Hurt/Comfort Exchange!

The collection opened yesterday and everything I've read so far has been awesome, and I'm delighted to still have plenty to go through. But I wanted to make special mention of my gifts, which were all incredible.

Train My Eyes on You (Edge of Tomorrow), an unflinching hurt/comfort scenario with Rita having to kill Cage (again) in a particularly slow way, full of Cage pining for her in sharply-observed ways. Beautifully and thoughtfully done.

Mornings After (Edge of Tomorrow), a post-canon exploration of Cage trying to find a new normal and not break down completely, while sickness and PTSD both loom. Cage/Rita, full of aches and pains and touch-starvation and wistfulness.

Head for Heights (Iron Fist), where Ward keeps denying he has altitude sickness until he's almost dead from it and Danny rightly freaks, absolutely adorable brotherly relationship here and all the best prickly Ward characterization. Plus the image of Ward in a flower crown.

Blow and Burn Slowly (Hateful Eight), 10k of torture and "I thought you were dead" and Roaring Rampage of Rescue/Revenge, as Mannix gets tortured for information and Warren goes after him. Full of loyalty and reluctant feelings and everything I love about the pairing, plus really lovely comfort. And murder-comfort.

These are seriously all phenomenal and I just want to luxuriate in all of them forever.