Soulmate Shorts AKA The Crackship Armada

Soulmate Shorts is a collection of ficlets written by ozhawk for various Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. crossovers with other MCU and Marvel fandom pairings for the Soulmate Alternate Universe, especially rarepairs. It's a very influential piece that spread the Soulmate Marks trope; various fans continued some of the pairings, and others started following the same trend - writing various Soulmate AUs in the universe with multiple ships.
At one point, ozhawk changed the name to Soulmate Shorts AKA The Crackship Armada. A sequel was started in June 2015: The Crackship Armada Sails Again, AKA Soulmate Shorts Part 2.
==Summary==
:Concept borrowed from amusewithaview's Soulmates AU, where the first words soulmates say to each other appear on their skin. Featuring characters from Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. paired with Avengers, X-Men and more.
==Author's Notes==
:So, I’ve become somewhat addicted to amusewithaview’s Soul Mates AU. And, because I am trying to challenge myself to get a bit less long-winded and carried away by the plot fairies every time I write, each pairing chapter (possibly the odd triad) in this fic is intended to be no more than 1,000 words (some may be a lot less).
:If you don’t already know, the premise of this AU is that the first words soulmates say to each other appear somewhere on the skin of each partner, in the handwriting of the other. The younger partner is born with the words, the older receives the words the moment the younger one is born. Asgardians are a bit different (in my AU) – their soulmarks are triggered by touch.
:Amusewithaview has already written an amazing chapter fic about Darcy Lewis and her possible soulmates called write love on my skin (). This is intended to be my version, but mixing and matching members of the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. cast with various Avengers, X-Men and other MCU characters.
:I've also included entertainingly badly Photoshopped images of each pairing by me, in the hope that they might help you to visualise the characters together... hope they don't offend too much! I've also added my own cheesy hair rock (mostly) soundtrack for which I am entirely blaming Peter Quill. Each pairing has a theme song advised in the beginning notes - for maximum feels cue up the song and listen while you read!
:These are the first meetings of soulmates, so sexual contact is implied in the future, but won’t be written in, although there’s a few kisses – okay, Tony Stark broke that plan, but it’s not explicit. This is still rated T. (Some of the sequels aren’t – be careful if you don’t want to read smut).
:I’ve created a poll for you to vote in, for which pairings you’d like me to write first. You get up to TEN votes in the current version. They are written STRICTLY in order of most votes to least. If you want to see other pairings than those on the Poll you can ask, but bear in mind that I won’t write those that are contradicted in MCU canon – so generally it’s restricted to people who haven’t ‘met’ onscreen.
==Index==
* 1. Introduction/Index
* 2. Jemma/Clint
* 3. Skye/Johnny Storm
* 4. Hunter/Darcy Lewis
* 5. May/Tony
* 6. Skye/Bucky
* 7. Skye/Peter Parker
* 8. Skye/Tony (Sequel: So You're The One by Misha726)
* 9. Jemma/Bruce/Hulk
* 10. Skye/Deadpool
* 11. Jemma/Bucky
* 12. Jemma/Steve (Sequel: A Very Eloquent Speech)
* 13. Jemma/Johnny Storm
* 14. Skye/Steve (Sequel: Trust Cap by jennaloohoo
* 15. May/Wolverine
* 16. Darcy/Trip
* 17. Skye/Darcy
* 18. Skye/Clint (Sequel: I Can Jump...No! by AlekWalker)
* 19. Jemma/Tony (Sequel: Prior Consent by zathara001)
* 20. Steve/Bucky/Skye (Sequel I’m So Scared, Please Help Me by LadyWinterlight)
* 21. Steve/Bucky/Jemma
* 22. Skye/Thor
* 23. Skye/Loki
* 24. Skye/Wolverine
* 25. Clint/Bucky/Skye (Sequel: Are You Two...?)
* 26. Jemma/Loki (Sequel: What Right Have You? by MelyndaR)
* 27. Jemma/Wolverine
* 28. Jemma/Sam Wilson
* 29. Jemma/Gambit (Sequel: The Gambler)
* 30. Skye/Sam Wilson
* 31. Clint/Bucky/Jemma
* 32. Fitz/Tony (platonic) (follows on from #28)
* 33. Skye/Peter Quill
* 34. Clint/Natasha/Jemma
* 35. Skye/Gambit
* 36. Jemma/Peter Quill
* 37. Skye/Quicksilver
* 38. May/Bruce
* 39. Jemma/Quicksilver
* 40. May/Natasha
* 41. Jemma/Brock Rumlow (Sequel You Need To Trust Me)
* 42. Clint/Natasha/Skye
* 43. Jemma/Deadpool
* 44. Fitz/Darcy
* 45. Jemma/Peter Parker (follows on from #44)
* 46. Natasha/Skye
* 47. Clint/Natasha/May
* 48. Skye/Brock Rumlow
* 49. Skye/Fandral (fits into "What Right Have You?" sequel)
* 50. Skye/Pyro
* 51. Skye/Rhodey
* 52. Steve/Bucky/Sif
* 53. Skye/Colossus (follows on from #15)
* 54. Skye/Angel (Sequel If I Had A Dollar...)
* 55. Natasha/Jemma
* 56. Jemma/Colossus
* 57. Fitz/Natasha
* 58. Jemma/Fandral
* 59. Skye/Victor von Doom (Sequel Let Go Of Me by storieaddict)
* 60. Skye/Iceman
* 61. Hunter/Bobbi
* 62. Skye/Wanda (follows on from #39)
* 63. Skye/Bruce
* 64. Jemma/Iceman
* 65. May/Drax the Destroyer (follows on from #36)
* 66. Bucky/Sif
* 67. Jemma/Angel (follows on from #15 & #53)
* 68. Bucky/Pepper
* 69. Skye/Hogun
* 70. Ward/Natasha
* 71. Steve/Sif
* 72. Jemma/Jane (Platonic, fits into the "What Right Have You?" sequel)
* 73. Jemma/Pyro (follows on from #60)
* 74. Thor/Storm
* 75. Loki/Rogue (follows on from #74)
* 76. Coulson/Pepper
* 77. Fitz/Darcy/Jane
* 78. Darcy/Deathlok
* 79. Clint/Bobbi/Natasha/Hunter
* 80. Fitz/Rogue part 1
* 81. Fitz/Rogue part 2
* 82. May/Rhodey
* 83. Coulson/Wolverine
* 84. Bucky/Wanda (Sequel: My Mission)
* 85. Coulson/May
* 86. Ward/Rogue
* 87. Fitz/Sif
* 88. Mack/Darcy
* 89. Skye/Heimdall
* 90. May/Clint
* 91. Steve/Wanda
* 92. Darcy/Deadpool (Sequel: One Too Many Shocks by pretzel-logic)
* 93. Steve/Pepper
* 94. Bucky/Bobbi
* 95. Hunter/Bobbi/Clint
* 96. Phil/Gamora (follows on from #36 & #65)
* 97. Jemma/Rhodey
* 98. Peggy/Wolverine
* 99. May/Loki
* 100. Clint/Sif
* 101. May/Sam Wilson
* 102. Fitz/Wanda
* 103. Clint/Bobbi
* 104. May/Heimdall (fits into the "What Right Have You?" sequel)
* 105. Clint/Wanda
* 106. Darcy/Angel (Sequel Broken Wings In The City That Never Sleeps by BirdofFire)
* 107. Clint/Hunter
* 108. Clint/Brock Rumlow
* 109. Sif/Tony
* 110. Fitz/Kitty Pryde
* 111. Clint/Jane
* 112. Clint/Pepper
* 113. Natasha/Sif
* 114. Brock/Wanda
* 115. Clint/Pietro
* 116. Jemma/Thor
* 117. Jemma/Pyro/Iceman
* 118. Skye/Jean Grey/Scott Summers (follows #117)
* 119. Natasha/Heimdall
* 120. Brock Rumlow/Lance Hunter
* 121. Skye/Deadpool/Wolverine
* 122. Darcy/Gambit
* 123. Skye/Sam/Angel
* 124. Fitz/Bucky
* 125. Skye/Sunil Bakshi
* 126. Jemma/Sunil Bakshi
* 127. Darcy/Colossus
* 128. Bruce Banner/Beth
* 129. Brock Rumlow/Beth
* 130. Bucky Barnes/Beth
* 131. May/Deadpool
* 132. Quicksilver/Deadpool
* 133. Johnny Storm/Angel
* 134. Jemma/Lincoln
* 135. Fitz/Sam
* 136. Brock Rumlow/Bucky Barnes
* 137. Clint Barton/Beth the Waitress
* 138. Jemma/Matt Murdock
* 139. Pyro/Iceman/Skye
* 140. Jemma/Hogun
* 141. Darcy Lewis/Grant Ward
* 142. Pietro Maximoff/Bucky Barnes
* 143. Tony Stark/Wanda Maximoff
* 144. Skye/Jack Rollins
* 145. Skye/Scott Summers
* 146. STRIKE Team Uncles (not a pairing)
* 147. Steve/Melinda May
* 148. Darcy Lewis/Lincoln Campbell
* 149. Phil Coulson/Helen Cho
* 150. Melinda May/Odin
* 151. Advisory Note for the sequel, The Crackship Armada Sails Again, AKA Soulmate Shorts Part 2
==Comments and Reactions==
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==Works Inspired By Soulmate Shorts==
This list does not include any works that are mentioned above in the "Index".
* Until The Last Falling Star by TheFallenArchangel (Skye/Steve/Bucky)
* Fate's Arrow by AlekWalker (Clint Barton/OC)
* Avengers Soulmates Snipets by Aqua_Are (various pairings)
* Those Lovely Marks by Squirrel_Stone (Darcy Lewis/Everyone)
* What Pepper Said by MelyndaR (Pepper Potts/Everyone)
* Soulmarked by critterlady (OC)
* Fate Has a Twisted Sense of Humour by CeliaEquus (various pairings)
* I Wasn't Expecting This Today by LadyWinterlight (Skye & Colossus)
==References==
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