And that’s the last of the gifts for Secret Santa 2014!

Reveals and a masterlist will happen at the weekend, at which point you’re free to post your gifts elsewhere. If you’re posting to AO3 the Secret Santa collection for this year is Be_Compromised_Secret_Santa_2014 found here. You can also tag your gifts with be_compromised.

Thank you to everyone who took part, beta-read, pinch hit, and cheered people on! Huge thanks to our lovely banner makers frea_o, ohmydarlingdear, and enigma731. We also have some wonderful participation graphics by slytheringurrl available here.

Happy Christmas!

Your Mods x

A Gift From: findthesea
Type Of Gift:Fic
Title: i am my own savior, you are a companion
A Gift For: be_compromised community gift
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Brief mentions of abuse
Summary/Prompt Used: “This is not a beautiful life, Clint Barton.” (For the prompt: their lives were far apart, yet oddly similar: Clint in the circus, Natasha in the Red Room – both were made to perform at other people’s behest, and for other people’s profit. When they discovered choice, they chose…)
Author's Note: This is rooted a little more in comic canon than MCU canon, and it’s also technically an AU. But I started writing this when a plot bunny took shape in my brain and as with most things, it took on a mind of its own. Since you mentioned in your request that you didn’t mind letting the imagination run wild and free, I’m hoping you’ll enjoy!


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( i am my own saviour, you are a companion )

A Gift From: spyforaday
Type Of Gift: Fic
Title: Room to Breathe
A Gift For: celeste9
Rating: PG
Warnings: Mentions of MCU-level violence
Summary/Prompt Used: Natasha experiences a rare moment of contentment as she reflects on the events immediately following the fall of S.H.I.E.L.D. Her short list of trusted allies has gotten surprisingly longer, but one name still stands above all the others.
Author's Note: You had such great prompts, celeste9! I tried to work as many in as I could. But… Coulson and his crew were too busy to join in, the Avengers were spread too thin, Kate and Lucky were doing Christmas in L.A., and the dragons tried to eat the kitten. So, you are left with Natasha being introspective and coming to a pretty big realization. I hope you like it. And a very special "thank you" to wizbey for her cheerleading and beta. Happy Secret Santa!!


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( Room to Breathe )

A Gift From: krilymcc
Type Of Gift: Fic
Title: companion
A Gift For: bluflamingo
Rating: PG
Warnings: some language
Summary/Prompt Used: Clint wants a pet. Natasha doesnÆt. (Prompt: Adopting a kitten (or puppy))
Author's Note: Set sometime after Avengers but before WinterÆs Soldier.


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( companion )

A Gift From: inkvoices
Type Of Gift: fic
Title: the highest state of friendship
A Gift For: _samalander
Rating: PG13
Warnings: bounty hunters kidnapping and assassinating people, f-word level swearing, injury, and peril
Summary/Prompt Used: A futuristic space AU in which bounty hunters Natasha and Clint aren’t married. Actually they’re supposed to be hunting each other.
Author's Note: Title is from the quote “marriage is the highest state of friendship” attributed to Samuel Richardson.
This is what happens when a bunch of prompts merge together in my head. I hope the result is something that you like! Happy Holidays _samalander :)


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( the highest state of friendship )

A Gift From: sweetwatersong
Type Of Gift: Fic
Title: technicality
A Gift For: inkvoices
Rating: PG
Warnings: None
Summary/Prompt Used: There is snow on the ground, snow against the windows, and in a library on a long winter's night she finds the life that has led to a ledger.
Author's Note: Many, many thanks to those who helped me find my own story to tell. :)


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( technicality )

Type Of Gift: fic
Title: Home for the Holidays
A Gift For: shenshen77
Rating: PG
Warnings: A bit of language not much
Summary/Prompt Used: Clint and Natasha as a team of architect and lawyer helping out people who have been duped by contractors and are now living in the ruins of their dream home, your choice of who does which. The lawyer will try to bring about some kind of agreement with the contractor/getting justice for the clients while the architect and their team work on righting all that's wrong with the house and making it into a home. With some deaf!Clint thrown in :)
Author's Note: In case it’s not clear Clint is the lawyer and Natasha is the contractor/architect. Thank you so much for my own personal cheerleader spyforaday Merry Christmas shenshen77!!!




( They made homes not houses )

A Gift From: mockingjay34
Type Of Gift: Fic
Title: Merry Christmas, Natasha
A Gift For: be_compromised community
Rating: K
Warnings: None
Summary/Prompt Used: Snapshots of Christmases with Clint and Natasha.
Author's Note: Just a fluffy little fic for be_compromised's Secret Santa Project 2014!! Enjoy!


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( Merry Christmas, Natasha )

A Gift From: bluflamingo
Type Of Gift: Fic
Title: What We Did Right
A Gift For: ohmydarlingdear
Rating: G
Warnings: None that I'm aware of
Summary/Prompt Used: Clint and Natasha meet when she picks up her daughter from Clint's classroom, and talk out how they'll make it work
Author's Note: ohmydarlingdear gave me awesome prompts that included Deaf Clint, teacher AU where where one is a parent of a child in the other's class and they meet when she's late due to a mission, and bisexual characters. I also threw in some past Maria/Natasha and Clint/unnamed male for the sake of the plot.


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( What We Did Right )

A Gift From: enigma731
Type Of Gift: Fic
Title: Slide In
A Gift For: sienamystic
Rating: Adult
Warnings: None
Summary/Prompt Used: Natasha’s expected a mockery of a man, a virtual caricature fitting of the costume and the codename. All it takes is that first, single shot, for her to realize that she has been utterly wrong. [Prompt: Alternate first meeting.]


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( Trees bow to the wind and I'm falling inside you )

A Gift From: sugar_fey
Type Of Gift: Fic
Title: Thursday’s Child
A Gift For: enigma731
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: injury
Summary/Prompt Used: Five times Nick Fury asked something of Natasha Romanoff, and one time she asked something of him. (Prompt: Clint, Nat, and mentorship. Could be any combination of the two of them mentoring each other, could include Fury or Hill)
Author's Note: Merry Christmas, Enigma731! I really hope this fic is to your liking. Thanks to my beta for helping me whip this into shape.


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( Thursday's Child )

A Gift From: _samalander
Type Of Gift: Fic
Title: bomb shelters under your skin
A Gift For: sweetwatersong
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: None
Summary/Prompt Used: Clint's marriage is over, so he takes the assignment no one else will: killing the Black Widow.
Author's Note:From a song prompt: Girlyman, The Shape I Found You In
I spent twenty lifetimes at your door
But your heart was busy within
Building bomb shelters under your skin
That's the shape I found you in
Happy holidays, sweetwatersong!


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( bomb shelters under your skin )

A Gift From: sienamystic
Type Of Gift: Fic
Title: Codes
A Gift For: jacedesbff
Rating: Teen
Warnings: None by Ao3 standards, mild sexual content, mild violence
Summary/Prompt Used: 4. World War II AU – I particularly like when they meet (or met) during the war and are reunited at the end of it. I’ve never seen one, but I could picture this working with a Cold War AU setting as well.
Author's Note: WWII AU. In occupied Paris, a story of spies and wartime


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( The meaning of my star is war - Rudyard Kipling, Kim )

A Gift From: telaryn
Type Of Gift: Fic & Wallpaper
Title: Keep Her In the Air (When She Ought To Fall Down)
A Gift For: eiluned
Rating: NC-17
Warnings:
Summary/Prompt Used: Believe it or not, babyfic collided in my brain with the idea of a Firefly AU. Angst with a happy ending played a part as well because...it's me.
Clint Barton and Natasha Romanoff were born - and in Natasha's case bred - to serve the Alliance. No one cared when they began sleeping together; under Alliance law an Operative like Natasha could take as many sexual partners as she liked so long as it didn't interfere with her duties.
A baby would interfere. As would the very deep and very illegal feelings growing between the Operative and her favorite sniper.
Now married and on the run for a new life on the Rim, with a baby due literally any moment, Clint and Natasha cross paths with the crew of Serenity.
Author's Note: Stepped a little far outside my comfort zone with this one, but when a story idea hits you as hard as this one hit me you just have to respect the muse and run with it. Hope it's everything you wanted, eiluned!


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( Next time I make the plan )

A Gift From: i_llbedammned
Type Of Gift: Fic
Title: Danger Is My Middle Name
A Gift For: alphaflyer
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Summary/Prompt Used: Their lives were far apart, yet oddly similar: Clint in the circus, Natasha in the Red Room -- both were made to perform at other people's behest, and for other people's profit. When they discovered choice, they chose ...


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( Danger Is My Middle Name )

A Gift From: shenshen77
Type Of Gift: Fic
Title: Look How Bright We Are
A Gift For: findthesea
Rating: M
Warnings: movie type violence, description of injuries, blood, coarse language (a little)
Summary/Prompt Used: I went with the promp Accidental baby acquisition, BUT not in the fluff way and as findthesea asked, I got creative with it :) I hope you like it, dearest giftee and have a wonderful Holiday Season!
Summary: Natasha used to be a soldier, until one day she wasn't anymore. Nowadays, she works as a witness protection specialist and her boss, police chief Nick Fury, has a special assignment for her that will change her life.
Author's Note: This story was inspired by the German movie “Schutzengel” (Guardian Angel), but I decided to try a little role-reversal. If you have the chance to watch it, it is very much worth the time, a very solid action movie with great H/C moments and romance. So now you know what you're up for, I think :D
Title is taken from the song “Sum Of Our Parts” by Mary Lambert, which is lovely and totally screamed Clint and Natasha at me.
Heartfelt thanks to my wonderful betas and writing buddies (you know who you are <3), who have been a tremendous help writing this fic. You are the best, I couldn't have done this without you and I love you all dearly!


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( Look How Bright We Are )

A Gift From: sneakronicity
Type Of Gift: Fic
Title: Silence the Past
A Gift For: wizbey
Rating: M
Warnings: some scenes of torture
Summary/Prompt Used: Clint captured and experimented on by HYDRA/Red Room. Natasha isn't going to let that happen and goes to save him (off SHIELD's radar // with no help from SHIELD // present day rebuilding SHIELD with no resources exist). Bonus points for (fraction) Kate Bishop as Natasha's backup; Something with wings for the experiment on Clint; Cute comfort between Natasha and Clint.
Author's Note: Tried to MCU-ize a few characters here so I hope I did them justice. Loved this prompt and had a great time with this! Thanks to shenshen77 for the beta!


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( Silence the Past )

A Gift From: sneakronicity
Type Of Gift: Fic
Title: Silence the Past
A Gift For: wizbey
Rating: M
Warnings: some scenes of torture
Summary/Prompt Used: Clint captured and experimented on by HYDRA/Red Room. Natasha isn't going to let that happen and goes to save him (off SHIELD's radar // with no help from SHIELD // present day rebuilding SHIELD with no resources exist). Bonus points for (fraction) Kate Bishop as Natasha's backup; Something with wings for the experiment on Clint; Cute comfort between Natasha and Clint.
Author's Note: Tried to MCU-ize a few characters here so I hope I did them justice. Loved this prompt and had a great time with this! Thanks to shenshen77 for the beta!


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( Silence the Past )

A Gift From: franztastisch
Type Of Gift: Fic
Title: zeus is bullshit
A Gift For: spyforaday
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: illness, injury
Summary/Prompt Used: Team fic, especially involving Tony
Author's Note: My lovely prompters prompts were just vague enough that I literally had no idea what to write. So I combined it with a prompt I received for last year's secret Santa; Natasha and Clint are complete without each other - but together, they are more than the sum of their parts. Or: Their lives are the richer for their love and it suddenly all worked out fine. :D Cut poem by glowflowr on tumblr.


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( the theory that people are always searching for their other half is bullshit. don't let anyone, not even a god, tell you you are anything less than whole )