Selenay's Ramblings

Stone of the North (58915 words) by Selenay
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Avengers (Marvel Movies)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Clint Barton/Phil Coulson
Characters: Clint Barton, Phil Coulson, Natasha Romanov, Darcy Lewis, Tony Stark, Pepper Potts, Nick Fury, Jane Foster (Marvel), Thor (Marvel)
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Steampunk, Alternate Universe - Edwardian, Valet Clint Barton, BAMF Phil Coulson, Mystery, Action/Adventure, Comic Book Science, Blimps & Dirigibles, Background Relationships, Minor Bucky Barnes/Steve Rogers, Minor Darcy Lewis/Natasha Romanov, Minor Pepper Potts/Tony Stark, Minor Jane Foster/Thor
Series: Part 5 of Dangerous Instruments
Summary:

Sequel to Clockwork Murders. The happily ever after isn't always easy, but Coulson and Barton are determined to figure out how to make it work. After all, how difficult can it be to pretend to the world they're still just a gentleman and his valet, settling into a quiet life with no excitement or adventure at all?

More difficult than they anticipated, it turns out. And that's before Stark asks for their help tracking down a missing gem, people start disappearing around London, and Natasha resurfaces with a mission of her own for them. Their quiet life together may feature more dirigibles and explosions than they'd ever counted on.

The amazing accompanying artwork is also on AO3 (as well as embedded in the fic).

Make My Wish Come True (2899 words) by Selenay
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Avengers (Marvel Movies)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Clint Barton/Phil Coulson
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Circus, Alternate Universe - Small Town, Coulson With a Cane, Christmas Fluff, Marriage Proposal
Series: Part 2 of Dreams and Circus Crowds
Summary:

Understanding, and maybe a flash of worry, filled Clint's eyes. "It's your first Christmas away from home for a long time."

"I've been there every year since I got out of the Rangers," Phil said.

A coda to Dreams and Circus Crowds.

Better The Devil You Know (9499 words) by Selenay
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Avengers (Marvel Movies)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Clint Barton/Phil Coulson
Characters: Clint Barton, Phil Coulson, Barney Barton
Additional Tags: Interrupted Tail Porn, Barney is not a good guy, Demon Clint Barton, Librarian Phil Coulson, Alternate Universe - Supernatural Elements, Clint With a Tail, Crack
Series: Part 5 of The Demon and the Librarian
Summary:

Someone is looking for Clint.

Hint: he's not a friend. Or a good person.

Phil Coulson's life gets more complicated with every demon that gets added to it.

For the first time since my wisdom tooth extraction, I actually feel pretty good. My face doesn't hurt, I can eat reasonably well, I spent the whole weekend sleeping so I'm not totally exhausted...I feel almost normal. Fingers crossed, this will last all week!

Or at least, through today, because we're having a team pizza lunch and I need to be in top condition to enjoy it. Heh.

My weekend was pretty much sleep, sleep, recover from sleep-induced headache, sleep some more. With a lot of catching up on Strictly. And, obviously, watching Doctor Who, which was thoroughly weird and strange and I loved it.

(I might be biased, but I'm really loving season eight. I know it doesn't suit everyone, but I think there's been some great stuff this year. Then again, Doctor Who is something I can rarely look at with a critical eye until a couple of years after an episode first aired, so it could just be the DW joy speaking *shrug*)

I'd summarise last week's teevees, but I haven't seen Once Upon a Time yet or NCIS:NOLA, so I'm going to wait until tomorrow for that. It's just so lovely to have stuff on my telly box. My poor Netflix subscription hasn't been touched for ten days.

Clearly, they know that having actual teevees might be an issue. Otherwise they wouldn't have told me that S2 of Ripper Street and three more Midsomer Murders series are up. I promise, Netflix, I'll be back soon.

I was also going to do another topic post, because I've got some good ones burning a hole in my planning sheet, but...it's Monday. Thinking is overrated on a Monday. You can have a thoughtful post later in the week.

Instead, I'll let anyone who might be interested know about my Marvel Big Bang posting dates:

25th October
Winter Soldier's Redemption: a 40k Steve/Bucky steampunk AU fic.

10th November
A Thousand Miles and Poles Apart: a 45k Clint/Coulson actor AU fic.

I can't believe how much I wrote for MBB this year. It was a 10k minimum. Clearly, my brain knows nothing about minimums.

Sleepover Disasters and How to Recover (4263 words) by Selenay
Chapters: 2/2
Fandom: The Avengers (2012)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Clint Barton/Phil Coulson
Characters: Clint Barton, Phil Coulson
Additional Tags: Angst, Humor, Thwarted Romance, Unresolved Romantic Tension
Series: Part 9 of Courting for Dummies
Summary:

"You know, not criticising your planning here because the first part of tonight was pretty fucking amazing, but this definitely ranks as our worst date yet," Clint said.

The long-promised mechanic AU, part of a challenge between Mikey, Tawg, frankie_felony and I. Mikey's entry can be read here and it's awesome :-D

I Was Dreaming While I Drove (12625 words) by Selenay
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Avengers (2012)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Clint Barton/Phil Coulson
Characters: Clint Barton, Phil Coulson
Additional Tags: Mechanic Clint, Romantic Comedy, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Cars, Humor
Summary:

Phil Coulson's new mechanic is amazing: he knows cars, he looks great in coveralls, and he doesn't question Phil's odd cover stories.

Phil just can't work out whether Clint Barton is really flirting with him or not.

This was written for the secret child square on my trope_bingo card. Thanks, as always, to Fahre for being a wonderful beta and cheerleader.

It Doesn't Have to be Complicated (3120 words) by Selenay
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Avengers (2012)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Clint Barton/Phil Coulson
Characters: Clint Barton, Phil Coulson
Additional Tags: Secret Child, Community: trope_bingo, Trope Subversion/Inversion, First Kiss, Parent Phil Coulson

Summary: Turns out that kissing a guy and then watching him hurry away and practice extreme avoidance for a couple of days could do odd things to the mind.

I'm flying to England in a couple of hours so here's a parting gift. Er, the fact that I won't be able to hear the howls of frustrated outrage have nothing to do with the timing...

Take Things Slowly (4023 words) by Selenay
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Avengers (2012)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Clint Barton/Phil Coulson
Characters: Clint Barton, Phil Coulson
Additional Tags: Romance, Kissing, Sex Pollen, Trope Subversion/Inversion, Humor, Unresolved Sexual Tension
Series: Part 8 of Courting for Dummies
Summary: "No offence, but today? Yes." Clint straightened up and stepped away a couple of paces, shoving a hand through his hair in a sign of frustration Phil recognised too well. "You, me, a locked office, and sex pollen in the air system? Seems like a pretty explosive mixture if we're trying to keep things slow."

And then I commit fic of the angstiest kind because sometimes an idea won't leave my brain free to work on happier things until it's been written.

Safe House Love (3863 words) by Selenay
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Avengers (2012)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Clint Barton/Phil Coulson
Characters: Clint Barton, Phil Coulson

Summary: "Don't you ever want more? How long have we been doing this - three years?"
Three years, four months and five days, not that Clint was counting.

There is no possible way to apologise for this. Except to say, I chortled a lot as I wrote it :-D

First Date Disasters and How to Recover (3794 words) by Selenay
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Avengers (2012)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Clint Barton/Phil Coulson
Characters: Clint Barton, Phil Coulson
Series: Part 7 of Courting for Dummies

Summary: Maybe, just possibly, he was getting overly focused on the suit. It wasn't panic, though, definitely not.
A mild attack of nerves.
Completely normal. Everyone got them.
Everyone except Phil Coulson.