Life is Full of Surprises

Title: Forged by Fire
Author: Crazy4Orcas
Pairing/Characters: Clint/Natasha
Word Count: 13488
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Mentions of cruelty to animals, mentions of fire, mentioned death of very minor original character
Author's Notes:  This is based on one of shenshen77's (obishenshenobi on tumblr) prompts from a previous be_compromised event: One of them is a service dog trainer, the other gets a service dog, they fall in love (I'm thinking both may be veterans and one of them needs a service dog to deal with PTSD, the other knows exactly what they need. But you can take it any place you like).

I'm calling this the Dog Days AU

Summary: Clint jerked awake, hoping the echo of the scream was only in his head.  He was dragging in huge, deep gulps of air.  His skin crawled, phantom pain racing across his palms and the backs of his hands.

Forged by Fire on AO3

Natasha saved the day when Clint made the mistake of getting between the creature and it's young.


It didn't even rank in their Top 10 Weird Missions.

I was talking with a friend over the weekend about how there are some movie scenes that really stick with you.  Those scenes that really make an impact.  The conversation got me to thinking about scenes in fanfic that have really stuck with me, scenes that linger after the fic is read.  So, I thought I'd share a few of my favorites along with links to the fics and hope that maybe I'll get some replies with other's favorites in return.

( Cut for length -- IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER )