trace_of_scarlet

Fic: Looking At The Stars
Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe/DC comics (Batgirl)
Rating: PG
Words: 6374
Warnings: None.
Notes: Thanks to camwyn for all her help. <3 The title comes from the Oscar Wilde quote ‘We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.’
Summary: Phil Coulson doesn’t wake up in the same universe he died in. But he does at least find himself face-to-face with someone who’s had a similar experience... And she usually goes by ‘Batgirl’.

( When he wakes up, Phil is a little surprised that nothing hurts, and a lot MORE surprised to be waking up at all. )

Fic: Simple Mathematics
Fandoms: Marvel Movieverse
Rating: PG
Words: 527
Warnings: Some discussion of murders.
Characters: Natasha Romanoff; could be viewed as Natasha/Clint if you squint a bit.
Notes: Set post-Avengers; semi-spoilery but not particularly so.
Summary: Natasha character-study. She’s got red in her ledger, and she’ll never wipe it all out.

( She thinks: I have never been so tired, and knows it is a lie. )

Director Fury Needs This Done By Tuesday

"I just want you to know," Tony complains loudly, "that I feel completely oppressed by SHIELD's exploitation of my genius. I mean, you could at least let me pick the music!"

"Uh-huh." Coulson glances away from the TV screen (SuperNanny is currently engaged in an epic five-hour battle to make a spoilt six-year-old sit on the designated Naughty Step for biting her stepmother) long enough to eye Stark, who has paused sulkily over his workbench with a hammer raised Thor-like in his fist. "Lewis, if he keeps shirking his work, you have official permission to deal with him as you see fit."

"I - HEY!" Tony spins round to stare beseechingly at the much shorter brunette. "Guy with an electric heart-saver prominent on his chest, here!"

Darcy glares right back at him, raising the water-filled squirtbottle threateningly. "Then stop being a dumbass and get back to work!"