Big Bang; I really should be working on other things; recs a'comin'; cards

[kellifer]

-> Posting the xmenbigbang today! It's all coded and ready to go, just need the art links which I can't get because I totally forgot I can't access Yahoo mail from work... d'oh! Hopefully it will still be December 5th somewhere in the world by the time I get home.

-> I have things that are due in like, 2 weeks, and yet I'm working on another Steve/Tony Avengers fic because at the moment, that's my brain candy.

“What are you doing here?” Tony asks and then winces inwardly when Steve freezes. He’s not sure why he can only speak asshole when Steve is around him.

“It’s a... team thing. I’m part of the team, right?” Steve says. His jaw has firmed, mouth a stubborn line but his eyes are unsure. Tony’s come to understand that despite the muscle-bound Adonis exterior, inside Steve is still a skinny kid from Brooklyn, walking around with a big 4F stamped on his forehead.

“You don’t have anything to bring to the table,” Tony says and boy, he is really fluent in the asshole tonight, possibly throwing a bit of dickwad into the mix just to spice things up.

“I’ll cover him,” Natasha volunteers, eyes narrowed. Apart from Pepper, she’s the scariest woman Tony has ever met, yet like everyone else seems to, she has a soft spot for Steve.

“I have money,” Steve protests and bless him, digs a wad of bills out of his pants pocket.

“We do not play for currency,” Thor intones. “This was discovered to be an object in frustration considering the vastness of dear Tony’s resources.”

Steve’s eyes go round when Natasha splits a pile of papers that she was holding and hands him half. “Goods and services only big guy,” she says and that’s probably the most diplomatic way of putting it. “You lose my cupcake maker and we’re going to have words.”

-> I think I need to start making with the recs again because I have been reading way more lately than I've been able to in a while. I'm a bit scatter-shot with my reading at the moment but Chris Evans seems to be my constant the way I'm devouring Jensen/Cougar, Steve/Tony fic. I think I might have to revisit his movies because my affection for him has increased dramatically in the last little while. I love that there seems to be a lot of crossover with the Inception people into the Avengers fandom.

-> I NEED to get my holiday cards out this week, considering they have to cross an ocean for most of you. Argh! I'm such a procrastinator!! It's my worst quality.