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Really lovely and heartbreaking Achilles/Patroclus.

Bucky's having a hard time dealing with the return of his memories and Steve tries to help him. Heartbreaking and hopeful. Oh Bucky, dump your manpain and run away with Steve. He'll treat you better!

Clint trains with Natasha because he could train with nothing less precious to him and still know that his aim is as good as it’s going to be. He will no more hit her without meaning it than he will sprout another head. Short, sharp look at Clint and Natasha.

The epic tragic love story of Steve and Bucky, as told by the people who knew them when.

Clint gets kidnapped so the Avengers convince Jason Walsh to pose as him while they try to rescue him. Fun crossover with nicely melancholy undertones.

It's hard for a masked superhero to find a trustworthy medical provider. Luckily, Peter's found one. Good outsider POV on Spider-man (and Peter).

"Seriously?" says Penny that night, pitching her voice low the way she always does when she's masked. One thwip later and the mugger's gun is halfway down the alley, and there is a gratifyingly oh-shit expression on his face. "Has the memo not gone out yet? You go for violent crime in this neighborhood and you get mocked. That's how this works." "You're - " says the mugger. "Yes," says Penny. "I am vengeance. I am the night. I am...definitely getting sued for copyright infringement." Really lovely rule 63!Peter story. I really like how the essential core of the character doesn't really change all that much.

It wasn’t obvious to Peter at first, but there came a time as he moved through the night city that he realised he was noticed. Known. YES. THIS. It's tiny but it's the tiny Spider-man story of MY HEART. ♥PETER♥ *sobs*

Joan and Sherlock, learning to live together. Oh, heart.

sleepy Steve/Bucky kisses

Sweet, hot, funny Kirk/McCoy.

tumblr shortcuts nobody ever told me about

all in one video of the panel read of Doomsday Armageddon Apocalypse

Lovely, brief bit of Eli/Bucky. Oh, you poor fuck-ups, just let me hug you.

Clint's lost his memory and Kate's there to help him out with that. Because Kate is the best! (And the premise of Secret Avengers is super sketchy [and OOC for Natasha, at least]). (Based on that FAQ that was going around tumblr last week.) Anyway, this is adorable!

Russell has a test for his dates. He calls it The Mr. Fredrickson Test. Sure, it matters what his mom thinks. It even sort of matters what his dad thinks. But if his date is mean to Mr. Fredrickson, or if Mr. Fredrickson doesn’t approve, it’s a deal breaker. The Up/Toy Story crossover I never knew I wanted. Russell and Andy meet cute. ♥

A retelling of the Winter Soldier storyline in the A-babies v. X-babies universe. Oh Bucky Bear. Oh Natasha. Oh my heart.

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SHIELD keeps the Winter Soldier as secret, which means Steve has to keep their relationship a secret too. Sekrit boyfriends for the win!

Remember that bit in Shoebox Project where Sirius gets the mind of a dog before he completes the animagus transformation? This is just like that except tripled. Tony and Bruce do an experiment that, well, they'd say it worked except they have to deal with the hilarious results.

Google is closing Google Reader's doors on July 1st, meaning you'll need to find a new way to get your news fix. Here's how to export all your feeds and put them into a new reader (and which ones you should check out).

After Clint is injured, Darcy takes him away for a recovery weekend. Lovely.

Enjoyable bit of Clint backstory.

korra and aang. *sobs*

Long, multi-POV story of the Avengers coming to grips with each other and the changes in the world post-movie.