MCU Ladies Fic Recs: All the Awesome

[beatrice_otter]

If you haven't been reading the fic from the MCU Ladies Ficathon (aka Marvel Halfamoon) you should go do it immediately, because I don't know if I've ever participated in a ficathon where the quality of work was that high.  Almost all the stories are well-written and entertaining, and most of them are awesome in one way or another.  I've been working my way through them and squeeing the whole time because there are so many fics that I have to double-check that it wasn't written for me because it is absolutely exactly what I wanted and requested in one way or another.  Even the ones that covered territory that lots of ficcers have covered gave new and interesting (and usually thoughtful) twists.

Here are some of my favorites:

You've got the Right of Way (3629 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (TV), Captain America (Movies), The Avengers (Marvel Movies), Agent Carter (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Peggy Carter/Gabe Jones, Peggy Carter/Angie Martinelli, Past Peggy Carter/Steve Rogers - Relationship
Characters: Maria Hill, Peggy Carter, Gabe Jones, Melinda May, Nick Fury, Victoria Hand, Angie Martinelli
Additional Tags: Mentor/Protégé, Epistolary Elements, Female Friendship, Female Protagonist, Interracial Relationship, Femslash, Bisexual Female Character, Espionage Tropes, Character Study, Canon Compliant, Canon Related, Canon Character of Color, Bisexuality
Summary:  Peggy Carter put the bomb in bombshell, but it took Maria a while to figure it out.

After The Gloaming (4208 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Iron Man (Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Pepper Potts, Tony Stark, James "Rhodey" Rhodes, Natasha Romanova
Additional Tags: Post-Movie(s), Extremis
Summary: Given the very long, very bad day she’s just had, Pepper isn’t sure how much longer she’s going to be able to hold it together.

Tromsø (4806 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Avengers (2012), Marvel Cinematic Universe
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Jane Foster (Marvel), Darcy Lewis
Summary: Jane notices something’s not right when Darcy is on the plane.

Emergence (3436 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Avengers (Marvel Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Maria Hill & Natasha Romanov
Characters: Natasha Romanov, Maria Hill, Jasper Sitwell, Clint Barton (background)
Additional Tags: Natasha Romanov Joins SHIELD
Summary: She stares at the light over her bed, mulling over the fact that she can do so without needing to blink.

I Came to Win (13718 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Pepper Potts, Melinda May, Christine Everhart, Maya Hansen, Maria Hill, Natasha Romanov, Victoria Hand, Carol Danvers, Bobbi Morse, Jessica Drew, Tony Stark, Nick Fury, Darcy Lewis, Betty Ross
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Hockey, Women Being Awesome, Female Friendship
Summary: Pepper Potts inherits a failing hockey team at 25. She builds her staff and team her way, screw what anyone else thinks. She wants a Stanley Cup.

Truce (1324 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Iron Man (Movies)
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Pepper Potts & Natasha Romanov
Characters: Pepper Potts, Natasha Romanov
Additional Tags: women working together, women maybe learning to like each other, POV Pepper Potts, pepper is so angry with tony in this film, for really good reasons, how natasha puts up with him i do not know, beating up all the hammer security guards was very therapeutic for natasha
Summary: How Pepper stopped disliking Natalie Rushman after Tony's disastrous birthday party.

 

A Question Of Loyalty (3995 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Maria Hill & Peggy Carter, Maria Hill & Original Female Character, Maria Hill & Phil Coulson, Maria Hill & Melinda May, Maria Hill & Natasha Romanoff, Maria Hill & Steve Rogers, Maria Hill & Pepper Potts, Maria Hill & Nick Fury
Characters: Maria Hill, Peggy Carter, Phil Coulson, Melinda May, Natasha Romanoff, Nick Fury, Steve Rogers, Pepper Potts, Original Female Character, Alexander Pierce
Additional Tags: Character Study, Friendship, Loyalty, What Makes Her Tick, Backstory, Post-Movie(s), Implied/Referenced Child Abuse
Summary: Who is Maria Hill loyal to? (The answer is worth fifteen years, and takes some time to explain.)


We Are Not Who You Made Us (2035 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (TV), Captain America (Movies)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: James "Bucky" Barnes/Jemma Simmons, James "Bucky" Barnes & Steve Rogers, Leo Fitz & Jemma Simmons
Characters: Jemma Simmons, James "Bucky" Barnes, Steve Rogers
Additional Tags: Aftermath, Coping, Trauma, Developing Relationship, Pre-Relationship, Friendship, Break-Up of Friendships, Angst, Emotional Hurt, Unexpected Friendship, Post-Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Summary: There isn't any one thing that she can articulate. It's the way he copes so well but it feels like the difference between homesign and an actual sign language. It's his own way of coping, his own way of incorporating her suggestions but not actually having the talk with Steve that he can't be the person was before. It's the way James holds himself stiff and rigid and doesn't tell Stark when it hurts but winces for Jemma when she asks. It's all these tiny, little details that are all James and not therapy.

Mitigation (4152 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 3/3
Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Clint Barton/Bobbi Morse, Clint Barton & Natasha Romanov, Bobbi Morse & Natasha Romanov
Characters: Natasha Romanov, Bobbi Morse, Clint Barton
Additional Tags: Aftermath of brainwashing, partners, SHIELD, Recruitment, Established Relationship, Developing Friendship, Trust
Summary:  They should kill her. Hawkeye should have tried to.  But he didn't and he's staring at her now as though she just randomly stood on her head rather than asked him why.

In the Apartment After the War (2778 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Agent Carter (TV)
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Peggy Carter & Angie Martinelli
Characters: Peggy Carter, Angie Martinelli
Additional Tags: Post-Series, Bechdel Test Pass, Shakespeare Quotations
Summary: When Jarvis showed them in to the swank "apartment" he's letting them use on Howard Stark's dime, Angie was incredulous. Awestruck. But not so incredulous that she lost sight of the important things.

 

act like you know everything (1523 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Avengers (Marvel Movies), Captain America (Movies)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Natasha Romanova, Peggy Carter, Clint Barton
Summary: There was a bunker in New Jersey with three photographs and Natasha had asked, "Who's the girl?" It's been playing on her mind.

Carry Me 'Til You Marry Me (13412 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (TV)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Melinda May/Bobbi Morse
Characters: Melinda May, Bobbi Morse, Jemma Simmons, Phil Coulson, Skye | Daisy Johnson, Lance Hunter, Leo Fitz, Antoine Triplett, Alphonso "Mack" Mackenzie
Additional Tags: Aliens Made Them Do It, (get married), Fake Marriage
Summary:

The alien queen stood, and the audience hushed. "We have been blessed by such a display," she said. "I do not think that our people have seen a pair of warriors so in tune with each other in a long time. How long have you two been married?"

Melinda blinked. Married?

"Oh, we're not --" Bobbi said, and then shut her mouth with a click of her jaw.

"Then you must allow me to marry you! A couple such as you should not be forced to wait one minute longer."

(The 'Bus is kidnapped by aliens, who politely offer to marry Bobbi and Melinda. Who are they to refuse such an offer?)

 

Comments

[princessofgeeks]

Thank you so much for all the recs! Will check out the entire thing.

[beatrice_otter]

You're welcome! The post to DW from AO3 widget made it so easy. I tried to do a similar thing with the widget for Tumblr, but it didn't show up. Not sure if that's because I did something wrong or if there's something wrong with the widget.

Fair warning, I put my own fic in this recipe post, because I do really like it.

[princessofgeeks]

I know nothing about the widgets, but the list is fantastic regardless. And in my book self-reccing is always in order. Thanks again.