𝔞-𝔰𝖕𝔢𝔰' 𝔞𝔫𝔫𝔲𝔞l 𝔯𝔢𝔠𝔬𝔪𝔪𝔢𝔫𝔡𝔞𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫 𝖕𝔬𝔰𝔱.
last year, i made a list of (most of) the fics i had read on tumblr, and i decided i would take the time to do it again this year, so here we go. you'll mainly find there mcu!women x reader angst/comfort fic's! and maybe a bit of smut.
this list is a tribute to all the writers whose works made me laugh, cry, and sometimes both, but that never failed to comfort me when i needed it the most. and because it is thanks to them fandoms can stay alive, please, do not forget to reblog the fic' you read and to leave a comment alongside the like, to show your favourites writers that you are grateful for all their hard work.
obviously, do not hesitate to share your favorite fic' in the comment, my dms, or by leaving an ask in inbox. we do not gatekeep here!
happy new year to everyone, hope you never stop sharing your silly fanfictions with the world, because it definitely makes it sweeter <3 ⋆ 2024'S LIST ⋆ 2025'S LIST ⋆
( ✿ ) fluff/comfort — ( ❆ ) angst — ( ☣ ) dark — ( ❦ ) adults only the adults only tag does not only mean smut. it also includes minors dni accounts. please respect that and do not click on these fic's if you are a minor.
| Agatha Harkness x Reader;
✧ She's got away, by @stayevildarling. ( ❆ )
| Ava Starr x Reader;
✧ Untethered, by @unholyhelbig. ( ✿ ❆ ❦ ) “Years ago, you were tasked with making sure a SHIELD asset was protected. Now, with no organization left to serve, you and Ava must face some hard truths.”
| BishOva x Reader;
✧ Hot Coco for Your Pain?, by @yelenasdiary. ( ✿ ) “You got hurt in a fight and turn to Kate & Yelena for help.”
| Cordelia x Wilhemina x Billie x Reader;
✧ Let Down, by @stayevildarling. ( ❆ ✿ ) “Something like R has been acting strange, distant and or just not her usual self, sarah character notices and begins to worry so snoops through Rs things, and r catches her gf in the act, and it starts a big argument. R may cause the argument and make it a bigger deal then it already is as like I said, she's not been herself. Hurtful words get said and r and gf don't speak for a good few days.”
⤳ it may still not be my fandom, i haven't watched the show yet and may never do it, but i can never pass on this author's writing, especially when the angst and the comfort are so good that it just hits perfectly. it is probably the only fic' in that list that is not from the marvel fandom.
✧ Shadows of Fame, by @stayevildarling. ( ❆ ✿ ) “could you write a cordelia, wihemina, billie and reader fic with reader who is also a celebrity just like billie, but Rs fame keeps on growing, to the point that it overwhelms her and she struggles with it a little. Maybe she keeps getting harassed by paparazzi, who then eventually harass her girls. So reader thinks it's best to break up with them to keep them safe or something, and starts ghosting their messages and calls. But one day billie has an event to go to, and she invites Delia and mina and they see reader there as well, so they try to talk it out, and eventually fix things between them”
✧ Threatening Secrets, by @stayevildarling. ( ❆ ✿ ) “I'm requesting an angst /hurt/comfort wilhelmina, billie, cordelia and reader fic, with reader who let's say is getting threatened by someone, like a warlock, another witch etc. But the threats are really really bad, that could put her girlfriends in danger. So reader makes the decision to leave them, and the academy and her friends behind in order to keep them all safe, but her girlfriends have absolutely no clue why reader is trying to get away from them, and because she can't tell the truth, she has to say some really hurtful things to them in order for them to stop pushing and finally leave her alone. After a while, maybe one of her girls find out why reader did what she did, and they track her down to talk this all out and to help put a stop to whoever is sending the threats”
| Cordelia Goode x Reader;
✧ Soulmate, by @stayevildarling. ( ❆ ✿ )
| Maria Hill x Reader;
✧ Horses At Night, by @anomalyhill. ( ❆ ✿ )
⤳ maria hill appreciation time, because my girl is so underrated that i have to treat every fic' that includes her as if it were precious gems. because that is what they are to me. so go read this one, and support this author so they continue writing.
✧ Sick, by @sharkwidow. ( ✿ ) “Maria Hill cares for a teenage Avenger with telekinetic powers who is fighting a fever after an exhausting training session.”
| Natasha Romanoff x Reader;
✧ 2:03 am, by @wolfbluebird. ( ❆ ❦ ) “You come home drunk again, but this time Natasha knows something’s different — you’re quiet, fragile, and distant in a way that feels final. When you finally speak, your words shatter her: “I wish I wanted to live.” In the silence that follows, Natasha realises just how close she is to losing you, and she’ll do anything — everything — to make you stay.”
⤳ this one was really relatable. and i really liked how the topic was treated, the choice of words hit in a way i had not expected when first reading it.
✧ Academic Affair, by @natsstar. ( ❦ ❆ ✿ ) “you're a college student struggling to get through your senior year- and your ice cold thesis professor isn't helping.”
⤳ i did not read the whole series, only the epilogue, because i do not read much smut anymore, but it was so good that can only imagine the other chapters are too. their relationship at the end is so soft and adorable that i might melt.
✧ Caving Heart, by @laviathansmistress. ( ❆ ✿ )
⤳ the account is deactivated so the og posts do not exist anymore.
✧ Cite Me Later, by @bleulikedaylight. ( ❦ ) “you’ve always been top of your class—sharp, confident, and unbeatable. in your world, there’s no such thing as a worthy rival. that is, until natasha romanoff strides into your class with a smirk and a sharper argument that throws your entire carefully controlled world into chaos.”
✧ Code Red, by @natsaffection. ( ❦ ❆ ✿ )
✧ Come Home, by @kawasakiromanoff. “You finally come home from a long mission with Yelena to free another widow from the Red Room's control, littered with bruises from a drawn-out fight. After tending to your wounds, you and Natasha share a soft moment in the silence.”
✧ Detecting Love, by @just-aake. ( ✿ ) “A person with the power to detect lies meets the spy who has been trained to lie her entire life.”
✧ Ghosted by You, by @natsaffection. ( ❦ )
✧ Happy House, by @natashaslesbian. ( ❆ ✿ ) “Natasha suspects something is seriously wrong when you suddenly hand in your notice as a S.H.I.E.L.D agent.”
✧ Hot and Cold, by @traveler-at-heart. ( ✿ ) “Natasha's playing with fire when a new resident joins the Compound.”
✧ Hostile Devotion, by @natsaffection. ( ❆ ☣ )
⤳ you could give me anything that was written by this author, and i would become feral. there is not much to say to describe how much i love her works. the themes, the dynamics, and how everything is developed, it is always so perfect that she must put some dark magic in her writing, i do not see any other explanation.
✧ i am broken and bruised, by @softlymaximoff. ( ✿ ❆ ❦ ) “it was supposed to be just an intern job to get you through the summer until college started up again. turns out fate (and natasha) had a different plan. secrets become broken confessions and confessions become natasha's reasons to protect you.”
⤳ this one might be my favourite, and i am saying that for real it this time. i know none english word that would be strong enough to describe how feral this series makes me. i have read every part countless of times, holding onto them for dear life. it is not only that it is beautifully written, as every of that author's works, but it also their dynamic that i love so much. an overly independent reader paired with a protective natasha who are both equally stubborn. it is reader being careless, because she has always been and that is all she knows, except she now has natasha, and the problem is that the later cares for her, for real. and the whole thing is just so soft that i might actually die.
✧ I Like Your Cockiness, Fuck Being Confident, by @luciferdidwhat. ( ❦ )
✧ Imposter, by @marvelselfinserts. ( ❆ ) “Natasha struggles to bond with your new born daughter”
⤳ it is very rare that i read fic's that involves kids, mainly because motherhood repulses me, but this one was an exception. it is really nicely written, and i really loved the angst because it deals with interesting themes and a version of natasha that i really likes. she feels human in this one. it was also nice to read something a bit different for once.
✧ in my nature, by @corpscs. ( ❦ ✿ )
⤳ i just love soft dom natasha so much. she possesses my whole heart.
✧ In Your Arms, by @just-aake. ( ✿ ) “You have always been a touchy-feely person. Natasha on the other hand is not. But that doesn’t mean she doesn’t want your attention.”
⤳ because the world deserves more of soft natasha fictions.
✧ Innocence, by @natsaffection. ( ✿ ❆ ❦ ) “You thought the mission would make you a hero. A young soldier, eager to prove yourself, you were thrown into a world nothing like the ideals you believed in. Instead of honor, you found chaos, rubble, and a silence louder than gunfire. As the lines between right and wrong blurred, a hardened Sargent became your anchor in the storm. But war doesn’t wait for you to find your footing and the battlefield has its own way of leaving scars.”
✧ Medic Bay, by @blackwidowbabe. ( ✿ ) “Natasha learns to trust you with her injuries, and decides to pay you a visit on purpose.”
✧ Mother's Love, by @marvelselfinserts. ( ❆ ) “Got a very very angsty request, teen reader who's mom or adopted mom Natasha is neglecting reader a lot, and reader tries to get some attention back or some bonding time but just isn't working because natasha is focused on another young person on the team”
⤳ i truly have a soft spot for nat' x teen!reader angst/comfort fic's. except there is not much comfort in this one, and the ending is truly hearbreaking.
✧ Nightmares, by @sharkwidow. “She always knew Ultron would use her daughter against her, but Natasha would never let him win.”
✧ Not like the stories, by @natsaffection. ( ❦ ✿ ) “Everyone says Natasha Romanoff is a heartbreaker, cold, careless, and dangerous. A player who leaves a trail of broken girls behind her and never looks back. But when she catches your eye across a crowded place and starts to unravel everything you thought you knew, you realize the stories might not be the full truth. Because beneath the reputation and the swagger is someone quieter. Softer. Someone who sees you in a way no one else ever has, and doesn’t ask for anything in return.”
⤳ remember loving this one because of soft their chemistry was, and how much comfort this fic' brought me.
✧ of stetoscopes & smiles, by @natalianovnas. ( ✿ ) “natasha romanoff’s two-year-old daughter, nova, is just like her—guarded and slow to trust— but when nova's longtime pediatrician is replaced by the younger, warm-hearted dr. Y/N L/N, gaining nova's trust quicker than any other stranger did, something shifts.”
⤳ another exception to my no-kids rule, and i realise there were many of them this year, but this fic' was so soft that i could not resist. and mom nat' does have a special place in my heart, a tiny one, but still one.
✧ Only You'd Answer, by @wolfbluebird. ( ❆ ❦ ) “Maybe could we get a Natasha x reader where the team doesn’t know you are together (you are not on the team but know them) and you come home late one middle of night and call her asking if you can come over to hers because don’t want to be alone even though you know she just got back from a mission that afternoon. - gn reader would be great”
✧ red lights, by @thesvnandthemooon. ( ❦ ✿ ❆ ) “stripper!Y/N, customer!nat; nat keeps coming back for more, lust turns into something deeper; Y/N kinda has a double life; your stage name here is ruby so don’t let that confuse you lol, you’re still y/n privately”
⤳ another exception to my no-kids rule, but sometimes the writing is so good, and the storyline so addictive, that you have to make an exception or two. and i honestly have no regret. especially because i find this fic' to be slighly different from the others ones with the same trope, in the way that things are taken slow and we can clearly see that, despite their obsession, both characters are really conflicted about the relationship they share.
✧ Redline (bonus 5.2), by @natsaffection. ( ❆ ✿ )
⤳ this is one of my favourite series ever. the amount of tears I shed while reading this is insane. i still can't know how it is possible to be so good at writing. the way the characters are developed is so insanely perfect.
✧ Sharing a safehouse, by @writerslittlelibrary. ( ✿ ) “after a mission gone wrong, you and Natasha are forced to lay low in a small safehouse somewhere in the countryside of England. It’s small, uncomfortable, and you’ve never been able to really connect with Natasha during your time on the team. what happens when you and Natasha are basically forced to connect?”
✧ teacher's pet, by @gayerthanevertbh. ( ❦ ☣ ) “you never meant to stand out — not in a program full of overachievers and literary prodigies. but professor romanoff notices you anyway. she teaches Russian literature with a cold elegance, her lectures sharp, her praise rare. so when she offers you one-on-one feedback, you say yes. when she asks you to stay late, you don’t question it. you tell yourself it’s academic. professional. necessary.”
⤳ i do not reach much fic's with that trope anymore, but i really liked this one because of how their relation is developed in the early chapters. please, give me more of cold professor natasha romanoff and overachiever reader who is craving for her approval. bonus point for the writing that was really good and captivated me up from the very first lines.
✧ The fire in her eyes, by @emsromanoff. ( ❆ ✿ ❦ ) “She was Hydra’s secret weapon—firebound, nameless, and controlled. When the Avengers storm the last hidden base, Natasha Romanoff comes face to face with the girl behind the flame. A mission becomes a rescue. And maybe… something more”
⤳ really love how this series is written, it feels soft.
✧ The Great I Am, by @dontknowwhatyouheard. ( ❦ ☣ ) “After another episode, you end up in the hospital, catching the eyes of Natasha.”
⤳ i did not get to read the next chapters of this one, and i am not even sure if they were ever posted, but i sure know i was hooked by the first part, especially with the way it ends.
✧ The Limits We Reach, by @makeitmakesomesense.
✧ The Weight of you, by @natsaffection. ( ❦ ✿ )
✧ Underneath the stars she whispered, by @billsdollie.
✧ where you left me, by @of-apollo. ( ❆ ) “One night, you’re cuddled up to Natasha in bed, the world feeling just right. The next morning, Natasha is gone without so much as a note or a text. Months later, she comes back, heart aching with regret.”
⤳ this one was beautifully written, and it only made the angst more painful to read. i can only say that tears were streaming down when i read it.
✧ You're still mine, by @natsaffection. ( ❦ ❆ ) “You're last post got me thinking....what would happen if somehow someway another vampire got to Reader and turned her. I know Nat watches her obsessively but like shit happens. Like what would Nats reaction to something like that happening be?”
✧ Zayka, by @trulysapphic. ( ✿ ) “Both your girlfriend Natasha and her sister Yelena are protective of you. When you come down with a cold, they both make their mission to take care of you.”
| Wanda Maximoff x Reader;
✧ All Of Your Pieces, by @ginnsbaker. ( ❆ ✿ ❦ )
⤳ i have only read one part (this one) but considering how hard it broke my heart, i can only guess the rest is as good, just didn't have time to read it yet.
✧ clueless intern, by @natalianovnas. ( ✿ ) “Was thinking about how she would be with a new young intern. Cause yn would totally be the sweet supervisor and wanda I mean is just wanda, the ceo, she won’t go soft on the intern. And it would be a moment when the intern finally figures out that yn is Wanda’s wife.”
⤳ just a short fic' that i have found really adorable, and i think it is the perfect incarnation of the gumpy x sunshine trope i love so much.
| WandaNat x Reader;
✧ A Room of Your Own, by @mommyslittlebird. ( ❦ ✿ ❆ ) “After getting kicked out of your college dorm, you find yourself living with two older strangers. It was never meant to be anything more than a temporary arrangement born out of necessity, but as the semester continues, something new starts to grow.”
✧ A Shot in the Dark, by @beekneelsformommy. ( ❦ ☣ ) “You have been missing for a whole week now. Wanda Maximoff is tearing the city apart to find you. Natasha is there too, but she’s hiding something…only something you, her and Steve Roger’s know the full extent of. Until now.”
⤳ i wanted to add the 'comfort' tag, but it is just because i have a thing for overprotective dark natasha. which probably why i am so obsessed with this series even though only the first chapter is online.
✧ Excerpt 1: Toska [Russian], by @softlymaximoff. ( ❦ ✿ ❆ ) “When your girlfriends become too overbearing and protective, you take matters into your own hands. Accidents happen, some people learn from them, others repeat them.”
⤳ this one has a special place in my heart, and i am not sure i will ever recover from how perfect the angst was there. in general, you can read whatever this author post, because it is always so nicely written. i have been there for a moment and never once i was disappointed; she gives the perfect angst and comfort fic's.
✧ like soft water holds the sky, by @introverted-author. ( ❦ ✿ ❆ ) “small inconveniences pile up until you're having the worst day possible. luckily, your girlfriends are there to help put you back together again.”
⤳ the fic' i read again, and again, because it is just the perfect one to read when you have a bad day. it is comforting, like a soft blanket, and puts words on big feelings i can't always name. it is the kind of fic' that makes me wish wandanat were real people, just so they could hold me close.
✧ like soft water holds the sky, by @introverted-author. ( ❦ ✿ ❆ ) “small inconveniences pile up until you're having the worst day possible. luckily, your girlfriends are there to help put you back together again.”
⤳ the fic' i read again, and again, because it is just the perfect one to read when you have a bad day. it is comforting, like a soft blanket, and puts words on big feelings i can't always name. it is the kind of fic' that makes me wish wandanat were real people, just so they could hold me close.
✧ lose your power, by @widowmaxff. “i was wondering if you could write something w them and a reader that has wandas powers and r is on a mission with someone else (maybe kate or yelena or both) and r has to use their her powers to save them but she winds up passing out from overexerting her powers”
✧ Loving You Was Never Hard, by @wandamaximoffsbadgirl. ( ✿ ❆ ❦ ) “after you get kicked out of your apartment by your emotionally abusive ex your neighbor helps you by calling his sister who happily takes you in with her wife.”
✧ Masking, by @wandamaximoffsbadgirl. ( ❦ ✿ ) “You exude confidence when running the tight ship at the Avengers compound, but it's all just a mask.”
✧ Mea Culpa, by @whisperofaflame. ( ❆ ✿ ☣ ) “Things have been building up for a while, draining your energy and capacity tocope with the demands of life. When reality finally comes crashing down, you seek help despite knowing a certain dark spiral may ensue. But through it all, they are there: Wanda and Natasha, ready to catch you whenever and however you fall.”
⤳ i do not think i have found the time yet to read more than the prologue, but i remember i really liked it because it deals with themes that i can relate with. it is the kind of fic' who is comforting because i can somwhat relate with what reader experiences. and i really like this author's author writing style.
✧ Obsession, by @marvelselfinserts. ( ❦ ) “Do you do yandere? For wandanat? With a female secretary reader of tony stark?”
⤳ they are insane in this one, and that is exactly what i am here for (please, give me more or i might become as insane as them).
✧ Overworked, by @gaymersapho. ( ❦ ) “When your collage proffesors notice you're starting to become burnt out, they take matters into their own hands.”
✧ Sans Voler, by @scarletnhoney. ( ❆ ❦ ) ⤳ i am really impatient for the next chapters of this series, being really curious about seeing wadanat and reader interacting. i love that kind of fic' where they are taking care of a completely broken reader who needs to learn how to trust others again. a classic dynamic that never fails to please me.
✧ The Best You've Made of Me, by @unholyhelbig. ( ❦ ✿ ❆ ☣ ) “When reader wakes up in her own grave, she's suddenly aware of a past that spans lifetimes, but she's not the only one. Two Avengers are tasked with keeping readers past a secret, or at the very least, controlled.”
⤳ i really love this series, and i am waiting very (im)patiently for every update that is made. it is the kind of work that is so beautifully written that it is beyond my english level and i need to read it multiple times to catch everything. i really can't accept that one's writing can be at this level, this author's works are pure litterature so do not hesitate to check the rest.
✧ The Mafia's Princess, by @widowofchaosx. ( ❦ ✿ ❆ ) “You were supposed to meet your friends for drinks. Instead, you were sent the wrong bar, dim lights, cold stares, and two women behind it who own far more than just the liquor license. Wanda and Natasha take one look at you, soft, upset, dressed too pretty for a place like this, and decide you’re theirs.”
⤳ another series i am obsessed with. and beside loving how wandanat are written, i just love the care that is put up on developing every side character. from yelena, to maria, without forgetting carol, every one of them just feels so perfect, the way they, and their relations to reader, are written just makes so much sense to me. this series sure has a special place in my heart.
✧ The Party, by @beekneelsformommy. ( ❆ ✿ ❦ ) “At a high-profile party, you find yourself the target of cruel judgment for being autistic — but you’re not alone. With love, courage, and quiet power, you stand tall in the face of ableism and walk out stronger than ever.”
⤳ because this author writes a lot of autistic!reader fic', and it means a lot to me. as someone who grew up not knowing what was wrong with me, and who is struggling to accept myself, that kind of fic's means a lot. it gives me a representation i never got growing up, a comfort i am craving but can't get yet.
✧ You Make Such Pretty Sounds When You're Sorry, by @bishovapls. ( ❦ ) “A strange day in class and a cryptic text from Natasha have you dreading what’s next. At home, Wanda’s waiting, and together, they’re about to teach you a lesson you’ll never forget.”
| Yelena Belova x Reader;
✧ A Kindness in The Dark, by @yelenasdiary. ( ❆ ✿ ☣ ❦ ) “As your two year clean from self harm anniversary approaches, the overwhelming stress & anxiety from work push you to relapse.”
⤳ the blog is no longer active, but i still wish to pay tribute to all the works that have been posted by this author. because i truly love her writing, and i can't help but read it again sometimes.
✧ Caught In The Flames, by @riveramorylunar. ( ❆ ✿ )
✧ Deserving, by @emsromanoff. ( ❆ ✿ ❦ ) “Not wanting to disappoint your girlfriend, you take the next step in your relationship.”
✧ Do What You Have To Do, by @yelenasdiary. ( ❆ ❦ ) “Months after you made the final decision to leave your girlfriend’s illegal lifestyle, she finds you and she wants answers.”
✧ Emotions Are Hard, by @wandamaximoffsbadgirl. ( ❆ ❦ ) “Mother's Day is approaching and it's affecting you more than you realize.”
✧ In The Darkness Together, by @unholyhelbig. ( ❆ ✿ ❦ ) “Can I request a yelena x fem!reader fic where they are in a relationship but they’re in a rough patch and aren’t talking about what they are doing that much. They both work for Valentina and end up in the vault together and have different targets. But basically they start trying to defend each other (because they obviously still love each other) and the reader gets hurt. After all that they end up slowly mending their relationship and start communicating more and basically I want some angst with fluff because I’m a total sucker for that.”
✧ Misunderstanding Messages, by @yelenasdiary. ( ❆ ✿ ) “When Yelena’s phone buzzes, it leads you to think the blonde has been unfaith.”
✧ Zayka, by @trulysapphic. ( ✿ ) “Both your girlfriend Natasha and her sister Yelena are protective of you. When you come down with a cold, they both make their mission to take care of you.”
