be_compromised | Promptathon 2013

Hello, lovely patrons of the bar! It is now the month of July. Do you know what that means? It’s time for:

The Good Ship C/N Promptathon
of Magic and Joy: Round 2

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Title: Rip Apart the World
Word Count: 4119
Warnings: None
Rating: Teen and Up

Author's Note: This little bit of hurt/comfort is something I started in February for the promptathon. For anuna_81’s prompt: She would rip the world apart for him. And for inkvoices, who mentioned Florence in her comments. The first part, especially, owes a lot to Ceremonials. But then it got stuck in EDIT land (thanks to all the work that my beta,

hufflepuffsneak, put into kicking this into shape!) where I was too lazy to get it out. Along comes another promptathon and I realize that I need to quit being lazy and get this thing out there! So this is also for

sgteam14283’s prompt: Okay? Okay. (from The Fault in Our Stars by the wonderful John Green).

Summary: There are some things that are meant to stay private and unmentioned. There are other things that come out in a tense situation and change everything. Thankfully, Clint's there to help pick up pieces that this current op chips off Natasha, regardless of what comes out of her mouth.

Snippet:
There was a moment when everything was at peace. A breeze blew across Natasha’s face, making the ends of her hair dance along her cheekbones and neck. She could smell fresh cut grass and water, as if they were sitting on the porch, enjoying a lovely Saturday afternoon. A snatch of song played in her mind, reminding her of the music Clint had played on his guitar last night as she was struggling to find sleep.

Then the moment was gone. The breeze was from the quinjet engine that was struggling to take off with only one working engine. The men who’d started this, who thought they’d had the upper hand or were stark-raving mad to attempt something so stupid in the first place, would try to take off now that they knew their targets wouldn’t be so easily killed. Half of the bad guys were still on the ground instead of safe in the plane, still shooting wildly around, hitting anything and everything in an attempt to find Natasha’s hiding spot.

One down. One to go.

The rest is here on AO3 (http://archiveofourown.org/works/890749)

Edited 2013-07-20 06:35 (UTC)

Stunningly GORGEOUS! I've read this several times now and just keep finding favorite parts.

“We are Clint Barton and Natasha Romanoff. They’ve been friends for more years than anyone thought possible and, lately, things have been heating up but they’re taking it slow because they both have things in their lives that makes a relationship hard to deal with. I suspect, given the proper timing and the right circumstances, they’ll eventually work it out.”

AND:

He used the word love like anyone else but she could tell it had meant something different to him. Something deeper. Something stronger.

Her feelings mirrored his but she couldn't admit that without having to discuss what love meant... or didn’t mean. Nothing as strong as what she felt could be contained in a four-letter word. There were other words she preferred using, having once looked up the meaning of love in a thesaurus. Attachment. Adoration. Fidelity. Worship. Ardor. Allegiance. Yearning. Esteem.

I think I've finally narrowed it down to those two parts. But I think I'll have to go back and read it again just to be sure!

Edited 2013-08-10 21:24 (UTC)

I'm glad you liked it!!!!

I really like the bits about their "cover", too. I like how Clint's mind works!

Promptathon 2013

Fic: Rip Apart the World (Teen, no warnings)

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