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1. A Borrowed Light Against My Skin by SunshineLemon

   Fandoms: Hawkeye (TV 2021), Thunderbolts (Movie 2025), Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (TV), Black Widow (Movie 2021)  

   • Explicit
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • F/F, F/M
   • Complete Work

   01 Nov 2025

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Yelena Belova/Kate Bishop
   • Yelena Belova/Ava Starr
   • Kate Bishop/Eli Bradley
   • Yelena Belova
   • Kate Bishop
   • Ava Starr
   • Eli Bradley
   • Lucky (Hawkeye)
   • Fanny | Yelena Belova's Dog
   • Monica Rambeau
   • Pining
   • Yelena Belova is Bad at Feelings
   • Angst
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • sorry Eli but that relationship won't last
   • Lack of Communication
   • Friends With Benefits
   • Jealousy
   • watching the love of your life marry a man is it's own ring of Hell
   • Other Additional Tags to Be Added
   • Slow Burn
   • Denial of Feelings
   • Bishova endgame
   • It Gets Worse Before It Gets Better
   • Minor Steve Rogers/Natasha Romanov
   • Implied/Referenced Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism
   • Alternate Universe - No Powers
   • Ava knows what she's doing

   Summary

   "How long?"

   “How long what?”

   “Have you been in love with her.”

   Had it been said in any other way, by anyone else, at any other time, Yelena would have broken their neck.

   Or

   Yelena doesn't do feelings.

   She certainly doesn't have feelings about Kate getting engaged to Eli, she simply thinks her best friend can do better. But if Kate won't listen to her superb advice, what can she do? She doesn't have any horse in this game, or whichever of those ridiculous American sayings Kate is always using. She doesn’t care that her best friend, the most compassionate person she knows, is promising her future to someone who peaked in high school and now coasts on his grandparents' legacy.

   Kate can do whatever she wants, Yelena doesn’t care.

   Language:

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