Keep Your Eyes On Me – ElloPoppet
Bucky/Tony
10,345 words
“What the fuck, Stark. I don’t...I don’t hate you. Christ!”
Tony registered the offended and visceral tone of Barnes’ voice before processing the words, shaken off guard by both when they finally sunk in.
“That’s...huh.” Tony responded, eloquently.
“Is this about what I said when we got here? Because I meant that Steve would never make you bunk with me alone because you wouldn’t like it.” Barnes said, as though it were the most obvious thing in the world.
“...huh.”
enemies to friends to lovers, fluff, misunderstandings, PTSD
Rocket Science – marsmaywander, orbingarrow
Bucky/Tony
12,094 words
Sleep-deprived and under-caffeinated, grad student Tony falls asleep in a conveniently empty classroom and wakes up in the middle of Bruce’s Physics 101 course. After seeing a groggy Tony fumble a simple question, actual-student Bucky offers to tutor him. In a moment of “oh no; he’s cute” panic, Tony takes him up on it. Now, in addition to his already complicated life, Tony has to figure out the answer to the incredibly messy question: “How do you look like you’re failing the class, when you literally wrote the book?”
au: college, au: no powers, fluff, humor, misunderstandings, secret identities
Safe House – ali_aliska
Bucky/Tony
89,533 words
For years, Tony had successfully kept his secret. Neither the world nor his team knew he was Iron Man and as far as he was concerned, everyone was better off that way. On his best days, Tony Stark was not someone people liked and trusted, so the last thing Tony wanted was to tarnish Iron Man’s good reputation by revealing the truth.
But then SHIELD falls, the Avengers face disarray, and a stray Hydra assassin forces Tony to go into hiding—and where better than the safe house he had just crafted for the Avengers and their own ex-assassin ready to come in from the cold?
Tony plans to hide away from everyone in his makeshift workshop until the coast is clear and he’s safe to go home. No one would care to spend any time with the reclusive, arrogant billionaire anyways, right? Iron Man is the one everyone wants around.
Bucky Barnes, on his own journey to reclaim his life and identity, seems to disagree with that sentiment.
canon divergence, found family, hurt/comfort, misunderstandings, mutual pining, secret identities, slow burn
The Gift of Care – ali_aliska
Bucky/Tony
8,111 words
Freshly back to the States, James Barnes has a lot to learn about his new world, so he watches and learns and finds himself slowly falling for one Tony Stark, who always appears miserable when he has to spend time at the Compound with his former teammates, but who still takes the time to treat James with kindness.
James sets out on a mission to take care of Tony, make Tony’s life easier in whatever small ways he can. An unfortunate misunderstanding nearly ruins that, but in the end, James still reaps the rewards of his secret good deeds.
hurt/comfort, misunderstandings, secret admirers
May the Best Assassin Win – NarutoRox
Bucky/Tony
4,222 words
Bucky loves Tony, but thinks Tony and Natasha are a couple. Tony loves Bucky, but thinks his feelings aren't reciprocated. Natasha knows all, and thinks it's about time these two idiots get together already.
Alternately: The one where Bucky is jealous, Tony is clueless, and Natasha is 100% done (and decides to take matters into her own hands).
matchmaking, misunderstandings, mutual pining
Pilgrim’s Hands – weethreequarter
Bucky/Tony
13,688 words
In which officially Bucky and Iron Man are dating, unofficially Bucky knows Tony is Iron Man, officially no one else knows Tony is Iron Man, and unofficially Tony and Bucky are trolls.
Or, Steve and Natasha learn never to assume they know what's going on in Tony and Bucky's relationship.
flashbacks, friends to lovers, getting together, humor, identity reveal, misunderstandings, secret identities
Problems – Hippiebuckyharrington
Bucky/Tony
27,750 words
Tony Stark is really too busy to be stuck in the mountains, let alone stuck in the mountains with the Winter Soldier of all people. But Hydra just had to go and make threats and ruin everyone's good time. The real kicker? There is only one bed. Which isn't a problem, a couch is fine, and they are both adults who can take turns. Except then it snows, and all heat and power in their shitty little cabin cut out. Whatever will they do?!
cabin fic, Christmas, depression/mental illness, hurt/comfort, misunderstandings, PTSD, tw: child abuse, tw: suicidal thoughts/reference
text me maybe – Areiton
Bucky/Tony
12,614 words
He's drunk and there's a really hazy decade in the nineties that Rhodey looks pained when he even thinks about that says doing shit when he's drunk is a bad idea.
There's also a new building on MIT campus and a yearly donation that supports that theory.
But MIT and Rhodey are far away and that clunky black flip phone is not, and he snarls as he snatches it up and punches in the mess.
It takes almost five minutes because the tech is obsolete and he is drunk but he does and he smiles at it, viciously pleased.
mistaken identity, misunderstandings, mutual pining, texting
The Long Way Round – Potrix
Bucky/Tony
6,230 words
“Maybe we shouldn’t see each other anymore,” Tony blurts out in a rush. “It’s—I think it’s for the best. If we stop.”
It takes a moment for the meaning of the words to register, but when it does, Bucky turns cold, stomach sinking. “Are—are you breakin’ up with me? Tony—”
“You didn’t do anything wrong,” Tony hurries to reassure, reading Bucky’s mind. “You were perfect, Bucky, I swear you were. Are. This. It’s not. It’s really not you,” he says with a small, humourless chuckle, “it’s me.”
Bucky looks at the tense line of Tony’s shoulders, at the sad set of his mouth, the defeat in his eyes, and he knows it’s the truth. Or, at least, what Tony believes to be true.
au: a/b/o, kink: mpreg, misunderstandings
The Secrets Between Us – Hippiebuckyharrington
Bucky/Tony
44,792 words
Tony Stark is fine. Really, just peachy. Maybe a little lonely, and yeah, PTSD is a bitch but he's managing. But then Clint Barton signs him up for some help site that allows you to text people going through similar shit, and Captain America drags a hurting Bucky Barnes to the Tower. And everything changes. Tony starts to fall for the mysterious man he's been texting AND for the beautiful blue-eyed ex-assassin living in his home. Dealing with that, along with trying to deal with the two rather large secrets he's carrying, Tony Stark's life gets a lot more complicated, something he didn't really think was possible.
hurt/comfort, kidfic, misunderstandings, PTSD, secret identities, texting
Today’s Forecast – Finely Honed (jaqen_hgar)
Bucky/Tony
7,123 words
Loneliness had followed Tony Stark his entire life, so they were on pretty good terms. Ignoring those empty places inside of himself was easier once the day was in full swing, but the mornings had a way of slipping a knife between his ribs, and getting him right in the heart.
The last place Tony expected to find the cure for his condition was on TV, but now watching the morning weather report has become the highlight of his day. Well, it was less the weather, and more the weatherman. One look at Bucky Barnes making some adorably lame joke about umbrellas, all lopsided smile and sparkling eyes, and Tony was in love.
au: no powers, au: soulmates/soulmarks, au: weatherman, misunderstandings, mutual pining