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baby we’ll be fine (all we gotta do is be brave and be kind) by aloequeera (deleted fic)

Louis hates Harry. Harry hates being hated. First aid kits and kittens make it better. They’re both way too fucked up for an all-encompassing friendship, and when you put them together, it’s fucked up squared. Louis is too ascerbic to not hurt people, and Harry is too passive aggressive to stand up for himself. Louis is too nosy and controlling, Harry is too secretive and distrustful. Louis is too brash and loud, Harry is too contained and reserved. Louis is too openly bitchy, Harry is too convincingly fake. It’s not surprising Louis spent two years hating the kid.

Title: The Face of All the World is Changed

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/38831280/chapters/97100985

Platform: AO3

Creator: EstellaB

Work Type: Fanfic

Fandom: Agents of SHIELD

Rating: T

Pairing: Leo Fitz/Jemma Simmons

Word count: 143,458

Warnings: Period-typical sexism, depictions of illness

Number of comments: 5 (now >15)

Completion Status: complete

Source

Update: the “first to wear pants” claim isn’t accurate:

"Mary Tyler Moore as Laura Petrie was a spirited presence and a far-from-typical housewife. She even caused a small controversy by wearing Capri pants. The standard sitcom housewife wardrobe was heavy on dresses and pearls. Television executives were in no hurry to deviate from that, but Mary Tyler Moore rightfully insisted that it was an unrealistic, fabricated TV image; nobody wore a dress and pearls to do housework. Despite initial resistance, the tight pants that showed off her dancer's figure made it into the show, and this apparently helped popularize them for many women who watched. She wasn't the first woman to wear pants on television, but she was a lasting, iconic image, and the decision was based on depicting reality instead of glorifying a non-existent "happy homemaker" look." (x)

"In 1951, when Lucy and Ethel wore pants on "I Love Lucy", no one batted an eye. Pants did become an issue in 1961 when Laura Petrie on "The Dick Van Dyke Show" was often seen in Capri pants. The brass at CBS wanted Laura to represent the average young housewife, and market research indicated these ladies were wearing dresses at home. "  (x)

This Multiplicity of Powers by HelloAmHere ( @helloamhere )

Maybe in another universe he isn’t different. Maybe he hadn’t been given an impossible choice. Maybe he wouldn’t have lost everything and broken everything and then fallen impossibly, irrevocably in love with the first next thing that was kind. Maybe in that universe he doesn’t feel like he’s never breathing, always pretending, teaching the kids even though they all have to learn alone, trying hard not to read the headlines, and so afraid, every day, that he won’t be a good enough teammate to the superhero he can’t live without. He knows that love isn’t supposed to feel this way, slid secret under your skin like a surgical razor, an invisible war held close over the tender vein that keeps you alive. On the other hand, Louis wonders, had he ever known how to do it any other way? Maybe there’s a universe where he doesn’t have to keep all his secrets on the inside. But this isn’t that universe. //an X-Men AU.

Run Like the Devil by benzos ( @churchrat )

baby we'll be fine (all we gotta do is be brave and be kind) by aloequeera

Louis hates Harry. Harry hates being hated. First aid kits and kittens make it better. They're both way too fucked up for an all-encompassing friendship, and when you put them together, it's fucked up squared. Louis is too ascerbic to not hurt people, and Harry is too passive aggressive to stand up for himself. Louis is too nosy and controlling, Harry is too secretive and distrustful. Louis is too brash and loud, Harry is too contained and reserved. Louis is too openly bitchy, Harry is too convincingly fake. It's not surprising Louis spent two years hating the kid.