100 days of enemy recs: 75. Captain Marvel

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The Captain Marvel enemyship is Carol Danvers/Yon-Rogg. It's a really good enemies dynamic, post-canon: when Yon-Rogg had power over Carol, as part of an authoritarian system, he used it to control and diminish her. But then Carol frees herself and defeats him utterly on every level and just leaves him in the dirt in the knowledge that she doesn't even consider him an enemy worth bothering to fight anymore. And he has nothing, not his power over her, not his place in the system, not the sense of self he'd built around those things. Watching them build really any sort of relationship at all out of that is fascinating.

The problem with me doing a recs set for this, though, is: why would you read about Yon-Rogg when the other options include Nick Fury, Goose, and Monica Rambeau?

So here is a fic rec for a story about Yon-Rogg and Monica Rambeau. It's tagged "slow-burn, enemies-to-friends" and earns it.

• Balance of Trust (35517 words) by Sholio
  Chapters: 5/5
  Fandom: Captain Marvel (2019), Marvel Cinematic Universe
  Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
  Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
  Relationships: Maria Rambeau & Yon-Rogg, Monica Rambeau & Yon-Rogg
  Characters: Maria Rambeau, Monica Rambeau, Yon-Rogg (Marvel), Carol Danvers
  Additional Tags: Developing Friendships, Character Development, Redemption, Hurt/Comfort, Enemies to Friends, Comfort Food, Slow burn friendship
  Summary:

  It's not the first time Maria Rambeau has had an alien in her living room, but it's definitely the most awkward. Yon-Rogg is seeking sanctuary. Maria just wants to stop having to deal with this kind of crap.