#ironhusbands headcanons

[ironhusband]

Types of rhodeytony first kisses

Meeting the family: holiday season, Rhodey getting teased for liking Tony, Tony being adored by the Rhodes family, the approval from everyone making Rhodey want to make a move. Sneaking up to the roof or having a quiet evening in Rhodey's room, stars twinkling above them, stars that are made of gas or stick to the ceiling. Soft and hesitant kisses are shared.

First date: having an awkward dinner and movie, trying to figure out how to go from friends to more than that, shyly holding hands, the pining from all the years being stuffed into this one first date. A first kiss that suddenly makes it clear that they're going to work.

Creating DUM-E: making the project together, brainstorming ideas, holing up in the lab, running high on adrenaline when the project is done. All those hours working together and finally having their project work morphing into one kiss. Suddenly, the project isn't the biggest news that evening.

Graduation kiss: they might be finishing together, they might not, but they're happy and nervous and so terrified of losing each other. The time is summer, they take deep breathes to gather courage and - they're finally kissing, after all those years.

Leave kisses: new lives, new paths. They've been separated for too long. One of them living the dream, the other carrying a legacy. They missed each other. They talk about their new lives, show each other new places to hang out, and they easily find a way to get back to who they are, even if as new people. This isn't worth losing, they realize. Not when they could be kissing, they realize.

Reunion kiss: they've lost touch after MIT. They had a fight, they stopped talking, they haven't seen each other in years. They still miss each other. They're still pining, even from afar, even without speaking. Work brings them back together. It takes a while for the ice to defrost. But they can't stand the distance - they pull each other close. Closer than they used to, close enough for their lips to touch.

Hospital kiss: Tony doesn't know what happened, but Rhodey is hurt. Rhodey is hurt, and he can't lose Rhodey. Sleeping near Rhodey's bed, throwing money to make sure Rhodey has the best care, talking to the family that are begging him to sleep. Rhodey wakes up. He's okay. Tony nearly lost him. So he kisses him, because he has to. Tears are running down his face, and he's desperately clutching at his honeybear, and Rhodey is kissing back.

Airplane kisses: drunken mistakes, slurred confessions, waking up in the morning with questions and regrets. Making out sloppily, laying on the seats of the private airplane, kisses not desperate but with so much pining behind them. They taste like alcohol and candy. They're supposed to be working, but they're kissing. It's fun in the moment, but it won't be in the morning.

Post Afghanistan kisses: sand on sand on sand, the pressure of losing his job, searching for the love of his life, thinking, "he has to be alive, he has to be alive." Rhodey makes a stupid joke and then sinks to the searing hot ground; hugging him to make sure he's really there. Kisses in the field hospital, in the private room. Fingers trace along his chest, along the rim of the reactor, looking at each other a little brokenly. They both kiss gently, both of them dirty and traumatised and so happy to see the other is alive.

Make up kiss: kisses after the fight. Rhodey finding out Tony was dying and telling him "that was a stupid fucking plan and I hate that it worked." Tony telling him "of course it worked, you'd always save people, no matter how much you love me." Rhodey thinks about his best friend and about losing his love, and how pissed he is at his plan and how Tony wanted him to be Iron Man after he died, and how much he is in love. He just leans forward and kisses him because they've waited too long.

Making the armors kiss: workshop kiss, designing the armor together, Rhodey learning all the secrets behind the suits, Tony teasing Rhodey about going to Hammer, Rhodey telling Tony that 'hot red' is not his style (or a good style). Their tension from the fight slowly coming apart as all they feel is how much they hate fighting. So, almost causally, they kiss. And as their lips touch, and they sigh into each other's mouthes, all the pieces of the puzzle click.

Shawarma kiss: Tony falls from the sky, like an angel, like a martyr, and the breath leaves Rhodey's lungs. He makes it there in a rush, because how dare Tony call him like that. How dare he say he loves him when he's drifting in space, it's so unfair. How dare he almost die on him, slipping between his fingers, the call disconnecting before Rhodey can say it back. Rhodey rushing into the restaurant, Tony being pulled up for a kiss, being clutched at desperately. Tony sinks into the kiss. All the Avengers are there, and it's awkward for them, but they don't care. It's their first kiss and only they exist in the world.

Avengers party kiss: the Avengers nudging them together, drinking a little to have warm cheeks, staring at each other while the other isn't watching. Maybe Tony likes how Rhodey gets along with his friends, maybe Tony finds Rhodey's stories adorable. Maybe they go into a private room for a moment and decide to just be together, to just, finally, kiss.

Post Civil War kiss: kisses in the hospital, kisses over newly designed braces, kisses to distract Tony from phones, kisses to show Rhodey that he deserves love even with his disability, kisses to show each other that they're still here for one another and they're not going anywhere. Kisses after bad times to start a better phase of their lives.

[shipskicksandgiggles]

Ironhusband headcanons or ironspouses (Pepper/Tony/Rhodey) headcanons.

!!!! I'm giving you both bcuz yes

Rhodey saw this tiny ass little idiot at MIT and just. didn't want to deal with him. have you seen Tony? he's a dumbass with the highest iq in the room, Rhodey wasn't about to handle it

unfortunately Tony saw Rhodey and latched onto him fucking immediately, so he had to

tony didn't have other friends, but Rhodey's friends were cool with him, and he eventually just got used to bailing his little idiot out of less than ideal situations

that's kind of how they got together in the first place. Rhodey was pissed about whatever Tony did, and Tony just kind of kissed him to make it better

it did not make it better

(they kept kissing anyways)

when Pepper started working for SI, Rhodey praised his lucky stars and got her phone number immediately. they became best friends so fast, Tony got whiplash

the two of them have one night a month where they get together and drink and complain about Tony's antics

it wasn't until they both bailed tony out one night that anything happened. he proposed it to Rhodey one night in bed bcuz they both make him feel safe and cared for, and hell, they're already friends, what's the harm in trying

turned out those nights Pepper and Rhodey spent together (although Tony joins them more now) were a lot better when it wasn't so innocent fun

[thompsborn]

do you have any spare ironhusbands or sambucky headcanons?

ABSO-FUCKING-LUTELY

oh my god okay i’ve been so fucking wrapped up in both ironhusbands and sambucky and absolutely nothing else for WEEKS because of tfatws (obviously if you have seen my endless spam of reblogs but can you BLAME ME) and the portal closed has ironhusbands so i’ve been just. oh my god i am happily drowning in this and them and i do not need nor want air. ok.

also these are all hc’s based just in canon not au, and lol warning this got so long help me, though my brain is so scrambled from tfatws finale that all sambucky thoughts are scrambled and jumbled so i wasn't able to coordinate them as well as ironhusbands so the ironhusbands section is definitely longer pfighf i'm so sorry i'm like this

ironhusbands:

when they met at mit tony didnt know shit. like. like nothing. he didnt know a single god damn thing about anything. like he was a genius he could solve any equation given to him and baffled professors when he was handed like two supposedly impossible equations to this fuckin fourteen year old and he just looked at them with like a mcdonalds burger or some shit hanging out of his mouth and just answered them no problem, but he was still such a hopeless idiot, and rhodey, also a genius attending as a sixteen year old, had to teach him the basics of life, like. making toast. tony how do NOT know how to make toast. its TOAST. you put it in the TOASTER. have you NEVER SEEN A—OH MY GOD HOW DID YOU FUCKING CATCH IT ON FIRE—

he does not perfect the clearly impossible task of making toast until he is 17 and rhodey buys him a cake to celebrate the momentous occasion even though tony went though 528 toasters

you are gold by the national parks. thats it. thats all i have to say. listen to the song and look up the lyrics. you’ll get it.

and also paper planes by jon bellion but specifically for after rhodey tells tony he’s gonna join the air force and tony is worried but doesnt know how to show it and they have like a chill night in and all tony can think about is how stupid he is and how he’s such a coward because he cant get himself to tell rhodey that hi!! i love u!! and im scared to lose u and that you’ll get hurt and maybe die or smth!!

when rhodey finds out about how tony was raised (going with mcu, where tony wasnt physically abused but more emotionally neglected and ignored by howard and always talked down to and compared to others and wasnt treated like he was worthy and never was told he was loved and everything like that) he gets PISSED. like he is MONUMENTALLY angry. and it takes YEARS for him to find out about this too. and it actually puts a bit of a strain on their friendship for awhile when they meet too

like rhodey knows about the starks obviously and he assumes tony is going to be this obnoxious arrogant rich boy asshole and is so not looking forward to being roommates but he was raised to have an open mind and give everyone a chance, but tony was raised to be wary of everyone and keep his walls up and his emotions in shackles because whatever he shows can be used against him, so they clash, you know? they dont fight or anything but theres tension bc it isnt right and they dont get each other.

rhodey tries to be nice and tony doesnt understand nice because his only example of nice is jarvis and his mom and even then his mom and jarvis are always off with his dad so he barely sees them so its still rare for him to experience the nice of them so he doesnt know how to be around someone nice all the time, and so he gets defensive and thinks about how howard drilled it into him to be wary and he thinks maybe rhodey isnt ACTUALLY nice but someone PRETENDING to be

and rhodey starts to feel justified in assuming the worst about tony stark because tony is all cold and distant and rude and is about to stop the keeping an open mind thing about a month into their first year but then he comes back to their dorm early from class one day and tony doesnt come in so rhodey is just standing there and watches for a minute as tony sits there staring down at his twenty sixth attempt at a letter he wants to send his mom becauss he knows his mom likes letters even though he could just call but they havent really called him (howards fault but he’s fourteen still and its hard to rationalize that howards busy life and controlling thumb extends past his son) and rhodey is just confused because tony just suddenly sighs and sniffles a bit and murmurs “this is so stupid” and crumbles up the paper and throws it in the garbage and rhodey cant help but peer into it and barely sees the words hey mom scribbled at the top and that. that. hm. okay.

so rhodey keeps trying because he wasnt supposed to see that but he did and now he kind of has a feeling that maybe tony isnt all that cold and distant and rude as he seems, maybe he just doesnt really know how to be any different, so he thinks about all the subtle little ways that his family has shown him they care about him and starts to invite tony to go get food or to study together even though neither of them really need to study or to help each other with assignments or just anything thats mundane enough to not raise suspicion but still starts to open the door and make tony relax around him just that little bit and then before tony realizes it the end of their first year is there and theyre like friends or something and it hits him that he’s gonna miss rhodey.

for the first time ever there’s someone other than his mom and jarvis that he’s actually going to miss.

rhodey grins at him and says that they’ll be roommates again next year because they have to be and that the summer will be over before they know it and the sentiment is nice but tony spends the summer alone wandering around a house too big and empty after being in a dorm that’s small and has a friend.

but rhodey doesn’t know this. like he knows that tony isn’t the kind of guy he originally assumed but he doesn’t know that he’s literally ignored and neglected and like emotionally and sometimes verbally abused so he’s kind of surprised when the next year begins and they DO end up being roommates again (because tony kind of asked his mom, on a rare day when he got to see her and howard wasnt around, to get mit to make sure they could be) and tony just HUGS him like its been years and they’ve known each other forever but he goes with it and hugs him back because maybe tony’s just more affectionate once he gets to know someone and rhodey is okay w that.

they get closer as the years go by and they graduate from mit together and they’re BEST friends and at the end of the year rhodey invites tony to spend new years eve w his family but tony cant bc howard is having some kind of gala starting at 5 because hes weird and dumb and tony hates it and he also isnt given the option of not going even though he doesnt want to but the entire way there howard drills into him about not fucking up and berates him for all the times he has in the past and when they get there tony is already just not feeling it so he’s like nope!! no!! i simply cannot!!

so he goes in and finds an exit thats in the back and he leaves and finds a fucking payphone of all things and he has rhodeys home number memorized for years now and he calls and someone he doesnt knoe answers and theres music in the background and voices and tony’s entire stomach is in his throat and his heart is sunken into his twisted gut because he just wanted one night where maybe he could smile next to his parents and feel like he fit with them but he couldnt have that and he asks to talk to rhodey and then he is and asks if its too late to accept his invite and rhodey is like yeah of course do u need my address bc its still only 5 pm and its a 2 hour drive between south philadelphia and manhattan so he’d make it with plenty of time before it got to midnight so yay

and tony is like. oh. hm. i dont know how to drive actually. that was a thing that no one ever thought to teach me even though i asked about it about ten million times. and rhodey is used to tony not knowing how to do things that most people their age can (see: the toast) and plus its not uncommon for people from new york to not drive anyway so he doesnt think anything of it and instead asks for tony’s address to come pick him up instead and they’d still make it back by like 9-9:30 so that would work too

and thats when tony is like. well.

about that.

he might be calling from a payphone.

on a random street corner.

and its kind of raining. and he’s cold. and he’s a bit dulled out from everything so he doesn’t really think about the fact that admitting this is going to lead to having to explain what happened and also why and that is happens often. but that doesnt matter because he kind of just wants to be with his best friend and not back at that gala with his dad right now.

rhodey is like,,, ok. ok. wheres a coffee shop nearby u can wait in. and tony thankfully is by a 24 hour one and tells him the name and the street corner its closest to and rhodey is like i’ll be there asap and tony goes and he waits.

a two hour drive turns into an hour and a half because rhodey is Worried™

but when he walks in tony goes from being all dulled out to being all HOLY SHIT because rhodey has a SPLIT LIP and he’s like WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENED WHAT THE FUCK WHAT

and rhodey’s like no no its good my uncle was having fun and trying to wrestle with me and he accidentally elbowed me its all good man dont worry about it

tony isnt used to accidentally being hurt tho so he’s still like hmmm but he takes rhodeys word on it and they head out and tony wont say what happened or why he was calling from a payphone ?? which btw tony literally only was able to do bc there happened to be dropped change on the ground because boy would not have change on him ok, but rhodeys like alright lets go with this for now

so they gets to the rhodes house and it is in full swing with family and extended family and adopted family bc they are 100% the family that just adopts the neighborhood kids and the people who have no one else and like ex boyfriends and ex girlfriends even after the relationship ends bc they still are family despite not dating whoever it was they had been dating in order to be introduced to them so its a LOT of people and tony is like. this is semi familiar in terms a lot of people but this is NOTHING like what he has ever seen before holy fucking SHIT

rhodey is just like oh u have a small family then? so ur used to smaller gatherings?

and tonys like wtf are gatherings

and rhodey is starting to get a feel for what might be wrong but just takes tony inside to get him changed because he’s not spending new years eve at the rhodes house in a fucking expensive suit ok

tony is completely out of his element and like he’s not the only white guy there bc again the rhodes adopt people and those people are of every race and nationally you can imagine but he just isnt used to the vibe there are people laughing and sitting close together and playing games and theres music playing but not like classy music its music people can dance to and are dancing to and the food isnt the food he’s used to at galas and shit and nothing is what he’s used to and he just sticks to rhodey’s side like a fucking lost puppy and tries his best not to look like an idiot when rhodey introduces him to people and a lot of them know who he is but dont judge him or assume shit about him bc obviously if he’s friends w rhodey then he’s a good guy and they want to know him and thats enough

but tony is v overwhelmed bc what the FUCK IS HAPPENING this is nothing like anything he has ever experienced EVER

so eventually rhodey can tell he’s getting overwhelmed and takes him inside and lets him have a breather and then asks him about whats going in and thats when rhodey learns about what tonys life at home is really like and. anger.

SO MUCH anger

because not only has every single assumption he has ever made about tony been proven wrong, but now he knows that the best person he knows has never been treated the way he deserves and has never known a true home and comfort and love and safety and

and he’s gonna fix it

and this is the first step

so he takes tony back out and they’re still just friends but this is the day they both quietly realize they might kind of definitely like each other as more because tony is still so confused by the fact that what he knows isnt the normal and overwhelmed by how much there is and how different it is but rhodey holds his hand as a grounding point and whenever it might be too much they move off to the side where they arent completely gone but its less hectic and a bit more quiet and its just nice

tony goes to rhodeys house for every holiday despite whatever howard says

rhodey decks howard the only time they ever meet before tonys parents die and he has the most shit eating grin on his face afterwards that tony cant help but lose his shit laughing his ass off

anyway i didnt mean to ramble for so long about that specific idea so i’ll end the ironhusbands ramble with this one last thought, which is as follows:

rhodey gets hurt in the air force at some point, and it isnt that bad tbh but he does have to go the hospital and shit and gets stitches or whatever idk i dont know what specifically happens i just think it’d be just bad enough that it takes him a few weeks to be able to go back to work but he’s not like OH GOD HURT yk?

but like stated above tony was scared and worried when rhodey told him he was gonna go into the air force so he hears about this and they’re probably like almost 30 at this point because they’re dumb and it takes them forever to get their heads out of their asses (i say this even though in the portal closed it takes them even longer but i digress) rhodey has like his mon his sister his niece visiting him and they were worried but they know hes fine so theyre just talking and in a good mood and then—

door slams open. tony stark enter stage left. disheveled suit, fresh from a meeting he definitely was not supposed to leave, having flown in from maibu the second he heard and then had happy drive him and then got impatient because of traffic and ended up sprinting like ten blocks while happy was like what the FUCK

of course rhodeys family are well aware that these idiots are desperately in love with each other so they’re just like lol ok and just leave the room while tony starts fretting over him like he’s about to die himself if he doesnt know if rhodey is okay and rhodey is like tony tony dude tones stop tony im okay tony stop it

until finally tony just fucking breaks down like full on tears in his eyes voice cracking hands clasped as he leans against rhodeys bed and tells him that he was so scared and he is so scared all the time whenever rhodey is out there because all he can think about is losing him and him getting hurt or dying and it’s maddening and this is when they get their heads out of their asses and kiss for the first time

(irony at its finest bc later when they are married and tony becomes iron man rhodey refuses to not have a suit of his own because if tony is going out there in a metal flying tin can then he isn’t going alone and wow what a power couple)

sambucky:

firstly i’m going to go post tfatws, but i’ll make a bullet point before going into it so if you wanna read up until that point you can but most of this will be random little headcanons based post tfatws

also it isnt like a whole plotline thing like the ironhusbands ones ended up being these ones are more random and kinda all over the place but loosely connected

update from after writing this: i lied

let me start by saying my interpretation of why they are the way they are in civil war is because of steve

thats not saying steve is the bad guy i mean to say that they’re jealous of each other because they thought that THEY were steve’s best friend who the fuck is THIS guy i dont want him here go away

children. they are children.

which i find very funny to imagine from sams pov because he literally is a licensed therapist and would 100% recognize why he’s acting how he is but he’s petty enough to do it anyway

and also he literally was helping steve track bucky down but i like to imagine that sam didnt think they’d ever really find him again and it’d just make him and steve like super mega best friends or something because hes a CHILD

and then from bucky’s pov steve goes through all this trouble to find him and protect him and then this random guy is acting like steve’s best friend and gets to sit in the front seat ??? bullshit. absolutely bullshit. worst thing ever. so stupid.

its so funny to me okay its SO funny

its like that schoolyard thing where your friend makes another friend and you hate it so much that you do something stupid like color on their drawing or put gum in their hair or whatever but they’re adults with 1. super soldier serum or 2. a superhero reputation/avengers status and suit with wings. so thats a thing.

post civil war i dont think they get much yk. because bucky is out in cryo and team cap is on the run and i doubt theyre able to return to wakanda much, if at all, and then it’s infinity war and then it’s endgame and after endgame there’s the aftermath and the aftermath is a mess

i like to think they have some moments before tfatws though. not many but enough for that slight foundation thats we can kind of see in episode 2 yk.

okay NOW it gets into post tfatws so!!

SO post tfatws everything is different because now they not only have spent all this time together, but they understand each other in a way that they didn’t before. in a way no one ever has. not even steve, who may have known them before, but he isn’t here anymore and he wouldn’t understand who they are now vs who they were before and it’s different.

bucky finds comfort in sam’s home town. sam finds comfort in watching bucky find a home there and he doesnt know why.

also sam treats redwing like a puppy and lets him fly around on his own and gets pet and stuff and bucky acts annoyed but the longer it happens you can tell he’s like “oh my god why is this thing endearing”

bucky has nightmares and sam knows this but bucky doesnt know that sam also has nightmares until one night when they’re still in sams home town and they’re staying on the boat because sams nephews are having a sleepover with some friends and they didnt want to get in the way or smth idk i just want an excuse for them to be on the boat and somewhat secluded from people but bucky already woke up from his nightmare and is out on the deck to get some fresh out and then oop

sam havin a nightmare too

because fucking of COURSE sam has nightmares he has been through some shit too!! not being able to catch riley and everything that happened since meeting steve and thanos and he turned to dust alone in the bushes ok like yes everyone that died were traumatized undoubtedly (peter my baby boy baby im so sorry that you got the worst of it) but bucky was around people but sam was laying on the ground and probably just watched his hands as he disappeared and he was alone and like. jesus christ ok.

and then steve trusted him with every weight and everything that comes with the shield not knowing how much more the shield has when he gave it to a black man and just like he has nightmares everyone in marvel does its a fact

but bucky finds out like this and he is shocked even though he realizes he probably should have been able to guess that this is a thing and he knows so much more about sam now than he ever did but this is how he learns more. he learns about riley. he learns so much.

sometimes bucky has those like “oh shit” moments where he’s like “maybe i was kind of a dick to someone who didnt deserve it” and he already had one of those with sam about the shield but he has another one because he assumed shit about sam when they were being all childish and jealous about someone else being friends with steve but like fuck

steve and sam probably got it

the not catching someone. the way it felt to try and to reach out and to miss and to have to choice but to watch as they fell.

what’s different is that steve got bucky back. he got to have that relief, eventually, even if there was the pain of knowing bucky had been taken by hydra, but at least he knew bucky had made it.

sam didn’t have that. riley didnt make it.

therefore, bucky has his “oh shit”

and bucky was already going soft around the edges with sam (as clearly seen in the last two episodes of tfatws, ESPECIALLY the finale because like did tou SEEZ ALL THE HEART EYES oh my GOD) but it’s this that really makes something in him melt and he just. he loses the last remnants of whatever tension or resentment or whatever negative feeling he may have been clutching onto.

there wasnt much left. but now theres none. now its all washed away.

its gone, and he gets it.

sam is a licensed therapist and he knew the reason he was being all dumb and childish and jealous with bucky was because steve had another best friend but also because steve’s other best friend was the guy that had been a big factor in how him and steve understood each other and how they bonded and it

it had kind of felt like they lost part of that when they found bucky again in civil war and he kind of wanted to blame bucky for it even though he didnt actually blame him at all so all it translated to was that dumb kind of jealous thing instead

but now it’s just them. its sam and bucky and it isnt steve and it isnt about steve and it shouldnt be because its about them. its about the boat and the water and the way they sit and watch the waves while the silence settles over them and the way that bucky says, “im sorry.”

its the way sam says, “me too.”

and bucky says, “you dont have to be.”

its the way they stay there until sarah comes to get them for breakfast and sams nephews convince them to play with them and their friends and the world is still shit and there is so much to do but

but its this and its them and that can wait

it can wait

they can take their time if they want to

maybe they’ve earned that much, at least

(it isn't a fast development because they're a complicated pair and there's so much to the two of them that need to figured out individually before they can even realize how well they work together, but the steps are so much easier knowing that they have the other in their corner and bucky knows that sam's home town is a place he's welcome to go and sam helps him make his own dreary little apartment into something that feels real and tangible with a bed and a couch and when they've become something that resembles stable and they've found a balance and they're okay, that's when they realize that maybe they can try for the more that sometimes bubbles under their skin and that they started to think about the more they spend time together. the warmth that sam feels every time he sees bucky playing games with his nephew and the smile that bucky has to fight to hide and still can't fully suppress when sam stands tall and proud with the shield in its rightful place, and it takes time, it takes work, it takes carefully placed bricks to build the foundation they need, but they get there, and when they do...

when they do, they're already happy, and it just makes them happier, and that's what makes it so much better.

that's what makes it worth the wait.)

[mcu-but-its-vines]

Rhodey: Who is that kid? Is he cool?

Tony: Who, Peter? Yeah, he’s cool.

Rhodey: Hey kid! Who’s your favorite superhero?

Peter: uhhhh... Matilda?

Rhodey:

Rhodey: okay, he’s pretty cool.

[writtenonbone]

“What are they fighting about,” Natasha asked as she gestured to Tony, Thor, Bucky, Sam and Steve. It seemed very passionate but they were all yelling so it was difficult to make heads or tails about it. This wasnt what she expected to come home after two weeks. Tony’s neck vein™️ was making an appearence and that usually meant something awful.

Rhodey grinned, a downright wicked one that rarely came out. One that Natasha had seen once (1) and it ended with Tony literally inventing a literal lightsaber. “I convinced Sam to convince Thor to say Chicago Deep Dish Pizza is better than New York pizza,” Rhodey took a bite of his chow mein, “they’ve been at it for a good thirty minutes.”

Natasha returned his grin and plopped down next to him to enjoy the show, “hand me those potstickers.”

[presidentrhodes]

tony stark's 10-step guide to charming your college crush

step 1: take a graduate level rocket science class that he is in even though it is irrelevant to your physics degree and the problem sets eat into your free time

step 2: arrive late for the first lecture of said class so that you can strategically slide into the empty seat next to him at the back of the hall.

step 3: when called upon to answer questions, intentionally fumble and pretend you know nothing about astrodynamics (note: your academic credibility may take a hit but, remember, you're playing the long game).

step 4: inquire and find out where he lives and try to bribe the campus housing office for a mid-semester transfer to the same accommodation. if step 4 fails, move onto step 6.

step 5: once you're moved into the same accommodation, hang out in the common areas during your free time to maximise your chances of casually running into him when he's cooking or doing laundry.

step 6: figure out his friends circle and become chummy with the person seemingly closest to him. this person is both your window of opportunity to get to know your crush better and also your potential competition down the line.

step 7: strategically position yourself next to him during group assignments to maximise your chances of being put to work on the same team.

step 8: discover his interests and build something cool around it that's bound to impress him. for example, if you discover he is into robotics, build a basic artificially intelligent claw in your dorm and call it dum-e. then casually invite him over one day to examine it. if he's isn't impressed, move to step 10.

step 9: if he's impressed, offer to let him work with you on creating a new iteration. the more input he's allowed to have, the higher your chances of spending memorable time together in the privacy of your apartment. (warning: before enacting steps 8 and 9, be sure to have adequate living arrangements with minimal disruption)

step 10: if steps 1 to 9 do not yield satisfactory result, send him an encrypted handwritten letter asking to meet in the Quad at midnight. once he shows up, give him a bouquet of his favourite flowers and a box of treats from that one chocolatier he loves. read his body language and when the time is right (you'll know when), confess your feelings and pray skywards for the best.

james rhodes' two-step guide to asking your local genius buddy out

step 1: ignore tony's 10-step guide. it's ridiculous.

step 2: ask them out after class and take them to your favourite café for an impromptu date and take it from there.

[marvel-lous-things]

Rhodey: am I gonna regret asking why you're walking around in Pepper's six inch heels

Tony, too proud to admit he just likes feeling tall: ...it's a kink thing

[tonystarktogo]

exCUSE Me, I need to know about the other 13 times, because that last headcanon made me really really happy-

14 times James Rhodes [henceforth referred to as “Rhodey”] made Tony Stark cry 

[in no particular order because JARVIS wasn’t around for most of the events and neither of those two morons is in any way a reliable source when it comes to the logical continuity of their relationship’s development]

1. That time they got into a fight so bad, Rhodey called Tony “Stark” for sixteen days 

2. That time Rhodey got into a fight with Howard Stark over the phone

3. That time Tony let Rhodey cook unsupervised and he added “only a little” chili

4. That time Rhodey remembered DUM-E’s birthday and insisted they celebrate it

5. That time Rhodey refused to accept his Christmas present because an all-expenses paid cruise across the Atlantic was “too much”

6. That time Rhodey got into a fight with Howard Stark in person

7. That time Rhodey insisted they watch Les Misérables

8. That time Rhodey tried to impress his date and got banned from Costco for life instead

9. That time Rhodey said the three forbidden magical words: “You’re family too.”

10. That time Rhodey mixed up OC tear gas in their chemistry classroom – if anyone asks, it was a complete accident

11. That time Rhodey insisted Tony needs to spend more time outdoors and they both found out Tony’s allergic to pollen 

12. That time Rhodey refused to let Tony down any more shots after the sixth glass of tequila.

13. That time Rhodey got a look at Tony’s ideas, scribbles and sketches for the first time and said “I knew you were smart but this– Tones, this is brilliant. You’re brilliant.”

14. That time Rhodey found out that Tony is ticklish and hadn’t yet been on the receiving end of a personalized Why You Do Not Tickle Tony Stark To Death lesson.

[salty-ironstrange-shipper]

Tony wore a wedding dress to his bachelor party and no one will ever convince me anyway

[avengersandco]

Tony Stark is the type of parent who tells his kids ‘I love you’ after every single conversation he has with his child, and says it casually multiple times a day in general, because he never heard it from his father and he never wants his kids to doubt his love for them

[ironhusband]

do u have any domestic TonyRhodey headcanons?

I sure do! Thanks for asking, Vix!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[shipskicksandgiggles]

heard u needed a distraction, can u tell me about your mit tony&rhodey headcanons? please? ▼・ᴥ・▼

YES I CAN babe you don’t know how long I’ve been wanting to go off about these little nerds are you ready???

so first of all, Tony is not the trouble maker people think he is. we’re talking about a kid who was taught manners at an extreme level, and was always told to be quiet so he has like,,,, no friends for a while. he barely even leaves his dorm room unless it’s to go to class or get food, and he doesn’t have a roommate his first year

rhodey however is a little shit from the start. he’s not much older than Tony, but he was raised in Philly. you know. where the motto is quiet literally “Fuck Around and Find Out”

this little shit argues with people constantly. he’s like 16 years old and his classmates don’t think he’s capable of anything

obviously he’s smarter than all of them, but that’s a given

they have one class together their first year. it’s quantum physics. Tony noticed a mistake in some upperclassman’s work and corrected him without thinking

the guy gets pissed, and started freaking out, calling him names, threatening to beat the shit out of him, etc. and Tony has a panic attack

Rhodey notices and punches the guy in the nose before hauling ass back to his dorm room with Tony in tow because this kid is going to get himself killed, and goddamn it he wasn’t going to let that happen

they don’t talk much at first

well, Tony doesn’t talk much at first. Rhodey never shuts up, so he talks to him about everything from growing up a genius kid in Pennsylvania to how his mama talked him through sneaking food out of the dining center

Tony loves it

he warms up to him pretty fast, and soon he never shuts up either. he talks about the Jarvis’, his aunt Peggy, the projects he’s working on, the book he read last week. having someone who listens to you is one hell of a thing

Rhodey teaches Tony how to stick up for himself in class

Tony makes sure Rhodey doesn’t give anyone else a concussion

they get into shenanigans more after they move in together. they store spray paint above the hall closet and the components to make smoke bombs in a false cabinet in the bathroom

campus security hates them

they manage to find love hidden in languages and codes only they can understand. they bounce off each other in ways that would make you think they’d known each other forever

Rhodey proposes in front of the classroom where he punched that one guy in the face. Tony yells at him because he was going to do that in front of the wall they’d vandalized the night they’d kissed for the first time

in the future, they encourage their kids to go to MIT, just because of course they’re going to be geniuses, but also because they kind of wanted them to recreate their parents chaos 30 years later 

[the-almighty-pen]

Tony might not be alive to gloat about him saving the world, but Rhodey sure as hell will.

“Oh, I’m sorry. Did you’re best friend Save The Whole Universe? Invent Time Travel? Defeat Thanos? I didn’t think so.”

[stankrhodes]

RhodeyTony Headcanon

I would love to see Tony singing Can’t Help Falling in Love to Rhodey on their anniversary. Imagine how soft and serene the moment is. Rhodey doesn’t have eyes for anyone else but Tony. There're tears in his eyes and okay he has this big, goofy smile on his face, but he’s in love, and he and Tony have been in love for years so it’s okay. 

[proof-of-a-stark-heart]

#justironhusbandsthings

The first thing Rhodey does when coming home has always been turning the lights down low. It all started when they were rooming at MIT, and Tony would stay up “studying” (read, tinkering) while Rhodey had late aerodynamics courses. Tony would inevitably fall asleep on the couch, tucked under the patchwork quilt Mama Rhodes had made. Rhodey would shake his head, turn off the overhead lights, and carry Tony to bed.

nowadays, JARVIS can do it (and will, on days when Rhodey isn’t coming home) but he has learnt that this, this is something the dear Colonel wants to, needs to, do.

and so, when Rhodey comes home late and finds his husband sleeping on the couch, tucked under a threadbare patchwork quilt? Rhodey will shake his head fondly and turn the lights down low, before carrying his husband to bed.

when asked about it, later, when the dust has time to settle, Rhodey won’t say that it was desperation and a refusal to believe he’d been left behind that led to him continuing to look for Tony in that G-d forsaked desert; he’ll answer the heavy question flippantly, say I don’t think he’d die without us ever finding out which one is actually the best Go Fish player. 

There is actually some truth to that sentiment. They’re very competitive.

The real, actual truth about Go Fish? Rhodey’s better at that and at Bridge, any other card game Tony’ll handily smoke him at (board games, however, Rhodey’s the undisputed king)

Unless it’s Ludo. Tony loves Ludo. 

speaking of MIT, when Rhodey hears he’s got a new roommate? he curses quietly, once, before resignedly accepting his fate. when he meets the new roommate - big, soulful brown eyes, tousled black hair, looking like a kitten could bowl him over? Rhodey curses again and then decided there’s nothing for it - he’s gotta protect the kid.

it doesn’t actually happen that quick, it just sounds so romantic when he says it like that. what actually happens is that Tony, two years younger than the next youngest on campus, nervously keeps to himself, more or less pretending he doesn’t exist, until three months into their cohabitation when Rhodey gets the worst food poisoning of his life and spends three days puking.

during those three days he had two assignments to turn in, both worth a big percentage of his grade.

he got an a on both assignments, one of the professors going so far as to congratulate him in his nigh-on groundbreaking ideas.

Rhodey’s pretty sure he’s never had a groundbreaking idea about aerodynamics before, and when musing on this out loud he can’t help but notice his new roommate hunching even deeper over his textbook.

Rhodey decides he can probably like the kid, no big.

the thing is, Tony’s rich - like, ridiculously rich? While Rhodey didn’t grow up poor, they weren’t well off by any means. Christmas, their first year rooming together, that’s when Rhodey properly realizes there are different kinds of wealth.

Mama Rhodes had insisted on gifting Tony something for Christmas, despite Rhodey’s insistence to the contrary. Mama Rhodes, being a mother hen of rank, decided Tony needed a quilt.

Rhodey manfully pretended not to notice Tony’s tears when he opened the gift, but did take careful note of the way Tony swept the quilt around himself, more or less nesting in it.

the quilt didn’t cost much more than time to make, the fabrics coming from worn-out clothing and the like - monetarily, it had no value.

just the same, Rhodey did notice when Tony received a car from his father, and Tony did nothing but grimace in disgust.

[presidentrhodes]

Halloween eve. Tony walks in, a glass of martini in hand. Rhodey stares at him and chokes on his drink.

Rhodey: What the fuck are you wearing.

Tony: My Halloween costume. Like it?

Rhodey: I can see your butt cheeks. What is this supposed to be? An Iron Man groupie?

Tony: No! It's sexy Iron Man. I modified the Mark 42.

[Tony's top half is the full Mark 42 armor, helmet included. On his bottom half, he's wearing a high-waisted bikini bottom, with red and gold fishnet stockings and high heels.]