27 October 2023 @ 09:14 pm
Halloween 2023 Trick or Treat Challenge  
Welcome to the Trick or Treat Prompt Challenge!

Read on for how to take part in a bit of no-pressure, Halloween themed, prompt fun...


How To Play:

- Choose 'Trick' or 'Treat' and pick a number from 1 to 10.

- Look behind the cut to see the prompt list and reveal which one you've chosen! These are simple one or two word prompts. Tricks lean towards being darker (eg Blood, Ghost) and Treats will be lighter (eg Harvest, Apple) but you can interpret them however you like. Prompts aim to be different to previous years.

- Create something to fill the prompt OR rec something that fills the prompt. This can be fanfic, art, moodboards, fanvids, podfic... absolutely anything you like.

- Comment to this post with at least: a title, author/creator, rating, any warnings/ 'choose not to warn', and a link. Or you can post fanfics or creations directly into the comment. (This is so people know what they're clicking on and so we can create a masterlist at the end!)

- You can post your fills any time from now until midnight (whatever your timezone) on Tuesday 31 October. If you've not filled your prompt by then, Halloween has gone, whoosh, don't worry about it because Secret Santa is around the corner...


Rules:

- We're a community for fans of Clint Barton aka Hawkeye and Natasha Romanoff aka Black Widow, individually as well as paired together as friends, partners, lovers, spouses, or any combination. For this challenge we welcome all things Marvel, including other characters and pairings (and threesomes or moresomes), although we'd ask for Clint or Natasha to feature in there somewhere.

- If you like a challenge, try not to peek at the prompts behind the cut! But if you're more comfortable looking, feel free to browse before you choose a prompt :)

- You can choose and fill as many tricks and treats as you like, or just stick with one. Multiple people can choose the same prompt/s. You can pick a Trick AND a Treat and combine them in one prompt if you like, or write one for each. You can combine multiple prompts. You can write just one prompt, or you can complete one and then come back for more. Whatever you choose!

- The rules of the Comm apply. As a reminder, this includes an ask to please provie a rating and either 'no warnings apply' / 'choose not to warn' / provide warnings (ie as on AO3) so no one gets an unwanted scare.

- There's no minimum word count or the art equivalent for creations. For example, fics can be flash fics or three setences. There's also no maxium - if you feel inspired to write a longer fic or rec multiple things, please feel free. However, this is a no pressure, short challenge!

- Recs can include self recs.

- You don't need to be a member of the community to take part.

- There is a comment thread at the top of this post for any questions, comments, and squee.

- Have fun!



be_compromised halloween 2023 trick or treat prompts


Text Description: be_compromised Halloween 2023 Trick or Treat Prompts

Tricks:
1. Blood Stain
2. Witching Hour
3. Immortal
4. Cracked Glass
5. Howl
6. Haunted House
7. Bones
8. Grave Stone
9. "Don't Leave Me"
10. Spiderweb

Treats:
1. Blankets
2. Sweet Tooth
3. Falling Leaves
4. Jack-O'-Lantern
5. Costume Party
6. Hot Chocolate
7. Decorations
8. Soft Scarf
9. "Safe With Me"
10. Full Moon
 
 
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inkvoices[personal profile] inkvoices on October 27th, 2023 08:40 pm (UTC)
Questions / Comments / General Chat
Hi All, this is your comment thread for any questions, comments, or general chat.
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cassie[personal profile] kiss_me_cassie on October 30th, 2023 11:34 pm (UTC)
Treat 3 (Rating G, Gen, no warnings)
She'll never admit it, but the crunching of the autumn leaves under her boots is one of Natasha's little post-Red Room pleasures. Every step makes her smile.

Clint figures it out not long after bringing her in. After that, every fall, he finds myriad reasons to meet with her in Central Park or take a stroll down to the bodega just so she has more opportunities to enjoy them. Sometimes he'll even offer her a crisp apple to go along with the walk, the tart juice that accompanies each bite the perfect accompaniment to the crunch, crunch, crunch of the leaves beneath her feet.

Even now, years after they became partners, he still invites her for walks in October so she can get her fix. Steve overhears them one day, and they invite him along. Natasha notices right away that the leaves hold a special power over him, too. He's like a kid in a candy-shop, kicking up the fallen leaves with the toes of his boots just so he can stomp down on them in the most satisfying way as they settle back down on the sidewalk.

After Steve, it's Sam and then Pepper and finally Tony, who join them on their walks. Her secret, simple pleasure isn't so much a secret anymore, but she thinks this is better, this time with her friends and her teammates. Crunch, crunch, crunch.



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inkvoices[personal profile] inkvoices on November 1st, 2023 10:39 pm (UTC)
Re: Treat 3 (Rating G, Gen, no warnings)
Aww, this is lovely, with the repetition of the crunch and sharing something good. There's just something so satisfying about crunching crisp autumn leaves.
cassie[personal profile] kiss_me_cassie on November 6th, 2023 12:47 am (UTC)
Re: Treat 3 (Rating G, Gen, no warnings)
There is! Thank you!
cassie[personal profile] kiss_me_cassie on October 30th, 2023 11:35 pm (UTC)
Trick 4
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cassie[personal profile] kiss_me_cassie on October 31st, 2023 12:13 am (UTC)
Trick 3 Rec
Prompt: Immortal
Link to rec:Ten Little Sodlier Boys
Characters: Ensemble
Rating: M
Warnings: SO MANY. It's dark and angsty and brutal. Character death, suicide, and world-ending events are the biggest.
iriel3000[personal profile] iriel3000 on October 31st, 2023 07:59 pm (UTC)
Re: Trick 3 Rec
excellent rec! This is one of my dark favs too!
cassie[personal profile] kiss_me_cassie on October 31st, 2023 09:50 pm (UTC)
Re: Trick 3 Rec
Right???! I much prefer my fluff, but omg some of these dark fics are BRILLIANT.
alphaflyer[personal profile] alphaflyer on October 31st, 2023 06:17 pm (UTC)
Trick 5: HOWL
“Okay, what was that?” Clint says with a frown, looking into the air at something that isn’t there, when he really should be focusing on making sure no one notices two black-clad assassins climbing over a crumbling wall.

“What was what?” Natasha replies absently. Her eyes are scrutinizing the top of the wall; it would be rather awkward to discover razor wire, glass shards, or other unpleasant things buried where their hands and knees are about to go.

“That sound,” he says, stubbornly refusing to move. “Like a howl. Tell me you didn’t hear it?”

“I did not,” she says, having satisfied herself that the top of the wall is just more crumbling brick. “And my hearing is a heck of a lot better than yours. Now be a dear, and give me a lift?”

He obligingly holds out his hands, fingers threaded together just so, letting her put her right foot on it like a step. There are definite benefits to having a circus boy as a partner, Natasha considers as she scrambles over the wall. Clint follows, pulling himself up by his fingertips in one small move. Showoff.

His dismount, however, is a lot less impressive. He practically falls off the wall (at least he does so on the right side), clapping his hands on both ears as he does so.

“Ouch,” he says, still holding his ears when he gets back up. “That hurt. You sure you didn’t hear that? If I didn’t know any better, I’d say wolf. Genus Were, possibly, judging by the finely calibrated undertone of eldritch malice. Perfect for Halloween, if you ask me.”

Natasha shakes her head and suppresses a snort.

“Occam’s razor would suggest your hearing aids are malfunctioning,” she says, scanning the outside of Viktor Krazhchev’s mansion for boobytraps, goons, and dead bodies – the sort of thing you can expect to find around the headquarters of the guy who’s been cooking up new and inventive chemicals for people to suck into their lungs.

“That doesn’t make sense,” Clint says, dusting himself off and notching an arrow – the special kind, suitable for clearing a house of vermin, without distinction regarding the number of feet they might have evolved with. “Tony just gave them an upgrade. I picked them up from his lab right before the mission.”

Natasha comes to a stop.

“Why didn’t you say that before?”

She steps over to Clint and brings her mouth close to his ear.

“Stark,” she says, “I know you’re in there. Turn off the transmission or I’ll show you what a dirty trick really looks like.”
iriel3000[personal profile] iriel3000 on October 31st, 2023 08:03 pm (UTC)
Re: Trick 5: HOWL
lol, total trick! I was fooled
I thought something was wrong with him or he was turning into a werewolf. I perfer this, thank you!💘
fucking Tony😄
alphaflyer[personal profile] alphaflyer on October 31st, 2023 08:10 pm (UTC)
Re: Trick 5: HOWL
Hee, thanks! And of course I meant to say "nocking an arrow" - problem is you can't fix a comment once someone else has commented... :P
cassie[personal profile] kiss_me_cassie on October 31st, 2023 09:52 pm (UTC)
Re: Trick 5: HOWL
Bwahahaha! You are so clever!
alphaflyer[personal profile] alphaflyer on November 2nd, 2023 02:39 am (UTC)
Re: Trick 5: HOWL
Not me - Tony! <3
firlalaith[personal profile] firlalaith on November 1st, 2023 12:08 am (UTC)
Re: Trick 5: HOWL
Aw I love this.
alphaflyer[personal profile] alphaflyer on November 2nd, 2023 02:39 am (UTC)
Re: Trick 5: HOWL
Thank youuuu! <3
inkvoices: avengers:assassins strike team delta[personal profile] inkvoices on November 1st, 2023 10:53 pm (UTC)
Re: Trick 5: HOWL
Ha, excellent! Also, I wonder what the sneaky assassins are doing sneaking around *grins*
alphaflyer[personal profile] alphaflyer on November 2nd, 2023 02:41 am (UTC)
Re: Trick 5: HOWL
I bet Viktor Krazhchev would like to know, too... But he'll probably never find out. :D
firlalaith: firlalaith[personal profile] firlalaith on November 1st, 2023 12:02 am (UTC)
Treat #9: "Safe with Me"

Title: Safe with You

Author: Firlalaith

Rating: Teen

Warnings: None

Crossposted to AO3: Link



Natasha glanced over at Clint in concern as he yanked his hearing aids out of his ears.

"I think they know I'm a werewolf," Clint muttered, stuffing his aids in a pocket. His voice was so low, Natasha could barely hear him.

"I guess it was unreasonable of us to expect that HYDRA would overlook you shifting into a wolf to slip free of the chains they'd put on you," Natasha signed in reply, hoping a little humor might help him relax, and be less self conscious of his deafness.

Clint snorted in amusement at that, but he didn't relax as much as Natasha had hoped.

"Don't worry, Clint, I've got your back," she signed. "You're safe with me."

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cassie[personal profile] kiss_me_cassie on November 1st, 2023 01:50 am (UTC)
Re: Treat #9: "Safe with Me"
awwwww
iriel3000[personal profile] iriel3000 on November 1st, 2023 03:39 am (UTC)
Re: Treat #9: "Safe with Me"
💘💘💘
She will always protect him!
inkvoices[personal profile] inkvoices on November 1st, 2023 10:56 pm (UTC)
Re: Treat #9: "Safe with Me"
Aww, love the show of trust Clint places in Natasha here. And Clint using werewolf shifting as part of an escape plan!
(Anonymous) on November 1st, 2023 01:54 am (UTC)
Decorations; General Audiences; No warnings apply
This is AuroraShard!
Sneaking in just under the deadline with a drabble! Would've done more if the weekend hadn't gotten away from me. Alas, but there will be more events soon!

Decorations:
“I know it’s your shtick, Nat, but this is too many paper spiders.” Clint says, eyeing her intricate paper spiderweb with apprehension. She glances over from where she is balanced on top of the desk, taping up yet another paper spider.

“You’re just mad because your animal icon doesn’t have a holiday.” She teased. Clint groaned, slapping his hand over his heart.

“Nat, you wound me! Right through to my soul! Oh, I thought you loved me!” He cried, coming over to help her hold a spider in place while she taped it. She kissed him.

“Of course I do.”
inkvoices[personal profile] inkvoices on November 1st, 2023 11:04 pm (UTC)
Re: Decorations; General Audiences; No warnings apply
“You’re just mad because your animal icon doesn’t have a holiday.” Ha, I love this!
firlalaith[personal profile] firlalaith on November 1st, 2023 11:37 pm (UTC)
Re: Decorations; General Audiences; No warnings apply
<3<3<3<3<3
cassie[personal profile] kiss_me_cassie on November 2nd, 2023 12:48 am (UTC)
Re: Decorations; General Audiences; No warnings apply
Aww, perfect combo of sap and silly. :D
alphaflyer[personal profile] alphaflyer on November 2nd, 2023 02:37 am (UTC)
Re: Decorations; General Audiences; No warnings apply
Hee. But the archer has a whole constellation... So fun. <3
(Anonymous) on November 1st, 2023 03:05 am (UTC)
Decorations Part 2; General Audiences; No warnings apply
AuroraShard again!

Oops, my hand slipped.

“This is getting back at me for the spiders, isn’t it.” Natasha said, arms folded as she stared up at their new lawn decoration. Clint leaned out from the porch, using a broom to drape lights along the giant skeleton’s shoulders.

“Me? Vengeful and petty? No, never.” He said cheerfully, turning to plug the lights in. The skeleton was illuminated with purple glow, standing out starkly against the house. “Just be glad I didn’t also get the inflatables.” Natasha resolutely did not look back at the car.

“How many more outlets do we have? I got some new decorations, too.”
iriel3000[personal profile] iriel3000 on November 1st, 2023 03:40 am (UTC)
Re: Decorations Part 2; General Audiences; No warnings apply
💘💘💘
I luv it when they're cute!
inkvoices[personal profile] inkvoices on November 1st, 2023 11:05 pm (UTC)
Re: Decorations Part 2; General Audiences; No warnings apply
Bwaha, purple revenge :D
firlalaith[personal profile] firlalaith on November 1st, 2023 11:43 pm (UTC)
Re: Decorations Part 2; General Audiences; No warnings apply
<3<3<3
cassie[personal profile] kiss_me_cassie on November 2nd, 2023 12:49 am (UTC)
Re: Decorations Part 2; General Audiences; No warnings apply
HAHAH! THAT LAST LINE
iriel3000[personal profile] iriel3000 on November 1st, 2023 03:59 am (UTC)
SAFE WITH YOU, Trick 5 Howl Treat 9 "Safe with me" PG13 mild violence suggestive language
She raced toward the inhuman yelp, the full moon lighting a crooked path at the base of the mountain. She cursed the possibility of missing one of the numerous bear traps set to kill what she loved most in this world.

“No!” She screamed when she saw the maimed animal.

Sliding to her knees, Natasha pulled the metal jaws apart with all her might.

The big, gray wolf whimpered and licked its paw, hobbling to her side.

Voices hollered in the distance. They could see a torch moving through the trees.

“I won't let them find you. Come with me.” She beckoned.

As they reached her cottage, Natasha stopped, holding her hand out for her companion to keep behind. There, on the doorstep were the Kavinoff brothers; Dmitri, Andreas, and Arnim, armed with axes, spears and pitchforks.

“Give it up, girl.”

“I will give you nothing.”

Dmitri stepped forward.

“If you touch him, I will kill you.” She threatened.

Arnim and Andreas laughed.

“Do not let her sinful looks fool you, brothers. I heard she is a witch that lies with the wolf. That she enslaved Barton’s only son with dark magic to do her murderous bidding.”

Natasha backed up but the three men spread out to surround her.

“Maybe she's a demon, a succubus.” Andreas licked his lips.

“I'll die a happy man then.” Arnim cackled.

“We're gonna skin him in front of you, witch. Cook him and then eat em’.”

“Leave.” She whispered.

The canine bared his fangs.

“Grab her!”

Natasha was shoved to her hands and knees, soft fur covered her back and four legs braced each side. Saliva dripped from her wolf’s snarling mouth, covering and protecting her with his entire body.

All three Kavinoff’s froze with fear.

"Run! Scatter!" Arnim shouted.

But it was to no avail. The Predator easily overtook all of them within a matter of minutes. She heard there screams of pain and felt no remorse.

They would have done the same to him.



The next morning, the bright sunshine forced her eyes open. She turned to find a very human Clint Barton sitting up in her bed. Kneeling beside him, she checked for wounds, but the transformation healed them.

"You should have let me use my magic. They will never stop hunting you now."

He cupped the side of her face, running his thumb over her lips.

"Which is why I must leave."

"Clint."

"I needed to see you one more time with my own eyes."

He leaned in and kissed her.

"You go, I go." She kissed him back.

"You are in danger because of me." He said almost angrily.

"Yes, I am." She took his hand and placed it on her stomach.

He sucked in a sharp breath, eyes filling with unshed tears.

"Nat?"

"It's true, my love." She said smiling.

"Then I must stay."

"No, we go together."

"We can't leave with you like this."

"There is nowhere more safe than with you, no matter where we are."

He gathered her in his arms, keeping one hand on her stomach.

"I will never let them hurt you, either of you."

"We won't give them the chance. We will find others like us and start a new life."

It was Clint's turn to smile.

"I love you. I promise I will give you everything you've ever wanted."

She nestled into him and closed her eyes.

"You already have."
inkvoices[personal profile] inkvoices on November 1st, 2023 11:09 pm (UTC)
Re: SAFE WITH YOU, Trick 5 Howl Treat 9 "Safe with me" PG13 mild violence suggestive language
Argh, ansgt! I like witch/magic Natasha with werewolf Clint :)
iriel3000[personal profile] iriel3000 on November 3rd, 2023 01:48 pm (UTC)
Re: SAFE WITH YOU, Trick 5 Howl Treat 9 "Safe with me" PG13 mild violence suggestive language
me too. I'm glad you liked it, thank you!!

this def needs some cleaning up and editing(ARUGHGH there/their)but I would like to write another one.
firlalaith[personal profile] firlalaith on November 1st, 2023 11:46 pm (UTC)
Re: SAFE WITH YOU, Trick 5 Howl Treat 9 "Safe with me" PG13 mild violence suggestive language
oh, I love this!!!
iriel3000[personal profile] iriel3000 on November 3rd, 2023 01:50 pm (UTC)
Re: SAFE WITH YOU, Trick 5 Howl Treat 9 "Safe with me" PG13 mild violence suggestive language
🤗🥰 thank you!!
alphaflyer[personal profile] alphaflyer on November 2nd, 2023 02:35 am (UTC)
Re: SAFE WITH YOU, Trick 5 Howl Treat 9 "Safe with me" PG13 mild violence suggestive language
Oh, loved the arc from angst to warmth...from killer to lover... <3
iriel3000[personal profile] iriel3000 on November 3rd, 2023 01:53 pm (UTC)
Re: SAFE WITH YOU, Trick 5 Howl Treat 9 "Safe with me" PG13 mild violence suggestive language
🥰eeee, thank you!!
I like to write angst when they get a happy ending

(omg, let me add to the not being able to edit...there/their😱🤬)