(please don’t say) i love you – wordsxstars
Steve/Tony
50,701 words
Howard makes him want to run and never stop running, but Steve is the first person who's made him, even a tiny part of him, want to stay. And he knows that won't end well, not for anyone
"Night Tony," Steve says, that same soft, sweet smile on his face, and Tony wonders if maybe Steve Rogers is not such a bad thing after all.
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or: when 18 year old tony stark meets the barista with the very blue eyes, and realises that maybe hiding isn’t the only answer.
au: coffee shop, au: college, hurt/comfort, panic attacks, tw: rape/noncon
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
(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
Always Yours, Tony – justanotherpipedream
Steve/Tony
1,549 words
Steve and Tony are pen-pals through the years.
au: college, hurt/comfort
Bulletproof – foxxcub
Steve/Tony
20,544 words
At age fifteen, Steve Rogers had been in love with Tony Stark.
By age twenty, he’d (mostly) gotten over it. And then he promptly became Tony Stark's fuck buddy.
au: college
Burn – orbingarrow
Steve/Tony
3,575 words
When Steve Rogers burns his dinner and sets off the sprinklers in the ROTC building, Tony Stark saves the day. Except this Tony Stark isn't the famous son of a billionaire, he's just a college Freshman on night maintenance for Work Study.
Or is he?
alternate universe, au: college, mistaken identity
Can’t Write One Song (That’s Not About You) – FestiveFerret
Steve/Tony
24,878 words
Ten years ago, Tony fell in love with his roommate: funny, handsome, kind, smart Steve Rogers, who also happened to be the lead singer and guitarist of a band, The Howlies.
Then The Howlies made it big, Steve moved away, and Tony vowed to avoid any mention of the band, their songs, and the man he missed his chance with.
But chance has a way of giving you exactly what you need, even if you don't know it yet...
alternate universe, au: college, au: no powers, au: rock band, mutual pining, second chances
falling like the stars – complicationstoo
Steve/Tony
37,108 words
When Tony starts at MIT, he's excited to finally be in the same city as his older brother, Bucky, again. Then he meets Bucky's roommate and best friend Steve Rogers and falls faster than he would have ever thought possible.
au: a/b/o, au: college, au: no powers, kink: knotting, mates, mutual pining, secret relationship
I Wanna Hold Your Hand – NotEvenCloseToStraight
Steve/Tony
3,987 words
Tony is a snarky, sassy, college age disaster, making his way through the Ph.D program by way of spite, stubborness and unhealthy amounts of caffeine so lovingly supplied by the local coffee shop.
Steve is the barista hopelessly in love with the fluffy haired, sleep deprived, genius.
It happens exactly the way you think it does.
au: coffee shop, au: college
Lost Boy – NotEvenCloseToStraight
Steve/Tony
10,694 words
Steve has eight weeks to finish studying for and pass his bar exam. And its going rather well, until 20 year old boy genius Tony walks into the same library, and sits at the same table.
au: college, au: no powers, hurt/comfort, tw: drug use
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
The Boyfriend – FestiveFerret
Steve/Tony
12,596 words
Tony has been using The Boyfriend to get out of work obligations for a year now, but there's one fairly significant problem:
The Boyfriend doesn't exist.
au: college, au: no powers, fake relationships
trample me with ungrateful feet – deathsweetqueen
Steve/Tony
11,405 words
Tony Stark is forced into the nightmare of his death, again and again, without end.
The only thing that seems remarkable about this adventure is that he wakes up, every Saturday morning, in Steve Rogers' bed, whom he just can't seem to escape, no matter how much he tries.
au: college, au: groundhog day, au: happy death day, au: no powers, temporary character death, tw: infidelity
Under the October Sun – royal_chandler
Steve/Tony
2,805 words
This is what Tony deserves for suffering an apparent lapse into insanity and giving credence to anything that freaking Scott Lang has to say.
au: college