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[robertdowneyjjr]

fics, drabbles, headcanons and everything in between.

all of this is tony stark-centric. mainly stevetony, some tonyrhodey, and occasional iron dad (with peter and/or morgan) and pepperony.

asks are always open for prompts. i just might be a little slow responding because my job gets in the way 😊

ao3 // writing tag // headcanons

*** indicates recent additions; last updated april ‘24

GEN/TONY-CENTRIC

a.i.’s, bots, and friends | canon compliant, bot feels, angst

when tony was 17 and missing his best friend, he decided he needed to have someone around to always keep him company.

back to school | de-aged!tony

Tony gets hit by a spell that turns him back to a teenager and spends a week going to school with Peter.

bust our way outta here | endgame au

Trapped in space in a ship that’s running out of oxygen is not how Tony plans to die.

golden slumbers | gen, og6, avengers as a family

When Tony lets himself fall asleep around you, it means he trusts you.

goose | tony loves cats

The team meets Goose the Flerken and he only takes to Tony.

he’s the hero they deserve | children love tony, multilingual tony

The Avengers find a HYDRA bunker filled with abandoned children, and the only thing that brings the kids comfort is the sight of Iron Man.

memories turn into daydreams become a taboo | post-cw, maria stark

Tony returns to the Stark Mansion for the first time in twenty five years.

mistletoe | og6, background pepperony

It’s a competition to see how many kisses each Avenger can get from Tony.

one more candle and a trip around the sun | alt-2012, team as a family

All his life, Tony never celebrated his birthday the way he truly wanted to. Usually, Howard or Obie would throw frivolous parties as an excuse for the rich and obnoxious to gather, and Tony hated every second of it.

When the Avengers come into his life, he gets to celebrate his birthday the way he likes, with the only people who matter.

sentimental | tony-centric

“i’ve been called many things. nostalgic is not one of them,” tony says, as he turns around to talk to the bot he built when he was 17

scientific victory protocol | gen, tony-centric

Tony gets extra excited whenever he makes a breakthrough in his work.

stark industries daycare | tony’s good with kids

The daycare at SI is understaffed and they ping Tony for help.

tony stark’s time heist | endgame au, headcanon

Only one person goes on the time heist.

STEVE/TONY

and time can do so much | stony loves steve 2022, post-2012, developing relationship

Steve Rogers has a complicated relationship with time. He's the man out of time, the man who's lost everything to time.

But then he becomes friends with Tony Stark, whose love language is quality time. And that's exactly what Steve needs to find a place in this century.

anniversary | mini-fill, tumblr prompt

“Wanna go grab a drink?”

anywhere | mini-fill

"That is not where kisses are supposed to go."

the awkward stepdad | mini-fill, iron dad, steve-centric

Peter and Steve just don’t really know how to act around each other.

babygirl | mini-fill, nicknames

The back of Steve’s neck heated up and he could feel the flush slowly making its way down his body. “Babygirl?” That was a new one.

be your own tech support | technologically competent steve

SHIELD IT’s first mistake was assuming Steve was too dumb to handle computers.

best in blue | lingerie

Tony has always known how to enhance his best features, to tease Steve with barely any effort at all.

better together | post-iw canon divergence

"I told you, during the mess with Ultron, that we’d always do things together and I broke that promise. It keeps me awake at night knowing that if we hadn’t split the team up, if we had just talked, then maybe we could have had a fighting chance against Thanos. Maybe we would have won."

buongiorno, amato | italian tony

Tony spends ten weeks in Italy speaking nothing but Italian. When he gets back to New York, a heavy accent laces all his words and it does things to Steve.

burnout | mini-fill, steve taking care of tony

Steve taking care of a burnt out Tony for the first time, trying to be gentle while also trying not to let his overwhelming worry show as he takes care of a listless version of his previously energetic boyfriend.

capsicle, human in ice | mini-fill, established relationship, art snob steve rogers

Steve is not exactly impressed with modern art.

cease and desist | mini-fill, idiots in love, getting together

“Why did I just get a cease and desist letter from your lawyers?”

“Oh. That. You did something that greatly offended me.”

come around again and say baby i miss you | mini-fill, post-breakup

Steve learns as he tries to rekindle things with Tony that he’s gonna have to worker hard for this than he expected.

⤷ sequel: the next step to take

Steve talks to Sam about what he should do next.

coming home to you | no powers teacher!tony au

After a long, exhausting day at work, Tony just wants to cuddle with Steve.

creature of habit | established relationship, fluff

Tony's too short to reach his coffee mug on the top shelf of the cabinet. Steve put it there so he could see Tony's shirt ride up.

cute tiny brunette & hot blondie with the tiddies | no powers neighbors au, bulletpoint fic

They see each other every week in the laundry nook, until one day they finally start to talk.

cuts much deeper than they seem | pov natasha, post-cacw, tonynat friendship

It’s been three months since the so-called superhero civil war, and Natasha’s tired of Steve skirting around Tony’s name when she misses her friend too.

a day in the life | married stevetony, idiots in love, humor

Both their plans fall apart when they each come up with the same idea to hide and scare each other at the exact same time.

don't dream it's over | misunderstandings, established relationship, happy ending

Steve thought they were happy. That their relationship was going strong, and they had forever ahead of them.

But apparently Tony thought otherwise.

(originally a short prompt post)

donut stress, just do your best | mini-fill, grumpy tony

Tony's grumpy about a lack of donuts but Steve kisses him better.

embarrassingly obsessed | mini (micro) fill, dialogue only

“Tony, stop encouraging me to objectify your boyfriend. It’s getting weird.”

falling softly | mini-fill

Steve shows Tony how to fall without hurting himself.

fathers of the year | no powers single dads au, bullet point fic

Their daughters become friends. Then eventually sisters.

fools in love | headcanon, bullet point fic

tony’s always been the more romantic one between the two of them.

fred and ginger | post-aou canon divergence, retirement, married life

After retiring, Steve and Tony settle into farm life and absolutely love it.

friends will be friends | established relationship, steve and rhodey friendship

Steve and Rhodey sure are spending a lot of time together.

No, Tony doesn't have a problem with it at all...

But if Steve could go back to hanging out with his own James and stop hogging Tony's, that would be much appreciated, thank you.

gerald | gen, steve & tony friendship, endgame divergence

Gerald the alpaca isn’t easily won over.

hand kisses | soft fic prompts

They have a nightly routine.

he's all i want, just for me | christmas fluff, established relationship

Steve just wants to spend time with Tony during his favorite holiday, is that too much to ask?

here tonight | tumblr prompt

Tony smiles, placing his hand on top of where Steve’s is resting on the side of the bed. “I’m just kinda upset because we were supposed to have our first date tonight but now I’ll be bedridden for a little while.”

here we go again | mini fic, established relationship

Nothing turns Steve on more than watching the armor assemble around Tony’s body.

i can do this all day | nsfw, slutty steve

he grins and it’s so depraved, so filthy, so completely at odds with the what the world expects from captain america.

i’d choose my cat over you | mini-fill, no powers au

if tony’s cat could stop shitting in his dates’ shoes every time he brings someone home, that would be great, thanks.

it’s that easy | endgame mini exchange 2023, getting together

Steve has two problems:

1. He has feelings for Tony but he’s not sure what to do about it. 2. Peter and Harley don’t seem to like him and he doesn’t know why.

Actually, he has three problems.

3. There’s no way in hell Tony would be interested in him when his kids clearly hate him.

Bucky thinks Steve’s only problem is that he’s an idiot.

i’m a prize, baby, you can’t lose | trophy husband tony

Howard Stark is rolling in his grave right now because he only ever cared about Tony taking over Stark Industries, but the fact of the matter is that Anthony Edward Stark was Born To Be A Trophy Husband.

just because | soft fic prompts

“You okay, big guy?”

Steve sighs softly. “Yeah,” he mumbles into Tony’s hair.

kiss the beaver's ass | established relationship, MIT pride

Steve loses a bet against Bruce, resulting in him having to wear Harvard merchandise for a whole week.

Tony and Rhodey take school rivalries very seriously.

*** loaf actually | 2023 cap-im holiday exchange

After his embarrassing attempt at cooking for their team holiday potluck dinner the year before, Steve is afraid to try again. Luckily, he has Tony to help him out this time around.

made you laugh | soft fic prompts

All Tony wants to do is stop Steve from looking so worried and sad.

no second thoughts | mini-fill, tumblr prompt

“Who cares about what they think?”

not the avengers | crackfic

there’s a webcomic that happens to be really popular among everyone in the marvel universe.

oh no! | post-cw canon divergence, steve rogers is a troll

Before Steve shaves off his facial hair for good, he pranks Tony by trimming it into a Stark-style goatee with the promise they can be a power couple that dresses the same. Tony, horrified, does something drastic in retaliation.

once in a lifetime bargain | no powers au, pre-serum steve

Tony goes Black Friday shopping for the first time and meets a tiny, angry Steve Rogers while fighting over an espresso machine.

one degree hotter | tumblr prompt

Tony gets another degree under his belt and invites Steve to his commencement ceremony.

operation: mess with the muscles | clint and tony friendship, pranks, misunderstandings

When Tony and Clint mistakenly think that Steve has a crush on Thor, they hatch a plan to prank the two big blond beefcakes to help Tony get over his crush on Steve.

Their plan, of course, backfires.

the perfect blend | coffee shop au, pre-serum steve

Tired of the stress and pressure that comes with being the CEO of a global tech conglomerate, Tony hands over control of Stark Industries to Pepper and decides to open a cafe in Brooklyn.

Then an exhausted high school teacher named Steve walks into his life looking for coffee and doesn’t make any effort to leave. Not that Tony’s complaining.

release | mini-fill, no powers au, escort!steve

Tony doesn’t do relationships, but he does need to get fucked hard regularly.

reunions | soft fic prompts

Life as a career superhero is fulfilling, but nothing compares to life as Tony Stark’s husband.

*** secret santa | team as a family

“Sooo, who did you get for Secret Santa?” Natasha asks as she plops herself down on the opposite end of the couch.

“I thought the whole point of Secret Santa was that it’s supposed to be a secret,” Tony says. He raises his eyebrow and spares her a short glance before looking back at his phone. He hopes he comes off as casual as he’s trying to sound and Nat doesn’t realize he’s frantically scrolling on his phone for gift ideas.

shelter | established relationship, soft

On the nights when he gets plagued with bad dreams, Steve prefers being the little spoon.

softly, with feeling | fluff

they just really love kissing.

spring little cobra (getting ready to strike) | kissing prompt, getting together

When Steve got off the couch to go looking for Tony today, he didn’t think he’d be shoving his tongue down the other man’s throat the moment he saw him.

that twinkle in your eyes | stargazing

Going on adventures to see the stars together is their thing. So Tony builds an observatory for Steve at the Compound.

thanks for the memories | established relationship, scars, fluff

Steve finds all of Tony's scars beautiful, but there's one in particular that he loves above all else.

things we have in common | steve & rhodey friendship, dialogue only

Rhodey and Steve bond over the silly little things they love about Tony.

tony yeets howard off a cliff | endgame divergence

Anon said: What if the guardian of the Soul Stone isn't actually a real person but a manifestation created by the stone replicating the soul of the best messenger for the particular seeker? So not *really* the actual Red Skull (though he thinks it is) but a copy chosen for Thanos because he would best reflect Thanos & his reasons for wanting the stone etc. So maybe when Tony goes for the stone he doesn't meet the Red Skull, but Yinsen (or knowing Marvel, Howard).

tranquility | established relationship, fluff

They spend a quiet day at home together after the rain cancels their plans for a picnic date.

trolling the press (backfires) | tumblr prompt

When asked about himself in interviews, Tony gives fake answers just for fun. Steve, in an attempt to impress Tony on their dates, bases everything they do on interviews of Tony he can find online.

utterly twitterpated | established relationship, cuddly tony

it takes ages just for steve to get out of bed in the mornings because tony, for lack of a better word, clings.

what’s in a name? | nicknames, jealous steve

Tony has a habit of nicknaming all his friends bear. There's Rhodeybear, Bruciebear, and even Thunderbear.

Clearly, since Steve doesn't get a bear nickname, it means Tony doesn't like him.

... right?

what's mine is yours | 5+1, developing relationship, clothes sharing

For a billionaire, Tony Stark really doesn't pay for a lot of what he wears.

or

5 times Tony stole Steve’s clothes, and 1 time Steve returned the favor.

what i like about you | college au, steve likes tony’s muscles, tony likes steve’s brain

There’s a really cute brunet guy that goes to the gym at the same time Steve does, and he’s been trying for the last month to work up the courage to ask him out.

without feelings | kiss prompt, steve rogers is a troll

“People kiss each other all the time, doesn’t mean there’s feelings involved.”

the world passing me by | post-endgame divergence, MCD, steve-centric, angst

Steve does this about once a week. He wakes up, puts on his workout clothes, leaves his phone at home, laces up his shoes, and just runs.

you’re a wolf, boy, get out of this town | mini-fill, capwolf au

Steve and Tony are still antagonistic, snarky teammates, but Steve in his secret werewolf form just adores Tony.

your kiss is on my list | tony’s birthday gala 2023, post-2012, getting together

The last thing Tony expected when Captain America was unfrozen and came back to life and had a verbal spat with Tony before teaming up to battle an army of aliens together, was for the super soldier to one day show up at the door to his workshop with a bouquet of sunflowers and ask him out on a date.

Teenage-Tony, who had two Cap posters (one in his dorm at MIT and one in his childhood bedroom), a stolen key to Howard’s room full of Cap memorabilia, and his own one-of-a-kind homemade Captain America almanac, would have been thrilled. Adult-Tony, who at the ripe old age of 43 is only now slowly trying to properly address his decades of internalized self-worth issues, thinks this is too good to be true.

your love, lifting me higher | nsfw, bottom steve, wall sex

Tony is absolutely capable of lifting Steve up and fucking him against a wall.

STEVE/BUCKY/TONY

*** a lot to think about | fic idea, not fully written, no powers au, established stucky

when tony started working for bucky, he never imagined that anything would ever, could ever happen between them.

for starters, bucky was a decade older than tony. not that he had a huge issue with age differences, but still. tony was only in his early 20s when they met.

but more importantly, as far as tony could tell, bucky was happily married.

*** weather appropriate | no-powers au, young tony

Tony is not above being an absolute brat to protest against his dad. So when he’s forced to join a weapons demonstration, all he packs are booty shorts and tank tops.

Howard, predictably, is pissed. His two favorite soldiers, on the other hand, are far from complaining.

*** wrong face, right guy(s) | fic idea, not fully written

steve and bucky each meet tony separately but they both feel that immediate attraction the second their eyes meet tony’s. they just know, at once, that they’d do anything to get to keep tony.

TONY/RHODEY

a little tune up | mini-fill, post-cw

Rhodey deals with something traumatic and Tony helps.

birthday pancakes | MIT era, birthday fluff

It kinda sucks when your birthday happens to be in the middle of midterms season, but luckily Rhodey's got an amazing best friend to make up for it.

burritony | sickfic, established relationship

Tony doesn’t usually get sick, so when he does, he’s kind of a big baby about it.

death of a bachelor | post-im2 canon divergence, secret relationship, DADT repeal

For the first time since he became an Airman, James Rhodes RSVPs for the Air Force Charity Ball with a plus one.

double date | mini-fic, side carol/maria

the first time they went on a double date it wasn’t even planned.

dude | soft fic prompts

Usually, Jim adores all the nicknames that Tony gives him. But there’s a time and a place.

i just need you | post-afghanistan

After getting rescued from the desert, Tony refuses any sort of medical care and only lets Rhodey help him clean up. He also refuses the cot he's offered, and only gets his first bit of safe, real sleep in three months curled up in a chair, leaning on Rhodey.

james rhodes: strategic genius | established relationship, domestic fluff, kittens

Every time their kitten leaves Tony to snuggle up with Rhodey instead, Tony gets a bit upset about it. Sure, he tries to hide it, but Rhodey's observant and he's not dumb. So he comes up with a solution.

(sequel to snowball kitten)

just one more surprise | pre-canon, established relationship, marriage proposal

Jim transfers back stateside after years of being stationed in Europe. The first thing he does is ask Tony a very important question.

lethal puppy eyes | kiss prompt, sickfic

“kiss me, i’m miserable”

the little shit | tony & rhodey friendship, endgame compliant, MCD, angst

i need to take care of him, rhodey thought. he should outlive me, the little shit.

lover | soft fic prompts

Forty years together and he still gets butterflies.

mess around (at the park all day) | MIT era, fluff

To make up for missed childhood experiences, Rhodey brings Tony to an amusement park for the first time.

not a quitter | mini-fill, feelings realization

Utterly ridiculous that Jim’s only realizing this now, after Tony’s been kidnapped.

a numbers guy | MIT era, tattoos

Rhodey gets his first deployment and has to leave for Europe. Tony, missing him, gets his first tattoo.

our own hashtag | established relationship, vow renewal

tony and rhodey got married in a quiet city hall ceremony in 2004 with only pepper, happy, and the rhodes family present. they’d never regretted it, never even thought about how they were never able to have a huge wedding and invite a hundred guests. it didn’t matter to them, because they just needed each other and nothing else.

the powerhouse of the cell | MIT era, sleep-deprived tony

A manic Tony suddenly shows up at Rhodey's dorm in the middle of the night. He sits wordlessly and unnaturally still next to the twin bed, and Rhodey's not quite sure what's happening here.

snowball kitten | established relationship, kittens

When Tony wanders off without a word after a pleasant date night, Rhodey follows him to find out what's suddenly gotten into him.

the strength to let it show | MIT era, fluff, getting together

Jim misses having his best friend around, so he's on a mission to find out just what's so special about the new lab partner that's been hogging Tony's time for the last month.

this is our place, we make the rules | soft fic prompts

With absolutely zero grace, Tony climbs on top of Rhodey and clings on like a koala, nuzzling into his neck with a soft whine.

valentine’s day | headcanon, bullet point fic

valentine’s day has always been their holiday.

you're enough | MIT era, howard stark’s a+ parenting

When Tony's feeling down after a phone call with his dad, Rhodey's there to make him feel better.

IRON DAD

chemistry & cupcakes | slice of life, morgan and peter

Morgan's first grade bake sale is coming up, and Tony's not going to let her show up empty handed. He enlists Peter's help for a day of baking.

in which tony inadvertently adopts wade wilson | wade pov, peter & wade friendship

Being a merc while living in New York doesn’t exactly pay well. The only way for Wade to get by is to live at Avengers Compound. In secret. Because Tony absolutely cannot find out.

light my way home | tony & morgan

Morgan pats Tony’s chest and mumbles, “Your heart is my nightlight, daddy.”

the man who has everything | tony & morgan

If Yinsen hadn’t been there in that cave to save Tony’s life, he wouldn’t be here now, happily living life with his daughter. He goes back to where they first met to say thank you.

never any doubt | tony and morgan

All through her life, Morgan never, ever doubts that Tony loves her.

no job too big | iron dad spider son, sickfic

Tony takes care of Peter after he insists on going on patrol while he has a fever.

the oprah of candy | morgan stark, big brother peter, bullet point fic

Peter takes Morgan trick or treating.

peter and tony’s science channel | iron dad spider son, youtube videos

Tony and Peter are about to start filming their latest video when Tony suddenly wanders off without a word. Is everything okay??

princess stank | pre-endgame, background pepperony

Morgan says her first word on a day when Rhodey’s visiting.

so this is christmas | baby morgan stark, avengers as a family, bullet point fic

Morgan’s first Christmas.

starkview | crackfic, morgan stark, tony is an extra dad

If Tony can’t buy Netflix, he’ll start his own streaming service.

PEPPERONY

the chaos of day one | iw canon divergence

Pepper goes into labor and Tony holds Morgan for the first time.

morning sickness | pregnant pepper

His fingers through her hair as he’s holding it back is the best kind of comfort.

plans for breakfast | nervous tony

He’s uncharacteristically nervous after their first time together. It’s kind of adorable.

pretty woman au | hooker tony, bullet point fic

role reversal au | bullet point fic

silver | insecure tony

Tony’s hair starts turning grey and he’s really grumpy about it.

you’ll answer to me | post-cw, pepper pov

Steve wants to make amends.

TONY + RDJ SPECTRUM

(fics inspired by RDJ’s outfits)

fashion icon | gen, young tony

Without even realizing it, Tony has been making fashion choices based on the RDJ films he’s been watching.

i need a hat | stevetony, tony & rhodey friendship

“Tones, you always choose hats that ruin your outfit. You look perfectly fine. Stop accessorizing with terrible hats.”

“But I like hats.”

“Hats don’t like you.”

incognito | steve & tony

Tony dresses down for a mission.

movie night cosplay | gen, og6, steve/tony if you squint

Clint: wear something related to ur favorite disney princess on tuesday. dibs on merida xx

not-pajamas and fake elbow pads | MIT era, tony & rhodey friendship

Jim turns from where he’s standing by the counter next to the french press to see Tony rushing out into the living room from the hallway, frantically searching the apartment for the other half of his pair of red Converse shoes, which he’s been wearing almost everyday for the last three months because they match his new glasses.

OTHER

alt-2012 thortony | headcanon

babysitting duty | gen, avengers as a family

Everyone loves babysitting Morgan. Even Nick Fury.

doppelganger | avengers x kkbb crossover

Harry Lockhart meets Tony Stark.

morgan stark, all grown up | headcanon

place your bets | happy & rhodey friendship

They have a running bet for how long it will take for Tony and Pepper to finally get together.

slide | bruce banner-centric

When he thinks he's alone, Bruce likes to slide into different rooms in his socks with the music blasting.

thortony high school au | headcanon, bullet point fic

In which they are pining idiots

[gothamsglam]

Can I have Your Name? (a SamBucky ficlet)

for @samshield hope you enjoy 😘

(also on ao3 under @/the_fifth_marauder101)

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“Thanks, can I have your name?” asked Bucky with a charming smile on his face, pulling out a sharpie. However, instead of writing on an empty class as the poor customer thought, he scribbled down “Tony” on one of those ‘Hello, my name is…’ stickers.

“That’s a wonderful name by the way,” Bucky compliments, because fck you Steve, he can be polite. 

He fcking told Steve going into customer service was a great idea. Idiot wanted to continue doing door to door shit, or, even worse, mope around forests for wandering travelers. He told him it wasn’t the 1400s anymore, and to grow up. Damn the supernatural council and their ‘hunt in pairs’ rule, he will go rouge and leave Stevie, he will do it. 

“I’m this close,” Bucky had hissed, holding his fingers in the air so Stevie could see, 

“Your fingers are touching,” Steve deadpanned. 

“Exactly.”

The man doesn’t look up from his flurry of typing, “Thank you, it’s a family name.”

“Sure,” Bucky replies quietly “Alright, your order will be right out,” Bucky grinned, replacing his name tag with the new one without looking away from the brown-haired customer. The second the tag sticks to his shirt, he feels a refreshing rush of energy. Kind of like what he imagines those ‘caffeine/sugar rush’ those damn teens keep harping about. 

“Thank y—” The customer—Tony—looks up from his phone to flash him a grin, only to have it fall from his face when he sees the name tag. 

This was the fun part. Bucky didn’t break eye contact, maintaining it with the same smile, only now he could tell it felt eerie to the human. Like something wasn’t right. 

The man’s brown eyes flitted up and down between Bucky’s face and the name tag, before he surged forward, “What di—”

“Have a good day,” Bucky bit out, still keeping the smile and cheery customer service tone. His eyes were blank, he made sure of it. Honestly, this whole song and dance was unnecessary. Stevie usually just wrote the name tags, and then stuck them on as he was making the drinks. Their shop was typically slow enough that there wouldn’t be people behind to question why the tender had a new name. But Bucky loved to fck with humans. What the hell else was he supposed to do? He’s been alive for 70 generations, let him have his fun. 

However, today was a bit different. Another two walked into the shop, Bucky didn’t see it as much as he felt it. Bucky kept his back turned, hollering “Welcome to Stars and Stripes, I’ll be with you in just a moment,” over his shoulder as he made the three drinks. What asshole ordered three drinks?

Bucky’s question was answered when he saw the two men walk over to Tony’s table. One of them kissed Tony on the cheek and the other just faux-gagged before giving Tony a hug as well. Bucky called out the order, eyes tracking the way Tony mumbled something to the two men and both reacted oddly, as they probably should. Bucky would expect no less. 

Apparently, he jinxed himself, because the man who hugged Tony came to pick up the drinks. 

“Nice name,” said the man.

“Thanks,” Bucky flashed his uncanny valley smile and offered nothing else. The man winked and then walked back to the table. 

Bucky did not look at his ass, he didn’t. 

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The next day, the man comes in. Not Tony, but other guy. The cute one. 

“Hi my name’s Jacob, how may I help you today?” Bucky asks politely. 

The man, to his credit, didn’t bat an eyelash, “Hi I’ll have three—” And he rattled off the same order that Tony had. Bucky resisted the urge to frown, maybe it was just a two-time thing? This group has only come into their shop once before, what are the odds of it happening again, for a third time?

“Perfect,” Bucky slid the receipt across the counter, “Can I have your name?” Bucky asked, as he reached for a pen. 

“Nope,” the man replied. 

Bucky froze in his moments, “What?”

The man shrugged, face showing nothing but politeness, “I’m the only person in this store, you’ll be able to find me.”

Bucky was stunned as he watched him walk back to the spot the trio was in the other day. As he sat down, the man gave a nod of acknowledgment to Bucky, who was still staring. 

His brown—almost hazelnut with the light of the sun—eyes stared into Bucky’s own, and in them all he saw was mischief. 

Fck.

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For the next two days, Bucky kept a—subtle, he wasn’t obsessed or anything—watch out for Tony or The Man. And for those two days, he didn’t see hide or hair of them. Bucky figured they must have been college students from nearby campuses, wandering in when Starbucks was too full, which happens often enough. Then on the third day, he returned. 

“Hey, Jacob” greeted The Man, his smile so bright—so bright that Nat would have burned like she does under the sun and threaten to bite the man in the jugular. Bucky, who was too gobsmacked to even deliver his customer service opening, stared at him. 

“Not Jacob,” Bucky said, his voice strangled. 

The Man chuckled, his eyes sparkling with the same look from the first day he ordered, “Ok ‘Not Jacob’, may I have—” And repeated the same order from the last two times. 

“Um, right, uh” Bucky stammered, face growing hot as The Man raised an eyebrow at him smugly, “Can I have your name?”

“Put Redwing,” The Man said, shrugging. The corner of his lips pulled upwards into a happy smirk—how can a person have a fcking happy smirk?—, not that Bucky was only looking at his lips or anything. 

“Redwing?” Bucky asked, stupidly. Because why ask, idiot, why ask for clarification? He read somewhere that the psyche is powerful enough to make the body do things, like fake pregnancies. Whether that’s something only reserved to humans is up for debate, but maybe, if Bucky doesn’t ask and lives in blissful ignorance, he can feed off of a fake name. But no, because he’s a bloody fool, he asked. 

“It’s my pet’s name,” The Man answered, then looked tilted his head, giving a sheepish smile, “Or at least, that’s what I want to name a pet, I don’t have one.”

“Right,” Said Bucky, suddenly feeling empty in ways that have nothing to do with hunger, “Your order will be right out.”

Their conversation was longer than normal, so when the man went to sit down, the couple came in moments afterward. All three sat in the same place as before. 

‘Oh no,’ Bucky thought in dawning horror, ‘Regulars.’ 

---

“Falcon,” grins The Man, now foregoing any attempts to be subtle and simply being a little shit.

Bucky looked at him, face void of any amusement. At this point, he’s shucked the polite customer service voice and snarked back and forth with the regular like there’s no tomorrow—only in this situation, there is a tomorrow, there always is tomorrow.

Their staring contest probably goes on for a bit too long, judging by the way Tony and his boyfriend—Bucky can feel comfortable calling the two a couple, based on how disgustingly affectionate the two get in the cafe—walk in. 

The Man flashed a smile and turned away to greet the couple. An audible ‘Rhodey!’ reached Bucky’s ears. Now, finally, he has a name for one of the dark-skinned men, the one who kissed Tony’s cheek and was currently walking in with said Tony, arm around his shoulders. Only Bucky doesn’t feel that familiar warmth pool in his gut, refreshing his energy levels. 

‘Oh,’ Bucky thinks, and watches as the man—his regular—laughs with his friends but also how his eyes flit back to peek at Bucky as names are spoken. ‘oh, loopholes.’

Bucky is so screwed. 

---

The names his regular gives become increasingly goofy, and Steve teases him about how flirty they get—Bucky absolutely didn’t have a favorite, and it absolutely wasn’t Angel. But Bucky only believed Stevie when he got a number instead of a random moniker. 

“What?” Bucky short-circuited. 

The man just sighed, “Come on, I gave you my number, work with me here.”

“You finally did it, huh, Sam?” Tony called out from where he was typing away on his computer, which rested on Rhodey’s legs. Rhodey, who was sprawled out in one of their chairs, nudged Tony with his foot, “Shush, let them have this.”

‘Sam,’ Bucky thinks,  and all he can come up with in his blue screened mind is, ‘Perfect’.

In his phone, the name Sam’s contact is under is ‘Angel’.

Steve heckles. 

---

“How did you know, Angel?”

Sam looks at Bucky, and Bucky’s struck into silence, The whole world falls around them in muted sounds and lights fade into balls of blurry color, because as they lock gazes all Bucky can notice is Sam’s eyes. Sam’s eyes—his wonderful, soul-deep eyes that shine with mischief and laughter, that glow so bright and rival the heavens when the sunlight reflects off it just so—are sad. 

“My friend,” Sam says quietly, “Riley. He was one of yours.”

Bucky nods, and reaches out with his metal hand—an injury from decades ago and a gift from a shapeshifter who hissed that his debt was repaired before slithering off into the night—pulling Sam closer to him. They watch the sun go down from the top of the roof, the stars revealed one by one, twinkling against the darkness of the dusk. 

---

(One day, Bucky will ask for Sam’s name again, specifically his last name. Only then, will Sam reply honestly.)

---

AN: This is a more bastardized version of faeries/fae, I just made up my own creature for what Bucky and Steve are. Simply because I just wanted to write a little ficlet about SamBucky and didn’t do much research. Don’t think too hard about it :)

(and the link to the Tik Tok I saw on tumblr that inspired this is also linked on my ao3 fic)

Hope you enjoyed! 

-vix

[starkintrn]

Do you think that Tony will ever forgive Steve after CA:CW? You can write it as a short request if you want!

( i’ve actually considered this a lot! i came up with a quick drabble about it! i doubt that tony is gonna be able to forgive steve quickly or anytime soon but i feel like if they spoke about this on a more personal level and more like adults, they could have gotten somewhere. )

Tony woke up with a headache this morning and only later decided to name it Steve Rogers.

No amount of coffee, Ibuprofen, or workshop distractions is able to calm the monster down. By the time the late afternoon sun starts streaming through his windows, painting everything around him a bright golden color, Tony wants nothing more than the sweet sensation of relief, which is why he hauls himself up from his chair and stumbles up into the kitchen in the first place.

At first, he considers making himself something to eat, since his headache may be a result of poor eating habits – no surprise there, really. However, remembering all of his attempts at making any type of food from scratch, Tony scraps the idea as quickly as it appeared in his head. He’ll leave the cooking to Rhodey, who is accompanying Pepper to a meeting, although ever since Tony returned from Siberia broken down both physically and emotionally, Rhodey has been verbally expressive about his hesitation to leave his side. Today is the first day Tony managed to convince him to worry about him from afar, and the two of them agreed on checking in on each other every now and then.

“Hey, Friday, we have some coffee beans left, right?” Tony absentmindedly asks as he opens some cabinets, tapping his foot.

“Coffee can cause your headache to get worse. If you really wish to relieve your pain, you should avoid bright lights and loud noises. Make sure to get some rest-”

“What’s that? Coffee is good for healing headaches? Well, why didn’t you just say so?” Tony playfully mocks before waving his hand dismissively, “I’m different than other humans, Fri. I’ve been living on coffee and alcohol since birth. I think that they’re part of my bloodstream at this point. I might be the anomaly whose headaches are cured by an inhumane amount of coffee.”  

After finding a rather pathetic amount of coffee beans, Tony brews himself a quick cup of black coffee, pouring it inside an Iron Man mug that he simply couldn’t resist buying. Pepper glanced at it once and claimed it was tacky, and ever since then it became Tony’s favorite mug.

Taking a small sip, immediately drawing his mouth away as the liquid burns his tongue, Tony turns around to head back towards the workshop and freezes. There, on the other side of the counter, a tired, visibly worn-out blonde man with incredibly blue eyes stares back at him, offering him an awkward smile. Tony drops his mug of coffee, the glass shattering on the ground with a sound that makes the other man wince, while Tony simply remains rigid, ignoring the way the hot coffee seemed to scorch through his sweatpants.

Millions of thoughts whirl through Tony’s mind and he finds it difficult to process what exactly is going on. His heart starts racing, to the point of his chest staring to ache, and his shoulders tense up instantly. His mind screams at him to move, say something, do anything, but his muscles are locked and he finds himself unable to move.

Steve opens his mouth to say something, but Tony beats him to it.

“What are you doing here?” The question is spat out almost accusingly, but Tony is more surprised than angry. In fact, the primary emotion controlling him is fear. His arms cross over his chest almost instinctively. “Are you the only one here or did you bring in your little motley crew? How did you even get past security? Friday, why didn’t you alert me of this?”

“Steve Rogers is an Avenger, is he not?”

Shit, Tony realizes, horrified and pissed off at himself for his own mistake, I forgot to change Friday’s settings. She let him in because all of the Avengers are welcome here. Or, they used to be.

“I’m not here to hurt you, Tony,” Steve finally finds his voice, and Tony hears a hint of sadness behind it as he continues, “I’m here alone, and I don’t have my suit on. I promise that I’m only here to speak to you.” Tony eyes Steve’s attire and he is telling the truth, since he’s wearing a light blue sweatshirt, faded blue jeans, and a baseball cap. However, he remains on guard, already prepared to call one of his suits over. “You broke my heart. Literally.”

Steve winces, as if the mere sentence brings him physical pain, as he nods, “I know, I know. I regret that more than you’ll ever know.”

Tony arches an eyebrow in disbelief, trying to forget the feeling of Steve on top of him, his shield raised above his head mercilessly, a cold and angry look in his eyes -

“Listen, Tony, I’m not here for your forgiveness. You have the right to not forgive me for something like that. I kept secrets from you and hurt you, I know-” Steve begins to explain, cutting off Tony’s train of thought, but this time Tony ruthlessly cuts him off in return.

“Then why are you here?”

“I wanted to apologize to you in person. The letter I sent you, it wasn’t as personal, and it seemed cowardly. I’m not afraid of facing you,” Steve finally says, maintaining eye contact with Tony, who simply narrows his eyes, “You deserve an actual apology from me. In person. It’s the least I can do.”

Tony isn’t convinced. His hands clutch the edge of the counter and he remains on edge, prepared to scramble for his armor at any given point in time, even if Steve is wearing casual clothing. “Are you doing this for me or do you just want to ease the guilt off your mind? Because if it’s the latter, you’re free to leave.”

Steve blinks rapidly, almost as if the question caught him off-guard, before he shrugs his shoulders, throat working as he most likely attempts to find his words. “We’re a team, Tony. Or, at least we were. We’ve been through a lot together and even though we never got through a mission without constantly disagreeing, you were my friend. I know we can’t have now what we had back then but I don’t want you to think that I believe that what I did to you is acceptable.”

Tony doesn’t respond to that, conflicting thoughts plaguing his mind, and Steve seems to take that as an invitation to continue talking. “Look, I shouldn’t have left you there to die. I shouldn’t have kept the secret of the true cause of the death of your parents. I should have been upfront about it and told you as it was. I shouldn’t have hurt you like that. I’m sorry I put you through all of that. I can’t change what I’ve done, but I’ll always be here to offer help and stuff.”

Steve finishes his apology off rather awkwardly while Tony attempts to take in what had just been said to him, genuine surprise and curiosity being added to his already mixed emotions. Did he really just apologize to me all over again?

“I also wanted to say thank you for holding Secretary Ross off,” Steve quickly adds before falling silent once again.

There is a long silence between them and Tony can feel Steve getting more and more uncomfortable with each passing second. Tony tightly clenches his jaw as he thinks it over, mulling over the potential consequences of each possible decision. The stubborn part of Tony doesn’t want to accept the apology, as genuine as it may be. However, another part of Tony is shocked that he even got an in-person apology, since very little people who have wronged him have actually apologized, let alone to his face. The ache in his chest is still there, but it hurts a little less than it did when Steve first appeared.

Tony knows that he doesn’t have the right to be extremely angry. After all, there was a point in time when he was also proven wrong, and it was about something very important to Steve. However, does it really compare to Steve’s actions, which involve nearly killing him? They both made mistakes but Tony wonders if one of their mistakes outweighs the other.

“I’ll leave, thank you for hearing me out anyway,” Steve assures Tony after a few more seconds of silence and Tony watches as he starts making his way towards the door and eventually to the elevator.

“Hey, Cap,” Tony calls after him before he can think about this further, watching as Steve turns around with a ridiculously hopeful look on his face, “Just let Friday know whenever you show up here, so you don’t put me into cardiac arrest again. Also, you owe me another coffee mug. I expect it to be sitting on my desk next time you decide to swing by.”

Steve’s lips curl into a small, almost relieved smile and he calls back his agreement before turning around and walking out of sight. Tony rolls his eyes, his once tense shoulders drooping back down, and he glances down at the shattered mug, the spilled coffee creating a large dark stain on the floor.

Tony doubts that he will ever be able to forgive Steve, or at least forgive him quickly. Rebuilding their fallen friendship sounds like an impossible feat and if it’s not impossible, then it is going to take a lot of effort from the both of them. In fact, Tony is certain that they will never be able to interact with each other the same way again.

However, this is certainly a start.

[ironhusband]

do u have any domestic TonyRhodey headcanons?

I sure do! Thanks for asking, Vix!

Rhodey is the one who cooks. Tony can’t cook at all. Seriously, Rhodey tried to teach him, videos online tried to teach him, professional chefs tried to teach him, Mama Rhodes tried to teach him. It’s no use. He just can’t do it. So Rhodey cooks. And Tony absolutely loves every single thing Rhodey makes for him. Rhodey says that he’s an amateur compared to his mother, but in true sappiness, Tony says Rhodey’s cooking is better because “you can just taste the love you have for me, honeybear.” Rhodey always rolls his eyes with a tiny smile because he loves how sappy his husband is. Rhodey is usually too busy with work to cook though, so usually Tony orders them takeout for dinner. Rhodey swears that the way Tony orders them takeout comes with psychic; Tony always orders by Rhodey’s mood even if he doesn’t know what Rhodey’s mood is. When he had a bad day at work, Tony orders him his comfort food. When he missed Tony that day, Tony orders the hamburgers from the chain Tony always invited on at MIT. When Rhodey had a good day at work and wanted to celebrate, Tony would order him something from some fancy new restaurant in Malibu. When Rhodey’s day was fine but tiring, Tony orders pizza and they eat quickly before going to bed. Even though their cooking skills are different, food is a love language for the both of them. 

They’re the kind of couple that can sit together in comfortable silence. They do like to do things together, watching TV or doing a puzzle or working together on a project, but sometimes it’s nice when they do different things in the same space, content and happy. Usually Rhodey would draw something while Tony would answer Emails or Rhodey would go over some of his trainees resumes while Tony was mindlessly playing the guitar. Occasionally, they would look at the concretion on each other's face and smile fondly. Sometimes they do it while sitting side by side or with their legs tangled together. They always feel completely at ease and relaxed, just by being close to one another. 

People (The Avengers) are sometimes surprised at how much Tony and Rhodey love PDA when they’re with people they trust. Usually in public, they like to keep their hands off each other. Oh sure, they flirt like crazy, and Tony loves to announce that they’re very much together and that he’s crazy about Rhodey, but they don’t really touch. It’s a left over instinct from DADT. At home though? Tony and Rhodey always kiss before they go to work. They hold hands a lot, even if it interferes with them doing something (that’s how they broke the sink once). They constantly call each other’s nicknames and tell each other how much they’re loved. Tony always kisses Rhodey’s forehead whenever it’s in reach and Rhodey kisses Tony neck in a way that makes him giggle because the spot is ticklish. They always cuddle up to one another at movie nights and play footsie under the table at dinnertime. DADT might have meant they can’t show their love in public, so they like to remind each other of how much they love each other and want nothing more than to touch in private. 

Tony and Rhodey have the exact same taste in everything. In movies, in books and in music and in humor and in hobbies. It’s not like they agree about everything, and even about their taste in popular culture, they like to pretend they’re different. But they have the exact same taste in everything. Which means they have monthly book clubs with just one another (because everyone else are clearly idiots) and they always listen to the same music in the workshop and for movie nights, they both laugh at each other’s jabs at the movie. They don’t ever have to tell each other before ordering tickets, because they’d either love it together or hate it together, but they’d always do it together. They do crosswords together and puzzles together and work on workshop projects together. As I said, they love doing things together, and with their shared interests, they get to do it a lot.

They love dancing! Absolutely adore it. They love dancing individually, Rhodey absentmindedly moving to the songs he used to like as a kid while Tony smiles fondly at his dork of a husband and Tony “distractingly” dancing in a seductive way, absolutely knowing what he’s doing to Rhodey. They love dancing together too. They love going to the clubs and complaining about the music the young people now but still dancing like they used to in MIT ( “let’s show them how it’s done!” they say. Everyone backs away twenty feet from them because these old people are so embarrassing). They love dancing in the workshop to the music they like, sometimes just nodding their heads to the beat and sometimes full on dancing, even if the music isn’t remotely dancing music. They love slow dancing, sometimes doing it randomly, without music in the background until JARVIS puts some Sinatra on, and by that time they’re too wrapped up in each other to notice the music came on.

Instead of date nights, Tony and Rhodey have “staying in bed” days. Sometimes their lives are so hectic and Tony’s sleep schedule is usually a mess anyway, that they need a break. They need a whole day to sleep in until late, have breakfast in bed brought to them (by Pepper, the hotel they’re staying at, or one of the Avengers), cuddle between the sheets, watch horrible new movies that they didn’t get a chance to see yet and make love where they want to. It happens once a month, usually at the last day of the month. It’s a nice way to start a new month, they think. It makes them both so happy to have a whole day for one another. They chose this instead of date nights, because this feels so much more intimate and romantic for them.

They don’t really say “I love you.” They both know they each other, but it’s very rare they say the words. They like to show it instead. Tony loves making big gestures and sending flowers to Rhodey’s work and he throws his arm over Rhodey’s shoulder while they lace their fingers together and kissing Rhodey passionately whenever he can. Rhodey for his part compliments Tony whenever the opportunity arises, never misses a chance to make him laugh and he leaves Tony Rhodey’s favorite hoodie for Tony to steal and he loves running his hands in Tony’s hair and kissing his cheeks. The word ‘love’ never needs to be said. They both know it and they both show it, and that’s enough for them. 

They’re silly and childish with one another. They absolutely build blanket forts together and talk until they both fall asleep, like they’re still teenagers. They still but lightsabers and pretend they’re fighting each other to the death. They both still say ‘jinx’ whenever they finish each other’s sentences. They both still fight over the bubble wrap whenever they get a new package, and eventually all the fighting means all the bubble are already popped. They both still declare the floor is lava sometimes, and take the game completely seriously. Tony and Rhodey are both serious professionals that can adult properly. But with each other they feel comfortable enough to have some childish fun together, feeling like no one would judge them.

They take care of each other differently when they get sick. Rhodey is more low-key about it. He makes Tony soup, reminds him to make his meds and cuddles Tony when he’s feeling too miserable. Tony likes it for the most part. Not working sucks and Rhodey is evil for forcing him to stay in bed. Rhodey just rolls his eyes and tells him projects are better without sick germs being all over them. Tony however, freaks out whenever Rhodey is sick. He forces him to go to the doctor, and when the doctor sends them home, because Jesus Christ, Tony, it’s just a cold, he constantly asks Rhodey how he’s feeling, buys him the best meds, piles blankets over pillows over blankets on his bed to make sure Rhodey is comfortable, he flies all the way to Philly to bring Rhodey soup from his mom and he gets him what he wants whenever he wants (unless the request is “oh my god, leave me alone!”). Rhodey thinks it’s sweet, even if Tony is a little bit overreacting. He would much rather have a nice, relaxing day to be miserable in his sickness, though.

They’re always bickering. About absolutely stupid things. It’s never serious, of course. They almost never fight, unless it’s about really important often moral issues. But they always bicker. It’s their way of flirting. Tony is just a person who generally bickers with people, and Rhodey is one of the few people who cam keep up with him (comes with practice) so of course he returns his quips jab for jab. Most times they bicker over breakfast or over their work together and sometimes they bicker while they’re with their friends or when they’re talking to the bots. But they always bicker with a fond expression and their fingers linked together and with a kiss at the end. 

[squireofgeekdom]

it’s the five year anniversary of captain america civil war so it’s plug old cacw fics time:

Does It Hurt? (2016/2017) 5 chapters, 31k, a one-shot canon-divergence AU of Bucky finding Tony after the bombing turned multi-chap fixit. Conversations! Teamwork! People Using Their Words! Friendship! And some background established tonyrhodey if that’s your jam!

And Post-CACW canon compliant fic:

When it’s all worn off, where do you go? (2016) one-shot, 3.3k, angsty, but with a happy ending ‘cause come on, it’s me. From the summary: ‘The how, and more importantly, the why, of Tony Stark's journey from an abandoned ex-Soviet missile silo to Columbia Medical.’ Gen, but certainly one that you can read as tonyrhodey (as readers have :D

Be Calm (2016) one-shot, ~900 words, from the summary ‘A slice of Rhodey's recovery, in which Rhodey is Tired and Tony may be trying too hard’

The First Day Of The Rest Of Your Life (2016) one-shot, ~500 words, from the summary ‘After the events of Civil War, movie night with Rhodey makes Tony Stark reevaluate the relevance of an old cliche. (Unrepentant fluff)’

and if you’re here for tonyrhodey:

Experimental Testing (2017) one-shot, ~300 words, banter-filled fluff with dancing

Four going on five years later, there’s things I’d do differently if I were writing these now, but I’m still quite fond of them. :)

[timeisacephalopod]

Have a TonyRhodey AU in which Tony is complaining about his children to Rhodey, who is not at all lost on the fact that Tony’s kids act like him so its kind of funny that he’s mad about it.

*

Rhodey laughs, hand covering his mouth and Tony lets out a noise of frustration. “Stop that! You don’t get it, Peter was being deliberately stupid. Like who decides to walk up to the cops with information on the asston of property damage and say ‘do you want the tea?’ instead of just telling them what happened?”

He doesn’t say anything about that time he and Tony got into a nasty car wreak that neither of them should have survived let alone come out untouched only to tell the cop that he’d rather be eating a burger than talk to them. And he did this for an hour until he got the damn food, then he continued to purposefully badger the cop because he thought it was funny. So its really not shocking that Peter thinks irritating the cops is funny too, he comes by it honestly. “That’s pretty funny,” he says and Tony’s eyes bug out of his head.

“No! Give him those ‘respect cops’ talks you always gave me, shithead!”

Rhodey squints, “I gave you ‘don’t torment cops with your black friend in shooting range’ lessons, lets not twist things. And no, parent your damn self you were the one that adopted like fifty kids.”

“Excuse you we have three and one is part time Pepper’s so she barely even counts so really we have two kids and a pest,” Tony says. “Fifty kids my ass. And you’re his parent to, do parent things,” he says, poking Rhodey in the side.

He smacks Tony’s hand away, “stop that. And Morgan is your actual child, how’s she count less?”

“Because Pepper has her equal time, Rhodey. And they’re all my actual kids, just because one was once a sperm that was-”

“Okay, you don’t need to finish that sentence. Peter sassing the cops is so not the worst thing he could be doing. Remember that ridiculous Jake Gyllenhaal looking bastard with the fish bowl head? Absolutely worse shenanigans than asking the cop if he wants the tea. Just saying.” And Peter is a good kid too, the least troublesome one they have and the little bastard got bit by a radioactive spider and became a superhero. But he’s the least troublesome kid they have. Sometimes Rhodey wonders if Tony is secretly Harley’s actual father because they share way too much in common and how come none of the kids are like him? Rude.

“Fine, Peter being a dick to cops is fine. Harley nearly died twice because, and this is a quote, ‘I wanted to make a cool Tik Tok.’ I had to look up what the fuck that was,” Tony says, exasperated.

Yeah, Harley is a certified Dumb Bitch but if Tik Tok and superheroes had been around in their youth he knows he’d have to find a way to save Tony’s dumb ass as he made videos in the middle of superhero battlefields. Shit, if that was the case in their youth deciding to make cool videos would have been Iron Man’s origin story instead of the terrorist thing.

“Tones you know you’d do the same thing, you can’t really judge the kid,” he says reasonably.

If it were possible for steam to blow out of Tony’s ears it would have. “He almost died twice under crumbling buildings for a twelve second video with Mii music in the background captioned ‘my last brain cell trying to avoid death while I ruin my life.’ He almost died twice for that,” Tony says like he didn’t once give out his personal address to terrorists only to be surprised when they blew up his house. And that’s one of the less dumb things Tony has done that’s nearly resulted in his death.

“Uh huh. Baby I hate to tell you this, but he’s just acting like you,” he says, wincing a little as he says it.

Tony reacts exactly how he thinks he would, mostly offended about it. “Rhodey, that is the problem. I’m an idiot, I like to think I have raised my kids to not be idiots.”

“Eh,” Rhodey says, waving hand. Tony smacks him playfully.

“Don’t be rude and talk to the kid, he listens to you,” he says like Harley doesn’t listen to him too.

“Its a phase, he’ll get through it,” Rhodey says.

“He almost died for a twelve second video that is an insane phase! Why are you not worried about his safety?” he asks, confused.

“I’m assuming this was the same event where Peter asked the cops if they wanted the tea, yeah?” he asks.

Tony huffs, “that’s not the point.”

“Is so. I know you wouldn’t let anything bad happen to him and neither would Peter, he was fine. Stupid, but fine. Besides, I can’t talk braincells into the kid,” he points out. “Didn’t work on you anyway.”

“Well... can you just talk to him?” Tony asks, shoulders slumped.

Rhodey shrugs, “yeah, alright. I doubt I’ll do more than you did but I can talk to the kid.” Tony nods, visibly relieved and Rhodey waits for him to go on but he doesn’t. “And Morgan?” he asks, figuring she’s gotten into some kind of something this week. Last time he got an update she tried to bleach her hair so she could dye it pink except she’s five so that didn’t go well and Tony spent a lot of time yelling about potentially going blind while Morgan watched on. Her only defense was that she’s not dumb, she knows not to bleach her eyes.

He’d had to leave that alone too and he and Pepper had a quiet moment about how Tony one hundred percent would have done the same thing. Kind of did in college when he decided to go blond and he looked awful. Then he decided the solution was shaving his hair short, which mostly made him look like a skin head so Rhodey told him to dye his hair back but Tony’s dramatic ass hid under the bed for a month until it grew out enough to leave for more than a few hours at night to eat, shit, and shower. So really, Morgan was just reaching out to some Stark genes there and she was fine, if sporting some awful hair, so he and Pepper got a good laugh out of Tony’s reaction.

“Oh she’s fine, turns out she’s a music prodigy so there's that. But I’m sure she’ll do some stupid thing soon. In the meantime though she’s not doing anything particularly stupid so that’s nice, I’ve got my hands full with Harley and Peter anyway.”

That doesn’t surprise Rhodey much, she insults Tony’s music taste too much to not know things about it. “Guess she had some insight when she told you Alice Cooper was worse than Barney,” he says and Tony makes an offended noise.

“She did not!”

*

Rhodey looks over the kids sternly until Morgan raises her hand. “I didn’t even do anything so can I leave?” she asks. He nods and she grins, taking off presumably to go harass Tony about his music that she’s deemed awful. Tony has threatened to disown her four times today alone.

Harley and Peter wilt a little and Rhodey sighs. “Harley, nearly dying for a Tik Tok is not nearly a cool enough death to risk it. Peter, that’s hilarious. Keep pissing off New York’s finest, you’re bullet proof anyway. Stop doing it in front of your father though, I’m tired of Tony losing his ass about it.”

Peter frowns, “I’m not bullet proof.”

“I rescind that, stop pissing off New York’s finest, I don’t put it above at least one of them to shoot Spiderman. Harley, learn how to edit, man. What the hell are you doing running around in superhero battles for? Go ask Ned if you need help with it, you know Ned is good at editing and he’s a good boy, I’m sure he’d help you.” Helped Peter hack into his suit and they both thought Tony didn’t know right away like he didn’t plan for the possibility that someone would tamper with the suit Peter or otherwise. Ned got himself a job out of it and Peter got grounded, which meant no Spiderman.

“Please don’t call Ned a good boy,” Peter says, wrinkling his nose.

“Hey, I found another Spiderman and his suit is way cooler than Peter’s!” Morgan says from behind them. Rhodey turns to find a kid standing there in an admittedly very cool design but its clearly painted over one of Peter’s suits. He’d recognize one of those suits anywhere the design is so unique. He turns to Peter, who smacks Harley.

“You said he was well hidden!” he hisses.

“Morgan’s a busybody, you know that!”

“He was in your closet, that’s not well hidden. You should have hid him under the sink,” Morgan tells them, hands on her hips.

Rhodey lets out a long suffering sigh. “Alright kid, who are you?”

“I’m not Miles Morales. I’m some other guy,” he says, looking away and Rhodey hopes this kid has loving parents because he’s absolutely dumb enough for Tony to adopt.

“Yeah alright, lets get you to the lab so you can get your own suit. Peter, you can explain yourself to your father and Harley, you too. Morgan... good work,” he says awkwardly but Morgan looks proud of herself so at least there’s that. Miles looks upset that he’s outted himself but it does seem like Peter is incapable of finding friends who are good liars. Better for him and Tony though so he’ll take it.

[bookworm555]

Character ask meme: Tony Stark, Peter Quill, Scarlet Witch, MCU!Spiderman, Valkyrie (because I'm still in an Infinity War mood!)

OOOH YES, thank you for all of these!! (Especially since these are characters I am rarely asked about~)

Oops, this got long XD

Tony Stark:

overall: who? / i hate them / i dislike them / kinda wanna fight them / they’re alright / i like them / i love them / *accidentally drops thousands of pictures of them*opinion: again, who??? / the purest bean / cinnamon roll / who knows really / sinnamon roll / the problematic fav (Honestly, none of these really make me think of Tony. He’s more of the ‘tries so hard, yet the world never gives him a break’ type)otp(s): Stony, Ironstrange, TonyRhodey, Pepperonyother ship(s): (Okay, side-note, I never realized how many ships I actually have for him til I started listing them all out XD) Tony/Bruce, IronQuill, Tony/Thor, etc.#noromo ship(s): Honestly, Tony interacting with basically anyone is gold for me.crack ship(s): Not sure if I have one? …OMG Batman/Ironman: Battle of the Rich Dudesfav headcanon(s): He thinks of Peter (Parker) as a son. 

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Peter Quill (who I love more now than ever before, fite me)

overall: who? / i hate them / i dislike them / kinda wanna fight them / they’re alright / i like them / i love them / *accidentally drops thousands of pictures of them*opinion: again, who??? / the purest bean / cinnamon roll / who knows really / sinnamon roll / the problematic favotp(s): STARMORAother ship(s): IronQuill#noromo ship(s): Quill/Nebula, maybe? I want to see them interact morecrack ship(s): Not sure I have any for himfav headcanon(s): Because of everything he learned/experienced regarding his father, not to mention his love for Gamora, that’s why he snapped the way he did during that One Scene in Infinity War. (ALSO, side note: people need to stop blaming him for the outcome of the movie, holy shit. He reacted the way I’m pretty sure most people [especially given his background] would in that situation. Forever part of the #PeterQuillDefenseSquad)

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Wanda (Going with the MCU version here):

overall: who? / i hate them / i dislike them / kinda wanna fight them / they’re alright / i like them / i love them / *accidentally drops thousands of pictures of them*opinion: again, who??? / the purest bean / cinnamon roll / who knows really / sinnamon roll / the problematic fav (In AOU, at least)otp(s): ScarletVisionother ship(s): Not really sure I have any??#noromo ship(s): I liked how Hawkeye took her under his wing (lol, pun not intended). I wish Quicksilver lived in the MCU so they could have more sibling interactions.crack ship(s): Wanda/Nebula. IDK (I seem to have this weird thing for crackships with Nebula. Like my current rarepair obsession is Loki/Nebula but there’s like, no art for them -cries-)fav headcanon(s): She has anxiety and sometimes has panic attacks.

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Peter Parker (MCU):

overall: who? / i hate them / i dislike them / kinda wanna fight them / they’re alright / i like them / i love them / *accidentally drops thousands of pictures of them*opinion: again, who??? / the purest bean / cinnamon roll / who knows really / sinnamon roll / the problematic favotp(s): Peter/Shuriother ship(s): Peter/Liz, Peter/Ned#noromo ship(s): I really like the father-son dynamic he has with Tonycrack ship(s): Okay, now when I say this is a crackship, I MEAN it, but I have this whole idea I’d love to explore with this one day. Ready for it??? Peter Parker/Momo Yaoyorozu (from BNHA). Without clogging this up too much, the short explanation (I guess this would be an AU where Quirks are either uncommon, or just more prevalent in Japan, aka people who have them are not public about it):Both of them are like, amazingly smart. I can totally see Momo doing those Academic Decathlon-type things Peter does (not sure if they’re international, but I mean something similar to that, but on an international scale). So imagine them meeting at one of them, and they start talking and become fast friends, keeping in contact with each other even after they go back to their own countries. I still need to flesh out the plot, but yeah.fav headcanon(s): He swings both ways (-gets slapped for bad pun-). But yeah, I headcanon him as bi XD. Sp-bi-derman (Okay, I’m done)

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Valkyrie (I think in the comics her actual name is Brunhilde, but idk if that’s mentioned in the MCU?)

overall: who? / i hate them / i dislike them / kinda wanna fight them / they’re alright / i like them / i love them / *accidentally drops thousands of pictures of them*opinion: again, who??? / the purest bean / cinnamon roll / who knows really / sinnamon roll / the problematic favotp(s): Not sure I really have one for her? At least not yet? I do like her with Loki somewhat, though? Not OTP level, though, but that’s all I got, XDother ship(s): I guess her and the unnamed Valkyrie that was implied to be her girlfriend? (the one Hela killed)#noromo ship(s): It would be cool to see more interactions with her and Brucecrack ship(s): idk, Valkyrie/Darcy Lewis? Imagine the snark-off, XD.  Honestly, thinking of crackships (besides the Peter/Momo one) is hard XDfav headcanon(s): She likes to be in control/be dominant in like, most (if not all) aspects of her life because she hates feeling powerless/vulnerable due to her backstory. (The alcohol also helps with that, too.)

[cyborgrhodey]

Fic Rec Days: Rhodey-centric edition

Day 1: TonyRhodey fic

Happy fic rec days, everyone! So, it’s no secret that I love James “Rhodey” Rhodes with my entire being, and I wanted to show my appreciation for all the fic writers out there who constantly feed my unsatiable appetite for Rhodey content. Please do check the tags and warnings of each fic. Also, do leave kudos and comments!

Today, we’re doing TonyRhodey fics. They have the annoying habit of turning out to be disproportionately Tony-centric, which is totally fine, but not exactly what I’m here for. There are already some well-stocked TonyRhodey rec lists out there, so here are a few of my more recent faves (with a few old favorites mixed in).

A Million Shades of Blue by Not Applicable/ @notfknapplicable (T, complete) An old fave that I simply cannot omit from any TonyRhodey rec list. Tony disappears into the wormhole, and Rhodey stops at nothing to find him. A true classic.

spy!au by @asexualtonystark (T?, WIP) Rhodey is a field agent, and Tony is. Well. Read it and find out. The romance hasn’t fully kicked in yet, and it looks like it’s going to be a fun ride.

And James Believed Him by Avengerz/ @anthonyfuckingstark (T, one-shot) Role reversal AU! I fucking love role reversal AUs, and this one did it so well.

Standing in the shadow of a damaged heart by @aslightstep (G?, one-shot) This one is slightly role reversal-ish, too. Basically a what if: Tony brought Rhodey into the whole Iron Man thing from the start. 

Dreaming in Reality by Faillen (G, one-shot) Pre-deployment angst.

Pretend We’re In Love (The Heartache Still Hurts) by InsaneJuliann/ @marvelingjules (T, completed) Fake dating AU! Rhodes family heavy, which I adore. Just as painful as the title suggests.

We Are (Not) Soldiers by arsenicarcher (Pepper/Tony/Steve/Nat/Rhodey (!), M, one-shot) Another old fave. Featuring Rhodey pining, lowkey playing the martyr, kicking all kinds of ass, standing by his morals at great personal risk, and just being the Rhodey I love so much.

Sudden And Silent In Its Arrival by @phoenixfalls (Tony/Pepper/Rhodey, E, completed? series)  More Pepper-centric, but lbr, we also need a lot more Pepper in our lives. Non-superhero AU.

Jet Boy Jet Girl by used_songs (Tony/Pepper/Rhodey, T, one-shot) Charts their relationship from MIT to post-CACW. I really like how the author handled Tony and Rhodey’s backgrounds, especially the tension of Rhodey being military and Tony cutting ties with them. 

There’s a lot of excellent TonyRhodey content out there. I’m sure I missed a lot, especially fic that aren’t cross-posted to Ao3 (@waterbird13‘s stuff comes to mind; I remember a particular fic featuring insecure!Rhodey that I loved, but can no longer find for the life of me). 

Stay tuned tomorrow for more Rhodey-centric fic recs! And happy fic rec days, everyone.