FIC: 5 Times Natasha Did Whatever She Wanted...) (Clint/Natasha)

[cybermathwitch]

Title: Five Times Natasha Does Whatever She Wants With Whoever She Wants for Her Birthday (and That Time in Bulgaria When She Didn't)
Author/Artist: Koren M. (cybermathwitch)
Disclaimer: Not mine. If they were, there'd already be a Black Widow/Hawkeye movie. But Marvel has owned my loyalty since I was about 3, so...
Pairing: Clint/Natasha
Rating: Teen 13+

Comments

[astridv]

That was absolutely gorgeous.

[cybermathwitch]

Thank you so much! (And thank you for the rec, wow!) :D

[jolinar_rosha]

gorgeous. just gorgeous, I loved every line.

[cybermathwitch]

Thank you! :D I'm so glad!

[dictator_duck]

Oh my goodness, this is so beautiful! I opened it a week ago, but lost my tabs and couldn't refind it until now -- and I'm really glad I did! (find it,not lose it!)

I love how you manage to paint her growing friendship/relationship with Clint, and her sense of self, through snapshots on her birthday -- and I really love how you treat Pepper's suspicion of her, respecting it without having it skew her basic kindness and observ...ingness? (that's a word I promise) (It makes me sad, but at the same time I get why Pepper's upset. Finding out your probably friend-sidekick is someone else entirely has got to be harsh.)

Also thank you for the really detailed warnings! That might be silly, but it pleased me & made me feel safer reading when I hit the material (& I was fine) -- so, thank you.

*hugs fic*

[cybermathwitch]

You're very welcome - I don't normally warn quite that specifically, but I try to do what I can if I'm writing a prompt for someone specifically, because I want them to be comfortable reading it and to hopefully enjoy it. :) I'm glad you liked it! :D

[lizbet0]

This is really, really lovely! The ballet story is my favorite, I think. Wonderful!

[cybermathwitch]

Thank you!

[sweetwatersong]

but she’s not sure if anyone has ever taken such genuine pleasure in who and what she really is.

This. This is what got me, how her marks appreciated her for her covers or her body and her superiors for her efficiency, her abilities, but Clint's the one who knows exactly who she is and what she's done and loves her anyway. To accept the weight of her sins and her worries and to hold her, regardless, to smile and suggest and cry because of this self, whoever she is without the story.

And her confusion, her difficulty with making decisions based on that self, her self, how she's capable and whole but lost in such a seemingly impossible way. I absolutely love that piece of characterization.

The ballet, of course, and Clint's tears and hers but especially Pepper, Pepper who holds her like she held her kitten, not quite at arm's length, who protects her in a way like Clint protects hers, the things she chooses (and how much more important those are, knowing she struggles with decision), who does it because she's a good person and she

[cybermathwitch]

This. This is what got me, how her marks appreciated her for her covers or her body and her superiors for her efficiency, her abilities, but Clint's the one who knows exactly who she is and what she's done and loves her anyway. To accept the weight of her sins and her worries and to hold her, regardless, to smile and suggest and cry because of this self, whoever she is without the story.

That is such a beautiful way to spin that all out and explain it! Thank you! ::starry eyes:: I am all about the power of being loved because of, instead of in spite of, yourself. That's a huge thing for me, and you've explained it so perfectly here!

And her confusion, her difficulty with making decisions based on that self, her self, how she's capable and whole but lost in such a seemingly impossible way. I absolutely love that piece of characterization.

That is... it's the core of Natasha for me. :D

The ballet, of course, and Clint's tears and hers but especially Pepper, Pepper who holds her like she held her kitten, not quite at arm's