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[sweetwatersong]

mustang heart
rating: pg
characters: Clint Barton/Natasha Romanoff
warnings: canon-typical injuries

summary: Deals, horses, hearts and arms: some things aren't meant to be broken.

author's note: For anuna_81's prompt of 'Wild West AU' and hufflepuffsneak's 'AU! Natasha rides horses. Clint steals horses (among other things).' at the be_compromised 2014 promptathon. Liberties taken

Comments

[hufflepuffsneak]

This is such a great response to my prompt! *tackle hugs*

[sweetwatersong]

I kept staring at it going, "Horses, horses, I want to write about horses..." and after a frustrating few days, this is what finally worked out. :D I'm so glad you like it! *hugs*

[hufflepuffsneak]

The guy who wrote the screenplay for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (William Golding, also wrote Princess Bride) wrote it as a screenplay (instead of a novel) so he wouldn't have to do research on horses. You're ahead of him!

[sweetwatersong]

Ha! Although, having spent most of my life around them, I can understand why he might do that. Still, that makes me laugh. :)

[cybermathwitch]

Augh, so damn good! Guh. ALL THE FEELS.

[sweetwatersong]

Fair trade, then! ;)

[morrighangw]

Oh, the feels!!

[sweetwatersong]

You're welcome. ;) Thank you for reading!

[crazy4orcas]

Absolutely gorgeous!

LOVED these lines:

... or if some things are too sacred to be bridled.

and

Dust rises in their wake as he watches them run, sure in the knowledge that they are free - and that they will be coming back home.

And I like how you snuck in the other Avengers.

[sweetwatersong]

I think I'm actually incapable of making an AU without fitting in everyone that I possibly can. (My Jane/Thor epic has a character list that is ridiculously long, oh my gosh, and I'm so happy about it.)

Thank you for reading; I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[franztastisch]

Waaaah I love it. :D

[sweetwatersong]

Thank you so much! \o/