the interesting landings series by irnan (pg)

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Fandom: AVENGERS
Pairing: Steve/Peggy, Bucky/Natasha, Steve/Bucky/Natasha, Tony/Pepper
Length: ~36,000 words total
Author on LJ: irnan
Author Website: @ AO3
Why this must be read:

interesting landings consists of four stories:

spectrum features the Avengers moving into Stark Tower and slowly becoming a team and learning to be friends and then the shocking discovery that the infamous Winter Soldier who trained Natasha is none other than Steve's best friend Bucky;

crown and anchor takes a look at the effects of the supersoldier serum on the various people who've been exposed to it;

and don't you dare be late was actually the first story of the series posted, and features Peggy Carter being flung forward in time, giving her and Steve the chance to finally make that date;

and writing mysteries, in which Peggy comes to grips with life in the future, and with the idea that Steve was with Bucky and Natasha before she came back.

And then one day Natasha gets home from one of her trips and calls a Tower Meeting. They gather in the kitchen, because that's where the coffee machine is.

Or rather, the most frequently used of all the various coffee machines in the Tower.

"So this sounds urgent," says Bruce. "Urgent and ominous."

"It's kind of both," says Nat. "I've... been looking for someone, on and off, over the years; someone who meant a lot to me before SHIELD."

The others look at each other, and look at the folder in her hands, and look at each other again.

"Then you have now found this person?" asks Thor gently.

Nat nods. Her fingers clench on the file briefly before she puts it down on the table. To Tony's eyes she's humming with tension, which Tasha never does. "Fury won't. That is, SHIELD won't. They have... they have other priorities. But I've got red in my ledger, and I owe him a debt."

Clint shifts in his seat. He's no longer the only one of them who knows Tasha well enough to understand what "owe a debt" is her shorthand for.

"I'm not doing this very well," she says and takes a breath. "It's making me nervous. But you've read my file and you know what I was. I guess that means you have a pretty good idea of what he -"

"Tasha," says Bruce. "Of course we'll help."

"OK," says Steve, and takes the folder. "Let's get to planning."

He flips it open, and the coffee cup in his left hand falls to shatter on the floor, face gone white in an instant.

"Is this a joke?"

Nat hauls off and punches him in the face; Steve reels back from it but of course not even Natasha, deadly as she otherwise is, can really damage him with a single punch. Everyone else is on their feet with a yell of surprise; chairs topple, Clint has a hold of Nat, who's yelling angrily, Thor pushes Steve back with a hand on his friend's chest; Steve's self-control is noticeably rattled, hence the yelling back. Bruce dives for the file. Tony jumps on the table.

"Knock it off!" he bellows. "Knock it off, I thought we were over this kind of thing."

Nat shuts it. So does Steve. Everyone else is too astonished to speak.

interesting landings by irnan

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