A Little Mindplay

Hawkeye and Rocket Raccoon, comparing trauma.
January is Hawkeye Month! Jeremy Renner's birthday is the 7th.
Original Title: MCU Actor Birthday Prompts

Notes:

Originally, this was a Ficlet surrounded by Monthly Birthday Prompts. As part of some housekeeping, I have migrated the prompts to my website (still under construction). There you'll find a compilation of the MCU actors by birthday, noting correlations, showcasing a specific actor each month, and offering additional prompt ideas ^_^
For the quick list, see End Note.
Couldn't find info on the actors for Ebony Maw or young Loki. Add either one to any prompt for bonus points*!
*There are no points, bonus or otherwise.

(See the end of the work for more notes.)

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“I didn’t ask to get made!” Rocket cries out, burying his face on the table in his furry little arms.

“Do you know what it’s like to be unmade?” Clint counters. “They played with your body, Loki played with my brain, all of that’s stuff we have to deal with and if you think I’m gonna let your sob story put me off my guard so you can switch out cards again—”

“All right, all right!” Rocket grumps, and lays his hand on the table. “How do we score this thing again? And when do I get to poke someone?”

Notes:

Hawkeye (Jan 7)

Loki (Feb 9) plus Frigga and Thanos—bonus twins Wanda Maximoff & Malekith (16)

Sif (March 12)

Coulson (April 2)—bonus triplets Scott, Yondu, & Yinsen (6)

Vision/JARVIS (May 27)—bonus triplets Mantis, Jim Paxton, & Maya Hansen (3)

Peter x2 (Parker: June 1; Quill: June 21)—bonus quadruplets Steve, Darcy, Pietro, & Erik Selvig (13)

Doctor Strange (July 19)

Bucky (Aug 13)—bonus quadruplets Red Skull, Laufey, Kurse, & young Thor (22)

Pepper Potts (Sept 27)—bonus twins Hank Pym & Dave (25)

Valkyrie (Oct 3)—pair her with Captain Marvel, Shuri, or the Grandmaster!

Nebula (Nov 28)—bonus triplets Bruce Banner, Natasha Romanov, & Kaecilius (22)

Odin (Dec 31)—bonus twins Aunt May & Obadiah Stane—and don't forget a Stan Lee cameo!

Last year's Monthly Birthday Prompts for the Person of Interest fandom didn't pick up much interest, but I'm hoping that perhaps some authors will give these a shot for the MCU. I love seeing random connections and correlations, compare-and-contrast pieces, drabbles and pagefics and so on.
The full challenge goes like this: Each month, write a fic about the month's main character, ideally with one of the themes in mind and/or including one of the minor characters for that month. Publish the fic on the birthday of that main character. There you go; enjoy the challenge!
Note: There are some entries for the same character in multiple months—this is because different actors played the same character, sometimes in different movies, sometimes across different time frames. Also, I realize I've left out a lot of characters, but I filled out that author's note almost to the limit, so I'm not sure I can add any more. If you know of ones you'd like to see added to the list, please point them out in the comments!

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