FIC: Penmanship (MCU, Steve & Natasha, G)

[ashen_key]

sholio's comment on non-angsty things reminded me I hadn't posted this here: Natasha and Steve, and the start of their partnership.

TITLE: Penmanship
FANDOM: MCU - Captain America: The Winter Soldier
CHARACTERS: Natasha Romanoff, Steve Rogers
RATING: G
WORDS: 304
A/N: For weaver, because the contrast between this and this called for an explanation. Sadly I wasn't able to work in Steve's total love for biro pens that must be a thing. Many, many thanks to ladyoflorien for reading over.
SUMMARY: "You want me to change how I write?"

Penmanship @ AO3

Quick drive-by rec for a pre-movie fic

[sholio]

I went looking for older TFA-era fic (looking for missing scenes for the first movie, since most of the current batch of fic is TWS-related) and stumbled upon this little gem.

Five Tries (8935 words) by nimmieamee
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Captain America (2011)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence
Characters: Steve Rogers, James "Bucky" Barnes
Additional Tags: Kid Fic, Pre-Canon, Pre-Serum
Summary:

Four times Steve Rogers tried to find his best friend a family, and one time a family found him. Or, alternately, five times Steve and Bucky were nearly separated by adoption.

By now it's technically jossed all to hell, since it's pretty solid canon in TWS that they didn't grow up in an orphanage. But the emotional content of the fic, their love and loyalty for each other, is perfect.