Clint Barton-Centric Masterlist
Links Last Checked: May 23rd, 2024
Clint Barton: Certified Matchmaker (ao3) - pquill steve/bucky N/R, 5k
Summary: Clint was absolutely, positively fed up. And he had good reason to be, too.
He was sitting at the dining table of the Avengers' communal kitchen, nursing a novelty mug that may or may not have contained upwards of four shots of coffee. That extra caffeine was well earned, in his opinion, because before him stood the two most oblivious creatures Clint had ever had the misfortune of knowing. The pair were giggling like schoolgirls as they made Sunday's breakfast, blissfully unaware of the world around them.
Clint scoffed as he took a sip of the pitch black liquid. Despite the fact that his coffee cup had 'drama queen' emblazoned on the side, he was sure he was being perfectly reasonable in saying that the only person more laughably senseless than Bucky Barnes was Steve Rogers. Together; disaster.
OR, five times Clint plotted to get Steve and Bucky together, and one time he didn't have to.
Everything You Say (Sounds Like Gospel) (ao3) - enigma731 clint/natasha G, 3k
Summary: Clint thinks he probably shouldn’t be surprised by anything after having his mind hijacked by a god, saving the world from actual aliens, and eating lunch across from Tony Stark. But even after all of that, he still isn’t expecting Captain America to visit him in the hospital.
Five Times Clint Saw His Teammates, and One Time They Saw Him (ao3) - rohanrider3 clint/natasha T, 15k
Summary: Everyone runs on something. Clint is better than most at seeing at what that is.
And people--especially the Avengers--are full of surprises.
Or, don't underestimate the "least powerful" team member just because he fights evil with snark and a weapon from the paleolithic era.
I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning (ao3) - CloudAtlas clint/natasha, kate/america M, 106k
Summary: The Life and Times of Clint Barton: Medical Student.
Like an Arrow Through a Flock of Doves (ao3) - arsenicarcher (Arsenic), hoosierbitch clint/phil E, 62k
Summary: When he takes the rap for a crime committed by Barney and the Swordsman, Clint is charged as an adult at 17 and spends the next four years of his life without protection in prison. Enter one Neal Caffrey, who knows how to charm his way to whatever he wants or needs, and Clint's life gets a lot more interesting. Pretty much, the story of Clint in prison, Clint getting out, and Clint, like always, finding his way to SHIELD, and Phil.
(Never Gonna) See You Again (ao3) - Batfink bucky/clint T, 3k
Summary: When Clint agrees to return to the Avengers fold, little does he realise he is being set up by Natasha with a certain other former russain assassin.
Remember, I loved you (ao3) - spectralarchers harold/edith T, 50k
Summary: We all know Clint Barton. That Avenger who always has something funny to say, and who never misses a clue. Hawkeye, they call him. And for good reason. But, what we don't know is where he came from, how he became the marksman he is today. Where did it start? How did it happen? Who were the people who made him who he is?
Six Feet Underground (ao3) - shatteredhourglass clint/phil/natasha T, 20k
Summary: It's hard to bounce back from watching someone you love die in front of your eyes.
Slow Growth Investment (ao3) - arsenicarcher (Arsenic) bucky/clint/steve E, 37k
Summary: Left at the hospital, injured and penniless, Clint tries to find his way to another circus, or some other means of supporting himself, but makes a few decisions that end up costing him. He's pretty much given up on ever making something of his life when he's in the wrong place at the wrong time, witness to an assassination. As it turns out, that's the best luck he's had in years. (Alternately, for those of you who know what this refers to: the obligatory hooker AU.)
Teach You to Fly (before you fall) (ao3) - WithTheKeyIsKing clint/everyone G, 3k
Summary: Set in a world where when you fall in love, the person you love's Soulmark appears on your skin.
Clint Barton falls in love way too easily. His skin is littered with other people's marks, all of them unreturned (or so he thinks)
The One With The Damn Zip Ties (ao3) - MillyVeil T, 26k
Summary: Clint's hands are tied behind him and there's nothing he can do to stop them from dragging him to the center of the room and wrestling him onto his back. The bottle appears in his field of vision and despite his best attempt to stay calm, his drugged up brain goes straight to white-out fucking panic, because water and being held down is a combo he's experienced before.
The Only Guy Steve Knows Who Lives In Brooklyn (ao3) - Beans (provetheworst) clint/natasha T, 27k
Summary: Clint’s the only guy Steve knows who lives in Brooklyn, which is probably why the Winter Soldier starts hanging around his apartment. Clint has had worse houseguests, but even that doesn’t explain how he ends up on a thirty three hour flight to Madripoor trying to save the guy Captain America’s probably in love with from mad scientists.
The Other Man Out Of Time (ao3) - sara_holmes bucky/clint G, 97k
Summary: Also known as Time Travelling Clint Wrecks the Universe.
Due to The Time Stone having a great day screwing around the fabric of reality, Clint finds a copy of himself thrown back into Normandy, 1944. Cue Clint 2.0 meeting Bucky Barnes, the Howling Commandos and a pretty different version of Steve.
The War That I Can't Win (ao3) - enigma731 clint/natasha M, 9k
Summary: Clint knows it’s bad when he wakes to the familiar yellow ceiling tiles and antiseptic scent of Medical and no recollection of getting here.
“You have a head injury,” says the doctor, who looks like the kind of medical cookie-cutter clone he’s started to suspect S.H.I.E.L.D. grows in tanks somewhere down in the basement. “You were unconscious for nearly twelve hours. You also have three broken ribs and a broken collarbone. I think it’s safe to say that you’ll be in this room for a while.”
This Means War (ao3) - wonker8 clint/everyone T, 40k
Summary: Wherein Clint's rather oblivious to his teammates' (and others') advances, and a war is started for his affections.
We'll Haunt This Place (The Two of Us) (ao3) - ElloPoppet clint/steve, past clint/phil, sam/bucky E, 25k
Summary: Huh. Captain America showing up at his farm unannounced in the middle of a Tuesday afternoon with a suitcase. Somehow, not the strangest thing to ever happen to Clint. Not even the strangest way he had been woken from a nap, honestly.
What the Deep Heart Means (ao3) - unpossible clint/phil E, 40k
Summary: Clint doesn’t want to go out. Doesn’t want to make conversation, doesn’t even want to eat. But he can’t show any of that, not if he doesn’t want to be rendered inactive by the psychs. Being useful is all he has left.
What he does want, mostly, is to be taken out back like Old Yeller. But that isn’t an option. He doesn’t get the easy way out.
Valerian (ao3) - harcourt bruce/clint N/R, 4k
Summary: Written for this prompt, where Bruce starts to find Clint asleep in his room when he de-Hulks and is afraid he'll get smashed.
Clint has a sleep problem, but not a Hulk problem, even though Bruce thinks he should have a Hulk problem.
Bruce has a Hulk problem and a memory problem and a sleep problem. Or rather, a what the heck does Clint think he's doing when Bruce is asleep problem.