You guys have already seen a snippet of this at Unfinished Wednesday, and all of your comments (both there and in the kid!fic discussion post) were awesome for the motivation. ♥

So, here is the first chapter of my de-aged!Natasha fic - hope you enjoy!

TITLE: I've learned how to paint my face
FANDOM: MCU/The Avengers
RATING: Teen (for now)
WORDS: 4664
CHARACTERS: Natasha Romanov, Clint Barton, Tony Stark, Bruce Banner, Steve Rogers, Maria Hill, Nick Fury, Original Characters
PAIRING: background Clint/Natasha
WARNINGS: general warning for off-screen and referenced/discussed child abuse; chapter-specific warning is for a child in violent situations
A/N: Written for this prompt @ avengerkink. Many thanks dictator_duck for reading over as I wrote, cheerleading, and letting me steal her brain; further thanks to lordoflorien for a) also letting me steal her brain and b) beta-ing in the face of great technological adversity. ♥ Title comes from Dessa's Children's Work:
Now I've learned how to paint my face,
How to earn my keep, how to clean my kill
SUMMARY: A mysterious explosion leaves a number of SHIELD personnel, including Agent Romanoff, both injured and children again. Suddenly, the team has to deal with a highly trained and messed-up twelve-year-old Natalia Romanova while trying to find a solution.

All Natasha wants is to go home.

I've learned how to paint my face @ AO3