#ironstrangeweek2023

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ironstrange week day 7 - purple (@ironstrangehaven)

something about violets being gifted to newlyweds and symbolizing faithfulness/everlasting love

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Jitterbugs

@ironstrangehaven Here's my entry for IronStrange Week 2023 Day 2: Nervous | Orange. Will post on AO3 when the DDOS attack is over. This was betaed by @darkkitty1208. Fic is under the readmore.

Summary:

“Ahaha… Phew. Oh, it’s finally happened. You’ve got your first schoolboy crush, you big baby.”

“I don’t have a crush. There is no crushing here. I’m not nervous, and I didn’t do any of that! As often as you’re saying.”

Tony lunges for his phone and punches in a number he’s long since known by heart. Thankfully, and likely motivated by some sort of conditioning, Rhodey picks up near instantly. “Rhodey. Rhodey, something’s wrong with me.”

“Tones, what’s going on?” Rhodey asks, all cautious alertness. 

“My heartrate’s skyrocketing, I’m sweating and I can’t focus on anything - not even my projects. Rhodey, what good am I if I can’t get into the zone? All I am is my mind Rhodey. I NEED my mind.” Tony paces and runs a hand through his hair. “Something’s seriously wrong if I can’t make shit.”

A pause. “FRIDAY, is Tony dying again?” 

Offended, Tony says, “I’m right here.” 

“Yeah, and you never tell us anything if it has to do with your health. Thus, the big baby monitor protocol.” 

“It’s called the Tony Monitor.”

“That’s what I said.”

Tony scowls, but is cut off from arguing further by FRIDAY saying, “Boss, while exhibiting symptoms of an anxiety attack, is not currently experiencing an attack. After cursory research, it seems to be nervousness.”

Rhodey groans and Tony can practically hear the eyeroll. “Tony, you’re killing me. What are you even nervous about?” 

“I’m not nervous.” Tony denies. “I don’t get nervous. I’ve had nerves of iron my entire life.” 

Rhodey hums in thought. “You know, you might have a point there. I’ve seen you get defensive from trust issues, but I don’t think you’ve ever been nervous-nervous.”

“See!” Tony exclaims, vindicated. 

“FRIDAY, what’s making Tony spazz out?” Rhodey mercilessly kicks Tony back down to Earth. Tony makes a sound of indignation, but FRIDAY, the traitor, proceeds to answer Rhodey’s question. 

“Dr. Strange is due to come by for a meeting regarding maintaining relations between Kamar Taj and the Avengers going forwards.” And then, because he doesn’t get to keep anything to himself apparently, Friday says, “Boss has checked the schedule three times and has shifted things in his workshop twice. He periodically stops working to clean up after himself and has changed five times.” 

Tony doesn’t get to do more than squawk in protest before Rhodey's raucous laughter pours over the phone. Insultingly, it goes on for several minutes. A couple of times, Rhodey pauses as if to say something, only to burst into suppressed giggles that Tony could still hear. 

Tony’s scowl grows deeper. 

“Ahaha… Phew. Oh, it’s finally happened. You’ve got your first schoolboy crush, you big baby.” 

“I don’t have a crush. There is no crushing here. I’m not nervous, and I didn’t do any of that! As often as you’re saying.” 

“Sorry boss.” FRIDAY apologizes, without a speck of actual regret in her tone. “You did, in fact, do all of that.” 

Tony scoffs. He changes the subject. “And what’s with you, Platypus? Even if I did have a crush on Strange, which I don’t, you’ve never approved of anyone I took interest in before.” 

The unimpressed silence stretches for just a fraction of a bit too long. Tony winces. “Because the only people you’ve ever had around were gold-diggers or mindless parrots.” Rhodey says flatly. “Strange is just you, but more on the opposite scale of things. You two balance each other out.” 

Tony only gets to feel touched for an instant. “Besides,” Rhodey continues, “Stephen might be an asshole, but underneath that shell of his, he’s all gooey insides. He’s a pretty fun guy.” 

Tony blinks. He tries to clean out his ears. “I think I have tinnitus. What did you just say?” 

Rhodey laughs mockingly. “We’ve talked every once in a while. He wanted to give me some options I didn’t have before. Did you know the wizards can use magic to move paralyzed limbs?”

A lump instantly forms in his throat. No, Tony didn’t know that. His mind races with the implications. 

“I said no. And don’t you try and talk me out of it.” Rhodey chides without missing a beat. Tony closes his mouth. “What happened, happened. I’ve made my peace with it. Sure, it would be nice to stand on my own two feet, but magic’s not for me.” And both of them know, no matter how much he trusts the ones who wield magic, Tony will never be fully comfortable with it being used around him. 

“You’ll figure something out, Tones. I’ll just wait until you can science me up a solution instead.” 

Tony takes a minute to process that. He clears his throat. “Well. Of course I will.” 

He searches for a way to divert the conversation away from feelings, only to feel like he’s been hit by a clue-by-four. “Wait. What do you mean you’ve been meeting with Strange? And did you call him Stephen?” 

Rhodey chuckles. “We meet once a month to chat. He translates some of the nonsense from my doctor’s appointments. He’s a damn good doctor, too. Remember that crick in my hip? Three different docs could only tell me something was wrong, but Stephen managed to sort me out after I told him about it. It wasn’t my spine, it was my skin - I’m mildly allergic to the muscle relaxant. It’s why the symptoms were only showing recently. Some exposure is fine, but overtime, the effects added up.”

Tony’s face does something. He’s not sure what he’s more conflicted about. That Strange went over his head to talk to Rhodey about using magic or that Rhodey’s apparently been meeting Strange for months - enough to call him Stephen (seriously Tony can’t get over that) - when the asshole knows that Tony’s been trying to get Strange on the team for just as long. 

(Unsuccessfully, but Tony prefers to think of it as a work in progress.)

“And don’t think you’re going to distract me.” Rhodey pauses and if he didn’t have a smirk the size of the Sicilian, Tony would eat his suit. “This isn’t about me and Stephen, this is about Stephen and you.” 

“What, our working relationship as heroes?” Tony tries to deflect. 

“Aha- nice try. It kills me that I can’t be there to watch you fall over yourself right now, but I’ll have to settle for prying your mouth open for the details. When are you going to ask him out?” 

Tony twitches and argues, “I’m not going to ask him out, because I don’t like him. He’s an asshole wizard who refuses to do the smart thing and become an Avenger.” 

Rhodey scoffs. “Pull the other one, it’s got bells on. You haven’t been this much of a mess since that time in Philly where-” 

“Alright, fuck- I thought we agreed to never speak of that again.” Tony cuts him off hastily. 

“You agreed. I hold veto rights.” 

He does, which Tony likes to pretend to forget about. He tongues his teeth in thought. “I dunno Rhodey, I still feel like this is all about something else.” 

Rhodey says something, but it’s covered up by interference. After a moment, his voice comes through loud and clear. “Alright Tones, I’ll let you believe that. But when you get your head out of the ground and take a hint, don’t try and push him away. Stephen likes you a lot or he wouldn’t have stood for having you hound his every step. Just man up and ask the guy out.”

There’s a lot for Tony to unpack in that (Stephen likes him?), but he doesn’t get the chance to think it over. More noise can be heard over the call. “Listen, I’ve got to go- keep me updated alright?”

There’s a tone to his voice that brooks no argument, and Tony knows he’s talking more than just about whatever crush Rhodey thinks Tony has. The soft warm feeling in his chest is more familiar than the way his guts nearly overturned just a few minutes back. “Yeah, yeah. Go do whatever it is you’re needed for.” 

The call ends and Tony’s left feeling better than he had before he talked to Rhodey. His Platypus really does know him best. Even if he HAS to be wrong about Tony liking Strange.  

Just to prove it, Tony pictures the wizard. His lithe, graceful movements. The way he somehow makes robes from ancient history look like some sort of fashion statement. His smug smirk, cheekbones sharp enough to cut diamond, and the ever changing color of his eyes. 

Tony flushes. Fuck. Maybe Rhodey has a point after all. He laughs uneasily, but Rhodey’s words come back to mind. 

Stephen likes him? Well, if Rhodey’s right about Tony, Tony won’t bet on Rhodey being wrong about Stephen, too. Plans start building up in his head. He’s going to charm the pants off the wizard- and hopefully a lot more too. 

Still late posting this, but not as late as last time. Maybe I'll actually post on time at some point!

[ironstrangehaven]

A Summer Sizzling Week of IronStrange, IronStrange Week 2023 Summer Edition

HI, HI, HI!

Guess what y'all?? It's almost time. That time we do the announcing stuff for IronStrange Week, but for 2023. This year IronStrange Week will be from July 9 to July 15, 2023.

Another eventful week, just for two sarcastic people intent on lovingly snarking at each other! This year the prompts follow a pattern, and we hope you take those prompts and interpret them any way you want.

If you aren't able to create a fanwork every day of the week, that's okay! You can create any number of fanwork that you can.

RULES

All forms of fanwork are accepted, including but not limited to digital art, traditional art, fanfiction, poetry/prose, Photoshop, videos/gifs/related multimedia, cosplay, edits, music playlists, etc.

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Any NSFW content must be tagged appropriately and under a “Read More” link ( for those on Twitter, the tweet should list any warnings or any other appropriate information), or it will not be featured on the blog/discord server.

Please submit fanworks to the IronStrange Week Archive of our Own Collection if possible. (The link to the collection will be shared in the next post as we get closer to the event.)

Mind your tags, and tag gore, violence, and other significant tags.

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PROMPTS

We have provided two daily prompts (separated by |), and you can choose one or the other. Again, we will leave the artistic interpretations of the prompts up to you, creators!

Day 1 [7/9]: Red | Wrath

Day 2 [7/10]: Nervous | Orange

Day 3 [7/11]: Yellow | Cheerful

Day 4 [7/12]: Intrigued | Green

Day 5 [7/13]: Blue | Serene

Day 6 [7/14]: Grief | Indigo

Day 7 [7/15]: Purple | Disdain

IF YOU DON'T HAVE TIME DURING IRONSTRANGE WEEK, YOU CAN STILL POST YOUR WORK AFTER THE WEEK. JUST MENTION US OR USE THE TAG #IRONSTRANGEWEEK2023 SO WE CAN FIND YOUR WORK.

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Relationship: Tony Stark/Stephen Strange

Characters:

Tony Stark

Stephen Strange

The Cloak of Levitation (Marvel)

Natasha Romanov (Marvel)

Wong (Marvel)

Loki (Marvel)

Additional Tags: Stephen Strange and Loki Rivalry, Bets & Wagers, Oblivious Tony Stark, But you know he kind of has a good reason this time, everyone ships it

Summary: Tony did not need protection. Much less from Stephen's cloak.

He wasn't going to complain about how it worked out, though.

@ironstrangehaven

[mystical-magician]

@ironstrangehaven Ironstrange Week 2023 Day 5: Blue | Serene

Based on this fanart by @xenocorner that had me practically vibrating with feelings. I loved it so much, but definitely had trouble putting something down in writing. I hope it came out okay!

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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Avengers (Marvel Movies), Iron Man (Movies), Doctor Strange (Movies) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Tony Stark/Stephen Strange Characters: Tony Stark, Stephen Strange Additional Tags: Alternate Universe, Alternate Universe - Fantasy, Stephen Strange is a wolf, Mentions of Blood, Mutual Pining, Getting Together, Alternate Universe - Magic, Red Riding Hood Elements, First Kiss Summary:

Recently promoted to a Hood, an organisation that protects humanity from supernatural creatures, Tony Stark is on his first assignment, protecting the hermit Stephen Strange from a lycanthrope infestation.

Turns out it’s not Stephen who needs protection…

‘You were the one who said he made up his own mind without prejudice or rumors. You are an intelligent human. Do not allow fear and hearsay to cloud your judgement.’

Stephen realized his mistake a few heartbeats after Tony did, and his eyes closed in defeat, his head hanging forward so his chin could touch his chest.

Human.

‘When did I forfeit my life?’ Tony asked.

‘The moment you agreed to this mission,’ Stephen told him, lifting his head and piercing Tony with his inhuman blue gaze.

Written for the prompt Red for IronStrange week. @ironstrangehaven

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Ironstrange Week Day 7: Purple // Disdain

Thanos is grossed out by the power of Ironstrange!

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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Iron Man (Movies), Doctor Strange (Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild/Tears of the Kingdom Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Tony Stark/Stephen Strange Characters: Tony Stark, Stephen Strange, King Rauru, Queen Sonia - Character, Ganondorf (Legend of Zelda), Thanos (Marvel), Rauru's Right Arm Additional Tags: Legend of Zelda AU, Stephen as Zelda, Tony as Link, Tony really loves Stephen, Thanos as Ganondorf, Tears of the Kingdom spoilers Series: Part 3 of IronStrange Week 2023 Summary:

He won’t miss the next chance.

He won’t forget again like the first time.

He couldn’t lose him again because if Tony did lose Stephen again, he’d be lost.

His light and hope would be gone forever, stuck in the black abyss.

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ironstrange week day 5 - serene (@ironstrangehaven)

early morning kisses

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ironstrange week day 6 - grief (@ironstrangehaven)

"maybe in another life, the universe will let me keep you"

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ironstrange week day 2 - nervous (@ironstrangehaven)

someone's got a little surprise

text:

T: What's got you so nervous tonight?

S: Oh, nothing.

T: Liar. Something’s up.

S: Fine, guilty as charged. You'll see what it is soon.

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ironstrange week day 4 - intrigued (@ironstrangehaven)

wonder what who has tony so distracted

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ironstrange week day 1 - red (@ironstrangehaven)

"some legends have it that if you see someone whom you may never meet again, these flowers will bloom along the paths you take"

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ironstrange week day 3 - yellow (@ironstrangehaven)

"yours is the light by which my spirit's born"

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I have been reading a lot of Isekai light novels recently, and now I'm making that everyone else's problem :P

@ironstrangehaven Ironstrange Week Day 1: Red | Wrath