Natasha forgets that Tony Stark is occasionally a decent human being. So when he uses his shwarma to offer a toast to "a very good man, Phil Coulson," she feels Clint go very still next to her and closes her eyes for a moment.

The story of how Darcy Lewis accidentally helps found the Avengers while having an epic, failboaty romance with that dude she nailed in a bar two years ago. Tasers, jackbooted thugs, Tony Stark, and life-altering job offers are par for the course when you help discover an alien/god dude with amazing pecs.

Stan's plan for the day had involved nothing more than lazing around the lakeshore, drinking iced tea, and moving as little as possible.
He'd never been happier to have a plan fall apart. [Casey/Stan]

nc17; Casey/Stan post-movie; The stupid post-action final scene doesn't exist here

John really shouldn't have activated that artifact. Really.

Tommy closed the door to their apartment and rested heavily against it as he toed off his shoes. This week sucked. Traffic sucked. Work sucked. Coaching sucked. Life sucked. And Merton wasn't due back until tomorrow.

He knew Merton being asked to present his paper at the conference was a great honor - Merton and his thesis advisor had certainly been excited about it - but all he really cared about was that Merton was going to be in Chicago without him. For a week.

What Merton never seemed to realize, the thing that amazed Tommy the most about the whole wolf thing was that he could smell Merton.