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Juulna’s 2021 Multi-Fandom Fanfiction Rec List - Part Two

(Yes, I realize this is a year late, but this year's been a bit nuts. I still hope you enjoy these fics anyway!)

Based only on what I’ve read with my own eyes this year!

Follow me on my journey into what, at times, was…

…actually rather calming! Perhaps you can find some comfort and entertainment, fluff and angst and romance and friendship, smut and a distinct lack of it, space adventures and fantasy and modern adventures, serial killers and good guys, redemption and reconciliation and learning to become someone completely different — there is so much here I read that stuck with me over the past year, and the 2021 Fanfic Reading Challenge ( @fanfic-reading-challenge ) allowed me a new way to keep track of all of my favourites. So props to that event! Definitely participating again (considering I run the event, yeah, that's probably a given lol, but full disclosure).

Without further ado, here were my 2021 fic favourites!

Fandom: Marvel (Comics & MCU)

Stony, Polyvengers:

you great unfinished symphony (you sent for me) by @ketchupcrisp

The last thing Steve Rogers ever expected to see on a Wednesday afternoon was his (their) dead submissive tumbling out of a portal and practically into Phil’s lap, very much alive and frantic about Soul Stones and timelines and some other version of the team.

Avengers Family:

Of Spectrums and Spoons by @calloftherunningtide

Natasha had been taught to pretend – to act and respond just like she was supposed to act and respond - from an early age.

Things You Learn In the Kitchen at Night by @buzzcat

When Darcy went into the kitchen that night, she didn't expect to meet her platonic soul mate or Tony Stark, let alone have them be one and the same person.

Iron Family (typically very Civil War Team Iron Man):

Second Chances by @izazov

Tony Stark is in love with Steve Rogers. Also, he is dying. There is no direct correlation between those two facts. But there is also the matter of Steve Rogers having no idea about Tony’s feelings.

And all that's best of dark and bright by @kaaterinapetrova

When Steve Rogers leaves her to die in Siberia, Toni Stark hacks her soulmark apart, tears the flesh and veins until she is blinded with pain, and waits to die. Up above, somewhere in the universe, something fractures.

Trigger warning for cutting, suicidal thoughts, breakdown.

Siren by @tsuki-chibi

When the exvengers were granted pardons, they return to the Compound. Steve was prepared to fight an uphill battle, but not for the biggest change of all:a clone of Peggy Carter, who is already at the Compound and acting as the newest Avenger. Determined to see everything go back to the way it was, Steve, Wanda and Clint become obsessed with figuring out a way to upstage the New Avengers and prove that the Accords are unnecessary.

Spoiler: their plan doesn't work.

Basic Rules by @striving-artist

It said something about Toni’s life that she had an established system in case of kidnapping and torture, and while there had been tweaks, it was still basically the same as from when she was a kid.

1. Let them underestimate you. 2. Don’t fight back until you have an exit. 3. Lie from the start. 4. Protect what matters. 5. Assume no one is coming to help.

you want a war? (you don't know what you're asking for) by @dyke-yoonji

“And now? Now you’ve all betrayed,” Steve flinched at the choice of words, “Stark, and Potts and Rhodes are not going to sit and take it.”

Natasha frowned at the phone. “What does this mean for us?”

Fury laughed - an ugly laugh with no myrth in it. “It means that Potts or Rhodes are the ones who sent me this phone because they wanted me to contact you. They wanted me - and you - to know that they are with Stark, that they are the line of defence between him and us.” “It means that they just declared war. God have mercy on your souls.”

Tony Stark is Not a Supervillain (But his Poker Group All Are) by DaughteroftheSilverMoon

A superhero walks into a room full of villains- and they play poker and give him a drink. After all, it's the polite thing to do. Only then they get to liking him, and all of a sudden they're slaying dragons for the good guys. It's very disconcerting, but kind of nice.

The Worst Job by @thealextheshipper

Jessica is assigned as the Rogue Avengers Accords delegate upon their return to the US, on the plus side she befriends Tony Stark, on the down side she has to deal with PR nightmare Steve Rogers, and his best friend PR nightmare Clint Barton.

DomesticIronHawk: (Laura/Clint/Tony)

Set On Fire by @allthemarvelousrage

She's not sure if she forgot to take her suppressants, or if something Wanda did screwed with her meds, but her world is on fire for the first time in years, and there's no one to help her through it... until there is.

IronMarvel:

Keep Me in Your Orbit by @moonlitmidnight-1

A post Civil War AU in which Toni knew Carol during the events of Captain Marvel, and was the person she gave the pager to.

IronStrange:

ARC I: An Infinity In The Wings by @bad-days-and-beautiful-nights

Stephen and Toni met just before she's kidnapped. They spent the night together and when she returns, they strike up an easy friendship. Soon enough, Stephen falls in love with her, but by the time he realizes, it's too late. Hoping she never finds out, he gracefully steps back, trusting Captain America to be the right man for his best friend. But when Steve surprises everyone and Toni ends up at death's door for the fourth time, Stephen has to re-evaluate his life's choices.

IronTaser:

Disinformed by Del_Rion

It’s time to come clean about Phil Coulson’s death. Out of all the Avengers, Tony’s reaction is the most surprising, and Phil must investigate it further.

Maria Hill/Sif:

Diplomatic Relations and Intelligence Failures by @scifigrl47

Maria Hill would like a night off, and maybe a date. She's not likely to get either one of them, so she's pretty resigned to long nights of protecting the world from behind the scenes. It's very satisfying, but not quite in the way she's hoping for.

Most people who know Maria are far too intimidated to make a pass. Luckily, the Lady Sif doesn't have that problem.

Phlint:

SHIELD Has Paperwork for Everything by @scifigrl47

Clint Barton knows where his loyalties lie, and they have more to do with his handler than his employer. Phil Coulson takes his responsibilities seriously, and a big part of his job is protecting the agent in his care from any threat to his well-being.

At this rate, neither of them is going to get a date. Natasha Romanov has other ideas, and the only side she's on is her own.

Stucky:

Reputation by @cpt-winniethepooh

Captain America is a hero to the nation, but an uncomfortable cage for Steve Rogers. He is confined by his reputation as the boring Avenger, Mr. Goody-Two-Shoes, and has long given up on hope to change his public image.

Then he meets James Barnes, the infamous assassin also known as the Winter Soldier, who recently switched sides and is now working for the US instead of Russia. Barnes is tall, dark and handsome with his man-bun and eyeliner, and everything Steve shouldn’t want but does.

But just as there is more to Steve than Cap, there is more to Barnes than the Soldier - but will they be able to see that and find happiness?

An albumfic about finding love through the noise, set to the tune and narrative of Taylor Swift’s Reputation.

Steve Rogers at 100: Celebrating Captain America on Film by @hellotailor, @alwaysalreadyangry, eleveninches, febricant, @morgan-leigh

“Heil Hydra,” the enemy agent shouts.

“Heil this, motherfucker,” says Captain America, shooting off a rocket.

Steve and Bucky find out Hollywood has been busy since they went away. A historical survey, including but not limited to: one set of exploded genitals, a brief interlude in France, Mel Gibson and other masterworks of casting, eight Academy awards, several dinosaurs, and something Tony Stark has ominously dubbed “the masterpiece.” Art included.

Steve Rogers and the minefields of social media by @cpt-winniethepooh

Steve gets a Twitter account, then an Instagram one, then he gets Bucky back, too.

ThunderIron:

King Of Hearts, Queen Of . . . Nothing by ThatDamnKennedyKid

He was sure that she didn't remember, not with the way she had cried herself into drunken slumber in his arms. That did not mean he forgot. Not anything - not the painful slurs from her father that lingered in her mind, the barely visible scars across her arms and thighs from jumping into adulthood alone before she was no longer a child, how she had blubbered the name Yinsen over and over again like a regret.

I don't Want the World to See Me by @outercorner

Tony has a secret, one that is harder and harder to keep from observant teammates.

WinterIron:

Lines by @treesramblings

“If you want—and feel free to say no, everyone and their mothers know that I’m the queen of offering too much where I’m not wanted—but, if you want…” Toni hesitates, worrying her bottom lip between her teeth for a moment, and then continues, “well, that’s the longest period of uninterrupted sleep I’ve had since last week, which was also with you, and—twice is a coincidence, but maybe we could test to see, uh, see if it’s a pattern? Only if you want; I’m not trying to guilt you into it. In fact, forget I said anything. This is a horrible idea. I’m just going to leave—”

She’s stopped by his fingers slipping into her palm as he's suddenly standing in front of her. “Okay,” he whispers.

The tension that had built up in her body releases all at once and she looks up into his eyes, the ever present churn of emotion swirling enchantingly, tenderly.

“Okay,” she responds, and his hand glides from hers as he turns away. She aches with the missing weight.

Watercolour Scars by ThatDamnKennedy

Despite fighting against Iron Man, Bucky didn't actually know Tony. Even then, he didn't know how he was the only one starstruck. He couldn't imagine the kind of miracles she must have pulled off before for the team to not even thank her.

Our Shattered Past by Elenduen

Bucky survives the snap, survives to see two-thirds of the universe die, half turning to ash, the others killed because those others turned to ash. He follows Steve back to America and the Avengers compound struggling to try and make sense of everything that has happened. Then Tony Stark returns to earth, broken, sick, desolate. Bucky feels he owes Tony for what he did to his parents, he wants to find a way to make amends and the only way he think to do that is to act as protection for Tony while he slowly recovers from his time in space.

Tony couldn't care less what happens to him now. He failed, Peter is gone, two-thirds of the Universe is gone, why should he care if he lives or dies now? he is determined to help others while he can though and if that means Barnes is following him around then he can help too.

What neither expect is a relationship to blossom between them or the family that blooms out of the ashes of their shattered pasts.

721 Fifth Avenue by Skarla

Tony Stark is a man of many faces; stressed, a little manic, overly fond of smoothies and kinder than anyone Bucky has ever met, although he hides it well. He's not quite sure why no one else is providing the support and companionship that the man is quietly desperate for, but it's no hardship to step up to the plate. He's always had a thing for scrappy underdogs after all.

The Evidence by @striving-artist

Didn’t notice. Right. Sure. Two brilliant minds, two super spies, and a god didn’t notice when the chattiest man they knew stopped making sound. They just seemed happier than before. Brighter and more cheerful than before. They just seemed like they were more comfortable with him around when he was stone silent.

Fuck it.

He knew they noticed.

And he knew they liked him better this way.

ShieldShock:

MARRY, FUCK, KILL by @sevensneakyfoxes

"Actually, you know, I get it. Rogers would be an excellent MARRY choice. You know that he'd never leave the toilet seat up, would never drink the last of the milk, and would clean the rain gutters without prompting," Darcy says. She's never really considered Steve as anything other than Captain America who is impossibly unapproachable; weirdly enough, the things she finds intimidating about him as a person oddly work for her in a domestic setting. "Ugh, plus you just KNOW Barton would be the type of fucker that would eat the last oreo and then shove the empty box back into the cupboard."

"So what's your list then, Darcy?" Jane asks, turning back to look at the mold, which has done exactly fuck all in the last half-hour.

"Don't rush me! I need to make an informed, calculated choice."

Darcy looks down at her pad, then back up at Natasha. She purses her lips in thought. "You've fucked Barnes, right? How dexterous is that metal hand?"

The ladies of SHIELD play a mass game of MARRY FUCK KILL, Avengers edition.

Wherein everyone marries Steve, kills Tony, Jane betrays science and Darcy hypothetically turns Thor into a llama.

WinterShock:

Black Holes and Revelations by @amidtheflowers

The Winter Soldier doesn’t like her much. It doesn’t help when they get thrown in a black hole together.

WinterShieldShock:

Upon A Hill, Across a Blue Lake by @i-mushi

Fluffy ABO - Darcy has a few run-ins with the police and a couple Alpha Avengers show up to help. She /really/ should have specified to Jane not to send her crushes when she called for help. Steve/Darcy/Bucky Alpha!Steve, Alpha!Bucky, Omega!Darcy

WinterWidowIronShield:

my body is not their bed by @deathsweetqueen

In 1995, the Engineer and the Winter Soldier escape HYDRA and end up, bleeding, on Peggy Carter's doorstep.

This is their journey after. This is the story of their victory march.

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oddball-artz · 9 months

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I am gonna flood your inbox, just warning you now 🤗

So, you want questions? I'll give some to ya.

1. How tall is Dalia?

2. If she was granted anything she could want, what would she want?

3. Any family? If so, who's she closer too?

4. How does she feel about colorguard? Is she good at it?

5. If she was friends with one of my own oc's? Who, and why would she be friends with them?

6. Lastly, if she was dared to eat dirt for 20$ would she?

Sorry for all the questions! I wanna know more abt her, and squeeze her like she's one of my blorbos.

Here we go, in order! :]

1, Dalia is 5'6, and she's also 15 and weighs around 160 pounds just to cover bases

2, if she could have anything, it would probably be peace of mind. She's usually worried about something or someone, and she puts her concerns about and need to protect those close to her above her own needs. She wants a way to just shut out her thoughts and have the peace her epithet can provide to others, but if she tries to use her epithet on herself it doesn't work, so she's constantly seeking out ways to get that peace, but her thoughts never go away, she can push them to the back of her mind but they're always there and she wishes they weren't. (Lowkey needs therapy tbh)

3, alr family wise she has a pretty big family(so many cousins but I'll make a tree later, I promise) but for immediate family she has 2 siblings, both younger. The middle kid is Esme, and she's 9, and she's pretty close with Dalia (even though some days she makes her wanna rip her own hair out bc omfg does this kid not listen). The youngest is named Jasper, he's 8, and he's sweet, but that doesn't mean he doesn't cause trouble, it's just that when he just does it's more sneakily than when Esme does it. When they play together, it's just basically this (https://youtube.com/shorts/7EVy_Bh6lNk?si=qKcONC0YZzcMUH2b sorry idk how else to link it) Dalia regularly walks in on them being like this and is used to it at this point. Her mom is pretty distant and is constantly working, and Dalia wishes she was around more. Her mom(named Avery) also just kinda pins her siblings onto Dalia whenever her dad isn't home. Her dad(named Carter) is a stay at home dad who's trying his best. He's got a lot going on, but despite it all, he's pretty close with Dalia. They have the same sense of humor, so if you put them in a room together, they constantly crack jokes at each other. He was on drumline when he was her age, and that's part of the reason she joined guard bc she wanted to be involved with the marching band like her dad. She looks up to him a lot.

4, she likes colorguard a lot, but there was definitely a learning curve. If you saw her at her first performance compared to her latest, you wouldn't think it's the same person. She gets super nervous before performances tho (she cried because of her nerves before her first real performance) but the more performances and practice she got under her belt the better her nerves have gotten(she still gets a little panicky before big shows and parades, but nothing compared to how it used to be)

5, Prolly Sabrina, i feel her idgaf energy would ground Dalia in a way(I have a lot of friends with that energy and idk why but it grounds me, so now figuring out why is Dalia's problem lmao) They also have similar music taste(Dalia playlist coming soon) If they were friends they'd totally send eachother fanfic for fandoms they're both in at ungodly hours of the night lmao

6, short answer, no (but if you push, yes.) Long answer no, and not because she's above eating dirt for cash but because she knows she'll probably get made fun of if she does. She folds to peer pressure pretty easy tho (people pleaser) and could probably be convinced to if you pushed her about it.

(Sorry this took so long to make lmao, and tysm for asking questions about her. Sorry if this is kinda bad. I'm a better artist than I am a writer)

#epithet erased oc #ee oc #Dalia Kalmeren (oc)#answered ask #idk what else to put in the tags

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im-his-druidess · 2 years

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Tag 9 People You Want To Get To Know Better!

I got tagged by @a-writer-on-elm-street Thank you for the tag! 😊💙

First Ship: kinda difficult to remember since I'm a romantic at heart, but I think it was Aragorn x Arwen from Lord of the Rings trilogy

Three Ships: Chief Hopper x Joyce Byers from Stranger Things, Steven Grant/Marc Spector x Layla El-Faouly from Moon Knight, and Steve Rogers x Peggy Carter from Captain America

Last Song: The Horror and the Wild by The Amazing Devil

Last Movie: Hellboy 2019. David Harbour is already deliciously thicc and he was Fine AF in that movie 🤤

Currently Reading: Uh...does fanfics count? 😅

Currently Watching: I'm playing Dead By Daylight if that counts lol

Currently Consuming: Sour gummy worms

Currently Craving: Um....nothing in particular actually 🤔 maybe ice cream?

I'm gonna tag @purplelupins @mandowifey @dancingisdangerouss @ethanhoewke @whimsyvixen @sl4shcelebr1ty (It's not 9 but 🤷🏼‍♀️ this was all I could think of at the moment)

#tag game #💙💙💙#the cryptid replies

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chriscdcase95 · 2 years

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My Marvel/DC crossover AU No One Asked for

Read the title. Here’s the layout.

This is an AU I’ve been sitting on for about two or three years now, and often revisit to make some changes. While this isn’t something I really shelved, I am unlikely to write any of the stories down.

I still keep a lot of what I did write in my notes. From this AU I wrote down several prompts, some of which I already shared in other posts.

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1. You'd think combining the Arrowverse and DCEU alone is gonna be a hassle, but when I wrote things down, the actual changes are pretty small.

The main events of the Arrowverse, DCEU, and MCU remain otherwise the same, there are a few small adjustments made here and there. Some suspension of disbelief is required. Birds of Prey was the hardest one to adapt.

Most changes are “Who plays what character ?”

Of course, because this is a fanfic AU, we can just say "The Other Darin" trope is at play. Henry Cavill’s Superman ? Tyler Hoechlin’s Superman ? Same deal as Eric Norton/Mark Ruffalo’s Banner, or Terrence Howard/Don Cheadle’s Rhodes.

With that all said, this AU treats Grant Gustin's Barry Allen is treated as the “canon”. The indefinitely postponed upcoming Flash movie is disregarded entirely. We all know why.

Jon Cryer's Lex Luthor is also treated as his "canon" character, but he initially had the same traits and role as Eisenberg’s Luthor. I like to think Eisenberg!Luthor was fronting as “the eccentric young mogul” while Cryer’s represents Luthor going masks off.

Some fan casting is bigger issues. Mostly "casting" Diana Laurel Lance, between Katie Cassidy or Jurnee Smollett, for far reasons too complicated to discuss here.

And finally, Zack Snyder’s Justice League is treated as canon.

2. “But where was X superhero during Y's events ?”

A lot of these events would have coincided with each other.

In this AU, Iron Man/2, The Incredible Hulk and Thor would have taken place between/around the first two seasons of Arrow. The present day events of Man of Steel would have coincided with The Avengers. Batman V. Superman and Suicide Squad would take place around the time of The Dark World and The Winter Soldier.

Age of Ultron would coincide with Zack Snyder's Justice League - also taking place between seasons one and two of The Flash, and before Supergirl's first season.

Up to speed, Barry ?

So, here’s some of the prompts I came up with for the AU.

1. Unlike Supergirl, Superman wasn't an active superhero when Kara came to Earth, but it was around the time Clark was wandering the world. During this time, Clark reached out to the Danvers family to help him understand his powers, much like the Arrowverse.

As it so happens, Carol Danvers turns out to be Jeremiah's sister, which is how they help Clark understand his powers. Clark would build a bridge of trust with the Danvers' and brought Kara to them, as he wasn't in the right headspace to look after a child. As a result ? Kara grew up with Carol Danvers as an “Awesome Aunt”.

We’d also have a Superman prequel, also serving as a Captain Marvel crossover. For such as a story, I’d picture Ronan as the de-facto Big Bad, showing him falling out of favor with the Kree, before joining Thanos.

2. I wrote a post based on this AU, but I had this one idea of various WLW prompts for Diana/Wonder Woman. You can read the long version here.

It focused on what Wonder Woman was up to over the decades, especially those she romanced. The most prominent being Wondercarter, Wonderwidow and Superwondercorp.

In this version of Captain America: The First Avenger ? Wonder Woman was considered a battlefield urban legend, and a partial inspiration for the super soldier project. After the events of Agent Carter, Diana would become acquainted with Howard and Maria Stark, and ends up staying with Peggy and Angie as a temporary house guest on the Stark Estates.

How long Diana was involved with them isn't elaborated, but I see Tony having memories of an “Aunt Diana” babying him from when he was a little kid. Cuz we all know she would.

I don't see Tony reuniting Diana until well after he becomes Iron Man. Probably after Civil War or Infinity War. At the very least, Diana ends up another one of Morgan Stark's honorary aunts. Diana would totally be one of those aunts who’d tell Tony’s people embarrassing stories of him from when he was tot.

Another idea I had involved Sarah Rogers being Steve Trevor's sister, and her naming her son after her late brother. But I was pretty iffy about that. It came off as too nepotistic, and I felt Diana should have minimal, if any ties to Steve Rogers. Wonder Woman being the inspiration for the super soldier project should be enough, right ?

3. This one's gonna get me fucking lynched...

So, it's come to my attention that The Batman 2022 was considered as a DCEU prequel early in development. At the risk of being mauled by both Battinson and Batfleck stans, I'm applying that here.

In this AU, an altered version of The Batman occurred, the main difference being it was set in the late 90′s to early 2000′s. Technology adjusted accordingly, and the Riddler’s platform is old web forums, such as IRC chat (or if set around 2003, MySpace).

Anyways, Battison would have represented Bruce Wayne in his early career as Batman when he first became a symbol of hope, while Batfleck represents his “Broken/Fallen Hero” stage. After all, you can't have a “Fall From Grace” period if you never had anything to fall from...

*prepares myself for the pitches and torchforks*

4. As I said above, the “present day” events of Man of Steel would have taken place alongside The Avengers.

Zod's attack on Metropolis occurs at the same time as the Battle in New York. Neither Zod, nor Thanos and Loki were aware of each other beforehand; it was just dumb luck their invasions occurred at the same time! Still, people initially thought Zod, Loki and the Chitauri represented the same threat.

Any attempts by S.H.I.E.L.D or the Avengers to look into Superman yields the same results as this scene.

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As with the DCEU, Superman was a controversial figure at first, with the Avengers having mixed thoughts about him. Unlike Batman, they didn't act on their suspicions, beyond a few cautious encounters.

Iron Man 3 would have taken place between Man of Steel and Batman V Superman. Superman tried to to look into “The Mandarin”, and teamed up with Steve and S.H.I.E.L.D to do so, but they kept running into dead ends. They were unaware of Aldrich Killian’s conspiracy until after the fact.

5. This is also something I covered in my Wonder Woman WLW prompts.

This AU's Infinity War takes place alongside Arrowverse's Crisis on Infinite Earths. It's retroactively implied that recreating the universe is what led to this world merger.

Certain members of the Justice League - Wonder Woman, Batman, Aquaman, and Cyborg - anyone not with the Paragons, join the fight against Thanos, though don't do enough to affect the outcome.

Out of them, Wonder Woman is the only survivor of The Snap and she helps the surviving Avengers - especially Natasha - and what's left of S.H.I.E.L.D hold down the fort for five years.

WonderWidow ensues.

The Paragons survive the Snap because of their multiversal adventure; when they return to the recreated Earth, five years have passed. Agents of Shield is also canon to this AU, and its characters survive the Snap due to the time travel in season seven, returning to a Post-Blip world.

The final fight with the Anti Monitor would have occurred at the same time as the one with Thanos. As with Infinity War, any members of the Justice League not fighting the Anti Monitor, join the fight against Thanos, albeit not affecting things in a significant way. The events of a Post Endgame/Crisis world remain unchanged, with minor exceptions.

But also Supercorp is canon here because I said so.

While I’m at it, let’s talk the Superwondercorp arc I wrote.

Diana settles in Star City for a short “vacation” after keeping the world together for five years. There, Diana starts a love affair with Kara and Lena. Diana has an arc about opening her heart again, so soon after losing Natasha; whenever she loses a lover, it usually takes years or decades for her to open up again. When she develops feelings for Kara and Lena so quickly, she feels like she’s “betraying” Natasha.

Diana would later get involved when Gorr the God Butcher steps into the picture, but we’re getting ahead of ourselves.

6. Birds of Prey was the hardest to include in this AU due to how radical difference between takes on the characters in the DCEU and Arrowverse.

Here's what I'm working with.

With Helena Bertenili, I lean to her DCEU counterpart as being her “canon” character. Since I place Birds of Prey in a Post-Crisis/Endgame era, we could handwave it as being her history changing when the world's restored.

With the Black Mask, I had an (admittedly contrived) solution. This AU would have two Roman Sionis' - Sr. (Peter Outerbridge) and Jr. (Ewan McGregor).

McGregor's Sionis is written to be a decade or so younger than he is in Birds of Prey. Junior was far from Roman Sr's favorite child, alluding to his daddy issues Harley mentions. Following Roman Senior's downfall, Junior becomes obsessed with upstaging his father as the Black Mask, leading him to be the monstrous crime boss he was in Birds of Prey.

Then you got Dinah Laurel Lance, and her fan casting. I'm still flip flopping between Katie Cassidy and Jurnee Smollett, for reasons too complicated and distracting to go over here.

The solution I'm leaning to is having Smollett's Dinah being a multiverse displaced individual, and she's adjusting to this new world when her Earth was destroyed by the Anti Monitor.

7. Stark Industries and Wayne Enterprises had history. Stark Industries bought stakes in Wayne in the late 90's and early 2000's, when Bruce wasn't as active with the company, but that partnership slowly dissolved when Obediah Stane was in the picture.

When Tony went public as Iron Man, along Stane’s crimes being exposed, Bruce Wayne cut further ties with Stark. Such a relationship would bring unwanted attention to the technology Wayne Tech is developing, putting too many identities at risk. Afterwards the only ties they had was that many Wayne employees were former Stark employees.

This becomes a problem when Quinten Beck enters the picture.

Beck reaches out to a few disgruntled ex-Stark employees, many of which are working for Wayne. As part of the Mysterio conspiracy, they embezzle a billions from Wayne Industries, and steal its technology. As a distraction, they stage a heist on Wayne Tech, and frame the Joker for the deed.

Bruce isn't made aware of this until Mysterio goes public, quickly recognizing Beck as an former Stark employee he turned away due to him being a “flight risk”.

Come Far From Home/No Way Home, Batman is going into detective mode uncovering and dismantling the Mysterio conspiracy. This is part of what exonerates Peter, along with Matt Murdock’s own “investigations”.

During Peter’s case, Batman tries to reach out to him; but Peter knew Batman's reputation (which has become more sketchy following BVS), and became very defensive in their encounter, despite Batman avoiding his past mistakes.

Even so, Bruce had to attend a number of legal proceedings, regarding the Wayne employees, and he'd have to go underground as the investigation got too close to exposing the identities of his associates.

As a joke, we'd have a scene where Bruce (Affleck) and Happy (Favreau) are both at a meeting with Matt (Cox) and Foggy (Henson). It really doesn't amount to anything but a throwback to 2003's Daredevil; “Hey, look! It's the old Matt and Foggy interacting with the new ones! Ain't that a hoot ?!”

While much of the Mysterio conspiracy was exposed by the trial and investigations, the only member to escape was William Ginter Riva. The last we see Riva, he's bound, gagged and being dragged through a warehouse by a couple of thugs towards the Joker, whose not amuse that Batsy hospitalized over something he didn’t do.

The Joker then pulls out a crowbar and prepares to show Riva how he previously Batman off the deep end...

8. As for this AU’s No Way Home. This one was a lot of fun.

Peter has a little more public support here than he did in NWH, with several members of The Avengers and Justice League publicly vouching for him. Especially after Murdock and Wayne’s investigations.

Coincidentally, Peter's identity is doxxed the day after Kara Danvers revealed her own identity to the public. When Peter is exonerated, Kara and Catco become Peter's most vocal supporters, countering Daily Bugle. Kara - as Supergirl - even interviews Peter and those close to him after his trial as a show of solidarity.

Jameson tries to interview the elderly Steve Rogers, hoping that an “old and wizened soldier” (who previously fought against Spider-Man) would appeal to his audience...only to hastily cut the interview short when Steve ultimately speaks in Peter's favor.

When Hardy’s Eddie and Venom are pulled into this world, they end up settling into Star City, working for Catco as a reporter. Mainly because, I just wanna see the dynamic Eddie and Venom would have working for and/or with Kara. Especially in a world where not only aliens are public knowledge, but are active members of society.

I wrote another post - “What if No Way Home Had More Visitors ?” - and while this AU had nothing to do with that prompt, I’d probably carry some ideas here; such as Topher Grace's Eddie/Venom being pulled into the MCU, as is Dane DeHaan's Harry Osborn, and possibly TASM's Gwen and George Stacey. Another thing changed is the villains (and Toby and Andrew's Peter) were trapped in the MCU longer than a few days. Let's say a month. Long enough for the Green Goblin to become a bigger menace than he already is. Throughout, I see the Goblin going about facing Sam, Bucky, The Defenders, what's left of Team Arrow, the Bat Family. He’s even prepping his weapons with kryptonite incase Kara or the Kents wanna throw hands.

Peter trying to cure and fix the villains also takes place over a longer period. If L-Corp had a branch on the East Coast, I can see Lena starting a partnership with Stark Industries following Tony's death.

When word reaches Kara (one of Peter's most vocal public supporters) and Lena, they let Peter set up shop in their labs. Eddie and Venom would actually be part of the story, working for/with Kara. The fact that Lena is a practicing witch could be used to play her up against Steven.

I don't see the Avengers or Justice League helping with the Statue of Liberty fight, if only because (much like Peacemaker) by the time they arrive, Peter’s already beating down the Goblin. Hardy's Eddie/Venom, may have helped...preferably if Grace's Eddie/Venom was part of the Goblin’s squad.

9. Now you may be wondering how this AU affect the multiverse ? I had a few ideas.

I had this one joke in mind were Toby and Andrew's Peter(s) remark Batman and Superman existing in their worlds too; it being implied that either Burton's Batman would be in the Raimiverse, or The Dark Knight Trilogy being in the Webbverse, etc.

Part of this joke is Toby's Peter doing some investigating in the MCU, and comes across Nelson and Murdock Law Office. It'd be implied that Daredevil 2003 is part of the Raimiverse. Seeing them at their offices, he briefly mistakes Happy (Favreau) and Bruce Wayne (Affleck) for Foggy and Matt, before being corrected. In another joke, Toby’s Peter would see a mugshot of Adrian Toomes, once momentarily mistaking it for his worlds Bruce Wayne before correcting himself.

10. My latest prompt for this AU involves Wonder Woman in Thor: Love and Thunder. And before you ask, I wouldn’t Diana and Thor aren’t rebounding off eachother here. Any relationship they’d have wouldn’t go past platonic.

Considered Diana having some involvement with The Eternals, but I couldn’t think of a way to write her in. With Love And Thunder at least, Diana has something to do, even if she doesn’t drastically change the story.

After spending some time in Star City, Diana goes on tourist travels, paying New Asgard a visit. It just so happens to be when Gorr abducts the Asgardian children. As Wonder Woman, she joins the fight with the Shadow Demons, before joining Valkyrie, Thor, Jane and Korg on the rescue mission.

Besides rescuing the children, two things catch Diana’s attention. 1. The existence of the Necrosword, especially since as far as she knew, she was the “God-Killing Weapon”. And 2. The fact that Omnipotence City exists and her father, Zeus, is alive.

Zeus has a slightly bigger purpose, and the “don’t meet your hero” thing strikes harder for Diana. It goes without saying that the heroic stories of Zeus that Diana (and Thor) grew up had a few embellishments. But this Zeus is a little more nuanced than being a “Fake Ultimate Hero”.

The heroic Zeus stories were broadly true, it’s just this Zeus is a foil to Thor and his arc. Zeus is what Thor could have become if he didn’t humble himself. And after driving off Darkseid, as well as Ares' fall from grace, Zeus is also what Thor would have become if he kept up his maladaptive coping habits post Infinity War.

Another change is that Thor and co wouldn’t leave thinking Zeus was dead; before they escape, Diana tells an injured Zeus off. Zeus tries to appeal to Diana as her father (and offers her her picks of men and women in the gods orgy). Diana rebuffs Zeus, declaring “I am going with them. I am gonna be what the Amazons were made to be. What you made me to be.”

Diana leaves Zeus in his humiliation....only to become another target of his revenge.

Beyond that, I see Diana being “heart” of the team. With her history of love and loss, she would understand what Thor, Jane, Valkyrie are going through and have gone through. She even tries to appeal to Gorr when she learns how his god failed him. Even so, I don’t think it would affect the outcome that much.

Beyond the Zeus plot, Diana would ultimately be another voice to say what they need to hear, and the ear to listen to their problems. I did consider a Diana x Valkyrie subplot, but even that doesn’t drastically affect anything.

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As of this post, the AU is currently on hold.

I’m still mulling over new ideas, but besides Black Adam I have nothing new from DC to work with, or to include in Wakanda Forever. Especially between seasons of The Flash and Superman & Lois. And especially with James Gunn apparently rebooting the DCEU.

So pending new releases, that’s all for now.

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So I just got done reading The Goddess Test by Aimee Carter and it's just... My gods, it's awful! First off, you know that thing where letters are substituted for Greek ones? So, Σ instead of E? Yeah, it does that for the cover and I wish I could say that was the worst of it. Because then we have Demeter, Hera, Aphrodite, Hermes, and Hades—or should I say Diana, Calliope, Ava, James, and Henry. Also, Zeus is called Walter now.

Ah yes, all hail the mighty Walter!

It's not even a reimagining or reincarnation thing, either, these are just their actual names now! And let me tell ya, seeing the names Diana and Calliope when they weren't referring to, y'know, the actual Diana and Calliope, just made things hella confusing at first! And here's the reason for not using the actual names:

"We all choose new ones throughout the years."

"Ones that match where and when we are," said Henry. "We are most famous within Greek mythology, and that is why we are known throughout by our Greek names."

"But we have no real names," said my mother. "We were created before names."

"And we will survive long after names are needed," said Henry.

I'm not even Greek and even I'm offended! Why do these writers keep forgetting that Greece is still an actual country? There's no reason for this other than American convenience!

Also, Hera's evil now. And granted, this was basically her role in many myths as well, but you would think her motivation would be to get revenge on Zeus, right? Nope! Or at least, that's not the biggest one. Turns out, she teams up with Cronus (who's actually treated somewhat sympathetically in this, weirdly enough) because Hades doesn't love her!

I can't!

And to be fair to Aimee, these books did come out in 2011-2013, so I'm hoping she's improved since then, but still.

I don't know what Aimee is doing these days but the book was a big meh for the average reader and a big disappointment accuracy-wise.

The "we don't really have names" is really awful. Not only accommodates the Anglophone reader by cutting the gods from their culture, but it also equates all deities worldwide with each other just because they have similar traits. I don't know what craze happens in the west lately when they see Eastern nations as incapable of cultural diversity and nuance. For example, we insist Aphrodite is not Ishtar and they are like "oooh you poor babyy! I forgot you obviously don't have scientists and educational institutions down there. Of course you don't understand that there are similarities and that makes you all the saaaame." No, sir, we are very aware of the similarities and the cultural exchange. We just have no need for you to put us all in the same sack just because we look the same to you, who don't know the additional nuances of the local cultures.

Making Hera allied with Kronos is sooo random. I also recall Hades was a virgin there. Most things here are random. This should have stayed in a fanfic site, as one of the bad fanfics.

#answering #the goddess test

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Doctorhelena’s 2022 Fanfic/Fanart Roundup

It’s that time of year again! Here is my annual fanfic/fanart roundup. (And here are the 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021 versions!)

This year I posted:

7 different stories (including two drabble collections), with a total of 49,901 words

10 different pieces of fanart!

and 4 Action Figure Adventures, which are - also some content I created. 😂

Fanfic:

1. All I Want For Christmas (Peggy Carter / Steve Rogers) - 22649 words Perhaps this was what settling down looked like, to them.

2. Caps out of The Bag (Peggy Carter / Steve Rogers) - 9277 words Captain America and Captain Carter have been successfully hiding their romantic relationship for just over a year. Until today.

3. Comfort and Joy: The Lost Chapter (Peggy Carter / Steve Rogers) - 6042 words Chapter 9.5: In Which A Scandal is Averted and a Mission Prepared For

4. Between the Acres of the Rye (Peggy Carter / Steve Rogers) - 5606 words “Hey, Barnes stole a jeep! Come on, Steve, let's go! You, too, Carter.”

5. A Stutter in Time, chapter 15 (Peggy Carter / Steve Rogers) - 4327 words (in this chapter) 1945 Peggy Carter appears in Tony Stark’s lab, and immediately throws a wrench into everything.

6. "I’ve Got the Shield. You’ve Got the Sword" (A Collection of PeggyNat Drabbles) (Peggy Carter / Natasha Romanoff) - 1000 words PeggyNat drabbles written for the Wednesday 100 Drabble challenge on Tumblr.

7. One Hundred Words to Say "I Love You" (A Collection of Steggy Drabbles) (Peggy Carter / Steve Rogers) - 1000 words Steggy drabbles written for the Wednesday 100 Drabble Challenge on Tumblr.

Fanart:

1. Battle of the Blades (Steggy) A figure skating AU (and fic preview!)

2. “Howard, I’m going to kill you for making me wear this bloody hat.” (Peggy Carter) A celebration of Peggy’s 101st (or possibly 103rd) birthday

3. “I assure you, Private, this is not what it looks like.” (Steggy) Peggy and Steve “getting office supplies” during the war.

4. “I spent three years in the mud of the European Theatre… the Eastern Front, the Western Front, and everything in between." (Steggy, Howling Commandos) A quiet moment around the campfire.

5. Washington DC SSR Chief Peggy Carter, her mysterious husband Grant, and their possible spy baby Jane. (Steggy) A family portrait (and fic illustration!)

6. What If… Captain Carter Had Met Bernard Stark? (Peggy Carter, Natasha Romanoff, Edwin Jarvis, Bernard The Flamingo) “Bernard in accounting was asking about you.”

7. “Peggy donned a floppy brimmed hat trimmed with red ribbon, candy-apple colored sunglasses and a new two-piece bathing suit decorated with cherries.” (Peggy Carter, off-screen Steggy) Peggy and her toddler daughter looking fabulous on the beach (a fic illustration!)

8. “I could finish this a lot faster if I didn’t keep getting kicked.” (Steggy) Steve, a very pregnant Peggy, and a Halloween art project.

9. Captain Carter and the Christmas Alligator (Peggy Carter) A Little Golden Book written and illustrated by Steve Rogers (a fic illustration!)

9. Cozy Christmas Eve (Steggy) Peggy and Steve enjoy some much-deserved Christmas Eve downtime.

Action Figure Adventures:

1. “I can do this all day.” (Steggy)

2. “So, any plans for Saturday night?” (PeggyNat)

3. “Public displays of affection make people very uncomfortable.” (PeggyNat)

4. “I’ve got the shield. You’ve got the sword.” (PeggyNat)

(Yeah, I don’t know what these are. Basically, playing with Barbies out loud, I guess. 😂)

#fanfic #fanart #my fic #my art #steggy #peggynat #captain carter #2022 roundup

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polizwrites · 2 years

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PoliZ’s Bucky Barnes Bingo Round 4 Masterpost

I completed 23 (22 plus 1 adopted) squares on my @buckybarnesbingo card (#B020) - so am pretty proud of myself! All but one are fanfics, although a couple are paired with moodboards. I also participated in one Round Robin.

I wrote a total of 19,619 words towards the bingo over 23 separate works, although several are chapters of larger works (4 of which are WIPS 😬) There’s a mix of pairings, with the top three being fairly predictable for me: 5 Stucky, 5 WinterIron, and 4 WinterHawk, along with a couple of Stuckony fics. But I also hit a couple of rare pairs - Bucky/Marc Spector|Steven Grant and Bucky & Nebula. Ratings are also mixed - 8 General, 10 Teen, 2 Mature and 3 Explicit.

See below the cut for the list of prompts with the links to the fanwork, the pairing, rating and word count (for the chapter or section of Round Robin; for collaborations, I estimated my contribution to the work) as well as my completed card.

B2 - Funeral: Borrowing Trouble (Bucky/Tony, Teen, 1210 words)

B3 - Sam Wilson/Falcon: After One or Two False Starts (Bucky & Sam, Teen, 315 words)

B4 - Yelena Belova: Reconnaissance (Bucky & Yelena, General, 455 words)

B5 - Soft: A Fruit Dispute (Bucky/Steve/Tony, General, 356 words)

U1 - Multiple Personalities: Twice the Man He Expected (Bucky & Marc Spector | Steven Grant, Mature, 601 words)

U2 - AU: Roommate: Adverse Possession (Bucky & Clint, Teen, 919 words)

U3 - Steve Rogers: Never More to Go Astray - Chapter 5 (Bucky/Steve, Teen, 1083 words)

U4 - AU: Arranged Marriage: Lady Natasha’s Consort and Lord Steve’s Companion - Chapter 3 (Bucky/Steve, Bucky/Tony, Teen, 1025 words)

C1 - Merpeople: Something's Starting Right Now - Chapter 2 (Bucky/Clint, Teen, 1203 words)

C2 - "Oh, hell no" : Passing the Torch (Bucky & Steve & Sam, General, 339 words)

C3 - FREE: A Disarming Request (Bucky & Nebula, General, 306 words)

C4 - KINK: Aftercare: A Dusting of Trouble (Bucky/Steve, Bucky/Tony/Steve, Mature, 822 words)

C5 - "This might as well happen": Something to Get Me Through the Nothing - A WinterIron Round Robin (Bucky & Tony, Teen, 349 words)

K1 - Thighs: Card Sharks (Bucky & Steve & Natasha & Sam, Teen, 100 words)

K2 - Comics: PoliZ's Stuffed Marvels - Bucky Barnes (original comics version) ([none], General, 0 words)

K3 - KINK: Edging: Moving Forward (Using All My Breath) (Bucky/Tony, Explicit, 904 words)

K4 - Love at First Sight: Part One: Avengers Assemble (Bucky/Clint, General, 1637.5 words)

K5 - Tony Stark | Iron Man: The Devil Is in the Details (Sign on the Dotted Line) (Bucky/Tony/ Clint, Teen, 1215.5 words)

Y1 - "Do you trust me?" : Takin’ What They’re Givin’ (‘Cause I’m Workin’ for a Livin’) (Bucky/Steve, Explicit, 3615 words)

Y3 - "Run": Paws to Consider (Bucky/Steve + Steve & Tony, General, 1101 words)

Y5 - Happily Ever After: Something to Prove (Bucky/Clint, Teen, 265 words)

ADOPTED1: Peggy Carter: Reaching an Understanding (Bucky & Peggy, General, 665 words)

#writing stuff #bbb22 #bucky barnes bingo #bingo masterpost #shameless self promo

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Shawn Michaels x Fem Reader- "Industry Plant"

In professional wrestling, there is something known as a "planted fan" or a "plant"---those are people that pose as fans in the audience and are put in the crowd on purpose.

During the late 1990's, a lot of those women in the audience that Triple H would ask to flash their breasts were planted fans.

Some of those Nitro Girls on WCW started off as planted fans, and there have been many professional wrestlers who got their starts as planted fans---such as Kurt Angle, Steve Blackman, Santino Marella, and Beth Phoenix.

There's also the infamous "stunt grannies"--which are elderly women in the audience standing in front row and will try to jeer at a wrestler.

And before you made your World Wrestling Federation debut, you started off as a planted fan.

On a "Monday Night Raw" episode that aired in May 1996, the camera filmed a shot of the audience and slowly zoomed in closer towards you standing in the crowd, where you were wearing a Monday Night Raw shirt and your hands holding a sign above your head.

As you held this sign above your head, your mouth grinned and smiled and your body danced and bounced a little bit, bouncing up and down and shaking your hips side to side.

Shawn Michaels was sitting at the commentary table when the camera was zooming in closer to you.

"Look at her!" Shawn gleefully mentioned in the microphone attached to his headphones with a smile on his face. "Isn't she a beaut?!"

He was referring to you as the camera was zooming in closer to you.

Shawn wasn't shown on camera when he brought you up on commentary and asked about your beauty, but he was heard.

The camera then eventually faded away and filmed almost all of the fans in the audience, however the camera was filming these fans above their heads and filming them several inches away from their heads.

Being a planted fan is fun, but was it better for you to begin as a planted fan or make your debut as a valet for Hunter Hearst Helmsley?

Not to mention, even though you love it if Shawn Michaels, Hunter Hearst Helmsley or even Brian Pillman were on commentary lusting over you while you were a planted fan, Leif Cassidy was a wrestler during this time you were a planted fan, and Leif's gimmick was probably a 1970's teen idol/heartthrob, considering his name is a mashup of 3 70's teen idols.

Considering Leif Cassidy was completely stuck in the 70's, and a popular genre and term for certain television shows in the late 1970's was "jiggle TV"---television shows that featured women in skimpy outfits (often going braless) bouncing around and their breasts would jiggle, examples being "Charlie's Angels", "Three's Company" and "Wonder Woman" with Lynda Carter---there could've been a shot of you in the audience bouncing around wearing a T-shirt albeit going braless underneath it and Leif could've been on commentary where he leers at you with a grin on his face as the camera zooms in closer to you, where he says he hasn't seen women bounce like that since "Charlie's Angels" and "Three's Company".

Granted, Shawn and Hunter are better looking than Leif, and Leif has bad hair days sometimes.

(I actually want to say this...I typed this jiggle TV fanfic where the fem reader is wearing a replica of a gown the women on "Charlie's Angels" wore and she bounces around in this outfit in front of Leif Cassidy, I had thought of typing a fanfiction where the fem reader is a planted fan in the audience bouncing around and she's going braless under her top and Leif Cassidy is on commentary happily staring at her and making 70's jiggle TV references, but I wasn't sure what to type since the person I wanted fanfic advice for wasn't there to talk with me).

You wish you could've been one of those planted fans that flash their bare breasts at male wrestlers, but in 1996, the World Wrestling Federation was still mostly very family friendly and kid friendly.

#shawn michaels #wwf #1996 #90s

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Ashes and Ghosts Changes

I’ve come to a decision regarding the fanfic discussion post I did yesterday for my Ashes and Ghosts fanfiction. Figured I’d do a separate post, then explain the plan for the hiccups I was worried about said changes causing, which as it turns out was easier to resolve than I expected.

My decision is that I am going to have Stephen survive Carter’s murder attempt, but am still going to keep Lainey dying. What I’ve decided in regards to what to do about Julia is still have her around to help him with raising Beverly when he needs it, but only as a friend. I don’t see them getting together since they have no romantic feelings towards each other.

I will probably have him eventually get back into dating, but not immediately so he has sufficient time to mourn since he just lost his wife. I don’t have a pairing in mind for him though, so if any of you guys have an OC that you want to pair with him, then just let me know and I’ll see what I can do, granted I like him with said character of course.

In regards to my character tags, I am going to have to change Beverly’s last name back to Harris. All future Tumblr posts on Beverly I will use two character tags for. I’ll keep the Beverly Ashmore tag since that’s the one I’ve used for ages and don’t want to just abandon it for that reason, and also use the tag Beverly Harris as well. I will ask that you guys reblogging Beverly stuff with the Ashmore tag that you also include the Harris tag as well going forward.

I’ve made all the relevant changes to the Ashes and Ghosts works and the OC Book that I need to.

Taglist:

@arrthurpendragon @emberstoriesandtales @megandaisy9 @thevanillerose

#the dark pictures anthology #the dark pictures little hope #little hope #little hope fanfic #little hope ocs #fic: ashes and ghosts #Ashes and Ghosts #ocs #oc: stephen harris #Stephen Harris #oc: beverly ashmore #beverly ashmore #oc: beverly harris #beverly harris #fanfic discussion #OC discussion

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ℎ𝑖𝑚, ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑒.

PAIRING: carter grant x fem!reader WARNINGS: strong language, gore GENRE: angst SONG INSPIRATION: reflections by the neighbourhood WORD COUNT: 808

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today was no different from the others, me with a book in hand, her sat on his lap - laid against his chest as he spoke to our friends. oh yeah i’m kind of in love with my bestfriend.

it's pretty cliche, i’d fallen for him faster than i could catch myself.

it was beyond stupid feeling this way about him especially because i knew i’d never be able to tell him about it, because let’s be honest he only really sees me as a close friend and as he should, but i really wish he wouldn’t.

it had to be about two months since his and isabella’s relationship had started, it was bad enough him having her crush on her and talking about her all the time - now you have to sit and do everything with them.

i had to watch as she presses a kiss to his cheek before making her way to go and grab herself some juice from the cafeteria. carter smiling at the girl as she walked away before re-joining the conversation.

all i could do wish was that he would look at me the way he looked at her.

from time to time i think about how it could’ve been me in that position instead.

my legs slowly swung back and forth waiting for carter to show up, the anticipation made my heart only beat faster, but it soon slowed when i realised he wasn’t going to show up. i was waiting a whole two hours before i gave up and started to make my way back home.

the streetlights flickering on, and a light rain started pouring. great.

on the way home, i was trying to make up some sort of excuse for his tardiness. checking my phone every few minutes to see if he had messaged me, but nothing.

this was nothing a good ole’ milkshake couldn’t fix. my hand which was pressed against the glass to the door of the diner, i saw carter there and he certainly wasn’t alone. he was sharing a milkshake with her.

realising what i had just witnessed, i turned around with a heart full of hurt.

he ditched me for her? i don’t think i’ve seen him happier. who am i to ruin that?

my bottom lip wobbled as i continued my way on home.

putting myself through enough pain, i put my things away and made my way back to class as the bell rang. half listening to augie blabber on about a new badge that he was trying to achieve.

too deep in thought to notice someone was very close behind me. all i felt was impact of the floor, after, realising carter had dragged me back a little too hard. obviously losing my balance from the sudden contact.

“woah! i didn’t think you’d fall over dude, im sorry.” carter, of course. he helped you up from up off of the floor and you continued your way back to class with a now sore ass.

“it's all good, it's not like it’s the first time you've done it before,” playfully nudging his arm with mine as we walked along to the scouts' room that soon stopped when isabella made an appearance and pushed me to the side.

i walked into the room silently, carter? of course, he didn't - as soon as he entered, he let out a huge burp, “was that really necessary carter?” scout leader rogers asked him and he muttered an apology.

whilst grant was getting lectured by rogers, i finally got time to talk with ben, he knew what was going on and how i felt about his other close friend, “hey dude, how are you feeling?” i slightly leaned onto his shoulder and whispered to him.

he looked down at you and lightly shrugged, “isabella is starting to get on my nerves too.” you moved way and to look back at him and he nods.

i leant back into my own space to get ready to hear about recruiting more scouts, sighing deeply as i pick at my nails, bad habits die hard especially when you have anxiety.

“augie, a unicorn is gonna fly out of your ass before somebody joins,” carter huffed and sat down. as did ben, augie and i next to him. “carter! language.” rogers warned.

“he's right though, nobody's going to show up it's just a waste of time.” ben agrees.

“we got to have some sort of hope guys, i to joined late but i’m here right now,” i excitedly implied but was soon shut down by a rude comment by carter.

“y/n’s right! ye of little faith, where's the scout spirit?” everyone went silent before roger’s made an announcement, “well! we all know it's augie’s special night tonight” we all started clapping and cheering for him unenthusiastically, him appreciating the praise.

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dbnightingale24 · 3 years

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Sudden Desire

Steve Rogers - One Shot

Two stories in one week? Just call this DB’s apology for being so shitty with updating lately. I really am sorry though, I’ve just been dealing with a lot, but good things are coming! I’m hoping to update my Andy Barber soon, but until then...enjoy 🙃😌

Word Count: 7,051

Warnings: SMUT, Infidelity, Drinking, Arguing, Swearing, Angst, Drama, Adult Themes, MINORS DNI, 18+

Summary: You and Steve have been tiptoeing the line of friends and lovers for a long time. What happens when neither of you can hold back anymore?

Song(s) That Inspired This Chapter:

Sudden Desire - Hayley Williams

Part 2

You stand in the back of the press room, watching reporters all fight to get their questions answered by America’s Golden Boy. He stood there, small and soft smile on his face, arm, standing tall and looking ever much like the sweet and kind man the world has come to know and love, and her lovingly looking up at him.

America’s Boy Next Door.

However, after what happened 2 weeks ago, you know him as your own personal torture chamber.

You knew you were out of line, but you would just blame it on the alcohol Tony had been practically shoving down your throat all night. Besides, it’s not like Captain Rogers seemed to mind all of the ‘accidental’ touching, side glances, and small smiles his way.

It was all innocent though and you’re sure he knows that. He’s been married to Sharon for what feels like forever. No, you’re just a girl with a silly little crush and you’re sure he’s just laughing it off.

“Funny that you choose to wear this on the night that Agent Rogers isn’t here,” Nat smiles as she leans against the counter next to you.

“What’s that supposed to mean?”

“Knee high maroon high heel boots? A mini black skirt? With a long sleeve black tight black sweater to match? Plus, you’re hair is down and has bounce to it.”

“You’re point, Missy?” you questioned, raising your eyebrow.

“It’s just funny that you would wear such a ‘fuck me please’ outfit, when she isn’t here,” she chuckled.

“Her not coming was a last minute thing. I was planning on wearing this because someone” you nudge her “always tells me to wear clothes that have more...pop, I believe was the word you used,” you laughed softly as Nat shook her head.

“That’s fair, but still...”

“Still what?”

“You in this outfit, their marriage on the rocks, and now her not coming last minute-”

“Their marriage is on the rocks?”

“They argue all the time. Steve’s been sleeping at the compound a lot. They’re trying to make it work...well, Sharon more so than Steve, but still, I know they’ve been going to therapy.”

“What does that mean? Sharon more so than Steve?”

“Steve just doesn’t...fuck,” Nat sighed, before looking around to make sure no one was around to hear her. No one meaning Steve or Bucky, cause he’d snitch on her in an instant. “Steve hasn’t been in love for a while. After everything with the snap, then the arguments about him retiring and her having a child, I think...I know he’s over it.”

“How do you know?”

“We’ve talked about it. He came over to Bruce’s about 2 months ago and we talked for hours. He feels awful because he doesn’t want to hurt Sharon, but he’s just not in love anymore. He brought up getting a divorce and that’s when she started suggesting therapy and them doing more stuff together. He just doesn’t care to try anymore, though.”

“And when you say everything that happened with the snap, I’m assuming you mean him and me spending so much time together?”

“You two did kiss.”

“It was just a kiss! I was sad...we were both sad and it just happened. The minute we broke away, we both apologized and decided to never talk about it. We’re just friends.”

“So you’re gonna tell me you haven’t seen the way he’s been looking at you tonight?”

“He’s been drinking Thor’s drink. He’s probably just a little buzzed, Nat.”

“Sure,” she smirked “friends don’t look at friends like that.”

“What are you two talking about? My ears are burning,” Steve smiled as he walked.

“Oh, just friends...friendships and how great they are,” Nat smirked at you before pushing herself off of the counter. “I’m gonna go find Bruce. I have a feeling he’s had one too many beers and I should be taking him home soon.”

Nat smiled at Steve before giving you a knowing looking and made her way out of the kitchen.

“Did I walk in on something?” Steve asked, eyebrow raised.

“No no,” you laughed softly, taking a sip of whatever it was Tony had made you. “Just a bit of catching up, it’s been a while since we’ve been able to talk. The Avengers being so busy and all,” you tease and Steve rolled his eyes.

“The world is back to itself, for the most part, so that means criminals and aliens are back to try and destroy it.”

“You can always count on chaos.”

“That’s true,” he chuckled, walking over to you “something seems off. You okay?”

“Me? I’m fine. Tonight was good, it’s been fun. I really think we all needed this. Too bad Sharon couldn’t come.” “Yeah well...priorities,” he sighed before taking a drink of what was in his glass.

“Are you okay? It’s been a while since we’ve spoken too,” you asked, looking him in the eyes.

“I’m fine-”

“Steve.”

“I really am fine. I’m just trying to adjust to some things and it takes time.”

“What kind of things?”

“Someone’s full of questions tonight,” he laughed and you awkwardly laughed along. “Don’t worry about me, I’ll be okay,” he smiled softly.

“I always worry about you,” you all but mumbled before downing the rest of your drink. “I should get going though. It’s gonna start raining soon and I walked here.”

“What? No! I just got a chance to talk to you, stay!”

“We can do lunch this week or maybe next week.”

“I really miss you, please stay. You can stay at my place tonight, I’ll drive us myself.”

“You’ve had a few yourself,” you chuckled at the cup in Steve’s hand.

“This will be my last one. Please...don’t go,” he pleaded softly, standing directly in front of you, leaving little distance between the two of you, looking down at you.

“O-okay,” you stuttered out, starting to feel hot.

For the rest of the night, you and Steve were inseparable. You didn’t think anything of it when he took your hand in his as means to keep you close to him, nor when he placed his hand on your thigh when you two took a seat to continue your conversations with Clint and Thor. It wasn’t like you two hadn’t touched each other before or been close, it had just been a while. You two used to spend all of your time together.

It was normal.

However, your breath did hitch in your throat when he subtly wrapped his arm around your waist and whispered that he thought you two should be leaving because the rain was starting to pick up.

That was new.

The entire car ride to his place, he had your playlist on shuffle while you both tried to fill the drive with empty and meaningless conversation, but the tension was unavoidable. Yes, Steve kept his eyes on the road whole, but he also kept his hand on his upper thigh. The most you dared to do was lightly run your fingers up and down his arm.

When he turned onto his street the song that started playing only made things worse.

‘I wanted him to kiss me how

With open mouth and open mouth

We keep our distance now

I wanna feel his hands go down

I try not to think about

What happened last night outside his house

Too far to go back now

Just wanna feel his hands go down’

His grip on your thigh tightened a little when he reached the mansion at the end of the block. The one you had been in so many times. Slept over in, laughed in, cried in, danced in, kissed in...you had been there so many times, but it felt different.

It felt too heavy for you and as your breathing started to speed up a little, you knew you should have asked him to take you home, but you couldn’t. You didn’t want to.

‘Sudden, sudden desire

Sudden, sudden desire

A sudden desire’

You both sat in the car for a moment, staring at the large house in front of you. You were mentally prepping yourself to be the good friend you had always been, but when you looked over at Steve he seemed conflicted. He was contemplating something, but you didn’t know what it could be.

Or maybe you did and you just wanted to pretend you didn’t.

‘Take the elephant by the hand and hold it

It’s cruel to tame a thing that don’t know it’s strength

But better to walk beside it

Mm, than underneath

My kind companion

Softens stone

My gentle giant

Painful reminder’

You took Steve’s hand in yours and gave it a gentle squeeze. Trying to reassure him that everything was fine. Everything would be fine. Just like you had done so many times in the past. He looked over to you and a small nervous smile came to his face. He was almost shaking.

‘Don’t look in my eyes, I feel a sudden desire (sudden, sudden desire)

Don’t know if I can deny a sudden desire (sudden, sudden desire)

Your fingerprints on my skin, a painful reminder

Don’t look in my, I feel a sudden desire (sudden, sudden desire)

A sudden desire’

“Lets get inside, this rain getting worse by the second,” he laughed awkwardly, turning the car off.

You both wasted no time running up the steps and staying close to each other, pointlessly trying to avoid the heavy raindrops. When he finally got the door unlocked, he gently placed his hand on your lower back to usher you in and one of the lines from the chorus of the last song you both listened to played on a loop in your head.

‘Your fingerprints on my skin, a painful reminder’

“Where’s Sharon? When I didn’t see her car, I thought she parked it in the garage, but it’s extremely quiet,” you laughed softly as looked around, taking off your jacket and placing it on his sofa.

So much had changed but it also felt like nothing had at all.

“She’s going to stay in D.C. because of the rain. She said she’ll meet me at work tomorrow and from there...”

“From there what?”

“We go to therapy. Do you want anything to drink?” he asked, throwing his coat on top of yours on the sofa.

“Um, I’ll have whiskey having. Steve, do you wanna talk about it?” you asked, feeling a bit guilty and following him into the kitchen.

“Not really,” he muttered two glasses and a bottle of whiskey for you and the bottle of whatever it is that Thor always brought to parties.

“Hey,” you called softly, placing your hand is back “put that down and talk to me. What’s going on?”

“I just wish...”

“You wish what?”

“Nothing.”

“Steve, it’s me. You can always talk to me.”

“I know that but-”

“But what?”

“Why did you break up with John after he was back from the Snap?”

“What?” you asked, caught off guard by the question.

“Why did you break up with him? You cried over him for so long and then you broke up with him 6 months after he got back.”

“I just...I didn’t feel the same anymore. Things had changed with me and it wasn’t fair to him to just string him along while I tried to get my shit together. It was just the right thing to do.”

“Why did your feelings change?” Steve asked, finally turning his gaze to meet yours. His blue eyes burning a hole into your soul.

“I don’t know,” you lied softly, starting to feel hot.

“Yes you do.”

“Steve-”

“I thought I stayed for Sharon. I had the chance to be with Peggy and I chose to come back. I told myself that it was because too much had happened and that I love Sharon, but the more I tried to make it work, the more I realized that she wasn’t the reason I stayed at all. You are.”

“Steve. Don’t. Don’t do this.”

“I know you feel the same way. That’s why you broke up with John and that’s why you’ve been staying away,” he stated softly, slowly making his way towards you.

“You’ve been staying away too,” you defended, slowly backing away. You still had time to run, nothing had happened yet.

You should’ve run.

“Out of guilt. Not towards Sharon, but towards you. I know how much you love her. How much you respect her. It’s not right, but I don’t want to be with her. I heard Nat tell you that I’ve been trying to get a divorce and I’m not mad. I want you to know, because Sharon is the only reason I haven’t said anything.”

“She loves you-”

“I love you.”

“She wants to make it work. She’s still-”

“I don’t care about what she wants,” he stated hotly, taking his ring off and throwing it across the kitchen. “I care about what you want. What we want.”

“Steve,” you said softly as your back hit the counter “don’t do this.”

“I see the gazes and longing stares,” he almost whispered, as he pressed his body against yours, while his hand softly started to stroke your arm. “Tonight...this outfit.”

“We’ve both had a lot to drink-”

“I’ve been out drinking with you,” he chuckled humorlessly “I know you can drink much more than you have tonight. I’ve already sobered up. Why fight this?”

“Because we can’t take it back when you regret it in the morning.”

“I won’t regret this,” he stated softly, using his forefinger to lift your chin softly to meet his gaze. “I love you, Y/N.”

“I love you too, Steve,” you responded in almost a whisper.

That was all it took for you to throw all your worries and guilt out the window. While he was the one that kissed, you’re the one who took it a step further when you slid your tongue across his bottom lip, desperately begging for entry which he instantly granted. As your tongues fought for dominance, you ignored the thoughts telling you how wrong it all was. Telling you that you’d feel so guilty in the morning.

“I’ve waited for you for so long,” he whispered desperately and hotly as he pushed up your skirt. “Fuck, black lace panties, huh?”

“If I had known the night was going to end like this, I wouldn’t have worn anything,” you moaned, feeling his fingers softly trace over your most sensitive bud that was barely covered.

“Shit, I need you now.”

He picked you up and you instinctively wrapped your legs around his waist. You two were upstairs in no time and hadn’t even noticed that you had made it to his bedroom until your back was pressed up against the door.

You didn’t have time to think about the fact that his room was also her room, because he was grinding against your clothed and soaked channel, and you were doing your best not to rush it. You wanted to make it last as long as possible. The repercussions of your actions would be waiting for you the next day and you didn’t want to think about it.

“You are so fucking perfect, you know that?” he asked, laying you down on the bed, before starting to unbutton his shirt and removing it.

You were both frozen there for a moment. Lost in the weight of what was going to happen, because neither of you were strong enough anymore. Steve Rogers could save the world, but he couldn’t stop his heart from craving you in the worst possible way.

And you? You had been bound to him from the moment he smiled at you.

It was inevitable.

“Steve, we can still stop this-”

“I don’t want to stop this,” he stated in a low growl, unzipping one of your heels and throwing it to the ground “and neither do you.”

“I know what we want, but still-”

“I’m tired of doing whatever everyone wants,” he said, voice still low and desperate as he removed your other heel and tossed it to the ground. “Doing what everyone wants is what kept me from acting sooner. I’m done waiting for Sharon to agree and I’m done avoiding you. I’m tired of missing you. Tired of needing you.”

“Steve-”

“Tell me you want to stop and I will. I’ll take you home right now and we’ll pretend this never happened,” he promised softly.

Your silence was all he needed.

He stroked your calf softly, before dipping down to kiss his way up your leg. Every moan and soft whisper of ‘please’ had him eagerly making his way closer to where you needed him most. When he had finally reached your upper thigh, biting and licking in the most vulgar way, you grabbed a fist full of his hair as you arched your back.

You needed him.

“Steve please,” you begged in a way you didn’t know you were capable of.

“What do you need, Honey?” he asked, pushing your panties to the side and groaning at the soaked site in front of him

“Do something, anything. Make me feel that is the right thing to do,” you begged.

Steve’s mouth was on you almost instantly. While you whimpered and writhed against him, he pushed two thick fingers deep within you, only making you even crazier.

He didn’t take it easy on you, sucking and licking on your clit with more determination each time you came undone for him. When you bucked your hips forward, he laid an arm across your stomach in an attempt to keep you still.

“Don’t...don’t want to wait anymore. Can’t,” you breathed out after he brought you off with his tongue for the final time. “I need to feel you, please...” you pathetically whimpered while trying to bring yourself back down to earth.

“If only you knew how long I’ve been waiting to hear you say that,” Steve smirked against your inner thigh before propping himself up and undoing his pants.

When he took himself out of his slacks and stroked himself a little, you couldn’t help but bite your bottom lip. He was even more gorgeous than you ever imagined. He, every part of him, was too beautiful to put into words.

He leaned down and whispered into your ear, “I need to hear you say it again.”

“Say what?”

“That you love me.”

The look on his face almost made your heart break. He felt so terrible but he was done fighting. He needed validation from you. “I love you so much, Steve. I always have and I always will,” you responded breathlessly.

When Steve slowly pushed himself inside of you, you moaned at the pleasurable pain of him stretching you out. “Holy shit!”

“Jesus! You’re fucking tight!” Steve groaned as he bottomed out. “Am I the biggest you’ve ever had?” he questioned, cocky grin playing on his lips.

All you could do was nod.

“I can fucking tell, the way your body begs for me...shit!” he muttered, clenching his eyes shut as he continued to move within you.

“More...I need more...please! Destroy me,” you whimpered, tears stinging your eyes as dug your nails into his back.

Steve started to pound into you relentlessly, as he gripped the bed sheets, you moaned and begged underneath him in a desperate and pathetic way that you had never done before.

“Even before that fucking kiss,” he grunted, picking up his pace as you dug your nails deeper into his back “I knew you were the one. You’ve always been the only one and I’m so fucking sorry!”

“Just be here with me now,” you managed to breathe out, meeting his gaze as you wrapped your legs around his waist.

“I love you so much,” he said so softly that it was almost a whisper. Like it was just a secret for you to know.

“I love you, Steve,” you whimpered while trying to fight off the orgasm that had been building up deep within you.

“We have all night, baby. There’s no way I’m letting this end as quick as it started.”

“Fuck!” you exclaimed, coming undone at his words and the look of pure ecstasy and love in his eyes.

Steve barely let you get yourself together before he wrapped a strong arm around your waist and guided you upward with him. “I don’t know how I’ve waited for you this long,” he grunted, upthrusting within you with so much vigor that you were almost instantly clenching around him again.

“I’ve needed you...always needed you,” you breathlessly confessed, too blissed out to keep in the secrets you had been holding for so long.

Steve pulled you as close to him as possible, trailing kisses from your earlobe down to your neck, letting his tongue slide freely and lightly across your collar bone, causing you to feel pleasure all over; mainly in your fingertips.

“Steve, I-I...I can’t...”

“It’s okay, baby. Daddy’s got you,” he cooed against your ear before biting down hard on your ear lobe.

You came hard for him again, not even embarrassed by the sound that left your mouth, soon being met with Steve following you after.

He had you 2 more times that night and wrapped his arm tight around your waist when you two fell asleep. Almost as if he were making sure you were real.

He awoke you early the next morning with his face between your legs and had you three more times before deciding you both needed to get to work.

And he didn’t bother to put his ring back on.

“You look exhausted,” Nat laughed when you met up with her for lunch. “Spend too much time with Steve last night?”

You just smiled and laughed nervously as you opened your cup of yogurt.

“You didn’t!” Nat exclaimed in almost a whisper.

“Then believe I didn’t and move on,” you muttered, swirling your yogurt around with your spoon.

“Y/N-”

“Don’t Nat. It’s not...it’s not that simple. Please don’t think that I just...it’s not that simple.”

“What about Sharon?”

“Please stop, one thing led to another and I just...I love him, Nat. I love him and he loves me, and my stomach hurts,” you groaned before leaning laying your head on the table.

You heard Nat sigh before she placed her hand softly on your back. “He isn’t wearing his wedding ring.”

“He took it off last night before...I told him that I think he should put it back on, but he was firm in his decision to keep it off. He swears that he doesn’t want to be with her, and what I can do except believe him? After last night...what choice do I have?” you almost sobbed.

You both finished your lunches in silence, you knowing that Nat was disappointed in you and Nat knowing you didn’t need a lecture. When you both started on your way back to Tony’s office, Nat for a meeting and you to get back to work, you were stopped in your tracks at the raised voices leaving Steve’s office.

“Do you like making me feel stupid, Steve?! Making me feel stupid!?”

“Sharon, the only person making you feel and look that way is you. I don’t know how many times I need to tell you that I want a divorce before you actually believe me.”

“What happened? You wanted therapy, we’ve been going and now you come to work without your wedding ring?!”

“Sharon-”

“No Steve! I’m trying my hardest to make this work and-”

“Sharon, this isn’t something new!” Steve finally snapped. “I’ve been trying to get us into therapy long before everything with Thanos and you didn’t want to go! Am I happy you’re back? Of course! However, just because I’m happy you’re back doesn’t mean I want to be with you anymore!”

“You have become so cruel,” she sobbed.

“Save the tears,” he sighed and you could tell he was frustrated “you do this every time-”

“Shouldn’t that say something? You saying every time?!”

“It says that you continuously rope me into stay in this sham of marriage every time we have this argument and I’m done! I don’t fucking want to be married to you anymore and I’m not backing down anymore!”

“You just need time! We’ll talk about this at home-”

“I’m staying at the compound. I want out, Sharon!” Steve warned.

“This isn’t over!” she yelled before swinging the door open.

Her eyes landed on both you and Nat, but you didn’t miss (or like) the way she glared at you.

“Miss Y/L/N, may I see you in my office?” Steve asked once his eyes locked with yours.

You didn’t like or miss the way everyone’s eyes were on you as you made your way into his office.

Once Steve closed the door behind you, his lips were on yours almost instantly.

“Stop,” you breathed out once you two broke apart. “We can’t...Steve, last night can’t happen again.”

“It can happen for the rest of our lives,” he smiled before pressing soft kisses down your neck.

“She wants to make it work-”

“She wants all of the attention and nice things that come along with being my wife. She doesn’t....she hasn’t wanted me in a long time.”

You took his face in your hands and gave him a sad and soft smile. “You can...if she’s willing to fight for you-”

“Stop,” he commanded softly. “I’m not who she’s fighting for. She wants wants status and a title. If I hadn’t been so desperate and lonely in the beginning...she was never the one for me.”

“Don’t...don’t do this to me if you aren’t-”

“You think everything I told you last night was a lie? Before, during, and after? You are everything to me. We will be together,” he promised softly before hiking your skirt up around your waist.”Stay at the compound with me tonight,” he whispered hotly against your neck before biting down hard as his hand traveled down into your panties.

“N-no,” you stuttered at the feel of his two fingers pushing into you “we can’t...not until you file for the divorce.”

“I never want to spend another night without you again,” he growled, fucking you faster.

“I-I...shit!” you cried out as your release got closer and closer.

“Careful baygirl, can’t have you making as much noise as you did last night. Or this morning,” he smirked against your skin.

You clenched your eyes shut and balled your hands into a fist on either side of you. You were convinced that Steve Rogers was going to be the death of you.

You let out a silent and choked gasp when you coated his fingers with your want and you heard him chuckle softly. “There’s my good girl.”

He shoved his two fingers into your mouth, which you happily licked and sucked clean, before forcing your legs around his waist and carrying you to then placing you gently on his desk.

“Steve-”

“Gotta be quiet, baby,” he taunts quietly, undoing his pants. The sight of him was still something you weren’t used to and it had you whining like a bitch in heat. “Tell me what you want,”

“You,” you admitted softly. “I always want...always need you.”

“You’ll always have me,” he promised softly before thrusting himself into you.

You let out a pathetic whimper at feel of him inside you again. Your eyes met his gaze and he was looking at you with pure love and admiration. Like you were the most important thing in his world.

“I love you so much,” he grunted softy, his grip on your thighs getting tighter. “I’m gonna spend the rest of my life with you, you want that?”

You nodded vigorously, “yes Steve, please!”

“’m never gonna be without you a again...shit!” he pitifully moaned “need you to cum right now, baby!” he commanded as softly as he could.

It’s not like you could disobey him, he played your body like a fucking fiddle. You let out a silent cry as your release hit hard then feeling him fill you up with his own release moments later. You both stayed that way for a moment, breathing heavy and holding onto each other as if the other could disappear at any moment.

“St-stay...stay with me tonight,” he softly begged after a beat, stoking your face softly with his thumb.

So you did.

You snuck in when the coast was clear and you told him that things couldn’t go any further until you two came to a clear understanding of what was going on between the two of you and what it meant.

Then you two just fell into a deep conversation about any and everything under the sun until you fell asleep.

It all felt so natural that for a moment, you forgot how wrong it was. You forgot that Sharon had honestly tried to befriend you when her and Steve became a couple. She knew you and Steve had been close since you started working there and she did her best to be okay with it.

With how things ended up, you couldn’t blame her for getting into an argument with Steve about him spending less time with you. Steve hadn’t necessarily agreed, and you knew he wouldn’t, so you made it easier by finding ways to keep yourself busy and away. It seemed like the right thing...at the time.

Which is why, after 4 days in your sinful heaven with Steve, you didn’t know why you were surprised to find her waiting at your desk when you came into work.

“Hey Y/N,” she smiled softly with a soft wave.

“Hey Sharon, what’s up?” you smiled back, avoiding the shame and guilt you felt as you took a seat.

“I just...shit,” she sighed. “First, I owe you an apology. I made Steve choose between you and me and that wasn’t fair. You were nothing but a good friend to him and I let my jealousy get in the way.”

“Sharon, you really don’t-”

“Oh, but I really do. I do because of what I’m about to ask,” she smiled weakly. “I know...I know he loves you. He’ll deny it forever, but I know him. He’s been hanging out with you and I’m almost positive he’s told you what’s been going on. Especially after you heard that argument outside his office a few days ago.”

“Sharon I-”

“It’s okay, I’m not mad at you for anything. I know you two haven’t done anything, but I know...I know that he wants you...I know he’ll try. I’m doing my best to save my marriage and I’m so sorry to ask this of you again,” she started to sob, doing her best to wipe away the tears that had fought to escape. “Please...I can’t compete with you and despite what he says, I do love him. If I have any chance at making this work, I need you to stay away. Please?” she cried, turning away from you.

You had never felt so terrible in your life. What were you supposed to do? She was married to him and at the end of the day, no matter how romantic it all seemed, you were still the mistress at the end of the day.

So, you started to stay away again.

You stopped going to the compound, you found ways to avoid his office and him, you never stayed at work longer than you had to, and you ignored all of his texts and phone calls. It hurt more than anything you had ever felt, but you kept telling yourself it was the right thing. Even when Steve showed up at your apartment practically sobbing and begging you to talk to him. You missed him so much, but Sharon was making a real effort. If staying away could help them, that’s what you would do.

Which is why when Tony asked you to be at the press conference the night before, you tried to find any possible way out.

“Tony, there’s no reason for me to be there. Why can’t Pepper-?”

“She’s leaving tonight for a press conference in California about a new plant we’re opening. She’s trained you and you’re the one I trust.”

“Tony-”

“What’s going on with you, Y/N? You haven’t been like yourself for a while.”

“Nothing,” you snapped, running a frustrated hand through your hair.

“Does it have something to do with why Rogers is so moody? Did something-”

“What time do you need me there?”

“Y/N, you know you can always talk to me about anything.”

“I know I can, I just...I can’t right now. What time do you need me there?”

“8am at the compound to go over everything with the team,” he sighed.

“Fine, I’ll see everyone tomorrow at 8.”

It didn’t help that when you got there this morning, you saw Sharon leaving Steve’s room, him following not too far behind.

When he saw you, he almost instantly ran over to you.

“Where the-”

“Tony’s waiting,” you quickly interrupted, clearing your throat and looking away so you wouldn’t fall apart in front of everyone. So he wouldn’t see you fall apart.

“Stop it and talk to me,” he begged softly. “What? What did she say?”

“It clearly doesn’t matter.”

“Nothing happened!” he whispered harshly. “She came over drunk and crying and it was late. I let her sleep it off in my room and I slept in Bruce’s room. All I did was check on her. That’s it!”

“Steve, we can’t do this now. Besides, there’s nothing to discuss. I’m happy you two are working it out.”

“Y/N...please-”

“Steve go, you have work to do,” you stated firmly, finally meeting his gaze.

Once he saw the pain in your eyes, he let out a deep sigh and made his way over to the team, who all had their eyes on the both of you.

Them and Sharon.

For almost all of the press conference, Steve’s eyes always made their way back to you, and you just wanted to die. Being able to love him, even if just for a little while, was better than nothing. However, that doesn’t dull any of the pain you feel. Watching Sharon look up at him with so much love and pride in her eyes makes you realize that you’ve made the right choice.

You’re so busy trying to keep yourself occupied with going over your notes that you don’t see him looking you over as a reporter asks him about his retirement plans.

“Captain Rogers? Any comment?” the reporter follows up.

Your eyes meet before he turns his attention to the reporter, “I’m sorry, what did you ask?”

“Retirement? You’ve been saving the world since World War II. Any plans on slowing down soon? Maybe starting a family or just living a quiet life outside of the Avengers?”

‘Won’t fit in the room, big balloon

Trails me cause I can’t let go

Everywhere I am, it sticks close like a friend

Just like him

Friendly reminder of a sudden desire’

Steve locks eyes with you before answering the question. “After we open this Academy and get it up and running, I plan on passing my shield on to Sam Wilson and joining the parts of the Avengers that are more behind the scenes,” he says proudly gaining gasps from everyone, Avengers included, because they clearly had not planned for this. “As for slowing down and starting a family,” he starts, eyes suddenly hopeful, “I hope that once my divorce from Agent Sharon Carter finalizes, Miss Y/L/N will accept my proposal and choose to start a life of happiness and love with me,” he smiles at you.

Almost instantly, attention and camera flashes are on you, asking for your answer and if you’re okay with being the woman who breaks up the Avengers, but none of that matters. Not even Sharon burning a hole into your head with her stare of full hatred.

What matters is that Steve chooses you and he does it in front of the world. Now with his eyes on you, along with everyone else, you have a choice to make. Do you follow your heart or run and hide?

‘I wanted him to kiss me how

With open mouth and open mouth

We keep our distance now

I wanna feel his hand go down

I try not to think about

What happened last night outside his house

Too far to go back now

Just wanna feel his hands go down’

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