A lovingly crafted masterpost of (some) MCU fanfiction that prominently and positively features Black characters!

Most of these are by Black writers, all of them are good (Please don’t freak out about the non-black authors. I had to fill in some empty spots and I read them all myself).

To all the Black nerds reading this, I hope this inspires you to write your own fic, create your own oc, come up with your own au. The MCU could always use more beautiful Blackness. Our lives are rich, wonderful, and colorful; our stories deserve to be told our way.

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By Character

Akela Amador



Akela Counts The Days

Four thousand, one hundred, fifty five days in the life of Akela Amador. Pairings: Akela Amador/Sharon Carter Warnings: Captivity, racist language

Mike finally visits Ace. Notes: Akela, Mike Peterson, and Nick Fury are FAMILY. Rad as hell.

Alphonso “Mack” Mackenzie



Alternatives to Goat Farming

Someone has to tell Fitz Mack is alive. Pairings: Alphonso “Mack” Mackenzie/Leo Fitz Warnings: Smut

There’s a little box burning a hole in Fitz’s pocket when his parents ping him over Skype. Pairings: Alphonso “Mack” Mackenzie/Leo Fitz

Andrew Garner



in the new light we will meet

Andrew Garner does Natasha’s intake evaluation for SHIELD. Pairings: Andrew Garner/Natasha Romanoff

Antoine Triplett



Different Sides of the Table

Trip is sent to interrogate Raina. It doesn’t go exactly as he planned. Pairings: Antoine Triplett/Raina

“You know,” Poppy says, “they probably expect me to give you advice. But I’m not going to do it.” Or, Five times being a Triplett-Jones got Antoine into trouble and out of it again.

Blade

Tightrope

Nick Fury attempts to recruit a very unlikely superhero into the Avengers Initiative with surprising results. BLADE/Avengers Crossover.

Brett Mahoney

a baker’s mile in your shoes

“Foggy, listen to me. This isn’t going to make any sense at all, but just – just listen. I need you to come by my place and – walk with me over to Murdock’s, because I… need him to tell me how to call in sick.”

For a prompt on the Daredevil kink meme: Matt Murdock + Brett Mahoney, body swap. Warnings: Blood, suturing, mentions of canon child sexual abuse

Brett Mahoney, his mother Bess Mahoney, reptilian kidnapping, and fanged robbery. Warnings: Reptilian kidnapping and fanged robbery

Sgt. Brett Mahoney is a good cop – not just in the sense of being on the right side of the law, but also good at his job. When he first starts noticing how injury prone Matt Murdock is, he doesn’t think much about it. Murdock always has a plausible explanation. However, Brett gradually starts to realize that something isn’t quite right with all these excuses and is determined to get to the bottom of things. What will he do when he finally arrives at the unbelievable answer to the mystery?

Claire Temple



Quid Pro Quo

“I waited.” Claire said as he landed on her fire escape. Her back was facing him. She was taking off her earrings. “I sat there for two hours. You didn’t arrive.” Pairings: Claire Temple/Matt Murdock Warnings: Smut

Two Works (and counting) Another Night - She’s not sure he’ll believe her this time either; his face is clear of any emotion, of any hint of how he’s processing any of this. So what can she equate it to? Or rather, should she draw her parallels directly or circumspectly? “I’m not sure you know what ‘safe’ actually means,” Matt says dryly as he removes his hand and scoots away. He goes so far as to actually seat himself on the coffee table. Though, with his forearms braced on his knees and his eyes focused somewhere in the vicinity of her sternum, he’s clearly still strongly focused on whatever her body is saying underneath her words. A work of cuddle-porn heavily laced with discussions about trust, honesty, safety and what else besides sex constitutes intimacy. Let Me Go (Down) - Early morning sun heats his bedroom, making it seem later than the thump of papers being dropped off for the newsstand on the corner indicate. They have all the time in the world, he thinks as he licks the salt of her sweat from his lips. “I just wanted a taste,” he murmurs against her ear, not bothering to pretend to innocence. Claire laughs deep in her throat and turns his head enough that she can brush her smile against his. “The last time you said that,” she sighs, “I couldn’t feel my toes for an hour afterward.” Pairings: Claire Temple/Matt Murdock Warnings: Smut, slow burn

“Clock’s ticking,” Claire says. “Gonna tell me what this is about?” That clearly requires a struggle. He lifts a hand, drops it back down to his knee, sighs. “You lawyers,” she says. “You’re used to having a captive audience to make your points to, aren’t you? Tougher when you have to respect other people’s time, right?” Foggy makes a pained face. “Boundaries. I’m trying to - okay, respect your boundaries wouldn’t actually be a fair statement, since I’m about to step all over them, but I’d like to do that lightly, at least. Tiptoe, can you let me tiptoe, Claire? Pairings: Claire Temple/Matt Murdock

Electro/Max Dillon

Cold Blood

If my hate could be turned into electricity, it would light up the whole world. Pairings: Electro/Harry Osborn

Gabe Jones



I, Too

In 1949, Langston Hughes spent 3 months as a visiting lecturer at the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools. While there, he ran into Gabe Jones. Pairings: Gabe Jones/Langston Hughes Notes: Stranger things have happened, give it a try.

Heimdall



Souls and Stars

Heimdall grows infatuated with a Midgardian woman. Pairings: Heimdall/OFC (sort of)

James “Rhodey” Rhodes

A Date on the Moon

Just because someone’s name is on your hand doesn’t mean it’s easy. Pairings: James “Rhodey” Rhodes/Tony Stark Warnings: Underage Notes: Soulmates au

Rhodey is Tony’s favorite soldier and the only other person he lets have a suit of the armor. Pairings: James “Rhodey” Rhodes/Tony Stark

While Tony and Steve are having a Very Serious Disagreement, Sam and Rhodes have breakfast, and swap stories about their self-destructive friends. Pairings: James “Rhodey” Rhodes/Sam Wilson Notes: Does have the “good bro” tag, which tends to rub people the wrong way, but this is actually pretty good

Tony has always known. Pairings: James “Rhodey” Rhodes/Tony Stark

Rhodey tests out the Mark II and discovers just how much time and effort Tony has put in to upgrading the sensory systems. Pairings: James “Rhodey” Rhodes/Tony Stark Warnings: Teasing

James Rhodes loves Tony Stark dearly, and he has to learn to deal with the fact that, while Tony loves him back, Tony has some new friends, and new plans, and they don’t always involve Rhodey. Pairings: Platonic James “Rhodey” Rhodes/Tony Stark

Solar punk futuristic Pepperhodey!

Pairings: James “Rhodey” Rhodes/Pepper Potts

Jason Wilkes



And Miles to Go Before I Sleep

“When I pictured our first time in bed together, this wasn’t quite what I’d imagined,” Jason laughed as he settled down on top of the blankets next to her. “And how often do you picture us in bed together?” Pairings: Jason Wilkes/Peggy Carter

Peggy and Jason are locked in a supply closet when they should be getting married. Pairings: Jason Wilkes/Peggy Carter

Luke Cage



Friday Night

After the events of the series, Luke tries to restart his life with a new bar. But a new bar brings with it new problems, and Luke finds a use for one of Jessica’s lesser-known superpowers. Pairings: Luke Cage/Jessica Jones

Malcom and Luke hide away for a while. Pairings: Luke Cage/Malcolm Ducasse

Malcolm Ducasse



colour in your hands

“Mind control?” Luke says dubiously, hotdog frozen mid-way to his mouth. Malcolm frowns. “Look, if you’re going to be like that–”“Just – give me a minute, alright,” Luke tries to placate, taking a bite of his hotdog and thinking it through as he chews. Okay. Mind control. Got it. Or: three times mind-control was a thing that existed in Luke’s life, and Malcolm was there to talk him through it. Pairings: Malcolm Ducasse/Luke Cage Warnings: Aftermath of mind control

Mike Peterson



Giants

To be small in a world of giants Notes: Mike and Ace!!

Misty Knight (she’ll be in the mcu soon)



Indulge

Misty Knight and Steve Rogers have sex. That’s the fic. Pairings: Misty Knight/Steve Rogers Warnings: You heard them

Nick Fury



A Galaxy Far Far Away

Finn has crashed landed on a strange planet far from his home galaxy. There are no droids, no starships, and worst of all, no one there speaks Basic. Well… no one except this strange man with an eye patch who sees clearer than any other. Who is this man, and why does he know so much about the Force? Notes: It is a Star Wars crossover so… If you’re not into the war of the stars it might be hard to get through.

20 years before Tony Stark was Iron Man, before Steve Rogers was found in the ice or Bruce Banner had his accident, a few men got together and built a little peacekeeping force they called SHIELD. What SHIELD stood for, exactly, was up in the air, as was everything that came next.

Raina



Secrets to Keep

On her own now, away from HYDRA, Raina comes to Hell’s Kitchen…and she comes across the strangest bar with an even stranger bartender. Secrets are meant to be kept hidden. Pairings: Raina/Luke Cage

Sam Wilson (There were so many Sam fics that I am going to make a separate post devoted to them. Y’all really love Sam.)



All I Ever Wanted

Florist/tattooist AU. When Steve and Tony decide to get married Bucky and Natasha volunteer to organise the wedding for them. As it turns out the florist is one Sam Wilson and Bucky really didn’t stand a chance. Pairings: Sam Wilson/Bucky Barnes Notes: Alternate Universe

They each have their own kingdoms to rule over. T'challa, Prince of Wakanda. Sam Wilson, Prince of the Sky. James Rhodes, Prince of the Just. Luke Cage, Prince of the People. Royalty not merely given, it is earned, and T'challa knows this…and he knows royalty when he sees it, and it is through him that these men learn how important they really are. (And yes, there will be a little slash) Pairings: Sam Wilson/T’Challa Notes: So many Black men. All the Black men. *rubs hands together* Black men.

Steve doesn’t deserve Sam, and he knows he doesn’t.

*romantic indie music plays* Pairings: Sam Wilson/Steve Rogers

There was still a light on in Sam’s bedroom window. Steve had been getting nothing but Sam’s voicemail since he left four days ago to meet Tony and the Avengers in California; either Sam had been very busy, or he was angry with Steve, and Steve was getting more certain which it was every second he hesitated on the porch. Pairings: Sam Wilson/Steve Rogers Warnings: Smut

Sam brings Steve cupcakes. Pairings: Sam Wilson/Steve Rogers

Sam Wilson is used to teaching people how to cope. He’s not used to those people helping him in return. Pairings: Sam Wilson/Steve Rogers Warnings: PTSD, violent flashbacks, canon character death

(Sam looks for Bucky while Steve is stuck Avenging.) The color is high in Steve’s face, his eyes bright, his mouth still red from kissing, and Sam doesn’t want to leave, doesn’t ever want to leave, but he has a duty now, too—not just to Steve, but to Bucky; James Buchanan Barnes, who’s been alone and on the run for twelve goddamn months, and who needs someone out there looking for him, even if Sam never finds him. Pairings: Sam Wilson/Steve Rogers, Sam Wilson/Bucky Barnes

Flying high without ever leaving the ground series

Eleven Works (and counting) A collection of fics about Sam Wilson. All of the stories take place in the same universe, but they aren’t in any kind of chronological order and there’s no overarching plot other than “Sam deserves nice things”. Also, in this universe Civil War was a 3-day argument that ended with a group hug and everyone gets along just fine now. Pairings: Sam Wilson/Steve Rogers/Bucky Barnes

Sam Wilson, the Falcon, helped defeat the Chitauri invasion as an Avenger and New York is still rebuilding. The word from S.H.I.E.L.D. is that Captain America has been found. Pairings: Sam Wilson/Steve Rogers Warnings: PTSD, nightmares Notes: Alternate Universe, multiple pov

Steve can’t rein in his imagination. (Or the one where Steve pines away like a lovesick teenager) Pairings: Sam Wilson/Steve Rogers Warnings: Smut

Based on the Prompt: There’s a storm coming and I’m losing signal let me just drive 46926 miles to see if you’re okay. Or, the one where Sam drives to Manchester, New Hampshire on Thanksgiving because Bucky’s phone died. Pairings: Sam Wilson/Bucky Barnes

Sam Wilson loves Steve, really he does. Enough to tolerate his awful protein induced smoothies. Pairings: Sam Wilson/Steve Rogers

Returning to New York means finding out that Sam Wilson has a lot of ex-boyfriends. Steve and Bucky deal. Or, well, try to deal. (Okay, Steve tries to deal. Bucky is Bucky.) Pairings: Sam Wilson/Steve Rogers/Bucky Barnes

Steve teaches Sam to wield the shield despite having other ideas on how they could spend their time. Pairings: Sam Wilson/Steve Rogers

“Hi, I’m Sam Wilson. Paratrooper. I… uh… dropped in last night. Lost the rest of my team.” Wilson looked around. “You must be the Howling Commandos. I’ve heard so much about you –” He went around naming everyone and some of their exploits, drawing curt nods from Monty and Dernier, and a hat tip from Dum-Dum. From Wilson’s odd metal pack to his shirt that hugged his torso too tightly, no one was fooled by his claims about being a paratrooper, but one man posed no threat, so they waited for Cap to make the final call. Pairings: Sam Wilson/Steve Rogers, Sam WIlson/Bucky Barnes Notes: Time travel AU

Sam meets Steve Rogers and Bucky Barnes on a Thursday night, at a burlesque show, and how it happens is this: It’s already late, later than he should be out on a weeknight, but the theme of the show was a super hero revue and there was no way he was gonna miss that. It’s loud in the venue, which is the back space of what probably used to be a warehouse right near the Gowanus Canal, and Sam’s already had a few. He’s up at the bar during the break, watching the act. He doesn’t hear someone say, “Behind!” so when he steps away from the bar, he smashes right into the guy who’d just done the Captain America routine up on stage, and knocks his drinks to the ground. Pairings: Sam Wilson/Steve Rogers/Bucky Barnes Warnings: PTSD, police brutality, transphobia, drug use, violence

Steve wakes to something soft and bristly trailing down his stomach. Blinking to clear away the sleep-blur, he looks down, and Sam shoots him a quick wink. Then he ducks to kiss a sensitive spot right below Steve’s belly button. Oh, yeah, Steve thinks, grinning. It’s going to be a good morning. Pairings: Sam Wilson/Steve Rogers Warnings: Smut

Sam Wilson grew up in 1980’s Harlem. Notes: Character Study, really good one too

This is a world where Sam Wilson might not be able talk to birds, but still thinks he can. Steve and Bucky try their best to do right by him regardless. Pairings: Sam Wilson/Steve Rogers/Bucky Barnes

Sam was 15 the first time he helps his younger sisters with their hair. Warnings: Minor character death

“I’m James,” the guy said, reaching out and nudging the drink towards Sam, the warm brush of their fingers in sharp contrast to the coolness of the glass. “Nice to meet you, James,” said Sam. He slowly ran a finger up the side of his glass, catching a drip of condensation. “I’m Sam.” Pairings: Sam Wilson/Bucky Barnes Warnings: Smut

Bucky is not good at proposing, but once he managed, he and Sam were going to let people find out organically. Unfortunately, Tony Stark has never done anything organically in his life. Pairings: Sam Wilson/Bucky Barnes Warnings: PTSD Notes: Alternate Universe

Sam Wilson needs his wings fixed. Steve Rogers thinks he knows a guy who can do that, but as it turns out, Tony Stark didn’t make the wings. He knows who did, though: T'Challa, the king of Wakanda and the genius behind the Wakandan Design Group. Sam, along with Rhodey and Maria Hill, goes to London to meet T'Challa … where unexpected dangers await them. Pairings: Sam Wilson/Maria Hill Notes: Latina!Maria Hill!!

Storm + Black Panther (Paired together because I found one for both of them. I’m assuming this will change after Civil War *shrugs*)

Ororo and T’Challa

Conversations that might have happened … Pairings: Storm/Black Panther

Original Character(s)

Three Works People Aren’t Weapons - S.H.I.E.L.D Agent Mira Wilson has much to complain about: a desk job at the world’s greatest intelligence agency, the supportive yet hard to live up to cousin Sam, and her own minor health issues. When she meets a certain metal-armed super soldier, life finally begins to become exciting and beautiful for the both of them. Are the cards in this blooming romance’s favor or will old painful wounds re-open and tear everything apart? Not Dead Yet - Mira Wilson is a super soldier.

She didn’t ask to be, she probably was never meant to be, but she is.

It was always her dream, but trauma has turned it into a nightmare. The Thing That Shook Halloween - A Halloween tale about Bucky, Mira, and little Stevie Katerina Barnes. Pairings: Bucky Barnes/OFC Warnings: Smut, violence, mental illness, hallucinations, the miracle of birth, character death, Hydra

Morphine Jones isn’t your average girl. She’s a new member of the avengers named Blue Inferno. She’s what she likes to call, a “Super Pyrokinetic”. She has pyrokinesis and she controls fire. She’s a blue-haired feisty chick that doesn’t take shit from anyone.

Loki has escaped his prison cell in Asgard, and he is heading to Midgard to cause more damage.What happens when Blue Inferno meets Loki, the god of mischief and lies? Will fire and ice collide, or will everything fizzle out? Pairings: Loki/OFC Warnings: Smut, graphic violence, implied rape

Two Works Hell Hath No Fury - When Valencia’s parents met, they were both on a mission to kill each other, but instead, they bedded and carried on a explicit love affair for a few years. But once Agent Rebecca Smith found out that she was pregnant, she cut all ties and went into hiding, creating an identity for herself and settling down in a town that no one would look for her. Eighteen years later, Valencia finds a box full of notes and polaroids of a strange man with an eye patch named ‘Fury.’ After learning the truth, she goes on a mission to find her father, although she might not like what she discovers. Furiously Fluorescent Adolescent - Life for Valencia Smith(Fury) since the S.H.I.E.L.D. take down has been, well, ordinary. She goes to work everyday, drives home, and collapses on her bed. Instead of the exciting life she thought she would live after finding her 'head of an intelligence agency’ father, she is just another forgettable nine-to-fiver. Her face blends in with the crowd, the only thing interesting about her is her hidden last name. Her mother once told the her that her twenties were supposed to be exciting, a time when she could make reckless decisions without thinking of the consequences…Yet there Valencia was working her youth away in a job she didn’t really want, in a town she didn’t really want to be in.Luckily enough for Valencia, a call from an old friend might just give her the thrill she has been looking for… Pairings: Steve Rogers/OFC, Sam Wilson/OFC, Nick Fury/OFC, Nick Fury/Maria Hill Warnings: Smut, takes place during The Winter Soldier

When she finds out her boyfriend has wronged her, Ife’s spirits are low.

Thor is too good of a friend to let it stay that way. Pairings: Thor/OFC Warnings: Smut Notes: OC is an Afro-Latina

Kijana Harrison, known by the public as “Aja”, has never been the typical hero. In fact, she hasn’t always been a hero. She’s tough, sarcastic, and fiercely against following orders.

So, when she is offered a spot in the ultimate do-gooder team, she isn’t sure where she fits.

And matters are made all the more complicated by growing feelings for a certain American icon, and the return of a dark figure from her past that she has tried so desperately to rid herself of. Pairings: Steve Rogers/OFC, Past Deadpool/OFC Warnings: Smut, referenced sexual assault, stalking, mind control, PTSD, nightmares

Princess Andromeda was the daughter of King Cepheus and Queen Cassiopeia and lived a plush life in her Midgardian kingdom of Aethopia. The princess grows up to be beautiful, one of the prettiest girls in all the land. Many gentlemen callers come to the kingdom to ask for her hand, but Andromeda refuses, only for her parents to arrange a marriage between her and her uncle, Phenius. The young princess is heartbroken, because after all these years, she still thinks her dark prince will come and save her.This is the myth of Andromeda, retold by me. All the names are the same, the characters are different. Pairings: Loki/OFC Warnings: Smut, death Notes: Greek Mythology mixed with MCU Norse mythology. Good shit. Fun shit.

Two Works

Make It Quick - Pietro gets Tony’s new intern out of the lab for a bit. Blur of Silver and Blue - Nia, the newest Avengers scientist, has a secret… His name is Pietro Maximoff. Pairings: Pietro Maximoff/OFC Warnings: Smut, violence, dysfunctional family

It took God seven days to create the world, so maybe Ivy could recruit this Deadpool guy in a week. Pairings: Deadpool/OFC Warnings: It’s Deadpool. Come on.

“Just like moons and like suns,

With the certainly of tides,

Just like hopes springing high,

Still I’ll rise.”

-Maya Angelou Peter Parker had two best friends growing up. At 14, one of them left for boarding school and the other started college. One of them was the heir to a fortune rivaling that of Tony Stark, the other was a decedent of a Howling Commando. Now one of them was committed for killing his girlfriend Gwen and the other was starting her new job at Stark Tower, in the company of a living legend and a reformed Hydra assassin. 2 years Post-Winter Soldier. Pairings: Bucky Barnes/OFC, Harry Osborn/OFC Warnings: Violence, eventual smut, Hydra

There are things about the future that Steve is thankful for. Number one being Haven Mendoza. Pairings: Steve Rogers/OFC Notes: The OC is a trans woman!!

Steve didn’t expect to meet her while taking a walk through Brooklyn, but he’ll soon be very glad that he did. Pairings: Steve Rogers/OFC Warnings: Smut

Other

Crossover With: Doctor Who When the agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. are forced to work with the members of UNIT after the Battle of New York, sparks fly between Steve Rogers and Martha Jones. A collection interconnected one shots chronicling the friendship and eventual relationship between the Woman who Walked the Earth and the Star Spangled Man with a Plan. Pairings: Martha Jones/Steve Rogers Notes: 27!!! works and counting

Crossover With: Doctor Who Nothing has been the same for Tony Stark since the Battle of New York. Despite his best efforts to go it alone, he is convinced that the best course of action would be attending a support group for people dealing with traumatic experiences. There he meets Dr. Martha Jones, who can relate to Tony’s situation and suggests a mutually beneficial, albeit unconventional, form of therapy. Pairings: Martha Jones/Tony Stark Warnings: Alcoholism, PTSD, nightmares, anxiety attacks

So many fics, seven to be exact. I’m too lazy to post all the descriptions so you’re just gonna have to click the link, buddy Pairings: Steve Rogers/Reader, Pietro Maximoff/Reader, Bucky Barnes/Reader, Tony Stark/Reader, Loki/Reader Warnings: Violence, Hydra Notes: They’re very cute

Four Works When Times Are Rough - After being kicked out of her apartment, the reader meets Steve and Bucky. A friendship blossoms between the three, but will that happiness last? Monsters and Ghosts - Almost seventy years have passed and HYDRA has developed two weapons unlike anything that the world has seen before. Both weapons have been used in numerous assassinations, but what was life like before the bloodshed? Did they know each other before? Let’s follow the tale of a monster and a ghost. Sequel to “When Times Are Rough” Chasing After Ourselves - After HYDRA and S.H.I.E.L.D fought for control over the Insight Helicarriers, Bucky and the reader have found themselves running from HYDRA agents of other factions. While trying to stay off the radars, the two ex-assassins go on a search for information about their past lives. How will they deal with getting their memories back and fighting off HYDRA? Comes after the story “Monsters and Ghosts.” Before and After - Drabbles (or not) about Bucky and the reader. Side fics for the Winter Soldier/African American!Reader Trilogy. Pairings: Bucky Barnes/Reader Warnings: Smut, violence, Hydra

Child Fics



Asset Recovery

Nick Fury’s boss in the CIA just lost a piece of surveillance equipment. It happens to be attached to a pigeon. Unfortunately for Nick, one Sam Wilson, age seven, is now also attached to the pigeon. Very attached.

During The Battle of New York, Thor saves a family from the alien army… But not after a little warrior saves him first.

RPF/Actor Fics



At One Glance

Janelle McNeal has recently moved to Boston. One night she meets a charming man (Chris Evans) at a party and sparks fly. Pairings: Chris Evans/OFC Warnings: Smut

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