Avengers Fanfiction
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Stories are listed in reverse chronological order by when they were written.
In Deed AO3 (Teen and Up, 4860 words)
Summary: Bucky is having a bad day. Lucky and Liho help. So do Clint and Natasha.
A Funny Thing Happened On The Way Back From The Hospital AO3 (Mature, 7969 words)
Summary: Aliens happen (again) and Clint ends up in hospital (again). What happens between that and Clint joining the others who’re re-grouping at the New Avengers Facility? The short answer is Deadpool.
Make Like A Ninja AO3 (Mature, 4580 words)
Summary: A Clint/Natasha/Bucky fix-it bridge between Secret Empire and Tales of Suspense (AU of 616 comics). Or: the fic where (like the rest of us) Clint refuses to believe that Natasha is dead, but he must look like he's doing a shit job of keeping himself together because Bucky follows him home.
Author Note: written for meatball42 in be_compromised's 2017 Secret Santa exchange
Scary Movie Night AO3 (Teen and Up, 380 words)
Summary: Clint wants Natasha and James to join him in a scary movie marathon for Halloween. Natasha is not convinced that this is a good idea.
We Can Get Better AO3 (Explicit, 6540 words)
Summary: Clint thought that everyone left after the Battle of Bed-Stuy, but Natasha's still here and that means the chances of him sleeping tonight have just improved dramatically.
both threat and promise AO3 (Explicit, 1414 words)
Summary: For the prompt: There should be a word for a threat that is also a promise. Because that is what I want you to hold me down and do.
The Bowling Green Massacre co-written with alphaflyer AO3 (Teen and up, 6569 words)
Summary: Fallaces sunt rerum species. The truth isn’t all things to all people all of the time.
Driver Choses The Music AO3 (PG13, 2000 words)
Summary: post-Avengers Clint and Natasha road trip.
Author Note: written for sugar_fey for be_compromised Promptathon 2016
ten times as long (to put yourselves back together) AO3 (PG13, 9350 words)
Summary: “So, what you’re telling me is that this is a completely unknown form of plant and you’re worried because maybe aliens left it here or something?”
The plant blinks open wide eyes and wood cracks into a toothless smile of sleepy pleasure.
“Okay,” says Tony slowly. “Okay. So. Alien tree.”
OR
The post-Infinity War Civil War recovery fic.
maybe not soon LJ|AO3 (PG13, 1656 words)
Summary: They’ll see each other again, just maybe not soon. (Extra-extra post-credit scenes for Captain America: Civil War.)
should you need us LJ|AO3 (PG13, 5282 words)
Summary: “I wish the goblins would come and take you away. Right now.” Fairy Queen Natalia steals Clint away, because his brother wished it so.
Author Note: written for scribble_myname for be_compromised's Promptathon 2015
these are the days part one on LJ|AO3 (PG13, WIP)
Summary: Natasha came to Dunelm University with a plan. This plan did not include a roommate with no respect for privacy, an Olympic archer and his pizza stealing dog, or taking part in any crazy student fundraising.
Otherwise entitled: how Natasha survives her first year at university and learns not to let her degree get in the way of her education.
Author Note: written for krilymcc in the AU Exchange on be_compromised
Palindromes LJ|AO3 (Explicit, 5392 words)
Summary: Isn’t it the same story whichever way you spin it? Tell me again, from the beginning. Natasha Romanoff, born in America in January of 1971, doesn’t kill the kid who at some point came to be known as Clint Barton, born thirteen years after her in Russia. Instead she brings him in to SHIELD.
Author Note: written for sandrasfisher in the AU Exchange on be_compromised for the prompt Natasha is like Hawkeye and Clint is like the Black Widow.
an eye for an eye LJ|AO3 (PG13, 4515 words)
Summary: In which a red-haired demon follows Clint home, but he takes a while to catch on. (Of Wax And Blood 2/?)
Author Note: written for this prompt from scribble_myname in the be_compromised 2015 Valentine's Mini Promptathon.
act like you know everything LJ|AO3 (PG13, 1523 words)
Summary: There was a bunker in New Jersey with three photographs and Natasha had asked, "Who's the girl?" It's been playing on her mind.
Author Note: Written for interestinggin in the MCU Ladies Fic Exchange
The Summoning LJ|AO3 (PG13, 2312 words)
Summary: Clint accidentally summons a red-haired demon from the Fourth Level of Hell - and she's pretty pissed off. (Of Wax And Blood 1/?)
Author Note: written for this prompt from sweetwatersong in the be_compromised 2015 Valentine's Mini Promptathon.
and sometimes when you fall, you fly LJ|AO3 (R, 5950 words)
Summary: “If you could choose - if you’d had the choice - would you have gone with Steve?" Clint asks Peggy Carter, a question that she of all people might be able to answer and one that he hates to ask.
Author Note: a belated 2014 promptathon gift for scribble_myname. (Clint was a time travel operative...)
the highest state of friendship LJ|AO3 (PG13, 9970 words)
Summary: A futuristic space AU in which bounty hunters Natasha and Clint aren’t married. Actually they’re supposed to be hunting each other.
Author Note: a gift for _samalander in be_compromised's 2014 Secret Santa gift exchange
now that I have your attention (PG13, 1159 words)
Summary: Detective Inspector Barton is not surprised to find Natasha Romanoff in the vicinity of a corpse. Not even a corpse in the underbelly of the space station and her in a ball gown. (For the be_compromised Remix Exchange 2014)
got your back (you can finally fight the hurricane) (PG13, 840 words)
Summary: The problem with watching movies together is that Clint falls asleep. Every freaking time. (For the be_compromised Mini Valentine's Prompatathon 2014)
Eyes Wide (R, 520 words)
Summary: How does their lovemaking change when Clint loses his hearing? Or does it change at all? Or He likes to look (to see that it’s her). She likes to be touched (to know that it’s him). (For the be_compromised Mini Valentine's Prompatathon 2014)
Love Is (PG13, 270 words)
Summary: Whisper a dangerous secret to someone you care about. Now they have the power to destroy you, but they won’t. This is what love is. (For the be_compromised Mini Valentine's Prompatathon 2014)
history is what you've travelled on and take with you (R, 2,625 words)
Summary: There’s a woman with a red hourglass on her cheek who visits Clint’s tattoo studio as she reclaims her skin and herself. A dystopian future type AU.
Author Note: Written for the be_compromised 2013 Promptathon.
tie me to a purer movement (R, 466 words)
Summary: for the prompt Tie your heart at night to mine, love, and both will defeat the darkness at be_compromised's 2013 Promptathon.
the things one shouldn't do (PG13, 460 words)
Summary: Natalia has always wanted to know because knowing means having a choice. Regency AU for the be_compromised Mini Valentine's Prompatathon 2013. (Graphics and ficlet)
Dust to Dust (PG13, 1,360 words)
Summary: The carnival stops for a stick of a lad, nothing but bones and bones are what he’s burying. Natasha doesn’t care what his story is. She’s not a goddamn fortune-teller. Clint is a farm boy that the carnival picks up and Natasha is one of the carnival’s dancers. Avengers/Carnivàle fusion.
The Nature Of Dust (R, 10,150 words)
Summary: for the prompt 1930s dustbowl AU. Clint and Natasha are members of a travelling circus. Dark/supernatural elements a la Carnivale optional but very welcome. Thanks to this prompt I am now watching Carnivale, but at the time I wasn't familiar enough to use the supernatural elements from it… so I made up my own.
Author Note: a gift for sugar_fey at be_compromised's Secret Santa 2012 exchange.
Five People That Tony Stark Never Made A Suit For (And One That He Did) (PG13, 1940 words)
Summary: a multi-fandom fic that does what it says in the title.
where the evening splits in half (PG13, 1230 words)
Summary: written for the prompt a linguistic interaction is first and foremost manipulative; Natasha and words here at the be_compromised promptathon.
Author Note: this is prologue of sorts in the small acts verse - huge thanks to workerbee73 and bob5fic for letting me play in their sandbox.
Failsafe (PG13, 1506 words)
Summary: He trusts her to take him out; she takes him back. She trusts him to bring her down; he brings her in. Written for the be_compromised promptathon.
Carefully Placed Is Your Trust (PG13, 792 words)
Summary: written for the prompt Clint has to cut Natasha's hair on the be_compromised promptathon.
On Names (PG13, 1,500 words)
Summary: She has been called many names in the past and she is called many names in the future, but she is and always will be the Black Widow.
The Child Takers (15/R, 1,820 words)
Summary: They come in the night, the takers of children. A story about darkness and monsters. A story about the people that try to take Natasha away and the one person who finally does.
Let's Just Take A Day (PG13, 225 words)
Summary: No one in SHIELD is stupid enough to ask Fury where the Avengers have gone. (A fic and graphic combination.)
Campfire Stories (PG13, 472 words)
Summary: Tony pushes for everyone's stories. For the prompt Clint + team, I tell the story about losing my virginity as a ghost story around campfires. I have emotional problems.
(untitled) (PG13, 336 words)
Summary: Crossover with Castle in which Castle follows a SHIELD Agent, Coulson is awesome, and Fury has a headache.
And Time Yet (PG13, 885 words)
Summary: from Stark Tower to shawarma.
Absolute Menace (PG, 484 words)
Summary: for the prompt Steve/Tony, babysitting because Natasha said, "Keep him out of the way."
Stories are listed in reverse chronological order by when they were written.
In Deed AO3 (Teen and Up, 4860 words)
Summary: Bucky is having a bad day. Lucky and Liho help. So do Clint and Natasha.
A Funny Thing Happened On The Way Back From The Hospital AO3 (Mature, 7969 words)
Summary: Aliens happen (again) and Clint ends up in hospital (again). What happens between that and Clint joining the others who’re re-grouping at the New Avengers Facility? The short answer is Deadpool.
Make Like A Ninja AO3 (Mature, 4580 words)
Summary: A Clint/Natasha/Bucky fix-it bridge between Secret Empire and Tales of Suspense (AU of 616 comics). Or: the fic where (like the rest of us) Clint refuses to believe that Natasha is dead, but he must look like he's doing a shit job of keeping himself together because Bucky follows him home.
Author Note: written for meatball42 in be_compromised's 2017 Secret Santa exchange
Scary Movie Night AO3 (Teen and Up, 380 words)
Summary: Clint wants Natasha and James to join him in a scary movie marathon for Halloween. Natasha is not convinced that this is a good idea.
We Can Get Better AO3 (Explicit, 6540 words)
Summary: Clint thought that everyone left after the Battle of Bed-Stuy, but Natasha's still here and that means the chances of him sleeping tonight have just improved dramatically.
both threat and promise AO3 (Explicit, 1414 words)
Summary: For the prompt: There should be a word for a threat that is also a promise. Because that is what I want you to hold me down and do.
The Bowling Green Massacre co-written with alphaflyer AO3 (Teen and up, 6569 words)
Summary: Fallaces sunt rerum species. The truth isn’t all things to all people all of the time.
Driver Choses The Music AO3 (PG13, 2000 words)
Summary: post-Avengers Clint and Natasha road trip.
Author Note: written for sugar_fey for be_compromised Promptathon 2016
ten times as long (to put yourselves back together) AO3 (PG13, 9350 words)
Summary: “So, what you’re telling me is that this is a completely unknown form of plant and you’re worried because maybe aliens left it here or something?”
The plant blinks open wide eyes and wood cracks into a toothless smile of sleepy pleasure.
“Okay,” says Tony slowly. “Okay. So. Alien tree.”
OR
The post-Infinity War Civil War recovery fic.
maybe not soon LJ|AO3 (PG13, 1656 words)
Summary: They’ll see each other again, just maybe not soon. (Extra-extra post-credit scenes for Captain America: Civil War.)
should you need us LJ|AO3 (PG13, 5282 words)
Summary: “I wish the goblins would come and take you away. Right now.” Fairy Queen Natalia steals Clint away, because his brother wished it so.
Author Note: written for scribble_myname for be_compromised's Promptathon 2015
these are the days part one on LJ|AO3 (PG13, WIP)
Summary: Natasha came to Dunelm University with a plan. This plan did not include a roommate with no respect for privacy, an Olympic archer and his pizza stealing dog, or taking part in any crazy student fundraising.
Otherwise entitled: how Natasha survives her first year at university and learns not to let her degree get in the way of her education.
Author Note: written for krilymcc in the AU Exchange on be_compromised
Palindromes LJ|AO3 (Explicit, 5392 words)
Summary: Isn’t it the same story whichever way you spin it? Tell me again, from the beginning. Natasha Romanoff, born in America in January of 1971, doesn’t kill the kid who at some point came to be known as Clint Barton, born thirteen years after her in Russia. Instead she brings him in to SHIELD.
Author Note: written for sandrasfisher in the AU Exchange on be_compromised for the prompt Natasha is like Hawkeye and Clint is like the Black Widow.
an eye for an eye LJ|AO3 (PG13, 4515 words)
Summary: In which a red-haired demon follows Clint home, but he takes a while to catch on. (Of Wax And Blood 2/?)
Author Note: written for this prompt from scribble_myname in the be_compromised 2015 Valentine's Mini Promptathon.
act like you know everything LJ|AO3 (PG13, 1523 words)
Summary: There was a bunker in New Jersey with three photographs and Natasha had asked, "Who's the girl?" It's been playing on her mind.
Author Note: Written for interestinggin in the MCU Ladies Fic Exchange
The Summoning LJ|AO3 (PG13, 2312 words)
Summary: Clint accidentally summons a red-haired demon from the Fourth Level of Hell - and she's pretty pissed off. (Of Wax And Blood 1/?)
Author Note: written for this prompt from sweetwatersong in the be_compromised 2015 Valentine's Mini Promptathon.
and sometimes when you fall, you fly LJ|AO3 (R, 5950 words)
Summary: “If you could choose - if you’d had the choice - would you have gone with Steve?" Clint asks Peggy Carter, a question that she of all people might be able to answer and one that he hates to ask.
Author Note: a belated 2014 promptathon gift for scribble_myname. (Clint was a time travel operative...)
the highest state of friendship LJ|AO3 (PG13, 9970 words)
Summary: A futuristic space AU in which bounty hunters Natasha and Clint aren’t married. Actually they’re supposed to be hunting each other.
Author Note: a gift for _samalander in be_compromised's 2014 Secret Santa gift exchange
now that I have your attention (PG13, 1159 words)
Summary: Detective Inspector Barton is not surprised to find Natasha Romanoff in the vicinity of a corpse. Not even a corpse in the underbelly of the space station and her in a ball gown. (For the be_compromised Remix Exchange 2014)
got your back (you can finally fight the hurricane) (PG13, 840 words)
Summary: The problem with watching movies together is that Clint falls asleep. Every freaking time. (For the be_compromised Mini Valentine's Prompatathon 2014)
Eyes Wide (R, 520 words)
Summary: How does their lovemaking change when Clint loses his hearing? Or does it change at all? Or He likes to look (to see that it’s her). She likes to be touched (to know that it’s him). (For the be_compromised Mini Valentine's Prompatathon 2014)
Love Is (PG13, 270 words)
Summary: Whisper a dangerous secret to someone you care about. Now they have the power to destroy you, but they won’t. This is what love is. (For the be_compromised Mini Valentine's Prompatathon 2014)
history is what you've travelled on and take with you (R, 2,625 words)
Summary: There’s a woman with a red hourglass on her cheek who visits Clint’s tattoo studio as she reclaims her skin and herself. A dystopian future type AU.
Author Note: Written for the be_compromised 2013 Promptathon.
tie me to a purer movement (R, 466 words)
Summary: for the prompt Tie your heart at night to mine, love, and both will defeat the darkness at be_compromised's 2013 Promptathon.
the things one shouldn't do (PG13, 460 words)
Summary: Natalia has always wanted to know because knowing means having a choice. Regency AU for the be_compromised Mini Valentine's Prompatathon 2013. (Graphics and ficlet)
Dust to Dust (PG13, 1,360 words)
Summary: The carnival stops for a stick of a lad, nothing but bones and bones are what he’s burying. Natasha doesn’t care what his story is. She’s not a goddamn fortune-teller. Clint is a farm boy that the carnival picks up and Natasha is one of the carnival’s dancers. Avengers/Carnivàle fusion.
The Nature Of Dust (R, 10,150 words)
Summary: for the prompt 1930s dustbowl AU. Clint and Natasha are members of a travelling circus. Dark/supernatural elements a la Carnivale optional but very welcome. Thanks to this prompt I am now watching Carnivale, but at the time I wasn't familiar enough to use the supernatural elements from it… so I made up my own.
Author Note: a gift for sugar_fey at be_compromised's Secret Santa 2012 exchange.
Five People That Tony Stark Never Made A Suit For (And One That He Did) (PG13, 1940 words)
Summary: a multi-fandom fic that does what it says in the title.
where the evening splits in half (PG13, 1230 words)
Summary: written for the prompt a linguistic interaction is first and foremost manipulative; Natasha and words here at the be_compromised promptathon.
Author Note: this is prologue of sorts in the small acts verse - huge thanks to workerbee73 and bob5fic for letting me play in their sandbox.
Failsafe (PG13, 1506 words)
Summary: He trusts her to take him out; she takes him back. She trusts him to bring her down; he brings her in. Written for the be_compromised promptathon.
Carefully Placed Is Your Trust (PG13, 792 words)
Summary: written for the prompt Clint has to cut Natasha's hair on the be_compromised promptathon.
On Names (PG13, 1,500 words)
Summary: She has been called many names in the past and she is called many names in the future, but she is and always will be the Black Widow.
The Child Takers (15/R, 1,820 words)
Summary: They come in the night, the takers of children. A story about darkness and monsters. A story about the people that try to take Natasha away and the one person who finally does.
Let's Just Take A Day (PG13, 225 words)
Summary: No one in SHIELD is stupid enough to ask Fury where the Avengers have gone. (A fic and graphic combination.)
Campfire Stories (PG13, 472 words)
Summary: Tony pushes for everyone's stories. For the prompt Clint + team, I tell the story about losing my virginity as a ghost story around campfires. I have emotional problems.
(untitled) (PG13, 336 words)
Summary: Crossover with Castle in which Castle follows a SHIELD Agent, Coulson is awesome, and Fury has a headache.
And Time Yet (PG13, 885 words)
Summary: from Stark Tower to shawarma.
Absolute Menace (PG, 484 words)
Summary: for the prompt Steve/Tony, babysitting because Natasha said, "Keep him out of the way."