Fandom: NEW GIRL
Pairing: Jessica Day/Nick Miller, Cece Parekh/Schmidt
Length: ~4k
Author on LJ: _carly_
Author Website: AO3, FF.Net
Why this must be read:

This is a fantastically funny, dialog-driven story about the four loft roommates, with just the right amount of canon ships sprinkled on top. Jess asks the guys to help her test some writing prompts for her adult writing class in season two, and all the voices ring clear - Schmidt writes bad erotica, Winston's really into wolves (like, really into wolves, man), and Nick's stories are classic Pepperwood-style Z is For Zombies-esque vignettes. This is one of those stories you can just imagine as an actual episode, and it would be perfect.

Truth is Stranger Than Fiction (AO3, FF.Net)
When Jess gets the boys to help her with a creative writing task, fiction suddenly becomes non-fiction.

Fandom: THE AVENGERS (MOVIEVERSE)
Pairing: Clint Barton/Natasha Romanov
Length: 6991
Author on LJ: paperclipbitch
Author Website: LJ or AO3
Why this must be read:

It's a sign of a really good writer and a good story, when they can get you to enjoy and rave to all your friends about a scenario or pairing that generally doesn't appeal to you - and paperclipbitch's fic has done that to me twice now. In this instance, I didn't have to be sold on the idea of Clint/Natasha, but the body swap trope isn't usually one of my go-tos. Many body swap fics end up going for the quick laugh over characterization, but not this one. It's not dark or angsty, but it's thoughtful at times and does have some depth and subtlety to the characters that's fantastic. paperclipbitch has a wonderful knack for witty dialogue and she also incorporates all sorts of little details about what it might be like to switch bodies that really make the story stand out.

It is Clint/Natasha, but their relationship is already established long before any body-swapping occurs, and the sexual component is just one part of the chord of notes that makes up that relationship. Yes, they have the obligatory "how the other half lives" experience of changing with someone of the opposite sex, but they also have new realizations about one another's experiences and views as working partners and friends. All-in-all, it's a solid, really enjoyable story that shouldn't be missed.


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Boys Wanna Be Her AO3 or LJ
Author's Summary: Bodyswap! (Clint makes a mental note never to tell Nat that he realised he was inside her body by recognising her boobs.)


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