the less identifiable ones. Namely the ones that did not have anything that would reveal that the notes were written by Kate.

  “Well, Katie, today’s your lucky day. I’m feeling generous, and since it’s Valentine’s Day, I guess I’ll spread some love,” Yelena smirked widely, waggling her eyebrows as Lucky as she shot an evil glance in the direction of the bathroom.

  Once Yelena had collected all of the notes that she wanted, she started for the bedroom door. She paused as she noted Lucky looking at her so oddly. She winked at him playfully, smirking as she kept her shirt precariously held between her fingers and away from her face for fear of Kate Bishop germs getting on her.

  “Not a word, Lucky, not a word.”

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        “Nat, I keep finding these weird little cards everywhere I go, and it’s driving me crazy because I don’t know who it is,” Clint explained, his brow furrowed as he looked at the redhead while she made some green tea in the kitchen at the compound. Natasha glanced in his direction, raising an eyebrow mischievously.

  “Sounds like you’ve got a Valentine,” Natasha pointed out, far too amused for her or his own good. Clint narrowed his eyes a little, glaring at her for a short moment before returning his attentions to the card in his hand.

  It was really more of a post-it note, and it had a ridiculous message scrawled on it that was just vague enough to keep him from figuring out who it was. Every single one of the messages he kept finding were on lavender paper with words written in a deep purple ink. The handwriting was painfully familiar but he just could not place exactly where he had seen it.

  He had been getting these little post-it notes all day in weird, random places with all sorts of odd messages on them. The most disturbing one he had seen was “Are you secretly Cupid? Because you shot an arrow through my heart” and that one was stuck on his underwear in his dresser.

  Part of him was questioning if they were just some sort of prank that one of the guys was pulling on him, but something about the handwriting looked innately girly in a messy, almost unreadable manner. Another part of him was beginning to strongly consider the possibility of some sort of weird stalker that might work there at the compound as some sort of custodian or something.

  “Ha, ha,” Clint faked a laugh, rolling his eyes and completely unimpressed with Natasha’s statement.

  “I’m serious!” Natasha told him, a smirk tugging across her face. Clint groaned deeply, and Natasha looked way too happy with the entire thing. He opened his mouth, starting to speak up, but was quickly interrupted by their sudden visitor.

  “What are we talking about?” Yelena suddenly piped up as she entered the room. She immediately came over behind Natasha, resting her chin on Natasha’s shoulder as she looked between her sister and Clint.

  “Clint’s got an admirer,” Natasha told her, looking over at her baby sister perched on her shoulder. Yelena immediately made a face of pure disgust, her button nose wrinkling.

  “Ew… She must be seriously desperate,” Yelena deadpanned with a wicked smile.

  Clint just sighed exhaustedly. He was getting too old for these shenanigans.

  Natasha paused as she looked at Yelena. Clint looked between them as he took in the silent exchange they were sharing. Clint always prided himself on knowing what Natasha was thinking, but Yelena and Natasha had a connection that even he could not exactly decipher.

  Finally, Natasha just shook her head with the slightest of grins that she was attempting desperately to hold back, looking back at her tea that was on the stove. Yelena just huffed a slight laugh, bumping Natasha’s shoulder as she mumbled something in a language that Clint could not understand.

  Natasha rolled her eyes, bumping into Yelena’s shoulder lightly.

  “You are horrible,” Natasha muttered to her, and Clint just shook his head, figuring that he was not even going to ask what was going on between the two. They were always up to something, and he found it best oftentimes to simply avoid getting involved in it in the first place.

  “I’m just having fun,” Yelena replied, and Natasha just kissed Yelena’s forehead affectionately before gazing at her with a much more serious look in her eyes.

  “Stop having fun,” Natasha warned, and Yelena just smirked widely, glancing ominously over at Clint with a strange self-satisfaction.

  “Don’t worry, the worst of it is already taken care of. Now I just get to sit back and watch,” Yelena informed her with a laugh, and Natasha huffed in reply, looking so utterly done with the blonde. Clint sighed a little, having a bad feeling about her mischievousness but having no real way to protect himself from any potential outcomes that could work against him.

  “So do either one of you have any ideas about who it could be? It’s driving me crazy and I keep finding these notes everywhere I go all over the compound. And I recognize the handwriting is the craziest part. I just can’t put my finger on where I remember it from,” he explained, and Yelena smirked just a little, raising an eyebrow.

  “The person might be closer than you think,” Yelena declared just before Kate came bursting through the doorway. Clint raised his eyebrows in slight surprise, and Kate suddenly looked terribly shocked. Clint did not really know why she was in such a hurry and looked like she was in such a panic, but once again, he made the decision not to ask.

  Kate could be really weird sometimes. It was just one of her many quirks.

  “Oh, hiya, Clint. How’re you doing?” Kate questioned with a slight chuckle. She was almost completely out of breath as she leaned a hand against the counter, her chest heaving as she put on a giant, strange smile on her face. Clint shook his head, looking at the post-it note in his hand. Her eyes widened a little at the sight of it, but he thought nothing of it.

  “I’m okay, I guess. Could be better.”

  “Yeah? Why’s that?” Kate questioned far too nonchalantly, but Clint ignored her in favor of sighing and focusing on his own problems. After all, Kate had too many for him to even begin to figure out.

  “Well, I keep getting these weird notes everywhere I go. The creep that did it even put one on my underwear in my dresser,” Clint declared, and Kate’s eyes widened as she nodded slowly with a giant smile.

  “Oh, wow… Yeah… Gotta watch out for those creeps,” Kate explained, and Yelena snorted. Kate barely glanced at her, keeping her eyes locked onto Clint’s note.

  “Yeah. I mean, this freak must be one of the newer custodians Tony hired or something. On the one they put on my underwear, they wrote this horribly stupid pick-up line about me being Cupid because I shot an arrow through their heart or something,” Clint told her, and Kate’s grin lost a bit of its sparkle as she looked slightly pained.

  “Oh, yeah… That’s like the worst pick-up line ever. Like ever,” Kate stated, sounding strangely strained. He looked up at her curiously just as she stepped closer with that same weird smile.

  “Here, let me get rid of it for you,” Kate declared, snatching the note from him. Clint’s eyes widened just a little.

  “Don’t worry, I’ll make sure you never see it again,” Kate told him, grinning ridiculously widely before making a mad dash out of the kitchen.

  Clint just stood there frozen, furrowing his brow as he stared at the doorway she just headed out of.

  To his pure and utter surprise, Yelena started loudly cackling. Natasha was laughing quite a bit herself, maintaining her composure just a little bit better than Yelena, but still finding herself thoroughly amused.

  Clint just looked between them, completely lost.

  “Did I miss something?”

  They just laughed even harder.

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A Fan-%#&#$-tastically Good Story: A Reading Guide to Marvel Comics Loki

In other words: every Loki appearance in my collection of Marvel comics, in chronological order. (It's not everything in the past ten years, but it's really close, and I've tried to make a note where there's stuff I haven't read yet -- I'll get to it all eventually! Minimal spoilers, and I've tried to list the trade paperbacks where I can rather than single issues. Updated 6/27/2019.)

Old Loki

Thor by J. Michael Straczynski (aka the Lady Loki ones)

Thor, now king of Asgard and wielding the Odinforce, is returned from the void after Ragnarok. He decides to bring back the rest of the Asgardians and establish a new Asgard floating above Broxton, Oklahoma, but Loki plans to bring it -- and Thor -- crashing down. (There’s a lot in these, but particularly there’s a good amount of time devoted to Loki’s origin and how he came to be adopted by Odin.)

Thor by Kieron Gillen

Contains the leadup to and fallout from Siege, including Siege: Loki, a one-shot prequel that shows the deals Loki was cutting behind the scenes from his perspective.

Siege (aka the one where old Loki dies)

With the help of Norman Osborn’s Dark Avengers, Loki brings down new Asgard -- but the heroes bring chaos that not even Loki is prepared for.

Kid Loki

Thor: The World Eaters by Matt Fraction

In the wake of Siege, Thor misses his brother -- enough to bring him back from the dead, despite his many crimes.

Loki: Journey Into Mystery by Kieron Gillen (aka the Kid Loki ones)

The old Loki is dead and in his place is a new Loki, a child with no memories of his predecessor’s evil. But Asgard doesn’t trust him, and old Loki left behind plenty of schemes.

A+X 005

Loki manipulates Mr. Sinister into retrieving the sample of his DNA that Doom’s been using to try to clone him.

Young Avengers (2013) (aka Young freaking Avengers)

Loki schemes to manipulate a bunch of teenage superheroes into helping him regain his full power. Chaos (predictably) ensues.

Loki: Agent of Asgard

Marvel Now! Point One 001 (one-shot)

Loki hunts down a magic sword on the orders of the All-Mother of Asgard. A prequel to Loki: Agent of Asgard.

Loki: Agent of Asgard (aka THE Loki Comic)

Loki makes a deal with the All-Mother of Asgard: for every mission he takes on for them, they will strike one of old Loki’s crimes from the books. But he’s not the only one trying to rewrite his story.

Ms. Marvel 012 (one-shot)

(takes place during the first volume of AoA) Loki makes some mischief in the Valentine’s Day issue of Ms. Marvel.

(Original Sin) Thor and Loki: The Tenth Realm

(takes place between volumes 1 and 2 of AoA) Loki takes a break from dealing with the All-Mother’s missions by accompanying Thor on a mission to the sealed-off tenth realm to find their long-lost sister.

Angela: Asgard’s Assassin

(takes place after Original Sin but before AXIS) Loki has a brief part trying to help Thor hunt down their sisters when Angela steals Odin and Freyja’s new baby daughter, Laussa.

The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl 008

(takes place before the end of AoA but after AXIS -- the timeline is a little wonky here) Loki helps Squirrel Girl trap Ratatoskr -- never mind that he’s kind of the one that let her out to begin with!

Avengers & X-Men: AXIS

The inversion event is a big part of Agent of Asgard, but if you get the AoA trade paperbacks, it’ll be pretty well-covered. I haven’t yet read all of these.

Loki: God of Stories

The Mighty Thor (2015) (aka the Lady Thor ones)

Loki’s been out of the game for a while, but now he’s back doing the bad guy thing -- or is he?

Vote Loki

(takes place during -- and is referenced in -- the second volume of TMT) Loki runs for president.

All New Guardians of the Galaxy 012

Loki has a brief (but pretty!) cameo in which he impersonates Cable to prevent Drax from meeting the real one, and spies on the other Guardians as they meet other heroes, trying to track down the Infinity Stones. Kind of starts the ball rolling for Infinity Wars.

Marvel Legacy

(takes place during TMT) Loki gathers a group of frost giant runts -- the Black Ice Berserkers -- and sends them after a mysterious crate heavily guarded in a SHIELD warehouse, while Loki himself takes a trip to South Africa and makes a new friend. A prequel to Avengers (2018) and Infinity Wars (2018).

Loki: Sorcerer Supreme

Doctor Strange by Donny Cates (Volume 1: God of Magic) (Doctor Strange 381-385 aka Loki: Sorcerer Supreme)

In the aftermath of the Empirikul’s attack on magic, Loki takes on the mantle of Sorcerer Supreme.

The Amazing Spider-Man 795

The new Sorcerer Supreme asks for a little help from a certain friendly neighborhood superhero.

The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl (Volume 8: My Best Friend’s Squirrel)

When Tippy-Toe and Nancy Whitehead are abducted by squirrels from outer space, Squirrel Girl gets some help tracking them down from the Sorcerer Supreme. Space road trip? Space road trip.

Loki: ...Double-Agent of Asgard?

Thor by Jason Aaron (2018) (aka the one where they go to Hel)

In the aftermath of the Mangog’s attack on Asgard, Thor is trying to put a stop to Malekith’s War of the Realms and find himself worthy once more -- and Loki  is trying to help... probably. In the far future, things have taken a dark turn for the brothers, and not just because the universe seems to be dying!

Marvel Free Comic Book Day 2018

Odin entreats T’Challa to stop Loki’s plans to call down the Final Host. A prequel to Avengers (2018).

Avengers (2018) by Jason Aaron (Volume 1: The Final Host) (aka the one where he gets the band Avengers back together)

Loki calls down the Final Host, revealing the reason why Earth is such a hotspot for superpowers in the cosmos.

Infinity Countdown Prime

When Logan comes into possession of an Infinity Stone, Loki offers to take it off his hands. Another prequel to Infinity Wars (2018)

Infinity Wars Prime

Loki scours an ancient library for an answer to the question: why can’t he ever seem to win? Someone is pulling the strings of his story, and he’s determined to find out who. Still another prequel to Infinity Wars (2018).

Infinity Wars (2018) (aka the ones where he has a ponytail, finally.)

Aliens fighting over shiny rocks interrupt Loki’s existential crisis, so he does what he always does: puts together a team of superheroes.

Infinity Wars: Infinity

An epilogue to Infinity Wars. Demoralized after his jaunt into the Prime Universe, Loki is deciding what to do next when a fiery old acquaintance from the end of time drags him straight back into things. A prequel to Wolverine: Infinity Watch.

Asgardians of the Galaxy (aka holy shit what is HE doing here?!)

While Gamora’s playing Gotta Catch ‘Em All with the Infinity Stones, Nebula is determined to show that she’s still a contender for the title of “deadliest woman in the universe.” Angela and a motley crew of Asgardians (and adjacent) are out to stop her, but you’ll never guess who’s pulling their strings. (Well... something tells me you might have an inkling.)

Wolverine: Infinity Watch (aka one last hurrah before the shit hits the fan)

Old Logan finally reveals the reason Loki’s plans involving the Infinity Stones went awry and enlists his help to prevent a catastrophe.

The Unbeatable Squirrel-Girl #43-46

When Squirrel-Girl is unexpectedly teleported to New York during Malekith’s invasion, Loki sends her on a mission to destroy a secret Frost Giant base in Canada.

War of the Realms (aka what it’s all been leading up to)

Malekith is finally poised to take over Midgard with the help of his allies. Loki’s failure to stop the War of the Realms culminates in a final, tragic battle with his father -- Laufey, the King of Jotunheim.

War of the Realms: War Scrolls #2

Billy Kaplan has a brunch date with his old Young Avengers compatriot, Kate Bishop. She wants to talk about the good old days -- and what they’re going to do about Loki.

War of the Realms: Omega

What’s next for Loki? An epilogue to War of the Realms and a Prequel to Loki (2019).

Loki: King of Jotunheim

Loki (2019)

After Laufey’s fall in War of the Realms, there’s a power void in Jotunheim that Loki is all too happy to fill. Sorry, did I say happy...?

(to be continued)

Extra-Canon Comics

These aren’t part of the prime Marvel comics universe, but I think they’re noteworthy.

Thor and Loki: Blood Brothers (aka Loki (2004))

Loki has waged war on Asgard and won, and now he sits on Asgard’s throne. Odin and Thor are imprisoned, and all he has to do now is decide what to do with them. So why does he hesitate? An exploration of Loki’s character that definitely informs the movies and the comics, even if this comic itself isn’t canon. (Be warned if you’re looking for a lovely Tom-Hiddleston-esque Loki... this Loki is very, very much not that. This was yours truly’s very first Marvel comic~)

What If? Thor (2018) (aka what if Thor was raised by frost giants?)

The origins of Thor and Loki, in an alternate universe where Laufey defeats Odin and brings his son home to Jotunheim. At least as much -- if not more -- about Loki than Thor, honestly.