Failsafe – SailorChibi
Bucky/Steve/Tony
3,791 words
Just because Iron Man is the only guide who can actually pull Bucky and Steve out of a zone, doesn't mean that Tony has to tell them who he is.
au: sentinel/guide, hurt/comfort, secret identities
Guidance Needed – Akira_of_the_Twilight
Bucky/Tony
115,847 words
A sentinel could spend most of their early years without a guide. By their mid-thirties if a sentinel had yet to form a bond with a guide their senses would start to lose focus and precision until they became overwhelmed and went insane.
Tony was in his forties and the bond he had was a thin string that could be snapped with just one word, and it was the only reason why Tony wasn’t locked up in an asylum for sentinels.
Even with his bond though, Tony was deteriorating, unable to control his senses and becoming overprotective of his teammates.
If he didn't increase the strength of his current bond or find a new guide who he could bond better with then he would be locked up for life.
Too bad Starks have a history of having trouble bonding, and Tony's already tried every technique to strengthen his bond with his guide.
Oh, and let's not forget his guide was none other than Mr. Perfect himself: Steve Rogers.
So really? Tony was screwed unless those bonding techniques started working, because who the hell else could bond with him and do it better than Mr. Perfect?
au: sentinel/guide, hurt/comfort, slow burn
Black Streak of Lightning – SailorChibi
Bucky/Steve/Tony
2,953 words
Tony didn't want to tell Bucky and Steve the truth, but shapeshifting in front of them made the truth pretty hard to miss.
au: sentinel/guide, au: soulmates/soulmarks
Guide Him Through the Storm – somanyofthekids
Bucky/Tony
18,753+ words
Pepper and Tony sat on the floor of Tony’s bedroom, pamphlets scattered around them like some kind of glossy paper orgy. Titles like Empathy and You: A Guide for Guides and You’re a Sentinel! How to Navigate Your New Sensory Input and What Will You Do When YOU Zone? looked up from the carpet.
“I still can’t believe they’re testing you so young, no one gets tested before they’re twenty-one,” said Pepper with a worried frown as she picked up another pamphlet. “Isn’t it supposed to be dangerous if you get tested this early in adolescence?”
Tony shrugged.
“I guess if I develop a brain tumor after today, at least the research will have one more case study.”
au: sentinel/guide, unfinished, wip
In All the World – wallhaditcoming (uvcatastrophe)
Steve/Tony
15,082 words
In a world where Sentinels, people with five heightened senses, bond mentally and spiritually with Guides, people gifted with empathetic powers, Tony Stark has spent thirty-three years overwhelmed by the emotions of those around him and running from his own. Sentinel Steve Rogers wakes up sixty years out of his own time and struggles to deal with the massive amount of new sensory input while trying to find his footing in a New York very different from the one he knew. When they finally find each other, how will their bond change them?
au: sentinel/guide, au: soulmates/soulmarks
Not Your Fairy Tale – InTheShadows
Steve/Tony
2,113 words
Rule number one: Never leave Tony alone in a place where you don't trust or want him to be. Rule number two: Never expect Tony to follow any orders you give. When SHIELD decides to break both of these rules, he decides to make the best of it. Never could he have imagined what he would find when he does.
au: sentinel/guide
Partly Cuddly, With Chances of Rage – AnonEhouse
Gen
7,931 words
Tony has always liked the idea of Sentinels. So they're not perfect. That just adds to the appeal for him, because Tony's always known that he had a laundry list of personal defects and he feels a certain kinship towards them.
Like to like, you know?
au: sentinel/guide