#fallbackwardsexchange2021

[ishipallthings]

Fall Backwards: An Avengers Assemble Flash Exchange - Sign Ups Open!

It’s Avengers Assemble month, which means it’s time to celebrate all the tropey goodness of AA Stevetony, from trust exercises to deaging (and a Stevetony hug!)

In light of this, we are happy to present Fall Backwards, a small-scale flash exchange for all worktypes being held as part of the Cap-IM Universe Medley Fest. Works must be set in the Avengers Assemble universe and focus on Steve and Tony. Crossovers with other universes are also allowed, although the focus should be on AA.

Schedule

Sign-up period: Now - Wednesday 21 July 8pm HKT what time is that for me? | countdown

Assignments out: Thursday 22 July

Assignments due: Wednesday 11 August 8pm HKT what time is that for me? | countdown

Dedicated Treating Period:

Wednesday 11 August - Saturday 14 August 8pm HKT what time is that for me? | countdown

Reveals:

Late Saturday 14 August HKT

How does it work?

Sign up through the AO3 Collection with at least three Steve&Tony or Steve/Tony Avengers Assemble-themed prompts, some likes and DNWs.

You will be hand-matched to create a gift for another participant

You will have 3 weeks to make a fanwork based on a prompt or one of your recipient’s likes in secret.

Submit your work to the AO3 Collection before the posting deadline.

Wait for reveals, then comment and kudos away!

This is meant to be a low stress exchange built around the idea of doing a fun Avengers Assemble-themed event. There will be a few hours’ grace given for the assignments deadline due to time differences. Please do let us know beforehand if you need this, as we cannot guarantee how long the grace period will be.

We look forward to getting sign-ups and answering any questions 😊 You can get in touch by commenting on this post, contacting ishipallthings on Tumblr or Twitter or emailing Lets_call_me_Lily at betula.arbore@gmail.com.

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[jetblackfeeling]

pls don’t tag as nsfw if you reblog thanks!!

for marumo for the aa flash exchange as part of the @cap-ironman universe medley fest. full pics on my ao3: victory feast [FANART] by wingheads

[nethandrake]

keep me as your finish line.

stevetony. avengers assemble. rated t. fake/pretend relationship. 4.9k words.

for the fall backwards: an avengers assemble flash exchange hosted by @cap-ironman and @ishipallthings

also on ao3.

*****

Like most shenanigans of this sort, it happens on a Tuesday.

“—was saying! But Sam told me— Hey, what’s that?”

Tony follows Steve’s line of sight, pointed towards a small glimmer coming out from the cracks on the sidewalk. Steve edges closer, getting down on one knee to pick it up.

“What is it? A dime?”

“Nope,” Steve replies, holding his hand up. “Not even close.”

It’s a ring. It’s a pretty thing, a band of silver with a small diamond nestled in the middle.

“Why, Steven,” Tony begins teasingly, “you’re going to propose to me in the middle of a sidewalk?”

Steve’s grin widens. “Carpe diem.”

“How romantic.”

Tony’s about to drag Steve up to his feet when a flash of light stills him.

There’s a crowd gathered around them, holding out their phones and they grin manically.

“Say yes!” someone calls.

“Say what?” Tony asks.

“Say yes,” Steve replies, infuriatingly calm. “They want you to marry me.”

Tony freezes. The noise around them grows louder.

“Well, Shellhead?” Steve murmurs, his grin plastered back on. “Marry me?”

Tony should say no. He should haul Steve to his feet and tell everyone to scram, tell them that this is all a misunderstanding. He should toss the ring far, far away and make a run for it.

“Yes,” he whispers instead.

 *****

  Tony breaks the silence halfway through the elevator ride.

“Well, that was something.”

Steve chuckles. “I’m never picking a ring up ever again.”

Tony lets out a hollow laugh of his own. “The board’s going kill me.”

“No, they won’t.”

“Yes, they will,” Tony insists. “Me a part of a fake public proposal? The stocks are going to plunge, the board will be on me even more than usual, and the media—”

The media. The public.

Steve.

Oh god.

“Steve,” Tony begins, “I—”

The elevator doors open. They step into the common area.

There’s a banner that’s stuck to the ceiling with arrows that says, ‘CONGRATULATIONS ON THE ENGAGEMENT’, in block letters. Heart-shaped balloons hang from every corner of the room. Cupcakes with icing in Captain America and Iron Man colors are stacked high in the middle of the dining table.

“Surprise!” Sam cries out.

Clint whoops. Thor blows on his party horn.

Oh god. The team.

How could he forget?

“We are not telling them,” Steve murmurs.

“Yes, we will,” Tony hisses back.

“No.”

“Yes.”

“No.”

Tony would’ve argued back if Hulk hadn’t gathered them both into his arms, squeezing them with his massive, massive arms.

“‘Bout time you got together,” he says cheerfully before mashing Steve and Tony’s faces together.

That’s how Steve and Tony have their first kiss.

  *****  

They don’t end up telling them.

Tony doesn’t know why they don’t. It’d make sense to. They’re all friends. They’d understand how stupid the whole thing is, even if Tony has to suffer at the hands of their teasing.

But then Thor claps Tony on the back and regales the team with every instant Steve and Tony would wax poetic about each other and Sam shoves congratulatory cookies into his face and Bruce shows up to offer his congratulations and Tony just can’t bring himself to say anything. At least not yet.

Steve is perfectly content with keeping up with the charade, sticking by Tony’s side and openly holding his hand and nuzzling his cheek and looking at Tony as if he’s his whole world.

It doesn’t make sense. Steve’s the paragon of righteousness and truth. He never lies. Why he would start doing it now, over something dumb like this? It’s beyond Tony.

“About time you kids came out with it,” Clint says between mouthfuls of cake. “Felt like you kids were taking forever to tell us.”

“Which you didn’t,” Natasha points out, arching an eyebrow.

Steve rolls his eyes, wrapping his arm around Tony’s waist and pulling him close. “We figured you guys would just hound us about it.”

“Hey, I can behave.”

“Sure you can,” Steve says before brushing his lips against Tony’s cheek.

Clint makes a retching sound. “You know what? I’m glad you guys kept it on the down-low. Don’t think I could take any form of PDA from either of you.”

God, if he only knew. If all of them only knew.

 *****

  The thing about being fake engaged while living with friends is that they have to share the same living space.

Which means sharing the same bed.

“I can take the floor,” Tony says as he exits his bathroom. “I’ve slept on worse.”

Steve’s gaze falls on him. He’s already dressed down in a tank top and shorts. Tony does his best to avert his gaze.

“Don’t be stupid. It’s big enough for the both of us.”

Tony glances at his king-sized bed with doubt.

Steve rolls his eyes and beckons him over.

Like a moth to a flame, Tony follows.

  *****  

 The next morning is total chaos.

Tony’s phone is overwhelmed with messages and missed calls. His inbox is full of lengthy emails. The press is divided. So is the board.

Fury asks to see him, to see them.

The team has gathered in the communal kitchen when Steve and Tony head down in rumpled clothes and bed hair. The grins they send them are wolfish.

“Good night?” Clint begins, waggling his eyebrows.

Steve beams, draping his arm around Tony’s shoulder. “Very good night.”

And it’s too much. Too sudden. Too everything.

So like any sane person would in this kind of situation, Tony hides.

  *****  

  Steve forces his way into the workshop on the fourth day.

“You can’t hide from me forever,” he says. “The team’s worried about you. I’m worried about you.”

Tony ignores him, fixating on the hundredth tabloid headline about him and Steve on the screen in front of him instead.

Steve closes the news with a wave of the hand. “Hey,” he says softly, “you alright?”

Tony doesn’t say anything for a long moment. “It’s a mess. The whole thing’s a mess. Imagine when everyone finds out that this is all fake. They’ll kill us.”

“Not if we stay engaged.”

Tony whips around to face Steve. “You can’t be serious.”

Steve nods, solemn. “Oh, I’m serious.”

“JARVIS, run a—”

“I’m not a Skrull,” Steve huffs. “Or an LMD. Or under the influence of magic. Or mind-controlled. I genuinely do think we should stay engaged. At least, for now.”

Tony stares at him in disbelief. “God, do you hear yourself right now? Does it make sense to—”

“Yes.” Steve pulls up the holograms again, scrolling through. “Look. Everyone’s happy—”

“Not everyone.”

“The team’s happy for us. Fury isn’t pissed for once. The stocks have been soaring since the news. If you haven’t been reading trashy tabloids and right-winged articles, you would know that a lot of people are supportive. In fact,” Steve opens a new article, “a lot of people in the LGBTQ+ community are excited. The announcement’s helped a lot of people come out, or at least be more accepting of their own identities. It’s good for the people.”

Tony exhales heavily. “I’m not saying it isn’t. God knows that everyone needs all the support they can get. It’s just that we shouldn’t. It’s not right. I may be pan but you’re—”

“I’m bi.”

Tony blinks. “You’re—”

“Bisexual,” Steve affirms.

Tony files that information away for later. He’s one step closer to having a mental breakdown and processing the revelation that Steve’s bisexual wouldn’t help matters.

“Regardless, this isn’t a life or death situation. I can deal with the company and the press and—”

“You��re my friend. I can help.”

“What if you find someone you—”

“I don’t think I will,” Steve says firmly.

“Steve, I—” Tony sighs, wiping his face with his hand. “What about the team? Shouldn’t they know?”

“The fewer people that know, the better.”

Tony blinks. “Are you crazy?”

Steve grins. “Nope.”

“Well, jury’s out on that.” Tony groans, slumping in his seat. “God, we should’ve told them it was all a misunderstanding.”

Steve smiles, squeezing Tony’s shoulder in reassurance. “It’ll all work out. You’ll see.”

Tony highly doubts that.

“You’re not going to wear someone else’s ring.”

“You can make me a new one.”

“I figured you’d say that. So, you know.” Tony climbs up to his feet, pulling one of his desk drawers open and reaching inside. “I didn’t lock myself up for no reason. Here. It’s not vibranium but uh, hope you like it.” 

Steve takes the ring out from the velvet box gingerly, as if he’s afraid it’ll break. “You’ve always had my heart,” he murmurs as he examines the inscription on the silver band. “Wow.”

Tony’s breath catches at the reverence in Steve’s tone. “Figured you’ll like that kind of sappy thing.”

“I do,” Steve says and god he sounds so happy, so touched, so— “Here’s yours.”

It’s a simple gold ring, with a familiar scrawl engraved on the inside.

You’ve given me a home.

Tony almost breaks down.

*****

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[ishipallthings]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Avengers Assemble (Cartoon) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark Characters: Steve Rogers, Tony Stark, Natasha Romanov (Marvel), Thor (Marvel), Clint Barton Additional Tags: Mutual Pining, Not Actually Unrequited Love, Pining Steve, Oblivious Tony, Jealousy, Steve Rogers Needs a Hug, Team as Family, Fluff, Humor, Misunderstandings, First Kiss, Getting Together Summary:

Clint and Tony go cake-tasting for Rhodey's wedding on Monday.

This kickstarts a very frustrating week for Steve Rogers.

My Fall Backwards: AA Flash Exchange for @jellybeanforest-a-go-go as part of @cap-ironman​ Universe Medley Fest with jealous Steve and a lot of pining :)

[ishipallthings]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Avengers Assemble (Cartoon) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark Characters: Steve Rogers, Tony Stark, Clint Barton Additional Tags: Established Relationship, Secret Relationship, Matchmaking, Birthday Presents, Kissing, Humor, Team as Family, Tooth-Rotting Fluff, Dorks in Love Summary: 

Steve and Tony take advantage of Clint’s forty-seventh matchmaking attempt to steal some alone time on Steve’s birthday.

A treat from the Fall Backwards AA Flash Exchange @cap-ironman for @darthbloodorange and queenavi :)

[ishipallthings]

So many awesome tropes from movie nights to undercover missions! So many different ways for Steve and Tony to realize their feelings, or to express their love as an established couple! Come have a look at all the new Avengers Assemble Stevetony works — so many gifts for us all 🖤

All Fall Backwards works have been revealed!

We have a wonderful 27 works for this exchange — thank you to everyone who signed up or created an extra treat. You do not need to fill out a Cap-IM Universe Medley Fest Prize Claims form for participating in this exchange. Simply turn up at the monthly round-up to collect your badge(s)!

If as you enjoy some of the exchange works you feel inspired to create something, remember that you can still take part in the Universe Medley Fest by creating something and sharing it with the cap-ironman community before the end of August 15th.

And now, without further ado, here are all the Fall Backwards: An Avengers Assemble Flash Exchange gifts and treats!

Please don't forget to show your love by commenting and kudosing your gift(s). You can browse the full AO3 Collection here.

You're welcome to discuss and share your work(s)! If you're posting your work on Tumblr or Twitter, please tag @cap-ironman​ or @ishipallthings​ so we can find it. The exchange tag is #fallbackwardsexchange2021.

It was a pleasure to mod this flash exchange, and we hope that everyone had a fabulous time creating too!

[ishipallthings]

Fall Backwards: AA Flash Exchange - 24 HOURS LEFT TO SIGN UP!

24 HOURS LEFT TO SIGN UP FOR FALL BACKWARDS!

Fall Backwards is a small-scale flash exchange for all worktypes being held as part of the Cap-IM Universe Medley Fest. Works must be set in the Avengers Assemble universe and focus on Steve and Tony. Crossovers with other universes are also allowed, although the focus should be on AA.

You only need to list three Steve&Tony or Steve/Tony Avengers Assemble-themed prompts and three Likes to sign up!

Schedule

Sign-up period: Now - Wednesday 21 July 8pm HKT what time is that for me? | countdown

Assignments out: Thursday 22 July

Assignments due: Wednesday 11 August 8pm HKT what time is that for me? | countdown

Dedicated Treating Period: Wednesday 11 August - Saturday 14 August 8pm HKT what time is that for me? | countdown

Reveals: Late Saturday 14 August HKT

SEE ALL REQUESTS HERE

Read the full event guidelines here and sign up to the exchange within the next 24 hours!