It Starts Out Like an A-Word (http://archiveofourown.org/works/415169/chapters/689720) (Avengers/Sesame Street) by Amy (AO3) This fic is brought to you by the letter Y, the number 12, and the Avengers' decision to help fix what Loki and the Chitauri did to destroy parts of Manhattan. (Mostly that last part.) I giggled while reading this. Actually giggled. And there were other people around, doing people-y things while I was reading and giggling. Then I had to read bits and pieces to those people. It became one big love fest and I was proud of how Clint and Natasha handled themselves!

I Take My Children Everywhere (But They Always Find Their Way Home) (http://archiveofourown.org/works/374019) by kellifer_fic (AO3) "Oh my god," Phil groans, smacking a hand over his face just as a tiny Tony Stark marches up to him and very determinedly and with great gusto, kicks him in the shin. This is a Clint/Coulson piece but you'll AHH your way through it just for the fact that Clint loves tiny!Tony and tiny!Steve. This, incidently, is here I got my prompt for a story like this but from a Clint/Natasha vantage point.

Another truly beautiful story in this same "genre" is Getting to Know You (http://archiveofourown.org/works/433362/chapters/734595) by queenriley (AO3) When four of the Avengers are affected by Asgardian technology and turned into children, Tony is left to care for them. *pure crack kid fic!* Pure crack? NO! Pure wonderfulness! The way that the four (Clint, Natasha, Bruce and Steve bonded while children is amazing and poignant but that fact that !!SPOILERS!! it carries over afterwards is what makes this story really shine.

Stickshifts and Safety Belts (http://archiveofourown.org/works/464795) by sienamystic/OracleGlass (AO3) Prompt from workerbee73: Clint, muscle cars, grease smudges Yes, it's true. I have a thing for a guy with grease smudges! Clint... with grease smudges... WOAH BABY! This has great descriptions and is just a lot of fun to read.

Partners (http://archiveofourown.org/works/469715/chapters/812020) by ironheartwriter (AO3) Tragedy strikes when Clint tries to protect Natasha during a battle. I read the first chapter yesterday. It made me so sad, I had to put it away in the drawer marked To Be Read When Heart Is More Prepared. This list made me think about this story, though, and I hurried to read the second (and last) chapter. Read the second chapter! This is a lovely story with some great emotion packed into it.

To Be Modified as Necessary (http://archiveofourown.org/works/415792) by ignipes (AO3) They only need ten rules to ensure (relatively) peaceful cohabitation. If you need to laugh, this is a good story to read. While Clint is used as a comic foil, I like the effect it gives to the story as a whole. Clint and Natasha's fight is wonderful and... well, I told you there was laughter. Let's just leave it at that.

And then last (because I'm counting those two kid!fic as one selection!) is a story that I read just today and it summed up so many of my thoughts! nothing but a fear (http://archiveofourown.org/works/472118) by ashen_key (AO3) “Doesn't it, you know, bother him? What you have to do?”

“He doesn't get jealous, if that's what you're asking,” Natasha says with a shrug, spinning away on her chair just enough to signal conversation is now over.

For most people, it is what they are asking. They mean 'bother' as if it means arguments and jealous rages, they mean 'doesn't he get possessive', as if she were a possession that others played with without his express permission.

It depends on how one defines 'jealous'. When my friend asked me if I thought the two of them got jealous, all I could say to her was "Not like other people get jealous." This answers that question SO MUCH BETTER! Read it! Headcannon it!

The making of this list has made me realize that I am sorely behind in reading the promptathon AND outside of it. Thank you for doing this because now I have someplace to start!

Edited 2012-07-30 06:48 am (UTC)

I'm probably the only American on the planet who DID NOT like Sesame Street growing up. Yeah, I know. But I DO like Elmo. And this fic. Yes, I did indeed love this story. Holy cow!! So apparently Sesame Street is redeemable. LOL

And Getting to Know You!!!! Man, had I not pulled a mind-blank, that would have been on my list - I adore that story! I even went looking for more kid!fics after I read it, but that's a weird thing to try to look for/Google and I was spectacularly unsuccessful, so I loved I Take My Children Everywhere!

And the 10 Rules fic!!! LOVE, LOVE, LOVE!!!

Nothing but a Fear was beautiful. Beautiful, beautiful. Heartbreaking, but beautiful.

Partners? Well, I'm trying to gird my loins to get myself to read it. I tend to avoid character!death fics like the plague. I'm trying, though... EEP!

It is a heartbreaking story! I was smiling at the end, though. Not for me but for the couple!

Nothing but a Fear was beautiful. Beautiful, beautiful. Heartbreaking, but beautiful.

Oh, thank you! I didn't mean it to be heartbreaking, oops, but I'm glad you found it beautiful :)

Thank you so much for the rec! I honestly never expected anybody to like that fic at all, but I had to write it. I love kidfic and them and just... the picture of tiny them all curled up sleeping in bed wouldn't leave my head. So out came a story around that one scene.

I <3 that scene so much! I love the whole thing! I've always loved the trifecta of Clint/Natasha/Bruce but hadn't come up with something to truly justify the relationship until this story! It's sort of my head cannon now for them. *grins* All four of them are adorable in this and I love how Tony reacts, as well!

*squeaks* ohmygosh, thank you so much for the rec!

:D

:DDDDDDDD

*twirls*

You're welcome! It's a truly wonderful fic!