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Warrior Witch, by Eustacia Vye

Summary:

Gretel doesn’t know much about magic, and isn’t sure what she felt about being a white witch herself. But one thing is for sure… She wasn’t going to stop killing evil witches. (3865 words)

Great casefic in the vein of the movie, with action and humor.

Travel Companions by Anonymous
Gen; Hansel & Gretel; humor; teen, 477 words

Summary: Dear Diary, Hansel wrote, this week, we visited the wonderful shitty town of Augsburg. Gretel made some new friends and got herself some new kickass witch-hunting powers. Me? I just got some new scars.
"And laid," Gretel said, reading over his shoulder. "Don't forget 'laid'."

today, a pan-fandom recs platter:

SHIELD:
they say you and me are tautology by owlvsdove
Fitz/Simmons and team; fluff; 1778 words
Summary:
“You can’t tie a tie?”
“It’s not a big deal.”

Arrow:
Five Times Oliver Held Felicity (And The One Time She Held Him) by ageless_aislynn
Oliver/Felicity; snapshots; teen; 3438 words
Summary: In all of the time they'd known each other, she'd ended up in his arms one way or another. But he ended up in hers at long last.

Leverage:
Five Phone Calls for Maggie That Cemented a Friendship Plus That One Time Sophie Needed a Favor by Tassos
Gen; Maggie & Sophie; snapshots; G; 1933 words
Summary: How Maggie and Sophie became friends.

Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters
From the Past Comes Your Calling by infiniteeight
Gen; action; M for violence; 2829 words
Summary: Set pre-movie. After escaping from the candy house as children, Hansel and Gretel had to concentrate on surviving on their own. But eventually fate reminds them that there's more than one witch in the world.

Avengers
Skip A Heartbeat and Survive by alwaysenduphere
Nat/Clint and Coulson; teen; 2120 words
Summary: "You know, I haven't worked with you long, but it seems to me you sure get injured a lot.” In which Clint follows orders just enough to get captured and Natasha cares enough to save the day. Or I guess, in which Clint Barton is the damsel in distress.

... this could go on for a while.

Repercussions (Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters)
Gen, Hansel, Gretel, Ben; action/humor; rated M; 5027 words
Summary: Hansel was starting to think his sister had gone unhinged.

A fun romp perfectly in tone with the movie.

Story Gets Bigger Every Year (Shield)
Gen; Melinda May and Hill, Skye; backstory/snapshots; G; 1530 words
Summary: "The cavalry's arrived."

The Blacksmith by kikibug13
Gretel/OMC & Hansel; rated teen; 2820 words
Summary: The realization of the order for Hansel's gun has more memories for Gretel than weapon-making.

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Youtube linkage: Animals Can Be Jerks :)
The background music is rather annoying but most of these clips are really funny.