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I don't believe in much (but I believe in you) by stepsofthepalace
Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Black Widow (Movie 2021), Hawkeye (TV 2021), Thunderbolts (Movie 2025)
09 May 2026
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Hanahaki. The disease of unrequited love.
It seemed absolutely ludicrous - a disease so rare and so beyond reason that most people dismissed it as a hoax or sheer fiction. But in a world with aliens and wizards and magic gemstones that rewrite reality, maybe it wasn’t so far outside of the scope of possibility. It still seemed completely absurd though. Besides, she didn’t love Kate Bishop, right? Kate was her friend. One of the only real friends she’d ever had since Ohio, and the only current one outside of some of the freed Widows. And she wasn’t going to ruin that with something as stupid as love.
So no, unrequited love was a bullshit explanation. Unfortunately, it was also the only explanation she had, and even more unfortunately, it meant she was probably dying. Of lovesickness and flowers.
So not a cool way to die.
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Yelena goes back for that drink with Kate Bishop and ends up developing feelings for her new friend. Feelings that cause her to start coughing up flowers, which is incredibly inconvenient.
As best I can, this will be canon through Thunderbolts*
Fic title and chapter titles are from "Hanahaki (Bloom)" by molly ofgeography
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First time properly participating in a Trimberly Week!
Day 1: Fluff
Day 2: Angst
Day 3: HOT (either smut or literal heat)
Day 4: Alternate Universe
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When the school cuts her soccer team and the boy's coach won't let her try out, Trini decides to pose as her twin brother at his new boarding school. Her plan gets complicated though when she actually becomes friends with her roommate and starts getting a little too close to her new lab partner.
In honor of the Power Rangers movie and the sequel that should have been.
Also in honor of the USWNT win!
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Sophomore Robin Mills feels stuck, going to college in the same small town where she grew up. She wants to have adventures and explore the world. Soon enough though, she runs into someone who shows her that with the right people you can have lots of adventures, even just staying put.
College AU
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I've had a bad week, I could use a friend by stepsofthepalace
Fandoms: Power Rangers (2017)
26 Mar 2018
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Another look at the locker scene.
Title is from St. Patrick by Nathan Leigh
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with your fingers in my mouth (please don’t let me fall) by pocketfulofarrows
Fandoms: Hawkeye (TV 2021), Marvel Cinematic Universe
06 Feb 2022
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Yelena’s fully focused on Kate now, gaze piercing; looking at Kate as if she can see every less-than-innocent thought she’s had involving the two of them. She wonders — just for a moment — if this is where Yelena breaks; where she laughs and tells Kate she’s just playing around, and Kate just prays the ground opens up and swallows her whole. And maybe Kate was on to something, thinking Yelena could read her mind because she gives her the slightest tilt of her head and an eyebrow raise.
A challenge.
An invitation.
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They've been dancing around this for months and Kate's finally hit her breaking point.
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03 Jun 2026
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it’s only love that we’re falling in by MoonCacti for Onthecyberseas
Fandoms: Hawkeye (TV 2021)
22 Mar 2026
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“So you rescued him.”
“More like I stole him?” Kate winced. “Kidnapped. Dognapped? Um. I saw him around before; I’m pretty sure one of the mobsters took care of him sometimes, though he obviously wasn’t doing a very good job about it.”
Yelena blinked, opening her mouth, then closing it again as she took a moment to process what she had just heard. “You stole a dog.”
“Technically? It depends a little on your definition of stealing, I suppose.”
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Kate rescues Lucky and brings him to the animal shelter to see if anyone is looking for a lost dog before taking him home. Yelena is a volunteer at the shelter.
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15 Apr 2026
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hurricane by SimplyKorra
Fandoms: Hawkeye (TV 2021), Black Widow (Movie 2021), Thunderbolts (Movie 2025), Marvel Cinematic Universe
23 Mar 2026
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“Trust me, all of that will be sorted out. They’re not going to send you up there without all the bases covered. Both of you will be fine.”
Both of you. Right because she’s not going alone. Someone is going with her and she still doesn’t know who.
That’s when she sees the way Clint is looking at her, like he’s specifically said this to remind her of that fact. Like maybe, finally, she’ll figure out who is going with her. “You know, don’t you? You know who's coming with me.”
“Well he should, he practically begged me.” That voice, the accent, all of it sends a tremble down Kate’s spine. She’s seen that face outside of her work on that stupid billboard for months and yet when she turns around, the sight of her in person still makes her stomach flip.
“Yelena,”
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kate and yelena go to space
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15 Apr 2026
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i met a girl who sang the blues by iheartsapphire
Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Black Widow (Movie 2021), Hawkeye (TV 2021), Marvel, Marvel (Comics)
25 Mar 2026
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Yelena has been travelling ever since her and Natasha parted ways after they finally ended the Red Room. She's running from something, but she doesn't know what. That's how she ends up stuck in a small, sleepy town in upstate New York with a broken-down truck. Stuck in Levy, NY, she meets the doe-eyed, sweet Kate Bishop, who just so happens to know exactly what's wrong with the truck, and exactly how to steal Yelena's heart in the process.
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15 Apr 2026
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how to let the light in by LesbianLil
Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Hawkeye (TV 2021), Thunderbolts (Movie 2025)
18 Apr 2026
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"Yelena?”
She waved. “Hi, Kate Bishop. How are you?”
“I- I'm good. You're here?” Kate said intelligently. Then, a bit more coherently, “Why are you here?”
“Do not be so stunned, Kate Bishop. You asked me out for drinks. I have brought drinks.”
Yelena comes back after Hawkeye. Kate comes back after Thunderbolts*. Over the course of about three years, they fall in love.
Very slice-of-life, but also very angsty. It's a fun time! Mind the tags. Rated T for themes.
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15 Apr 2026