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title: one step forward, two steps back
ship: natasha romanoff (the avengers)
warnings: mentions of Red Room and therefore child abuse and violence
word count: 1,400+
notes: written for this prompt at the be-compromised prompt-a-thon, I’m saying fuck the canon that retconned Natasha’s ballet dancing past, mostly because this is fic and I can.

( she wasn’t taught to dance with the typical arabesques and pliés, she was taught with knives between her fingers and blades strapped to her thighs )


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title: in the cheap seats
fandom: the avengers (movie-verse)
pairing: natasha/clint
word count: 800+
rating: pg
author's notes: written with help by hjea and will be very familiar to anyone who follows me on tumblr, as it was posted there first. now it's all cleaned and polished for posting. mostly this is just a warm-up before I start posting birthday fics

( Clint loved her more abrasive side. He’d even been accused of bringing it out intentionally. )

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