National Mac and Cheese Day 2025
A celebration of Mac and Cheese Day 2025 in the form of fics and art of Kate/Yelena!
(Open, Moderated)
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crushcrushcrush by nirav for StrangelyThirsty
Fandoms: Hawkeye (TV 2021), Thunderbolts (Movie 2025)
12 Oct 2025
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"You're illegal," Valentina says, blunt, impatient, annoyed.
"Undocumented," Mel corrects hastily.
"And?" Yelena raises an eyebrow. "Would you like one of my many entirely legitimate American passports?" She folds her arms lazily over her chest.
"The world knows your real name now." Valentina folds her hands primly in her lap. "Your passports won't help you. You need another way to legitimize yourself. This is the fastest way."
also known as: The One Where Yelena Needs a Green Card
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don't give away the end (the one thing that stays mine) by SimplyKorra
Fandoms: Hawkeye (TV 2021), Marvel Cinematic Universe, Thunderbolts (Movie 2025), Black Widow (Movie 2021)
12 Aug 2025
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Glancing over at Yelena, she is still reading whatever was sent to her. “What is it?”
Those green eyes flicker over towards Kate then, just as Yelena turns her phone away so Kate can't read it. “What does yours say?”
Kate shrugs, “you know, details about a thing…might be the same as your thing.”
“Maybe.” Yelena maintains eye contact and Kate finds herself getting lost again. Wanting to push and tease, to wipe that growing smirk off of Yelena’s mouth with her own. “Ava can be very detail oriented when she wants to be.”
“Yeah, yeah same…Kamala, details as big as the fists she can make, you know?”
Yelena shakes her head. “I don’t know that, actually. She doesn’t speak to me much.”
“Yeah you kind of intimidate her.”
“Good.”
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post thunderbolts secret dating
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haunted like a radio by unicyclehippo
Fandoms: Hawkeye (TV 2021), Thunderbolts (Movie 2025)
15 Jul 2025
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In a world without superheroes (but a strange world nonetheless), Yelena and Kate meet, age six, in a playground park. It doesn't go very well but that's okay - they'll have decades to figure it out.
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‘Can I play?’
‘No.’
This time, the girl's whole body droops, not just her shoulders. But she still doesn’t leave. Her hands skitter like two pale spiders across the front of her overalls where there’s little stars and lightning bolts stitched into them and her face gets all tight, squinty, and she says,
‘Why not?’
‘Because I’m playing with my sister. I don’t know you.’
‘I’m Kate! It’s nice to meet you!’ The girl—Kate—holds out her hand. Yelena frowns at it. Kate’s hand is very clean and Yelena’s isn’t; she hadn’t noticed until now but her hands are dirty, black under her nails from digging in the dirt. ‘And you scared away my friends so you should let me play with you.’
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leave me like a boomerang by lescousinsdangereux for nirav
Fandoms: Hawkeye (TV 2021), Thunderbolts (Movie 2025), Marvel Cinematic Universe
14 Jul 2025
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"I thought — actually, it was Laura who thought, but — uh, we thought that you should know that the reason you guys got the slot that freed up was because another band put your name forward. Well, specifically, one member of a band, who is apparently owed a favor by Valentina Allegra de Fontaine — she’s the head of O.X.E; they’ve run the festival for the past few years — so, as you can imagine, she's not a person who cashes out on favors very often, but — "
“Okay,” Kate cuts in, a strange reversal of their typical dynamic. “Jeez, Clint, spit it out already.”
Clint’s mouth pinches in a way that only ever happens on rare occasion, and only when he’s experiencing genuine discomfort.
“It was Yelena,” he says simply, leaving the rest unsaid.
And when it comes to Yelena, this leaves a lot unsaid.
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the signs of a lifetime (you 'til I die) by wherehopelies for tinykippen
Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe
14 Jul 2025
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5 times Kate gets in Yelena's way and 1 time she █████████████████████████████████?
... a 5+1 fic!