Hello dear bar! Today we'll discuss bodies and everything related. Which means things like: looks, body awareness, being physically fit, exercise, weight, injuries, scars. Also, body modification and enhancement, abilities, skills, body perception; age or lack of ageing if your version of assassins have been serum'd. What are your views/thoughts/ideas about these things? How do you feel about casting? Personally, I love how casting added and played into lot of our headcanons, resulting in deceptively soft looks for Natasha when she needs it (Iron Man2); while she still manages to be amazing, quick, very effcient fighter; and solid - steady - strong/somewhat older than Natasha look for Clint.

After spending a year in this corner of fandom, I know that most of our writers here take bodies and physical things into account while writing fics. I know there are all kinds of fics, dealing with injuries, with the human Clint and Natasha VS superheroes (Steve, Bruce/Hulk, Thor), and various limitations that come with human body; or how our assassins use their bodies as tools (Natasha in particular, which means she has to be both fit and take lot of care to maintain her soft and nonthreatening, attractive appearance). We've also done a fair share of wonderfully written body worship.

I'll drop you just a few fic recs from the top of my head (admittedly, most of them revolve around body worship, I hope you guys can bring in more. I'm not the best reccer around here! :) ):

1. Simple together by _samalander, written for the prompt: One of the things Clint loves most about Natasha's body is how it isn't perfect. Teen and up audiences, no warnings. Very very sweet reflection on Natasha through Clint's eyes.

2. Appreciation by shenshen77, explicit, warnings for NSFW/sexual content. When Clint returns from a solo mission a little worse for wear, Natasha is more than a little surprised by how shook up by the thought of almost losing him she is. Cue cuddly assassins being cuddly and reaffirming bonds through touch, smell, taste and sound.. This has to be one of most beautiful body appreciation stories I've read. Wonderfully realistic as well and very sweet.

3. Human, slightly worn by sugar_fey. Rated mature, if I recall correctly there is sexual content but I think it's not graphic. Warnings: there are allusions to PTSD, since the fic deals with aftermath of New York battle and Clint being manipulated by Loki. I love this so much because it takes into account things like age, tramatic experiences and their cumulative effect on someone like Clint.

4. Sweat by SidheRa. Rated explicit, warnings for explicit sexual content. Clint and Natasha pull a crap surveillance detail, but they eventually figure out a great way to deal with the boredom. Pure and unapologetic body worship fic written from Natasha's POV, and very enjoyable read.

5. Miracle by frea_o. Rated teen and up audiences, no warnings. I love this story for many reasons, one of them being an original take on Natasha's enhanced body and how a sudden event during a mission changes it - and there are unexpected consequences.

6. Let him be by ashen_key. Rated gen, no warnings. Natasha takes care of Clint while he's having a migraine. I have a soft spot for this fic because I suffer from migraines and I enjoyed this take on both characters - one dealing with pretty bad pain and other doing their best to help out.

Things to remember:
1) Always label NSFW (Not Safe For Work) stuff in the title and post under a cut.
2) Fic and artwork needs to have a rating and warnings (or you can say that you’ve chosen not to use warnings).
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4) Have a damn good time! (Because if that’s not happening then this post has clearly failed.)