15 Things to Do in NYC If You’ve Been Stuck in an Ice Berg for 70 Years – gogglor
Steve/Tony
39,835 words
Tony and Steve can't stand each other, but they agree for the sake of the team and the people that rely on them that they have to figure out a way to get along. So they come up with a plan to spend time together, in the form of a Buzzfeed listicle of things to do in New York City.
Because if you go to enough museums with the guy you can't stand, you should *eventually* stop hating him, right?
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Come for the slow burn, stay for everyone's opinions on Cats the musical and a story about teenage Tony stealing an ice cream truck in an attempt to get laid.
enemies to friends to lovers, mutual pining, series, slow burn
breathe me in – imperialstark
Steve/Tony
2,371 words (plus sequel)
After yet another near death experience, Tony Stark has a new perspective on life and how short it is. While trying to make amends with Steve Rogers, he gets far more than either of them bargained for.
kink: exhibitionism, series
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
It’s All in the Mind – inukagome15
Steve/Tony
22,998 words
Tony is 100% normal. Tony is not a mutant. Tony is Iron Man. Tony is an Avenger. Tony...is just fooling himself.
alternate universe, hurt/comfort, series
Keep Boredom at Bay – KandiSheek
Steve/Tony
76,396 words
One slip of the thumb means that Tony just texted a picture of his dick to Captain America instead of his casual hookup. Which is just as well because the guy hates him anyways.
It's certainly the weirdest way he's ever managed to break the ice.
canon divergence, epistolary, kink: phone sex/sexting, series, texting
Lord, What Fools These Mortals Be – iam93percentstardust
Steve/Tony
72,556 words
Famed director Phil Coulson brings Shakespeare’s beloved play, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, to Broadway. This production though comes with a twist: a brief but passionate love affair between the faerie king, Oberon, and his attendant, Puck. In the roles of the two star-crossed lovers, Coulson casts America’s darling Steve Rogers, fresh off his third Academy Award, and Broadway royalty, Tony Stark. Steve quickly finds himself falling for the quick-witted and sarcastic actor but Tony is dating the stage manager. Unwilling to come between the seemingly happy couple, Steve steps back but all isn’t right behind the scenes and Tony may need him when everything falls apart.
au: actors, au: no powers, series
Meeting the Monsters – itsallAvengers
Steve/Tony
23,333 words
Tony's at public school with kids his age for the first time in seventeen years, and he is determined that this year is gonna be his year. He's going to make friends. He's going to be popular. People will like him.
Unsurprisngly, none of that actually happens.
He does sort-of-maybe fall in love with a vampire in his class that everyone is terrified of, though. So... there's that.
au: high school, au: monsters, au: no powers, mutual pining, series
Not a Breakup – Annie D (scaramouche)
Steve/Tony
33,525 words
Tony knew it was a bad idea to start sleeping with Steve. It could mess up team dynamics, make things even more awkward between them in the future, or just plain get in the way of their trying to save the world. Tony foresaw all of the above but not the advent of feelings, and at the most inopportune moment.
feelings realization, friends with benefits, misunderstandings, series
Stick With Me, Baby, I’m the Fella You Came in With – Annie D (scaramouche)
Steve/Tony
10,660 words
During the final battle with Ultron, Tony kisses Steve for the first time. Afterward, he makes it clear to Steve that he was just running on adrenaline and not thinking clearly. Steve seems to accept it, but the kiss nudges open a door of possibilities, and the situation escalates.
first kiss, getting together, series
Stuck in a… – Annie D (scaramouche)
Steve/Tony
13,005 words
Steve gets into a serum-enhanced rut. Tony figures that there’d be a long list of people who’d volunteer to help Steve out, but there’s only one person Steve wants.
au: a/b/o, getting together, hurt/comfort, kink: heat/rut, kink: knotting, pwp, series
Tensile Strength – sahiya
Steve/Tony
21,225 words
Tensile strength is the resistance of a material to breaking under pressure. Spider web has a greater tensile strength than steel.
But everything has its limits. And between Spiderman, the SAT's, and dealing with the fallout from the soul stone, Peter has run smack into his. Cue Tony's shitty immune system and the fact that he maaaaybe hasn't told Peter yet that he and Steve are a thing, and we have ourselves a party.
anxiety, hurt/comfort, kidfic, series, sick fic
the slowest runner in all the world – silkspectred
Steve/Tony
2,884 words
Tony was pregnant in Siberia. Steve didn't know.
au: a/b/o, depression/mental illness, kink: mpreg, series
The Trial Run – Annie D (scaramouche)
Steve/Tony
13,879 words
Tony and Steve pretend to date, and enjoy it far more than they should.
fake relationships, friends to lovers, series, slow burn
5 Times Tony took care of an Avenger and 1 Time they took care of him (whether or not he liked it) – QueenOfALotOfDifferentWorlds
Steve/Tony (pre-relationship)
22,327 words
Tony is not the go-to-guy when people are sick, hurt, emotionally distraught or - actually he is never a go-to-guy aside from tech. But sometimes, no-one else is there and then he will step up.
Because he is a Sucker™.
Lots of idiots, protective everyone, teeth rotting fluff, sarcasm and weird shit.
hurt/comfort, mutual pining, panic attacks, series, sick fic
Cracked Hearts Under Iron Ribs – XtaticPearl
Steve/Tony
14,833 words
Rhodey is away for almost six months now and comes to meet Tony after the mission. He doesn't understand the domesticity of the whole Tower and unknowingly sets off a whole truck of insecurities which make Tony crawl back into being a Stark instead of just Tony. The team is not at all happy and Rhodey joins them in trying to figure out a way to help their resident genius feel better in his skin.
domesticity, established relationship, series
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
going on a ride – theappleppielifestyle
Steve/Tony
6,363 words
"You want to take me for a ride on your motorcycle," Tony repeats, slow so he can process it as he’s saying it, "because you think my glasses are cute."
au: high school, series
Hot Summer Nights – tonystarkssnipples
Steve/Tony
8,557 words
Tony moves into the apartment directly across the street from Steve. Their windows face each other and there's a small piece of roof jutting out between them, connecting in the middle. As the summer goes on, they find themselves crawling out their windows to spend more and more time together.
au: high school, series
It Only Hurts (When I Breathe) – Ocean_Born_Mary
Steve/Tony
6,290 words
Tony could see the mass of scar tissue built up around the reactor, could see the little pieces of shrapnel in his lungs, and he wondered, even now, how he was able to Not-Breathe so well with his heart and his ribs and his lungs all squished out of place.
found family, hurt/comfort, PTSD, series, sick fic
It’s Not Cosmetic – withasideofangst
Steve/Tony
32,997 words
After Afghanistan and Iron Man, SHIELD gave Tony a choice. He could out himself as Iron Man, or claim it was a bodyguard, and hide his face from the world.
Agent Agent never said anything, but Tony had hacked SHIELD's servers and knew they wanted him to go the bodyguard route. Yes to Iron Man and no to Tony Stark, and all that.
That, as well as keeping Pepper safe, made him go with the bodyguard cover, and flimsy as he thought it was, no one questioned it.
Of course, why would they? Tony Stark was no superhero.
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Although, it's less easy to keep a secret identity with a bunch of superheroes and spies living in your house.
canon divergence, hurt/comfort, misunderstandings, PTSD, secret identities, series
Love Is In The Air – JehBeeEh
Steve/Tony
3998 words
Steve quickly found his seat once he got on the plane and reached up to put his carry-on in the overhead bin. He was one of the last people to get on the plane, and he noticed the seat next to him was empty. This flight was definitely looking up. As he was about to take his seat though, he heard a vaguely familiar voice next to him.
“Excuse me? I’m so sorry to bother you with this, but would you mind helping me get my carry-on up there? The angle is just awkward from here, and you have a definite height advantage which’ll make things go a bit faster. Plus, I may have over packed a bit, and it weighs a ton, which I’m sorry in advance for, but judging by the size of your biceps and shoulders – not that I was staring or anything, but you look like you work out, yeah? – you will handle it in a much better fashion than I could.”
Steve, on the other hand, was definitely staring now. Because when he’d turned, he was looking at Tony Stark.
au: no powers, meet-cute, series
Love’s Such an Old-Fashioned Word – Annie D (scaramouche)
Steve/Tony
11,167 words
Steve gets the very brilliant idea that he and Tony should date, but Tony needs some convincing.
fluff, getting together, series
Some Things Shouldn’t Be a Chore – scifigrl47
Steve/Tony
22,187 words
Steve takes things like personal responsibility and respect seriously. Tony's got people he pays to take care of that kind of thing, and anyway, he's pretty sure that he's going to die of some exotic disease in his workshop, because Dummy's still a little spotty about what is 'clean' enough to put on an open wound. The rest of the Avengers are in this for personal gain, except for Clint, he just enjoys being a dick.
And some things shouldn't be a chore.
domesticity, fluff, humor, series
Somebody Get Me a Doctor – FestiveFerret
Steve/Tony
5,631 words
A blinking reminder in the corner of Tony’s screen robbed him of most of his attention for the day. Doctor’s Appointment, it said, helpfully, three pm.
au: doctors/nurses/paramedics, au: no powers, kink: medical, kink: sounding, pwp, series
Standard Deviation – jennagrins, karengrins
Steve/Tony
69,462 words
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.
au: college, au: no powers, series
What is grief… – iam93percentstardust
Steve/Tony
12,593 words + sequel
They loved each other, right? That was all that mattered. They loved each other; they made each other happy. There was no need to worry about the odd occurrences that kept happening like the phantom laughter Tony sometimes heard or the glass bowl Steve dropped and forgot about or the strange friendship between Wanda and Agnes... right?
au: no powers, fake relationships, series