cleaning out the bookmarks, 1/?

[topaz119]

Wow, so I missed a couple of pages of bookmarks from way-back-when. Let's call this start on catching up The Things That Made Me Happy, v. Avengers--Older, Gen/Het/Slash, all with the Hawkeye factor.



The First Annual Avengers Convention, by starandrea, Avengers | MCU, Clint/Coulson, Teen, ~15,400 words === Clint and Phil start to work their way through everything left over after Manhattan while the whole team offers their support to the fundraising efforts. Nice mix of the Avengers putting themselves together, Clint getting to the point where he can trust himself, and the craziness of a con.

Hawkeye and AC, Go Pride, by desert_neon, Avengers | MCU, Clint/Coulson, Teen, ~5200 words === Clint and Phil get married and deal with life and the press. Not too much angst, but not completely fluffy either.

Thumpety thump thump, by pollyrepeat, Avengers | MCU, gen-ish Clint/Coulson, Teen, ~1800 words === A delightfully cracktastic Phil-comes-back story told in appropriately WTF-ish outsider POV. Written before Agents of SHIELD, so nothing to do with that canon. Did I mention the delightful crack?

In Visibility, by cat_77, Avengers | MCU, gen, Teen, ~14,100 words === Nice casefic/character study about Clint and his discomfort with being in the limelight all wrapped up in a well-done 'be careful what you wish for' vibe. Lots of Team!Feels, which you know I loooove.

Highway of Diamonds, by AlphaFlyer, Avengers | MCU, gen, Mature, ~29,800 words === Pre-Avengers, Clint & Natasha go undercover to break up a human-trafficking ring. This is not an uncommon premise in C&N case-fics, but this particular fic doesn't just brush off what that means. Things happen and it affects both partners and the partnership. Really good stuff here.

Chances, by SallyExactly, Avengers | MCU, gen, Mature, ~170,600 words === Pre-Avengers, how Hawkeye & the Black Widow become Strike Team Delta, and yes, you read that word count right. This is pretty much my go-to head canon for MCU Black Widow & Hawkeye now (and there's a sequel that's just as good and almost as long.) The sequel is a WiP, but each chapter completes its own mini-arc, so you're not left with a huge cliff-hanger. Note that the Mature rating is for violence and bad things happening, not sex.

The Observable Universe, by sarea, Avengers | MCU, Clint/Natasha, Jane/Thor, Tony/Pepper, Teen, ~9900 words === Jane isn't much of a people person, but she makes an effort for the other Avengers. This is a five-times story that centers on Clint and Natasha and the are-they-or-aren't-they of their relationship, but there's almost as much Team!Feels going on, too.

conversation by other means, by shelleybelle, Avengers | MCU, Clint/Natasha, Explicit, ~2200 words === Clint knows exactly how Natasha wants him to spar with her. And how to do other things, too.

What the Beauty Is, by samalander, Avengers | MCU, Clint/Natasha, Explicit, ~4700 words === Gym sex. PWP. Never a bad thing, yeah?

Don't Call It The Little Cherub Either, by Amanuensis, Avengers | MCU, Clint/Natasha, Mature, ~1000 words === Some super-villains have entertainingly twisted ideas.

Chasing the Light, by sarea, Avengers | MCU, Clint/Natasha, Teen, ~13,400 words === Pre-Avengers Strike Team Delta mission gone wrong. Competence-porn and hard decisions and a judicious amount of Clint-near-death. (It's definitely a thing in C/N, right?)

there's a song we sing together, by yugimotos, Avengers | MCU, Darcy/Clint, Explicit, ~9100 words === Clint is pretty much messed up after New York, but he's working at digging out from everything. Darcy is sharp and smart and snarky, but not perfect, and I really love them finding their way to each other here.

To Measure Goodness By What We Embrace, by nymora, Avengers | Thor | MCU, Darcy/Clint, Teen, ~3000 words === Lovely fusion with Chocolat, where Darcy deals with Norse gods and SHIELD agents and keeps herself grounded with the chocolate sent by her grandmere as she waits to see what the north wind sends for her.

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Comments

[ladymercury-10.livejournal.com]

Ooh, thanks for sharing, I might check some of these out!

[topaz119.livejournal.com]

You're welcome! I have so many more to sort out, too. I'm going to try to get another set coded for next week and see how many I have left after that. (Lots of older Clint/Phil, for sure.)