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Anyone who knows anyone knows that an invite to this party requires ruthlessness. Tenacity. Obscene wealth and a rise to power spectacular enough to attract the right kind of attention.
Within this sea of masks, there isn't a single innocent dove in disguise.
-Written for Flash Fiction Friday - Prompt #344: All in Black.
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- Part 6 of Tumblr Prompt Fills
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When Laura asks her to pick up Lila after her ballet class, Natasha's gut reaction is to decline. She shifts her weight, averting her eyes. "I don't know."
"Please," Laura insists, scrambling for her keys. She drops her phone to the tile with a clatter, which Natasha scoops up for her before she can react. "I don't know how long this meeting with Cooper's teacher will go, and Lila can't wait there by herself. They're closing the building early today, and I can't rely on Alice for the third time this week."
"Alice?"
"Lila's friend's mom."
"Right."
-Written for Flash Fiction Friday - Prompt #342: Envy's Attire.
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- Part 5 of Tumblr Prompt Fills
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"There's been underground chatter about a potential disturbance in the area," Maria Hill prompts at her door one night, long after the other agents on the floor have succumbed to deep sleep.
Natasha had been fully awake, freshly returned from a mission in Siberia and unable to shake off the dark echoes encroaching on the edges of her sanity.
"In the morning," says Hill, "we'll patrol the community undercover to assess the full nature of the threat and intervene if necessary.”
-In which Natasha experiences a different side of life as a SHIELD agent.
Written for Flash Fiction Friday - Prompt #341: Change of Pace.
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- Part 4 of Tumblr Prompt Fills
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Pepper doesn't think she'll ever get used to the frosty New York weather. Luckily, she has two other people to help her through it.
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In our bones by Inkera
Fandoms: Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Avengers (Marvel Movies)
12 Jan 2026
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For the first time in her life, Natasha can confidently say she's content—at least, as close to it as an ex-child assassin would ever get. For the first time in her life, things are finally falling into place.
She should've known that nothing is ever that simple, especially when her supposedly long-dead past comes calling.
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- Part 4 of Lessons in healing
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Natasha doesn't bother to prepare for winter weather, so Maria does it for her.
Blackhill Classified Event (Codeword: Snow)
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Laura gives her an amused look.
"What?" Maria asks, more defensively than intended. She sips at her cocoa, feigning disinterest and pretending that the flush on her face isn't from anything other than the cold.
"Are you ever going to tell me what's going on between you two?"
"I don't know what you're talking about."
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- Part 3 of Tumblr Prompt Fills
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A debt paid in blood by Inkera
Fandoms: Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Black Widow (Marvel Comics)
16 Oct 2025
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Natasha got a tip a few days ago about children going missing from the slums.
Her contact in the NYPD had reason to believe the disappearances were connected to a new site that's grown in popularity on the dark web, but before the investigation could get any sort of traction, money and politics got in the way.
Apparently, none of the people at the top cared about some poor kids going missing, so Natasha decided to take justice into her own hands.
-Written for Whumptober 2025 - Day 15 (“You can take a break, if you just tell me that it hurts.” / Live-Streamed Torture)
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- Part 7 of Whumptober
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Lost without you by Inkera
Fandoms: Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Avengers (Marvel Movies)
08 Oct 2025
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As one might expect, nights are quiet at the Avengers Compound—but silence doesn't account for a lack of movement. When a group of traumatized superheroes are put together in the same building, very little sleep is shared between them.
Tonight, however, something unfamiliar presses on the edge of her consciousness—nothing urgent worthy of raising alarms but rather a strange craving vying for her attention.
A hunger radiating from the basement.
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- Part 2 of Tumblr Prompt Fills
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Darkness there and nothing more by Inkera
Fandoms: Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Black Widow (Movie 2021)
07 Oct 2025
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"Where's Hill?" Wilson's shout echoes through the clamor, and everything stops. "Someone get her. Now."
She's already moving, sprinting through debris coated in a sick mixture of blood and ash, expecting Rogers to be on death's door because that's her job right now. That's how she can help. That's what a real hero would do, a hero just like—
Natasha stands next to Rogers, alive and smiling a symmetrical grin that curves the edges of her eyes just right.
Precise and perfect in every way.
Looking back, this was the first sign.
-Blackhill Cosmic Horror AU
Written for Whumptober 2025 - Day 6 ("No grave can hold my body down.")Series
- Part 6 of Whumptober
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Wires crossed by Inkera
Fandoms: Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (TV)
27 Sep 2025
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As Natasha presses teasing kisses along the length of the woman's neck and along her jaw, curiosity gets the better of her. She glances over toward Hill, only to be met with a darkened gaze and lips gone slack, gently parted.
The commander usually wears an impenetrable, ice cold façade that, occasionally, has Natasha musing what an icepick capable of splintering it would look like.
But this—this is a much better look on Hill.
-Written for Natasha Romanoff Week 2025 - Day 5 (Undercover)
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- Part 1 of Lessons in healing
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Frozen in Time by Inkera
Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel (Comics), Captain Marvel (2019), Black Widow (Marvel Comics), Marvel
24 Sep 2025
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"Excuse me. Is this seat taken?"
The woman at the bar raises an eyebrow with interest rather than judgement. "Now it is." She gestures toward the open stool. "Please."
Carol waves a hand toward Josie for a refill on their drinks. "Never seen you around here before," she says, turning back. "I'm Carol. Carol Danvers."
"Natalie." Curious eyes dance with amusement. "Natalie Rushman. Nice to meet you."
-In which Carol recalls a woman from her past who bears a striking resemblance to the new leader of the Avengers.
Written for Natasha Romanoff Week 2025 - Day 3 (Ballet; Parallels between the present and past)
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No one should still be working at this time, least of all the newly-appointed Deputy Director of SHIELD. Natasha should really be getting started on her original plan with Fury, but the thought of messing with Hill is too good to pass up.
She knocks on the door.
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- Part 1 of Tumblr Prompt Fills
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Can you see me in the dark? by Inkera
Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Black Widow (Marvel Comics), Marvel
19 Aug 2025
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It starts with a perfectly innocuous question.
“What’s one thing you like, Hill?” asks Natasha over the radio. “Anything. Just throw something out there.”
“Focus, Romanoff,” Maria's voice crackles in her ear. “Did the explosion mess with your head?”
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- Part 3 of Lessons in healing
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A surprise affair by Inkera
Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (TV)
28 Jul 2025
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Natasha should've known that a "small matter" in Fury's eyes is usually code for a pretty big deal, and a "pretty big deal" means she'll be bleeding out by the end and left to limp back home.
Such an ordeal is worthy of the good alcohol Tony keeps hidden in the tower, so her plan was to snag that before licking her wounds in the comforting isolation of her room.
The last thing she expected to stumble across was a party.
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- Part 2 of Lessons in healing
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"You good to do this, Imogen?" Orym appears at her side, a gently stabilizing hand on her elbow. He’s in his typical SID gear reserved for their specialized team, although his shirt is untucked and without its tie. Being the division chief has its perks.
His concern is a pointless platitude, but she appreciates it all the same. They both know she hates leaving a job unfinished. "No time like the present."
“If you’re sure.”
She smiles. “Don’t worry so much.”
-Hannibal AU
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- Part 1 of Your road to ruin
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Sheer power radiates in waves, along with a steadily increasing throbbing at Laudna’s temples, as the figure unfurls and stretches out in full display. And all she can think is—
“Beautiful,” Laudna breathes.
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You're not alone by Inkera for kittymannequin
Fandoms: Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical (Video Game)
10 Jan 2024
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A pattering of footsteps behind followed by a shout—“Seph!”—causes her to turn just in time as a small familiar figure crashes into her and arms wrap around her waist. Her heart stutters and leaps with excitement.
“I’ve missed you so much,” Grace mumbles, muffled, into her neck.
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Stray Gods Server Gift Exchange!
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Persephone finds inspiration in a mysterious musician—and perhaps something more.
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Day 2 of Stray Gods Prompt Week - Look into me; The answer's in you
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Grace is stressed about finals week. Persephone comforts her.
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Day 7 of Stray Gods Prompt Week - Let me sleep.