False Names, Right Nets – ashes0909
Bucky/Tony
25,364 words
After saving Steve from the Potomac river, Bucky Barnes disappears into the Costa Rican mountainside intent on staying off the radar. He only interacts with society for reconnaissance and surveillance - to make sure his tail is clear.
Then he stumbles into a chat room.
canon divergence, mutual pining, online relationship, secret identities
Hate Me – ron_Eirlyssa (Eirlyssa)
Bucky/Tony
45,570 words
There were moments where Bucky wondered what could have made Iron Man, possibly his best friend here in the future, sarcastic and gentle and funny and caring, hate Tony Stark so much. Moments where he wondered what Tony Stark, who could manage to be kind and generous to the assassin who had murdered his parents, could have done to Iron Man. But he never dared to ask, afraid of the answer.
found family, hurt/comfort, secret identities
Hide Your Face, Hold My Heart – Shi_Toyu
Bucky/Tony
5,386 words
Bucky had learned early on that life had a way of going to shit on very short notice. As a kid, that had meant running around and goofing off with Stevie only for an asthma attack to come out of seemingly nowhere. During the war, it meant creeping through the wilderness or a town or a base only for bullets to start flying. One minute you could be fighting back to back with your best friend, the next you could be falling to the bottom of a snowy chasm. That was just life.
hurt/comfort, kidnapping, secret identities
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
Somewhere Between a Rock and a Hard Place – MassiveSpaceWren, mortenavida
Bucky/Tony
23,793 words
Shadow and Iron have been online gaming friends for years but never met.
Bucky Barnes just got a temporary contract to work at Stark Industries and he absolutely hates his new boss.
The two have a lot more in common than originally thought.
au: no powers, online relationship, secret identities
Tech Support – Amethystina
Bucky/Tony
31,236 words
When Tony decides to personally answer tech support queries to find ways to improve the next Stark Phone, the last thing he expects is to grow weirdly attached to one of the callers. The man is clearly not accustomed to modern technology, but his determination to get better is both admirable and adorable, and Tony can't help prolonging their conversations. Before he knows it, they're exchanging numbers.
Talking to James — be it over texts or the phone — soon becomes the highlight of Tony's day and he might just be falling in love, though he tries his best to deny it. He knows nothing can happen — not while James thinks Tony is just some random tech guy at Stark Industries rather than the man who owns the entire company. And, as if that wasn't enough, there's also Iron Man and the Avengers to consider. Tony would have to reveal everything before a relationship with James would be possible, but he's not sure how to do that without also risk scaring him away.
It therefore comes as quite a surprise when Tony finds out that James has been keeping similar secrets of his own.
hurt/comfort, PTSD, secret identities
The Stars Go Red – orbingarrow
Bucky/Tony
14,026 words
Iron Man is not exactly a super-villain, he's just doing his best to save the world, and his methods are questionable, okay? Doing what's right isn't always easy. Tony's come to grips with that.
And it all works out fine until Hydra comes recruiting and then maybe a little help would be nice. He just doesn't expect that help to come in the form of the Winter Soldier (who happens to be the one person in the world who knows Tony's secret identity) and the Avengers (who really need to catch up.)
Basically all the identity porn.
canon divergence, fluff, secret identities
Blessings in Disguise – Shi_Toyu
Bucky/Tony
10,104 words
When Bucky Barnes is found and brought back to the Avengers mansion, Tony just wants to help. The more questions he asks, though, the more his team seems to pull away from him. At least Iron Man and the Winter Soldier are getting along.
hurt/comfort, secret identities
But(t)… But(t)… But(t)… – katling
Bucky/Tony
1,984 words
No one knows who Iron Man is, other than the bodyguard of the Avengers' main benefactor, Tony Stark. Bucky figures out the secret but not quite in the way you might think.
canon divergence, secret identities
Everyone Has Secrets – Shi_Toyu
Bucky/Tony
13,654 words
Tony Stark is happily married to his husband Bucky Barnes...he just hasn't quite managed to tell Bucky that he's a secret agent yet and he's really hoping that the Winter Soldier, an agent from another organization, doesn't manage to kill him before he can make it home for dinner.
au: spies/secret agents, secret identities
Hidden Winter – camichats
Bucky/Tony
4,027 words
Tony thinks he has a pretty great life post-Iron Man. Riri's got everything nicely in hand, but he gets worried about Bucky. Bucky hates that he's keeping his Winter Soldier identity secret, but he thinks that he's in too deep to get out.
secret identities
I Will Always Be – blue_pointer
Bucky/Tony
13,589 words
In a world where people see through the eyes of their soulmates when they sleep, Tony Stark's dreams send him off the edge.
au: soulmates/soulmarks, canon divergence, depression/mental illness, hurt/comfort, secret identities
it starts and ends with memory – Rowantreeisme
Bucky/Tony
14,137 words
Tony Carbonell is a completely normal professor at MIT. He tutors kids, both in his class and not, and builds things in his free time. He feeds stray cats and drinks too much coffee and wears dorky shirts to class.
He's also an Avenger and the son of the late Howard Stark. He's pretty sure, though, that no one except his two closest friends and his AI's know this.
And then the Winter Soldier breaks into his home.
au: teacher, canon divergence, panic attacks, secret identities
killer love – imposterhuman
Bucky/Tony
1,380 words
“Nice to finally meet you in person," Bucky said. "If you’re anything like you were over text, I think we’ll get along just fine.”
“More or less,” Tony shrugged playfully. “Just with a little more murder.”
Something dark passed over Bucky’s face, there and gone in an instant. “Murder?” he asked.
“I’m a mystery writer,” Tony explained, hands waving. “That’s why my search history was so bizarre, you know? Gotta do my research and all that. What do you do?”
“I work in forensics,” Bucky replied after a beat.
Tony breathed out a sigh of relief. “Oh, good,” he said. “For a second there, I thought you were a serial killer or something.”
au: author, au: no powers, au: serial killer, fluff, secret identities
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
The (Not So) Great Pretender – RayShippouUchiha
Bucky/Tony
19,587 words
“What,” Tony says softly but with a great depth of feeling, “the actual fuck just happened?”
“I believe, Sir,” JARVIS pipes up from the phone in his pocket, an unnecessary amount of what sounds like glee in his voice, “that you’ve once again managed to maintain your closely guarded secret identity. Truly your subterfuge skills know no bounds."
“You’re an asshole J,” Tony mutters back as he reaches up to rub at his temple. He either has a headache coming on or a blood clot. At this point he’s honestly not sure which he’d prefer.
"I did learn from the best, Sir,” JARVIS tells him sunnily.
crack, humor, mutual pining, secret identities
The Man Behind The Machine – bag_of_catZY
Bucky/Tony
5,327 words
"I’m sure if there is anything to find, I’ll find it. I found you, didn’t I?”
“I’d say Iron Man’s the one who really found me, but you’re the man behind the machine, right?”
The way that was phrased, it almost sounded like James knew—no, that was impossible. If the rest of his teammates, who had all known both Iron Man and Tony for ages, couldn’t figure it out, how could James have figured it out so quickly? Tony was just being paranoid.
--
In which Tony's managed to keep the fact that he's Iron Man a secret from his teammates and the rest of the world for years. With that kind of track record, fooling Bucky should be easy. But Bucky isn't the Winter Soldier for nothing.
fluff, getting together, humor, secret identities
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
The Secrets That You Keep – Shi_Toyu
Bucky/Tony
9,987 words
One week ago, Captain America and the Winter Soldier left a broken Iron Man in a Siberian HYDRA bunker... Now they're standing in Tony Stark's living room with no idea he's the man they left behind.
depression/mental illness, hurt/comfort, secret identities