all the transparence (in the shades of red)

[pen_strokes]

Title: all the transparence (in the shades of red)
Fandom/Pairing: The Avengers, Clint/Natasha
Rating: E
Word Count: 3939
Summary: It is not always about remaking, about reconstruction; sometimes it is just about trust.
Notes: First Avengers fic. Be gentle with me, darlings.

Comments

[workerbee73]

Oh my God I loved this, you have no idea. It feels like a whole lot of meta and headcanon poured out in fic form (and I mean that in the best possible way, as I'm a big fan of both). And Coulson lives. Of course he lives. Lovely touch.

I love how she's determined to reclaim what they have; I love his passivity and his trust. Love the way you paint their (established) relationship. And the sexin'? Hot and sweet and intense. Yes, pls.

But I think my favorite bit of all was this:

The color suits him, just like it suits her; they were born to be painted like this, vivid red like fresh-spilled blood.

(But Clint is the one who showed her the other shades of red: fresh-picked cherries in Maine on her birthday, their fingers stained with sweet juice; marinara sauce they made together from tomatoes she bought with her first SHIELD paycheck; the silk cords he used to tie her to the bedposts to show her that there could be sweetness in surrender; the flush that darkens Clint’s cheeks when they stay up late and drink expensive wine; the sunburn on her shoulders when he takes her to Cozumel and she spends the whole day in the clear water, watching the fish and ignoring his suggestion of sunscreen. So many colors, and she’d been living, for so long, in black and white.)

So perfectly lovely. I'm so glad you got inspired to write again. I hope this won't be the last. :)

[kuhori_rei]

Wow, what a detailed and thoughtful review! A lot of my own headcanon went into this, so I'm glad it worked well.

And of course Coulson lives! Coulson always lives.

I'm already working on another fic! :)