So, with the Secret Santa posting about to start (hooray!!!) I thought I'd take a moment and point a few things you can do to keep up with posts and comments. Particularly since there's not an offical LJ FAQ about how to do this that I've been able to find. If you know where it's hiding, please let me know.

This will be particularly useful if you:
1. Want to keep track of any comments on the fic/art/gift you made, since they're being posted anonymously and you won't automatically receive notifications of any replies. Once you see your work posted, you can choose to track the comments for that particular entry. Please remember NOT to reply to comments on your work and give away your identity until after the reveals!

2. You want to be sure you receive notification about new posts in the community so you don't miss any of the wonderful presents! (And let me just say, they really are fantastic and y'all have outdone yourselves!)
3. This will be useful information if/when we have another Prompt-a-thon, and also makes keeping up with larger posts like the All The Things Friday posts easier if you tend to live out of your e-mail inbox.

So. Just like you can tell LJ to send you an e-mail letting you know if someone has replied to a post or comment you've made somewhere on the site, you can:

( Track a post (i.e. receive notification whenever someone comments on a post) )

If you have any questions, please let me know and I'll try to help. :D Enjoy the exchange!!!

Chapter 1
Chapter 2
by mindsofiron

Summary: In which Clint and Natasha meet in the second-last year of high school, and immediately take to one another. They can't keep away, but it's dangerous this way. Written in flash-vignettes strung together, takes place very briefly over a year.

Rated: T

Sneaking in before the Secret Santa swap fully kicks off. I wrote a couple of Clint/Natasha fics last night for crazy4orcas and anuna_81 just because it was fun. They’re both short, but they’re fun, so I thought I’d share.

Title: Talking like Peter Lorre
Rating: PG
Warnings: Circle of life (mentions of animals eating other animals/food chain)
Summary: Clint has a very important question for fellow zoologist, Dr. Natasha Romanoff. Or: the one where they’re studying penguins and whales in Antarctica.
Length: 1054 words
Link: my LJ || AO3

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Title: Miracle
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Violence, allusions to dying, some language, baby!fic, non-explicit sex, unplanned pregnancy, allusions to alien impregnation, mentions of past abuse
Summary: She’s not a woman that believes in miracles, but a mission in Antigua leads to some very surprising consequences for two of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes.
Length: 2902 words
Link: my LJ || AO3

Happy Holidays, whatever you celebrate!!

Hello everyone!

Aaand here we are! Just a little bit more before the gift posting begins (cybermathwitch tells me everything is ready!); and I hope you're all excited about it just as I am.

I want to thank you all - all participants, beta readers, icon and art makers, treat writers, cheerleaders, friends ... EVERYONE who participated in any way. A big huge thank you to our mods who agreed to this and allowed me to organize this exchange, and everyone who offered to help, everyone who helped in any way (actually guys? I think all of you did a lot more work than I did) - just thank you, EVERYONE, so so so much!

Few things before we start? Keep checking the comm, because there will be new gifts (stories, art, gift baskets) every day. Every day! :D Tell your friends, pimp out, read, leave comments as much as you can because everyone worked hard; share the love, but most of all have fun! (Psst, also, make sure you wait until after the author reveal to answer the comments left to the gift you made). The gift posting ends on 7th January, and we'll have the big reveal the next day. :D

What else? If you have any more questions, feel free to PM me or cybermathwitch and we'll do our best to help you. Other than that, I hope you're all having fun and wonderful holidays! Merry Christmas, happy holidays, I'm so happy to share this awesome bar with all of you, you guys really made my year. Here's to more! *raises a glass*

Title: Bored Games
Author: tempered_rose
A Gift For: chrisfaithalin
Rating: PG
Warnings: team fluff?
Words: 1,834
Characters: Natasha/Clint; mentions other Avengers, Coulson, Fury
Summary: Clint & Natasha have to adapt to living with several of the Avengers in the Tower; but what happens when Tony says something he shouldn’t have?
Author’s Notes: written for the Secret Santa. I hope you like it; I had a hard time choosing between the prompts you gave me because they were all wonderful! I hope you enjoy it, and Happy Holidays <3 :D


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( Bored Games )

Title: Wild Dedication
Author: _samalander
A Gift For: hermionerd
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Irresponsible behavior?
Pairings: Clint/Natasha, past Natasha/Bucky
Summary/Prompt Used: Outsider perspective(s) (another Avenger or S.H.I.E.L.D. agent) at various points in their relationship--first meeting, early days, friendship, get together, etc.
Authors Notes: The working title of this was "Five People Who Knew Exactly what Clint and Natasha Were Up To (and One Who Wished They Didn't.)"

In wild dedication, take the moment of hope/And let it run, and never look back at all the damage we have done now/To each other. - Third Eye Blind, Blinded (When I See You)


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( Wild Dedication )

Title: In Other Words, Thursday
Author: amanuensis1
A Gift For: shanynde
Rating: R
Warnings: Assassination, a bit of smut
Pairings: Clint Barton/Natasha Romanov
Summary: Assassination, extraction, and morning-after breakfast. It's their version of domestic.
Authors Notes: Author's Notes at the end. Many thanks to my betas!


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( Natasha let the corpse--all hundred-and-twenty pelmeni-stuffed kilos of him--collapse to the carpet. )