Catching Lightning in a Bottle – sabrecmc
Steve/Tony
120,641 words
College student Tony meets janitor Steve at MIT and they fall blissfully in love, until Howard happens and things fall apart. One divorce paperwork snafu courtesy of the ever-helpful Jarvis, and ten years later, Tony has to get re-divorced from Steve.
This does not go as he imagines.
Or, the Sweet Home Alabama AU that no one--well, okay, a few of you--asked for.
au: no powers, breaking up & making up
Ex-traordinary Christmas – FestiveFerret
Steve/Tony
4,851 words
Tony is still good friends with his ex, Steve, even after four years apart, even though he's with Ty now. Until Christmas comes around, and suddenly that feels completely backwards.
breaking up & making up, Christmas, fluff
Falling For You (Hook, Line, and Sinker) – FestiveFerret
Steve/Tony
62,140 words
After being thawed, Steve's adrift in the 21st century. There's nothing for him here, just the endless cycle of pre-packaged food, pointless training exercises, and long hours at the gym. But when he takes on a new project, it leads him to a new friend - one who might open up all kinds of new doors, new feelings, new experiences. Or might just break his heart.
breaking up & making up, depression/mental illness, kink: phone sex/sexting, long distance relationship, meet-cute, mutual pining, secret identities
Half Agony, Half Hope – Annie D (scaramouche)
Steve/Tony
37,921 words
Following the Battle of New York, the Avengers Initiative kicks into high gear under the leadership of Steve Rogers, i.e. Captain America. Tony didn’t mean to become part of this initiative, but it makes sense to sign on due to his experience with SHIELD and Rhodey’s War Machine suits.
The upside: Tony’s tech can be used in a widespread and meaningful way to help protect people. The downside: the last time Tony saw Steve, he’d rejected Steve’s proposal of marriage and broke his heart, leading to almost ten years of the two having no contact whatsoever. Until now.
breaking up & making up, canon divergence, mutual pining, panic attacks, PTSD, series
How to Date a Superhero Without Even Trying – sabrecmc
Steve/Tony
18,000 words
Based on a prompt from a Tumblr Anon, it's 2am and Tony drunk dials his ex. He gets Captain America instead.
au: college, breaking up & making up, secret identities, tw: rape/noncon
if we ever meet again – theappleppielifestyle
Steve/Tony
4,854 words
"It’s been two months," Steve says, voice low. "Rhodey- Colonel. It’s been two months.”
breaking up & making up, canon divergence, hurt/comfort
(Just Like) Starting Over – georgygirl
Steve/Tony
24,131 words
Seven years ago, Steve broke up with Tony because he thought it was the Right Thing to Do™ for both of them.
But he never asked Tony.
And now it's seven years later, and Tony has decided to very publicly remind Steve of a promise he made to him once upon a time.
Or, Steve and Tony dated in college, broke up, and now Tony wants Steve back again.
alternate universe, au: college, au: no powers, breaking up & making up, kink: Dom/sub, tw: rape/noncon
A Nuke to Your Chest – vorkosigan
Steve/Tony
21,379 words
After Siberia, Tony held it together, but after that awful letter he started drinking. Heavily. And now he's having blackouts. Obviously, he doesn't remember calling Rogers on that cursed phone. And what you can't remember, well, it didn't happen. Obviously.
And Steve Rogers has had enough.
breaking up & making up, depression/mental illness, fix-it, hurt/comfort, tw: drinking
dream the bodies warm again – deathsweetqueen
Bucky/Tony
17,687 words
Bruce grits his teeth. “I don’t know what you want me to say,” he snaps. “None of us have ever seen this before, Tony. This bug never even existed until Bucky caught it. We’re charting new territory here. So, tell me, you have any bright ideas?”
Tony deflates, promptly. “No, no, I fucking don’t.” He shakes his head, bitterly. “It shouldn’t happen like this. He shouldn’t have to linger on any of it, any of that torment and suffering and misery and fucking horror those evil bastards put him through. It’s not fucking fair.” He jumps off the bed. “I’m, uh, I’m going to re-wet these rags. They’re getting a little dry,” he mutters, in an attempt to vacate the current situation as soon as possible, just for a little bit, so he can get his head on straight.
“Mission Report: December 16th, 1991.”
Tony reels to a stop, just in front of the bathroom door. When he turns around, a shuddering sort of stillness hangs in the air, like everyone’s terrified that a pin is going to drop and destroy everything.
Well, everyone except for Bucky, who groans like he’s dying and stares at Tony with filmy eyes.
“Howard Stark,” he pants. “Maria Stark.”
breaking up & making up, hurt/comfort, sick fic
For You – Ilearnedtoreadforthis
Steve/Tony
30,240 words
Tony Stark and Steve Rogers were college sweethearts, until Tony suddenly broke up with Steve. Five years later, a chance encounter brings Steve back into Tony's life, but Tony's kept a major secret from him.
au: a/b/o, au: no powers, breaking up & making up, kidfic, kink: mpreg, series
Forget the hearse (’cause I never die) – gottalovev
Steve/Tony
27,594 words
The Supreme Intelligence told Anthony to kill Vers, traitor to the Kree. But when he fails and she captures him instead, he's forced to realize that things are not what he thought they were at all. First, he's Tony Stark, from Earth. Unfortunately, Tony also finds the Avengers fractured when he makes his way back home.
amnesia, breaking up & making up, canon divergence, established relationship, kidnapping
I Thought… – camichats
Bucky/Tony
8,785 words
Tony thought he'd die from palladium poisoning. Tony thought he fell in love with his new assistant/bodyguard Bucky. Tony thought a lot of things that weren't true.
breaking up & making up, canon divergence
Noble Metals – Veldeia
Steve/Tony
36,299 words
Living together with the Avengers, in a relationship with Steve, Tony's as happy as he's ever been—until it turns out he's dying of palladium poisoning. Unwilling to tell anyone, he replaces himself with a Life Model Decoy and breaks up with Steve, so he can hide and focus on fixing his arc reactor before it's too late.
Steve can't decide if Tony is acting strangely or if that's just his denial speaking. Tony Mark II struggles to figure out the best course of action, stuck handling issues he was never programmed to deal with. And Tony isn't sure he can ever get Steve back, even if he survives.
breaking up & making up, canon divergence, hurt/comfort, sick fic
On The Mend – FestiveFerret
Bucky/Tony
4,263 words
"Hey, darling." The pet name rolled sarcastically off Tony's tongue where it crawled across the floor and up Bucky's spine to stab repeatedly at his heart. "Guess who's still your emergency contact?"
Bucky winced. "Shit."
breaking up & making up, caretaking, hurt/comfort
Operation: Knuckleheads – FestiveFerret
Steve/Bucky/Tony
14,244 words
Bucky is enjoying his new, post-Winter Soldier life at Avengers Tower, until he discovers that the constant tension between Steve and Tony was caused by a recent (and mysterious) breakup. Determined to make his friends happy, Bucky gives himself a new mission: figure out what went wrong, and get these two idiots in love back together again.
breaking up & making up, matchmaking, misunderstandings
Someone To Bring Me Home – Myrime
Bucky/Tony
32,894 words
After coming home from the war, Bucky has a hard time piecing his life back together. He has friends and a home, but it all feels suffocating enough to send him running, hoping to find something worth living for.
With Obadiah's betrayal hanging around his shoulders, Tony moves to the country, where he becomes a small-time mechanic with a secret workshop in the basement, trying to figure out how to go on from almost having lost everything.
Neither of them is quite sure where home is anymore. When they meet, they both think themselves broken. Maybe all they need is someone who understands them to build something new.
au: no powers, breaking up & making up, hurt/comfort, panic attacks, PTSD