Folks of the bar, reveals have now been added to all Secret Santa posts and we have a masterlist here for your holiday fic reading!

You can now feel free to share your gifts wherever you like. A note added to say your fic was part of a be_compromised exchange or a link back to the comm would be appreciated - so anyone new interested in joining the fun knows where to find us.

Thank you to everyone who's taken part in this year's exchange: gift creators, beta readers, cheerleaders, the pinch hit volunteers that we didn't have to use (!), and an extra loud thank you franztastisch and sugar_fey without whom the magic wouldn't have happened.

From all your mods, we hope you enjoy the rest of the holday season and we'll see you in 2018!

You've written. You've read. You've waited. Now is the time for ALL THE REVEALS.

Secret Santa Masterlist 2017

 

 

alphaflyer  wrote Ley Line for crystallitanie 

 

“Mission in Central Europe. Throw in some architecture, art and politics and I’ll be as happy as it gets.”

 

crystallitanie  wrote Don't Go To Strangers for crazy4orcas 

 

Natasha falls for Clint first.

 

kiss_me_cassie  wrote Radio Nowhere (Wrong Number, Right Time) for geckoholic 

 

Called the wrong number but we struck up a deep conversation AU

 

wizbey  wrote The Strike Team Delta Job for poppetawoppet 

 

Once upon a time, Natasha met one of the Leverage team. She owes them a favour and she (and Clint) pay the debt.                                        

gsparkle  wrote in winter, where I was born for inkvoices 

 

I used the prompt: "Supernatural/fairytale, especially where one character is supernatural or fey and another character isn't initially aware of this." Natasha's self-control is put to the test when STRIKE Team Delta is assigned to go undercover as married for the holiday season.

 

skyfallat221b  wrote Third time's the charm- or the fourth. Or fifth for mitchpell 

 

5+1-five times Clint made it home for Christmas and one time he didn’t or flip it, five times he didn’t make it home and one time he did.

 

sgteam14283  wrote Operation: Mess With The Press for impactvelocity 

 

With all the attention on the Avengers after New York, Natasha decides to get a little of her own revenge.

 

inkvoices  wrote Make Like A Ninja for meatball42

 

A Clint/Natasha/Bucky fix-it bridge between Secret Empire and Tales of Suspense (AU of 616 comics). Or: the fic where (like the rest of us) Clint refuses to believe that Natasha is dead, but he must look like he's doing a shit job of keeping himself together because Bucky follows him home.

 

geckoholic  wrote Slender Threads And Things To Treasure for gsparkle 

 

In which Clint is a lifeguard, Natasha has a mishap, and fate might deserve more credit than it gets.

 

crazy4orcas  wrote Five Unrelated Rescues and One Reunion for wizbey 

 

Rescue: to free or deliver from confinement, violence, danger, or evil. Reunion: an instance of two or more people coming together again after a period of separation.

 

impactvelocity  wrote So Many Mates, Just One Soul findthesea 

 

Soulmate AU.

 

poppetawoppet  wrote Right On Target for sgteam14283 

 

Two impossible shots that Clint Barton made, one he didn’t, and one that was sort of both.

 

mitchpell  wrote Resounding Ruin for  alphaflyer 

 

Anything else you feel like writing!

 

findthesea  wrote wear your heart on your skin in this life for skyfallat221b

 

Tattoo Shop AU - Clint as a tattoo covered, Metallica loving person as a next door florist or singer in an indie band, and (other half of the pairing) is either a tattoo artist doing a cover up of one of Clint's tattoos he wants to hide because (insert reason)

 

meatball42 wrote We’ll Take a Cup of Kindness Yet for kiss_me_cassie 

A Gift From: gsparkle
Type Of Gift: Fic
Title: in winter, where I was born
A Gift For: inkvoices
Rating:
Warnings: None
Summary/Prompt Used: I used the prompt: "Supernatural/fairytale, especially where one character is supernatural or fey and another character isn't initially aware of this." Natasha's self-control is put to the test when STRIKE Team Delta is assigned to go undercover as married for the holiday season.
Author's Note: I hope this is at least sorta close to what you were looking for! Title from "Snow Globe" by Kathy Fagan.

( in winter, where I was born )

A Gift From: inkvoices
Type Of Gift: Fic
Title: Make Like A Ninja
A Gift For: meatball42
Rating: R (for one sentence recalling past sexy times)
Warnings: grief, emotions, trying to make the balance between three people in a relationship work, comics spoilers
Summary/Prompt Used: A Clint/Natasha/Bucky fix-it bridge between Secret Empire and Tales of Suspense (AU of 616 comics). Or: the fic where (like the rest of us) Clint refuses to believe that Natasha is dead, but he must look like he's doing a shit job of keeping himself together because Bucky follows him home.
Author's Note: Happy Holidays meatball42 ! You requested Clint/Natasha/Bucky and hurt/comfort - I tried to deliver. Huge thanks to alphaflyer for beta reading; any remaining mistakes are my own.

( Make Like A Ninja )

A Gift From: crystallitanie
Type Of Gift: Fic
Title: Don't Go To Strangers
A Gift For: crazy4orcas
Rating: M
Warnings: Mild sexual content, Fleeting mention of underage sex
Summary/Prompt Used: Natasha falls for Clint first.
Author's Note: Many thanks to kiss_me_cassie for stellar beta, and to inkvoices for the invaluable input! All remaining mistakes are mine.
Credits: Don't Go To Strangers, as sung by Amy Winehouse and Paul Weller (the studio version), is four minutes of perfection and it provided me with endless inspiration for this story.
Merry Christmas, dear crazy4orcas! I hope you enjoy it!

( Don't Go To Strangers  )

A Gift From: geckoholic
Type Of Gift: Fic
Title: Slender Threads And Things To Treasure
A Gift For: gsparkle
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Vague references to Clint’s canonical unhappy childhood.
Summary: In which Clint is a lifeguard, Natasha has a mishap, and fate might deserve more credit than it gets.
Author's Note: More comics than MCU, Kate and Lucky are there too, and my writing style does some odd somersaults. Written to fit your request for a non-office mundane AU and for the prompt “The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears, or the sea.” (Karen Blixen)

( Read more... )

A Gift From: kiss_me_cassie
Type Of Gift: Fic
Title: Radio Nowhere (Wrong Number, Right Time)
A Gift For: geckoholic
Rating: Teen & Up
Warnings: bad language, nightmares, mild discussion of guns/gunshot wounds
Summary/Prompt Used:I called the wrong number but we struck up a deep conversation AU
Author's Note: I sincerely hope you like this and that I did comics!Clint justice.

( Radio Nowhere (Wrong Number, Right Time) )

A Gift From: meatball42
Type Of Gift: Fic
Title: We’ll Take a Cup of Kindness Yet
A Gift For: kiss_me_cassie
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Summary/Prompt Used:
1. Holidays as the years progress and how they have changed and the way they celebrate has changed.
2. OT3 with Bucky, with the assumption that Bucky and Natasha knew each other in the Red Room and how he now fits into the relationship she's built with Clint.

( We’ll Take a Cup of Kindness Yet  )

A Gift From: alphaflyer
Type Of Gift: Fic
Title: Ley Line
A Gift For: crystallitanie
Rating: Teen
Warnings: None
Summary/Prompt Used: “Mission in Central Europe. Throw in some architecture, art and politics and I’ll be as happy as it gets.”
Author's Note: : I have to say, the prompt fitted perfectly with one of the most intriguing lines in The Winter Soldier: For 70 years, HYDRA has been secretly feeding crises, reaping war. And when history did not cooperate, history was changed. As it turns out, this got perhaps a bit more political than my giftee may have had in mind ...

( Ley Line )

A Gift From: mitchpell
Type Of Gift: Fic
Title: Resounding Ruin
A Gift For: alphaflyer
Rating: R
Warnings:Canon Typical Violence
Summary/Prompt Used: Anything else you feel like writing!
Author's Note: This didn't turn out at all how I wanted. Sorry I didn't write to you more specific prompts. Hope you still enjoy!

( Resounding Ruin )

A Gift From: spectralarchers
Type Of Gift: Fic
Title: Third time's the charm- or the fourth. Or fifth.
A Gift For: mitchpell
Rating: Rated T
Warnings: Mild hospital settings, some blood mention and gun usage.
Summary/Prompt Used:5+1-five times Clint made it home for Christmas and one time he didn’t or flip it, five times he didn’t make it home and one time he did.
Author's Note: I hope I did it right, by alternating the different POVs and the different ways these scenarios could unfold. I hope you like it ♥

( Third time's the charm- or the fourth. Or fifth. )

A Gift From: findthesea
Type Of Gift: Fic
Title: wear your heart on your skin in this life
A Gift For: skyfallat221b
Rating: T
Warnings: None
Summary/Prompt Used: Tattoo Shop AU - Clint as a tattoo covered, Metallica loving person as a next door florist or singer in an indie band, and (other half of the pairing) is either a tattoo artist doing a cover up of one of Clint's tattoos he wants to hide because (insert reason)
Author's Note: Happy Secret Santa! I was so excited by your prompt, because I've wanted to do a tattoo AU for these two for some time, and this was the perfect opportunity. I hope you enjoy!

( wear your heart on your skin in this life )

A Gift From: impact_velocity
Type Of Gift: Fic
Title: So Many Mates, Just One Soul
A Gift For: findthesea
Rating: T
Warnings: language, slightly
Summary/Prompt Used: SoulmateAU

( So Many Mates, Just One Soul )

A Gift From: sgteam14283
Type Of Gift: Fic
Title: Operation: Mess with the Press
A Gift For: impactvelocity
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Summary/Prompt Used: with all the attention on the Avengers after New York, Natasha decides to get a little of her own revenge.
Author's Note: Fake dating/married is one of my favorite tropes so I had a lot of fun writing this! Enjoy!


( Operation: Mess with the Press )

A Gift From: [Bad username or site: “poppetawoppet” @ livejournal.com]
Type Of Gift: Fic
Title: Right on Target
A Gift For: sgteam14283
Rating:
Warnings:
Summary/Prompt Used:Two impossible shots that Clint Barton made, one he didn’t, and one that was sort of both.
Author's Note: I, uh, included a crossover? Sort of?

( Right On Target )

A Gift From: wizbey
Type Of Gift: Fic
Title: The Strike Team Delta Job
A Gift For: poppetawoppet
Rating: PG 13
Warnings: Some mild language
Summary/Prompt Used: Once upon a time, Natasha met one of the Leverage team. She owes them a favour and she (and Clint) pay the debt.
Author's Note: Merry Christmas Poppetawoppet!!! When I read one of your prompts I knew I had to write it. I hope you enjoy and have a wonderful Holiday season. This takes place sometime before the avengers I suppose. It could maybe take place after. It was just fun to write.

( The Strike Team Delta Job )

A Gift From: crazy4orcas
Type Of Gift: Fic
Title: Five Unrelated Rescues and One Reunion
A Gift For: wizbey
Rating: Teen and Up
Warnings: Occasional Violence
Summary/Prompt Used: Rescue: to free or deliver from confinement, violence, danger, or evil. Reunion: an instance of two or more people coming together again after a period of separation.
Author's Note: My best wishes for a wonderful holiday season wizbey! I couldn’t decide which of your prompts I liked best, so I went with all of them! I hope you enjoy this, I had a ball writing it. My undying thanks to C for the handholding, sounding board, and beta. Many thanks to V for the beta.

( Five Unrelated Recues and One Reunion )

People of the bar, are you ready?! It's that time that you've all been waiting for.

No, not the Infinity War Trailer. No, not Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Secret Santa 2017!

Prepare yourselves for twice daily servings of Clint and Natasha goodness in the run up to the holidays. BECAUSE HERE IT IS. Brand new creative works, every day for a week.

Please remember to keep your gifts anonymous and don't crosspost them anywhere until after the reveals. Names will appear on gifts at that point plus there will be a post with a masterlist and a link to a shiny new AO3 collection, so it'll be an announcement you can't miss (all things going well that will happen shortly after all of the gifts have been posted).

People of the bar, without further ado, I present to you SECRET SANTA 2017...

It's the most wonderful time of the year...

The deadline for Secret Santa 2017 is on MIDNIGHT SUNDAY DECEMBER 3RD (that’s midnight in whatever time zone you live in) so here’s some REALLY IMPORTANT INFORMATION THAT YOU REALLY NEED TO READ aka your three step guide to submitting your Secret Santa gift. Paying attention to this post will make the lives of you, your mods, your pinch hitters, and your graphic makers so very much easier. If you have any questions at all about anything please just ask, even in a PM or an email if you’re shy. Thank you :)

There are three things you need to do: finish, submit your gift by email, AND comment to this post. Read on to find out how…


STEP ONE: Getting It Done

Complete your Secret Santa gift by the deadline of SUNDAY 3RD DECEMBER. That’s finished, beta read if you wanted, all polished and ready to be gift-wrapped.

The community rules (on how to warn, plagiarism, etc) and the exchange rules apply, so make sure you follow those.


STEP TWO: Gift-wrapping

Send your gifts to be_compromised@hotmail.com – wrapping them up as follows:

The subject line of your email needs to be: YOUR LJ NAME Secret Santa Gift for giftee

Place the following header at the top of your fic or in the main body of your email. Use it exactly as it is, just copy and paste, fill it in and replace the capital letter parts with the relevant names:



FIC should be submitted as an email attachment, preferably as a Word or .doc, but it can be a plain text or .txt file. If your fic is longer than will fit in a single LJ post, or if you would like it to be posted as chapters, please indicate in BIG CAPITALS WHERE YOU WOULD LIKE THE BREAK TO BE. All fics MUST be html coded if you want words to be bold or italic etc. There is a guide to html on livejournal here and feel free to ask questions before you submit. Otherwise your fic will be posted as submitted.

ART/GRAPHICS should be submitted as attached files, NOT links to already uploaded works. To keep you anonymous we will upload them to the community’s photobucket account. Please specify if multiple art peices should be in any particular order, and if you have any blurbs or captions etc.


VID/MIXES also need to be anonymous. Please submit the actual work or a link to a privately shared file and we will upload it to a community media account anonymously. Cover art should be submitted as per art/graphics.


STEP THREE: Place It Under The Tree

EVERYONE MUST COMMENT TO THIS POST BY MIDNIGHT SUNDAY 3RD DECEMBER. EVEN IF YOU HAVE AN EXTENSION. If you are submitting on time, comment to this post after you’ve submitted your gift by email, but you must comment to this post regardless by the deadline.

We need this as a check in and to confirm if emails have been received. All comments are screened.

Comment to this post with the following, accurately:




PROBLEMS: We Know They Happen

If for any reason you think that you won’t be able to submit by the deadline of SUNDAY 3RD DECEMBER you need to let us know as soon as possible. We don’t yell, we just want to make sure that everyone who participates gets a gift and that everyone taking part in all capacities has as few worries as possible.

If you can’t submit by the deadline a pinch hitter will automatically be assigned. If you then manage to submit by an agreed extended deadline the pinch-hit will become a community gift.

If you contact us by the 3rd December deadline saying that you can’t submit we will assume that you have dropped out. If you don’t submit by the agreed extension we will also assume that you have dropped out. In both of these cases the gift for you will be reassigned as a community gift and we will rely on your pinch hitter. Once assumed to have dropped out we will not be able to accept late gifts as part of the exchange.

The best way to contact a mod is to send an email to the community address and/or PM inkvoices


What Happens Next

This is an anonymous gift exchange, so please don’t post or upload your gift elsewhere until after the reveals.

We aim to start posting gifts on December 17th. Once all gifts have been posted we will have the reveals, at which point there will be a master post and an AO3 collection for this year’s exchange if you want to crosspost your work.

Lots of wonderful gifts are on the way!

Secret Santa Assignment emails have now all been sent! If you signed up but you haven't received an assignment email first check your spam/junk folder for an email from compromised mods/be_compromised@hotmail.com and if you still can't find it please PM me.

franztastisch has been hard at work matching you all up. If you replied to the choices post then you have at least one of your choices! If you didn't reply you were matched up as best as could be done. And if you're one of the new people - to the comm, or your first time taking part in an exchange - hello and welcome!

If you have any questions, concerns, or would just like to share your excitment please comment to this post. Although remember that you need to keep your assignment a secret until the reveals at the end of the exchange! If you'd rather, you can also PM myself, franztastisch, or sugar_fey.

If you missed out and would still like to get involved, or if you'd like to get even more involved, we will need pinch hitters on standby from 3rd December (potentially earlier) and banner makers to make a total of 15 banners between us from 3rd December to Friday 15th December. Let us know before December if you can help! (Sorry folks, but if we don't get banner maker volunteers I won't be able to do them on my own.)

Okay folks, let's get creating!