Nah, I mean, unlike a lot of people, I didn’t mind the Bruce/Nat ship, because I low-key started shipping them after the first Avengers movie.  They had a lot of interesting chemistry in the Calcutta scene, and I thought they could be good for each other.  Now, I will admit that the execution of the pairing was just clumsy as fuck, but I put that down to Joss not having a goddamn clue about how to write it, not because I hate the idea of the pairing.

Title: Grounded Author: Brenda (@brendaonao3) Artist: @superhumandisasters Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Natasha Romanov/Sam Wilson Word Count: 4155 Additional Tags: POV Sam Wilson, Introspection, Post-Captain America: Civil War (Movie), Minor Bucky Barnes/Steve Rogers, Sam Is So Done, Sam is Not Amused, Clint Barton & Sam Wilson Friendship, Sam Wilson Feels Summary:

Damn Stark and his bullshit, ill-conceived ultimatums, and damn Steve for his inability to walk away and his blind eye where Barnes is concerned, and damn Barnes and his shady as hell past and thinking running would make that all go away, and damn himself for jumping into this mess in the first place just because he'd missed playing the hero.

Or: Post-Civil War, Sam's got a few thoughts about how everything got so fucked up.  

Uh, I’m assuming this is about my Sam/Nat tags in this post?  Because, here’s the thing.  Yeah, Nat was interested in Bruce - and then he literally ran away to the other end of the UNIVERSE for over 2 years rather than face her, so I’m pretty sure that ship’s done sailed.  I mean, let’s be real here.

Oof fuck, this is a tough one.  Okay, I’m going to go with pairings I’ve written (in no real order) and this is solely based on who I think would be fun at a dinner party and provide great conversation:

Steve and Bucky (Marvel)

Harry and Karl (Claimed ‘Verse - those of you who have been with me for awhile know exactly who these guys are)

Sam and Natasha (Marvel)

Uhura and Spock (Star Trek)

Damon and Affleck (RPF)

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My main pairing is Bucky/Steve, but I love love love Steve/Thor and Bucky/Thor (really, I just love Thor, okay, he’s amazing) and Sam/Nat and Steve/Peggy and Bucky/Sam and Bucky/Clint and Tony/Pepper and Clint/Thor and, well, the list goes on.  I’m pretty multi-ship in what I read and write.  I’m also a big Steve/TJ Hammond fan, if crossovers are your thing. :)

And my fics can be found here:

Samtasha all the way! The best times are when they mock the Epic True Love™ of everyone they know. While cuddling and watching Arrested Development on Netflix. XD

I LOVE THIS PAIRING LIKE IT’S MY JOB!!!!  I mean, look, I know everyone’s all about Clint/Natasha or Sam/Steve or whatever, and that’s fine, that’s cool, I’m good with both of those pairings.

But. Sam/Nat is my het OTP in the MCU (aside from Tony/Pepper) - from that first hey how YOU doin’ nod Nat gives Sam in the first scene to Nat pulling Sam up into the helicopter at the end, TWS is filled with all kinds of great little Sam/Nat beats.  I really hope we get more of the two of them in Cap3.

Plus, I love the idea that Sam is just a guy, y’know.  He’s normal (well, normal for Natasha’s line of work) and he’s settled within himself and he’s working on his issues and how to live with his pain and the red in his ledger.  Natasha’s never met anyone like him, and she doesn’t know how to pin him down or manipulate him.  His life is open, his flaws are out there for everyone to see, and he doesn’t try to hide anything.  Not even his interest in her.  He’s got to intrigue the hell out of her, really, because normal isn’t something she’s ever done.  But, for him...she might be willing to try.

I totally do!!! They’re actually my favorite ship after the combination of Bucky/Peggy/Steve/Thor (which, let’s all just take a minute to imagine the hotness of THAT foursome.)

Anyway, sadly, there’s not a lot of Nat/Sam fic out there where the focus is the Sam/Nat relationship (and I haven’t even written them that much, which is sad & I should correct that), but here are a few of my favorites. In no particular order:

Undercover Heart by wintergrey

Meet Me At The Fair by shadowen

Suddenly I’m Hit by marryingthebed

Untitled 512 by traveller

Drifting Off On Knowledge by mardia

Establishing A Cover by avengingvelociraptortimelord