Let's pretend I recced this on Friday, like I meant to...
Fandom: Avengers (2012)
Pairing: technically pre-slash for Clint/Coulson, but really just gen
Length: ~70,400
Author on LJ: Maybe? Idk.
Author Website: AO3 DashWhy this must be read: I quibbled on this rec, not because it's not seriously brilliant, but because it doesn't contain the kind of recovery that I, personally, need in a fic. Then I told myself to get over myself, because this is ridiculously well executed and deserves to have one billion readers.
In this fic, through a series of events, Clint is held in indentured servitude of sort to SHIELD, but nobody at SHIELD knows that for years. This is an exceedingly good example of a fic about consent and agency, and the characters are all vivid in their own right.
( Excerpt )Through the Glass