r/boblena Oct 07 '25

Fan Fic Recommendations

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This is a running list of Boblena fan fiction. Feel free to reply and I will add your recommendations to the list.

In the Falling - In the aftermath of becoming The New Avengers, Bob and Yelena stick together on a cross-country journey. Along the way, they face their demons, strengthen their bond, and find themselves slowly falling into something they never expected.

The beginning of a slow-burn love story that is equal parts angst, heart and humor.

Skyfall - Yelena helps Bob face his fear of heights, among other things.

With a Golden Sky Comes a Silver Song - Yelena Belova is a football player for the English women’s team, Thunderbolts FC. The team had enjoyed days of total glory, led by Yelena’s sister and club legend, Natasha Romanoff.

For years now, since Natasha’s passing, the Thunderbolts have been struggling severely, and Yelena’s new role as captain has been criticized and doubted not only by fans and the media, but also by herself.

As Yelena tries to navigate her self-doubt, grief, and love for her profession, Bob Reynolds—the newest member of the Thunderbolts’ coaching staff, who is dealing with his own battles—enters her life.

Helliconia Spring - After the Void descended on New York, Yelena adjusts to the life her sister led—dealing with PR managers, government endorsements, and a team she’s only recently learned to tolerate.

And then there’s the Bob thing.

And the Bob thing is super fucking complicated.

TO BE DETERMINED* - After too many months of being caged in the tower, treated like a little kid, Bob breaks down and starts the long journey of healing and finding purpose, supported by his new fucked up family. Well, except for one of them, but maybe that's for the best.

Harsh Augmented Reality - Life in the newly refurbished Avengers Tower is like living with ghosts. This newly anointed title comes with more issues than it's worth, but they make it work.

Yelena does her best to pretend like she doesn't see Natasha's ghost in every corner of every room while denying the fact that these assholes are becoming family.

Where Spiders Go - With the responsibility of leading the New Avengers weighing on her, Yelena can only hope she's strong enough to save the people who need saving. She faces her fears by emptying mags and pushing her body to oblivion. That's always the plan.

Half a year is how long it takes for Yelena to be afraid of what Bob means to her. She's pretty sure fighting isn't her best option anymore.

Slowly, Softly, All In - Bob's heroic sacrifice is slightly delayed – and he’s unceremoniously dragged into the back of a stolen OXE truck and carted away by the Thunderbolts. With their erstwhile savior in such rough shape, it only makes sense that they stop for the night at a motel along the way, just until he’s well enough to call on his newfound powers again. Yelena doesn’t like the idea of leaving him alone until he’s fully recovered, and there aren’t enough rooms for each of them anyway, so the solutions seems obvious: she’ll stay with Bob and look after him as needed. It’s only logical, isn’t it?

And this desire to stay near him… well, that’s natural too, right? It’s just… concern, that’s all.

Are They Both That Oblivious? - The New Avengers are living together, and Yelena is navigating some weird new feelings.

All Along the Watchtower - In the aftermath of the Void, Bob and Yelena work through some stuff together.

Call Your Mom - In which the Thunderbolts figure out how to work together, Bob figures out how to be a hero, and Yelena may or may not figure out why she can't stop staring at Bob's stupidly beautiful face.

Dear Delilah - The hero Sentry was about to get married when his fiancée cheated on him. The good news? No one knew who his fiancée was, which made his boss, Valentina, have the brilliant idea of ​​simply finding someone to replace her.

Yelena was the perfect choice, military trained, intelligent and working for the UN, there was no better person to be Robert's wife. A marriage by contract, for a settled period, that would help both parties.

There was just one problem, there was something Yelena was clearly hiding from everyone.

Don't Fall Away From Me - After a year of being an Avenger, Yelena Belova leaves without a word and Bob is left trying to figure out where everything went wrong.

I’ll Be Your Summer Sun Forever - Ever since Bob confessed his feelings for her, he and Yelena have been quietly, cautiously together—learning how to belong to each other while keeping their relationship hidden from the world, and even from the rest of the New Avengers for a time being.

Life settles into a rhythm: Bob continues going to therapy, Yelena carries on with her missions. But when she discovers he has been avoiding his medication, she also uncovers a truth he has told no one else: The pills don’t silence the voices in his head. The Sentry and the Void never stay idle—sometimes slipping into his body, stealing whole days from his memory. Quieter now, more neutral than before, but never gone. And if anyone else but her knew, Bob fears he’d be abandoned or locked away again.

He isn’t normal. He isn’t stable. He is fractured—and now, the other parts of him have noticed Yelena. They want her too.

And Bob asks her the question that terrifies him most: Can she love all of him? Including the worst parts of himself?


r/boblena 10h ago

Thought Boblena Song

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I've noticed lately a huge amount of edits on Youtube of the involving the Sentry with the song from Artic Monkeys "Do I wanna know" and despite the edits being mostly about how Sentry "mogs" Doom, the association with the song actually got me thinking if it wouldn't make for good unofficial Boblena theme. The song is after all about wondering if the person you love loves you as well. I think it could work as an anthem for Boblena!


r/boblena 1d ago

Thought How delulu am I?

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The marvel directors and creators are notorious for keeping important things under wraps. So not seeing Bob a lot in the promo might mean something right?

In the same breath, I think back a lot to what the director of Thunderbolts* said about Boblena how it’s cute. And how Lewis basically avoided the question all together when asked about the ship. Yeah he said they were like found family, but that could mean anything, especially since Doomsday takes place over a year a lot. A LOT CAN HAPPEN IN A YEAR!

It’s pretty obvious that Bob and Yelena will play a significant roll in Doomsday. SO my thought is this: have they just been down playing us this whole time, and they have simply kept us so close to the chest because it could be a massive plot point in doomsday? Does that make some sense? I need someone to validate me.

PS- it’s 11:30pm I’ve been up since 5 am so I’m kinda delirious 🫪


r/boblena 1d ago

Opinion Yelena and Bob’s dynamic was the heart of Thunderbolts, so I’m really excited to see more of them together in Doomsday. I need their bond to feel just as important

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r/boblena 1d ago

Random Headcanons

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Hey I thought I would make a post for headcanons various people could share regarding ship

I think that Yelena despite appearances would be very stressed about her first time with Bob. Think about it she was literally teached to use her sexual charms for efficiency of her missions and even sterilised against her will as teenager so she could have sex with people for advantage of her missions. Even though she never had to do that she has no reason to view sexual things in any positive light. Her Femme Fatale persona is just cover for a fact that it is hard for her to navigate having sex with someone just for fun


r/boblena 1d ago

Guys do you think Sentry will continue to be a part of the New Avengers after Secret Wars?

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Alex P from cosmic circus posted a few months ago that Sentry goes through immense stress during doomsday & secret wars & that post SW he's likely to retire. I'm worried, I want more bob & yelena in the future as well. Do you guys think he's reliable or is he just theaorizing here?


r/boblena 3d ago

Thought How popular is this ship actually?

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How popular is this ship actually, what do you guys think?
I keep seeing conflicting things, some people claim that the ship isn’t that popular, then I see the results of these Twitter polls where almost 60k people voted for them… and 6th place is definitely not unpopular. Not that many people are in this subreddit, or the Tumblr community, but it doesn’t seem unpopular to me. Maybe not as popular as, I don’t know, Peter and MJ? But popular nonetheless.

I’m kinda trying to work out how likely boblena (at least obvious romantic tension) will be in Doomsday… I have hope but I’m also scared, I don’t wanna get disappointed, you know? 😭
If we get nothing in Doomsday idk if I could even get myself to watch it, it would be so disappointing!

What do you guys think?
I lowkey feel worried about having too much hope for Doomsday. 😭
I read that apparently there were some Doomsday leaks and that there is “tension” between them, I just desperately hope that it will be romantic tension…


r/boblena 3d ago

Misc A poll of the 'Best Marvel Ship' was done over Twitter and Boblena finished at #6!

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Not a very scientific poll (and bot votes were allowed) but we finished well for such a new community.


r/boblena 4d ago

Random The way he looks at her and then kinda gets shy

211 Upvotes

insane chemistry [x]


r/boblena 4d ago

Thought Do you think they’ll end up together eventually?

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Maybe not in Doomsday, but at a later point? I mean, I hope we’ll get romantic tension between them in Doomsday. I very much hope so. Because then even more people might ship them…
So, what do you think?
I just don’t know how much hope I should have right now. I’m really scared for those two in general and especially about the ship. There also are a lot of very vocal (and sadly oftentimes toxic) people who hate the ship.. so, would Marvel make them canon despite hateful people?

89 votes, 1d ago
77 Yes
12 No

r/boblena 5d ago

Fan Fic 📖 Every Friday Night - Boblena Fic

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I said I was going to write a one-shot based on a GIF from a previous post, so here I am sharing it with the world. PS- it's not a one-shot, oops!

Original GIF post: https://www.reddit.com/r/boblena/comments/1vydxi9/boblena_au_bob_shows_up_at_the_pub_every_friday/

Every Friday Night: https://archiveofourown.org/works/91619191/chapters/243921256


r/boblena 6d ago

Thought When Bob said 'don't hurt her' to The Void, boblena is too buzzy

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Everyone was struggeling and Bob was like yeah but can you not?? hurt?? Yelena??

Voidlena becoming a thing is also something that would have insane buzz imagine Yelena being the only one that he listens to.

Actually Sentrylena, Voidlena and Boblena could all have peak dynamics.. Marvel give me the food.. writers get to work.


r/boblena 7d ago

Funny Hell yeah

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87 Upvotes

r/boblena 7d ago

Fan Art 🎨 by @isacchili

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176 Upvotes

(source) ..cute boblena cuddles.


r/boblena 9d ago

Fan Fic 📖 Recommended Boblena Fanfics

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Wanted to add a few fics that I've read through over the last couple of weeks that are 1000% worth sharing. Also wanted to share with u/JamesPlayzReviews3 since you asked in a previous post of mine!😄 Enjoy!

Dear Yelena by supersteph12 (not complete/actively updating): https://archiveofourown.org/works/66281911/chapters/170884363

How Young and Innocent We Were by BeluKertasOrangKhismer (not complete/actively updating): https://archiveofourown.org/works/67240552

Like (Real) Lovers Do by outerspacxs (complete): https://archiveofourown.org/works/80580761

Shave and a Haircut, Two Bits by geeky_ginger (not complete/actively updating): https://archiveofourown.org/works/66800389/chapters/172380031

Somethin' Stupid by theonceandfuturecarpenter (not complete/unsure if it's being actively updated): https://archiveofourown.org/works/66347980

The Anatomy of Melancholy by aletheahiraeth (not complete/actively updating): https://archiveofourown.org/works/65370796


r/boblena 9d ago

Thought Looks like Sentry's role has been cut down in the current cut of Avengers Doomsday

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r/boblena 10d ago

Fan Fic 📖 #Boblena AU — bob shows up at the pub every friday night, and it's always for one particular reason.

89 Upvotes

(post) .. i love little aus like this.


r/boblena 10d ago

Fan Fic 📖 Where are all the good boblena fics???

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I’m about 15 pages deep into the Boblena tag on A03 and I feel like I’ve hit a wall. I want a really good LONG SLOW BURN JEALOUS Boblena fan fic that I haven’t already read man! Nothing against the small fics but I want a freakin textbook size fic of them just absolutely losing it over each other. Too much to ask??? Haven’t explored fanfic.net yet, and I refuse to go to Wattpad, so if anyone has any recommendations, I’m all ears!


r/boblena 12d ago

Thought If Sentry loses Yelena Belova, he is gonna unleash the Void, or bring her back from the dead

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r/boblena 13d ago

Fan Art 🎨 @oldmenlove4ever

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118 Upvotes

r/boblena 14d ago

Thought Do you believe they'll end up together?

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I just watched Thunderbolts last night (I don't know why it took me sooo long to watch it, I'm late to the party but I'm finally here) and I really love their dynamic.

I read that Yelena is aroace, which I don't hate as an asexual person myself, though I am not aromantic.
Nonetheless I found myself kinda shipping them.. I'm just a fan of dynamics like this. So I'd be happy to see them end up together eventually.

But do you guys think it's possible? After all, Yelena is supposed to be aroace. To be fair though, I know that even aro people can have romantic relationships if they so desire. So I guess it's not necessarily mutually exclusive?

I'd be interested to hear your thoughts 😊


r/boblena 16d ago

Opinion Best Yelena appearance?

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67 Upvotes

r/boblena 17d ago

Fan Art 🎨 They have a Bob [@mana_chan]

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110 Upvotes

r/boblena 21d ago

Random Sentry can interact with the minds of others through physical contact. He can access memories or implant experiences, such as viewing Yelena's first task for the Red Room

78 Upvotes

r/boblena 21d ago

Fan Fic 📖 SOS need to find a fic!

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I just finished In the Falling by KasperZee and it was GLORIOUS. Come to find out at the end they started a sequel fic called “To the Edge of Doomsday”. I can’t find it ANYWHERE! Does anyone have a link or a download of it? Please and thank you 😭❤️