for the night is dark and full of us, clint/natasha, waking each other from nightmaresThe worst ones are the ones that feel best; she's in front of a fire, drinking hot borscht, and the tiny room smells like bread baking. The cold seeps in under the threadbare coat her father gave her, into the edges of her vision
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Awesome. I could read a hundred million words about these two and their coping mechanisms and how too such wary, distrustful people wound up so tightly meshed with one another.
and in our faults by lies we flattered be, Tony/Pepper, he never tells her about the phone call
He sleeps for a solid twelve hours, when it’s all over - a record for the man who typically runs on four hours a night, five if JARVIS intervenes and turns the alarm off. No-one begrudges him the time, not after what he did.
When he does wake, Pepper is at his bedside with a breakfast tray and the news that workmen are already repairing the worst of the damage.
“Hey,” she says, not daring to say more.
“Hey yourself… what did I miss?”
“A lot of reporters trying to get statements, mostly.”
“Did they get anything?”
She smiles. “If I remember correctly, a lot of ‘no comment’s and ‘a statement will be released soon’. Nothing you need to be concerned with.”
“Knew you’d handle it.”
She looks down at her hands for a second. “When you were… up there… what were you thinking about?”
You, he thinks, just you. He wonders what would’ve happened if she had answered her phone. What he would’ve said to her. Then he shrugs - and winces in pain as
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you don't have to stay (but you have to come back) | bruce/natasha | he resented her for disturbing his life removed from the world - fic here @ my ficjournal.
it got long. i hope it's something like what you had in mind?
Natasha/Bruce + Natasha works to overcome her blinding fear of the Hulk via desensitization AKA Natasha keeps popping up everywhere and Bruce is confused (until he isn't)
THE NOISES THAT CAME OUT OF MY MOUTH WHEN I SAW THIS GOT FILLED.
Ahhhh, thank you so much, this is fabulous! I especially love that little bit about his hyperawareness of her lol. *sigh* The fandom needs more Bruce/Natasha. x)
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He sleeps for a solid twelve hours, when it’s all over - a record for the man who typically runs on four hours a night, five if JARVIS intervenes and turns the alarm off. No-one begrudges him the time, not after what he did.
When he does wake, Pepper is at his bedside with a breakfast tray and the news that workmen are already repairing the worst of the damage.
“Hey,” she says, not daring to say more.
“Hey yourself… what did I miss?”
“A lot of reporters trying to get statements, mostly.”
“Did they get anything?”
She smiles. “If I remember correctly, a lot of ‘no comment’s and ‘a statement will be released soon’. Nothing you need to be concerned with.”
“Knew you’d handle it.”
She looks down at her hands for a second. “When you were… up there… what were you thinking about?”
You, he thinks, just you. He wonders what would’ve happened if she had answered her phone. What he would’ve said to her. Then he shrugs - and winces in pain as ( ... )
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it got long. i hope it's something like what you had in mind?
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Ahhhh, thank you so much, this is fabulous! I especially love that little bit about his hyperawareness of her lol. *sigh* The fandom needs more Bruce/Natasha. x)
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