Rec(s) of the day

Avengers fic:
Show a Little Faith (There's Magic in the Night) by AlphaFlyer
Clint/Natasha; dust bowl AU; teen;
Summary: Riding the rails in the last bitter winter of the dust bowl years, two drifters encounter something they haven't seen before.

And a Shield ficlet set during the early days...
As the Dust Falls by the-agent-and-the-anarchist
Skye & Ward; 1342 words

“I couldn’t sleep. Everything’s fine. Go back to bed.”
She doesn’t.
“What?” he finally says.
She wrinkles her nose. “It’s weird to see you in pajamas.”
He glances down at the black sweatpants and the worn grey t-shirt with the red university logo. “Weird how?”
“It’s… reassuring. Like, you’re a person, not an action figure.”