Fic: Look Clear and Calm
Sep. 17th, 2022 02:22 pmTitle: Look Clear and Calm
Fandom: MCU
Relationships: James "Bucky" Barnes/Maria Hill/Steve Rogers/Natasha Romanov
Written By: Beatrice_otter
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Betaed by: BardicRaven
Length:
Rating: Teen
Summary: The Avengers need oversight, but Ross's plan is dangerous and unjust. Maria will have her work cut out for her, if she wants to stop it. Meanwhile, Steve has a question for her.
AN: Sedoretu is a poly marriage arrangement invented by Ursula K. Le Guin in her science fiction story "A Fisherman of the Inland Sea".
( Explanation of a sedoretu )
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Pepper Potts was a very difficult woman to get an appointment with. She ran the largest corporation in the world, and did it well. And she kept it on an even keel, despite the former CEO (who was still the majority shareholder, and designer of their core product lines) being eccentric and difficult to keep on task. Many people—important, wealthy, powerful people—tried to schedule meetings only to be gently told there was no room in Ms. Potts calendar, would they like to speak to another of the company's officers instead?
But it was not usually this difficult, not for Maria Hill, who had worked closely with Pepper during her time at Stark Industries. They had been friendly; Maria would have said they were on their way to being genuine friends, and that hadn't changed when Maria's department had spun off to be the official organizational department of the Avengers Initiative and moved out to the Avengers Compound.
But perhaps Pepper didn't feel the same way, if the runaround Maria was getting was any indication. On the other hand, maybe Pepper really was that busy. It happened. Either way, Maria didn't take it personally, just kept refusing to be fobbed off on other people. It wasn't SI business, so there would be no point.
And, eventually, persistence paid off.
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Fandom: MCU
Relationships: James "Bucky" Barnes/Maria Hill/Steve Rogers/Natasha Romanov
Written By: Beatrice_otter
Written For:
tielan in AU Exchange 2022Betaed by: BardicRaven
Length:
Rating: Teen
Summary: The Avengers need oversight, but Ross's plan is dangerous and unjust. Maria will have her work cut out for her, if she wants to stop it. Meanwhile, Steve has a question for her.
AN: Sedoretu is a poly marriage arrangement invented by Ursula K. Le Guin in her science fiction story "A Fisherman of the Inland Sea".
( Explanation of a sedoretu )
At AO3. On tumblr. On Pillowfort. At Squidgeworld.
Pepper Potts was a very difficult woman to get an appointment with. She ran the largest corporation in the world, and did it well. And she kept it on an even keel, despite the former CEO (who was still the majority shareholder, and designer of their core product lines) being eccentric and difficult to keep on task. Many people—important, wealthy, powerful people—tried to schedule meetings only to be gently told there was no room in Ms. Potts calendar, would they like to speak to another of the company's officers instead?
But it was not usually this difficult, not for Maria Hill, who had worked closely with Pepper during her time at Stark Industries. They had been friendly; Maria would have said they were on their way to being genuine friends, and that hadn't changed when Maria's department had spun off to be the official organizational department of the Avengers Initiative and moved out to the Avengers Compound.
But perhaps Pepper didn't feel the same way, if the runaround Maria was getting was any indication. On the other hand, maybe Pepper really was that busy. It happened. Either way, Maria didn't take it personally, just kept refusing to be fobbed off on other people. It wasn't SI business, so there would be no point.
And, eventually, persistence paid off.
( Read more... )
