Fanfiction Rec List: Steve/Tony, Marvel [Part 2.3 - MCU, Alternate Universe]
This post is for the stories of the Alternate Universe genre from the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Tagging Notes:
- Not All The Way (NATW): sex involved, but no penetration
- Steve/Tony: Steve tops
- Tony/Steve: Tony tops
- Switch: both of them top at some point
- WIP: Work in Progress
MARVEL CINEMATIC UNIVERSE - ALTERNATE UNIVERSE
99 problems (and the dice ain't one) by kellifer_fic @ AO3 | ~11K | Oneshot | Non-Superhero AU
Summary: Tony's life is almost perfect. He lives in a converted warehouse full of friends (and one frenemy), has a job that leaves him plenty of time to think about other things and a regular Friday night campaign. If his best friend, Steve Rogers, hadn't moved away to New York and left him behind, then perfection would've been achieved.
Tony can roll with the punches though and he's almost all the way over that little bump in the road (shut up Bruce, he totally is) when Steve moves back, looking taller and broader and more confident than ever and Tony's left with a converted warehouse full of friends (and one frenemy), a job that leaves him plenty of time to think about other things, a regular Friday night campaign and the uncomfortable realization that maybe he's in love with his best friend and has been since he was sixteen.
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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Oblivion Series by sabrecmc @ AO3 | Canon AU
Part 1: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Oblivion | ~67K | Complete | NATW | Amnesia; Identity Issues; Internalized Homophobia
Summary: “Mr….Mr. Stark?” the man asked, shaking his head as if to clear it, grip convulsing spasmodically on Tony’s hand.
“That’s me,” Tony responded gruffly. Of course the man recognized him. His face had been everywhere before the whole Iron Man thing and now…well, now…so yeah, totally understandable. Guy was probably thinking of his lawyer’s speed dial number. “Look, ambulance is on its way, okay, so just sit tight. You’re going to be fine.”
“I-I think I missed my date,” the blond man said. And promptly passed out.
Or, how Tony accidentally kidnapped Captain America and then wanted to keep him.
Part 2: Shattered | ~26K | Complete
Summary: Tony watches the events of Captain America: The Winter Soldier unfold.
Or, I threw Stony at TWS. Take that, Stucky!
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Adamant by whizzy @ AO3 | ~61K | Oneshot | Historical AU
Summary: Anthony Stark, Lord of the city of Mainhett, undertakes an expedition to recover the lost shield of a legendary paladin.
Allons-y Avengers by TamrynEradani @ AO3 | ~12K | Oneshot | Canon AU
Summary: Tony references Doctor Who compulsively. Also, Bruce needs pants. And Steve's best friend in the 21st century is a Dalek. Other than that, it's your basic team coming together fic.
And I'd Buy A Big House Where We Both Could Live by shinkonokokoro @ AO3 | ~56K | Complete | Non-Superhero AU | NATW
Summary: Missing: Tony Stark, billionaire businessman, heir to Stark Industries, reward: none
Only Steve didn't know that when he picked up the waterlogged unconscious man from the bank of a river.
And Then There's You by someoneelsesheart @ AO3 | ~6K | Oneshot | Non-Superhero AU
Summary: And it's funny that they're like this, isn't it, because there's Tony, too-clever and too-fast, always having to be moving, selfish and desperate and cruel, and then there's Steve with his kindness, his slow smile and his patience, selfless and calm and kind to everything and everyone. They're fire and ice, good and bad, and somehow, somehow, it works.
Or, Steve Rogers teaches Tony Stark how to love, one year at a time.
At the Heart of the Matter by Pookaseraph @ AO3 | ~15K | Oneshot | Canon AU | Identity Issues
Summary: Tony didn't mean to become Steve's BFF and the greatest thorn in his side at the same time, it just sort of happened. In a world where Tony Stark didn't come out as Iron Man, he has managed to keep his identity a closely guarded secret, even from many of his teammates... the only problem is Steve Rogers seems to be falling for Iron Man, and he doesn't much care for Tony Stark.
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Living in Avengers' Tower Series by steve-capsicle-rogers (adorable_lab_rat) @ AO3 | WIP | Post-Movie | Slight Canon AU
Part 1: Avengers' Tower: Reconstructing the Avengers | ~4K |Oneshot | Pre-Slash
Summary: So there the Avengers sat in the newly rebuilt Shawarma restaurant they had originally found after the fight and Tony could finally notice that there was an obvious gaping hole. No one mentioned the name or the fact that there had not yet been a funeral. There was a tense silence and an obvious lack of an important presence. The one common factor that had brought all of them together and had then later compelled them to band together to fight as a team. Agent Phil Coulson.
Part 2: Avengers' Tower: Mini Avengers | ~16K | Oneshot | Pre-Slash; De-Aging; Kid Fic
Summmary: "What happened to you?" panic laced her voice as she stared in horror at them. Tony and Steve looked at each other before looking down at themselves, but saw nothing wrong. "Why are you children?"
Tony gave her a look like he had never seen a more stupid person on the face of the planet before glancing at the other boy next to him. "Either she hit her head hard or we’ve stumbled across an idiot."
"That's rude." Steve responded, but he turned his attention back to the woman still sitting on the floor.
Part 4: Avengers' Tower: Tony Makes Some Changes | ~15K | Complete | Pre-Slash; Kid Fic
Summary: "Thor! Old buddy, old pal! I have a question, a request and an offer for you." It was filled with charm and guile and everything that when directed at most people ended up being a highly potent combination.
"What are they, friend Tony?" Thor seemed quite interested and Clint stared between the two of them not liking where this was going.
"Let's take a walk."
If only Clint knew what would follow those four words...
Part 6: Avengers' Tower: Steve's Gamble | ~64K | WIP
Summary: "I need to know, JARVIS. Something like this cannot happen again. I was not completely aware of just how important it was until Coulson reacted. If it had just been me the reaction time might not have been quick enough. He could have died, JARVIS!" the strain was audible. "I'm not watching someone else I care about die; especially when I could do something." The AI could pick up the emotion in Captain Rogers' voice and noted the distress. As Sir had not explicitly stated that Captain Rogers could not receive the information JARVIS made an executive decision.
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Bonding by Jabber_Moose @ AO3 | < 1K | Oneshot | Canon AU | Soulmates; Soul Bond
Summary: Everyone had a soulmate, a bond that was initiated by the simplest of skin to skin contact.
Bound to Take Your Life by silverfoxflower @ AO3 | ~1K | Oneshot | Werewolf!Steve AU | NATW | Biting
Summary: "Bite me," Tony had hissed the first time that they met, and to this day he doesn't know just how close Steve had been to shoving him to the ground and sinking his canines into Tony’s neck, jaws clamping down until Steve's mouth tasted of blood and sweat and Tony's screams died down to a slow whimper.
Bulletproof by foxxcub @ AO3 | ~21K | Oneshot | University AU | Tony/Steve
Summary: At age fifteen, Steve Rogers had been in love with Tony Stark.
By age twenty, he’d (mostly) gotten over it. And then he promptly became Tony Stark's fuck buddy.
But the Heart by kahn @ AO3 | ~24K | Complete | Canon AU | Kid Fic
Summary: "Okay. So. Kids. It can't be too hard, right? People dumber than us raise kids all the time. Not much to them. Just feed them, water them, distract them with shiny things and make sure they aren't unsupervised for too long. Speaking of which, how long has tiny-spawn been alone in your kitchen?"
Steve and Tony (and The Avengers!) from the movie!cast + child!Peter Parker with a very AU backstory involving genetic experimentation aboard an abandoned space station (but that doesn't--strangely enough--feature all that heavily).
By Numbers by IceCapsicle @ AO3 | ~3K | Oneshot | Canon AU | Kid Fic
Summary: It occurs to Tony one day that he’s never done anything in the right order and Steve is no exception to the rule.
Caffeine, Otherwise Known as the Key to Tony Stark's Heart by sol-nox (solisticequinox) @ AO3 | ~5K | Oneshot | Non-Superhero AU
Summary: A new coffee shop opens across the street from Stark Tower. Steve is the hot, sweet and predictably clueless owner. Tony tries to do what he does best.
Catechism by manic_intent @ AO3 | ~40K | Complete | Canon AU | Steve/Tony | Angels
Summary: Inspired by fanart seen on tumblr, this is an End of Days story, with all the Avengers as Archangels. Tony had always known that he was a special snowflake. He just hadn't realized exactly how special.
Coming Home by Sonora @ AO3 | ~22K | Oneshot | Canon AU | Steve/Tony
Summary: When S.H.I.E.L.D. approaches Tony Stark to help with their 1940s deception for Steve Rogers, to be a semi-familiar face and name to help re-introduce him to the world, Tony agrees on one condition - that it's his show to run. And at first, it seems like his plan's going off without a hitch. What he doesn't account for, however, are his own growing feelings for Steve.
Contrapposto by sunryder @ AO3 | ~6K | Oneshot | Canon AU
Summary: The first time Steve met Tony, neither one of them was using their real names.
Done for the Cap_Ironman Reverse Bang over on LJ, with art done by the fabulous beeceexx.
Deep Waters by Elenothar @ AO3 | ~9K | Oneshot | Non-Superhero AU | ANGST
Summary: After Peggy breaks up with him Steve finds himself searching for solace in a bar. Little does he expect to find someone else to love instead - and a whole new load of problems. For one, the genius bartender isn't too keen on being romanced.
Every Villain Is a Hero (in his own mind) by AvocadoLove @ AO3 | ~10K | Complete | Villain!Tony AU | Canon Divergence; Identity Issues
Summary: Tony is the villain known as Iron Man. Steve is Captain America. Outside work, Steve and Tony are married and do not know each other's secret identities. Some revelations, though, do not come with a happy ending.
Falling for Nobody Else But You by baconnegg @ AO3 | ~9K | Oneshot | University AU | Marriage Proposal
Summary: Snapshots of Steve and Tony's life as art school roommates. Only good things can come from this.
A small Christmas gift for my wifey that turned into a sprawling epic and a week late. Oops.
falling for you by ohmyloki @ AO3 | ~5K | Oneshot | Non-Phase 2 Compliant AU | Tony/Steve | Canon Divergence; Temporary Character Death
Summary: He’s falling. He’s falling and his first thought is Tony will catch me before he remembers that Tony’s gone. Tony’s gone and Steve sent Thor away and there’s no way he’ll make it back in time.
Time slows down.
Steve closes his eyes.
festina lente (hurry slowly) by silverfoxflower @ AO3 | ~17K | Oneshot | Post-Movie | Canon AU | Steve/Tony | Role Reversal
Summary: If anyone asked Steve - and a few reporters may well have, Steve wouldn’t know since Peggy had kept him from answering anything else outside controlled press conferences and faux-casual interviews - what his relationship was with Captain America, Steve would have said something like, “We’ve reached an understanding,” or, “He’s a good guy to have in a fight,” but nowhere in that statement would be the mention of friend, or partner or ally.
A role reversal fic featuring Steve Rogers (a.k.a Iron Man) as a billionaire, genius engineer with a heart of gold and Tony Stark (a.k.a Captain America) as a playboy American Hero who spent most of his backpay on his flashy lifestyle.
Flight by sunryder @ AO3 | ~17K | Oneshot | Griffin Rider AU
Summary: "You have need of freedom, Steven!"
"This isn't freedom Thor, it's kidnapping!" Steve objected, trying to sound forceful while hanging from the claws of Thor's griffin. It didn't really work since he could hear Thor laugh at his objection and feel Loki, the griffin, doing the same.
Float like a butterfly (sting like a bee) by gottalovev @ AO3 | ~19K | Oneshot | Boxing AU | Graphic Depictions of Violence
Summary: Steve Rogers is looking for a new Team and signs with Nick Fury in his quest to climb back in the professional boxing ranks after a 5 years break. When he realizes Fury's gym is owned by Tony Stark, billionaire-playboy-entrepreneur and up-and-coming boxer, sparks fly and not in a good way. At least at first.
Full Disclosure by MemoryDragon @ AO3 | ~9K | Oneshot | Gamer AU | Identity Issues; Pre-Slash
Summary: Steve Rogers wants to know more about his best friend online, but Iron doesn't believe in full disclosure when it comes to his own weak points.
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Will of Iron, Heart of Glass Series by sororexitium @ AO3 | Canon AU | Switch
Part 1: Ghost in the Wires | ~48K | Oneshot | Switch
Summary: When Steve moves into Avengers mansion he is caught up in strange coincidences. He walks behind an unseen ghost: a ghost who leaves empty spaces all around the manor. It doesn't make sense, and it sounds crazy until he meets Anthony, a computer simulation programmed by Anthony Stark, who died two years ago. Then it just seems even crazier.
Part 2: You Can Always Go Home | ~50K | Oneshot | Sex Mentioned
Summary: Tony has been held by Stane since his escape from Afghani terrorists, marked dead in the eyes of the world while Stane is free to use his mind, inventions, and company as he sees fit. Tony feels there's nothing he can do and has resigned himself to death to save those he loves. That would be when JARVIS lets Captain America stumble into his old lab.
Part 3: The Easiest Wedding in Superhero History | ~6K | Oneshot | Marriage
Summary: This wedding would likely go down as the easiest most disaster free wedding in all of history. Strange that it would be Captain America's and Iron Man's.
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Ghost Stories by moonix @ AO3 | ~16K | Oneshot | Hogwarts AU | NATW | Slight Homophobia
Summary: Steve Rogers, star student and Head Boy of Hogwarts, disappears under mysterious circumstances in 1940 during a battle with dark wizard The Red Skull. Seventy years later, lonely genius Tony Stark accidentally brings him back to life - sort of. Because Steve is still fading in and out of existence, catching glimpses of Tony’s life and finally managing to make contact. With the help of fellow Ravenclaw Bruce Banner, who is hiding a dark secret, Slytherins Natasha Romanov and Clint Barton, as well as Gryffindor Thor Odinson, will they succeed in lifting the enchantment that keeps Steve trapped between worlds? And what will happen if they do?
Gift With Purchase by sabrecmc @ AO3 | ~6K | Oneshot | Non-Superhero AU | Mistaken Identity
Summary: “Just…” and Tony could practically hear Pepper attempting to rub the tension out of her temples. “Just so we are clear,” Pepper began, trying to sound business-like, as if this were just any other phone call about stocks or production or whatever it was Pepper was usually blathering on about, “At the gala event for the Wounded Warriors Foundation, of which Stark Industries is a major donor, you met one Steven G. Rogers, Captain, U.S. Army Special Forces, one of the most decorated soldiers in all the armed forces, one of the handful of living Medal of Honor recipients, the man People Magazine dubbed “Captain America” in their front page story about his battlefield heroics that saved multiple lives, which went on to detail how his spare time is devoted to, and I’m quoting here, “providing art therapy to troubled and disadvantaged youth from the Brooklyn, New York area where Capt. Rogers grew up,” and you mistook him for a high-priced hooker and then proceeded to proposition him.”
Tony paused, breathing in deeply. “Well, when you say it like that, it just sounds bad.”
Gift With Purchase Remix by sabrecmc @ AO3 | ~44K | Complete | Non-Superhero AU | Switch | Dubious Morality; Mildly Dubious Consent; Prostitution
Summary: Gift With Purchase Remix wherein Steve actually is a hooker. But for a Really Sympathetic Reason.
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Royal Central by eiirene & thisissirius @ AO3 | Royalty AU | Multimedia Fic
Part 1: GQ: Prince Tony Stark | Oneshot
Summary: Prince Tony Stark. Genius, Billionaire, Playboy, Philanthropist ...Husband?
Part 2: Of Starks and Stripes and Royal Poptarts | Oneshot
Summary: The KING OF ASGARD just offered me a poptart.
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Hard Rock Swing by copperbadge @ AO3 | ~18K | Complete | Canon AU | NATW | Age Difference; PTSD
Summary: It turns out, in the 21st century, Steve's best friend is an eighteen-year-old genius named Tony Stark. This might be trouble.
His Fate Will Be Unlearned by scifigrl47 @ AO3 | ~94K | Complete | Canon AU | Steve/Tony | Underage | Alternate Timeline; Canon Character Death; PTSD
Summary: Tony Stark spent his childhood making weapons, filling the hole his father left in the world when he succumbed to alcohol, grief, and his own demons. At the age of fifteen, he ran away from home, and made it as far as MIT before all of his responsibilities caught up to him. Now seventeen, he just wants to finish his degree and escape from everything connected to the Stark name.
Steve Rogers crashed into the icy North Atlantic in the 1940's, sacrificing himself to save the world. He never expected to wake up, and now that he has, he's not sure he's glad. The US Army has other plans for him, but for now, Steve is slowly learning to live life in the 21st century, and taking classes at Boston College. He's beginning to suspect that there is no escape.
Boston College is on the T's Green Line. MIT is on the Red. The two lines meet at the Park Street Station, and so will Steve and Tony.
How To Excel At Supervillainy (and lose your heart to America) by Zekkass @ AO3 | ~14K | Oneshot | Villian!Tony AU | NATW
Summary: And that's how Tony's supervillainy hobby got way way way complicated.
How to Lose a Super Soldier in One Easy Step by and_backagain & jibrailis @ AO3 | ~18K | Oneshot | Canon AU | NATW
Summary: Rogers jerks backwards, shock registering on his face, and Tony thinks, welcome back to the land of the living, Cap, looks like you're sticking around.
Or, a Pushing Daisies AU.
I (created from fantasies) exist solely for you by Mizzy @ AO3 | ~63K | Oneshot | Canon AU | Identity Issues
Summary: Six years ago, without the Avengers Initiative there to save the day, scientist Dr. Eric Selvig sacrificed himself to save the world, the almighty demi-god Thor was lost to a terrible storm, and vigilante Iron Man - spotted with a nuclear weapon trying to take advantage of the situation - was forever labelled an enemy of SHIELD.
This is a comic book office AU, where Steve is defrosted a year too late, Thor has forgotten who he is, and no one knows Tony is Iron Man.
Also includes: office pranks, inappropriate post-it notes, and superheroes who like pina coladas and getting caught in the rain.
I'd Dream of You by someonelsesheart @ AO3 | ~5K | Oneshot | Non-Superhero AU
Summary: "Don't think I don't know what you're doing, Rogers. You've got that look that you get when you find a wounded animal that you want to bring home. You think you can fix him. Listen to me now, Steve. Nobody can fix Tony Stark."
I'm in the habit of having what I don't want by wobblyheadeddollcaper @ AO3 | ~13K | Oneshot | Female!Tony AU | Steve/Tony
Summary: Toni Stark, unstoppable force, meets Steve Rogers, immovable object. It's not love at first sight.
"She'd been prepared to like Bruce since she'd first read his scientific papers. It's a pleasant surprise to find out Clint's been hiding a deadpan sense of humour. Natasha - well, she'd always had a thing for wickedly competent redheads in impractical shoes (see Potts, Pepper) so that works. Thor is just really fucking fun. Captain Steve Rogers is... not."
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Olympics' Verse Series by sirona @ AO3 | Swimming AU
Part 1: I've got you under my skin | ~38K | Oneshot | NATW
Summary: Five times Beijing 2008 Olympics Gold Medalist Tony Stark thinks it's going to be no more difficult a job to get ready for London 2012, than what he has just achieved. That is, of course, before Coach Fury comes to visit, and offers him a once-in-a-lifetime chance to be a part of something much bigger than himself.
Part 3: Some enchanted morning | ~3K | Oneshot | implied Switch
Summary: Tony wakes up to the cold touch of bare toes on his ankle.
NB: Part 2 of this series is a Bucky/Peggy story, which you might like to read to fully understand some of the things that go on in Part 3.
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If At First by kellifer_fic @ AO3 | ~10K | Oneshot | University AU | NATW
Summary: Where Tony is stupid and Steve has been waiting for a long time.
If I could conjure worth a damn (I wouldn't have friends like these) by lyra_wing @ AO3 | ~8K | Complete | Hogwarts AU
Summary: The Avengers are at Hogwarts. Tony's building non-regulation broomsticks, Steve's dealing with a mysterious Time Turner accident, Loki's sneering at the Muggles, Thor's wielding a Beater's bat, Darcy's commentating at Quidditch matches, Fury's teaching DADA, everyone loves a drink at the Three Broomsticks, and Bruce has a secret.
In a Different Light by marinarusalka @ DW | ~21K | Oneshot | Canon AU | NATW
Summary: After an unexpected attack, Tony has trouble dealing with his injuries and Steve has trouble dealing with Tony.
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Don't Look too Closely (all the angles are oblique) Series by shaenie @ AO3 | WIP | Canon AU | Switch | D/s; Dirty Talk
Part 1: In the Springtime of His Voodoo | ~10K | Oneshot | Tony/Steve
Summary: "I'm removing Captain Rogers from this base, but not from active duty. I want him as SHIELD's liaison to Stark Industries first and foremost. He'll report directly to me," Fury says. "As it is, your identity as Captain America is not public knowledge and it will remain that way until I say otherwise. That said, if you think you can get Tony Stark to work with you if you disclose that information, you have permission to do so."
Part 2: Next I go to Seven Gates (each step less a mystery) | ~23K | Oneshot | Tony/Steve | BDSM; Breathplay; Kink Negotiation
Summary: The truth is, he can't wait to see Tony again. Even more truthful, he's fiercely hopeful that Tony is still interested in their half-engineered agreement. Tony sounds like it, but he tries to keep his expectations low.
Nobody has to tell him that Tony Stark can be fickle.
It doesn't change the fact that he craves Tony's touch, even after having it just that once, and he doesn't see any reason not to take what Tony is offering as long as Steve doesn't forget exactly what that is.
Part 3: Will You Strike While He's Still Loading | ~29K | Oneshot | Tony/Steve | BDSM; Costume Kink; Impact Play; Sex Toys
Summary: Fury says, "You're fucking with me. You expect me to send in some random person to replace you, when you've already got a strong rapport with Stark. However you managed to get it." Fury shakes his head, but smiles a little ruefully. "I'd have to be a moron to try and reassign you. Stark would shut down any attempt at replacing you." He shakes his head again. "You keep surprising me," he says. "You're sure you don't feel coerced in any way?"
"Not in the slightest, Director. If anyone tricked anyone, I tricked him. I don't want this information used against Tony," Steve says, his voice as commanding as he knows how to make it.
Fury holds up both hands, not in surrender, but as if to balance. "No one but me needs to know this, and I hope to never talk about Stark's sex life ever again." There is finally some amusement in his voice. Steve's shoulders relax. "I do have a recommendation, however," Fury says.
"Sir?" Steve asks.
"Tell him who you are. Stark does not like surprises. He won't appreciate finding out after the fact." Fury gives him a long look. "That's not an order, but think about it. If he finds out and you aren't the one that tells him, he's going to react badly."
Part 4: We've Done this Before (as Mars Sauntered Through His Door) | ~33K | Oneshot | Switch | BDSM; Impact Play; Sex Toys
Summary: "Why're you awake?" Steve wonders out loud.
"I don't have what anyone would call regular sleeping habits," Tony says, lips curling a little. "There's some stuff in the workshop I want to get done."
"Mmm," Steve says. "You could have gone." He's pretty sure he means it; he'd half expected to wake up alone this morning anyway.
"I wanted a look at your back," Tony says.
Steve wriggles over onto his front. The lights brighten a little in the room, and Tony's hands slip easily down his back, and then flip the covers down so that he can continue down Steve's ass.
"I don't know if I'm disappointed or excited," Tony says.
Steve makes a noise of agreement. "Walking around with the marks under my clothes would have been..." he says.
"I know," Tony agrees. "But this way, there's almost no wait time between wanting and doing."
Steve makes another lazy sound of agreement.
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In which Loki is having none of this bullshit (Or, the one where Loki plays matchmaker) by Ennex @ AO3 | ~9K | Complete | Post-Movie | Canon AU
Summary: Basically? Loki notices Steve noticing Tony, and decides to do something about it, discovers Tony is oblivious to a fault, and takes Drastic Measures. Steve is not amused.
In Your Company by mrhd @ AO3 | ~64K | Oneshot | University AU | Switch | Underage
Summary: They meet at a party. (MCU College AU)
Into the Breach by Wordsplat @ AO3 | ~22K | Oneshot | Canon AU | Pacific Rim Fusion
Summary: The world is coming to an end fast and Steve needs a co-pilot, but can't find anyone he can't knock off their feet in a flat second. He's also reluctant to get back in his old Jaeger, but that's a bridge he’ll cross when he comes to it-for the moment, it'd just be nice if he could learn to talk to certain attractive kaiju scientists without sounding like he has a brain injury.
irresistible force; immovable object by theappleppielifestyle @ AO3 | ~9K | Oneshot | Canon AU | Supernatural Fusion
Summary: Steve, who put Tony before God, and fuck if that doesn’t scare Tony shitless.
(Or, Steve is a certain celestial being, Tony is his emotionally fucked up charge with a drinking problem, and this is their story.)
Issues by so_shhy @ AO3 | ~11K | Oneshot | University AU | Cameos from 616 Avengers; Brief Reference to Alcoholism
Summary: In which Steve has a crippling crush on Tony Stark, Tony is oblivious and obnoxious, and Bucky expresses his disapproval via passive-aggressive comics.
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It's All in the Mind Series by inukagome15 @ AO3 | WIP | Canon AU
Part 1: It's All in the Mind | ~23K | Oneshot
Summary: Fill for this prompt at Avengerkink.
Tony is 100% normal. Tony is not a mutant. Tony is Iron Man. Tony is an Avenger. Tony...is just fooling himself.
Part 2: Telekinesis 101 (Or A Guide to Readjusting Perceptions) | ~27K | Complete
Summary: Tony is a mutant. Tony is Iron Man. Tony is an Avenger. Tony…has some unresolved issues. Namely, the problem called Steve. Or maybe his overactive brain. Pick either.
Part 3: Telekinesis for Dummies | ~26K | Oneshot | X-Men Crossover
Summary: Tony is not an idiot. Tony built the arc reactor in a cave with a box of scraps. Tony built Iron Man with cannibalized weapons. Tony is a bona fide genius. Tony...can admit that even geniuses need help, especially when it comes from the X-Men.
Note: Part 4 is now a piece of fanart based on events in Part 3.
Part 5: A State of Mental Extremes | ~52K | Complete | Spider-Man & X-Men Crossover
Summary: Tony is protective of his own. The Avengers are off limits to Fury and his lackeys. But maybe he should be more concerned with his own safety. Oops.
Part 6: An Alternative State of Mentality | ~75K | Complete | Civil War | Fantastic Four, Spider-Man & X-Men Crossover
Summary: Tony Stark does not have time for this garbage. Someone outed his secret to the public. No, not the one where he's dating Steve. Yes, the one where he's a mutant. Yes, he's mad. Yes, his life sucks. What else is new? Oh, hi, Extremis.
Part 7: Brain Freeze | ~46K | Complete | Fantastic Four, Spider-Man & X-Men Crossover
Summary: Tony wouldn't change a thing. Honestly. He might've gotten shot and almost killed, but it was all good. At least, until he gets kidnapped. Again. Maybe he should put up a sign saying he's no damsel, but that would belie the truth because right now? Right now he's completely alone, and it's so cold...
Part 8: What Remains the Same | ~3K | Oneshot
Summary: Set during It's All in the Mind and Telekinesis 101 (Or A Guide to Readjusting Perceptions).
"The Talk" hasn't changed much over the years, which is probably why Steve should have realized what was coming when he began to surreptitiously date Tony.
Part 9: The Dating Game | ~7K | Oneshot
Summary: Set during It's All in the Mind and A State of Mental Extremes. Five times Tony didn't know he was out on a date, and the one time he knew exactly what was going on.
Part 10: The Drunken Bet We Do Not Speak Of | ~3K | Oneshot
Summary: Set between Telekinesis 101 (Or A Guide to Readjusting Perceptions) and Telekinesis for Dummies. There's one thing the entire team agreed on unanimously: never bring up the night Tony got everyone drunk, including Thor and Steve.
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just another (drop in the ocean) by lincesque @ AO3 | ~18K | Complete | Historical Pirate AU
Summary: Captain Steven Rogers of the Imperial Navy had one mission: to locate the notorious pirate ship, the Ironheart, and capture her mysterious captain, a man known only as 'Tony'.
Keep Your Enemies Closer by kepteinen @ AO3 | ~19K | Complete | Villian!Tony AU | Identity Issues
Summary: Tony, fed up with the corruption in the superhero business, becomes a supervillain. SHIELD calls in Steve Rogers to fight him, which would be fine - if they didn't also ask Tony Stark to help as an engineering specialist.
kind and courteous is a life i've heard by quixotesque @ AO3 | ~111K | WIP | Canon AU | NATW | D/s; Kink Negotiation; Soulmates; Soul Bond
Summary: Bonding doesn't have to change anything. Tony Stark doesn't adhere to those rules anymore. (The terrible truth, of course, is that he can't, really, being the broken, miserable thing that he is.)
Lost In A Sigh by whiskeydaisy @ AO3 | ~8K | Oneshot | Canon AU
Summary: When Steve Rogers left the Army, he swapped his captain's bars for an NYPD detective's badge. A chance meeting in the early months of 1947 brings back some old memories, as well as new opportunities.
Not a Special Snowflake by Annehiggins @ AO3 | ~3K | Oneshot | Slight Canon AU
Summary: Tony Stark is no one's special snowflake, so why do the bad guys keep trying to use him as bait? Set in a 'gay Tony' world so he was never romantically involved with Pepper.
Never is a Promise by manic_intent @ AO3 | ~10K | Oneshot | Canon AU | Tony/Steve | Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics; Bonding; Knotting
Summary: Steve had to admit that he had some reservations about how the New Century handled the social balance between alphas and omegas.
Of Love, Superpowers, & Domesticity by Atsvie @ AO3 | ~1K | Oneshot | Canon AU | Kid Fic
Summary: Steve trusts that Tony won't get himself killed in battle, he's proved that time and time again. But he can't help but worry when Peter, teenage superhero lacking their experience, forgets to be careful.
In which Peter is the adoptive son of Tony and Steve.
Our Weight In Gold by ann2who @ AO3 | ~34K | Complete | Canon AU | Steve/Tony | Soulmates
Summary: It was every cliché he’d ever heard about. Every sappy thing they wrote down in the magazines, every single thing he had always hated about the myth. It was as though he had experienced life without sight, and was suddenly bombarded by a storm of color. It was all-consuming, and rushing through his veins like molten lava, like his whole existence was suddenly filled with sunlight. A door opened, and a myriad of emotions stormed through his body: confusion, disbelief, loneliness, and so much fierce determination that it almost knocked Tony off his feet. And he understood then, understood that these emotions weren’t his. They were Rogers'.
This is a story about fate, self-doubt, choice and eventually-love.
Party girls don't get hurt by sirona @ AO3 | ~13K | Oneshot | Canon AU | Steve/Tony | Age Difference; Canon Divergence; Canon Character Deaths; Daddy Issues; Miscommunication; Underage Drinking
Summary: Steve never slept under the ice. Howard found him, and got him back, and Steve married Peggy, and Howard married Maria, and then there was Tony. This is the story of Tony growing up with Steve very much present in his life, and everything that changed because of it - and some things that didn't.
Place to Rest by winterwind @ AO3 | ~2K | Oneshot | University AU
Summary: Honestly, Steve isn't sure if Tony hates the cold as much as he says he does or if he's just looking for an excuse to stay in Steve's dorm.
Recalibration by malfaisant @ AO3 | ~46K | Complete | Canon AU | NATW
Summary: A long, rambling what-if of Loki's scepter working the first time around, a string of bad nights when the nightmares were too close, and a second go at a relationship that might work if they just tried, and if they weren't both so good at self-sabotage.
Running, Jumping, Falling by flitterflutterfly @ AO3| ~13K | Complete | Canon AU | Steve/Tony
Summary: When Tony Stark met Steve Rogers for the first time, it was pretty much lust at first sight, but he knew better than to pursue anything with Captain America. What he didn't expect was for Steve to continuously seek out his company. In the face of the press, the Avengers team, and the usual supervillains, Tony finds himself approaching dangerous territory with his heart.
Saving the World (Is Totally a Date) by Wordsplat @ AO3 | ~64K | Complete | Villian!Tony AU | NATW | Identity Issues; Teachers
Summary: Tony discovers Stane's betrayal while he's still being held captive. When he escapes, he sets out to ruin Stane as completely and ruthlessly as he can, playing up his PTSD and quitting his job to destroy Stane quietly from the outside. He also picks up a teaching job-all Pepper's fault-and oh, right, becomes a supervillain. Okay, that one was Tony's fault, but it was totally an accident.
In the meantime, a certain Capsicle is defrosted a year early, and is assigned the task of capturing the notorious Iron Man. It's not going particularly well, if the embarrassingly high number of times he's been kidnapped in the past six months is any indication. When SHIELD decides to help him "adjust" by getting him a teaching job, Steve is skeptical; but then there's Tony, and Steve finds he doesn't mind the 21st century so much after all.
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Say When Series by ann2who @ AO3 | Canon AU
Part 2: Say When | ~43K | Complete | Steve/Tony | Identity Issues
Summary: What if Steve was unfrozen early? What if instead of Natasha, Steve got assigned to help Tony while the genius was slowly dying of palladium poisoning? What if he never revealed his identity to him until the very moment the Avengers first came together, forming a team?
Part 4: And I Will Be Your Man | ~66K | Complete | Switch | Panic Attacks; PTSD
Summary: After completing his undercover mission and earning Tony’s forgiveness, Steve’s life has become wonderfully peaceful. The Avengers had officially taken up their residence in New York, and-Tony’s nightmares, and occasional precarious missions aside-life was good. He was in love, and he’d never been happier. That was, until some terrorist decided to go ahead and destroy everything he’d ever fought for.
NB:Part 1 is a beautiful fanvideo which the fics are based on. Part 3 is a Natasha POV fic.
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slipping through the years by often_adamanta @ AO3 | ~18K | Oneshot | Canon AU | NATW
Summary: The plane crash and subsequent ice might have killed him, but that doesn’t mean he isn’t still around, haunting those he cares about. And since the only person who can see him is Tony Stark, death sure isn’t going to be boring.
Some Sunny Day by valtyr @ AO3 | ~8K | Oneshot | Canon AU
Summary: Tony was inconsolable for weeks after Captain America went down in the ocean.
Something of Tomorrow by twilightscribe @ AO3 | ~32K | WIP | Canon AU | Soulmates
Summary: Your soul-mate's name appears on your wrist the moment they're born. Steve's wrist has been blank his entire life. Tony's gone through life with the name of a dead man on his. The first thing Steve notices when he wakes up in the 21st century is the fact that his wrist now says Anthony Stark. Things get a little hectic after that.
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Statistically Significant Series by jennagrins & karengrins @ AO3 | WIP | University AU
Part 1: Standard Deviation | ~69K | Complete
Summary: Okay, so maybe Steve isn't Professor Stark's biggest fan at the start of term but first impressions can be mistaken.
Now Steve doesn't care what Clint says, Tony is not his boyfriend.
Part 2: Extrapolation | ~8K | Oneshot | NATW
Summary: Tony licks his lips. “Do you want to watch the rest of the movie?” he asks in a strained tone.
"No," Steve says, kissing him again.
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Steve Rogers' Life Is Not A Romance Movie (He Wouldn't Get The References, Anyway) by someonelsesheart @ AO3 | ~8K | Oneshot | High-School AU
Summary: Steve hasn't always had this ridiculous crush on Tony Stark.
(Or, the one where Steve is his polite old self and doesn't really hate Tony Stark (unfortunately), Tony is a child progidy and apparently a cab driver now, too, and high school is still high school, even when you are the son of a billionaire.)
The Billionaire Hooker's Deceived Artist by tsukinofaerii @ AO3 | ~28K | Complete | University AU | Switch | Underage Prostitution
Summary: During Tony's senior year at MIT, his partying habit finally hit the edge of his parents' patience. When Howard and Maria cut him off from his usual sources of money, he decides to turn to less conventional ones.
The Captain and His Courtesan by Winterstar @ AO3 | ~190K | Complete | Space AU | Switch | Graphic Depictions of Violence | Graphic Torture; Medical Procedures; PTSD
Summary: A story of revolution.
Captain Steve Rogers is just trying to pay off his debt to SHIELD, carting cargo from the Rim worlds to the Inner Belts in his bucket of bolts ship, the Howling Commando. He keeps a low profile and makes sure his crew is safe and happy. But the universe has a different plan for the once highly decorated Captain of the Honor Guard. The universe drops a Courtesan by the name of Tony Stark into his life. The Captain doesn't like it, but Bucky convinces him that providing transport to the most elusive Courtesan in the Guild could be their ticket to freedom. His crew from the engineer with anger management issues to the pilot who may be a beautiful but deadly assassin wants him to take the commission. What ends up being a simple commission puts his crew in jeopardy and could change all of humanity, because the Courtesan is not really just a pretty face and the Captain of the Honor Guard can fall in love far too easily with a man of conviction - and Tony Stark is a man of conviction.
The Chemistry of Love by inukagome15 @ AO3 | ~10K | Oneshot | University AU
Summary: Chemistry: the science that deals with the composition and properties of substances and various elementary forms of matter. Or, alternatively, the interaction of one personality with another, e.g., Steve Rogers and his absolutely pathetic crush on his chemistry TA, Tony Stark.
The Ghosts of War by scifigrl47 @ AO3 | ~61K | Complete | Canon AU | Identity Issues
Summary: (For the Cap/Iron Man Big Bang 2014)
Steven Rogers never wanted to be king, but he knows his duty, and he does it well. Lord Tony Stark, the king's appointed consort, does his duty as well, even though he'd enjoy his duty more if it actually involved sleeping with the king. As it doesn't, he's just resigned. The war that made Steve king and cost him nearly everything may be over, but a meeting of old enemies might stir up some ghosts none of them are prepared for.
The Man with the Clockwork Heart by indigostohelit @ AO3 | ~30K | Oneshot | Steampunk AU | Steve/Tony | Slavery
Summary: A de-anon (finally) from the capkink meme. His village destroyed by the northern Empire, Steve Rogers is sold as a slave to Lord Tony Stark, a man with no heart but a ticking clockwork machine inside his chest. He's been told that Lord Stark takes pleasure slaves, and bitter, grieving, and terrified, he expects nothing more of a northerner. But months pass, and Stark does nothing. In a rapidly unfolding chaos of scheming politics and a clockwork world, Steve begins to wonder what sort of man Stark is-- and whether he'd mind being a pleasure slave at all.
The Most Amazing Things (Some Terrible Lie) by copperbadge @ AO3 | ~27K | Complete | Canon AU | NATW | Identity Issues
Summary: Tony's decision not to reveal his identity as Iron Man to the world was shrewd and calculated. Too bad it's about to backfire on him like a Jericho missile.
The Twice-Told Tale by arysteia @ AO3 | ~16K | Oneshot | Canon AU | Steve/Tony
Summary: For someone he'd hero-worshipped for so long, Steve Rogers in the flesh is a pretty big disappointment. For one thing, he keeps looking at Tony as though he reminds him of someone else, and even if he never says anything, Tony's pretty sure it's his father. A lifetime of not measuring up to Howard's expectations is more than enough, thank you very much, and he's certainly not going to make an effort to live up to any of Steve's. Steve's pretty clearly failed to live up to his expectations, in any case, and that's not hypocritical at all.
NB: So this fic. I don't want to spoil it, but there is one exchange that never fails to make me tear up no matter how many times I've re-read this. As much as I have all the Steve/Tony-feels, the Howard-and-Tony-feels in this is just so awesome.
Through the Dark Tide of Memory by scifigrl47 @ AO3 | ~60K | Complete | Canon AU | Pacific Rim Fusion
Summary: As the Human/Kaiju war drags on, with no end in sight, the occupants of the Malibu Shatterdome have come to be known, worldwide, as the Avengers. No matter how many Jaegers fall, how many battles are lost around the Pacific rim, the Avengers will always come to the rescue.
Until, of course, there's no one left...
Thunderbolt City by sirona @ AO3 | ~6K | Oneshot | Non-Superhero AU
Summary: It's competely unfair that the one time the whole thunder-from-the-sky thing happens to Tony, it has to be for someone completely out of his league, who takes one look at him and decides he wants none of it, thanks.
Toy Soldiers by copperbadge @ AO3 | ~44K | Complete | Canon AU | Tony/Steve | Graphic Depictions of Violence | Identity Issues
Summary: When Steve Rogers, five foot four and a hundred and ten pounds, met Tony Stark in a bar, he didn't expect it to lead to a relationship. Or that Tony would find out he's not an art student during a SHIELD rescue mission in Afghanistan.
train wreck on the way to nowhere by SailorChibi @ AO3 | ~10K | Oneshot | Soulmates AU
Summary: Pepper closes her eyes briefly. "Your sig, Tony. Have you looked at it in the past couple of days?"
"No, why would I?"
"I think you should."
His heart skips a beat and it has nothing to do with the arc reactor and everything to do with the look on her face, the way she's biting her lip. He remembers, then, that quiet morning in bed with Maria Stark when she told him how sigs could change, and he doesn't want to think about what that means. He can't think about it, not now when the clock is ticking down and he has about five minutes to haul ass downtown or Fury is going to follow through on his threat.
"I have to go," he says, avoiding her eyes, and leaves the room in a hurry.
In a world where your perfect match's signature is written on your wrist for all to see, sometimes change is even harder to accept.
Traitor's Throne by Cluegirl @ AO3 | ~32K | Oneshot | Fantasy AU | Graphic Depictions of Violence
Summary: The war is over, the invaders are defeated, and the Avenger is dead. A year later on, searching for absolution, Prince Anthony Stark makes a pilgrimage to where it all began.
Trust Fall by AlchemyAlice @ AO3 | ~15K | Oneshot | Canon AU | Pre-Slash; PTSD
Summary: He watched Cap-Rogers-take in the gleaming armour on the floor, the outfit Tony had on, and the utilitarian but still fairly sophisticated interior of the medical bay. Watched as consternation gave way to creeping dread. “How long?” he asked, after a long moment. He sounded hoarse and far off. “Have we won?”
The door slammed open and both of them jumped. Tony turned to help him and put a hand tentatively on Cap’s wrist. Cap looked at him, watchful, but more trusting than Tony thought he deserved. He tried to keep his voice steady.
“We won,” he said. “We won seventy years ago. My name’s Tony Stark. I’m Howard’s son.”
Vanilla Human Problems by manic_intent @ AO3 | ~4K | Oneshot | Post-Captain America: The Winter Soldier | Canon AU | Steve/Tony | Kidnapping
Summary: Written for the prompt: "AU where Tony isn't Iron Man. He's a consultant for the avengers, so they still live in his tower, he still builds/improves their gear, but he never invented Iron Man. He's still close to the team, and is still a genius, so as the non-superhero member, he gets kidnapped. A lot. The team becomes increasingly protective of Tony."
Wait & Sea by Lenalena (Sergio) @ AO3 | ~53K | Complete | Canon AU | Steve/Tony | Fake Marriage; Identity Issues; Undercover as Married
Summary: In which Tony and Steve get sent on an undercover mission aboard a cruise ship to make contact with Hydra. In this AU the military has kept the discovery and defrosting of Captain America a secret, so Steve and Tony have never met before. Yet they are to pose as newlyweds....
Walk a Mile in Your Shoes by inukagome15 @ AO3 | ~33K | Oneshot | Post-Avengers | Canon AU | Body Swap; Canon Divergence
Summary: In which the Avengers reassemble and none of them are quite themselves because Loki decided it would be totally awesome to see what would happen if they all swapped bodies. Tony has had quite enough of this now, thank you. Steve just wants this all to be over so that he can think about possibly dating (read: confess his love for Tony).
we are the kings of imagining things by zeffyamethyst @ AO3 | ~4K | Oneshot | Canon AU | Implied Future Major Character Death
Summary: But it was never personal. Tony wakes up with the words on his left wrist and he might only be five but he knows this is a bad thing.
(also known as: the words-on-the-wrist idea gone wrong)
we don't need a heart of gold, we need the heart of a lion by Zekkass @ AO3 | ~17K | Oneshot | Canon AU | NATW
Summary: 'You know what's an interesting plot bunny? And I'm sorry in advance. If Captain America was an alternate personality of Steve's or vice versa.'
We Tremble in Shadow by You_Light_The_Sky @ AO3 | ~5K | Oneshot | Canon AU | Rise of the Guardians Fusion; Sucidal Thoughts
Summary: When Steve wakes up, it's cold and no one can see him.
we will meet in another life by theappleppielifestyle @ AO3 | ~7K | Oneshot | Canon AU
Summary: Tony is there instead of Howard during Project Rebirth. He ends up following Steve into the Howling Commandos, into the Atlantic ocean and into the 21st century.
Weighing of the Heart by scifigrl47 @ AO3 | ~47K | Complete | Canon AU | Angels
Summary: Steve Rogers hasn't really had a particularly easy life. He's struggled along, he's proud of himself, he's self-sufficient and capable and he works damn hard. He has friends and a purpose and he's only a few semesters from graduating college. He's managed, but his life has been far from easy.
That's mostly because of a slight filing error.
The last thing that Steve needed was someone to watch over him. The only thing that his Guardian Angel needs is a second chance to make a first impression.
Worst-Case Scenario by cassandraoftroy @ AO3 | ~11K | Complete | NATW | Canon AU | Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics; Masturbation
Summary: Tony has a backup plan in case his heat suppressants ever wear off in the middle of a bad situation. But he never counted on magic throwing a monkey-wrench into his preparations. Now Steve has to hope that his own contingency plan will be enough to protect them both.
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You're Not Stubborn (Just Impossible) Verse by Wordsplat @ AO3 | Non-Superhero AU | Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics; Soulmates
Part 1: You're Not Stubborn (Just Impossible) | Complete | ~95K | Steve/Tony | Child Abuse; Misunderstandings
Summary: Steve's an alpha, Tony's an omega. Biology should take care of the rest, right? Except, Tony's not anything like TV taught Steve omegas were--or like anyone else Steve's ever met, actually--and Steve should really learn to just keep his mouth shut about that. Also, it doesn't help that Tony's not too keen on the idea of alphas. Or Steve. Yeah, this bonding thing looked a whole lot easier on TV.
Part 2: Rebuild | Oneshot | ~3K
Summary: Six years later, Steve and Tony are settled in their life together; neither of them could've expected who would turn up at their door.
Part 3: Family Planning | Oneshot | ~1K
Summary: Seventeen years later, Steve and Tony have become professional baby snatchers.
Tagging Notes:
- Not All The Way (NATW): sex involved, but no penetration
- Steve/Tony: Steve tops
- Tony/Steve: Tony tops
- Switch: both of them top at some point
- WIP: Work in Progress
MARVEL CINEMATIC UNIVERSE - ALTERNATE UNIVERSE
99 problems (and the dice ain't one) by kellifer_fic @ AO3 | ~11K | Oneshot | Non-Superhero AU
Summary: Tony's life is almost perfect. He lives in a converted warehouse full of friends (and one frenemy), has a job that leaves him plenty of time to think about other things and a regular Friday night campaign. If his best friend, Steve Rogers, hadn't moved away to New York and left him behind, then perfection would've been achieved.
Tony can roll with the punches though and he's almost all the way over that little bump in the road (shut up Bruce, he totally is) when Steve moves back, looking taller and broader and more confident than ever and Tony's left with a converted warehouse full of friends (and one frenemy), a job that leaves him plenty of time to think about other things, a regular Friday night campaign and the uncomfortable realization that maybe he's in love with his best friend and has been since he was sixteen.
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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Oblivion Series by sabrecmc @ AO3 | Canon AU
Part 1: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Oblivion | ~67K | Complete | NATW | Amnesia; Identity Issues; Internalized Homophobia
Summary: “Mr….Mr. Stark?” the man asked, shaking his head as if to clear it, grip convulsing spasmodically on Tony’s hand.
“That’s me,” Tony responded gruffly. Of course the man recognized him. His face had been everywhere before the whole Iron Man thing and now…well, now…so yeah, totally understandable. Guy was probably thinking of his lawyer’s speed dial number. “Look, ambulance is on its way, okay, so just sit tight. You’re going to be fine.”
“I-I think I missed my date,” the blond man said. And promptly passed out.
Or, how Tony accidentally kidnapped Captain America and then wanted to keep him.
Part 2: Shattered | ~26K | Complete
Summary: Tony watches the events of Captain America: The Winter Soldier unfold.
Or, I threw Stony at TWS. Take that, Stucky!
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Adamant by whizzy @ AO3 | ~61K | Oneshot | Historical AU
Summary: Anthony Stark, Lord of the city of Mainhett, undertakes an expedition to recover the lost shield of a legendary paladin.
Allons-y Avengers by TamrynEradani @ AO3 | ~12K | Oneshot | Canon AU
Summary: Tony references Doctor Who compulsively. Also, Bruce needs pants. And Steve's best friend in the 21st century is a Dalek. Other than that, it's your basic team coming together fic.
And I'd Buy A Big House Where We Both Could Live by shinkonokokoro @ AO3 | ~56K | Complete | Non-Superhero AU | NATW
Summary: Missing: Tony Stark, billionaire businessman, heir to Stark Industries, reward: none
Only Steve didn't know that when he picked up the waterlogged unconscious man from the bank of a river.
And Then There's You by someoneelsesheart @ AO3 | ~6K | Oneshot | Non-Superhero AU
Summary: And it's funny that they're like this, isn't it, because there's Tony, too-clever and too-fast, always having to be moving, selfish and desperate and cruel, and then there's Steve with his kindness, his slow smile and his patience, selfless and calm and kind to everything and everyone. They're fire and ice, good and bad, and somehow, somehow, it works.
Or, Steve Rogers teaches Tony Stark how to love, one year at a time.
At the Heart of the Matter by Pookaseraph @ AO3 | ~15K | Oneshot | Canon AU | Identity Issues
Summary: Tony didn't mean to become Steve's BFF and the greatest thorn in his side at the same time, it just sort of happened. In a world where Tony Stark didn't come out as Iron Man, he has managed to keep his identity a closely guarded secret, even from many of his teammates... the only problem is Steve Rogers seems to be falling for Iron Man, and he doesn't much care for Tony Stark.
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Living in Avengers' Tower Series by steve-capsicle-rogers (adorable_lab_rat) @ AO3 | WIP | Post-Movie | Slight Canon AU
Part 1: Avengers' Tower: Reconstructing the Avengers | ~4K |Oneshot | Pre-Slash
Summary: So there the Avengers sat in the newly rebuilt Shawarma restaurant they had originally found after the fight and Tony could finally notice that there was an obvious gaping hole. No one mentioned the name or the fact that there had not yet been a funeral. There was a tense silence and an obvious lack of an important presence. The one common factor that had brought all of them together and had then later compelled them to band together to fight as a team. Agent Phil Coulson.
Part 2: Avengers' Tower: Mini Avengers | ~16K | Oneshot | Pre-Slash; De-Aging; Kid Fic
Summmary: "What happened to you?" panic laced her voice as she stared in horror at them. Tony and Steve looked at each other before looking down at themselves, but saw nothing wrong. "Why are you children?"
Tony gave her a look like he had never seen a more stupid person on the face of the planet before glancing at the other boy next to him. "Either she hit her head hard or we’ve stumbled across an idiot."
"That's rude." Steve responded, but he turned his attention back to the woman still sitting on the floor.
Part 4: Avengers' Tower: Tony Makes Some Changes | ~15K | Complete | Pre-Slash; Kid Fic
Summary: "Thor! Old buddy, old pal! I have a question, a request and an offer for you." It was filled with charm and guile and everything that when directed at most people ended up being a highly potent combination.
"What are they, friend Tony?" Thor seemed quite interested and Clint stared between the two of them not liking where this was going.
"Let's take a walk."
If only Clint knew what would follow those four words...
Part 6: Avengers' Tower: Steve's Gamble | ~64K | WIP
Summary: "I need to know, JARVIS. Something like this cannot happen again. I was not completely aware of just how important it was until Coulson reacted. If it had just been me the reaction time might not have been quick enough. He could have died, JARVIS!" the strain was audible. "I'm not watching someone else I care about die; especially when I could do something." The AI could pick up the emotion in Captain Rogers' voice and noted the distress. As Sir had not explicitly stated that Captain Rogers could not receive the information JARVIS made an executive decision.
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Bonding by Jabber_Moose @ AO3 | < 1K | Oneshot | Canon AU | Soulmates; Soul Bond
Summary: Everyone had a soulmate, a bond that was initiated by the simplest of skin to skin contact.
Bound to Take Your Life by silverfoxflower @ AO3 | ~1K | Oneshot | Werewolf!Steve AU | NATW | Biting
Summary: "Bite me," Tony had hissed the first time that they met, and to this day he doesn't know just how close Steve had been to shoving him to the ground and sinking his canines into Tony’s neck, jaws clamping down until Steve's mouth tasted of blood and sweat and Tony's screams died down to a slow whimper.
Bulletproof by foxxcub @ AO3 | ~21K | Oneshot | University AU | Tony/Steve
Summary: At age fifteen, Steve Rogers had been in love with Tony Stark.
By age twenty, he’d (mostly) gotten over it. And then he promptly became Tony Stark's fuck buddy.
But the Heart by kahn @ AO3 | ~24K | Complete | Canon AU | Kid Fic
Summary: "Okay. So. Kids. It can't be too hard, right? People dumber than us raise kids all the time. Not much to them. Just feed them, water them, distract them with shiny things and make sure they aren't unsupervised for too long. Speaking of which, how long has tiny-spawn been alone in your kitchen?"
Steve and Tony (and The Avengers!) from the movie!cast + child!Peter Parker with a very AU backstory involving genetic experimentation aboard an abandoned space station (but that doesn't--strangely enough--feature all that heavily).
By Numbers by IceCapsicle @ AO3 | ~3K | Oneshot | Canon AU | Kid Fic
Summary: It occurs to Tony one day that he’s never done anything in the right order and Steve is no exception to the rule.
Caffeine, Otherwise Known as the Key to Tony Stark's Heart by sol-nox (solisticequinox) @ AO3 | ~5K | Oneshot | Non-Superhero AU
Summary: A new coffee shop opens across the street from Stark Tower. Steve is the hot, sweet and predictably clueless owner. Tony tries to do what he does best.
Catechism by manic_intent @ AO3 | ~40K | Complete | Canon AU | Steve/Tony | Angels
Summary: Inspired by fanart seen on tumblr, this is an End of Days story, with all the Avengers as Archangels. Tony had always known that he was a special snowflake. He just hadn't realized exactly how special.
Coming Home by Sonora @ AO3 | ~22K | Oneshot | Canon AU | Steve/Tony
Summary: When S.H.I.E.L.D. approaches Tony Stark to help with their 1940s deception for Steve Rogers, to be a semi-familiar face and name to help re-introduce him to the world, Tony agrees on one condition - that it's his show to run. And at first, it seems like his plan's going off without a hitch. What he doesn't account for, however, are his own growing feelings for Steve.
Contrapposto by sunryder @ AO3 | ~6K | Oneshot | Canon AU
Summary: The first time Steve met Tony, neither one of them was using their real names.
Done for the Cap_Ironman Reverse Bang over on LJ, with art done by the fabulous beeceexx.
Deep Waters by Elenothar @ AO3 | ~9K | Oneshot | Non-Superhero AU | ANGST
Summary: After Peggy breaks up with him Steve finds himself searching for solace in a bar. Little does he expect to find someone else to love instead - and a whole new load of problems. For one, the genius bartender isn't too keen on being romanced.
Every Villain Is a Hero (in his own mind) by AvocadoLove @ AO3 | ~10K | Complete | Villain!Tony AU | Canon Divergence; Identity Issues
Summary: Tony is the villain known as Iron Man. Steve is Captain America. Outside work, Steve and Tony are married and do not know each other's secret identities. Some revelations, though, do not come with a happy ending.
Falling for Nobody Else But You by baconnegg @ AO3 | ~9K | Oneshot | University AU | Marriage Proposal
Summary: Snapshots of Steve and Tony's life as art school roommates. Only good things can come from this.
A small Christmas gift for my wifey that turned into a sprawling epic and a week late. Oops.
falling for you by ohmyloki @ AO3 | ~5K | Oneshot | Non-Phase 2 Compliant AU | Tony/Steve | Canon Divergence; Temporary Character Death
Summary: He’s falling. He’s falling and his first thought is Tony will catch me before he remembers that Tony’s gone. Tony’s gone and Steve sent Thor away and there’s no way he’ll make it back in time.
Time slows down.
Steve closes his eyes.
festina lente (hurry slowly) by silverfoxflower @ AO3 | ~17K | Oneshot | Post-Movie | Canon AU | Steve/Tony | Role Reversal
Summary: If anyone asked Steve - and a few reporters may well have, Steve wouldn’t know since Peggy had kept him from answering anything else outside controlled press conferences and faux-casual interviews - what his relationship was with Captain America, Steve would have said something like, “We’ve reached an understanding,” or, “He’s a good guy to have in a fight,” but nowhere in that statement would be the mention of friend, or partner or ally.
A role reversal fic featuring Steve Rogers (a.k.a Iron Man) as a billionaire, genius engineer with a heart of gold and Tony Stark (a.k.a Captain America) as a playboy American Hero who spent most of his backpay on his flashy lifestyle.
Flight by sunryder @ AO3 | ~17K | Oneshot | Griffin Rider AU
Summary: "You have need of freedom, Steven!"
"This isn't freedom Thor, it's kidnapping!" Steve objected, trying to sound forceful while hanging from the claws of Thor's griffin. It didn't really work since he could hear Thor laugh at his objection and feel Loki, the griffin, doing the same.
Float like a butterfly (sting like a bee) by gottalovev @ AO3 | ~19K | Oneshot | Boxing AU | Graphic Depictions of Violence
Summary: Steve Rogers is looking for a new Team and signs with Nick Fury in his quest to climb back in the professional boxing ranks after a 5 years break. When he realizes Fury's gym is owned by Tony Stark, billionaire-playboy-entrepreneur and up-and-coming boxer, sparks fly and not in a good way. At least at first.
Full Disclosure by MemoryDragon @ AO3 | ~9K | Oneshot | Gamer AU | Identity Issues; Pre-Slash
Summary: Steve Rogers wants to know more about his best friend online, but Iron doesn't believe in full disclosure when it comes to his own weak points.
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Will of Iron, Heart of Glass Series by sororexitium @ AO3 | Canon AU | Switch
Part 1: Ghost in the Wires | ~48K | Oneshot | Switch
Summary: When Steve moves into Avengers mansion he is caught up in strange coincidences. He walks behind an unseen ghost: a ghost who leaves empty spaces all around the manor. It doesn't make sense, and it sounds crazy until he meets Anthony, a computer simulation programmed by Anthony Stark, who died two years ago. Then it just seems even crazier.
Part 2: You Can Always Go Home | ~50K | Oneshot | Sex Mentioned
Summary: Tony has been held by Stane since his escape from Afghani terrorists, marked dead in the eyes of the world while Stane is free to use his mind, inventions, and company as he sees fit. Tony feels there's nothing he can do and has resigned himself to death to save those he loves. That would be when JARVIS lets Captain America stumble into his old lab.
Part 3: The Easiest Wedding in Superhero History | ~6K | Oneshot | Marriage
Summary: This wedding would likely go down as the easiest most disaster free wedding in all of history. Strange that it would be Captain America's and Iron Man's.
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Ghost Stories by moonix @ AO3 | ~16K | Oneshot | Hogwarts AU | NATW | Slight Homophobia
Summary: Steve Rogers, star student and Head Boy of Hogwarts, disappears under mysterious circumstances in 1940 during a battle with dark wizard The Red Skull. Seventy years later, lonely genius Tony Stark accidentally brings him back to life - sort of. Because Steve is still fading in and out of existence, catching glimpses of Tony’s life and finally managing to make contact. With the help of fellow Ravenclaw Bruce Banner, who is hiding a dark secret, Slytherins Natasha Romanov and Clint Barton, as well as Gryffindor Thor Odinson, will they succeed in lifting the enchantment that keeps Steve trapped between worlds? And what will happen if they do?
Gift With Purchase by sabrecmc @ AO3 | ~6K | Oneshot | Non-Superhero AU | Mistaken Identity
Summary: “Just…” and Tony could practically hear Pepper attempting to rub the tension out of her temples. “Just so we are clear,” Pepper began, trying to sound business-like, as if this were just any other phone call about stocks or production or whatever it was Pepper was usually blathering on about, “At the gala event for the Wounded Warriors Foundation, of which Stark Industries is a major donor, you met one Steven G. Rogers, Captain, U.S. Army Special Forces, one of the most decorated soldiers in all the armed forces, one of the handful of living Medal of Honor recipients, the man People Magazine dubbed “Captain America” in their front page story about his battlefield heroics that saved multiple lives, which went on to detail how his spare time is devoted to, and I’m quoting here, “providing art therapy to troubled and disadvantaged youth from the Brooklyn, New York area where Capt. Rogers grew up,” and you mistook him for a high-priced hooker and then proceeded to proposition him.”
Tony paused, breathing in deeply. “Well, when you say it like that, it just sounds bad.”
Gift With Purchase Remix by sabrecmc @ AO3 | ~44K | Complete | Non-Superhero AU | Switch | Dubious Morality; Mildly Dubious Consent; Prostitution
Summary: Gift With Purchase Remix wherein Steve actually is a hooker. But for a Really Sympathetic Reason.
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Royal Central by eiirene & thisissirius @ AO3 | Royalty AU | Multimedia Fic
Part 1: GQ: Prince Tony Stark | Oneshot
Summary: Prince Tony Stark. Genius, Billionaire, Playboy, Philanthropist ...Husband?
Part 2: Of Starks and Stripes and Royal Poptarts | Oneshot
Summary: The KING OF ASGARD just offered me a poptart.
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Hard Rock Swing by copperbadge @ AO3 | ~18K | Complete | Canon AU | NATW | Age Difference; PTSD
Summary: It turns out, in the 21st century, Steve's best friend is an eighteen-year-old genius named Tony Stark. This might be trouble.
His Fate Will Be Unlearned by scifigrl47 @ AO3 | ~94K | Complete | Canon AU | Steve/Tony | Underage | Alternate Timeline; Canon Character Death; PTSD
Summary: Tony Stark spent his childhood making weapons, filling the hole his father left in the world when he succumbed to alcohol, grief, and his own demons. At the age of fifteen, he ran away from home, and made it as far as MIT before all of his responsibilities caught up to him. Now seventeen, he just wants to finish his degree and escape from everything connected to the Stark name.
Steve Rogers crashed into the icy North Atlantic in the 1940's, sacrificing himself to save the world. He never expected to wake up, and now that he has, he's not sure he's glad. The US Army has other plans for him, but for now, Steve is slowly learning to live life in the 21st century, and taking classes at Boston College. He's beginning to suspect that there is no escape.
Boston College is on the T's Green Line. MIT is on the Red. The two lines meet at the Park Street Station, and so will Steve and Tony.
How To Excel At Supervillainy (and lose your heart to America) by Zekkass @ AO3 | ~14K | Oneshot | Villian!Tony AU | NATW
Summary: And that's how Tony's supervillainy hobby got way way way complicated.
How to Lose a Super Soldier in One Easy Step by and_backagain & jibrailis @ AO3 | ~18K | Oneshot | Canon AU | NATW
Summary: Rogers jerks backwards, shock registering on his face, and Tony thinks, welcome back to the land of the living, Cap, looks like you're sticking around.
Or, a Pushing Daisies AU.
I (created from fantasies) exist solely for you by Mizzy @ AO3 | ~63K | Oneshot | Canon AU | Identity Issues
Summary: Six years ago, without the Avengers Initiative there to save the day, scientist Dr. Eric Selvig sacrificed himself to save the world, the almighty demi-god Thor was lost to a terrible storm, and vigilante Iron Man - spotted with a nuclear weapon trying to take advantage of the situation - was forever labelled an enemy of SHIELD.
This is a comic book office AU, where Steve is defrosted a year too late, Thor has forgotten who he is, and no one knows Tony is Iron Man.
Also includes: office pranks, inappropriate post-it notes, and superheroes who like pina coladas and getting caught in the rain.
I'd Dream of You by someonelsesheart @ AO3 | ~5K | Oneshot | Non-Superhero AU
Summary: "Don't think I don't know what you're doing, Rogers. You've got that look that you get when you find a wounded animal that you want to bring home. You think you can fix him. Listen to me now, Steve. Nobody can fix Tony Stark."
I'm in the habit of having what I don't want by wobblyheadeddollcaper @ AO3 | ~13K | Oneshot | Female!Tony AU | Steve/Tony
Summary: Toni Stark, unstoppable force, meets Steve Rogers, immovable object. It's not love at first sight.
"She'd been prepared to like Bruce since she'd first read his scientific papers. It's a pleasant surprise to find out Clint's been hiding a deadpan sense of humour. Natasha - well, she'd always had a thing for wickedly competent redheads in impractical shoes (see Potts, Pepper) so that works. Thor is just really fucking fun. Captain Steve Rogers is... not."
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Olympics' Verse Series by sirona @ AO3 | Swimming AU
Part 1: I've got you under my skin | ~38K | Oneshot | NATW
Summary: Five times Beijing 2008 Olympics Gold Medalist Tony Stark thinks it's going to be no more difficult a job to get ready for London 2012, than what he has just achieved. That is, of course, before Coach Fury comes to visit, and offers him a once-in-a-lifetime chance to be a part of something much bigger than himself.
Part 3: Some enchanted morning | ~3K | Oneshot | implied Switch
Summary: Tony wakes up to the cold touch of bare toes on his ankle.
NB: Part 2 of this series is a Bucky/Peggy story, which you might like to read to fully understand some of the things that go on in Part 3.
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If At First by kellifer_fic @ AO3 | ~10K | Oneshot | University AU | NATW
Summary: Where Tony is stupid and Steve has been waiting for a long time.
If I could conjure worth a damn (I wouldn't have friends like these) by lyra_wing @ AO3 | ~8K | Complete | Hogwarts AU
Summary: The Avengers are at Hogwarts. Tony's building non-regulation broomsticks, Steve's dealing with a mysterious Time Turner accident, Loki's sneering at the Muggles, Thor's wielding a Beater's bat, Darcy's commentating at Quidditch matches, Fury's teaching DADA, everyone loves a drink at the Three Broomsticks, and Bruce has a secret.
In a Different Light by marinarusalka @ DW | ~21K | Oneshot | Canon AU | NATW
Summary: After an unexpected attack, Tony has trouble dealing with his injuries and Steve has trouble dealing with Tony.
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Don't Look too Closely (all the angles are oblique) Series by shaenie @ AO3 | WIP | Canon AU | Switch | D/s; Dirty Talk
Part 1: In the Springtime of His Voodoo | ~10K | Oneshot | Tony/Steve
Summary: "I'm removing Captain Rogers from this base, but not from active duty. I want him as SHIELD's liaison to Stark Industries first and foremost. He'll report directly to me," Fury says. "As it is, your identity as Captain America is not public knowledge and it will remain that way until I say otherwise. That said, if you think you can get Tony Stark to work with you if you disclose that information, you have permission to do so."
Part 2: Next I go to Seven Gates (each step less a mystery) | ~23K | Oneshot | Tony/Steve | BDSM; Breathplay; Kink Negotiation
Summary: The truth is, he can't wait to see Tony again. Even more truthful, he's fiercely hopeful that Tony is still interested in their half-engineered agreement. Tony sounds like it, but he tries to keep his expectations low.
Nobody has to tell him that Tony Stark can be fickle.
It doesn't change the fact that he craves Tony's touch, even after having it just that once, and he doesn't see any reason not to take what Tony is offering as long as Steve doesn't forget exactly what that is.
Part 3: Will You Strike While He's Still Loading | ~29K | Oneshot | Tony/Steve | BDSM; Costume Kink; Impact Play; Sex Toys
Summary: Fury says, "You're fucking with me. You expect me to send in some random person to replace you, when you've already got a strong rapport with Stark. However you managed to get it." Fury shakes his head, but smiles a little ruefully. "I'd have to be a moron to try and reassign you. Stark would shut down any attempt at replacing you." He shakes his head again. "You keep surprising me," he says. "You're sure you don't feel coerced in any way?"
"Not in the slightest, Director. If anyone tricked anyone, I tricked him. I don't want this information used against Tony," Steve says, his voice as commanding as he knows how to make it.
Fury holds up both hands, not in surrender, but as if to balance. "No one but me needs to know this, and I hope to never talk about Stark's sex life ever again." There is finally some amusement in his voice. Steve's shoulders relax. "I do have a recommendation, however," Fury says.
"Sir?" Steve asks.
"Tell him who you are. Stark does not like surprises. He won't appreciate finding out after the fact." Fury gives him a long look. "That's not an order, but think about it. If he finds out and you aren't the one that tells him, he's going to react badly."
Part 4: We've Done this Before (as Mars Sauntered Through His Door) | ~33K | Oneshot | Switch | BDSM; Impact Play; Sex Toys
Summary: "Why're you awake?" Steve wonders out loud.
"I don't have what anyone would call regular sleeping habits," Tony says, lips curling a little. "There's some stuff in the workshop I want to get done."
"Mmm," Steve says. "You could have gone." He's pretty sure he means it; he'd half expected to wake up alone this morning anyway.
"I wanted a look at your back," Tony says.
Steve wriggles over onto his front. The lights brighten a little in the room, and Tony's hands slip easily down his back, and then flip the covers down so that he can continue down Steve's ass.
"I don't know if I'm disappointed or excited," Tony says.
Steve makes a noise of agreement. "Walking around with the marks under my clothes would have been..." he says.
"I know," Tony agrees. "But this way, there's almost no wait time between wanting and doing."
Steve makes another lazy sound of agreement.
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In which Loki is having none of this bullshit (Or, the one where Loki plays matchmaker) by Ennex @ AO3 | ~9K | Complete | Post-Movie | Canon AU
Summary: Basically? Loki notices Steve noticing Tony, and decides to do something about it, discovers Tony is oblivious to a fault, and takes Drastic Measures. Steve is not amused.
In Your Company by mrhd @ AO3 | ~64K | Oneshot | University AU | Switch | Underage
Summary: They meet at a party. (MCU College AU)
Into the Breach by Wordsplat @ AO3 | ~22K | Oneshot | Canon AU | Pacific Rim Fusion
Summary: The world is coming to an end fast and Steve needs a co-pilot, but can't find anyone he can't knock off their feet in a flat second. He's also reluctant to get back in his old Jaeger, but that's a bridge he’ll cross when he comes to it-for the moment, it'd just be nice if he could learn to talk to certain attractive kaiju scientists without sounding like he has a brain injury.
irresistible force; immovable object by theappleppielifestyle @ AO3 | ~9K | Oneshot | Canon AU | Supernatural Fusion
Summary: Steve, who put Tony before God, and fuck if that doesn’t scare Tony shitless.
(Or, Steve is a certain celestial being, Tony is his emotionally fucked up charge with a drinking problem, and this is their story.)
Issues by so_shhy @ AO3 | ~11K | Oneshot | University AU | Cameos from 616 Avengers; Brief Reference to Alcoholism
Summary: In which Steve has a crippling crush on Tony Stark, Tony is oblivious and obnoxious, and Bucky expresses his disapproval via passive-aggressive comics.
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It's All in the Mind Series by inukagome15 @ AO3 | WIP | Canon AU
Part 1: It's All in the Mind | ~23K | Oneshot
Summary: Fill for this prompt at Avengerkink.
Tony is 100% normal. Tony is not a mutant. Tony is Iron Man. Tony is an Avenger. Tony...is just fooling himself.
Part 2: Telekinesis 101 (Or A Guide to Readjusting Perceptions) | ~27K | Complete
Summary: Tony is a mutant. Tony is Iron Man. Tony is an Avenger. Tony…has some unresolved issues. Namely, the problem called Steve. Or maybe his overactive brain. Pick either.
Part 3: Telekinesis for Dummies | ~26K | Oneshot | X-Men Crossover
Summary: Tony is not an idiot. Tony built the arc reactor in a cave with a box of scraps. Tony built Iron Man with cannibalized weapons. Tony is a bona fide genius. Tony...can admit that even geniuses need help, especially when it comes from the X-Men.
Note: Part 4 is now a piece of fanart based on events in Part 3.
Part 5: A State of Mental Extremes | ~52K | Complete | Spider-Man & X-Men Crossover
Summary: Tony is protective of his own. The Avengers are off limits to Fury and his lackeys. But maybe he should be more concerned with his own safety. Oops.
Part 6: An Alternative State of Mentality | ~75K | Complete | Civil War | Fantastic Four, Spider-Man & X-Men Crossover
Summary: Tony Stark does not have time for this garbage. Someone outed his secret to the public. No, not the one where he's dating Steve. Yes, the one where he's a mutant. Yes, he's mad. Yes, his life sucks. What else is new? Oh, hi, Extremis.
Part 7: Brain Freeze | ~46K | Complete | Fantastic Four, Spider-Man & X-Men Crossover
Summary: Tony wouldn't change a thing. Honestly. He might've gotten shot and almost killed, but it was all good. At least, until he gets kidnapped. Again. Maybe he should put up a sign saying he's no damsel, but that would belie the truth because right now? Right now he's completely alone, and it's so cold...
Part 8: What Remains the Same | ~3K | Oneshot
Summary: Set during It's All in the Mind and Telekinesis 101 (Or A Guide to Readjusting Perceptions).
"The Talk" hasn't changed much over the years, which is probably why Steve should have realized what was coming when he began to surreptitiously date Tony.
Part 9: The Dating Game | ~7K | Oneshot
Summary: Set during It's All in the Mind and A State of Mental Extremes. Five times Tony didn't know he was out on a date, and the one time he knew exactly what was going on.
Part 10: The Drunken Bet We Do Not Speak Of | ~3K | Oneshot
Summary: Set between Telekinesis 101 (Or A Guide to Readjusting Perceptions) and Telekinesis for Dummies. There's one thing the entire team agreed on unanimously: never bring up the night Tony got everyone drunk, including Thor and Steve.
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just another (drop in the ocean) by lincesque @ AO3 | ~18K | Complete | Historical Pirate AU
Summary: Captain Steven Rogers of the Imperial Navy had one mission: to locate the notorious pirate ship, the Ironheart, and capture her mysterious captain, a man known only as 'Tony'.
Keep Your Enemies Closer by kepteinen @ AO3 | ~19K | Complete | Villian!Tony AU | Identity Issues
Summary: Tony, fed up with the corruption in the superhero business, becomes a supervillain. SHIELD calls in Steve Rogers to fight him, which would be fine - if they didn't also ask Tony Stark to help as an engineering specialist.
kind and courteous is a life i've heard by quixotesque @ AO3 | ~111K | WIP | Canon AU | NATW | D/s; Kink Negotiation; Soulmates; Soul Bond
Summary: Bonding doesn't have to change anything. Tony Stark doesn't adhere to those rules anymore. (The terrible truth, of course, is that he can't, really, being the broken, miserable thing that he is.)
Lost In A Sigh by whiskeydaisy @ AO3 | ~8K | Oneshot | Canon AU
Summary: When Steve Rogers left the Army, he swapped his captain's bars for an NYPD detective's badge. A chance meeting in the early months of 1947 brings back some old memories, as well as new opportunities.
Not a Special Snowflake by Annehiggins @ AO3 | ~3K | Oneshot | Slight Canon AU
Summary: Tony Stark is no one's special snowflake, so why do the bad guys keep trying to use him as bait? Set in a 'gay Tony' world so he was never romantically involved with Pepper.
Never is a Promise by manic_intent @ AO3 | ~10K | Oneshot | Canon AU | Tony/Steve | Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics; Bonding; Knotting
Summary: Steve had to admit that he had some reservations about how the New Century handled the social balance between alphas and omegas.
Of Love, Superpowers, & Domesticity by Atsvie @ AO3 | ~1K | Oneshot | Canon AU | Kid Fic
Summary: Steve trusts that Tony won't get himself killed in battle, he's proved that time and time again. But he can't help but worry when Peter, teenage superhero lacking their experience, forgets to be careful.
In which Peter is the adoptive son of Tony and Steve.
Our Weight In Gold by ann2who @ AO3 | ~34K | Complete | Canon AU | Steve/Tony | Soulmates
Summary: It was every cliché he’d ever heard about. Every sappy thing they wrote down in the magazines, every single thing he had always hated about the myth. It was as though he had experienced life without sight, and was suddenly bombarded by a storm of color. It was all-consuming, and rushing through his veins like molten lava, like his whole existence was suddenly filled with sunlight. A door opened, and a myriad of emotions stormed through his body: confusion, disbelief, loneliness, and so much fierce determination that it almost knocked Tony off his feet. And he understood then, understood that these emotions weren’t his. They were Rogers'.
This is a story about fate, self-doubt, choice and eventually-love.
Party girls don't get hurt by sirona @ AO3 | ~13K | Oneshot | Canon AU | Steve/Tony | Age Difference; Canon Divergence; Canon Character Deaths; Daddy Issues; Miscommunication; Underage Drinking
Summary: Steve never slept under the ice. Howard found him, and got him back, and Steve married Peggy, and Howard married Maria, and then there was Tony. This is the story of Tony growing up with Steve very much present in his life, and everything that changed because of it - and some things that didn't.
Place to Rest by winterwind @ AO3 | ~2K | Oneshot | University AU
Summary: Honestly, Steve isn't sure if Tony hates the cold as much as he says he does or if he's just looking for an excuse to stay in Steve's dorm.
Recalibration by malfaisant @ AO3 | ~46K | Complete | Canon AU | NATW
Summary: A long, rambling what-if of Loki's scepter working the first time around, a string of bad nights when the nightmares were too close, and a second go at a relationship that might work if they just tried, and if they weren't both so good at self-sabotage.
Running, Jumping, Falling by flitterflutterfly @ AO3| ~13K | Complete | Canon AU | Steve/Tony
Summary: When Tony Stark met Steve Rogers for the first time, it was pretty much lust at first sight, but he knew better than to pursue anything with Captain America. What he didn't expect was for Steve to continuously seek out his company. In the face of the press, the Avengers team, and the usual supervillains, Tony finds himself approaching dangerous territory with his heart.
Saving the World (Is Totally a Date) by Wordsplat @ AO3 | ~64K | Complete | Villian!Tony AU | NATW | Identity Issues; Teachers
Summary: Tony discovers Stane's betrayal while he's still being held captive. When he escapes, he sets out to ruin Stane as completely and ruthlessly as he can, playing up his PTSD and quitting his job to destroy Stane quietly from the outside. He also picks up a teaching job-all Pepper's fault-and oh, right, becomes a supervillain. Okay, that one was Tony's fault, but it was totally an accident.
In the meantime, a certain Capsicle is defrosted a year early, and is assigned the task of capturing the notorious Iron Man. It's not going particularly well, if the embarrassingly high number of times he's been kidnapped in the past six months is any indication. When SHIELD decides to help him "adjust" by getting him a teaching job, Steve is skeptical; but then there's Tony, and Steve finds he doesn't mind the 21st century so much after all.
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Say When Series by ann2who @ AO3 | Canon AU
Part 2: Say When | ~43K | Complete | Steve/Tony | Identity Issues
Summary: What if Steve was unfrozen early? What if instead of Natasha, Steve got assigned to help Tony while the genius was slowly dying of palladium poisoning? What if he never revealed his identity to him until the very moment the Avengers first came together, forming a team?
Part 4: And I Will Be Your Man | ~66K | Complete | Switch | Panic Attacks; PTSD
Summary: After completing his undercover mission and earning Tony’s forgiveness, Steve’s life has become wonderfully peaceful. The Avengers had officially taken up their residence in New York, and-Tony’s nightmares, and occasional precarious missions aside-life was good. He was in love, and he’d never been happier. That was, until some terrorist decided to go ahead and destroy everything he’d ever fought for.
NB:Part 1 is a beautiful fanvideo which the fics are based on. Part 3 is a Natasha POV fic.
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slipping through the years by often_adamanta @ AO3 | ~18K | Oneshot | Canon AU | NATW
Summary: The plane crash and subsequent ice might have killed him, but that doesn’t mean he isn’t still around, haunting those he cares about. And since the only person who can see him is Tony Stark, death sure isn’t going to be boring.
Some Sunny Day by valtyr @ AO3 | ~8K | Oneshot | Canon AU
Summary: Tony was inconsolable for weeks after Captain America went down in the ocean.
Something of Tomorrow by twilightscribe @ AO3 | ~32K | WIP | Canon AU | Soulmates
Summary: Your soul-mate's name appears on your wrist the moment they're born. Steve's wrist has been blank his entire life. Tony's gone through life with the name of a dead man on his. The first thing Steve notices when he wakes up in the 21st century is the fact that his wrist now says Anthony Stark. Things get a little hectic after that.
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Statistically Significant Series by jennagrins & karengrins @ AO3 | WIP | University AU
Part 1: Standard Deviation | ~69K | Complete
Summary: Okay, so maybe Steve isn't Professor Stark's biggest fan at the start of term but first impressions can be mistaken.
Now Steve doesn't care what Clint says, Tony is not his boyfriend.
Part 2: Extrapolation | ~8K | Oneshot | NATW
Summary: Tony licks his lips. “Do you want to watch the rest of the movie?” he asks in a strained tone.
"No," Steve says, kissing him again.
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Steve Rogers' Life Is Not A Romance Movie (He Wouldn't Get The References, Anyway) by someonelsesheart @ AO3 | ~8K | Oneshot | High-School AU
Summary: Steve hasn't always had this ridiculous crush on Tony Stark.
(Or, the one where Steve is his polite old self and doesn't really hate Tony Stark (unfortunately), Tony is a child progidy and apparently a cab driver now, too, and high school is still high school, even when you are the son of a billionaire.)
The Billionaire Hooker's Deceived Artist by tsukinofaerii @ AO3 | ~28K | Complete | University AU | Switch | Underage Prostitution
Summary: During Tony's senior year at MIT, his partying habit finally hit the edge of his parents' patience. When Howard and Maria cut him off from his usual sources of money, he decides to turn to less conventional ones.
The Captain and His Courtesan by Winterstar @ AO3 | ~190K | Complete | Space AU | Switch | Graphic Depictions of Violence | Graphic Torture; Medical Procedures; PTSD
Summary: A story of revolution.
Captain Steve Rogers is just trying to pay off his debt to SHIELD, carting cargo from the Rim worlds to the Inner Belts in his bucket of bolts ship, the Howling Commando. He keeps a low profile and makes sure his crew is safe and happy. But the universe has a different plan for the once highly decorated Captain of the Honor Guard. The universe drops a Courtesan by the name of Tony Stark into his life. The Captain doesn't like it, but Bucky convinces him that providing transport to the most elusive Courtesan in the Guild could be their ticket to freedom. His crew from the engineer with anger management issues to the pilot who may be a beautiful but deadly assassin wants him to take the commission. What ends up being a simple commission puts his crew in jeopardy and could change all of humanity, because the Courtesan is not really just a pretty face and the Captain of the Honor Guard can fall in love far too easily with a man of conviction - and Tony Stark is a man of conviction.
The Chemistry of Love by inukagome15 @ AO3 | ~10K | Oneshot | University AU
Summary: Chemistry: the science that deals with the composition and properties of substances and various elementary forms of matter. Or, alternatively, the interaction of one personality with another, e.g., Steve Rogers and his absolutely pathetic crush on his chemistry TA, Tony Stark.
The Ghosts of War by scifigrl47 @ AO3 | ~61K | Complete | Canon AU | Identity Issues
Summary: (For the Cap/Iron Man Big Bang 2014)
Steven Rogers never wanted to be king, but he knows his duty, and he does it well. Lord Tony Stark, the king's appointed consort, does his duty as well, even though he'd enjoy his duty more if it actually involved sleeping with the king. As it doesn't, he's just resigned. The war that made Steve king and cost him nearly everything may be over, but a meeting of old enemies might stir up some ghosts none of them are prepared for.
The Man with the Clockwork Heart by indigostohelit @ AO3 | ~30K | Oneshot | Steampunk AU | Steve/Tony | Slavery
Summary: A de-anon (finally) from the capkink meme. His village destroyed by the northern Empire, Steve Rogers is sold as a slave to Lord Tony Stark, a man with no heart but a ticking clockwork machine inside his chest. He's been told that Lord Stark takes pleasure slaves, and bitter, grieving, and terrified, he expects nothing more of a northerner. But months pass, and Stark does nothing. In a rapidly unfolding chaos of scheming politics and a clockwork world, Steve begins to wonder what sort of man Stark is-- and whether he'd mind being a pleasure slave at all.
The Most Amazing Things (Some Terrible Lie) by copperbadge @ AO3 | ~27K | Complete | Canon AU | NATW | Identity Issues
Summary: Tony's decision not to reveal his identity as Iron Man to the world was shrewd and calculated. Too bad it's about to backfire on him like a Jericho missile.
The Twice-Told Tale by arysteia @ AO3 | ~16K | Oneshot | Canon AU | Steve/Tony
Summary: For someone he'd hero-worshipped for so long, Steve Rogers in the flesh is a pretty big disappointment. For one thing, he keeps looking at Tony as though he reminds him of someone else, and even if he never says anything, Tony's pretty sure it's his father. A lifetime of not measuring up to Howard's expectations is more than enough, thank you very much, and he's certainly not going to make an effort to live up to any of Steve's. Steve's pretty clearly failed to live up to his expectations, in any case, and that's not hypocritical at all.
NB: So this fic. I don't want to spoil it, but there is one exchange that never fails to make me tear up no matter how many times I've re-read this. As much as I have all the Steve/Tony-feels, the Howard-and-Tony-feels in this is just so awesome.
Through the Dark Tide of Memory by scifigrl47 @ AO3 | ~60K | Complete | Canon AU | Pacific Rim Fusion
Summary: As the Human/Kaiju war drags on, with no end in sight, the occupants of the Malibu Shatterdome have come to be known, worldwide, as the Avengers. No matter how many Jaegers fall, how many battles are lost around the Pacific rim, the Avengers will always come to the rescue.
Until, of course, there's no one left...
Thunderbolt City by sirona @ AO3 | ~6K | Oneshot | Non-Superhero AU
Summary: It's competely unfair that the one time the whole thunder-from-the-sky thing happens to Tony, it has to be for someone completely out of his league, who takes one look at him and decides he wants none of it, thanks.
Toy Soldiers by copperbadge @ AO3 | ~44K | Complete | Canon AU | Tony/Steve | Graphic Depictions of Violence | Identity Issues
Summary: When Steve Rogers, five foot four and a hundred and ten pounds, met Tony Stark in a bar, he didn't expect it to lead to a relationship. Or that Tony would find out he's not an art student during a SHIELD rescue mission in Afghanistan.
train wreck on the way to nowhere by SailorChibi @ AO3 | ~10K | Oneshot | Soulmates AU
Summary: Pepper closes her eyes briefly. "Your sig, Tony. Have you looked at it in the past couple of days?"
"No, why would I?"
"I think you should."
His heart skips a beat and it has nothing to do with the arc reactor and everything to do with the look on her face, the way she's biting her lip. He remembers, then, that quiet morning in bed with Maria Stark when she told him how sigs could change, and he doesn't want to think about what that means. He can't think about it, not now when the clock is ticking down and he has about five minutes to haul ass downtown or Fury is going to follow through on his threat.
"I have to go," he says, avoiding her eyes, and leaves the room in a hurry.
In a world where your perfect match's signature is written on your wrist for all to see, sometimes change is even harder to accept.
Traitor's Throne by Cluegirl @ AO3 | ~32K | Oneshot | Fantasy AU | Graphic Depictions of Violence
Summary: The war is over, the invaders are defeated, and the Avenger is dead. A year later on, searching for absolution, Prince Anthony Stark makes a pilgrimage to where it all began.
Trust Fall by AlchemyAlice @ AO3 | ~15K | Oneshot | Canon AU | Pre-Slash; PTSD
Summary: He watched Cap-Rogers-take in the gleaming armour on the floor, the outfit Tony had on, and the utilitarian but still fairly sophisticated interior of the medical bay. Watched as consternation gave way to creeping dread. “How long?” he asked, after a long moment. He sounded hoarse and far off. “Have we won?”
The door slammed open and both of them jumped. Tony turned to help him and put a hand tentatively on Cap’s wrist. Cap looked at him, watchful, but more trusting than Tony thought he deserved. He tried to keep his voice steady.
“We won,” he said. “We won seventy years ago. My name’s Tony Stark. I’m Howard’s son.”
Vanilla Human Problems by manic_intent @ AO3 | ~4K | Oneshot | Post-Captain America: The Winter Soldier | Canon AU | Steve/Tony | Kidnapping
Summary: Written for the prompt: "AU where Tony isn't Iron Man. He's a consultant for the avengers, so they still live in his tower, he still builds/improves their gear, but he never invented Iron Man. He's still close to the team, and is still a genius, so as the non-superhero member, he gets kidnapped. A lot. The team becomes increasingly protective of Tony."
Wait & Sea by Lenalena (Sergio) @ AO3 | ~53K | Complete | Canon AU | Steve/Tony | Fake Marriage; Identity Issues; Undercover as Married
Summary: In which Tony and Steve get sent on an undercover mission aboard a cruise ship to make contact with Hydra. In this AU the military has kept the discovery and defrosting of Captain America a secret, so Steve and Tony have never met before. Yet they are to pose as newlyweds....
Walk a Mile in Your Shoes by inukagome15 @ AO3 | ~33K | Oneshot | Post-Avengers | Canon AU | Body Swap; Canon Divergence
Summary: In which the Avengers reassemble and none of them are quite themselves because Loki decided it would be totally awesome to see what would happen if they all swapped bodies. Tony has had quite enough of this now, thank you. Steve just wants this all to be over so that he can think about possibly dating (read: confess his love for Tony).
we are the kings of imagining things by zeffyamethyst @ AO3 | ~4K | Oneshot | Canon AU | Implied Future Major Character Death
Summary: But it was never personal. Tony wakes up with the words on his left wrist and he might only be five but he knows this is a bad thing.
(also known as: the words-on-the-wrist idea gone wrong)
we don't need a heart of gold, we need the heart of a lion by Zekkass @ AO3 | ~17K | Oneshot | Canon AU | NATW
Summary: 'You know what's an interesting plot bunny? And I'm sorry in advance. If Captain America was an alternate personality of Steve's or vice versa.'
We Tremble in Shadow by You_Light_The_Sky @ AO3 | ~5K | Oneshot | Canon AU | Rise of the Guardians Fusion; Sucidal Thoughts
Summary: When Steve wakes up, it's cold and no one can see him.
we will meet in another life by theappleppielifestyle @ AO3 | ~7K | Oneshot | Canon AU
Summary: Tony is there instead of Howard during Project Rebirth. He ends up following Steve into the Howling Commandos, into the Atlantic ocean and into the 21st century.
Weighing of the Heart by scifigrl47 @ AO3 | ~47K | Complete | Canon AU | Angels
Summary: Steve Rogers hasn't really had a particularly easy life. He's struggled along, he's proud of himself, he's self-sufficient and capable and he works damn hard. He has friends and a purpose and he's only a few semesters from graduating college. He's managed, but his life has been far from easy.
That's mostly because of a slight filing error.
The last thing that Steve needed was someone to watch over him. The only thing that his Guardian Angel needs is a second chance to make a first impression.
Worst-Case Scenario by cassandraoftroy @ AO3 | ~11K | Complete | NATW | Canon AU | Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics; Masturbation
Summary: Tony has a backup plan in case his heat suppressants ever wear off in the middle of a bad situation. But he never counted on magic throwing a monkey-wrench into his preparations. Now Steve has to hope that his own contingency plan will be enough to protect them both.
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You're Not Stubborn (Just Impossible) Verse by Wordsplat @ AO3 | Non-Superhero AU | Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics; Soulmates
Part 1: You're Not Stubborn (Just Impossible) | Complete | ~95K | Steve/Tony | Child Abuse; Misunderstandings
Summary: Steve's an alpha, Tony's an omega. Biology should take care of the rest, right? Except, Tony's not anything like TV taught Steve omegas were--or like anyone else Steve's ever met, actually--and Steve should really learn to just keep his mouth shut about that. Also, it doesn't help that Tony's not too keen on the idea of alphas. Or Steve. Yeah, this bonding thing looked a whole lot easier on TV.
Part 2: Rebuild | Oneshot | ~3K
Summary: Six years later, Steve and Tony are settled in their life together; neither of them could've expected who would turn up at their door.
Part 3: Family Planning | Oneshot | ~1K
Summary: Seventeen years later, Steve and Tony have become professional baby snatchers.