#Darcy Lewis: thread ;

[celestialmuses]

Leia smiled, reaching into the cooler and placing two cans in the cupholders. She glanced out the window as they pulled away from the curb. "Gosh, there's so much to say. He's a lawyer and he's really smart. He's really kind though, definitely not a shark. He's very silly and not at all serious. He has a pitbull that he spoils like a baby. He's a good dude." She decided on. Honestly, she could go on and on about Kirk but they had the whole drive.

"I'll have a redbull with you." Darcy laughed and climbed into the driver's seat, stabbing herself with her own seat belt .

It must be nice having family, she thought.

"What's your brother like?" Darcy asked

[bulkyphrase]

Female Steve Rogers: a fic rec list

@lavenderbuckyy asked on the Steve server for female Steve recs and I couldn't resist making a list! These are some of my favorite stories from AUs where Steve was always (or at least originally) a woman.

Genesis by teaberryblue (@teaberryblue) (Stony, Teen And Up Audiences, 35,578 words)

Summary: Reluctant to make the truth about their secret weapon known, the American Government tells the world that Captain America is a man named Steve Rogers. According to public record, he died, tragically, in 1945, and he became legend. In 1998, the Avengers find a body trapped in ice. She's alive. Her name is Eve. She has Captain America's shield.

turntable by Zekkass (@zekkass) (Gen, Teen And Up Audiences, 2,144 words)

Summary: "I've been a girl before, Tony."

More below the cut!

This New Air by merry_magpie (@sevenmerrymagpies) (Darcy Lewis/Steve Rogers, Teen And Up Audiences, 10,979 words)

Summary: Stevie wakes up in a world she doesn't recognize and tries to build a life for herself. An Always-a-girl AU.

The Wheels of Inevitability by sinuous_curve (Stony, Explicit, 1,241 words)

Summary: “You know, once in high school I got into an argument about whether or not the serum made your tits bigger,” Toni says, threading a loop of black cord down the center of Steph’s sternum.

A Particular Style by sinuous_curve (Stony, Explicit, 3,640 words)

Summary: “The erotic tale of one camp counselor’s descent into lesbian madness?” Toni rattles off the summary, pressing the back of her hand to her forehead in a swoon that Steph can’t see. “I can’t fault your taste. It was always one of my favorites.”

Fire Drills by isozyme (@isozyme) (Stony, Explicit, 19,506 words)

Summary: Tonia Stark is the Iron Mantle. She's also dying of cadmium poisoning, fending off competition from HammerTech, dealing with the nasty leftovers of her father's legacy, and taking care of Eve Rollins, one of Rhodey's Air Force friends who needs a place to stay. An Iron Man 2 Genderswap AU where Nick Fury sends Eve Rogers to spy on Tonia Stark instead of Natasha Romanov.

girls can't play guitar by isozyme (@isozyme) (Stony, Explicit, 4,209 words)

Summary: On nights when Tonia fucked Eve, Eve left her bed sated and woke up with a guilty desire to walk into Tonia’s room, strip off her kevlar uniform, and surrender herself to whatever Tonia wanted to do next. Captain Eve Rogers has a complicated relationship with sex and masculinity. Tonia Stark has a really big strap.

Falling Slowly by neverending_shenanigans (@neverending-shenanigans) (Darcy Lewis/Steve Rogers, General Audiences, 8,945 words)

Summary: When Darcy follows Jane to new York, she only did it because Jane would be a mess without her. She can't complain, though, when she meets Stella. Stella is nice, maybe a bit reserved and one hell of a woman. And, oh, Stella might just have not mentioned the fact that she is actually much older than she looks.

in retrospect by welcoming_disaster (@welcomingdisaster) (Stony, Mature, 2,128 words)

Summary: Fresh out of the ice, Eve Rogers isn't happy about being stuck onto the Ultimates' roster; the team, in her view, is a shameless PR grab with no real talent. Her teammate, Tonya Stark, might change that.

[aenariasbookshelf]

Fic: The Intern (MCU/911 ccrossover)

Finally posting this here because I have apparently lost my goddamn mind and it's all @typhoidmeri's fault.

(Also I have had an absolutely terrible last few months and could use some validation, pretty please.)

Title: The Intern

Summary: “Okay, wait, why the hell is your name popping up in a SHIELD file, of all places?”

All right, so maybe there are still one or two secrets in Buck’s closet. But in his defense, they’re all Darcy Lewis’s fault anyway, so the blame lies solely in her hands.

a/n: I plead temporary insanity, that’s the only explanation for this piece, which is probably only of interest to me and like three other friends. But, given the last few months I’ve had, I figured it was worth it to exorcise some demons and get this piece out before I chicken out.

Timeline wise (which, dear god, trying to figure out timelines for this show gives me a migraine), this takes place very early in S1. Like first couple of episodes early. As for the MCU, we’re going with a kinder, they all lived in the tower sort of a universe, no Civil War, no Thanos, etc. Because that’s how I roll.

More notes after the piece to avoid spoilers.

*

“Okay, wait, why the hell is your name popping up in a SHIELD file, of all places?”

Buck looks over Hen’s shoulder at the tablet in front of her, a page of search results front and center on the screen. Halfway down the page, past a few youtube entries of his spiderman interview, is a link to a searchable database full of files from the massive 2014 document leak that emerged when SHIELD had collapsed in on itself.

Ah, shit.

“Why the hell are you googling me?” is all he asks instead, because this is a story that he really doesn’t want to get into.

Actually, he may not even be able to get into it, considering the approximate 5 billion NDAs he   had to sign before he closed the book on that so-called vacation. None of which were his fault, thank you. He was just an…innocent bystander. Ish. He really just followed his cousin straight into the midst of trouble. So really, it was all her fault.

“Because that’s what we do with the new people around here, probie,” Chimney adds. “So what exactly were you doing in the UK in 2013?”

Buck just gives them a wink instead, because that’s what they’d expect from him. “Well, I’d tell ya, but then I’ll have to kill you.”

I mean, it’s not like people haven’t heard about aliens by now, especially in light of what happened in New York in 2012. Which was another incident that was also his cousin’s fault, though it doesn’t look like Hen and Chimney have found that link yet. So that’s one small mercy, at least.

“Just like a bargain basement James Bond.”

He’s ready to fire back another retort at Hen, but then the alarm bell goes off and it’s time to go to work, all talk about mysterious files forgotten.

(Though, to be fair, before Buck skips down the stairs he makes sure to wipe the history and cookies from Hen’s tablet. Just in case.)

*

It’s well after ten by the time Buck gets back to the frat house, which is still buzzing because his taste in roommates isn’t exactly the greatest (look, he knew at least one of them before he got there from Peru, and the room was cheap enough that it totally didn’t obliterate the meager salary he got as a probationary firefighter) and, well, it was a Thursday. Any excuse for a party, really. He doesn’t bother to hang around, just gives them a wave and heads up to his room.

He tosses his duffel into the corner, and is sure to lock the door behind him, because no one needs to witness the call he’s about to make.

With an exhausted sigh he flops down on the bed, but he can’t sleep. Not yet. Not if he’s going to speak to his cousin and annoy the hell out of her in the process. He pulls up Darcy’s entry in his phone, flips over to the text message thread.

>> hey u up?

Is what he texts, solely because he knows it’s going to annoy the hell out of her.

About ten seconds later his screen lights up with an incoming FaceTime call, followed quickly by Darcy’s familiar face. Brown hair tossed up into a messy bun, glasses, pursed lips, and definite dark circles under her eyes from some inevitable late nights.  He can’t see much of the room behind her, but there’s plenty of glass and steel and sterile white walls, which doesn’t exactly scream astrophysics to Buck, but then again what does he know?

“Hey, fireboy!” she says, far too chipper for the late hour.

“Really? That’s the best you can do?”

“It’s after one in the morning here, cut me some slack. Science and Jane Foster don’t sleep, therefore neither do I.” To emphasize the point, she picks up an iced coffee and slurps loudly on the straw, echoing loud and clear over the call. “So what’s up, cuz? Why are you calling at this stupidly late hour?”

“Did you know that my name is apparently showing up in SHIELD files online?”

“What??”

Buck nods. “Yep. My co-workers were having fun during some downtime today and decided to google everyone’s names. And there in a database of all the files from the 2014 data leak from the Triskelion is a file that mentions me, the UK, and 2013.”

“Goddamnit,” Darcy mutters, wincing and running a hand over her forehead. “What, you mean you’re not showing up as L.A.’s finest Spiderman knockoff anymore?”

“Oh, don’t start. Also, it’s after those entries.”

There’s the telltale clicking of a keyboard coming from Darcy’s side, then a few seconds later Buck sees her grimace again, looking none too pleased. “Yeah, that is definitely your name showing up in the leaked database. Well, shit.”

“Yeah, understatement. Is there anything you can do about this? I don’t exactly want my new coworkers to…know any of this.”

“I mean, the internet is forever, so I don’t know if there’s any putting this back in the bottle, so to speak.” Buck just groans at that, falling back on the pillows and falling out of the frame of the call. He pulls a pillow over his face, because this is just what he wants to hear. Really. So much. “You mean you don’t want everyone you work with to know that you helped defeat an invasion of alien elves from before the dawn of time in London one year?”

“It’s not exactly something easy to explain,” he shoots back, still offscreen and muffled by his new face covering.

“But it’s still a hell of a story.”

“A story that not a lot of people will believe, even now.” Because even though it feels like the world’s gone mad, more than once, these days, what with aliens and superheroes and killer robots, sometimes it’s still hard to believe the stories when they happen to someone they know up close and personal.

(Happens twice, really, but the first time he legitimately was just a bystander. Not the only one, not by far, but just an observer rather than a participant. Unlike the second time. That one they were well into the thick of it, hence the interviews, NDAs, and eventual SHIELD file.)

Buck sighs again, pulling the pillow off his head and sitting up so he can look Darcy straight on through the phone screen. “Are you sure - are you absolutely sure that even with all of your alleged connections that there’s nothing you can do?”

Darcy glances off camera again, followed by a few more keyboard clicks, and she chews at her lips. “I may be able to tweak the optimization so it gets those entries buried a few pages further back, get the L.A. Spiderman entries further up the list to take priority, but there’s not much else I can do.” She sighs heavily, pursing her lips and blowing air through them. “I might - and this is no guarantee at all - be able to ask someone else to help.” This statement is followed by another grimace from Darcy, and a muttered “I am going to owe Nat so much for this.”

“I will owe you so much for this,” Buck insists. “Even more than the fake ID debacle of 2007.”

Darcy smirks and jabs a thumb at herself. “Bucks County’s finest teenage fake ID forger, that’s me.”

Before any more words can be said, there’s what sounds like a small explosion offscreen on Darcy’s side, followed quickly by an “Oh, shit!” and scrabbling feet.

“Everything okay?” Buck asks.

Darcy flips the camera to the other side, revealing a slender brunette woman whacking at a smoking piece of technology with what appears to be a damp towel. “Lab’s on fire. Again. It happens a lot with our homemade equipment.” She flips the camera back to her face, rolling her eyes at the sight in front of her. A loud, strident alarm sound erupts from somewhere on her side, accompanied by rapidly flashing strobe lights in the reflection of Darcy’s glasses. “And there’s an Assemble call. Just fucking ducky. Gotta go, fireboy, we’ll talk soon!”

With that the call ends, the screen going black and silence descending on the bedroom. Buck flops back again, dropping the phone on his chest with a sigh. “That was not helpful.”

(And what the hell did she mean by an Assemble call anyway? Whatever, half the things Darcy says don’t make sense anyway, and he pushes the thought aside.)

Still, the matter of Evan Buckley’s SHIELD file never comes up again at work, so Buck figures that the matter’s over and done with.

Until it isn’t, of course, but that’s a story for another day.

*

a/n part two: So while it may not be entirely obvious here, but this universe has spun out in my head over the last few weeks and has become its own, canon divergent mash-up crossover of an alternate universe beast. This is just a little part of it, to test the waters and see the story come to life a little. A kinder, gentler universe where some characters get treated a little better than in canon (because this is fanfic and I can do what I want). Though there may be one or two hints in here about this alternate universe…

And yes, just picture Thor: The Dark World with a younger Buck in there playing the role of Darcy’s intern, with a lot more personality and a bit more sass. The movie would play out exactly the same way pretty much (except for the kissing bits because ewwww no. They are family, people.)

No constructive criticism please, gentle readers. I’m just here to have fun. Thanks for reading!

[hannahsfandos]

fic by the numbers

rules: give us the links to your fics with the most hits, second most kudos, third most comments, fourth most bookmarks, fifth most subscribers, and fic with the fewest words.

Most Hits: Please Honey (just tell me you want me) Darcy x Bucky, MCU, multichap (completed), 23 650 hits

Heartbroken and bitter, Darcy Lewis navigates a life surrounded by superheroes, her ex and his new girlfriend. Good thing she has good friends and a Netflix account to get her though it... a tall handsome Sergeant doesn't hurt either.

Second Most Kudos: Operation: Plums  Darcy x Bucky, MCU, Multichap (not completed), 1 110 kudos

Steve gets sent on an important mission to pick up... plums? *** "Who are you?" “I’m Darcy Lewis.” She smiled and held out her left hand to him, wiggling her fingers under his nose so he could see the diamond ring sparkling there. “I’m Bucky’s fiancé.” ***

Third Most Comments: 3 Years, 6 Months, 5 Hours (and the 365 days after that) 

Steve x Darcy, MCU, Multichap (not completed... but sooo close), 88 comment threads.

What do you do when you have a crush on your friend? Well if you're Steve Rogers, you'll avoid her like the plague. What do you do when that plan backfires in the worst way possible? Over and over again? I'm seriously asking here because Steve has no clue.

Fourth Most Bookmarks: Therapy Cooking 

Darcy x Bucky, MCU, oneshot, 256 bookmarks. (one of my favourite fics that I've ever written tbh)

Bucky enrolls in a cooking class recommended to him by Sam. (Well Sam signs him up and Bucky decides he's got nothing to lose by going.) It's a therapy cooking class for people with PTSD, and the brunette that ordered Chinese food instead of cooking is rather intriguing. Her name is Darcy and she’s clever, and she doesn’t make a big deal out of his shoulder stump.

Fifth Most Subscriptions: Cosmic Love 

Darcy x Bucky, MCU, multichap (completed), 67 subscribers

Darcy had been through enough life-changing encounters in her life to warrant her own TV-show. Or at least a lifetime move... maybe two. However, following her boss to the most relcusive country in the world in the name of science (and funding) leads to probably the most life-altering encounter in her life thus far... she just doesn't know it yet. Or: Darcy follows Jane to Wakanda and while working on her own astrophysics degree, she ends up befriending a lost asset, finding his way in a strange new world

Fic with Fewest Words: Samesies 

Steve x Darcy, MCU, Oneshot, 1 656 words

Steve runs into a friend he hasn't seen in a while, and because these kinda things just happen to Steve, he also runs into his ex on the same day. All he wanted was to learn how to bake.

[secretswritten]

“Well I mean extenuating circumstances and all that.” She was very curious about that whole thing but refrained from actually asking too much detail about that. “Wish I could say something that would make it better but I gotta say, I’m stumped.”

secretswritten​:

@theassxt​ asked:  “how do i stop growing up? this isn’t fun anymore.” @ darcy

“Growing old is not a choice, growing up is totally a choice,” she pointed out, draped over a couch, arm draped over her face. She could relate to his dilemma way too much.

“Technically I didn’t have much a choice in growing old either.” Shoulders shrugged as he looked over, trying to relax as much as possible despite the topic at hand. “Think I’m just tired of feeling like an old man trapped in a young body.”

[thedoctornumber11]

Just a small promo

I just wanted to let everyone know that @stitchingverses is awesome and amazing! I love their Darcy Lewis muse, but if you aren't really into Marvel, they have other muses too! You should go follow and interact with them and start all the threads with them!

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Is it mid-February? Yes. Am I only just now getting around to finishing up reviewing the books I read in 2024? Also yes.

My Statistics: Total Read: 59 books By women: 29 books, 49% of the total By People of Color: 5, 8% (Oof, really need to up that for 2025) Books I managed to get off my TBR list: 27, 48% New books I bought: 8, 14% Reviews written: 51, 86%. The ones I haven't reviewed at this point I either don't remember well enough to have much to say, or are too similar to another one I did review. I've linked all the reviews I did write down below.

Top Five Books, in no particular order:

King Hereafter, Dorothy Dunnett

The Devourers, Indra Das

The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi, Shannan Chakraborty

A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum: Murder in Ancient Rome, Emma Southon

Rough Trade, Katrina Carrasco

Bottom Five Books:

Smilla's Sense of Snow, Peter Hoeg, trans by Tiina Nunnally

A World Lit Only by Fire: The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance: Portrait of an Age, William Manchester

The Whale: A Love Story, Mark Beauregard

Better the Blood, Michael Bennett

The Burning Girls, C.J. Tudor

Complete list of the books I read in 2024 under the cut

January:

Dive Deeper: Journeys with Moby Dick, George Cotkin

The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi, Shannan Chakraborty

Death and Hard Cider, Barbara Hambly

Better the Blood, Michael Bennett

February:

A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum: Murder in Ancient Rome, Emma Southon

Beautiful Darkness, Fabien Vehlmann and Kerascoet

Worn: A People’s History of Clothing, Sofi Thanhauser

The Piazza Tales, Herman Melville

Women’s Work: The First 20,000 Years, Elizabeth Berber

March:

The Golden Thread: How Fabric Changed History, Kassia St. Clair

Spain: the Centre of the World, 1519-1682, Robert Goodwin

The Man Who Invented Fiction: How Cervantes Ushered in the Modern World, William Egginton

The Spanish Inquisition, Helen Rawlings

Lope de Vega – Three Major Plays, Trans. Gwynne Edwards

April:

Imperial Spain, J.H. Elliott

Don Quixote, Cervantes. Trans. Grossman

Don Quixote, Cervantes. Trans. Lathrop

May:

Spanish Society, 1348-1700, Teofilo F. Ruiz

Desolation Island, Patrick O’Brian

June:

Dante in Love: The World’s Greatest Poem and How It Made History, Harriet Rubin

Kiss Her Once For Me, Alison Cochrun

Italy in the Central Middle Ages, Ed, David Abulafia

July:

System Collapse, Martha Wells

Melville: His World and Work, Andrew Delbanco

Reading Dante: From Here to Eternity, Prue Shaw

August:

King Hereafter, Dorothy Dunnett

All the White Spaces, Ally Wilkes

Smilla's Sense of Snow, Peter Hoeg, trans by Tiina Nunnally

Doctor Faustus, Christopher Marlowe

A History of Magic and Witchcraft: Sabbats, Satan and Superstitions in the West, Frances Timbers

Royal Witches: Witchcraft and the Nobility in Fifteenth-Century England, Gemma Hollman

September:

The Divine Comedy: Hell, Dante, trans by Dorothy Sayers

The Inferno, Dante, trans by Robert and Jean Hollander

The Divine Comedy: Inferno, Dante, trans by Robin Kirkpatrick

Sub Rosa, Jennifer Burke

The Ruin of All Witches, Malcolm Gaskill

The White Ship: Conquest, Anarchy and the Wrecking of Henry I’s Dream, Charles Spencer

Nathaniel’s Nutmeg: The True and Incredible Adventures of the Spice Trader who Changed the Course of History, Giles Milton

A World Lit Only by Fire: The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance: Portrait of an Age, William Manchester

From Virile Woman to WomanChrist: Studies in Medieval Religion and Literature, Barbara Newman

October:

The King in Yellow, Robert W. Chambers

The Golden Day: A Study in American Literature and Culture, Lewis Mumford

The Burning Girls, C.J. Tudor

The Final Girl Support Group, Grady Hendrix

When Darkness Loves Us, Elizabeth Engstrom

From Below, Darcy Coates

How to Survive in the North, Luke Healy

The Devil of Great Island: Witchcraft and Conflict in Early New England, Emerson W. Baker

When No One Is Watching, Alyssa Cole

The Devourers, Indra Das

November:

Rough Trade, Katrina Carrasco

The Divine Comedy: Purgatory, Dante, trans by Dorothy Sayers

Purgatorio, Dante, trans by Robert and Jean Hollander

The Central Middle Ages, Europe 950-1320, Daniel Power, ed

December:

Far Out: Recent Queer Science Fiction and Fantasy, Paula Guran, ed

Love and Death in the American Novel, 2nd ed, Leslie Fiedler

The Whale: A Love Story, Mark Beauregard

Dayswork, Chris Bachelder and Jennifer Habel

A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon, Kevin Fedarko

Brave the Wild River: The Untold Story of the Women Who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon, Melissa L. Sevigny

[jackiequick]

— What If Jason stayed with House Stark? [ Agent Carter Fic]

Pairing: Howard Stark & Jason Underwood, Jason Underwood & Maria Stark, Howard Stark x Maria Stark

Characters mentioned: Tony Stark, Edwin Jarvis, Pepper Potts, James Rhodes, Nick Fury, Ana Jarvis, Peggy Carter and Darcy Lewis

Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), Agent Carter

Summary: Jason and Howard had a falling out, both wanting different things and never getting to apologize for their actions. In result, it broke down the family they created for themselves, but what if they didn’t? What if they were able to see Tony grow up and continue work at SHIELD?

Setting: Post-Agent Carter, Pre Iron Man and during the first Iron Man

Warning: Fluff, Angst, and hinting to future MCU projects down the line

Click here to see the previous work

——

It hurts. The painful thing about that agreement was there it felt like a little thread was snapped off. They say a break up between you and a girlfriend is hard, but of a friendship? That feels like worsening a open wound.

It’s been days now.

He was at Jarvis’s house in a guest room unpacking up his things and on the phone with his nephew, Tony, to make sure they were still up for a ride to the park. Even if Howard nor himself didn’t want to see each other’s face, still didn’t mean he wasn’t going to speak with his friend and nephew.

He felt bad lying to his kid, saying that he was just going on a break from the house and a small mission afterwards. But he knew he was saving young Tony from heartbreak, hoping things can return back to the way it was.

“So buddy, what else did you do today?” Jason asked into the phone, with a loopy grin hearing his voice.

“Ohh! Me and mommy went to the beach! I made a sandcastle.” Tony said with so much enthusiasm in his voice.

~~~

Downstairs in the workshop center stood two chairs, one empty and the other being occupied by the man of the house. He was tinkering on an old set of equipment and replacing a few tapes from earlier that week.

His mind was running miles a minute, chewing the lower edge of his lips and running a hand across his hair. He couldn’t focused.

He hate to admit but he felt like a missing piece wasn’t clear.

“Howard?”

A voice called out his name. Looking up from his spot at the desk to glance over at the voice. There stood in the doorway listening was his wife. Her blonde curls looked more like waves, as her eyes gently lightened by shiny lights from the hallway.

“Hm?” He responded back, waving for her to come over.

She sat down gently on his lap, running a finger underneath his deep chocolate brown curls.

“Are you coming to bed anytime soon?” Asked Maria with a soften smile.

“Ohhh. Oh um, yeah sure…just trying to crack this..” Howard replies softly with a sad smile that he couldn’t hide from his wife.

“The equation or JJ?”

“What about JJ?”

“Don’t play dumb, Howard..”

He sighed, “…what do you want me to say? Admit that i was harsh on him? That he was right?”

“I think you know the answer to that, honey.” Maria simply replies.

Howard knew that he missed up. They both did. But he’s too much of a mess, to point out the narrative of the situation. He let his friend walk out that door after saying he doesn’t want to ever see him again. To get out of his life. He should’ve stopped him before he left the house.

Jason will always be there for him. But will he forgive him after this?

“I should’ve stopped him..” Howard admitted softly, it came out as a whisper.

“Why didn’t you?” Maria questioned his actions, already knowing the response.

“..I couldn’t admit that he was right. I knew he wouldn’t listen after what i said…”

“You will figure it out.”

“Where is he now?”

“At Jarvis’s house. Be told me he will be moving back to New York soon…”

~~~~

That same weekend, the pair kept crossing over one another at work. Neither one said a word, only a short simple nod to acknowledge one another’s presence in the room. It felt like a headache was coming, this pinging reminder of what happened.

Jason didn’t bother looking at Howard most of the day, finding himself walking away to speak to others about a concept or bumping into Jarvis outside the building. He sighed, rubbing his face in annoyance.

Howard stayed in his office when he wasn’t chatting with his colleagues or having lunch with his friends, such as Hank Pym. Every single time he saw his old friend walk past his side of the floor, he sighed deeply and loudly at the sight.

It felt like a break up where might’ve screwed up their reputations within the group.

As much as their friends didn’t say anything, they felt like something was off in the air. Yeah sure their little group has always been until the end in agreements and tried to make calls to fix things. Plenty of times, Howard fought with Hank Pym where chairs would be thrown across the room.

Some things just couldn’t be fixed but Peggy Carter wasn’t having it today.

She stormed into the room knocking some scene with Jason and Howard, dragging both adult men into a large office to speak together. She would’ve brought bigger guns to the playing field but she didn’t want to bring half of the group into this. Not today.

She stood in the room with her arms crossed, “You two better pull your head out of your asses! I’m sick of this. I’ve seen you fight before plenty of times where you walked out of the bloody building but this?! It’s incredible!”

“Peg—” Howard spoke up but was cut off.

“Ah! I don’t want to hear it. I don’t know what exactly happened here but you two are going to fix it or so god help me.”

“And what else is there to say huh? Peg—” Jason add but this time was cut off by the women.

“OHH! This is much more to say. You will will resolve this bloody issue soon, if it’s the thing you do today.”

Before both men can say an word, Peggy Carter walked out closing the door behind her. Jason rushed to try and open it, but he was too late. Howard sighed muttering something to himself, with his hands on his hips.

Neither said a word to one another, pacing around the room and just sipping on glasses of water that were set in place. There was dead silence that engulfed the area they sat in.

Until a laugh was heard.

It was Howard snickering and scoffing, shaking his head at the situation. Jason gave him a odd looking muttering to himself at the moment.

“What’s so funny?” He asked with a soft glare, not realizing this was the first word he has spoken to the man in days.

“This.” Howard simply said, waving his hand around to emphasize the meaning of his word, “Peg, trapped us here and we’re acting like complete morons to her.”

“Well can you blame her? I’ve not been in the best mood lately…you know why.”

“Let’s just try to get out, okay?”

“No. She wants to talk and we will..i hope.”

“What is there to talk about?”

“Howard…”

He felt a headache coming on from just the way he said it. Jason stayed silent, taking another sip of his drink and lightly chuckled at the cheesy ridiculousness of the situation.

“You see it! It’s funny.” Howard exclaimed with a half smile, pointing out the chuckle he just heard and sighed, “…look. I’m not good at this time, alright?”

Jason scoffed jokingly adding a small, “You know that’s right..sorry go on.”

“Uhhhh! Ok here it goes! I-i why is this so hard to say?!”

“Say it with your chest.”

“Do i have to?”

“Do you want to get out of here or not?”

“Oh god, fine! But you have to say your truth then!..uh i screwed up…”

“Look who’s learning!..and?”

“What do you want me to say? That i screwed up and you were right this whole time?”

“I think you just admitted it..”

“I did not!”

“Oh yes you did!”

“Jason!”

“Howard.”

Both men sent glares to one another however they couldn’t help but let out a chuckle. Sure they were pissed off, fumbling and fuming over the agreement with one another. There’s pride and ego always get the best of them.

It was hard for Howard to admit when he’s greatly wrong about something and it’s hard for Jason to admit when he clearly hears something then overstepped.

“Uh, look man, i’m sorry..i messed up, I didn’t mean everything i said in the lab, okay?” Jason said, rubbing a hand across his face with such seriousness and sincerity in his eyes.

“You called you a huge jerk, JJ! You said I was practically a poor excuse of a parent and I didn’t think of anything but my work!” Howard exclaimed taking a seat across from the table, feeling defensive.

“Because you don’t! I work just as much as you do, but that doesn’t mean I don’t have time to spend with our family and friends. I’ve seen the man you’ve become and I don’t like it. I overstepped when I mentioned it earlier..”

“You’re not getting it. I’m doing the right thing here!”

“No, I get it! I do understand it, but you don’t.”

“Everything I do is for our family, you know that! Not once have I thought I’m not giving you, Maria or Tony the best life I could. It’s why always i fight and invest time in my experiments.”

“Answer me this then. When was the last time you’ve gotten caught up watching a film with us? Or shown Tony the lab?”

“He’s not allowed in there. And I’m too busy for that, ask Peg she can tell you. I don’t have time for that.”

“That’s my point. You don’t make time for anyone else but yourself.”

“Uh, excuse me?!”

“I said once I say again, your mind is one of the most incredible things about you, and it has been transferred over to Tony. He’s a smart kid. He just wants to spend some time with you. Me and Peggy want to spend some time with you!”

“I don’t have—”

Howard cut himself off greatly with a sigh and placed his head in his hands. He grumbles underneath his breath, hating to admit when he’s wrong but he knew that he is. He’s not the same man he once was all those years ago and doesn’t intend to go backwards to fix it all.

Both men went slapping insults, excuses and explanations, back and forth like it was a battlefield. One would’ve laughed if they weren’t trying to make a point to one another, wanting to leave this room.

Howard felt like he couldn’t breathe as he huffed, “What do you want me to do? I’m not changing who i am now, JJ. I just started watching the world change and i want to be there to see it.”

“I’m..uhh, i don’t know, I don’t expect you to change anything. But i do know one thing. You’re a good man and a smart one, you’ll figure out. I just believe that i screw up and we need to fix this..” Jason admitted with a sigh, rubbing his temple.

“How?”

“Take it from someone who knows time is special and should be well spent, I think you need a break. Take some time off…”

“I don’t know if i can..and I don’t want to fight anymore. I’ve haven’t slept in days or ate well either thinking about the times I’ve lied to make myself feel better..”

Jason scoffed, “I’ve barely had a chance to process everything i said that day..I can’t sleep. I couldn’t remember the last time i ate well..I’m tired of not feeling good…”

“I’m sorry i let you walk out..I shouldn’t have said that you should leave, because I didn’t think you would..”

“It’s alright. I think the best course of action is to reevaluate our relationship..”

“It’s gonna take time.”

“I have all the time in the world.”

Howard chuckled, “Ain’t that right.”

Each took their turns talking about what happened, how they left horrible and hoping to try to path up their issues. It felt like a long talk, 45 minutes of silence with a mix chatter between both sides. But there was still so much to talk about later on...

They stood up shaking hands, ready to get out of the room before Jason pulled him in for a hug. Howard hesitated to return the hug but for what’s it’s worth, he felt good hugging his friend back.

Howard hugged him like it’s his last day on earth and stayed there in his best friends arms with a smile as Jason returns the hug with a matching smile.

They missed each other deeply. It was sorta hilarious, how much time they spent without seeing another and the complaints from one each other about it. But it was simple really, they’re friends.

No matter what happens. Things stayed true for the pair. Respect, care, loyalty and a basic sense of love.

Despite everything they love each other like brothers, treat one another like a good friend and always respect their relationship like a pair of lovers.

The two left the room, decided to have lunch together and head back home. Howard was supposed to drive him back home to his house but took a short detour. He drove up to his house with a smile and his friend gave him an odd look, recognizing what he meant.

The moment they enter the house, Maria greeted both of her boys with loving arms gently kisses both their faces. The trio talked about their current living conditions and where they stand, until the pattern footsteps of the little man of the house came into view.

Little Tony Stark was wearing his NASA shirt and jeans, holding up his toy hammer with a smile climbing into his mama’s lap. She showered him in kisses.

His eye lighten up after seeing his second favorite person in the room, climbing out of his mother’s lap into his uncles. Jason smiled at the sight. Howard chuckled ruffled his son’s hair seeing the pure smile on his face, then leaned down to kiss his wife.

“Ewwww!!” Tony squeals covering his eyes.

—//—

Years went on, arguments came and went, simple small adjustment were made by their families rules and regulations came across to how everyone acted. Howard became a little comfortable and softer with his son letting him learn more from his father. Jason worked between units of SHIELD and other jobs, being care to watch his mouth every now and then. Or else Peggy would’ve smacked the living hell out of them.

Sadly Maria and Howard died, leaving their son in the care of his godmother Peggy Carter and uncle Jason Underwood. Along with Jarvis and his lovely wife Ana. So he was cared for, but still annoyed with his father. Something Tony would never let down is proving himself to be good or even greater than his father.

Peggy stayed in and out of SHIELD work meanwhile Jason retired from his office. He still kept tabs on the organization but decided to stay away after a few incidents resulting in his responses or concerns being blown over his head.

~~~~

Currently he road up to the Stark Mansion, stepping out of his black cherry sports car and pulling out his sunglasses to see the beauty of the sight, after being gone for too long. He half smiled at the redesigns he added to the front of the house.

He greeted Pepper at the door, giving him a small hug and a kind kiss on the cheek. He handed her a bag of donuts and a freshly made cup of coffee he ordered just for her.

“You didn’t need to get me anything, J.” She replied with a smile, looking into the bag to see her favorite set of donuts.

“You deserve a sweet treat every once in a while, doll.” He added, chuckling looking over his shoulder at the small mess.

“Oh I’m sorry about the confusion and mess..”

“Oh no, it’s fine honey. Just didn’t expect this house to be so quiet at this time and hour…?”

“Ah, well you know where he is. Hasn’t come out of his lab since yesterday and I’m scared to check.”

“That’s what I’m here for. Go ahead and enjoy the coffee before it gets cold.”

Pepper thanked him, grateful to have him in her life and feeling lucky to see him around the house again. She left to the kitchen counter to enjoy her donuts and coffee in peace, she knew Tony was tinkering down there and it possibly involves some kind of new crazy investment of technological enhancements. Building a suitable way to help the people, according to him.

Jason step down the stairs being greeted by their A.I. Jarvis, who announced his presence to the center of the lab, which he thanked him for. Once he landed on the final step and stood underneath the doorframe his jaw dropped drastically.

“What the hell?!” He yelled seeing the sight.

There stood Tony Stark removing himself from a set of metal plates and holding a helmet in his hands, having DUMMY hold up a few more items for him. Next to the man in place was a human size action figure looking suit, in deep golden yellow and hot rod red.

The room was filled with metallic gray plates, tools left and right, a diagram model of suits and thrown out gloves. As well plenty of other things just landed across the lab. 

Tony looked up with a soft smile and shrug, “Let’s face it, this isn’t the worse thing you caught me doing.”

“What the hell are you doing?” He asked walking into the lab, his eyes wondering over to the suit looking very confused.

“I’m building a suit, isn’t it obvious?”

“Tony.”

“After everything that happened lately and seeing what my weapons have accomplished, I don’t like it. So I figured I’d do something about it.”

“And a iron suit is your answer? I’m sorry son, but I need a better explanation. Please.”

“This suit will help me save civilians and undo the damage I’ve caused. My weapons and the way the world is becoming, I think it needs a change. Help people..”

“A heroic path?”

“Yeah. Or that’s at least what I’m trying to do.”

“..okay.”

“Okay?”

“Is Jarvis in the suit? And it fully charged with sensors to brace for impact?”

Tony smirked and nodded.

Jason was scared out of his mind about this idea, fearing he might get himself hurt, but he knew he couldn’t stop him from doing this. The least he can do is make sure he was safe.

Little did he know that this would be the start of Iron Man becoming a new hero, his possible return to SHIELD with Agent Coulson showing up and his way to enforcing his placement back into the new world. He wasn’t ready for the new faces he would met along the way either.

—//—

Thanks for reading! What did you think?

Pls like, comment and reblog!

I could do a follow up with him being in Iron Man 2 and or Thor, which is where he meets Jane Foster and Darcy Lewis (+ a young Melissa Wallace) if you like? Whatever movie is up for grabs!

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[aurorabayrpg]

here's the moment we've been waiting for- our valentine's day blind date pairings! we had 58 characters submitted, so there's 29 pairings!

please remember that these obviously do not have to end in a whirlwind romance! the dates can end up just being two friends having a free meal, can end in a disaster, can have someone else bailing, or maybe can spark something real! the point of it all is to have fun.

the dinner will be held at Neptune on Friday February 16th in game, but threads can begin as of tomorrow! the dates can also bc hc'd as well, all we ask is that everyone paired please speak with your partners and decide on the outcomes together! we don't want anyone feeling left out or dejected.

again, this has been randomized! (with tweaks to make sure no one is paired with themselves and to avoid large age gaps) so as wild as some of these pairs may be, we hope you all have fun with it!

Benjamin Hyun and Sebastian Torres

Elijah Seok and Delilah Carreño

Eric Kang and Zehra Ozdemir

Charley Morello and Noelle Driscoll

Baz Howlett and Nelson Quinn

Maisie Lenny and Scott Kulkari

Emerson Cassidy and Noah Atwood

Aiden Stevens and Ramsey Rivera

Blake Michaels and Buddy Wells

Valeria Ortiz and Cassius Banks

Kalina Slater-Horne and Atticus Cortes

Blair Harris and Aubrey Carson

Eleanor Andersen and Ziggy Kyeon

Valentina de Luca and Angel Rojas

Arabella Park and Stevie Sharp

Leo Larson and Sterling Levin

Darcy Anthony and Aiyla Kucuk

Melanie Hart and Denver Scott

Alma Khalif and Uly Flynn

Maura Cortes and Paxton Brady

Gabriel Haddad and Cherry Koch

Arkin O'Connell and Aurelia Cavendish

Rebekah Danvers and Cyrus Al-Zahid

Maverick Liu and Sola Adisa

Eden O'Connell and Lucy Driscoll

Hinata Ito and Nikki Keaton

Cricket Campbell and Mack Montgomery

Lorelai Lewis and Lola Mi Tran

Ariel Davis and Roxy del Rosario

[endlesstwanted]

Fic Stats Tag Game

I was tagged by @42donotpanic and @polizwrites to make this fun thing! All data are up to today, 31/07/2023.

Rules: Give us the links to your fics with the most hits, most kudos, most comments, most bookmarks, most words, and least words.

Most hits: Purple painted golden, is a Yelena Belova/Kate Bishop A/B/O fic I wrote for an exchange, which also was my first time writing for his pairing (Hits: 4,007, Explicit, 838 words). It follows the story of Yelena realising her feelings for her best friend, courting her, and their first time together after their first date.

Most kudos: this is also Purple painted golden with 209 kudos, followed by Don't speak (Kudos: 142, Teen, 1,7k words). This is a Bucky/Sam as co-workers, who happened to kiss during a mission and that forced them to face their feelings for each other. And it ensues a lot more kissing; it’s part of my We'll figure things out when we stop making out series! (currently 6 works and 8,1k words)

Most comments: one of my Bucky/John Walker fics, No, it is easier said than done! (Comment Threads: 10 (20 comments), Teen, 1,1k words) This follows Bucky waking up after a post-mission surgery and finding out John has spent all the time by his side at the hospital (mutual pining + first kiss). It includes a cameo from my beloved Ava Starr!

Most bookmarks: again, it’s also Purple painted golden with 29 bookmarks, followed by Fate's Tricky Ways (Bookmarks: 27, Teen, 2,5k words). This is a Bucky/Sam A/B/O story in which Bucky and Sam stays at the compound while everyone else is on a mission, and with pre-heat symptoms, Sam asks Alpha!Bucky for help (mutual pining + cuddling)

Most words: Thinking Back To Your Laugh, Your Smell And Skin (Words: 11,898, Explicit, Chapters: 5/5), one of my fics for the Silver Fox Steve Valentine's Exchange 2023! It’s a No Powers AU story in which Steve and Sam are co-workers, and Steve asks Sam to go as his fake boyfriend to his brother [Bucky]’s wedding. This brings out some feelings for each other (secret crush + fluff and smut)

Least words: Almost everything in my Drabble Collection has 100 words (a total of 12,200 words and 60 works in the collection, mostly MCU). My first drabble was Midgardian god, a Darcy Lewis & Sif Thor missing scene (Words: 100, General)

Tagging some friends and anyone who wants to participate (and no pressure if you don’t, plus apologies if you’ve already been tagged :) @scottxlogan @mischief-and-tea-by-the-sea @andrea1717 @otpcutie

[phoenixmuses]

I have 8 replies scheduled out, 15 asks that I need to answer, and I think about 29 threads (give or take; some of them are on pause because some of my friends aren't feeling their muses or I'm not feeling the muse). Also, if you haven't seen already, I've added muses from The Outsiders and Once Upon a Time. I've also added Darcy Lewis from MCU. Over the past two days, I got my Carrd mostly revamped and some of the character files added (Loki, Billy, Tony). Tonight, I'll probably try to get a few more done (probably Steve, Draco, and Adrian; then that will leave me with Valerie, Rina, and Elijah left to do before I finally move on to adding others). Overall, I'm slowly getting things out (thank you Fall Out Boy for the motivation 💜). And I managed to get some sleep after not sleeping for two days. So I'm going to go get some coffee and start getting some of these asks out, then start in on some other threads. C:

[xprojectrpg]

This Day in X-Project - September 28

2015: Adrienne makes a journal entry modestly declaring herself the master of fantasy baseball. Angel has a plan to start a mutant friendly newspaper, Wade agrees to help finance her. Clint texts Angel to let he know he made it safely to the city. Dial My Number: A story breaks in the news about a Philadelphian member of the House of Representatives having a mutant, Darcy Lewis, on their staff; Quentin responds on his journal and several mansionites chip in; Jean texts Kitty about the breaking news story; Alison also posts to her journal exasperated at Fox News.

2016:

2017: Psi War: Haller checks in on Quentin. Clint texts Natasha, and lets her know he’s on his way back.

2018: Professor Xavier emails Scott about a new resident named Betsy Braddock. Angelo runs into Alani in the kitchen and they talk about the Mutant Underground.

2019:

2020: Wanda is also in pain and disgruntled her wine is gone.

2021: Pictures of attendants of the Hellfire Gala make the news. Operation: Dewey Deceptional System: The Hellfire Club's Hellfire Gala brings X-Force in to the social event of New York to show off a past member's art collection and one magic book in particular; Jubilee and North work to make sure any cameras won't spot the team's extraction; Clea and Darcy remove the guards from the equation; Marie-Ange and Natasha discuss hopeful plans for the future while they work to open an excessively guarded door; Felicia and Topaz sneak their way to disabling the laser security system; on their retrieval attempt, Gabe and Kevin hit a snag that pulls all of X-Force's carefully placed threads loose; following the attempted theft, Amanda and Wanda are brought before the Black Court and the White Court; prior to the Gala, Marie-Ange and Doug work together to hack history through their forgeries; Topaz is brought into the forgery process by Marie-Ange; Jubilee makes her way down into the depths of the basement with Emma's guidance; Natasha and Topaz combine magic and technology to open a window in the security; using their powers in tandem, Gabe and Wanda make chaos and time just the right frequency for the job; Felicia and North work together to open the safe; before the Gala, Darcy and Kevin work together to plant a forgery; using magic, Amanda and Clea make sure the forged books are just right; with all the pieces in place and under Shaw's eye, X-Force gives the Black Court Nicholas Harkness; Darcy snags Doug for a convenient cover and flirting on both sides; Marie-Ange and Doug set Topaz up with newcomer America Chavez; Terry and Kyle flirt and eat and dance; Darcy and Terry take in the Gala and discuss what money can afford non-passing mutants.

2022:

2023:

[pescastories]

Consider this a PERMANENT STARTER CALL for Darcy Lewis! What’s that you may ask? You can basically LIKE / COMMENT this post and it basically means:

• Gives me permission to IM you to plot threads and such • Make you random starters out of the blue • Gives me permission to tag you in in character posts, dashboard games, and random posts I feel like you would like! • Gives me permission to send you in character asks, memes, tag you in things, write starters for you, and other fun stuff !

You can UNLIKE this post at any time to not have me send you any more stuff.

[envyiism]

@eliterejects | Darcy eyed the phone in her hand with a heavy sigh, a knot of anxiety bubbling up as she tried to dial Clint's number again. She knew she just had to do it and stop thinking about it, but how weird is it to call up a hero to have a chat and a coffee? She pressed the dial button before promptly hanging up again. 'Okay, you can do this, the worst he can say is no. It's not like he'd eat you for taking up a minute of his time.' She nodded to herself slightly before pressing the dial button again and pushed the phone to her ear.

She adjusts herself slightly, trying to bring down the level of nerves brewing in her stomach before it starts to ring. It doesn't take long before she's pacing back and forth along the counter of her kitchen in a way similar to how a shark goes back and forth. She's acutely aware of how many rings have passed as she considers hanging up and not calling anyone, literally ever again, when the ringing stops and the phone is answered.

"Hello! This is Darcy-" She gives a nervous little laugh, "Lewis, from well you know!" She clears her throat slightly, "I was calling to see if you were interested in hanging out or something, get coffee maybe?"

[causatum]

@burygods​​​​ : darcy for hope.

❛ i’m a big fan. ❜ darcy is quick to throw it out there. the woman before her holds immense power and, quite frankly, it’s kind of intimidating. in the good way. all kinds of questions seem to be running through the shorter’s mind at speed now. ❛ you know you’re, like, super cool, right? like, out of this world type cool. ❜

starter call : still accepting.