#young!ironman

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HAPPY LATE PRIDE

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Kevin Dockry vs. Robert Downey Jr

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Winteriron request where Howard saved Bucky from hydra. twentyish tony helps him getting healed up and teach him with a modern world.

This is bigger than I originally planned it. But I really enjoyed writing this.

on ao3

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Pairing : Tony Stark/James 'Bucky' Barnes

Tags : Canon Divergence, Howard and Maria live, Bucky Barnes recovery, Young Tony Stark

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After hanging up the phone, his mother's words kept ringing on his mind.

Say something, if you don't you'll regret it.

Oh god, Tony was regretting his whole life right now. He should've told his dad that he loved him. That he knew that his mom did her best. But now they were attacked and Tony might never get that chance at all.

This is how Jarvis found him, shaking and barely breathing. It took him almost an hour to completely calm down.

Through out the ride to the hospital, he didn't say a word. Ana kept stroking his hair softly and Jarvis kept glancing at him in concern.

Any other day, he would hate to be coddled. But he almost became an orphan. He deserves some coddling.

Instead of going to a hospital, they reached some kind of facility, government or not he couldn't tell. He looked at Jarvis in question but didn't get an answer.

They were greeted by Peggy on the entrance. Seeing her made him relax a bit.

He goes to Peggy and ashe instantly pulls him into a hug, "Where is this place? Shouldn't they be at a hospital?" he asks after breaking apart.

"This place is safer than a hospital." Peggy answers as he leads him to his parents.

"You didn't answer my question. What is this place, Aunt Peggy?" they stop in front of the room.

Peggy sighs and looks at him, exhaustion clear on her beautiful face. For a moment, Tony feels bad for being so difficult but he doesn't relent. "Ask you dad, okay? Now go in."

Going inside he sees dad sitting by mom's side, holding her hand. Seeing him dad stands up but before he can say anything Tony pulls him into a hug, "I thought this was a simple getaway. Who gets almost assassinated during a getaway?"

Tony feels strong hands closing around him, "People like me do, I guess."

They stay like this for a while before breaking apart and he turns to his mom. "Is she going to be okay?"

"She has a concussion. Nothing too serious. She'll be fine in no time." dad clamps a hand on his shoulder.

"What is this place? Aunt Peggy said I should ask you?"

Dad sighs before he turns to me. " This is Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division" at Tony's unimpressed look he added "You can call it SHIELD. It's government organization only few people know about. Me, Peggy and Colonel Phillips are the founders."

"So, it's--like a spy agency?"

Dad furrows his brows thoughtfully and then nods, "Yeah, it's like a spy agency."

"Wow, who knew you had such a cool streak."

Dad ignores that comment and continues talking, "You had to know about this someday. Better now than later. Let's go see Peggy."

They walk to an office, which he assumes is Peggy's. Inside she's sitting behind a large desk looking more than stressed.

As they enter, she looks up, "Learn to knock Howard." Tony bites back a smile at that. Even after so long she's just as awesome.

"Did you find anything?" dad asks.

Peggy doesn't answer. Just looks and Howard and then at Tony.

"I told him. And it's time he knows how things work. This attempt on me and Maria is reason enough." Peggy sighs and motions them both to sit down.

"The person who attacked you is called the Winter Soldier. He's a ghost story. You and Maria are probably the only people who have lived after seeing them." Tony tenses at that. The possibility of what could happen doesn't escape any of them.

"How did you survive anyways?" Tony asks. "If he's that good, then what did you do that he failed?"

Dad sighs and rubs his face, "He was Sergeant Barnes." he and Peggy both look at dad like he's gone crazy.

"Did you hit your head, or something? Do you have any idea what you’re saying, Howard?" Peggy exclaimed.

"I know, I know it's hard to belive but that's how I managed to live. When he looked at me and I called him Sergeant Barnes he didn't seemed to recognize me but there was a brief hesitantion. Like a glitch and that's when I tasered him. By the time I was done checking on Maria, he had been gone." dad explained. Tony was still trying to cope with all the onslaught of information.

"But survival from a fall that high, especially from a moving train. Is that even possible? Can a human body take it?" Peggy looked confused and upset with what she was hearing, having personally known Sergeant Barnes.

"A regular human body can't." Tony piped up, "I mean, Captain America would probably survive it. Because of the serum."

"But Sergeant Barnes was never given the serum." dad turned his whole attention to him.

"We don't know that." Tony shrugged, "Wasn't he captured by HYDRA once? Did they not do anything to him?"

"We medically tested all the soldiers rescued from Azzano. He was completely fine." Peggy replied.

"No, no no. We tested to see if theyvwere being used as bio-weapons. There was no way of knowing if any of them were injected with the serum, or at least a bastardized version of it." Tony felt smug about being right but his smugness morphed to shock hearing dad's next words."We were taking the renewed version of the serum to Leipzig. He came for that."

"Dad, let's say everything you just said is right. Then, doesn't it mean that-that HYDRA is still there." both dad and Peggy tense up. "Or at least some organization like that." he added.

A grim silence filled the room, until Howard broke it. "I'll go talk with the intelligence team. Tony, if you want to know something, ask her." he pointed at Peggy and left.

"Hey Tony, how do you feel about being a trained spy?"

Tony grinned. How hard could it be?

-

The answer to that is 'very hard'. Being a spy can be very very fucking hard. Peggy warned him, that although Nick Fury is the best trainer, he has a shit personality. Shit personality, Tony can handle but Nick Fury's an absolute asshole.

On top of that, his fellow trainee, who uses medieval arrows (what the fuck) is already experienced. So, he's lacking by miles.

Fellow trainee - my name's Clint, pretty boy - is also kind of an ass. But at least he helps Tony with practice. Which Nick-who always has a stick up his ass-Fury doesn't bother with.

But Tony's nothing but determined. He'll be the best fucking agent of SHIELD. Even if it's just to throw on Nickie's face.

-

Nickie brought him to a park today. Assessment, he was told. "What kind of assessment are we doing in a damn park, Nickie?"

Nick ignored him and kept looking around, "That man." Nick pointed at a grumpy looking man reading 'The Hobbit', "Make him give you his bank balance. You have an hour."

"What the hell? Okay, okay. I'm going." Tony wanted to protest but he wanted good marks in his assessment papers more than anything.

Tony bought a magazine from from a vendor and sat beside the guy. He pretended to read the magazine for a while.

"Hey, are you reading The Hobbit?" Tony asked casually. The guy eyed him suspiciously before replying.

"Yeah." From Texas. Living here for a while.

"Cool. Me too. I'm a big fan. I'm Eddie, by the way." His body turned in interest. Bingo.

-

Fifty minutes later, he sat on the bench Nick was sitting on. "So? Found out anything, Stark?"

"His name is Carl. He's 29, from Texas. His mother's name is Jennie and father's name is Victor. He has a younger sister named Cassie, age 15. He works as the sales manager in Target. He loves baseball, hates basketball, favorite food is Chinese, favorite color is Green, his average GPA in high school was 3.42. He lives in 164-08 Long Island City. Oh, his bank balance is 1,573 dollars. You're most welcome." Tony tilted his head at Nick with a smirk.

Nick was looking at him with something a keen to amazement, "Good job, Stark."

Tony laughed, "I'm the best!"

"Don't get cocky. You've a long way to go." Tony was too lapoy to pay attention to Nick.

-

In one year Tony was impeccably trained in hand to hand combat, any kind of weapon handling, information recruitment, advanced driving skills, lying his way through absolutely anything, reading people like a champ and psychological manipulation, several languages and episonage operations.

And in three years, he was one of the best agents SHIELD had ever seen.

In tthe meantime, Clint also made a name of himself and joined Tony's tight circle of friends (which only had Rhodey before Clint joined).

They're still searching for Sergeant Barnes. They've kept the investigation a secret and only few trusted agents know anything about this. Aunt Peggy doubts that there's not one but several moles inside SHIELD.

Tony didn't contribute to that investigation. He kept studying for his third doctorate and completed whatever mission was given to him.

So his meeting with Sergeant Barnes was a total coincidence.

It was an easy mission. Just some info collection from a Romanian businessman. He flirted with the guy and got him drugged him enough to give Tony more information than that was required.

He still had day until he had to report, so he thought he would look around the market a bit. He could buy something for mom. She liked the handmade souvenirs.

Right then, he saw a figure he'd seen several times in a grainy CCTV footage. Sergeant Barnes was buying plums from a vendor in a olive hoodie and baseball cap. His metal hand hid my gloves.

He watched as Barnes's body tensed up and Tony knew that his presence was noticed. Barnes started walking forward and forgetting all self preservation, Tony followed him.

He lost Barnes in a crowd of people. As Tony was looking for Barnes, he was pulled into a dark alley, a hand pressing on his mouth and a knife on his neck.

"Who are you? Why are you following me?" Barnes's voice was scratchy, as if it hadn't been used for a long time.

Tony bit his hand, thankfully the flesh one and Barnes pulled away hissing. "If you cover my mouth bow will talk, dipshit." Tony pushed up from the alley wall and straightened himself. "You tried to kill my parents. Isn't it natural I look for you."

Barnes eyed him critically, "You're Stark's kid. Tony Stark."

"Yep, one and only. I really shouldn't be doing this but right now you don't look like you wanna kill me and my dad and my aunt are looking for you. So, wanna come to New York with me?" Tony hoped Barnes would say yes. This guy was so hard to find. He couldn't afford losing him now.

"There are people after me. Can your father and aunt keep me safe?"

"We'll keep you at a SHIELD safe house." Tony promised because he knew they would.

"SHIELD is compromised. It's not safe at all."

"What?" Tony's eyes widened gearing that. He knew his dad and Peggy had doubts but having confirmation was totally different. "Compromised by whom?" Tony asked.

"Not here." Barnes shook his head.

Tony sighed and gestured Barnes to follow him. Soon they were in the studio apartment he was staying in. "Now tell me." Tony demanded.

"HYDRA." Tony inhaled sharply hearing the name. Four years ago his suspension was right. Shit, Tony hated being right i this situation.

"Sit down. Don't go anywhere. I need to make a call. Finding you is a personal project and not many from SHIELD know about it. We'll keep you safe." as Barnes sat in the bed looking around as if something was gonna pop out anytime, Tony made a call to his dad.

"Hey, all okay? Aren't you on a mission?" Dad questioned.

"Yeah, the mission went fine. I've everything I needed. It's something else. Dad, I-I found Sergeant Barnes."

There was a uneasy silence on the line and then a loud, "What? Are you crazy? He's a assassin. Get out of there, Tony. Jesus Christ."

"Dad, dad listen to me. And let me explain, okay? No interruption." Tony tried to calm him down.

"Okay, go ahead."

"He's not trying to kill me. He told me that SHIELD is compromised. By HYDRA." Tony heard his dad curse from the other end of the line.

"Tony, I'm arranging a private jet for you both. Leave for the airport right now. From there Nick will bring you both to one of my estates. Me and Peggy will meet you there, okay?" Dad's plan seemed good so he easily agreed.

"Yeah, okay Dad."

"And Tony, please be careful."

"Yeah dad, I love you."

"Me too, son." That was awkward but a kind of awkward Tony loved.

Tony looked at Barnes and found him looking back, "Time to go."

-

Nick picked them up from the airport and now they're in one of Howard's personal safe houses.

Peggy and Howard, both are there. They're sitting on the couch and Howard and Peggy can't seem to take their eyes off Barnes. Feeling nasty, Tony clears his throat, "Is no one gonna say anything?"

That seems to break the others out of their trance, "Do you...remember now? You didn’t seem to before." Howard talks first.

Barnes looks around uncomfortably, "Yes, I-I remember now. Not much, but that we met. A long time ago." he clenches his fist, "I'm sorry. Fo that day."

"What...happened, Sergeant Barnes? Can you tell us?" Peggy asks.

"Maybe you should leave, Tony." Howard interjects.

"Excuse me! I found him. And I'm not some rookie agent who'll cry hearing about a little violence. I'm staying." Tony argues. Howard narrows his eyes at him but allows him to stay. Like Tony needed his permission.

And Barnes tells them. About how HYDRA gave him a version of the serum in Azzano. How it saved him from the fall. About his hand. About The Chair. The cryo.

At the end a deafening silence settles on the room, none of them knowing what to say.

Howard takes a deep breath and lifts his head up, "So, how did you escape?"

"The Chair, I told you about. They used it on me to wipe my memories, since I recognized you. But, I don't know how, maybe because I was already starting to remember but the wipe didn't work. Instead of removing me recognizing you, it removed the triggers. If the triggers don't work, they can't control me. So, I escaped."

"And the thing about SHIELD. Is it really compromised?"

"Yes, it's infiltrated by HYDRA. If you go to the west wing of Camp Leipzig, you'll find everything."

After discussing it for some time they concluded that it would be best that he lives in that safe house. The problem was deciding who'd live with him in the meantime.

Sergeant Barnes was given a room to rest. Peggy, Howard and Tony were in the office discussing the matter.

"We should let Tony stay with him." Peggy suggested, making Tony beam.

"Absolutely not." Howard rejected the idea, making Tony deflate.

"Why not? I'm the one who brought him here."

"He's right Howard. He's one of the best SHIELD agents. And we also don't have any other option. Nick is working on the insides and Barton is on a long mission."

In end Howard reluctantly agreed, seeing no other option.

"Send all my lab stuff. And DUM-E too." Tony said as Howard was leaving.

"I will. And if anything happens, even the smallest thing call me instantly. Got it?"

"Yes, sir yes." Howard ruffled his hair and drove away.

¦

Bucky didn't know how to feel. Everything was happening too quickly. After bring a HYDRA puppet for so long and then bring on the run for four years, rest had become a foreign word to him.

Now he was laying on the softest mattress he'd ever seen, eating the best food and occasionally being pestered by the Stark kid who has no self preservation at all.

Bucky doesn't know what to make of all of this.

Once, the kid - Tony - went out with Howard and came back looking all kinds of annoyed.

"Did you know that HYDRA programmed Arnim Zola inside a computer? They made an AI before me. How dare they!" Tony kept talking too himself, pacing around in frustration. So Bucky thought he'd make him coffee. Tony seemed to like that a lot.

As he lifted his hand up to take out a mug, a sudden pain flared through his hand and he hissed.

That instantly got Tony's attention and he stopped pacing, "What happened? Are you alright?"

"Yes, it's the arm. It happens sometimes. No need to worry."

"Is your arm hurting?" Tony stepped closer, brows furrowed.

"It always hurts."

"What?! Why didn't you tell me?"

"Um-"

"No, that doesn't matter. You're coming with to the lab right now. Let's go." and with that Tony started walking and Bucky dolled him quickly.

The insides of the lab was quite different from the HYDRA labs. It was filled with parts of machines and computers rather than people in white coats.

"Sit on the couch. I'll check your arm." Tony brought the equipments he needed and sat he side him. "Hmm, that's weird. How do you take it off?"

"I don't?" Bucky was confused. Why would he want to take off the arm.

"You don't? Then how did they do maintenance?"

"They just...opened it up and fixed it if anything was wrong." Tony was silent for a while, just looking at him with a unreadable expression on his face. It made him uncomfortable, not being able to read him.

"You know, I don't even know why I'm surprised that they would take off the arm and not cause you pain. Son of a bitches." Tony sighs and rubs his face, "I'll make you a new one."

"You can do that?" He thought Tony was a field agent, not a mechanic.

"Yep, that and much more. Now tell me, what's your favorite color, snowflake?"

Bucky startled at the question, "I don't know? I don't remember that."

Tony pouted hearing that, "Huh, then I'll just use my favorite colors. And, I've been meaning to ask you, how much do you remember about your old life? And did you remember anything new?"

"I...remember living in Brooklyn. And my sister? There was also a small kid, blonde hair, blue eyes."

"Yeah, Captain America." Tony nodded.

"He didn't look like someone who'd be a captain."

Tony laughed brightly hearing that (he really was beautiful, Bucky shook away the thought as soon as they came) and hummed, "You probably remember the Steve Rogers before the serum. He looked different later." Tony stood up and patted his shoulder, "Tell me if you remember anything else, okay?"

Bucky nodded.

-

The next day, Tony gave him some comics to read, "Hey, I know we should take you out to the museum and all but since we can't right now, you can learn a bit about Captain America and your time in army from these."

Bucky took them gratefully and read through them. There were some aspects he was sure were exaggerated but overall, it was nice to read. And, he also remembered that before joining the army he had a knack for baking.

He told so to Tony and later in the day the kitchen was filled with all kinds of baking products and equipments.

Bucky used the cooking books Tony bought for him and started making things again. At first, they weren't too good. Sometimes they got burnt and sometimes they were undercooked.

But he was determined, especially after he noticed how Tony worked several hours in his lab and didn't eat or drink anything other than coffee.

He started simple. The first day, he made two fruit sandwiches with apple juice and took them to Tony's lab.

Few hours later, when he went to retrieve the plate and glass, they're both empty.

It felt good. Taking care of someone instead of hurting them. And the smile Tony gave him each time he made something new was a great added bonus.

-

Tony made him an arm. Bucky knew he was working on that for sometime but it still made him feel weird.

Not bad or uncomfortable. Just...weird.

It was sleek black with red and gold outlining the plates. And it didn't hurt. Not at all.

Tony was looking at him nervously, waiting for his reaction.

Bucky smiled at him and Tony’s eyes widened with something that looked very close to awe. He realized, this is the first time he smiled in more than fourty years.

-

Things...changed a bit after that. Bucky baked more and more and Tony brought lots of books for him, mostly historical but there were some fictions too.

Bucky remembered more and more each day.

But now, they would watch movies together. Sit slightly closer, when Tony would check on his arm. Smile more, touch more. It felt different. Affectionate. Good.

-

Two months after Bucky started living there, Tony came running to his room.

"Dad, called me a while ago. You won't believe what they just told me."

"What? What happened? Is everything okay?" Bucky springed to his feet, body tense.

"Yes, yes everything's more than okay!" Tony was looking excited now, increasing Bucky’s confusion.

"Are you gonna tell me what's going on?"

"HYDRA's down." Bucky froze, "They took HYDRA down and also have enough evidence to get you pardoned. Bucky you ca-mffmm" Bucky didn't let Tony finish the sentence, kissing him with all he had.

Tony kissed back instantly, much to his relief, raising on his tiptoes to kiss him better. When they parted they pressed their foreheads together, "Dad's gonna kill you."

Bucky laughed and agreed.

-

It wasn't easy. No matter how many times Tony would tell Bucky that it was HYDRA, it him, it was his hands that killed the people.

The government had pardoned him but there were a lot of hiccups. Howard a d Tony worked day and night for that and he was placed on mandatory therapy sessions for a year. Bucky thought he got off lightly.

And, Howard did try to kill him, if the suspicious tasting coffee said anything. But Bucky couldn't blame him. The position he and Tony were in when Howard found out about them was less than ideal, to say the least.

Howard was planning on retiring and live on some island with his wife for a while. So, Tony was busy preparing to take over the company and also rebuild SHIELD after rooting off all HYDRA connections.

In the meantime, Bucky visited several museums and met his sister. He had also gained back most of his momeries.

Happiness was now a emotion he was fairly familiar with.

¦

Tony was doomed.

He knew Bucky was probably planning his murder now. But if Bucky had been late for their date third time in a row, Tony'd kill him too.

Reaching the small restaurant he immediately spotted Bucky. He was hard to miss. His hair was short now, unlike the time Tony found him, his stubble styled rather than unkept, sitting there in a blue short sleeved shirt, not ashamed if the metal arm anymore.

Tony loved him so much.

"I'm sorry. I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to be late. But Pepper gave me a file last minute-" Tony started apologizing as soon as he sat down on the table.

"Babe," Bucky cut him off, "It's fine. I'm not angry."

"You're not?"

"No. But I need to talk to you about something."

Oh god, is he breaking up with me?

"I'm not breaking up with you."

"What? Why would you say that? I wasn't thinking about that."

"You were. But, Listen to me. This is important." Tony nodded and stopped talking.

Bucky took a deep breath and started talking, "The situation when we met weren't exactly ideal and you were an idiot to take the assassin who tried to kill your parents with you just like that." Tony laughed a bit at that, "But I'm very glad that you were an idiot. Because, that day I met my greatest blessing. You are my saving grace Tony. My morning star. My heart and my home." Bucky pulled out a ring, "Anthony Edward Stark, would you give me my greatest gift and add a Barnes to your name?"

He was crying now. He tried to stop crying and talk but he couldn't so he just nodded his head really hard. Right way, Bucky was at his side, sliding the ring on his finger, kissing all over his face.

Tony would've preferred it if Bucky hadn't have to go through so much pain. But, he was glad that life had given them the chance to have each other.

[agentofagony]

Okey so a question poped into my head? who's in the marvel universe is more likely to be a threater kid? Loki, amora, lorelie, Wiccan, Clea, doctor doom and doctor strange are obvious answers , they just have that thing about them that screams obviously threater kid.

Megnato is a maybe? But not so sure.

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Fallen Son The Death of Captain America (Captain America-Negociación)

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Thoughts While Watching Gilmore Girls-3x8: Let The Games Begin, aka Let The ShitCircus Begin (Part 3)

Luke Danes! Lorelai Gilmore! They are: The Abstinence (For Other People But Not Themselves) Brigade! They can detect bubbling teenage hormones from a mile away and will do anything in their power to stop them! Jess Mariano, with his awe inspiring ability to telepathically impregnate naive virgins in 1 nanosecond without removing any clothes, doesn't stand a chance! Thank god we have you, Luke Danes and Lorelai Gilmore! The Cockblocking Crusaders! The Dry Hump Destroyers! Scene: Our Handjob-Halting Hero, Luke Danes, has just interrupted an extremely chaste attempt at a kiss in progress. After witnessing his nephew openly groping Shane Campbell and likely several other girls in public and in his diner and his home over Horny Summer 2002, interrupting a kiss with Rory Gilmore with no tongue is just ONE STEP OVER THE DAMN LINE for Blowjob-Blocking-Batman!

I dare say, that was a stupid metaphor from our Intercrouse-Interrupting-Ironman.

There are frequent Sock on the Door references in this show. The thing is you hang a sock on the door to let other people know you're having sex and they won't barge in. Too bad Sex-Stifling-Superman here wouldn't abide by The Sock anyhow. Netflix borked the captions big time here, but there is a loud argument between Luke and Jess about the sock joke, with Luke yelling at Jess that there will be "no socks on the door in my house" and I'm just thinking how weird this conversation would sound if you didn't know wtf they were talking about. Luke, less than 5 minutes earlier (and I quote): Wow! WOW! This is great! Wow! Rory and Jess! Jess and Rory! This is great! Don’t you think this is great! They're only great if they reproduce asexually like snails, I suppose. When he thought Jess was doing much worse things with Shane in his own home, his response was certainly not a pleased one, but it was... different. So it's okay if he hooks up with a skanky blond girl he barely knows, because who cares if he takes a ride on the town bicycle, right? But when it comes to Rory, her purity must be protected at all costs by other adults. Ha, funny how that worked out. I know Luke doesn't think JESS is still a virgin.

He looks so defeated, and he WASNT EVEN DOING ANYTHING. Please don't make me turn on Luke, Tumblr. I already have so little left to live for watching this show.

But that's where they were the first time, Uncle Luke.

THANK. YOU. JESSTOPHER. You're so smart. *pinches cheeks*

The more I'm thinking about this notion that Luke is trying to protect Rory's virginity from Jess, where Rory is a newly minted adult and not even his relative, she's just the daughter of some annoying lady who comes into his diner and doesn't pay for her food, but "Jess doesn't need a guardian" if he'd like to fuck around with random girls of questionable purity, becaue he's a boy I guess, the weirder it sounds. This is just another fiber woven into the rich tapestry of "the young women of gilmore girls who lose their virginity will pay the price with a horrible experience or mental anguish" (Young Lorelai, Rory, Paris, Lane, possibly even Lindsay, god help her).

(girls only). Jess: What do you think is gonna happen? Luke: You KNOW what I think is gonna happen.

You know what, how about he doesn't and we say he did. Awkward.

If she’s not too distracted porking Dean to notice, as soon she found out Dean was a free agent she was all over that like a fat kid on cake.

I saw what Jess got away with at the summer bash. I wouldn't exactly count on Taylor Doose for his Makeout Meddling abilities.

Luke looking all smug like "yeah that was great parenting right there. Damn, I’m such a good Dunkel (DadUncle). He’ll never think about humping again.” Good luck.

[supercap2319]

Being surrounded by five people in Avengers' tower was something that Y/N hadn't expected. He had been battling Kang with the others, when Kang tried to escape to the future. Y/N had followed him and ended up getting sucked into the portal.

He flew to Avengers' tower to see if anyone could help him and tell him what happened, but he didn't expect people to take up residency inside the tower. Especially when the blonde in purple spandex had an arrow notched at his chest.

"Listen, I don't know who you guys are, but I do know you came to the wrong place to take over. Get out now, and I might not have to kick your asses." Y/N warned.

"Wrong. This place belongs to the Young Avengers. You're the one who's trespassing, pal." Arrow guy said.

Y/N took a long look at them. The girl was wearing an Ironman suit like Tony's. The blonde had Steve's shield. The guy who looked like Bucky had a knife in his hand. And the other blonde, who looked like a golden retriever, was wearing purple spandex pants.

"Young Avengers? You guys are seriously messed up in the head. This is where the Avengers live. And you're making a big mistake."

"I don't think so." Golden retriever guy started to grow bigger and turned green as he looked similar to the Hulk. He let out a roar. The girl hovered over him, repulsors ready. "Stand down. Finally warning."

"Oh, this is gonna be fun." Y/N smiled as he moved the arrow away from him and moved as he ran and slammed the Hulk imposter through several walls of the tower as the others followed him.

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Wherever I go... whatever country I go to... I want the Golden Lovers to fight with the same emotion and one heart. —Kenny Omega

“What would Kota think?”

2019-2021

This is a long-overdue gifset. I meant to finish it in November 2021, then I meant to finish it in early 2022, then, well, May 2022 happened, and the Golden Lovers story effectively got put on ice, so I shelved the gifset, too. But now we have reason to hope again, so here it is. The Golden Lovers’ path has never been a straightforward or easy one.

I’ve seen Kota Ibushi described as a “ghost” that haunted Kenny Omega for those few years, but I don’t think that’s quite accurate. Kota has been part of the fabric of AEW itself since the very beginning. Despite the fact that he has yet to make an actual appearance, he has been present in direct references and allusions, in the Golden Lovers symbol on the shoulder of Kenny’s gear, and in the golden “E” in “AEW”, which originally came from the Golden Elite.

Without Kota Ibushi, AEW as we know it would not exist. Of course, a large part of that is his continuing influence on anything and everything that Kenny does. Kenny Omega only really tells one story. It’s the same story that he has been telling his whole career. Sometimes it’s a quiet, subtle story, and sometimes it’s a very loud one. Sometimes it’s both at the same time.

The first direct, unmistakable reference to Kota in AEW happened in an infamous Undertale-themed VTR on October 30, 2019. In it, Kenny is plagued by his own insecurity (which was not helped by Kota’s recent G1 win, in contrast to Kenny’s recent failures in AEW), and a seductive voice tries to prompt him to let it take control before his other tag partners leave him, too. But Sans steps in to stave off the inevitable, and Kenny manages to keep it together—for about a year or so.

The next reference happens a little over a week later, at Full Gear on November 9. Kenny has an unsanctioned match with Jon Moxley, and he brings out all sorts of weapons, including a horrific bed of barbed wire that Hangman Page and the Young Bucks were reluctant to help him with. But what gets him in the end isn’t any weapon, but a failed Phoenix Splash (Kota’s first finisher) onto the exposed wood of the ring. From there, Mox hits a Paradigm Shift and pins him. Kenny could endure broken glass and barbed wire, but the one pain he couldn’t withstand is the pain of a broken heart.

After that, he tries to retreat back into the only comfort he knows: tag team wrestling. He pressures Hangman into tagging with him, and the two of them set their sights on tag team gold. Miraculously, they manage to make it work, winning the titles a scant month and a half or so before the world shuts down. Kenny’s main focus is on tag team wrestling during this time, but in order to fix one major blemish on his singles record, he ends up wrestling Pac in an ironman match on February 26, 2020. One of the moves he pulls out is unmistakably a Kamigoye (Kota’s current finisher).

A few days after that, on February 29, Kenny and Hangman defend their titles against the Young Bucks at Revolution. It’s a match with quite a few references and callbacks (especially to the Golden Lovers vs Young Bucks match in 2018), but the most striking moment was the Bucks hitting Kenny with a Golden Trigger (the Golden Lovers’ finisher), which Kenny kicks out of after a mere 1-count, prompting a massive response from the crowd. No one can weaponize the Golden Lovers’ own love against him like that.

The end of that match portends division and betrayal between the four men, but before the story can continue as planned, the covid-19 pandemic hits, and everything in the world of pro wrestling changes.

The year that follows is a hard one. Kenny’s AEW tag title run has a cruel symmetry with Kota’s concurrent NJPW tag title run. Just as Kenny and Hangman finally find their equilibrium, FTR arrives to sow conflict, The Elite fractures, Kenny and Hangman drop the titles, and Kenny gives up on tag team wrestling. Everything in the Undertale VTR had come to pass. Having nowhere else to go, he goes to an old family friend: Don Callis.

Then, at Winter Is Coming on December 2, wrestling in frigid 40°F weather at the open-air Daily’s Place, Kenny beats Jon Moxley for the AEW World Championship, thanks to Don Callis helping him cheat. The two of them abscond with the title after the so-called “golden screwjob”, and Kenny takes it somewhere the Young Bucks aren’t willing to follow him—Impact Wrestling.

Thus kicks off the Belt Collector arc. Kenny soon acquires two new/old goons: Karl Anderson and Doc Gallows, both former members of Bullet Club. He starts considering himself part of Bullet Club again, and declares his intent to collect more belts besides the AEW one (and the AAA Mega Championship, which he already had), starting with Impact.

On January 4, 2021, Kota Ibushi wins the IWGP Heavyweight and Intercontinental Championships at Wrestle Kingdom in NJPW. A few days after that, Kenny posts an Instagram story wherein he looks at Sports Illustrated’s list of the top 10 wrestlers of 2020. Kenny is number five on the list, and Kota is number eight. We can see that Kenny was looking at Kota’s entry before he looked at his own.

Then, on January 28, on the three year anniversary of their reunion, Kota tweets at Kenny, proposing that their two companies change the industry together. Kenny replies, using Nak’s translation as a mediator, and says, “Already feeling lonely in the Kingdom I left for you? Shall I destroy it? Take my hand, we’ll build a new one”. Kota responds to him, but receives no answer.

A few days after that, on February 3, Kenta appears on AEW Dynamite, blowing the so-called Forbidden Door between AEW and NJPW wide open. From that point on, we’re truly in uncharted territory.

Kenny challenges for (and wins) the Impact World Championship in April, but leading up to that match, Don simultaneously stokes Kenny’s ego and tries to gaslight him into erasing Kota from his own history. He encourages Kenny to repeatedly say that no one has ever kicked out of the One Winged Angel (only one person actually has: Kota Ibushi. He’s the source of Kenny’s greatest strength and his greatest weakness). However, no matter how much Don tries, Kenny’s age-old insecurity emerges on March 23, when Don names a long list of wrestlers that Kenny is supposedly better than, and Kenny yells out “Bigger than Ibushi!”

Kenny names Kota again in a AAA promo on August 31, listing him among the best high flyers in the world. It’s abundantly clear that to Kenny Omega, Kota Ibushi is the greatest wrestler in the world. No matter how far Kenny goes, no matter how many belts he collects, no matter how many accolades he receives, Kota Ibushi will always stand above him in his own mind. Kenny will never be able to outrun him or let go of him. He can’t fill the hole in his heart with a new tag partner, and he can’t fill it with belts, either.

While all of this is happening, Kota is unfortunately not having the greatest summer of his life. He loses the IWGP belt to Will Ospreay on April 4, then gets aspiration pneumonia in July. He participates in the G1 Climax tournament in September and manages to make it all the way to the finals, but he dislocates his shoulder after a failed Phoenix Splash while facing Kazuchika Okada on October 21.

Kenny’s own injuries come back to haunt him, too, but his autumn goes a little bit better.

Adam Cole—an actual ghost from Kenny’s past—comes back to sow trouble for the Elite (though it takes a while to actually manifest), debuting at All Out on September 5 along with Bryan Danielson. Bryan wrestles Kenny a couple weeks later in his first match as an AEW member, on September 22 at Grand Slam. He forces Kenny to fight him with everything he has, and for just a moment, Bryan is able to draw out the Best Bout Machine instead of the Belt Collector. As he always does in his moments of greatest need, Kenny reaches for Kota Ibushi, and once again executes a Phoenix Splash, which, as always, he is unable to actually hit. This time, it doesn’t end in tragedy, though. Instead, the match goes to a full time limit draw.

The death knell for the Belt Collector looms near, however. Hangman Page earns himself a shot at the AEW World Championship at Full Gear on November 13. Three days before the match, they hold a contract signing for it on Dynamite.

Hangman, who knows Kenny very well by this point, is able to read the subtext. He finally figures it out. He realizes that everything Kenny said to him, everything that he did to him and with him, it was never actually about Hangman. It all sprung from a deeper wound that Kenny has carried with him all this time. As soon as Hangman figures this out, nothing Kenny does to him can hurt him anymore. "But if I remember, you once had another tag team partner who maybe you felt like you didn't measure up to either."

That one line also does something else that’s very important: it brings Kota Ibushi out of AEW’s subtext and into the main text. He’s part of the story now. And he always was. (The man himself liked a gif of Hangman’s “you once had another tag partner” line on twitter shortly after it happened. If there was ever any doubt that he’d been keeping up with what Kenny was doing in his absence, it’s gone now.)

Maybe the best illustration of this is a front row sign that a fan brings to Hangman and Kenny’s match at Full Gear a few days later. “What would Kota think?” Kenny stops to stare at it for a long moment before entering the ring. Years earlier, he’d talked about being so surprised and thrilled that the fans had managed to pick up on the Golden Lovers story leading up to their reunion in NJPW. He was so touched by the fact that the fans had known their history, after all that time. I wonder if he felt something similar here. It was in many ways the culmination of his efforts. The story made deeply tangible, here at the climax of its most difficult chapter.

As was always meant to happen, Kenny loses to Hangman and drops the AEW title. He makes one last onscreen appearance on November 17, 2021 before temporarily stepping away from AEW and away from wrestling so that he can recuperate from years of overworking himself. He says, “I feel like... there’s things I gotta fix, there’s things I gotta change, and I can’t do it here.” Is his relationship with Kota one of those things he had to fix?

Here’s where the story gets a bit hazy. Unfortunately, the year that follows does not go particularly well for either of the Golden Lovers, and plans have to get rewritten. Their respective injuries take longer than expected to heal, which leads to Kota having a falling out with NJPW in May 2022 after they try to force him to come back to the ring too soon. Kenny is finally able to make his own return in August 2022, but he returns to a troubled backstage environment, which finally boils over during the media scrum after All Out on September 4. Kenny and the rest of the Elite are forced to vacate their freshly won Trios Championships, and they all get suspended for a few months during the investigation.

But even in the darkest of moments, things aren’t all bad. The Golden Lovers reunite in a restaurant in Japan on September 15. They reunite on their own terms, outside of any company. The future is still a bit unclear for them, but wherever the story goes next, they want to do it right. “Because the tag team with him is more special to me than anything,” Kota says. He asks Kenny to wait for him, and Kenny assures him that he’ll wait as long as it takes. They both proclaim that the Golden Lovers aren’t over.

One day, the stars will align for them again. If it happens in AEW, the stage is already set. "What would Kota think?” was the question posed at the end of 2021. Maybe one day we will get to hear his answer.

[dyinggirldied]

Socialites and paparazzi are excitedly watching the battle between Bruce "Brucie" Wayne and Tony Stark aka Ironman, equally rich and both in control of innovative machinery engineering, fighting over Danny Fenton. A young but talented and secretive scientist/engineer who comes from an equally secretive and creepy small town called Amity Park.

The battle only gets more heated once Vladimir Masters, notoriously infamous (because manage to get your rivals to sign your contracts without their consents or getting blackmails from them is enough to make Vlad a terrifying business tycoon in the wealthy folks world, especially if he is originally just a normal middle class young sickly boy before) also joins in the battle.

Much to Danny's exaggeration and amusement.

[imagineandwrite]

𝘖𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘷𝘴 𝘓𝘰𝘷𝘦 - 𝘐

I'd Rather Not

Word Count: 2.6k Words Warnings: Cussing, Terrible Humor, Reader is a player, Shuri has a staring problem

Y/N L/N has built her reputation amongst the students and teachers. Teachers knew her as a young lady with a bright future, while the students knew her as the school's fuck girl and dealer.

Yesterday marked the third year since she left her kingdom, and she still hadn't gone to visit. Three years since she last spoke to her grandparents, three years since she'd seen her sister, Nuru. Today was the anniversary of her and her roommate's friendship.

Riri Williams is a young woman busying herself with small and big projects. She got into MIT with a scholarship granted by the late Ironman, who paid for her books, dorm, tuition, and everything.

"Happy Anniversary," Riri hums and flops onto the floor next to Y/N. She took pride in knowing everything about Y/N, like her real name, where she was from, and more. She even knew about how her parents died and when she lost her virginity. They developed a pattern of Y/N doing random things at odd hours of the night and Riri attempting to stop her. Like yesterday, Y/N drove to glue chicken nuggets to her least favorite teacher's desk.

"We sound like a couple," Y/N scoffs as she lifts her body onto her bed, dragging Riri with her. They sit with their backs against the wall and a laptop playing Scooby Doo in front of them. Her eyelids are heavy, and she feels like she's floating.

"We ain't ever gon date, said so yourself," The shorter girl denies, leaning into her friend's side as she remembered when Y/N turned her down. Y/N told her she would never date her, not because she wasn't attractive, but because it wasn't in her nature to date. She never fully dated anyone, only sneaky links.

"That don't stop you from liking me," Y/N chuckles as she shifts the two to lie down. 

"Go to sleep, T."

The first three classes were easy minus random girls coming up asking for a quick meet or boys asking when Y/N would swing both ways. As usual, she turned the heads of both students and teachers, men and women. Y/N knew she was pretty, had since she was six after she batted her eyelashes at the cook so he'd give her two cookies instead of one.

It didn't help that she carried herself with masculine confidence, or at least that's what Riri said.

"It's something about a masculine woman with confidence that just butters our biscuits," She chuckled, her lips pursed as she tried to stop the smile from showing.

"Never say that shit again," Y/N deadpanned.

"I gotta stop hanging with Kayla."

She had one more class today, then she could sleep, but before that, she needed to get her textbook. The teacher, Mr. John, was her least favorite teacher of all. He was your stereotypical creepy teacher. Telling girls off for showing skin, giving remarks that made girls giggle uncomfortably, and he always seemed to be looking at the girls' legs.

It took eight minutes for Y/N to get to her dorm. She was stopped by a group of boys paying her for supplying their party and two girls throwing compliments at her.

Though the dorm was also Y/N's, she still knocked on the door. It felt wrong to barge in. It was like your sibling barging into your room, and then leaving the door open.

"Ri," She knocks twice, pressing her ear against the door. "I left my textbook, and Mr. John is on my ass. Can I come in?"

"Took me a couple of months, but I had my friend- Did we piss off Wakanda?"

"Not just us, this place is no longer-"

Knocking on the door interrupts Shuri, and the two glance between the door and each other.

"Ri, I left my textbook, and Mr. John is on my ass. Can I come in?"

"Just tell me where it is," Riri shouted, shoving past the shocked princess and looking around for the thick book. She hears Shuri asking her who it was, she ignores it in favor of stopping the door from opening.

"You got somebody over or something?" The person whispers, her filed fingernails poking over Riri's head to wave into the room. 

"Just tell me where it is and I'll-WOAH!" Riri stumbles back, barely avoiding being hit by the door as it swings open.

Shuri and Y/N stared at each other before the woman glared at her while reaching back to slam the door shut. "Who is this woman?!"

"Why didn't you stay outside?!" Riri shouts back, running around the two to grab her bag.

"Why is she here?!" Y/N interjected, following after Riri as she waved her hand towards Shuri, narrowly avoiding her face. Riri sighed, she should've known her roommate would come back soon.

Her eyes widen in realization before spinning back to point between the two women, "She helped me build it! Why you ain't here for her?"

"Build what?" Y/N demanded, twisting so she could look between the two. Shuri tilted her head, her eyes trailing the taller woman's figure before shaking her head clear of any thoughts.

"Ms. Willams built a vibranium detector. Did you help her?"

"I did a little razzle-dazzle," She admitted, scratching her head as she looked to the side. Riri shouted at her, reaching over to smack the woman's arm.

"Razzle dazzle, my ass! You helped me find parts and made corrections," She corrected, using her fingers to list each task. "You used that thing from your alarm clock to make it work."

"Will you shut the hell up?!"

"I need you to pack your things and come with me right now," Shuri demanded, glancing between the two.

"I have class in like fifteen minutes, and Y/N's late for hers," Riri protested as she shared a look with her roommate. Flinching at the glare Shuri gave her, Riri sighed as she looked around the room.

"Ok, just let me go to the bathroom real quick," Riri said as she crept around the princess who watched Y/N. Faintly she hears her roommate mumble, 'Why is she staring like that?' Halfway through the door, she looked up and cursed, "Shit!"

She ran to the corner of the room, glaring at the bald black woman who entered from the bathroom.

"I had it under control," Shuri insisted, slightly irritated. Okoye shrugged, her eyes never straying from Riri, "You asked for five minutes, I gave you six."

Riri watched as both of them crept towards her, and Y/N stepped in front of her. Shuri held her hand out, "Calm down." She pleaded.

"Get out," Riri demanded as she waved her hands towards the door, peeking around Y/N's arm. "Get out of our dorm."

The shorter girl looked around for something and settled for the speaker on the desk. She snatched it and held it in her arms, ready to throw it. "I swear, you better not take another step towards us."

"Mmph see how they teach the children here to treat their guests," Okoye said to Shuri in mock disappointment. Riri took the opportunity to shove her roommate and heave the speaker towards them. Okoye whipped her hand out, and a small metal rod extended into a full spear, slicing the speaker in half.

Shuri and Riri's mouths dropped open in shock at the action, "You brought a spear in here?!"

"I like her," Okoye chuckled. She grunted when Y/N threw a pillow at her, and she shouted, "We don't like you, this is a completely one-sided relationship!"

A breathy chuckle to her left drew Okoye's attention from the panicking duo and toward Shuri, whose eyes were still on Y/N. Riri lifted a heater over her head as the general stepped forward and grinned at them, "You small small girl, you can either come to Wakanda with your giant friend, conscious or unconscious."

"You need to be conscious of the way that you look, walking 'round here all that ash on your head," Riri sassed, glaring at the offended woman.

"Since the ash has been acknowledged, I'm offering you help," Y/N grinned, stepping around Riri to grab a small bottle of oil. She spun back toward the glaring woman with a smile and presented the bottle, "Use this hair oil to get rid of the rolling in baby powder look."

Shuri laughed as she leaned forward slightly before she stood straight to avoid Okoye's glare. "That's funny?"

"No, no it's not," she answered, trying to control her laugh.

"Mhm, I told you," she said, hitting Shuri's arm. The princess smiled in assurance, "You look good."

"Now, wait a minute," Y/N shouted, stepping and glancing between the two. "You knew she was walking round here looking like that?"

"She knew!" Okoye shouted, pointing at Shuri over Y/N's shoulder. The two shared a chuckle at the general's obvious distress. "Sweetheart, that is just foul."

"Riri!" Y/N started, quickly spinning to the startled girl. "If you ever do that to me, I will shave you bald and put baby powder on your head, so you twinning with black Caillou over here."

"Who is this Caillou?" Okoye scoffed, looking over at Shuri, who shrugged.

"It don't matter, we not going," Riri chuckled, adjusting the heater when Okoye went to step forward.

"You know what?" Shuri began, stepping back to grin at Okoye, "Let's leave them here and let them deal with the merman with winged ankles, who wants to kill them, alone."

"You're right," Okoye nodded as the pair walked towards the door. Just before they opened it, Shuri turned back with a grin and danced, "You got this."

"Mhm, with your heater," Okoye grumbled.

"Hell no," Y/N groaned, shuffling around before running around to pack her things.

"T, what're you doing?" Riri asked, watching the girl put folded clothes into a bag. She spun around to glare at Riri and waved her arms at Shuri, "Did you not just hear what she just said?"

After a moment, Riri sighed and went to pack her bag, "We'll need to stop by the workshop, all our projects are there."

They walked towards the car with Okoye in front of them and Shuri behind them. A girl walking past grinned at the group, "Hey, Y/N, you got a new toy for yourself?"

Shuri raised a brow but continued to walk. She could hear another person running up to them. "Y/N, wait!"

They paused right at the car and turned to look at the approaching woman. She was average height with braids in a bun. Y/N rolled her eyes with a huff as the girl reached up to hug her. Her hands stayed in her pockets as she leaned down slightly for her, "What's wrong now, Nat?"

"Just wondering where ya going?" Nature pouted, huffing when the taller girl shoved her away.

"Not like it matters, 'cause we ain't together, I'm working," Y/N murmured, scratching her neck as she glanced at the group behind her.

Okoye was checking something on her beads while Riri was staring at the pair. Shuri seemed to be glaring at the two of them, looking away when she caught Y/N's eye.

"Who is that?" She whispered, staring at the pair out the corner of her eye. Riri sighed as she shook her head, "One of her crazy ex flings, she got tired of the girl following her around and getting jealous. They ain't fucking no more, but Nature has a bad habit of telling everyone she's dating her."

Noticing the way Shuri's jaw clenched, she quickly spoke, "They never were and still aren't."

"Ready to go, sweetheart?"

An arm wrapped around Shuri's shoulders and pulled her into Y/N's side. She could see Nature glaring at her over her shoulder and grinned. Wrapping her arm around Y/N's waist, Shuri snickered, "Of course, Sthandwa."

Y/N smiled to herself and opened the door to let Shuri in. "This is the passenger side," Shuri argued as Riri and Okoye got in the back.

"Do you know where the garage is?" Y/N asked, lifting Shuri into the car and closing the door after checking she was in her seat correctly.

Tags: @kgao

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[yes-i-am-happyaspie]

I know that Tony had the arc reactor removed in Ironman 3(I love all those movies btw🥰 ironman is one of my favorites 😊) but what if in a alternate universe Peter has to replace it whenever Tony asks one day??🤔 What do you think 🤔

There are so many fun prompts regarding Tony's arc reactor. I can't say I've seen one like this before!

My first thought is, I don't think Tony would *want* Peter to have to do that for him. The arc reactor is literally keeping him alive. Pepper as an adult, was a little freaked out when she had to help him with it. (Remember when she pulled the wrong wire and he went into cardiac arrest? O.o) I think he would hesitate to ask Peter. Because, to him, Peter is still so young; a 'kid.' He'd worry Peter would feel scared or intimidated by the process. He wouldn't want to put that kind of pressure on him. And God Forbid anything happened... Peter would fall apart.

BUT! I think it could still work. In a very angsty sort of way. :D

There's always the chance that there is NO ONE else available. Maybe it's during a mission, maybe captivity is involved... Maybe something happens, spur of the moment- No one else is around and there is no time to wait.

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I'm not 100% sure this is something I would write, but will add it to my every growing list of ideas!

Until then, maybe someone else will see this prompt and be inspired by it!!

(Tag me if you write!! I'd love to see it!!)

[bulkyphrase]

Cap-IM Rec Week - Cap-IM Monday Extra

Last day of @cap-ironman's rec week event! Thanks so much to them for organizing this event, and all the other events that inspired the following fics!

The Highwayman's Baronet by mariana_oconnor, orphan_account (@mariana-oconnor) (MCU | Teen And Up Audiences | No Archive Warnings Apply | 125,525 words)

Written for: 2020 Captain America/Iron Man Big Bang

Summary: Steve Rogers has returned from the war. He has made his fortune, but lost everything in return. He is reeling from grief and at a loss of what to do with himself when the son of an old friend writes to offer him a home. He takes up the offer, but finds himself embroiled in a plot to bring down the country and raise Hydra from the grave. Can he uncover the traitor, save the handsome baronet, and avoid being hanged as a highwayman? A Regency AU featuring highwayman!Steve, Baronet!Tony, treason, nefarious plots and a dash of magic.

The Laird in the Water by jellybeanforest (@jellybeanforest-a-go-go) (MCU | Mature | Graphic Depictions Of Violence | 17,920 words)

Written for: Cap-IronMan Bingo

Summary: In 14th century Scotland, Steve is a child with an imaginary friend that lives in a nearby river, the site of many drownings and horrific discoveries. His Nan claims it to be the work of a kelpie. Steve doesn’t believe her of course. Kelpies are a myth, old wives tales to keep children from playing near swiftly-moving streams and young women from entertaining the company of handsome strangers. However, as he grows, Steve realizes that the young man in the water may not be quite as imaginary nor as innocuous as he once believed. For the Cap-IronMan Bingo 2019 Round 2 – AU: Fairy Tale Creatures.

Bugfuck Crazy (In Love With You) by Sadisticsparkle (sadisticsparkle) (616 | Explicit | Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings | 7,912 words)

Written for: Cap-IronMan Bingo

Summary: It's the Avengers' first mission in a long time. Everything is familiar but awkward, but Steve is sure they'll find their groove. And then Tony is turned into a giant bug. Things get a little out of hand after that.

More below the cut!

Eigengrau by vorkosigan (@the-vorkosigan) (MCU | Teen And Up Audiences | No Archive Warnings Apply | 16,811 words)

Written for: 2017 Captain America/Iron Man Holiday Exchange

Summary: Tony is captured; he doesn't know by whom, or why. He doesn't know how much time has passed since. What he knows is, he can now hear something in the adjacent cell, and that 'something' sounds a lot like Steve Rogers.

Let Us Not Forget This by citsiurtlanu (@citsiurtlanu) (Iron Man Noir | General Audiences | Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings | 36,040 words)

Written for: Captain America/Iron Man Reverse Bang 2017

Summary: Steve Rogers knew, knows, will know Tony Stark, the adventurer, the scientist, the futurist. And Tony Stark - well, he's not really fond of the idea of this Captain America fellow being assigned to tag along as he, Rhodey, Pepper, and Jarvis race to find a powerful relic before the Nazis do, but he just has to go with it. What he doesn't - and can't - realize is how deeply Cap is tied into his life in ways he can barely even understand. Also available as a podfic read by DuendeVerde4 (@duendeverde4)

Before the Darkness Swallows You by Veldeia (@veldeia) (616 | Mature | Graphic Depictions Of Violence | 30,837 words)

Written for: Captain America/Iron Man Reverse Bang 2016

Summary: Steve was gone. Tony was all alone in the dark, the blackness of the damp, rock-walled corridor only occasionally broken by the fluttering fluorescent lamps in the ceiling. He wasn’t afraid of the dark. An abandoned mine was by no means the scariest environment he’d ended up in. Still, he’d have been crazy not to be afraid of what lurked in these shadows.

The Unlikely Wingman by Sineala (@sineala) (616 | General Audiences | No Archive Warnings Apply | 1,074 words)

Written for: Cap-IronMan Bingo

Summary: Clint doesn't see why he should have to follow Captain America's orders. But he also doesn't see why Captain America should have to sit around looking miserably lonely, either.

Think of This as Solving Problems (That Should Never Have Occurred) by Sineala (@sineala) (616 | Teen And Up Audiences | No Archive Warnings Apply | 35,216 words)

Written for: 2015 Captain America/Iron Man Holiday Exchange

Summary: No one knows Tony is Iron Man. Then Tony gets amnesia, and literally no one knows Tony is Iron Man.

Got You Under My Skin by BlossomsintheMist (@blossomsinthemist) (Ults | Explicit | No Archive Warnings Apply | 26,115 words)

Written for: Captain America/Iron Man Reverse Bang 2014

Summary: “I’d be happy to show you a good time,” Tony said, smiling a little obscurely, Steve thought, as if to himself, but still with that warm, knowing look, affectionate and oddly fond, “any time you want.” Steve Rogers goes to Tony Stark's birthday party. Things progress from there, with a lot of flirtiness leading to propositions, and propositions leading to, well, what comes next, and Steve isn't even sure what he wants after that. Set in the Marvel Ultimate Universe, and written for the 2014 Cap_Ironman Reverse Big Bang. Art by wiredoll, here.