Melinda May/Natasha Romanova

Pairing
Pairing:	Melinda May/Natasha Romanova
Alternative name(s):	Black Widow/Cavalry
Gender category:	Femslash, F/F
Fandom:	Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., The Avengers Movieverse
Canonical?:	non-canon
Prevalence:	Moderately common as a background pairing, rare as the main pairing
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Melinda May/Natasha Romanova is the pairing of Melinda May from Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Natasha Romanova from the The Avengers (Movieverse), the Iron Man Movieverse, and the Captain America Movieverse.

Fandom

Though the two women have never appeared in the same property, they are often paired because they both work for S.H.I.E.L.D. in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Common Tropes in Fanworks

• Pre-Canon/First Meetings: Often imagining Melinda as one of the agents to train Natasha when she first joined S.H.I.E.L.D.

Example Fanworks

Fan Fic

• Mother May I Verse, by Mad_Muse_Musings. Domestic fluff with a de-aged Skye. (Four fics, 24,448 words as of 11 July 2014.)
• Trouble. Capital "T" series, by shieldivarius. (Two fics, 38,065 words as of 11 July 2014.)

Fan Art

• The Widow and The Cavalry by FalseHope04

Additional Art Gallery

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  May and Romanoff sparring, by essouffle

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  Melinda May and Black Widow, by astridv

Archives and Communities

• Melinda May/Natasha Romanov on the AO3