FS= Film Spoilers
I Trust You to Kill Me by ghostrunner | E, 6654 words
Most people find Specialist Barton so annoying as to be impossible to work with. He's been bounced off so many black ops teams it's probably a record. Agent Coulson is made of sterner stuff.
SHIELD Has Paperwork for Everything by scifigrl47 | M, 13760 words
"You're holding on by a thread. And that thread has a name, Barton. It's Phil Coulson." Part of a larger (and excellent) 'verse, but stands alone.
This Is Not by gqgqqt | M, 3977 words | FS
Dealing with the aftermath of Loki's invasion from Clint's POV. Trigger warnings for violence and noncon.
Some People Just Collect Stamps by Closer | T, 9446 words | FS
Phil Coulson wakes up in a hospital bed. Well, damn. Post-film.
Graded on the Sanctity of Patience by BlackEyedGirl | E, 7910 words
Around about the time Phillipa Jane told her middle-school teacher that Phil wasn’t a nickname, it was her name and not a difficult one to remember, she picked up a reputation. That hasn’t really gone away. Sexswap, queer het relationship.
When Your Heart Beats (Next to Mine) by SomeoneElsesDream | M, 9146 words
Clint is turned into a woman, and he doesn't cope with it well. I love how well this fic handles the inherent dysphoria of this trope that's so often glossed over.
Aboard the MV Hawkeye by windsweptfic | G, 2517 words
Sci-fi AU in which Clint is a sentient ship and Phil is the captain. It's hard to summarize well, just trust me.
Professions by gqgqqt | E, 9939 words
AU: Phil is a SHIELD agent and Clint is a sex worker. Trigger warnings for mentioned physical torture and sex trafficking (not of Clint)- see the fic notes for full details.
Hand over your heart by cherryvanilla | M, 7772 words
If a top secret file on Phil Coulson and Clint Barton's relationship existed, it would look something like this.
So They Could Wake Up in This Future Place by SidneySussex | M, 4140 words
Phil takes the Extremis virus. (For those unfamiliar with it, Extremis is a comics-canon technovirus that Tony uses to mentally control the Iron Man suit and integrate it into his biology, as well as enabling him to use his mind to interface with computers).
No Straight Lines series by gqgqqt | E, 48613 words total
A series that delves into Clint and Phil's BDSM relationship and dynamics. Everything they do is fully negotiated and consensual, but there are warnings dealing with abuse and noncon in Clint's past- what they are and which fics they're in is detailed individually. All that said, this is a great series, and the author really delves into their dynamic and their trust of one another. gqgqqt writes some of the best Clint/Coulson around.
A little bit of your taste (in my mouth) by ellievolia and sirona | E, 20299 words
In which Clint owns the coffee shop that makes the best damn coffee Phil has ever tasted, and things only go downhill from there. Coffeeshop AU. If you love that trope, this one's for you! If you hate that trope, skip it.
Mindset series by gqgqqt | T, 15139 words
Clint has OCD. They work with it.
Cybernetic Official Unit for Lawful Security Operations Number 01 by Jade_Dragoness | M, 7643 words
The most popular rumor in SHIELD was that Agent Phil Coulson was created in a lab. The rumor was unproven. It was also true.