I think one of my favorite underrated little parts of boombangbing's Direction fic is how, when Selvig shows up at Darcy's apartment drunk, Darcy is NOT happy to have him there and wants him to leave straight away so she can make out more with Steve, while Steve is the one who is all like, "Is this guy okay?"

Exactly! I loved that moment as well. Like, I think Darcy has great potential to be heroic, but she's not going to react to people as a 'nice' person. She's going to react as a snarky millennial and that can lead to brilliant fics! Not every character has to be nice!