A mission gone wrong leaves Clint and Natasha stranded in the desert. A story of polka, tater tots, and camel-flavored water.

Sabetha and Nazca having fun with girlish things, like buying shoes, and gossiping, and perhaps a little light plotting. The title is from Venetian poet Veronica Franco: I drew courage from the risk I'd avoided, though a woman, born to milder tasks; and, blade in hand, I learned warrior's skills, so that, by handling weapons, I learned that women by na

Clint asks an old friend for some assistance. There's a woman he needs to find, and it's going to be tricky. Title from Stevie Ray Vaughan, "Life By the Drop." "Time's been between us, a means to an end God, it's good to be walking together my friend" Written for charmingalias4 in the Be-Compromised's Secret Santa 2013 exchange.

For jacedesbff's prompt: World War II AU – I particularly like when they meet (or met) during the war and are reunited at the end of it. In occupied Paris, a story of spies.