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1. You Have Got To Be Kidding Me by perks_of_being_me

   Fandoms: Hawkeye (TV 2021), Marvel Cinematic Universe, Thunderbolts (Movie 2025)  

   • Mature
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • F/F
   • Work in Progress

   08 Dec 2025

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   • Yelena Belova/Kate Bishop
   • Kate Bishop
   • Yelena Belova
   • Nick Fury
   • Clint Barton
   • Alexei Shostakov
   • John Walker (Marvel)
   • James "Bucky" Barnes
   • Mel (Thunderbolts 2025)
   • begins right after THUNDERBOLTS ends
   • Slow Burn
   • kate wants answers
   • yelena wants a drink
   • fury wants his stolen hardrive back
   • First Mission
   • All The Tropes
   • Shared Bed
   • Fake Relationship
   • Undercover
   • Black Widow Program (Marvel)
   • Flirting
   • Banter
   • Eventual Smut
   • yelena teases
   • falling asleep on her shoulder
   • kate loves paris
   • budapest is happening
   • Protective Yelena
   • Jealous Yelena Belova
   • kamala and bob mentioned
   • Forced Proximity
   • Paris Mission
   • yelena teaches her russian
   • yelena flies a plane
   • Kate Gets Injured
   • A lot - Freeform
   • yelena fixes her up
   • kates mind falls to the gutter
   • yelena is calm
   • kate gay panics
   • cross country mission
   • Sharing Clothes
   • Sharing a Room
   • yelena loves watching kate squirm
   • Kate Bishop Loves Yelena Belova

   Summary

   Set immediately after the Thunderbolts* press conference.
   Kate Bishop is fine. Totally fine. Even if she returns to NYC to discover three very inconvenient things:

   She somehow missed a city-saving event,
   The Avengers have reformed—without her,
   and
   Yelena Belova seems to be leading them.

   She’s fine.
   …Until a stolen hard drive drags her into an international mission with Yelena as her partner.

   Now it’s Paris rooftops, Yelena's ex's, Budapest car chases, Yelena in a suit, Russian winters, and Yelena's nickname for her. She is definitely not letting Yelena Belova take up permanent residence in her brain.

   She’s fine.
   …Until she’s not.

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