Story Title: Not a Moment too Soon

Fandom: Agents of SHIELD

Link: On AO3

Summary: Do not go gentle into that good night ~ Dylan Thomas

Five scenarios where Phil Coulson decided that he wouldn’t just accept his impending death. And one where he didn’t get to choose.
(Set post season 5, all Philinda, partially Infinity War compliant, entirely unconnected possibilities for something to happen in Tahiti that would convince Coulson he wasn’t ready to die after all.)

Warnings: Spoilers for AoS s5 and Infinity War; Infinity War sometimes happens and so losses expected in those sections. Themes of death, illness, and loss. Non-graphic sex

Characters: Phil Coulson, Melinda May, cameos by many AoS characters and Avengers

Pairings: Phil Coulson/Melinda May

When I Started: Well, it would have been post AoS s5 and IW, so summer 2018

How I Lost My Shit: I got the story out but I knew it wasn’t good enough to post, unfortunately I didn’t have a beta reader at the time to help me get it into shape so it stayed in my drafts folder for a while and I eventually forgot about it

How I Finished My Shit: Unfortunately, this wasn’t the fic I had wanted to get done for this year’s WIPBB, but fortunately the challenge gave me the chance to pull this out of mothballs and finally get it ready to share. It took enough editing that I’m glad I didn’t try and do it on my own, but I think I’m happy with the final form.

Story Title: Sentry
Fandom: MCU with a bit of NCIS
Link: on my site
Summary: When Steve Rogers disappeared into the ice, Peggy Carter considered it her duty to stand watch over the daughter Steve never knew he had. She watched from a distance, ensuring Steve’s legacy was safe, extending her watch to Steve’s grandson. As her mental faculties declined, she charged the only person she truly trusted, Phil Coulson, to continue her vigil. Project codename: Sentry. When Tony DiNozzo vanishes off the streets of DC, Phil forces Fury to take him to see Steve Rogers so they can enlist the aid of the Avengers in finding Steve’s grandson.
Warnings: Explicit Sex, Canon-level Violence, Kidnapping, Torture and Graphic Violence, Medical Experimentation, Mentions of Hate Crime/Hate Speech (because Hydra), perceived character bashing
Characters: Tony Stark, Tony DiNozzo, Steve Rogers, Thor, Bucky Barnes, Bruce Banner, Nick Fury, Natasha Romanoff, Clint Barton, Phil Coulson, Melinda May
Pairings: Tony DiNozz/Thor, Tony Stark/Steve Rogers (pre Winter Soldier movie)
When I Started: November 2018
How I Lost My Shit: I had a missing scene in the penultimate chapter that I was struggling with and then I made a misstep that was resulting in rising action in the last chapter. Either that or an emotional cliffhanger that was no-one's friend.
How I Finished My Shit: I had to rearrange the penultimate chapter to deal with my angst over that missing scene, and I had to backtrack my poor plot choices in the last chapter, even though I was really butthurt about it.

Thanks to my artist, AngelicInsanity for the great work on this story. So much art! Also, appreciation to the mods for being flexible and giving me a new posting date when eye issues were getting in the way of me posting on my original date.