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[fic] you need a rock not a rolling stone, Avengers, Darcy/Clint, NC-17
Title: you need a rock not a rolling stone
Fandom: The Avengers (2012)
Pairing/Characters: Darcy Lewis/Clint Barton, Jane Foster/Thor
Rating/Length: Explicit, ~37,000 words
Disclaimer: Not mine, but omg, did I have fun with them.
Notes/Warnings: I... have no idea on this one, but it was a blast to write and it has kept me entertained and diverted through some not-so-fun times in RL this spring. Vague spoilers for Thor and the Iron Man movies, and I freely admit to skipping through 30+ years of Marvel canon and taking only the bits I like. Thanks to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
withdiamonds for reading even though I probably should have sent her a cheat sheet to keep everyone sorted out.
Summary: The first time Darcy is kidnapped by a mad scientist, it is not her fault.
Link: AO3
Fandom: The Avengers (2012)
Pairing/Characters: Darcy Lewis/Clint Barton, Jane Foster/Thor
Rating/Length: Explicit, ~37,000 words
Disclaimer: Not mine, but omg, did I have fun with them.
Notes/Warnings: I... have no idea on this one, but it was a blast to write and it has kept me entertained and diverted through some not-so-fun times in RL this spring. Vague spoilers for Thor and the Iron Man movies, and I freely admit to skipping through 30+ years of Marvel canon and taking only the bits I like. Thanks to
withdiamonds for reading even though I probably should have sent her a cheat sheet to keep everyone sorted out. Summary: The first time Darcy is kidnapped by a mad scientist, it is not her fault.
Link: AO3
you get the stream of consciousness while reading!
Darcy getting to rescue herself and then falling to pieces! ("I picked that so I could hear Coulson saying it" had me actually cackling. I can so hear it.) Clint and Darcy are such adorable failboats at each other, omg. (Also, I am charmed as hell by Steve being so serious about wanting to go to Darcy's graduation. STEEEEVE.) Also, JARVIS being all protective of Darcy? ADORABLE. "It makes her grazing soul very happy" -- that made me giggle and I'm not sure why (but man, if I were having boy trouble and had just gotten roofied and kidnapped, I'd want breakfast and a motorcycle ride with Steve too!) Aww, Darcy being brain-blown that SHIELD and Pepper are fighting over who gets to employ her! (Totally amused by Darcy also being brain-blown by Coulson having a sense of humor at Pepper hee hee hee.) (And speaking of Pepper: "A standing reservation at a Trappist monastery outside of San Francisco," Pepper says dryly. "They have a beautiful guesthouse for retreats, but the best part is their vow of silence--it is the most exquisite relief." also had me cracking up, as did she says that it's hard to compete with a job that has the unofficial motto of We save the world--what do *you* do? going for it.)
"It's my honor to give up my cookies to Captain America. Please, take my Oreos, too." is my favorite new deadpan snarky line in a fic, period.
I love how Darcy demolishes Clint's arguments one by one ("leading the witness and I move to strike", hee) and I love that Clint's arguments aren't just about paternalistic trying-to-shelter-her, but about the team and thinking about the future. (I mean, there's a bit of I-know-better in there too, but somehow I'm not feeling like that's his primary motivation?) I am also charmed by the interactions with JARVIS and Darcy. Soooo cute. Also, Darcy being fierce at Clint about taking care of himself is just lovely, and once again we are back to Steve! Being Steve! I love Steve.
THOR. It has to be said in ALLCAPS.
How much do I love Steve being the one to talk sense into Clint? THIS MUCH. Also, Darcy's right; Clint's behavior once he wakes up from that nightmare does totally show he has crappy taste in women if that's what he's used to.
Darcy, sweetie, you've been infected with Big Damn Herodom. It's a nasty side effect of living with these people. (Also, how much do I love that it's Steve who gives her the lecture and not Clint?) (I also love Natasha deciding it's time to teach Darcy how to fight and clearly steeling herself up for some persuasion and Darcy's like, yup. yup, it is.)
The thought of a SHIELD holiday party fills me with horrified glee.
FURY AND NATASHA AND CLINT HAVING THE TALK WITH FURY AND NATASHA TAKING IT OUT ON CLINT hee hee HEEEE
Seriously, this is adorable and I love it. And I love how it's not about Clint-and-Darcy, it's about Darcy growing up and doing her thing and yeah, part of her thing includes this relationship with Clint, but hey, mostly it's just Darcy doing her thing. I love your Darcy. So much.
(also, STEEEEEVE)
Re: you get the stream of consciousness while reading!
OMG, it has been FOREVER since we stream-of-conciousness-ed at each other and I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW HAPPY I AM THAT IT'S OVER THIS FIC, because writing it, the snark and the banter and all, kept me from bursting into tears more nights than not these last weeks. I may not ever be rational about this one.
And, yow, I am so happy you loved Steve, because it gave me great joy that he fell so easily into the moral center of this little world, because he IS Captain America and that's how it should be, but I wasn't sure I could pull it off until he wouldn't let Darcy into Clint's room while they debriefed but she was totally okay with it. And then he had to be the one who could pry Clint's issues out of him AND make them go away, again, because he's Captain America and what he says, goes. Even when he's delivering the lectures (which he totally did so Clint wouldn't have to, but also because it's HIS TEAM, so he doesn't just do the easy stuff.)
As for Clint's issues--hah, omg, he has the canon for about as bad of a lovelife as it gets, almost as bad as comics-verse Tony (who, of course, doesn't get Steve as anything other than friends, poor guy.) So 90% of what he's saying is how it's played out before (I skipped over the one who killed him--talk about baggage) but yeah, all kind of wrapped up in the age issue, too. NOT THAT DARCY GIVES A SHIT. And I'm sort of taking it as canon that Natasha would totally egg Darcy on in a cage match against some of Clint's former issue-raisers. :D
And then I went completely insane and the holiday party presented itself and I'd already written Fury being the one to take care of Natasha in the earlier part (in the comics, they go way back [and are tangled together with Wolverine, but that's another story entirely!]) and I couldn't resist them showing up and making peoples' brains explode.
To sum up: I HAD SO MUCH FUN WITH THIS AND I MAY HAVE TO DRAW HEARTS AROUND YOUR COMMENT AND KEEP IT FOREVER AND EVER. ♥ ♥ ♥
Re: you get the stream of consciousness while reading!
I really do love how the whole thing is Darcy thinking she's utterly out of her depth AND SECRETLY SHE IS BEING AWESOME. Because of course SHIELD and Stark Industries would be fighting for her! SHE IS DARCY.
Re: you get the stream of consciousness while reading!
I'm sure it won't surprise you to hear I wrote it all so the sex against the door would make sense, but, yeah, apparently, my PWP-fu has turned into novella-length set-ups. I might have had way too much fun with Darcy and her finding her way in the crazy SHIELD world, though, so no harm, no foul, right?
Re: you get the stream of consciousness while reading!
And hey, you're talking to the person who's writing an entire five-book cycle just to get three characters in bed together, so. *G*
Re: you get the stream of consciousness while reading!
And sex scenes should be an organic part of the story, right? I mean, I knew Darcy was up for it, and lord knows Clint thought about it, but age difference, PTSD, yadda yadda, *something* had to give before he'd actually do it. I'm probably lucky it only took 20,000 words to get him there. :D
Re: you get the stream of consciousness while reading!
(I really need to get back to that. I'm one chapter away from being able to post part 2!)