FIC: The Observable Universe | Clint/Natasha, Gen | PG-13 | The Avengers

Title: The Observable Universe (AO3)
Author: sarea_okelani
Rating: PG-13
Pairing: Clint/Natasha, Thor/Jane, Tony/Pepper
Characters: Clint Barton, Natasha Romanoff, Jane Foster, Pepper Potts, Tony Stark, Thor, Darcy Lewis, Steve Rogers, Bruce Banner
Author's Notes: Or... 5 times Jane saw Natasha do something mundane (and one time she saw her do something extraordinary). Or... the Avengers drink. A lot. Or... almost 10K words' worth of fluff, I do what I want. Basically, another "third person POV on Clint and Natasha" story. I'm not sorry. Also there's genfic after hours fun with the other Avengers. So much love and thanks to jade_okelani, without whom I'd never get off my duff to finish any story. And she betas! And brainstorms crazy plots! And takes down notes when I'm busy driving us to a casino! And gives me writing deadlines! She's a multi-purpose unit, the latest in fanfic technology from Stark Industries.

Summary: As an astrophysicist, Jane studies the observable universe for work, but in her free time what she likes to study is a bit closer to home. (Or: Jane has a low tolerance for stupidity. Clint and Natasha take exception to being called stupid.)

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OK, this is ridiculous. I've been trying for the last 10 minutes to talk about MI casting news, but every time I switch to my Tumblr window I get completely distracted by this Hawkeye art. ( There's something about it that completely mesmerizes me. )

OK, SCROLLING AWAY. Jeez.

Two big pieces of MI casting news:

Magnus Bane: Since they've cast my choice for Magnus as Simon, they have selected Godfrey Gao, who I've never heard of, but I'm fairly sure I can live with him:



*is mesmerized again*

Where was I... oh, right. OK, so now that Magnus is THIS GUY, all I have to say is that the pressure is on wrt Alec. Alec better be the hottest, most likeable guy ever, because otherwise I have to continue to not understand what the hell Magnus sees in him. Because, you see, Alec is a whiny little bitch most of the time.

Jocelyn Fray: Going to be played by QUEEN CERSEI LANNISTER! I mean, Lena Headey. WHEN FANDOMS COLLIDE. She makes a perfect Jocelyn, actually. Jocelyn is someone I see as uptight, controlling, and hypocritical, which totally describes both Cersei and Sarah Connor, the two roles I'm most familiar with Lena portraying. So woot!

Given all the casting news so far, I may have to completely change all my ship preferences, just for the movie. -.-

This is what's wrong with Tumblr: One of the artists I follow (who drew my icon, actually) just revealed that she was 23. This opened up a slew of comments about how "old" she was and one person was like, "I'm 18 and always feel soooooo old around these high schoolers and pre-teens."

SERIOUSLY? But at the same time, it explains a lot of the behavior over there. -.-

I keep waffling between excitement and total bitterness that Jade and Robbie are going to see The Bourne Legacy tonight. Right now I'm on bitterrrrrrrr.

I feel kind of loopy. I think it's party due to blood loss, and partly because I was up at 2am posting fic and then was up again 4.5 hours later for work purposes. Work is so never a good reason to lose sleep. -.- Though I guess you could say it was because of posting fic. Which, you're right, it's a better reason. Also, shut up, I don't need all this backtalk from you.