Rivestra's Ramblings

Twelve-Character Meme #9: [1-Natasha Romanoff] sees [4-James Bond] with [8-Raylan Givens] and knows that [8-Raylan] is involved with [6-Bruce Banner]. Does [1-Natasha] tell [6-Bruce] that [8-Raylan] is cheating or does [6-Bruce] deserve to find out on his own?

Title: The Other Guy
Rating: G
Fandoms: Mostly MCU (Bruce Banner and Natasha Romanoff), but with characters mentioned from Justified and the Bond Series, so, technically, a crossover

Author’s Note: I went for a prompt to get my Mini Na No words in today because I really, really wasn’t feeling it and thought I’d be better off messing up one of these than the Sam^2 sequel I was hoping to finish today. Given that, I am surprisingly happy with this. It’s cracky of necessity from the prompt, but I think I must've been itching to explore the Natasha/Bruce dynamic without noticing I was. As is usual for these things, not betaed, not mine, and not for profit.


“So...” Natasha trailed off awkwardly, distracted by the cockroach in in the jar she’d apparently picked up. She stared at it for a long moment, reasoning that anyone would, given that it was three-headed and remarkably feisty for something labeled “preserved specimen.” Very deliberately (and cautiously), she placed it back on the lab bench.

It flung itself at the side of the jar, and she winced.

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Twelve-Character Meme #3 [7-John Winchester] has a phobia that involves [1-Natasha Romanoff]. What is the phobia?

Title: Lady Hunter
Rating: PG-13 (underage warning but nothing graphic)
Fandoms: Supernatural/Avengers (MCU) (John Winchester, Dean Winchester, and Natasha Romanoff)

Author’s Note: Not betaed. Actually, it’s also not exactly responsive to the prompt, but it is what came out of my head for it, finally. Also: Yay Mini Na No day 1! Not mine and not for profit.

She fumed as she watched John slip out of the bar. She’d have to get at his journal another way. He hadn’t been the least bit interested in collaborating with a “lady hunter,” as he’d condescendingly called her, though he’d been happy enough to stare at her tits. (Yes, her back was up, but the condisention wasn’t in her head. Only an unobservant imbecile could have missed the eyeroll he’d given his friends, and Natasha had long ago resolved never to be unobservant again.)

She counted to fifty before following him outside and hit the parking lot just in time to see the taillights of his Impala head left, away from his motel. Perfect.

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‘k, so, taking a 12-character meme as writing prompts. Because, yes, I’m that desperate. Just ignore me, I know I'm playing to an empty house here, but posting makes it more likely I'll keep going.

I picked:

1. Natasha Romanoff
2. John Sheppard
3. Tony Stark (Movies)
4. James Bond (Daniel Craig)
5. Sherlock (BBC TV)
6. Bruce Banner (Ruffalo)
7. John Winchester
8. Raylan Givens
9. Q (Skyfall)
10. Jethro Gibbs
11. Abby Sciuto
12. Aeryn Sun

I will try to answer the questions attached to the meme with with ficlets. (Not all at once, mind you. 700 words (next post) isn't bad for #1 though, especially given how on-strike my writing brain’s been.) I will consider petitions to replace characters on the list if anyone’s interested in specific stuff... I’m trying not to read ahead in the questions, so I don’t think it really matters. On that note, I’d be happy to take prompts, too. I just need an excuse to write something small, random, and contained...

In the unlikely event anyone'd like to play along, I'd be happy to send you the questions.

{ETA Credit: Meme from oc_meme_central}