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scribblemynameSo I resolved a while ago to talk a bit more when I announce fic I've posted.
I'm neck-deep in Tracing Trouble, due Friday with a lot of grace on the![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
heroinebigbang's mod, but it's so big, it's starting to feel unwieldy and hard to write, so I wandered through comment_fic and wrote something to the first prompt that I could.
The prompt was any rare pairing, in the background, and immediately I thought of Maria Hill.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
tielan and frea_o made me fall in love with her and I often see tielan wishing aloud that Maria wasn't so in the background. It's ironic to me how a woman whose face is at the very front of SHIELD is nevertheless in the background, in the shadows, and part of the wallpaper/setting/behind-the-scenes, and it feels almost as if that's deliberate on her part too.
Normally, I can't get a hold of movies to watch but I did very recently score a viewing of most of Age of Ultron and Captain America: The Winter Soldier. So when I saw the prompt, Maria and Bucky were both on my mind. They both operate in the shadows during Winter Soldier—Fury specifically told Maria too—but both are also squarely in the spotlight.
The asset performed. He was out there, brazen, and hardly covert about who saw him doing what when he went after Natasha and Steve. Maria occupies a high position that makes her quite visible in SHIELD and the intelligence community. And yet, she was in shadows and he was a ghost. It's an interesting balance. I'm absolutely certain I didn't balance that in this story, but I did get to at least take a look at a tiny facet of this thing about them that intrigues me. So there's that.
Shining in the Corners (1073 words) by scribblemyname
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Captain America (Movies)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: James "Bucky" Barnes/Maria Hill
Characters: James "Bucky" Barnes, Maria Hill
Additional Tags: Community: comment_fic, First Meetings, Pining, First Date, new avengers team, post-age of ultron, Canon-Compliant, Rare Pairings
Series: Part 207 of Comment Fic LiveJournal Stories
Summary:
I'm neck-deep in Tracing Trouble, due Friday with a lot of grace on the
heroinebigbang's mod, but it's so big, it's starting to feel unwieldy and hard to write, so I wandered through comment_fic and wrote something to the first prompt that I could.The prompt was any rare pairing, in the background, and immediately I thought of Maria Hill.
tielan and frea_o made me fall in love with her and I often see tielan wishing aloud that Maria wasn't so in the background. It's ironic to me how a woman whose face is at the very front of SHIELD is nevertheless in the background, in the shadows, and part of the wallpaper/setting/behind-the-scenes, and it feels almost as if that's deliberate on her part too.Normally, I can't get a hold of movies to watch but I did very recently score a viewing of most of Age of Ultron and Captain America: The Winter Soldier. So when I saw the prompt, Maria and Bucky were both on my mind. They both operate in the shadows during Winter Soldier—Fury specifically told Maria too—but both are also squarely in the spotlight.
The asset performed. He was out there, brazen, and hardly covert about who saw him doing what when he went after Natasha and Steve. Maria occupies a high position that makes her quite visible in SHIELD and the intelligence community. And yet, she was in shadows and he was a ghost. It's an interesting balance. I'm absolutely certain I didn't balance that in this story, but I did get to at least take a look at a tiny facet of this thing about them that intrigues me. So there's that.
Shining in the Corners (1073 words) by scribblemyname
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Captain America (Movies)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: James "Bucky" Barnes/Maria Hill
Characters: James "Bucky" Barnes, Maria Hill
Additional Tags: Community: comment_fic, First Meetings, Pining, First Date, new avengers team, post-age of ultron, Canon-Compliant, Rare Pairings
Series: Part 207 of Comment Fic LiveJournal Stories
Summary:
"Maria Hill," he stopped and greeted when she would have passed him in the hall.
She paused, fingers stilling on her report but not clenching. Surprised perhaps but without fear. "Bucky Barnes," she said coolly, then assessed his reaction with an equally cool gaze.
Disclaimer: It only took me 20 minutes to write this. I did not take time that would otherwise have been devoted to writing my bang fic mentioned above.
