FIC: Five Reasons Why (We Don't Mention the Elephant in the Room), Daredevil/Iron Man 2 crossover

[tartanshell]

Title: Five Reasons Why (We Don't Mention the Elephant in the Room)
Author: tartanshell
Recipient: wabbitseason
Fandoms: Daredevil/Iron Man 2
Characters/pairing: Matt Murdock (Daredevil)/Natasha Romanoff (Black Widow)
Rating: PG-13
Word count: 3368
Notes: Pinch-hit written for the prompt, What's a beautiful ex-Russian spy doing in Hell's Kitchen? wabbitseason, I hope you like it!

Comments

[likeadeuce]

You know I made a little squealing sound when I realized you'd written new Daredevil fic for this because what you do with these characters -- with Foggy and Matt's viewpoints in the opening scene, with Matt and Natasha's dialogue and the way Elektra comes into it, and all the smells and tastes and sensations that are part of Matt's world -- it's just dead-on brilliant about these characters. And in the end you tie it into the movie and her role with Stark, and it's awesome.

I love sentences like this one: "By the time she finishes, Foggy's very still like he's not sure whether he wants to kill her or worship her, and Matt's pretty sure that smugness smells like black coffee and sandalwood perfume, and tastes like the bagel he's eating." Just great.

[xenokattz]

God. GOD! I am... You write Matt so effing well, I cannot even. And with Natasha all... Then the Iron Man 2 tie-in is...*flails*

I love how you describe things from Matt's POV. It's as subtle as the usual visual cues that the reader forgets he's all scents, sounds & touch.

[a_q]

Beautiful, amazing, stunning, completely awesome... Running out of adjectives here!
Oh, one more: Legendary!

[wabbitseason]

Thanks so much for my story! I love all the smells included in the story and how they change our perceptions of characters, especially Natasha and her different identities.

[cousinshelley]

I haven't seen Iron Man 2, but I get a very clear picture of Natasha from this. And the banter between Matt and Foggy is pure fun. I love the subtle lines that say so much. Enjoyed it!