MCU Ficlet Collection: Claire/Karen, Why are you/we whispering?, marvel cinematic universe, daredevil (tv), jessica jones (tv) fanfic

shinykari (meinterrupted)

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Characters

Pepper Potts/Tony Stark, Tony Stark, Pepper Potts, James "Bucky" Barnes/Steve Rogers, James "Bucky" Barnes, Bruce Banner, Clint Barton, James "Rhodey" Rhodes, Clint Barton/Natasha Romanov, Loki, Matt Murdock, Franklin "Foggy" Nelson, Karen Page, Frank Castle, Nick Fury, Pepper Potts/Natasha Romanov, Phil Coulson, Darcy Lewis, Maria Hill, Matt Murdock/Franklin "Foggy" Nelson, Johnny Storm, Howard Stark, Natasha Romanov, Bruce Banner/Darcy Lewis, Darcy Lewis/Steve Rogers, Clint Barton/Darcy Lewis, James "Bucky" Barnes/Steve Rogers/Natasha Romanov, Clint Barton/Phil Coulson, Claire Temple, Jessica Jones, Darcy Lewis/Johnny Storm, James "Bucky" Barnes/Darcy Lewis/Steve Rogers, Darcy Lewis/Loki, Howling Commandos, Frank Castle/Karen Page, Matt Murdock/Elektra Natchios, Elektra Natchios, Phil Coulson/Darcy Lewis, Jake Jensen, Maria Hill/James "Rhodey" Rhodes, Elektra Natchios/Karen Page, Nick Gant, Cassie Holmes, The Cellist (Avengers), Darcy Lewis/Jake Jensen, Darcy Lewis/Nick Gant, Rule 63!Steve Rogers, Rule 63!Darcy Lewis

Summary

A collection of unrelated prompt ficlets set in the MCU (including crossovers and one fusion AU); mostly Darcy Lewis-centric. (Formerly titled 'hollow in the middle' because I'm a pretentious wanker sometimes.)Each chapter is a separate story, and they are all labeled with pairing and prompt for ease of browsing.

Note

I was bored at work and begged for prompts on tumblr and then these happened. And then boring Fridays kept happening, and I kept writing.None of these take place in the same universe except where noted, and they are all unbeta'd.Title is from "Martin" by the Zac Brown Band.Each chapter is titled by the character or pairing and the prompt, so you can skip right over to the ones that interest you using the chapter index.

Claire/Karen, Why are you/we whispering?

May 2, 2025 at 10:27 AM

Claire woke up to someone pounding on her front door. She reached blindly for her phone to check the time, groaning when it said 4:23am. "Coming, I'm coming!" she yelled, wrapping herself up in her robe. More careful than she would have been a few months ago, Claire looked through the peephole before opening the door for Matt's blonde secretary. "Can I help you?"

The woman--Karen, Claire remembered, hazily--shifted her weight from one foot to the other. "Can I come in?"

Claire narrowed her eyes, but stepped back to let her pass. "Why are you whispering?"

"You're Matt's friend, right? The nurse?" Her hands fluttered nervously, glancing around Claire's darkened apartment. "You help him out when he… well, you help him out, right?"

Claire nodded slowly, watching the way Karen's eyes wouldn't quite meet hers. "Yeah," she said. "Is he hurt?"

"Not--not exactly," Karen admitted. "It's not Matt."

With a deep sigh, Claire turned back toward her bedroom. "Let me get dressed."