[Fill] Talk Some Sense to Me (You’re My Warning Sign)meatball42August 31 2016, 21:40:10 UTC
I had so many other prompts I wanted to fill! But instead I spent the whole promptathon on this one! I must have listened to this song thirty times at least, and it's all your fault :p I hope this one fill makes up for the lack of all the others I wanted to do :/
Title: Talk Some Sense to Me (You’re My Warning Sign) Fandom: MCU Rating: T Characters/pairings: Natasha/Bucky, Natasha/Clint, Natasha & Tony, Natasha & Steve, Maria, Sam, Pepper Wordcount: 6,371 words Summary: Natasha’s life isn’t perfect, but she’s worked hard to get where she is today. An old anniversary makes her reconsider almost everything. Leave it to Clint Barton to drive her crazy without even knowing he did it.
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The day started off bad when Natasha noticed the date while swiping away her alarm, and remembered something she’d avoided thinking about for the last 365 days.
August 14.
“You idiot,” she whispered, rubbing her already aching forehead with the knuckles of one hand.
And then she threw back the covers and got ready for work, because life doesn’t wait for you to be ready.
First on the itinerary was a breakfast meeting with her agents. Maria and Sam were cordial to each other as always, full of frank yet polite disagreement about the proper division of Natasha’s time over the next twelve months. Sam argued that Natasha’s attention and presence were required for the next stage of It Takes A Village, and to support the latest fundraising effort by Tony Stark’s foundation. Maria argued just as strongly, but with a little more of her natural edge, that the new charity wouldn’t get off the ground if Natasha neglected the three screenplays she’d signed on for in the next year.
“We won’t be able to grow anything without widely-sourced capital and publicity,” Maria reasoned. “And if I remember correctly, one of the draws for the Village this year was that we’d match any contributions made up to five hundred thousand dollars. If at least two of these projects don’t have big returns and positive reviews, you won’t pull half that.”
“On the other hand, if we don’t make an effort to fundraise and get the word out at all, a big segment of potential new donors will be lost in the shuffle,” Sam replied, half-shrugging. “I know the schedule doesn’t leave much time for it, particularly Avengers 3, but it’s crunch time over here. We’ll have to fit it in somehow.”
Having heard the same calmly-delivered arguments at least four times in the past two weeks, Natasha was zoning out over her Rooibos. She could feel herself slowly going insane from all of Sam and Maria’s logical argument. It was only when the pair turned to her for a reply that Natasha realized that last thought hadn’t been hers.
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The rest is HERE on AO3 cause it's way too long for a comment.
Title: Talk Some Sense to Me (You’re My Warning Sign)
Fandom: MCU
Rating: T
Characters/pairings: Natasha/Bucky, Natasha/Clint, Natasha & Tony, Natasha & Steve, Maria, Sam, Pepper
Wordcount: 6,371 words
Summary: Natasha’s life isn’t perfect, but she’s worked hard to get where she is today. An old anniversary makes her reconsider almost everything. Leave it to Clint Barton to drive her crazy without even knowing he did it.
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The day started off bad when Natasha noticed the date while swiping away her alarm, and remembered something she’d avoided thinking about for the last 365 days.
August 14.
“You idiot,” she whispered, rubbing her already aching forehead with the knuckles of one hand.
And then she threw back the covers and got ready for work, because life doesn’t wait for you to be ready.
First on the itinerary was a breakfast meeting with her agents. Maria and Sam were cordial to each other as always, full of frank yet polite disagreement about the proper division of Natasha’s time over the next twelve months. Sam argued that Natasha’s attention and presence were required for the next stage of It Takes A Village, and to support the latest fundraising effort by Tony Stark’s foundation. Maria argued just as strongly, but with a little more of her natural edge, that the new charity wouldn’t get off the ground if Natasha neglected the three screenplays she’d signed on for in the next year.
“We won’t be able to grow anything without widely-sourced capital and publicity,” Maria reasoned. “And if I remember correctly, one of the draws for the Village this year was that we’d match any contributions made up to five hundred thousand dollars. If at least two of these projects don’t have big returns and positive reviews, you won’t pull half that.”
“On the other hand, if we don’t make an effort to fundraise and get the word out at all, a big segment of potential new donors will be lost in the shuffle,” Sam replied, half-shrugging. “I know the schedule doesn’t leave much time for it, particularly Avengers 3, but it’s crunch time over here. We’ll have to fit it in somehow.”
Having heard the same calmly-delivered arguments at least four times in the past two weeks, Natasha was zoning out over her Rooibos. She could feel herself slowly going insane from all of Sam and Maria’s logical argument. It was only when the pair turned to her for a reply that Natasha realized that last thought hadn’t been hers.
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The rest is HERE on AO3 cause it's way too long for a comment.
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