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Valentine's Mini Promptathon, 2012 Re-Edition Masterlist

Thank you to everyone who took part in this February's mini promptathon, 2012 Re-Edition! Below you'll find the masterlist of this year's fills. If I'm missing any please just let me know!

As usual, the closing of this year's Valentines Mini Promptathon doesn't mean you can't still create fills for any of these prompts. If you get inspired, please share! It won't be included in this masterlist, but we'll enjoy your efforts just the same.

Are They or Aren't They? | AO3 by ultra_fic (T, no warnigs)

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

Girls Do It Better by chaed (T, no warnings)

Prompt: Natasha is the one taken by Loki.

How to (Not) Date a Superhero | AO3 by kiss_me_cassie | @cassiesinsanity (T, no warnings)

Prompt: Everyone moving into Avengers Tower ends up including Jane Foster and Darcy Lewis. Clint and Darcy are friends of a sort after New Mexico. On realising that Darcy could be a weak spot for her partner, Natasha decides to train Darcy up. In her own unique way?

High and Dry in the Southwest by alphaflyer | @alphaflyer (T, no warnings)

Prompt: Cute and flirty texts or calls between Clint and Natasha during Iron Man 2.

the ultimate act of love (AO3 link only) by firlalaith | @firlalaith (T, CNTW)

Prompt: Another role switching idea - what if it was someone else and not Nat who fell with Bruce after the spear scene? So Nat was busy and someone else was free when Fury put the call out that they needed someone to face off with brainwashed!Clint. Would someone else be able to take Clint down, and how, and would it work the same way? How would Clint and Nat feel about someone else being the one to 'bring Clint back' as it were?

Guild by the Numbers (AO3 link only) by firlalaith | @firlalaith (T, CNTW)

Prompt: Natasha tells Clint not to ask how many people died on the hellicarier - "how many people did I...?" "Don't do that to yourself"

Clint goes looking for that information anyway.

Building a Better Future | AO3 by kiss_me_cassie | @cassiesinsanity (T, no warnings)

Prompt: Tony Stark decides to actually consult his new team mates before rebuilding Avengers Tower, on stuff like what they want their floors to be like and team spaces and stuff. AKA team building while actually building.

Quis Custodiet | AO3 by alphaflyer | @alphaflyer (T, no warnings)

Prompt: Outsider POV - the people who were employed to work at Stark Tower in various capacities, took a transfer from other Stark facilities, work the new coffee shop etc. Only suddenly now it's Avengers Tower.

[iriel3000]

'Til the Last Rose

Summary: Clint finds the perfect gift on the way home.

For the Be_Compromised Mini Promptathon of Love Inkvoices prompt: From tumblr (link gone): a sign in a flower shop window with the opening hours for valentines day saying 'open 8am until the last rose'.

excerpt

Two weeks. Fury said it would only take two weeks.

Two agonizing months later, Clint Barton trudged off of an early morning commercial flight and hailed a cab.

His partner wasn’t allowed to pick him up, making him particularly grumpy. SHIELD believed in undercover agents acting the part until they walked into debrief.

He would like to punch the person that put the word ‘brief' into that phrase knowing his was going to take hours.

Slumping against the backseat, he rubbed his eyes with both hands, thankful he had no luggage.

Eight weeks in a run down rental with a rickety bed too short for his lanky frame was eight weeks too long. He’d stayed in worse, but a certain redhead always made the misery better.

Wanting to hear the sound of her voice, Clint fished for his phone.

The cab came to an abrupt stop before he hit Natasha's number, lurching him forward.

“Asshole!” The driver shouted out the window then turned to Clint. “Sorry, sir.”

Barton shook head ‘no problem’. A sign in the corner shop window caught his eye.

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Til the Last Rose

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22 & 9

Thanks Anon <3

22. Events you participated in this year

(More than I thought Anon!)

- Whumptober

- Clintasha Advent

- Be Compromised Secret Santa

- Be Compromised Summer Promptathon

- Be Compromised - Valentine's Mini Promptathon

9. Longest wip of the year

So the ongoing fic/series continues to be Travel Through the Shadows with Me

But the longest fic of the year is the latest - Five Christmases (8000)

(From this ask game - End of Year Asks)

[inkvoices]

This year’s @be-compromised Valentine’s Mini Promptathon is open for prompts!

What is it? It’s like the big summer promptathon, only a mini version and there’s a general theme of Valentine’s Day and love - romantic, platonic, galentine’s, you name it. Friendship? UST? Developing romantic feelings? Badass mission? Excessive consumption of pink cupcakes? Angst and hurt/comfort? Alternate universes? Poly relationships? Natasha or Clint dating other people? Clint or Natasha spending time with friends? All welcome here!

How To Play - Prompts:

Leave your prompt in a comment on the DW post. List each prompt as its own separate comment. Prompts can be generic, Marvel, or include a mention of Clint and/or Natasha.

How To Play - Fills:

We’d like fills to contain a mention of Clint and/or Natasha in some way because we love them, but other than that the whole, wide Marvel Universe is yours to play in.

Post your fill, or a link to your fill - be it fic, art, a video of you performing an interpretive dance, etc - as a reply to the prompt comment. Please don't post your fanwork separately to the comm. We'll create a masterlist post at the end to make sure that everyone gets to see your creations!

Please include a title, rating, and appropriate warnings in the subject line of your fill. (If you run out of space just make sure it's at the start.) As per the comm rules please include a rating/warnings or a rating/choose not to warn. Thank you!

Prompts can absolutely be filled multiple times by multiple people <3

Timeline:

NOW - prompts are open, prompt ALL OF THE THINGS!

Friday 12th February - fills will open and prompts will stay open

Midnight (your timezone) Sunday 28th February - February and mini promptathon end, both prompts and fills close

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Come join in the annual Clintasha Valentine’s promptathon!

[cassiesinsanity]

valentine’s mini promptathon fill

For @quidnunc-life’s prompt: “You locked yourself out your apartment and you’re really cute and I can help, please don’t ask why I’m carrying lock picks” AU

Natasha heard him before she saw him. His voice drifted down the hallway as he sang some blues song slightly off key. She wasn't wholly familiar with the song, but she was pretty sure he was making up some of the words. She didn't recall ever having heard a song about a half-blind pizza dog before.

As she came around the corner, she finally found him, sitting in the hallway with his back against his front door, his eyes closed and head tipped back as he sang.

She paused and took a moment to study him.

God, but he was cute. There was something about that messy blond hair and broad shoulders and slightly crooked nose that set her body to humming. And now that she'd heard his voice, all gravelly undertones hiding under that smooth midwestern twang, she couldn't stop imagining how it would sound as he said her name. Preferably while his hard body had her pinned beneath him on a bed.

She shook her head. That was kind of rushing things a bit. She really ought to introduce herself first. Something she'd been saying for the entirety of the two weeks she'd lived here but had yet to actually do. Well, no time like the present.

"Um, hi?"

His eyes flew open in surprise and he nearly knocked his head against the door as he peered up at her. "Hi!"

"Sorry! I didn't mean to startle you," Natasha apologized, practically drowning under his mesmerizingly gaze. She struggled to get her libido under control. "But, um, don't you live here?" He squinted up at her. "Yeah?"

"So why are you sitting in the hallway?" He scrambled to his feet. "I, uh, locked myself out. My friend Katie's comin' to help me out, but she's at this thing and it might be a while."

She tilted her head at him. "So why didn't you go down to Starbucks or something while you waited?"

"Lucky's inside," he said, as if that explained everything. He smiled at her lopsidedly, making her heart do a little flip, and she almost missed the rest of what he said. "Sorry, Lucky's my dog. He's the one that got us into this mess."

She laughed, being all too familiar with what had probably happened. "Let me guess. You stepped out to get the mail or something and he slammed the door shut behind you."

He blushed and it was adorable. "Yeah, something like that."

"My cat does that all the time," she assured him.

"You have a cat?" "Kind of. More like she has me."  She looked at him, standing there awkwardly in the hallway, and made a rash decision that she was sure she was going to regret. "If you hold on a second, I think I can help you out."

He shrugged. "Not like there's anywhere I can go."

Natasha juggled the packages in her hands and fished out her keys, then disappeared into her own apartment across the hall.

A minute later, she reappeared in the hallway with a small zippered pouch. Opening it, she took out a slim metal tool and knelt in front of the door. Within seconds, the lock clicked and his door swung open. An excited Lucky raced out, jumping up on Clint, who shooed him back into the apartment but carefully kept a hand on the door so it wouldn't slam shut again.

"Um… Are you, uh, that is..." He stopped and rubbed at the back of his neck. "There's really no good way to ask what I want to ask." She laughed and stood up again. "Honestly, it's nothing sinister. I promise." She peeked into his apartment. A little messy, but not a total frat house. Taking a deep breath, she figured in for a penny, in for a pound. "Maybe invite me in for a drink and I'll tell you?"

"You wanna come in?" he asked, surprised. "I can't offer much. I think my fridge has some cold pizza and some beer and that's it." Ok, not the best impression, but it was the weekend and honestly, hadn't she herself been living on take-out all week?

"At least tell me it not Pabst Blue Ribbon." He made an apologetic face. "Coors?"

God, he really was a bit of a disaster, wasn't he? Still, those eyes and that hair and that mouth and… It was really a good thing she hadn't backed him up into the door yet and kissed him senseless.

She laughed and pushed past him into his apartment. "It'll do."

[be-compromised]

Mini Promptathon Masterlist

Thank you to everyone who took part in this February's mini promptathon

Fall On Me | AO3 by @aurorashard (G, no warnings) Prompt: 5+1 Clint falling. (Clint falls for Natasha, in more ways than one.) Five Times SHIELD Refused Its Agents Extraction And One Time Clint And Natasha Declined | AO3 by @alphaflyer (Teen, no warnings) Prompt: Strike Team Delta never have an extraction plan - so how to do they get home? (Mission style road trip? Could be a 5+1 fic?) AND clint explains valentine's day to yelena or nat Her Forbidden Hawk | AO3 by @cassiesinsanity (PG13, no warnings) Prompt:I was listening to an audio book with headphones in but in public [in the gym/swimming/on the train/wherever], and you were trying to get my attention or flirt, but at the same time my book had just reached a sex scene/the sexy part... awkward?! swear to be overdramatic & true | AO3 by @asterarchers (PG13, no warnings) Prompt: it IS a gun in my pocket and no I’m not pleased to see you 'Til the Last Rose | tumblr by @iriel3000 (T, language) Prompt: From tumblr (link gone): a sign in a flower shop window with the opening hours for valentines day saying 'open 8am until the last rose'. (Could be a flower shop AU? Could be Clint desperately trying to buy a rose?) Tiny Arrows | AO3 by @cassiesinsanity (G, no warnings) Prompt: "Little arrows in your clothing Little arrows in your hair When you're in love you'll find Those little arrows everywhere" Little Arrows, by one-hit wonder Leapy Lee (1968)

[be-compromised]

@iriel3000 already ready for the February Valentine's mini promptathon 😂

Secret Santa 2024 Masterlist

Thank you to everyone who took part in this year’s holiday fic exchange, from writers to beta readers to all you lovely people who leave comments! With an especial shout out to our heroic pinch hitters, Cassie and Caiti <3

All gifts and authors have now been revealed, both on AO3 and on the masterlist (here and on DW). (If any tumblr usernames are incorrect or missing please just let me know any changed you'd like me to make.) You’re now free to post, share, and link to your gifts wherever you like! If you could in some way link back to the exchange or the community, to direct people to all of the other wonderful fics as well, that would be appreciated.

If you feel inspired to fill any other prompts, or create stocking fillers or non-participant fills, please feel free. These just won’t be included as part of the Secret Santa exchange or on the masterlists.

And just to note that this is the first time we’ve run the exchange (mostly) on AO3. Your feedback is very welcome!

From all your be_compromised mods, we hope you have a happy holiday season and wish you all the best for the new year! <3

Beautiful Disasters by Ultra for dreamerfound/fadedwings Teen and Up (help, understanding, baking); Clint Barton & Natasha Romanoff, Natasha Romanoff/James Barnes, minor Clint Barton/Laura Barton Summary: When Natasha needs help, she calls Clint for back up, but this isn't quite the mission he was expecting...

Beyond Binary by Chaed for @iriel3000 Mature (sex, post-apocalypse); Clint Barton/Natasha Romanoff Summary: To Clint, Natasha is everything... she is also the only thing left. (A closer look behind the scenes of What If…Ultron Won? S01E08)

Catastrophe by @firlalaith for @yourlocalalchemistress Teen and Up (nudity, shapeshifting); Clint Barton/Natasha Romanoff) Summary: Clint gets turned into a cat during a mission.

chaotic calls & familiar feelings by @cassiesinsanity for @paperairplanesopenwindows Teen and Up (mild sexual content); Clint Barton/Natasha Romanoff, Yelena Belova/Kate Bishop Summary: Clint and Natasha just want to enjoy their retirement. The Team has other ideas, especially when their new archer and spy continue to fight like cats & dogs.

Detour to a Christmas Kiss by @cassiesinsanity for @quidnunc-life Teen and Up (fluff); Clint Barton/Natasha Romanoff Summary: Somehow, Clint managed not to stare with his mouth hanging open when Natasha emerged from the bathroom wrapped in a fluffy white robe. Nor did he make a fool of himself when they met in the small sitting room an hour later. He even managed to be the perfect gentleman throughout dinner. No, the problem started when he asked her to dance between dinner and dessert.

I Bet On You by @iriel3000 for @poppypickle Teen and Up (fluff, protective Natasha, jealous Natasha, bad flirting, attempted seduction, mission fic); Clint Barton/Natasha Romanoff Summary: Clint and Natasha make a bet about who can seduce the other one first. Early SHIELD.

I think the pie distracted me by maddestofhatters for @heroofshield Teen and Up; Clint Barton & Natasha Romanoff Summary: “Nat, I’m serious, when you get back, you have to come here.”

“You don’t even remember the name of the place.” She deadpans.

“So what. I’m telling you, this apple pie is the best I’ve ever had.” To prove his point he shoves a large bite in his mouth. “And last time they kept bringing me slices. I honestly think I ate the whole thing.” He continues with a full mouth.

“Clint, please don’t chew in my ear.” Natasha chastises. “And you don’t think that’s a little weird. A random restaurant giving you a whole free pie?” He hears faint gunshots coming from the other line.

“Are you in the field right now? I thought the job was done?” Clint exclaims, completely ignoring Natasha’s question.

-Clint's convinced he's found the best restaurant ever, Natasha is not so sure

it's not christmas til somebody dies by @quidnunc-life for @cassiesinsanity Teen and Up (assassination attempts, but like in a flirty way); Clint Barton/Natasha Romanoff Summary: Natasha takes her target’s choice of bar as a personal affront. Of course, there aren’t many options to choose from, being as they’re in Washington, DC’s bizarrely small airport, and it’s three days before Christmas, so most of the actually good places to grab a drink are crammed full of harried parents and idiot Hill interns knocking their expensive square-edges suitcases into people. Also, to be fair, it’s not as though the corrupt senator she’s here to eliminate knows that this drink will be his last.

Lost in Shadows by @caiti-creative-corner for Chaed Teen and Up (drugs, spiked drinks); Clint Barton/Natasha Romanoff Summary: Clint planned to spend his evening sprawled on the couch, a game on the television, and maybe some pizza and beer to finish off the stereotypical guy’s night at home theme. That was his plan . . . that was not how his night ended up going.

Mission: Home for Christmas by @caiti-creative-corner for @inkvoices Teen and Up (Christmas fluff); Clint Barton/Natasha Romanoff/Kate Bishop, Barney Barton/Laura Barton Summary: Clint doesn't think he can make it home for the holidays, but his family and friends decided to do something about that. In other words, what happens when the strays he's collected over the years decide to save him this time around?

Our Flag Means Death & Guns by @heroofshield for @alphaflyer Gen (pirate AU); Clint Barton/Natasha Romanoff Summary: On the high seas, Clint Barton and Natasha Romanov are an odd pair. But so is the crew of the Revenge.

Retreat by @alphaflyer for endlesstwanted Teen and Up (romantic fluff); Clint Barton/Natasha Romanoff Summary: Avenging takes its toll. Everybody is tuckered out and cranky; all Clint and Natasha want is a hot tub. Thor has a better answer: A field trip to Asgard.

the comfort that comes by @cloud--atlas for @caiti-creative-corner Teen and Up (werewolf AU, naked cuddling, non-sexual intimacy, possessive behaviour, fluff); Clint Barton/Natasha Romanoff Summary: It hadn’t actually been Clint’s mission that had been the long one. He’d only been away for four days. An Avengers call out; Doctor Doom in Hungary with Doombots and giant wasps and perhaps also sharks with lasers? She’s not entirely sure. As soon as Bruce had told her that the team had it under control, she had, uncharacteristically, stopped paying attention. In her defence, she’d been undercover in Madam Masque’s ludicrous crime syndicate for almost eighteen months with only Sharon and Sam as her non-villainous contacts and she’d really, really needed to just… watch cat videos and not think about anything important for at least three days. She’d missed Christmas – twice! She deserved cat videos.

She’d also needed to see Clint something fierce because it had been eighteen months – but… Doctor Doom. Giant Wasps. Sharks with lasers. And that’s fine! Stopping Doctor Doom is important. She gets that, she does. But… she’d wanted cuddles, okay? She’d really, really wanted cuddles.

the pull of the tide by @yourlocalalchemistress for @firlalaith Teen and Up (choose not to warn); Clint Barton/Natasha Romanoff, Kate Bishop/America Chavez, Steve Rogers/James Barnes, Tony Stark/Pepper Potts Summary: as a graduate student, clint met natasha on an island research station on the great barrier reef. when he catches a familiar flash of red hair almost a decade later, he feels bewilderment, nostalgia, and...is that hope? clintasha coral researcher/dolphin whisperer AU. 

Tumblr Dashed by @paperairplanesopenwindows for @cloud--atlas Mature (epistolary, celebrity AU, mentions of RPF shipping); Clint Barton/Natasha Romanoff, Clint Barton/Natasha Romanoff/James Barnes, Clint Barton/James Barnes Summary: An archive of tumblr posts after the cult classic television show Avengers (2001-2004) finally became available on Netflix.

Two Hours And A Half by endlesstwanted for Ultra Teen and Up (non-sexual intimacy); Clint Barton/Natasha Romanoff Summary: Two times Natasha walked away from Clint, and one time she stayed by his side.

We’ll Go Dancing With Your Shadows by @poppypickle for maddestofhatters Teen and Up (karaoke); Clint Barton/Natasha Romanoff Summary: “You should come out with us.”

Natasha is halfway out the door of the firing range when Barton says it. It sounds casual, like he’s tossing out an idea that just occurred to him. But there’s something in his tone – some vague undercurrent of purpose – that makes her feel certain this idea did not just occur to him. So she stops short and turns around slowly, one foot still inside the room and one foot out the door.

“Where’s out? And who’s us?”

Or, Clint helps Natasha adjust during her early SHIELD days.

Windows to the Soul by @inkvoices for @lostemotion Teen and Up (magical realism, Red Room); Clint Barton/Natasha Romanoff, Clint Barton/Natasha Romanoff/James Barnes Summary:They say that the eyes are windows to the soul. Most people, when they look into someone else’s eyes, can see at least what’s at the surface level.

Natasha learns that she might be turned into her worst fear - a soulless nightmare like the Winter Soldier - and chooses to run. Clint reads her soul on a rooftop in Berlin, sees the worst of her, and doesn't judge her for it.

[be-compromised]

Valentine’s Promptathon Masterlist 2022

Another Valentine's Mini Promptathon over, another masterlist of goodies. Thank you to everyone who took part!

ETA: It was pointed out to me that all the links were broken for some reason, so this list is now the updated version. All links should now work correctly.

An Unexpected Party (T, no warning) by inkvoices / @inkvoices

Prompt: “we’re quite literally fugitives of the state.” - “so no pizza?”

Chance Encounters (G, no warnings) by franztastisch / @cloud--atlas

Prompt: They meet in the vet's waiting room (or: they keep meeting at the vets.)

Concentration (G, no warnings) by AuroraShard / @aurorashard

Prompt: "You're making it so hard to concentrate right now." "Good, pay attention to me."

Highest Bidder (G, no warnings) by alphaflyer / @alphaflyer

Prompt: (SHIELD) charity auction

I couldn't find quiet, I went out in the rain (G, mid-Endgame angst) by sorcer3sssupreme / @closetedboggart 

Prompt: What Natasha doesn't know is that Clint's been keeping a ledger of his own.

In the morning, you'll be dancing with us (T, Clint/Nat/Bucky) by sorcer3sssupreme / @closetedboggart

Prompt: One time at a party I kissed someone's girlfriend and to make sure he wasn't mad about it, I kissed him too. I passed out and woke up to a groupchat with both of them that said "Did you make it home safe, baby?"

Lead to Gold (G, no warnings) by sorcer3sssupreme / @closetedboggart

Prompt: The Roman God Cupid has his roots in Greek mythology as the Greek god of love, Eros. Eros was a handsome immortal played with the emotions of Gods and men, using golden arrows to incite love and leaden ones to sow aversion(absence of feeling). source: History Channel

She's Not Her (M, Hawkeye tv spoilers) by iriel3000

Prompt: When his phone rings and the caller ID says "Grills", Clint picks up because debts are debts. Plus, it's nice to have (relatively) normal friends. Grills gets straight to the point. "There's someone in Central Park, LARPing as the Black Widow. Thought you should know."

Try Loving You (T, no warnings) by AuroraShard / @aurorashard

Prompt: “Love is never kind; love is confusion and pain and abandonment. It’s every single nightmare your mind has been plagued by. And, yes, it can unmake you in ways you never thought were possible, but love - it will remind you what it’s like to be human.”

Untitled (T, no warnings, pre-Clint/Nat/Bucky) by franztastisch / @cloud--atlas

Prompt: “If I ask you to kiss me in front of all these people, will you do it?”

untitled (PG, Hawkeye tv spoilers) by kiss_me_cassie / @cassiesinsanity​

Prompt: When his phone rings and the caller ID says "Grills", Clint picks up because debts are debts. Plus, it's nice to have (relatively) normal friends. Grills gets straight to the point. "There's someone in Central Park, LARPing as the Black Widow. Thought you should know."

untitled (G, no warnings) by sorcer3sssupreme / @closetedboggart

Prompt: Winter Olympics AU

Ventral (G, warnings: spiders) by sorcer3sssupreme / @closetedboggart

Prompt: Clint adds something to represent Natasha to his sleeve. Her reaction is not what he expects.

[be-compromised]

Hi All, as requested here it is: February has arrived and with it the Valentine's Mini Promptathon!

What is this? It’s like the big summer promptathon, only a mini version and there’s a general theme of Valentine’s Day and love - romantic, platonic, galentine’s, you name it. Friendship? UST? Developing romantic feelings? Badass mission? Excessive consumption of pink cupcakes? Angst and hurt/comfort? Alternate universes? Poly relationships? Natasha or Clint dating other people? Clint or Natasha spending time with friends? All welcome here! 

How To Play:

Leave your prompt in a comment to this post. List each prompt as its own separate comment. Prompts can be generic, Marvel, or include a mention of Clint and/or Natasha. You can leave as many prompts as you want.

Post your fill, or a link to your fill - be it fic, art, a video of you performing an interpretive dance, etc - as a reply to the prompt comment. Please don't post your fanwork separately to the comm. We'll create a masterlist post at the end to make sure that everyone gets to see your creations!

Prompts can absolutely be filled multiple times by multiple people <3

Rules:

1) Fills should contain at least a mention of Clint and/or Natasha in some way because we love them, but other than that the whole, wide Marvel Universe is yours to play in. We welcome other characters and pairings (and threesomes or moresomes).

2) Label your fill/comment in the subject line with 'FILL', your title, and a rating. As per the comm rules please include a rating and either appropriate warnings or 'choose not to warn'. If you run out of space in the subject line just add it at the start of your comment. 

3) Please include a warning for any spoilers for the recent Marvel tv shows (Hawkeye, Loki, FAWS, What if...) and films (Spider-Man: No Way Home, Eternals, Shang Chi). Not everyone has Disney+ or can get to the cinema.

Thank you!

Timeline:

NOW - prompts are open, prompt ALL OF THE THINGS!

FRIDAY 11 FEB - fills will open

MIDNIGHT (your timezone) SUNDAY 27 FEB - both prompts and fills close

If you have any questions please ask in the Questions comment thread on the dreamwidth post or contact a mod. For additional squee, there is also the be_compromised Discord Server, where we’re also doing our first ever fanfic ‘book’ club!

[iriel3000]

She's Not Her

Summary: Clint spends too much time with the Black Widow look-alike from Rogers the Musical and Kate doesn't like it. @be-compromised Valentine's mini promptathon 2022.

Based on and inspired by @alphaflyer prompt Grills gets straight to the point. "There's someone in Central Park, LARPing as the Black Widow. Thought you should know." With apologies to Alpha, I didn't use the prompt as written but hope I kept with the spirit.

Triggers: This is NOT a Valentine's fic. If you are looking for good guy Clint...run away. You will also not find morally upstanding Clint or family man Clint.

YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED

Excerpt:

Incoming text from Grills Small fire. Had to clean up. Sorry going to be late

Clint no problem. gotta run to Kate’s. meet you at park on way

Barton was in New York for a couple of weeks helping his new protégé, Kate Bishop, with Avengers recruitment training. Before arriving, Clint made Grills a special retractable sword for LARPing as a thank you for sticking his neck out during Christmas.

Not wanting attention, Hawkeye threw his hoodie overhead and strolled downtown. Central Park was alive with joggers, moms with strollers, yoga classes and artists. A gaggle of oddly dressed role players greeted him heartily.

Orville called for a break.

“How's it going?” Grills walked over to shake his hand. Clint passed him a compact rod. “Is this it? This is awesome!”

Grills whipped the sword to full extension, testing a graceful slice through the air, killing his next imaginary foe.

“Glad to help.” Clint nodded, trying not to be too amused by the young man’s enthusiasm. “What’s going on today?”

“Drills for the upcoming tournament at Niagara Falls. We had some new people join the group so Missy set extra practice times.” Grills closed the sword then opened it again. “Speaking of, one of them is Cynthia’s roommate. She’s been bugging me to meet you.”

Clint made a face. He wasn’t good at meeting ‘fans’. He preferred if Kate were here for that.

“She’ll understand if not, might be weird.”

“Let me guess. Archer?”

“No.” Grills said slowly and jutted his chin towards a group of girls. “Her.”

Barton’s vision narrowed and everything around faded. The Black Widow from Rogers the Musical chatted with another Viking, pretending not to notice them talking about her. A far away voice called his name.

“Clint.”

Focusing on Grills, Hawkeye choked down the nauseous feeling that threatened to overwhelm him.

“If she’s a friend of yours, sure.”

“Come on, it’s cool.” Grills waved.

The twenty-something bounced over but stopped short, suddenly becoming shy.

“Nice to meet you, I’m Clint.” He offered his hand.

“Hi,” she smiled, holding his hand more than shaking it, “I’m Nadia.”

Hawkeye couldn’t help but stare. He’d seen many black widow look-alikes over the years but never one so dangerously close to the real thing, even her name was reminiscent of his partner.

“Grills said you saw Rogers over break.” She clasped her hands behind her back looking up at him with long lashed blue eyes. “Did you like it?”

Nadia bit her bottom lip. Clint found himself wanting to nibble on it too. He cleared his throat trying to remember the question.

“I liked the way you danced…I mean, Nat was a ballerina. You did a good job. She would’ve liked your dancing.”

“That means so much coming from you, thank you.” She beamed and touched his arm. Clint swallowed hard. “We changed a few things since the first performance. I could leave tickets for you and Kate? If you’re not too busy.”

Kate. Shit.

“Sounds good. Can I get your number from Grills and let you know when? I’m supposed to be at Kate’s now.”

She looked from Grills to Clint and back to Grills, nudging the tall firefighter.

“Actually, we're heading to McCaffrey's when we're done here. Why don’t you and Kate stop by later?”

“She and I have an early recruit session tomorrow.” It was a lame excuse but he was uncomfortable with how much he wanted to see the singing Black Widow again.

“They have really good pizza…” The pretty actress baited.

It had been months since he ate a good New York slice.

“We’ll swing by.” Clint conceded, tearing his gaze from Natash…Nadia. “See you both then.”

At Kate’s, Clint put the final touches on her indoor range. She wanted to order dinner but he suggested McCaffrey’s with the group.

“Grills will be there?” She perked up.

“He said make sure to bring you.” Barton didn't feel the need to tell her about the Rogers tickets yet.

“Let me get changed!” Kate bounded off to her room.

The LARPers had their own section on the upper level. Whether it was because they were regulars or because the staff wanted them separate from the locals, Clint wasn't positive.

They found their way to Missy, Wendy and Orville. Kate, having been on the west coast the past few months, screamed and ran into their arms.

“I missed you guys so much!”

Grills came up from behind and handed Clint a beer. Kate and Missy sauntered down to the dance floor with the rest of their group.

“Thanks.” Clint took a sip. “Missy work you hard?”

“And then some.” He scoffed. “I’m about ready to pass out. I don’t know how all these girls are out on the floor. Shoot, especially Nadia. Dancing six days a week in the show and Missy’s strict practice times?”

Clint huffed a laugh, eyes sweeping the place but he knew where she was. He spotted Nadia the moment he walked in, tracking her in his peripheral as he spoke to the boys. He tried to get involved with the conversation but his eyes were drawn to the dance floor below.

Nadia stood out amongst the pulsating crowd, dancing in a short black skirt and barely there halter. She caught his eye and waved, letting her hand run down her neck and between her breasts.

Clint took a long swig of beer.

Her voluptuous hips swayed to the awful music. Wavy red hair slipped through her fingers as she raised her arms over head and arched her back. It was like watching Natasha seduce a mark.

Except this time, the target was Clint.

She danced with Kate and Wendy, rejecting every man that approached, staying in Hawkeye’s view the entire time looking up occasionally to make sure she had his attention.

“Am I right?” Orville hit Clint’s shoulder knocking him out of his trance.

Clint automatically agreed, to the dismay of the three around them.

The girls came back up and they all made their way to a big table. Kate sat next to Grills. Nadia maneuvered next to Clint near the end.

They talked, closing themselves off from the others. She scooted within his space, resting her bare knees on the inside of his, looking completely enamored of him.

“You need my number, don’t forget. For the tickets.” She added quickly.

Clint took her phone and called his. She leaned in, reached through his arm and pressed VIP next to his name, smiling. She was so close he could feel her breath.

A jab to his ribs made Barton sit up straight and jerk his head.

“Ready to go? We have to be at the course early.” Kate shot Nadia a dirty look.

Knowing he would only get himself in trouble if he stayed, Clint agreed and stood to say goodbye. He held up his phone with a little shake to Nadia as he walked out.

Making sure no one was looking, she held up her phone and waved goodbye.

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Valentine's Mini Promptathon 2020 Masterlist

Valentine’s Mini Promptathon is over for another year! Thank you to everyone who took part. :)

Bring You Closer to Me by kiss_me_cassie / @cassiesinsanity (M, no warnings) Prompt: A: A winter storm hit and the power at my place is out, can I crash at yours? B: Sure, you're one of my best friends and I've had a crush on you forever but know I'm not your type. Oh no, we have to share a bed as the heat in my apartment is out too? And you're suddenly so close and... are you attracted to me after all??? (Inspired by "One Bed For Christmas", a delightful novella by Jackie Lau) Poste Restante by alphaflyer / @alphaflyer (T, no warnings) Prompt: from this tumblr post: due to having an address and actual front door, Clint’s place is the official Amazon delivery address for at least five superheroes. Severe Weather Warning by franztastisch / @cloud--atlas (T, no warnings) Prompt: we just had a one-night stand but a massive storm hit so now we’re snowed in, hello awkward The Ghost and Ms. Romanoff by kiss_me_cassie / @cassiesinsanity (PG, no warnings) Prompt: ghost: BOOO GET OUT real estate agent: it's me, dummy ghost: oh! hey, how's the house sale going? real estate agent: real estate agent: not great but make them in love, I guess? (this is a terrible prompt :D ) Three is Greater than Two by kiss_me_cassie / @cassiesinsanity (M, no warnings) Prompt: From my colleague, when buying valentine's cards today: Urgh, being poly is so expensive. Untitled by paperairplanesopenwindows / @paperairplanesopenwindows (G, no warnings) Prompt: From my colleague, when buying valentine's cards today: Urgh, being poly is so expensive. Untitled by violsva / @violsva (T, no warnings) Prompt: Ace Natasha and pan Clint a la this fanart. They're a couple, so anyone Clint wants to sleep with has to pass the Natasha Test first.

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Once again it’s time for the be_compromised Valentine’s Mini Promptathon!

What is it? It’s like the big summer promptathon, only a mini version and there’s a general theme of Valentine’s Day and love - romantic, platonic, galentine’s, you name it. Prompts can be gen or include a mention of Clint and/or Natasha. We’d like fills to contain Clint and/or Natasha in some way because we love them, but other than that the whole, wide Marvel Universe is yours to play in.

Timeline: NOW - prompts are open, prompt ALL OF THE THINGS! Friday 14th February - fills are open, go, go go! Midnight (GMT) Sunday 23rd February - mini promptathon ends, both prompts and fills close

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Valentine's Mini Promptathon 2020 FILLS OPEN

Valentine's Mini Promptathon fills are open!!! And prompting is also still open. Have at it guys! :D

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Fills are now open for the be_compromised Valentine's Mini Promptathon!

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A prompt from the @be-compromised - Valentine's Mini Promptathon 2021 by @inkvoices who asked - What if Loki uses the spear to take Natasha instead of Clint?

It wouldn't leave me alone, and so this is neither Valentine's Day-ey, not fluffy and gets fairly dark in sections. The aftermath of mind control is not pretty but especially for someone who's mind has already been taken out and played with before. Please see warnings, and as always let me know if more needs to go in.

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Clint’s on a mission in the Ukraine and she’s stuck watching a glowing cube with Selvig poking it and getting zapped. She’s been in situations where things just keep escalating but this is something else. It feels like something more.

The place is being evacuated and she’s waiting for Fury to get here. After Clint’s assessment of Thor, she gets why everyone is on high alert, outer-space and aliens seem ridiculous but seeing this, first hand, is actually more stressful than Clint described. She wishes he were here.

Fury blusters in and calls her down, she states the obvious; before everything goes to shit.

She shoots at the hostile and covers Fury but she’s not quick enough. She sees shield agents go down and flashes of blue, she takes one last shot before... before..

There’s a voice in her head and a silence in her mind. She’s been here before..

Her thoughts stagnate.

Her breath slows.

Theres a buzzing in her brain.

Follow.

Obey.

She picks up her gun and it feels familiar; safe.

Obey.

Shoot.

There’s no voluntary movement.

She’s under control.

The feeling is familiar.

Obey the buzz commands.

She follows it.

.

Loki, she learns. The buzz is Loki. It invades her mind and she responds without question. She’s detached from her body as it responds to questions.

It hurts.

It taunts her, makes her talk.

Stop. She yells at herself.

Stop.

Stop.

Stop.

But she can’t.

Analytical mind meets tactical and she’s giving him everything.

Captain Rogers.

Stark.

Fury.

Traitor, her brain supplies beneath the buzz.

And then she’s telling him about Barton. Clint. She explains about his history, his father, his brother, his shame and fear and the way to best him. The way she would.

With her, she says.

By using her, her feelings, her body, her mind. He’ll do anything to save her.

She tells him this like she’s reciting a poetry, guarded secrets she’d never told anyone laid bare for this monster to use at will.

Bile rises in her throat.

Loki smiles.

He seems to know what this particular piece of information has cost her.

Tells her she’s a good girl and commands her to guard Selvig.

She does.

She does everything he commands.

Beneath the buzz, there is a fear.

Last time, she kept a part of herself.

She can’t see a way back now, and it’s getting stronger.

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