#skimmons soulmate au

[daisylincs]

For as long as she can remember, Skye has been pushed away from the other girls her age. Is it her fault? She doesn’t think so - but apparently the nuns at St Agnes do. It is her fault for daring to have a girl’s name tattooed onto her wrist - Jemma. Not James or John or Jacob; Jemma. 

Running away from that orphanage is one of the best things she’s ever done, and she’s never regretted it one bit. It’s not like she misses anything or anyone from there. 

She always wonders when she’ll get to meet her Jemma - and it happens, like these things so often do, when she least expects it. She’s supposed to be infiltrating SHIELD for the Rising Tide, after all, not meeting her soulmate!

But when the brown-eyed scientist with the cute British accent and the smile like the brightest star introduces herself as Jemma, her entire world stops. 

Butterflies burst in her stomach when Jemma beams at her, eyes twinkling, and she can barely string two sentences together when the scientist cheerily loops her arm through Skye’s to show her around the Bus. It’s like there are a thousand Tinker-Bells scattering sparkling pixie dust throughout her body, and she doesn’t think her heart has ever beaten more wildly. 

Her mission is completely forgotten, and all she can think about is Jemma Jemma Jemma Jemma Jemma. 

And for a world-stopping moment, she thinks Jemma feels the same way - she could have sworn she saw a spark of stunned recognition in her brown eyes when they first brushed hands, and a tiny, breathless gasp when she casually bumped her hip against Jemma’s mid-walk. 

It’s all going so perfectly, she can barely believe her own luck... then she sees Jemma’s wrist.

And it reads, in clear, beautiful cursive - Daisy. 

The disappointment is more crushing than anything Skye has ever felt in her life, and it’s what actually powers her through betraying Jemma. 

(Jemma forgives her, though, so fast and so effortlessly that Skye’s heart actually aches.) 

She tries not to fall any further, she really does, but when Jemma nearly kills herself falling out of the plane, it’s all she can do to not sprint to her and kiss her as hard as she can just to make sure she’s really there, really okay.

She settles for hugging her instead, as tightly as she thinks Jemma is up for, and her heart stutters with the force of her hopeless crush when Jemma squeezes her just as tightly back.

For a while, things are almost good - she can mostly suppress the growing feelings she has for one British scientist, and persuade herself that she enjoys teasing her about Fitz (despite Fitz’s soulmark very clearly reading Hunter.) She persuades herself that she isn’t hurt when Jemma smiles and good-naturedly accepts the teasing, agreeing that she could do a lot worse than her best friend. (Hey, if we were straight, we’d do it. Probably.) 

But most of all, she pretends that she doesn’t see the little flashes of confusion, and hurt, and desperate struggle that she sees in Jemma’s eyes when she thinks Skye isn’t looking. 

It always happens when she’s looking at her, at Skye, and Skye recognises the haunted look of longing to love someone but being unable to all too well in her eyes. She sees it every morning in the mirror. 

But she doesn’t let herself dwell on what it might mean for Jemma, or for her, or, worst of all, for them together. That’s simply not an option, because Jemma’s wrist says Daisy, and that’s the end of that. Nothing to be done. 

When she nearly loses Jemma again - to the ocean, this time - it’s everything she can do not to shake her, kiss her and declare her undying love right there. 

Once again, though, she settles for a tight hug - and Jemma clings to her, much longer than necessary, like she’s pretending they can do this for just a moment longer, too. 

(Not long after, Jemma leaves. Skye ignores the ache in her heart, and tells herself it’s much, much better this way - maybe Jemma will meet her Daisy wherever she’s gone now.) 

But she doesn’t. She comes back, and her hair is shorter, her smile a little thinner, but she’s no less Jemma. Skye still loves her with everything she has the second she sees her face again. 

For the first time, though, there is something that genuinely, genuinely distracts her - her father. Finally. After all these years.

And that turns out worse than she had ever even dreaded in her worst nightmares.

Except. Except. Her gun doesn’t shake in her hands as she threatens to kill the man she’s looked for all her life, and he doesn’t flinch either. 

Instead, he calls her Daisy.

Daisy. 

For the second time in her life, Skye’s world freezes completely. 

Daisy. Her name is Daisy. That means... that has to mean... 

But much as she longs, longs with all her heart to run to Jemma and tell her right now, she has to fix this first.

So she does, she tries, and she... changes completely.

It is the most terrifying thing in the world, and she wants to hide in Jemma’s arms more than she ever has before.

Jemma, though, turns cold and furious, refusing to even think that powers might not be bad - and Skye’s heart breaks, crumbles into pieces like the temple she tore down. 

She wakes up, shaking, from a nightmare one night - and to her horror, the room is shaking, too.

Even worse, Jemma is there. 

Her voice is calm as she tells Skye it’s her who’s doing it - and Skye desperately, desperately wants to deny it. 

But Jemma is her soulmate, and the person she’s loved hopelessly for nearly two years now - so she nods bleakly. I’m so sorry. 

To her utter shock, Jemma doesn’t leave or push her away immediately, though. Instead, she stays, reaching for Skye’s hand. 

You’re my friend, you’re different, she tells her; promises. We can figure this out. 

Her thumb brushes over the tattoo of her name on Skye’s wrist, and dizzying tingles instantly shoot up her arm. 

Skye can’t help it. She blurts it out - my name is Daisy. 

Jemma stares at her, uncomprehending, and so she explains - her real name, the name her birth mother and father gave her, is Daisy.

Jemma shakes her head once, slowly, then again, and for a single terrifying moment, Skye thinks she means she doesn’t want her as a soulmate.

But then Jemma tears off the helmet of her hazmat suit and kisses her, for once not giving a single damn about the rules. Her fingers tangle in Skye’s hair, pulling her close, and the room stops shaking around them.

Jemma presses her forehead against Skye’s, her eyes simultaneously triumphant, awed and determined. You see, she says, we can figure it out. 

Skye know she isn’t just talking about her powers, anymore, so she reaches for Jemma’s hand and squeezes tightly.

Jemma squeezes back, and she says - we’re soulmates. We can do anything. 

(Skimmons/BioQuake Soulmate AU headcanons for the @agentsofchallenges​​ AoS March Madness challenge! <3)

[sad-tunes]

Skye has never believed in soulmates.

It isn’t that she doesn’t think they’re real. No- the evidence of their existence is entirely irrefutable.

It isn’t that she hates the idea of a guaranteed love, a predetermined happy ending.

It’s-

___

Jemma Simmons is her soulmate.

At least, that’s what she thinks. 

Skye is madly in love with Simmons, and it’s weird, because they’re hardly best friends, but there’s something undeniably lovely in the way Jemma tucks her hair into the corner of her ear and, god, she smitten.

Skye has never touched Simmons. Ever. She thinks about it, sometimes. She thinks about casually bumping into her as  she turns a corner, brushing their fingers together as  she picks up something Jemma dropped.

She doesn’t let herself do it. She doesn’t want to know. She doesn’t want Jemma to know.

But it’s hard, because lately, all Jemma does is smile smile smile at her and it’s something like watching the moon set in the sky, beautiful, inevitable. 

Usually, her smiles are sunny and full of light and yellow, yellow, yellow- but right now, her smile is all soft clouds and petrichor and sky blue. Jemma is smiling at her like she’s the most precious thing in the world- in her world and Daisy can’t- she isn’t-

She doesn’t deserve this.

Jemma and Fitz are closer than soulmates. So Jemma Simmons can’t look at her with gentle eyes and little smiles and- and-

Jemma Simmons can’t give her smiles full of hope.

___

-It’s that your soulmate has never been a choice. There is one person that you’re meant to spend the rest of your life with. One person, who you are destined to be with.

And it’s almost sad, because nothing in Skye’s life has ever been her choice, and neither is this, and that’s something she can live with.

What she can’t live with, however, is the fact that someone out there- some poor, unfortunate soul, is bonded to her. There’s someone out there, who never got a choice, who will never get a choice, because the universe deemed it so.

She doesn’t believe in soulmates because she doesn’t want to believe in them.

She wants to believe that the person who is doomed to be bonded to her, gets to choose, even if she knows that person won’t choose her.

-or, an angsty skimmons soulmates au ficlet for the @agentsofchallenges Aos March Madness week 2 :P

[babaweeen]

Faith and Number

Korrasami

Chapter 2

00:00:00:02:38:05

“T minus two hours and thirty-eight minutes.” Korra declares excitedly.

It’d been about twenty minutes since Mako, Bolin, and Korra had sat down in the deep red leather diner booth. Korra wasn’t usually a morning person. Any other day she’d probably still be in bed, savoring every minute she had before she undoubtedly had to get up for class. Even then she’d be dragging her feet on her way to first period. Today on the other hand, she couldn’t get out of bed fast enough. She’d been awoken by her alarm clock blaring, rattling on her nightstand beside her bed. She was up and ready within fifteen minutes, ready and eager for the boys to pick her up at the docks. Knowing it was too early to go to school, she called the boys to pick her up early and invited them to breakfast at the diner they’d discovered during summer just down the street from their school.

“Oooo this is so exciting!” Bolin expresses from his seat across from Korra. “I could barely sleep last night. I can’t wait to see what they look like!” He continues, gripping his chocolate milk so tightly it looks as though its going to shatter in his hands. He sets it down a little too hastily, causing a drop of liquid to tip over the edge and down the side of the glass. “I can see it now Korra! They’re going to bust through your first period door, atop a noble and trusty steed to sweep you off your feet and carry you into the future.” He rants as he dramatically looks out the window longingly.

“I think you’ve been reading too many Nuktuk comics there Bo.” Korra response with a small chuckle.

“Okay yeah, maybe that was a little unbelievable.” He replies admittingly, bringing his hands above the table. “But still! This is gonna be so romantic! I can’t wait to see an amorous Korra, all shy and blushy.” He continues jestingly.

“I will not be all shy and blushy.” She responds, her slightly red cheeks betraying her words.

“Oh look Mako! It’s already starting.” He shrieks amusingly, slapping Mako on the shoulder beside him, making the coffee he had been bringing up to his lips spill in his lap.

“Ah! Hot coffee!” Mako shouts as he jumps out of his seat. “Great. I’m going to the bathroom.” He huffs, hands out away from his clothes as he walks off.

“Okay, what the hell is his problem?” Korra an annoyed glance towards where the boy walked off. “He’s been doing some extra brooding lately.”

“Honestly, your guess is as good as mine.” Bolin retorts. After the groups tryouts the taller boy had been in a considerably bad mood. Once the pleasant conversation shared in the car had died down Mako spoke to Korra with a Malice she hadn’t heard since the first time they’d met. He demanded the girl exit the vehicle, cutting of her conversation with Bolin, once they’d reached the docks The two were confused as it was a switch had just gone off in the older bo, not knowing what they did to set it off.

They both exchange an exasperated look, knowing they’d both get their heads chewed off if Mako came back and heard them talking about him. Letting the conversation go for now. “So what class is this all going down in?” His frown turning into a mischievous smile.

“AP Trig, I honestly don’t even know why they put me in that class, I just barely passed geometry with a C. I’ll have to talk to the counselor about switching if I want to stay on the team.” Korra gives an exasperated look.

“No don’t! Your soon to be lover can tutor you.” He announces with a with a playful glint in eyes, wiggling his eyebrows suggestively.

Korra chuckles, flicking a sugar packet at the boy. “Maybe you’re right.” She responds in a devilish tone before once again letting out a small chuckle. “But no, in all seriousness. I really do need to switch out. I don’t want to hear Kuvira’s oh so clever insults when that class inevitably gets me benched.”

Bolin rolls his eyes at the mention of their classmate. “Ugh! You reminded me, I have both her and Tahno for first period today.” He pauses, letting his hands fall to the table defeatedly, causing a small clash. “Why is he even in sophomore english? He’s a freaking senior for crying out loud.”

“Because he’s an idiot.” The two jump, startled by Mako’s sudden reappearance. His expression seems to have gone from completely miserable to his normal indifference. He’s also changed from his usual red hoodie and black jacket to the t-shirt and track pants he wears to practice. The two watch as he places his duffle under the table as he takes his seat next to Bolin. “You’re talking about Tahno right?”

“Yes, I have both him and Kuvira first period today.” Bolin repeats looking at his brother carefully.

“I hope we left them both in the dust in the running for captain.” Mako says, Korra and Bolin visibly relaxed as he seems to be in a better mood than before. “When do listings go up for you guys?”

“We actually started our running during summer practices so the list goes up today.” Korra responds just as their usual waitress comes up with their food.

“Alright darlings, here we are. I’ve got the eggwhite omelette with avocado and side of fruit for Mako.” She says sweetly as she places the plate in front of the taller athlete.

“Thanks.” He says in a slightly nicer voice than before.

“We’ve got the monster egg, bacon, and potato breakfast burrito with a side of fries for the lovely miss Korra.”

“Thanks Ginger.” Korra replies sweetly with a smile as she takes the plate from her hand.

“And finally we’ve got the triple chocolate funny face pancake breakfast extravaganza for the handsome Bolin.” She says with a wink. She chuckles as he excitedly reaches for his food.

“Yo da bes yinyer.” Bolin voices, mouth stuffed with pancakes.

“Working the morning shift today?” Korra asks politely as she reaches for her utensils.

“Mornin’, noon, and night for me today.” The redhead respondes, placing her hand on her hip and leaning on the booth. She chuckles as the three give her an incredulous look, mouths all too full to respond. “Living on your own in Republic City isn’t cheap. Don’t you guys worry, my big break is so close I can taste it.” She says finally before being called away to fulfill another order.

Bolin watched intently as she walked away, stuffing another giant bite of chocolatey goodness in his mouth. “So when does your guys’ list go up?” Korra asks, breaking his gaze.

“We don’t know yet. Our coach wanted to wait until the first day of school to start the running. Something about wanting the new freshman to have an equal say.” Mako says shrugging.

“I guess that makes sense. At least it gives you more time to wipe the floor with Tahno.” Korra responds before taking another bite, contending the size of Bolin’s. She turns her gaze to Bolin only to find him, once again, staring in Gingers direction. Mako following her gaze as he sees her smug expression.

“Seriously Bo? You’ve been pining after this girl all summer. Just go for it already.” Mako says, earning a slightly pink tint from hi brothers cheeks.

“No way, she totally out of my age range isn’t she?” Bolin responds.

“Actually, no. I had a class with Hasook yesterday afternoon and he was telling me he went to school with her before he transferred.” Korra interjects, pausing to take a sip of her water. “He told me that she actually dropped out after some sleeze scammed her into thinking she got a modeling gig. She would be a junior.”

Mako chuckles, “Wow, you two were almost made for each other.”

“I don’t know if that’s such a good idea. I mean she’s not my soulmate, it wouldn’t work out in the end.” Bolin says, ignoring his brothers snide remark.

“She doesn’t need to be your soulmate for you to have a little fun. No one said it has to be anything serious.” Korra says, kicking Mako under the table. He jolts in result, reaching down at his ankle and rolling his eyes. Bolin throws Ginger one last look before shifting his focus back unto his food, changing the topic back to school as they all continued to enjoy their food.

Once the group finished their meals they made there way to the school, Bolin managing to get Gingers number before they departed. By the time they had arrived on campus it was time for them to depart and head towards each of their classes.

“Good luck Bro. Don’t let those idiots rile you up.” Was all Mako said before walking to his class, not even bothering to address Korra.

“Seriously. What the fuck did I do?” Korra says exasperated, staring at Makos back in the distance.

“Don’t even worry about him right now. You’re about to meet the love of your life!” Bolin cheers, jumping up and down with his back hunched and hands over his mouth, giggling.

Korra feels butterflies at the mention of the events to come. It felt as though she was going to drill a whole in the floor with her body shaking with anticipation. She stares at Bolin with a vast smile spread across her face, so filled with both glee and jitter that she can’t seem to come up with a response.

00:00:00:00:35:08

“OH! I’m so excited for you!” Bolin shouts, unable to contain his own anticipation. “You have to tell me everything at lunch!” he continues, engulfing her in a tight hug as they reach Korra’s class room. She laughs gleefully, unbothered by the hug. Her hands pinned to her side as he picks her up quickly.

“Okay okay! I will I promise, go to class before your late.” Korra responds as she’s placed back on the ground.

“Hey if your lover can be late then so can I.” He says teasingly.

“Go!” She tries seriously, her face betraying her completely.

“Okay I’m going!” He calls out as he backs away in the direction of is class. “Lunch! Everything!” He says finally as he turns and runs.

Alright Korra. This is it. She thinks to herself, taking a deep breath before walking into class. The class is fairly small, 13 maybe 14 students. She looks around at all the empty desks and lands on a desk pair in the very back of the class, choosing to sit there. She feels as though her legs are going to give out, quickly taking her seat. Maybe this way they’ll get to sit next to me. I just need to keep this desk e-

“Hellooooo classmates! Guess whos back from Ba Sing Sei!” The whole class groans as a dark, short, slender boy enters the classroom.

“No way your supposed to be in this class Wu.” One of the students, Azula, groans from the front of the classroom. “You’re IQ can’t be higher than one of a toddler.”

“Well you know what Azula, at least i'm not named after a complete sociopath.” He retorts holding his chin high, running his hands through his hair. He turns away from his classmate, eyes lighting up when they meet Korras. “Korra! My dark beauty!”

Korra puts her face in her palms, already exhausted by the boys presence. “Please don’t call me that.”

“As you wish beautiful, this seat taken?” He says as he walks closer. Before she could respond he continues, “No? Perfect.” He reaches out to take the seat and just as she’s about to express just how against him sitting with her she was, the blue eyed teen is once again interrupted.

“Please Wu, take your seat. We don’t want your royal feet getting tired in the middle of my lesson.” Their teacher quips, earning laughs from his students. Korra huffs in defeat as he sits. “It’s good to see you all again, I hope you all had amazing summers. Though I hope they weren’t so amazing that you didn’t do the work assigned over summer, that will only make the rest of the year harder for yourselves.” He continues.

“Ugh, what a douche. Why did he have to get promoted with us and not this years freshmen?” Wu whispers to Korra, leaning to close for her liking before theatrically melting into his chair.

“Boring you already am I Wu?” The teacher says pointedly, seeing his distracting display.

“Oh no sir, uh… this chair… it’s just a little uncomfortable.” He responds, quickly lifting himself back up, slightly embarrassed by his lack of a clever come back.

“Well, there’s a royal throne just for you in the principal's office if you're interested.”

Korra admits that as annoying as Wu is, he didn’t deserve to be humiliated like this in front of his peers. With this, Korra being Korra she found herself speaking before she even realized what she was doing, “I think that’s enough professor Shin.”

“Excuse me?” He replies with an astonished look.

“I-I said I think that’s enough, I understand Wu is a bit much but that doesn’t give you the right to humiliate him in front of the class like this.” She goes on, a bit hesitant at first but more confidently as she progresses through the statement.

“I... “ Korra closes her eyes, ready to be yelled at or sent to the office, “You’re right Korra. I’m sorry Wu, that was inappropriate of me.” Shin says, earning a surprised nod from Wu. He turns back to the rest of his class, “Okay everyone, please get out pen and paper and turn your books to pa…”

Korra stops listening as Wu turns to her with a grateful expression. “Thanks.” Is all he manages to say, still dumbfounded by the events that just occurred, before following Shin’s instructions.

Korra is still too distracted by the events to come to pay anymore attention to the matter.

00:00:00:00:20:17

Korra can feel the anticipation building inside her as time passes. Her entire body is tingling and her feet feel elevated. It feels as though she’s on a rollercoaster, slowly elevating inch by inch. Minutes go buy at an excruciatingly dull speed, unable to distract herself with the problems being solved on the board. She finds herself folding the edges of her textbook in anticipation, eyes fixated on the numbers on the pages yet completely unfocused. If you asked her right now, she wouldn’t be able to tell you what it was she was staring at.

00:00:00:00:05:20

After what felt like a millennium she finally brought herself to look down at the numbers on her wrist. She feels her heart pounding against her rib cage as she read the numbers. The anticipation filling her even more than she thought possible. It was as thought she’d almost reached the top of the rollercoaster, able to see the ground yet still not be able to look straight down.

00:00:00:00:01:18

Her breath caught in her throat as the drop comes closer and closer. She can practically hear the defining pounding of her heart flooding her eardrums. She can feel the anticipation spilling over the edge.

00:00:00:00:00:59

Fuck. Her mouth has gone dry.

00:00:00:00:00:35

Holy fucking fuck. Her eyes fixated on the door.

00:00:00:00:00:20

I can’t fucking breath. She can hear the heels clicking down the hallway.

00:00:00:00:00:10

Breath Korra. The door begins to open.

00:00:00:00:05

Breath. A tall, raven haired teen walks in.

00:00:00:00:04

Breath. She cant see her face.

00:00:00:00:03

Breath. Korra desperately wants the girl to turn.

00:00:00:00:02

Breath. She can see her face.

00:00:00:00:01

Breath. She turns her head.

00:00:00:00:00

Holy shit. Their eyes meet. The coaster drops and her breath has been completely stolen from her.

She sits there unable to move, so frozen that she’s afraid that even her blood stopped flowing.

“Hello class, please welcome our newest member. Asami Sato.” Says Zhu Li, the office administrator. Korra and Asami have yet to break eye contact. As Korra met with the eyes of the raven haired beauty she felt utterly amazed. The anticipation that had been building up inside her had erupted in her heart and stomach, sending what felt like millions of butterflies to roam free. Her heart felt whole and her expectations were exceeded. Her breath was stolen from right under her nose and she couldn’t look away. She’s convinced that Asami is the most beautiful thing she’d ever laid eyes on. And with the way Asami was staring right back at her she couldn't help but think that all her feelings were completely mutual.

Asami.

Korra wanted nothing more than to get up and capture Asami’s lips on her own. To feel her skin for the very first time under her fingertips. To feel the warm embrace and smell the scent she knew she would now long for for the rest of her life. She felt every inch of her body ache for the girl. It was nothing like shes ever felt before. It felt as so she’d entered a whole new state of being. Just as she was about to get completely carried away and run straight to her, Professor Shins voice echoes loudly, drawing both their attention.

“Welcome Asami, Please take a seat anywhere you find available.” He announces to Asami as Zhu Li walks out of the classroom. Asami spares one last glance at Korra before taking an available seat at the front of the classroom.

“She’s smokin!” Korra was slightly startled, having completely forgotten Wu’s presence. She can’t help but give him a powerful glare. Both for talking about Asami and ruining her chance at sitting next to the girl.

“Woah there Avatar! Don’t worry, Wu’s still got eyes for you too.” He says with a smirk, throwing his arms around her. She lets out an annoyed puff, throwing him off of her and onto the ground. Luckily for Wu, Shin’s eyes were on the board, continuing his lesson. Unluckily for Korra, she notices Asami turn her head and laugh, having heard the debacle behind her. Korra felt her heart flutter at the sound.

She quickly turned her head to face Wu. “Don’t call me that.” She says angrily.

“What? That’s what your friends call you.” He retorts,

“Yeah. My friends.”

“Wow that hurts Korra. That hurts bad.” He says pouting. “Right here.” He continues as he points to his heart.

As the class goes on she can’t help but steal as many glances in Asami’s direction as possible. Even the back of her head is absolutely gorgeous to Korra. She took every chance she got to make her laugh, bickering with Wu in the back, coming up with clever comebacks for whenever he tried to flirt with her. When class finally finished she packed her things as quick as possible in hopes to speak with Asami during passing period, even though she had no idea what to say. Just as she finished and was about to walk up to the girl, who was still cleaning up, the teacher called her up for a talk.

“Korra I’d like to have a word with you.” He calls out from the other side of the room. She looks between him and Asami, who still had her head down and focused on her belongings, lingering for a moment. “Now please.” He says in a rather calm voice.

“Yes sir.” She responds, sadly walking past Asami’s desk and up to Shin’s.

“Look Korra, as I’ve come to get to know you in the past year, I’ve come to really admire you. What you did for your classmate earlier today was very admirable and I applaud you for standing up for him when you knew it would get you into trouble. What I did was very inappropriate and i thank you for making me see that. I didn’t know it affected him so much...” He goes on. Korra however, stops listening as she sees Asami walk by and out the door. She feels a great deal of disappointment as the door closes behind her. Her eyes linger on the door for a minute, thinking about what she would have even said to the girl in the first place.

“Korra are you listening?” Shin pulls her attention back. He notices her caught look and sighs, “Okay, I’ll get to the point. I didn’t call you here to talk about Wu, I wanna know why I didn’t receive any summer homework from you. I’m a little disappointed.”

Korra looks down sheepishly before meeting his gaze. “I’m sorry, I just don’t think I’m cut out for this class. I didn’t do it because I was planning on meeting with a counselor about switching to something less intense.”

“Why? You’re more than capable.”

Korra gives a small cynical laugh before responding. “Professor Shin I barely made it through regular geometry with a C, what makes you think I can handle AP Trig?”

He sighs. “Korra you and I both know the only reason you didn’t ace my class is because you didn’t put in the effort. I know you knew the material, you proved that on the final. You got the highest score in your grade.”

“That was just a fluke. And even then, with soccer and AP U.R. History, I just don’t have the time to put more effort into this class.”

“Just… give it a week. If you still believe that then I’ll sign the papers to put you in another class. Deal?”

Korra thinks for a minute before giving in. She gives a nod before speaking. “Can I go now? I have some stuff to do before second period.” He gives her a nod and she all but runs out of the classroom. When she opens the door she’s just about ready to bolt down the hallways and hunt down her emerald beauty when she’s met with her gaze once more. Korra stops in her tracks as sees Asami standing across the hall, nervously staring back at her and she feels it again. The drop, the burst and the flutter all at once and just as strong at the first.

They stand there silently, their hearts beating loudly and rapidly in a perfectly timed cadence. Korra finally musters up the courage and air to speak. “Hi.” Is all she can say.

“Hi.” Asami returns, her voice making her heart skip a couple beats. Her voice is beautiful. She thinks.

They both stand quietly once again, unable to hear the noisy kids flooding the hallways during passing period. They both chuckle in unison at their awkwardness.

“I-i’m Korra, It’s Asami right?” Like she even needs to answer. Korra had that same stuck on repeat all class period. It was beautiful.

“Yeah, I’m flattered you remember.” She says with a chuckle.

“Remember? How could I forget?” Korra replies, her eyes full of awe and infatuation. She butterflies flutter once again at the sight of a blush creeping onto Asami’s cheeks.

“I didn’t realize my soulmate would be such a charmer.” Asami says, looking down at the books in her hands with a smile on her face. Korra feels an electric surge run through her at the sound of the word. Soulmate. She feels as though that word doesn’t do Asami nearly enough justice.

“I didn’t realize mine would be so beautiful.” She retorts, hiding the absolute nervous wreck she is on the inside. This makes Asami blush even harder. Before she can respond the school bell went off signifying the end of passing period. Getting lost in her vibrant emerald eyes once more she offers, “Can I walk you to class?”

She nods yes and Korra can’t hide the enormous grin it brings to her face. They walk to her class wordlessly, Asami following Korra’s lead due to the fact she has no idea where this class is. The silence that fell between them was comfortable. More comfortable than if it had been filled with any conversation with any other person could’ve been. As they come to a halt in front of the classroom door Korra breaks that silence.

“This is it.” She says, turning her attention towards the other girl.

Asami meets her gaze, cheeks still slightly pink and a calming yet thrilling smile plastered on her face. “Thank you, Korra.” She laughs a little out of both glee and awkwardness. Another surge at the sound of her name.

“You’re very welcome, Asami.” Korra gives with her own laughter. Just as Asami is about to enter her class she stops her. “Wait, um, do you maybe wanna… maybe hang out? With me I mean… soon? ” She says, mentally slapping herself, all her confidence faded.

Asami laughs placing her hand on Korra’s, a jolt of energy flowing through her at the contact. “I would love to.” She replies with a sweet smile before disappearing into her class. She stands there unable to move once again, completely overwhelmed by the emotions pooling inside her. She feels as though she could run a marathon with her body functioning at a higher speed than she thought imaginable, yet completely immobilized, feeling as though she’d completely forgotten how to control her body. Only finally moving after being scolded by an administrator for being in the halls during class.

[remedial-wit]

14/02/19

Femslash February Day 12 - Skimmons

Another season 3a fic. Valentine’s day. Soulmate AU 

A few things Daisy knows:

1. Jemma is still alive

2. It's Valentine's day

3. Her arm hurts

4. Jemma is still alive.

She's not delusional, she swears it. She can prove it. Even though she hasn't seen Jemma in months and she doesn't know where she is.

Her arm hurts and her ribs and the heels of her feet. Daisy hasn't been on any very strenuous missions lately, so the phantom pains can only mean the coming from the bond. So, Jemma is still alive. Even if Daisy can’t be sure of her health, considering how achy she feels nowadays.

It’s been so long, though, and sometimes Daisy thinks its just her imagination, her brain just trying to give her false hope. Almost everyone else does.

She notices the long looks they give her, sees how they glance shiftily at each other when she tells them Jemma has to be alive, somewhere, she has to. Daisy doesn’t think she can believe anything else.

Valentine’s day stops for no one, not even people who have lost their soulmates (especially not them), although, to be fair, not many people stop for Valentine’s day either. It’s not even a public holiday or anything, and restaurants and cinemas and basically everywhere else are even busier than usual. Daisy herself has just come back from a mission, fixedly ignoring the couples in the base, Bobbi and Hunter being not-subtle-or-quiet-at-all, Mack has fixed up his workspace with too many fairy lights and roses and has prepared a meal for Elena, Trip and Fitz cuddled up in the communal area with popcorn and alcohol and Brooklyn Nine-Nine, hell, even May and Coulson are skype calling Dr Garner.

Daisy is taking a bath with those cool, galaxy bath-bombs from Lush and eating discount chocolates from Bargain Buys, and trying very, very hard not to cry. The bathroom is brightly lit, there’s the bathtub which she’s currently sitting in, the sink, the toilet, some towels slung over the towel rack, the laundry hamper, a few of Jemma’s hastily scribbled post-it notes, equations or little reminders, still stuck to the mirror, and, randomly, a laminated poster which says, in brightly coloured lettering: Morse Code for Dummies!

That was from when, a while back, Daisy had thought things were finally settling down, for some reason. Which sounds silly now. It had been a gift from Jemma, after she’d confessed trying to communicate with Daisy as a child using it.

The thought makes Daisy pause, chocolate halfway to her lips, the bath water already cooling down to slightly tepid.

They’d laughed about it at the time — well, Daisy had laughed, and Jemma had flushed embarrassed, and then Daisy had kissed her — but, how crazy of an idea was it? Jemma was a genius, after all, even though she’d been a kid at the time.

It’s worth a try. Daisy doesn’t have anything left to lose, after all.

....

As much as the essentially barren planet scares her, hauntingly blue and dim and empty, save for the monsters, it’s Jemma’s newfound shelter which really gives her the creeps.

The Bunker, is what she calls it. She’d found it a few weeks back — if they can be called days, that is, because Jemma hasn’t seen the sun once — tripping on its heavy metal trap door. It had been the closest thing she’d seen to man-made, or some sign of intelligent life, so she’d followed it down. It was better than above anyway.

Miraculously, there is power here, though Jemma tries to ration the slowly depleting battery. There are ancient computers and NASA paraphernalia and all sorts of blueprints and diagrams pinned to the walls and littered on the desks. Neatly put away astronaut suits, books, dreadfully out of date rat-packs, pots and pans and gas stoves with no gas. In a side room, there’s a dry tap and what Jemma assumes was a toilet and shower, and in another, larger room, what must have been sleeping quarters.

Jemma is sitting on one of six empty beds, the one that seemed cleanest, flicking through the notes leftover, written, thankfully, in English. It’s strange how haphazardly everything is left out, not organized or packed away at all, the thin bed sheets were not even folded or made when she’d first seen them.

Briefly, she wonders what happened to them, and then immediately wishes she hadn’t.

There’s a cup of stale water from the canteens she found on a stool next to her, and she reaches over to get it when there’s suddenly a sharp, pain on the palm of her hand.

Immediately, Jemma is on her feet, the crudely made shiv held tightly in front of her, at the ready. Her heart beats wildly in her chest.

The pain comes again, short, minute but sharp, almost like a fingernail jabbing at it particularly hard. And again. And—

Oh.

She knows when it’s Skye’s pain after a mission and her joints hurt so much she can’t get out of bed, or her shoulder feels like it’s been stabbed, and this is… this is not that.

The pricking comes steadily, like a slow, deliberate rhythm.

Jemma could laugh. She could cry.

J-E-M-M-A-J-E-M-M-A-J-E-M-M-A-J-E-M-M-A-J-E-M-M-A-J-E-M-M-A-J-E-M-M-A-J-E-M-M-A

J-E-M-M-A-J-E-M-M-A-

Her clever, clever soulmate.

She puts down the shiv, and holds open her opposite hand.

S-K-Y-E, she replies.

[directlyat-thesun-moved]

B, T, W.

oh lol i just realized that’s an acronym 😂😂

Lmao

B: the first fandom I read for was Aos. The first fandom I wrote for was when I tried writing a sequel to the magic tree house books when I was like 4.

T: again I find soulmate aus aphobic but I do enjoy them sometimes

W: i like writing anything with a gay subtext (ahem blackhill) and even though I don’t ship it I love reading skimmons (Skye/daisy x jemma)

[a-biochemist-not-a-bird]

AoS Femslash Fic Recs

(these are all oneshots...with the occasional twoshot) 

Skimmons/ Bioquake

You Are My Sunshine by @atonguetiedwriter - Season 2 Hurt/Comfort fluff and bedsharing

don’t dismiss it like its easy (tell me what’s so easy about coming to say goodbye) by @ezrisdax- Canon Compliant Hanahaki AU, angst with a happy ending

your touch is what i’m missing  by amiphobic- adorable HSAU, leaving notes in a shared textbook

Sniffles and Secrets  by @loved-the-stars-too-fondly - fluffy lil neighbors AU

you and i (we don’t wanna be like them)  by comebackbehere - Framework AU, Kid Fic, Hopeful Ending 

Simmorse/ Mockingnerd

Suddenly I See  by @theclaravoyant - fluffy HSAU, coming out 

red ribbon made of sand by alittleunstable - TRIGGER WARNING- eating disorder (its the main plot), happy ending, canon compliant 

Marry Me by @florchis - marriage proposal!! 

the words we used to say by @justanalto major character death, angst, v sad 

Reading Between the Lines by flipflop_diva - fluffy flirty season 2, oblivious Jemma Simmons

MorseCode 

dancing with our hands tied  by @loved-the-stars-too-fondly - Wedding Planner AU, pure fluff

   + fake it till you make it - fake dating 

Lying by Omission  by AgentSkyeMorse - 5+1, everyone thinks they’re together

Of coffee and hoodies  by Hawkingbird27 - fluffy, coffee shop AU...well it takes place in a coffee shop, sharing clothes

a love that comes once in a lifetime  by @shesthemuscle - soulmate AU

Karaina 

allegiance by @apathbacktoyou - canon universe, angst 

   + making memories - allegiance’s slightly fluffier follow up 

   + the memories we make - fluffy and unicorn gummiess!! 

In Search of Memories by @ellsey - Amnesia AU, they’re married, fluff

a petal on the stream, a feather in the air by @daisylincs, hurt/comfort, canon compliant

MayBobbi 

lets be friends (i’m dying to see how this one ends)  by loved-the-stars-too-fondly - Mafia AU, BAMF Bobbi, Humor

  + the oregon state motto - wingfic, hurt/comfort, fluff 

M&M: May and Morse, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D by @i-believe-in-melinda-may -i know i said only oneshots buut have a lovely 28 chap s1 AU fic

i’m just curious (is it serious?) by @bobbimorseisbisexual - pre-canon, a hint of meldrew 

calm and bright by @ussjellyfish - ice skating, fluff

Pipsy 

Ooh, Shots, Gtgg by @aleksandrachaev - drunk college students, college AU, professor May

The Name Game by loved-the-stars-too-fondly - Coffee Shop AU, meet cute, humor

games of telephone by justanalto - terrible pick up lines 

Suddenly I see by @the-nerdy-stjarna - s4, falling in love 

mistletoe kisses by @stuntchica - christmas fic, mistletoe

[novannna]

masterpost

I’m just doing ao3 links rn, may get around to putting the tumblr links later, but im not sure.  Please message me if you want the tumblr links, im happy to get them for you!!!

also, im p much always open for prompts/fic requests, there’s this rly great sentence prompt list if you want to send me some of those

Renegades

nodrian:

-Little Demon: Nova gets a cat. wc: 4192

-You make the nightmares disappear: Adrian struggles with nightmares of supernova/his trauma in general.  wc: 768

-Not my burden to bear: Nova deals with her familys death after the battle at the cathedral.  wc: 1803

-One word before we fall apart: Adrian finds out Nova is Nightmare, and confronts her wc:1360

osby:

-Best of friends: ruby pines over oscar, and wishes they could be more than friends.  wc: 1663

danissa:

-Brave little things: battle at the cathedral from narcissa’s pov.  wc: 2137

-On the other side of the glass: Narcissa watches danna through a mirror as she grows, wishing to be friends, and maybe a little bit more.  wc: 1606

-You were the hands that held me: soulmate au, where anything that appears on your soulmates skin appears on yours.  tw depression, self harm, mentions of abuse.  wc:2363

-happily ever after without you: a danissa break up fic.  wc: 1003

novissa:

-our love is a supernova: younger nova and narcissa sneak out and go stargazing.  wc: 2085

- Love you in the way that you needed love: novissa fluff

david/tala: 

-Newest addition: tala is pregnant with nova, and worries about whether she can keep her safe while in the age of anarchy.  wc: 1807

rubell:

-meet me in the dark: modern au, ruby is taking a shortcut through the woods, and runs into danna. wc: 1467

noby:

-Cause even when she's next to me, we could not be more far apart: royalty au, nova is ruby’s guard, and when an assassination attempt traps them in a closet for hours, feelings surface.  wc: 2357

-Better with you: Noby fluff, clothes stealing and a sweaty girlfriend. wc: 1ppp

Nobell:

-Hungry for you: hunger games au, nova and danna are both tributes.  v angsty.  tw: gore, violence, suicide, death.  wc: 3408

-I dare you: songfic, based on song I dare you, by bea miller.  Nova deals with guilt for trapping danna in a jar.  wc: 3440

-I know...: Danna finds out the truth about nova’s identity, and confronts her.  wc:461

-All of the stars will guide us home: nova runs into danna while in the cathedral, and pretends to be a renegade a little bit longer, so she doesnt have to betray danna yet.  tw: death.  wc:3262

-Now I’m the one left screaming through the night:  nova and danna are just doing a standard mission, when stuff goes wrong. tw:death, heights, bombs  wc: 2035

-Same Sea, Same Soul, Same Heart: nobell pirate au, nova is the infamous captain of the Nightmare, and Danna is a noble unfortunate enough to be captured, and held ransom. As they sail, the two girls get closer. 

Also, here is the link to the masterpost specifically for Same Sea, Same Soul, Same Heart

SPOP

-You know, You’ll always have me: catradora celeb au, loosely based on dorothea by taylor swift.  wc: 4755

-Now you see me: basically spop on speedrun, through catras pov.  Catra builds herself a figurative mask, in order to survive, and as things change, the mask changes.  wc: 1420

-freezing warmth: little adora and catra see snow for the first time.  wc: 333 

-She made gentle the wild oceans of my soul: a catradora pirate au.  wc: 6866

-We can make it so divine: a catradora proposal fic. wc:1672

Tangled the Series

-Back home: cassunzel fluff, cass returns to corona.  wc: 507

TOH

-Can’t hate you: Amity pines over luz.  wc: 322

Agents of Shield

-You create a rarity of my genuine smiles: skimmons fluff, set sometime during season 3.  wc: 402

-One last time, please: skimmons break up fic angst.  wc: 2569

please come and give me comments/kudos!!!  I love hearing yalls thoughts!!!  <3333

Carmen Sandiego

-I've wrestled with the truth for quite some time // And I've been drowning in this restless mind: carmen recently left vile, and is just getting to know zach and ivy.  she wont let anyone help her, and is dealing w all the heavy guilt and conflicting emotions from leaving the only home she ever knew.  wc 3816

[sun-daisies]

2022 wips

Since it's a new year I thought I'd make an upcoming content masterlist, mostly to keep myself accountable but also to update whoever about what I'm actively working on! (last updated: 1/12/22)

Continuing Projects:

Control - AoS, Hydra!Skye Season 1 AU. The bane of my existence (affectionate) should be getting it's last four(?) chapters this year. I'd say tentatively I want it done by March or April, but realistically knowing me it could take me all year (rip)

Is This It - AoS & Black Widow, Daisy and Yelena mourning Nat. Chapter 2 is halfway done, should be up hopefully soon.

Roost - Hawkeye, Yelena and Kate process their trauma and adjust to life on the Barton homestead. 5/7 chapters finalized, 1 chapter posted

Upcoming (like actually upcoming, actively in the works):

The Living and the Dead - AoS Lost AU. A ridiculous amount of worldbuilding and outlining went into the "fun, no pressure fic" I originally set out to write, but this is still sort of a back burner fic I passively work on. First chapter halfway done.

Tentative (things I genuinely want to write and think about a lot but might not get to/might lose interest in again)

Brave New World - AoS, Skimmons soulmate AU. Have been on and off working on it for a year now. I'm overly attached to it and sporadically pick it back up again and again.

Helium - AoS, Academy AU with Hope, Alya, and Robin. I want to write this so bad but the sheer amount of spoons this thing requires is insane

Monsters of Men - MCU meta. I wrote the fic in its entirety and didn't post it. I haaaated it as a whole, but I loved bits and pieces of it, so I definitely want to revisit it in the future.

Lost character studies - I've already written some experimental bits for Sun, and I have a very clear idea for what I'd write for Ana Lucia. Maybe they'll get written, but maybe not.

[maybebrilliant]

My first submission for the @agentsofchallenges Aos March Madness! 

Week 1 bracket 1, soulmates AU or high school AU

Just fitting that it’s my favourite girls, I will forever love Skimmons 🥺

[justlightlysedated]

20 Questions

20 questions, writer's edition, I was tagged by @lambourngb 😊❤❤

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

71! 70 for roswell and one for vagrant queen

2. What's your total AO3 word count?

468, 583!!

3. How many fandoms have you written for and what are they?

not entirely sure tbh, but let's count now:

timkon, bandom, glee, specifically pukurt, but some other ships too, merlin, doctor who, torchwood, teen wolf, agents of shield, runaways, the old guard, vagrant queen, and obviously, roswell new mexico

i think there might be more, but i don’t remember rn

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

the cost of greatness, which i cowrote with marlo

a cure i know that soothes the soul (does so impossibly), the first pwp i wrote for this fandom lol

the person that you’d take a bullet for is behind the trigger, which i wrote for marlo

for better or for worse (til death do us part), which i also cowrote with marlo lol

it might be your wound but they’re my sutures, which i also wrote for marlo

so the pattern im sensing here is that my most popular fics were written with/for marlo which sounds about right lol

5. What's the fic you've written with the angstiest ending?

i am not sure tbh, i write some pretty angsty one shots and longer fics, but i TRY to at least give a slightly hopeful ending, tho now that i’m thinking about it, i think the angstiest thing i’ve written was that prompt fill based on the song, for island fires and family, i remember SOBBING the entire time that i wrote it (there is miluca in that one), but ALSO there is the fic i wrote in reaction to the season one finale, which also made me cry, which was called, we both know how this story ends

6. What's the fic you've written with the happiest ending?

once again i’m not sure, like i said before, i try to give my fics hopeful endings if they’re really angsty, and i love me some hurt/comfort, but i’m not entirely known for writing happy, fluffy fics, tho i do TRY sometimes for certain people

7. Do you write crossovers? If so, what is the craziest one you've written?

yes!! i do love me some crossovers, and i guess i would have to say the malex, sort of doctor who au, i’m technically still writing for tove

8. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

yes??? but i’m not sure if i could classify it, like i’ll write pretty much anything within reason and if it doesn’t squick me out

9. Do you respond to comments, why or why not?

okay, so like don’t hate me, but no, i rarely, if ever respond to comments, i just don’t know what to say at all, like i’m the type of person that really wants every single message to be unique and special, but there are only so many ways to thank someone for reading your fic, so i just tend to post things and then thank everyone for reading afterwards, if there is someone that shows up often on my notifications, or if someone asks me a specific question pertaining to the story, then i will answer, i also answer back if i wrote the fic for someone and they left a comment, and if i’m sent an ask on here about something that i wrote, but i am simultaneously the world's most shy and confident person ever, when it comes to my writing, so i’m so sorry

this doesnt mean that i dont appreciate every comment that i get because i really do, im just super shy and awkward and i may write good-ish, but i do NOT have the same way with words in person

10. Have you ever received hate on a fic?

not really?? if i have i don’t remember it, usually i’m the one who talks the worse about my own writing

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

not that i know of

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

yes, the only kurtbastian fic i’ve ever written was translated into russian

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

yep!! as y’all probably saw from my top five fics up there somewhere, marlo @bestillmyslashyheart is basically my fic writing soulmate, we just really click when it comes to writing

14. What's your all time favourite ship? to write for?

atm it’s malex, which is more than obvious, BUT before they hijacked my brain and made their home within my neurons, it was skimmons!!! i wrote fic for them for YEARS, even after i stopped watching aos

15. What's a WIP that you want to finish but don't think you ever will?

uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, i’m just gonna talk about fics that i’ve posted and haven’t updated and not any of the hundreds of wips that have never seen the light of day, my original witch au tbh, i just, roswell made maria and isobel somehow related, and just made me really uncomfortable with the ship, which is the main reason that i’m not gonna finish the fic if i’m being perfectly honest, there is ALSO that au i had where michael’s daughter from the future comes back to the past and she had been raised by alex, because of reasons that are petty, probably my space opera au as well, and only because i just want to write other things MORE

16. What are your writing strengths?

i think i’m good at describing things, especially kisses, i LOVE writing kisses, it’s one of my favorite things, that and my fight scenes are two of the things i pride myself the most on

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

dialogue, sometimes i feel the characters are ridiculously out of character, but then i don’t care because sometimes in canon characters are also ridiculously out of characters, also describing things, because sometimes i just feel like scenes don’t flow right, i am definitely a comma whore, and use dashes and hyphens in places they definitely shouldn’t be used, run-on sentences are my best friends, also english isn't my first language, so, sometimes the way i phrase things just come out wrong

18. What are your thoughts on writing dialogue in other languages in a fic?

tbh completely honest, i follow the nora sakavic method where you just write the dialogue in english like, “hey there love,” they said in perfect french, and i only break this rule if i actually know the language because just translating straight from english always makes things sound stilted and weird

19. What was the first fandom you wrote for?

dc comics, i wrote several timkon fics which i posted on livejournal

20. What's your favourite fic you've written?

oh, i know that love is all about the wind, how it can hold me up and kill me in the end (still i loved it), no specific reason why, i just love it with my entire heart!!

and that's it!! im not gonna tag anyone cause I saw that most ppl were already tagged, but if you want to do this just say that I tagged you!!

[daisylincs]

Skimmons + Platonic Soulmates AU

→ Prompted by @ohwriteiforgot​ for the @agentsofchallenges AoS March Madness challenge! <333

[justanalto]

seven for seven challenge, day 1

in light of the fact that there are only seven days left until the agents of shield series finale (i’m crying too honestly), @bobbimorseisbisexual came up with the fantastic idea of rec’ing 7 fics a day for the next seven days! for today (thursday), here’s my picks:

1. Phil Coulson Really Needs to Go Microwave Shopping by anakinno (dousy, G, ~3k) This is such a quick little taste of that golden age 2012 fanfic that would be written about Sousa being introduced to so many modern things, except it’s Daisy doing it and it’s absolutely hilarious. 

2. Forever's Already Started (you just don't know it yet) by Sanctuaria - (phil, may and daisy family feels, T, 3.2k) What it would’ve been like had the team time looped into Daisy’s time at the orphanage. There’s a lot of parenting feels, Melinda considers punching a nun, and I daresay you might cry. 

3. Feel For You by Ellie603 (philinda, T, 30.2k) A soulmate AU in which soulmates can feel each other’s emotions, and Phil’s made it his mission to befriend the reclusive professor that is Melinda May. The tug between the two of them is amazing, and it’s so well-paced. Plus, Hunter is absolute chaos in this. 

4. i think i've seen this film before by InkBlotAngel (melinda & daisy, T, 2.1k) Explores what would’ve gone down (and probably did, we just didn’t see it) if May had died in one of the time loops. Will rip you apart, this is guaranteed. 

5. so close to magic (so close to home) by offbrandevan (skimmons, T, 22.3k) Daisy transfers to Hogwarts at the beginning of Jemma’s seventh year, and Jemma is the biggest mess there ever is for her. There’s Quidditch, there’s a lot of emotions...and Elena kicks some ass, which makes me very happy. 

6.  gaygent johnson reporting by 101places - (a whole team fic ft. pipsy, G, 2k) Daisy makes a ton of jokes in her process of coming out. Some of them are good. Some of them just call for a lot of good-natured groaning. It’s a little happy fic if you want a quick boost of laughter. 

7. There'll be Stars in our Eyes by Bus_Kids_Burgade (the ladies of shield, G, 4.4k) May forces all of our favorite women of SHIELD on vacation, and it’s absolutely the bonding session you never knew you needed. 

I’d love to know what everyone else is reading! :)

[bobbiamorse]

7 for 7, pt 3

tl;dr - show ending, fandom isn’t, here’s some cool fic recs! part 1 & part 2. :)

don't dimiss it like it's easy (tell me what's so easy about coming to say goodbye) by isloremipsumafterall - Skimmons, G, 4k, s1 AU. Hanahaki disease is one of the fandom tropes I love even if it’s not popular in the AOS fandom. Unrequited love causes flowers to grow in people’s lungs until they choke - or they’re loved in return. Perfect set up for angst with a happy ending, which is exactly what this fic is.

While You Waited in Darkness by stjarna - Fitzsimmons, G, 67.1k, season 3 AU. One of my fandom things is that I love Will Daniels, and I think this fic shows how you can be a Fitzsimmons shipper who also loves Will Daniels. I never would’ve thought of an AU where Jemma is pregnant on Maveth, but boy is it a journey, and positive!Will just makes it all the sweeter. 

come slowly eden by fallintolife - Fitzskimmons, T, 2.5k, soulmate AU. If you don’t understand Fitzskimmons as a ship, you need to read this fic, because all will be clear. It does such an amazing job of detailing how Daisy (then Skye) falls in love with people, and how they love her back.

lay us down (we’re in love) by teacupandhellbeast - Huntingbird, E, 22k, AU. This AU takes a journey down what would’ve happened if Huntingbird had never divorced - because S.H.I.E.L.D. asked Bobbi to fake her death. I promise this fic ends happily and is well worth all the angst and heartache in the beginning! 

Wedding Crashers: A Star Wars Story by soulofevil - Maykara, T, 3.7k, AU. I am of the opinion that every fandom needs two things: more rarepairs, and more creative AUs. This is both of those things, with the bonus of being stunningly written and such fun to read.

No Question, I Want It by Kienova - Fitzsimmons, E, 12.6k, pre-canon AU. I’ve always been really intrigued by the question of friends-with-benefits to lovers and this fic absolutely nails it. FS’s friends with benefits relationship is exactly as messy as you’d expect... and it ends exactly the way you’d expect, too.

Meltdown by agentofserenity - Huntingbird, T, 1.5k, canon-verse. I love that every time I go looking for fics in this fandom I find something cool and new I didn’t expect to find. Autistic!Bobbi is a headcanon I didn’t consider but now is one I love and actively look for, all thanks to this fic.

[aosficnet2]

February 2020 W2W

Writer 2 Writer (W2W) is @aosficnet2‘s way to bring AoS fanfic writers together to promote community and showcase the work of our talented members.

All works posted in January 2020. Please read the warnings and tags on individual fics.

adorned (&adored) by @apathbacktoyou​ (Kasinara, T, 572 words) 

A new pairing for this reviewer!  A little sweet story about a playful couple bantering back and forth, with promises of being naughty later. Cute read! Highly recommend! 

Platonic Drabbles Collection: Bus Kids +Snow by @florchis​ ( Bus Kids, G, 1.2K) 

Fitz and Daisy hatch a plan to take Jemma out to see her first snow since Maveth, an activity that has a little healing in it for all of them. Flo brings her A-game with tender moments and creates a beautiful picture of our original Three being there for each other and loving one another in their own cautious (Fitz and Jemma) and not-so-cautious (Daisy) ways. 10/10 readers say it will melt your heart.

Long Cool Woman by @sunalsolove​ (scis & spies, T, 1072 words) 

Jemma, Fitz & Hunter’s reactions to Bobbi returning from a mission in a tight dress and three-inch heels showcases the dynamics of their relationship (and height differences) perfectly. It’s a brilliant and fluffy slice of life fic that allows you to picture all the little moments we don’t see in canon!

25 Chances for Christmas Magic: Falling From the Sky by @loved-the-stars-too-fondly​ (May/Daisy, G, 1.3K) 

This Wonder Woman AU is so impossibly soft and light and is filled with all kinds of magic. It captures the essence of the scene wonderfully and yet is magical in its own right, showing that lovely connection between May and Daisy. It made me feel like I was there. 100% recommend to anyone who needs a lovely fic to relax them and make them feel better about the world.

Second Time Better Than The Last by @eclecticmuses​ (Fitz/Simmons, E, 4.6K)

Fitz and Jemma have their second wedding night after returning to the Lighthouse. All the feels and hot smut. It's what they deserve and definitely what happened in canon.

and yet... by @accio-the-force​ (Fitz/Simmons, T, 2.7K) 

A smart version of Fitzsimmons getting together during S1 and a sweet reminder of how love is not blind but accepting- with bonus Jemma and Skye bonding. You can't miss it!

blue by @ready-to-kick-some-ass​ (Scis & Spies, G, 4K) 

A beautifully crafted Scis&Spies soulmate AU that follows Fitz's journey of finding out about the concept of soulmates - and then slowly about his own soulmates. Some angst, some fluff, and all around just lovely.

the stars are out tonight by @besidemethewholedamntime (fitzsimmons, G, 2,802 words) 

The second installment of the a life we do not want (a life we might yet have) series, Fitz thinks of Jemma and the life they might have had together if duty didn’t stand in their way. This historical AU is heartbreakingly beautiful, but a happy ending is in the cards for these two as the series reaches completion.

i will (run faster than my bullet) on candy stripe legs by @everythinghappens-love​ ( Fitzskimmons, Skimmons, Platonic Bus Kids, E, 2K)

The nonlinear storytelling of this fic gives it an extra interesting edge. It's dark and gritty but a satisfying read.

You Make Me Feel Alive by @libbyweasley​ (Fitzsimmons, E, 4.3k) 

��A sweet and hot fic set during season 1 where Jemma finally confronts her feelings for friends-with-benefits Fitz and realizes she loves him. It takes a little bit of talking and a little bit of sex for them to get on the same page, but they get their happy ending!

please don’t stop the music by @bobbimorseisbisexual​ (Scis & Spies, E, 4.9K)

A hot and adorable S&S fic (just like Hunter!) where Fitz goes accompanies his girlfriends to a bar on lady’s night and a certain stripper catches his (and Jemma and Bobbi’s) eye. It gets fantastically steamy from there, including a post-shower Hunter and everyone enjoying themselves. Highly recommended! 

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Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D AU August

I’m going to participate in AU August and will be using @aosficnet2‘s prompt list - I’m open for ship requests!

bolded is requested, see the list under the cut:)

1. Rival AU (Fitzbobbi)

2. Coffee Shop AU (Staticquake)

3. Role Reversal AU (Fitzskimmons)

4. Forbidden Love AU (Kasinara)

5. Hospital AU (Kasinara)

6. Soulmate AU

7. Wild West AU

8. Immortal Creatures AU

9. Roommates AU (Morsecode)

10. Your favorite movie AU

11. Magic AU

12. Detective AU

13. Tattoo Artist AU (FitzDaisy)

14. Library AU (Skimmons)

15. Firefighter AU

16. Vacation AU

17. Domestic AU

18. Amnesia AU

19. Photographer AU (Pipsy)

20. Your favorite book AU (FitzBobbi)

21. Bartender AU

22. Reality TV show AU (Karaina)

23. Historical AU (Kasinara)

24. Road Trip AU

25. CEO/boss AU (Staticquake)

26. No Shield AU (Philindaisy)

27. Groundhog Day AU (Kasinara)

28. Musician AU

29. Wedding Planner AU (Kasinaraina)

30. Your Favorite TV show AU (Mackelena)

31. Free Day (S&S)

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I’m so proud of you

Skimmons fanart, based on that AMAZING scene in s6 ep3, requested by @anonnim

Also a submission for the @agentsofchallenges Aos March Madness week 3, movie au or soulmates au