Little pieces I had stashed around my documents folder; I figured I might as well put them up!
put me down
rating: PG-13
characters: Clint Barton/Natasha Romanoff
warnings: Violence, foreshadowing of death
summary: I need you like a bullet to the head, she says
I need you like a bullet to the head, she says
and he understands
the mad dog, the rabid dog
fighting and biting to its last foam-choked breath
she needs him like a finale, like an ending
like some peace in her war-torn journey
but for tonight he gives her silence and kisses
warm and intoxicating and trailing down her neck
tomorrow he gives her strength and an anchor
a home to come back to
a place to belong to
and one day he'll give her that rest
shadows and games
rating: PG
characters: Clint Barton/Natasha Romanoff
summary: Cloak and dagger-style; a three sentence fic.
It's nothing personal, she said, eyes dark with calculations.
He surveys the warehouse, then touches a fingertip to the concrete beside a corpse he's pretty sure he wasn't supposed to come back to find.
At the taste of corn syrup, his sharp grin widens; the chase is on.