Rec of the day

Christmas in St. Petersburg by Amerou
Cint/Natasha; PG-13; backstory; 5449 words
Summary: Agent Clint Barton, codename Hawkeye, is sent to kill a target known only as the Black Widow - but Clint makes a different call.
I particularly like the atmosphere of this story. Snippet:

This is how Clint Barton ends up perched on the tar roof of a warehouse on Christmas Eve, huddled in his layers with an inadequate heating pad beneath him to keep off the frostbite, snow settling on his modified hunter's blind, his bow coated in resin to keep it from icing over as he listens to distant bells toll midnight out across the darkened city. The plaza of buildings beneath him is dark, snow sifting across the tile and concrete and lending the whole scene a sense of calm and waiting, as if the world itself expects Santa Claus to be flying over at any minute, and damned if the land won't be as picturesque as possible for a cityscape when he does.

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I'm reading Black Widow: The Name Of The Rose right now: it's really very good. The artwork is stunning. I have to make a proper post about it when I've finished it.

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More Avengers wip fanart. This one's for the prompt "Hawkeye up high, his bow at the ready, watching Natasha taking a swing at a bad guy." Okay, once again I modified the scene a bit but the main elements are there. Just an unfinished sketch for now (with the entire background, uh, missing) but I'll get back to it as soon has I finish pencilling two pages for work. I'm really looking forward to cooking up a proper background for this one.( Read more... )