Remix Fic: Thaw

[sienamystic.livejournal.com]

Title: Thaw
Author: Sienamystic
Remix Recipient: Alphaflyer
Pairing(s): Clint/Natasha
Rating: G
Warnings (or 'I choose not to warn'): No warnings necessary
Author's Note: I really enjoy missionfic, where relationships get explored because of a situation and you can throw metaphors and "if things hadn't gone wrong this wouldn't be happening" stuff, and "well, now we've got a new relationship post-disaster, how did that happen?", and Alphaflyer's Warmth was a story that hit so many of my buttons I decided it had to be the one I wanted to explore. The story I ended up writing is, in some ways, a mirroring, where I've turned a frigid hotel room to a hot desert - but I wanted to maintain the journey that Alphaflyer took Clint and Natasha through, so that the endings would be very similar. I hope I've created something worth reading, because I think the original story is such a tidy bit of characterization that I'd love to live up to.
Fic I've Chosen To Remix (please include link): Warmth, by Alphaflyer
Summary: A disaster leaves Clint and Natasha stranded in the desert.

Natasha doesn't hate the desert, exactly (link to A03)

Comments

[alphaflyer.livejournal.com]

So, the Canada Day BBQ crowd left and I finally got to check my e-mail -- and there it was, the notification that "my" story was up! And as I said on AO3, it was the perfect end to a perfect day. I loved everything about the piece --from the way you took the basic arc of the original, flipped the central imagery on its head and created something so completely your own; to the sauerkraut making grannies and the bloody nose. Just wonderful, filled with emotional subtlety and truth.

Oh, and SHIELD evac teams do need to work on their timing! ;-)

[sienamystic.livejournal.com]

It's my suspicion that SHIELD evac teams know exactly what they're doing, and laugh a lot in the break room about it after missions!

So glad you liked the story!

[alphaflyer.livejournal.com]

Maybe there's another fic in that?

"We're almost there, Agent Coulson. Another five minutes to the extraction point."

"Wait. What time is it?"

"Nineteen-oh-five, sir."

"Too early."

"Too early? I'd have thought that Delta Team would welcome us coming a bit ahead of schedule. I mean, the run-off from the monsoon must be right into the safe house by now."

"Go into a holding pattern for an extra half hour, will you? Let's wait until the only dry place left is the bed. Then we go in."

[scribblemyname]

LOL

[sienamystic.livejournal.com]

You need to keep writing. Holy crap, I just barked a laugh that scared my cat.