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hi wolfy! i just wanted to drop in to say that the creature pmv was absolutely Stunning, and it might be my favorite out of all your pieces so far :D the details you including made me absolutely mfdsgnjlkmasdngilkdmfslgidnjfkgjs and i went BONKERS (/pos) when i saw kristin at the end because msdfngl;mansigljkmadifgjnkm!!!!!! i fuckin loved the coloring you used and your philza design always makes me sooooo :D he's just thee best. the way you drew each of the hardcore builds is just. so fuckin Good they were all so good, and the music choice! was absolutely perfect for phil, i loved how you paired the lyrics with certain frames and it tied everything together absolutely beautifully. i like. want to talk about my favroite parts of every single frame but that would take many characters and much time, so i'll just say that the way you draw the sky, which is like. such a small detail but it's soo fuckin good i just love it so much it's so !!!!! OH ALSO . THE WAY YOU CAPTURED PHIL'S FLYING !!!!!!!! AND HIS WINGS !!! HELLOOOOOO i loved it so muhc i loved it :D and then also the giant rose for flowerfall that frame was . i adored it. and then the forehead touch w/ him and mumza :(((( /pos. and just. god i loved it, it was absolutely amazing and i would love to go on n on about it but i do not wanna clog your inbox so i'll leave it at that, thank you so much for sharing your creations with us <333 - ava :D
YOOOOOO THANK YOU SO MUCH!! THIS WAS SO NICE TO WAKE UP TO â€ïžâ€ïžâ€ïž
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u are wildly oscillating between political wilbur asks and crimeboys content and its a blast
I don't even know how I'm managing this. I'm going to get my wires crossed and start talking about the means of production on a post about TommyInnit
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iâve been ruminating on this because i couldnât think of any prompts but. how bout. thunderiron soulmate au where asgardians donât have soulmates or they have a different concept of soulmates than midgard, and tony grew up with the belief he never had a soulmate? if that prompt doesnât spark joy then lemme know and iâll send another!!! ily
Sorry this took me so long to get to, but I wrote it eventually! Thanks again for letting me take so much liberty with this prompt! It topped out at 6.7k words so Iâve decided to post it on ao3 here with a smaller snippet on tumblr
Check below the cut for @tonystarkbingo details
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When Thor is old enough to understand what a Heartsong is, he goes to his mother to ask her why he canât understand the language his is in. Even at that age, he knows better than to go to his father to ask. What makes Odin a great king also makes him a terrible fatherâhe remembers all too well his fatherâs hasty, ill-thought-out explanation for why Loki had a name on his wrist instead of a song in his heart (Loki had frozen the entire palace for a week when heâd discovered the truth)âso it is his mother that Thor turns to.
Frigga smiles at him and lifts him up onto her lap. With her hands deftly twisting shapes in the air, she spins him the old familiar tale of the first soulmates, a tale so old and spread across the cosmos that their names have long since been lost. Golden light spills from her fingers, painting the pictures in the air so he can see them. Thor has heard the tale many times before but this time, Frigga doesnât stop there. Instead, she begins to tell him the story of Astrid, who had a song in her heart, just like they do today, but could not recognize the language her song was in. Frigga tells him of the despondency Astrid fell into at the realization that she wouldnât be able to recognize her soulmate and then she tells him about Jandar the Light Elf, who spoke a different language than Astrid, but they were able to understand each other because of the powers of the Allspeak. And lastly, Frigga tells him about the first time Jandar sang and suddenly, Astrid could understand the words of her Heartsong.
âAnd they lived together forever?â Thor asks her.
Frigga lightly touches the tip of his nose. âYes, they did, my little princeling. And that is why you do not yet understand the words of your Heartsong.â
âBecause theyâre not Asgardian,â Thor says knowledgeably.
âExactly.â
âSo Iâll have to look for them!â he exclaims.
âWellââ
But Thor doesnât hear her telling him that soulmates are destined to meet, too excited as he is by the thought of a grand adventure, one that will take him across the cosmos in search of his One. Heâll search all the Nine Realms if he has to.
Title: One Song (My Heart Keeps Singing) Collaborator: iam93percentstardust Card Number: 4012 Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/27758299 Square Filled: S5 - Misunderstandings Ship: Thunderiron Rating: T Major Tags: Soulmates, Fluff and Angst Summary:When Thor is old enough to understand what a Heartsong is, he goes to his mother to ask her why he canât understand the language his is in. He listens as she tells him about the first soulmates who couldn't understand their Heartsong until the day they meet, excited by the thought of a grand adventure, one that will take him across the cosmos in search of his One. Heâll search all the Nine Realms if he has to. Word Count: 6683
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angst 3 for winteriron pretty please
Hi Ava, thank you so much for sending this prompt in. Finally I finished it, after⊠3 months. I also used it for the WinterIron Week (which I am so much behind for, itâs not even funny). I still have no clue if this really warrants as âangstâ, cause it feels more dull to me than angsty, but oh well. It is what it is.
Now, the whole organizational stuff (aka the pain in my ass):
On Crossing Paths
Prompt is from this list: âYou promised youâd stop drinking.â â âAnd you promised you wouldnât hurt me!â
Day 3 of @winteriron-week: Angst & âBut I did itâ
And since this got way out of hand anyway, combined with:
Day 4 of @winteriron-week: Tony needs a hug (Bucky too) & Forgiveness
(Nvm, I wrote something for day 4 anyway)
M, 5.2k, Alcoholism TW, Angst (-ish), Canon Divergence, Tony Feels, Emotional Hurt, Falling In Love, Hopeful Ending | AO3
(Day 1 / Day 2 / Day 4)
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Tony meets James for the first time in a seedy bar in Brooklyn on the night of December 17th, 1991.
Twelve hours before that first meeting, he listens with deaf ears to the police telling him his parents died in a car accident.
Ten hours before that first meeting, he cries on Obieâs shoulder while Obie pats him on his head and tells him âeverything would be fineâ.
Seven hours before that first meeting, he speaks to Rhodey on the phone and makes him promise not to jeopardize his military career by showing up without permission.
Five hours before that first meeting, he drives to the scene of the accident where he screams into the godforsaken void from the top of his lungs, curses Howard and then has a mental breakdown in the middle of the street.
Two hours before that first meeting, he finds himself driving through the city with no destination in mind until he decides that he needs a drink.
Or rather ten.
Which is how he ends up at âCherylâsâ where no one even bats an eye at the face of todayâs headline and sole heir of a multi-billion company entering the bar. Itâs too dark inside, the strong stench of sweat and smoke penetrates his nostrils on the spot, and Tony is pretty sure that the mold behind the counter is just about to build its own ecosystem.
He orders whiskey and gets a Jack. Not exactly what he wanted, but it will do.
Thereâs a glint out of the corner of his eye that gains his attention and when he turns, his gaze falls on the metal hand of a man with the saddest eyes he has ever seen. What once mustâve been a wild grey is now the lifeless stare of someone whoâs been haunted by ghosts for a long while. A frigid expression on a pretty face framed by strands of long brown hair and cherry red lips made to be kissed. Wrapped up in an outfit that might as well be from a BDSM scene.
Tony likes what he sees. Very much so. He imagines dragging the guy into the bathroom, pulling those tight leather pants off and giving him the best blowjob of his life. It certainly would take his mind off other things. Like the fact that heâs an orphan now.
So he does, what he does best: he flirts. But this time itâs a challenge. It takes him three attempts until the stranger takes his eyes off the wall and looks at him, a tiny frown between his browsâbut no other sign of acknowledgment. Â
âFinally got your attention, Handsome! Youâre not much of a talker, hm? No worries, I can talk for both of us.â Which Tony then does. He talks and drinks and flirtsâa wink here, a featherlight touch on the guyâs biceps thereâand drinks and speaks of DUM-E and Rhodey and all their pranks during MIT, watches with fascination how that dead look in the strangerâs eyes slowly forms into curiosity, beams in delight when he gets a snort out of him, drinks some more, slides closer with each drink and puts a hand on his thigh, slowly caressing it up and down.
âYou got a name, Handsome?â
The guy seems to hesitate for a while until he answers in a deep, raspy voice, âJames.â Tony is pretty sure itâs a lie, but then againâhe doesnât need to know the name when heâs got his mouth full of dick.
âWell, James, you can call me Tony.â He flutters his eyelashes and bites teasingly on his lower lip before he drops his tone and asks, âSo⊠your place or mine?â
After that Tony remembers the night only in a blur. He remembers passionate kisses in a dark alley, hands wandering everywhere, rising heat and grey eyes shimmering in pure lust. He remembers a hotel room and soft sheets and strong arms around his waist.
And then he wakes up, the taste of alcohol and James still lingering in his mouth.
When he opens his eyes, he finds James sitting in the chair at window, instead of lying in bed next to him, his entire focus solely on Tony. It should be creepy, but Jamesâ gaze merely comes from curiosity, as if Tony was a machinery whose workings he is still trying to understand. Itâs kind of endearing.
Tony gets up, disinterested in getting dressed, and pours himself two fingers of whiskey at the bar.
âThis your breakfast?â
Tony grins smugly at the hoarse tone of Jamesâ voice. âNah, thatâs just my mouthwash,â he answers and winks at him over his shoulder.
He eyes James for a moment while sipping on his drink, and then adds, âThereâs a diner not far from here. Serves the best blueberry pancakes in all New York, I can vouch for that. What do you think, want to accompany me?â
Itâs not Tonyâs usual style. Otherwise, one-night stands will remain exactly what they are for him: one-night stands. But James has something that fascinates him immensely. Itâs not just the overdeveloped prosthesis that can impossibly be on the market anywhere, and makes Tony wonder where he got it from, but also that look in his eyes of someone who has seen way too much. This emptiness that suddenly becomes filled with curiosity when it comes to small things. This enigmatic thing that surrounds him and whose code Tony wants to crack.
At the diner, Tony watches with amusement as Jamesâ eyes widen in delight at the first bite of the heavenly pancakes and canât help laughing when James pounces on them like a starving predator.
Since James is not much of a talker, Tony does the speaking. For one, because he canât stand the silence, but for another, because he needs to distract himself. Because he doesnât want to think about the death of his parents or how empty the mansion will be when he returns. So he talks about anything he can think of until he comes to a point where he doesnât even know what heâs talking about, but is pretty sure that somewhere in the torrent of words, he tried to explain James the exact details of his AI study.
When theyâre about to part ways though, Tony only too well remembers the emptiness that will greet him when he comes home, and he doesnât even finish thinking it through, before he invites James to come with him.
James does not only come with him, but he also stays.
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Weeks pass and before Tony knows it, James has practically moved in with him. If you can call it moving in when James doesnât seem to have a single thing that needed to be brought here. Tony doesnât know Jamesâ last name, nor does he have the slightest idea who he is, and with each passing day his suspicions grow that he must have taken a homeless man off the street.
It should be terrifying or at least worrying but Tony canât find it in himself to care enough. He lost his parentsâand Jarvis and Ana even earlierâand would be alone in this big mansion until the loneliness would overwhelm him. And James turns out to be an excellent guest. Or rather roommate at this point.
For all he knows, James could be a serial killer, and Tony still wouldnât care. He needs the company and he uses James for itâin bed and outside of it.
The more time they spend, the more not only Tony seems to be learning about James, but James also about himself. He discovers a love of books, especially C. S. Lewis, and sometimes holes up in the library all day except when he goes looking for Tony to read his favorite passages to him.
Every time he discovers a new dish that he likes, Tony can watch Jamesâ whole face glow and none of the shadows of his past can be seen in that moment.
His favorite reaction, however, is when he trusts James enough to show him his workshop. Jamesâ eyes widen in amazement and a brilliant smile forms on his lips at the sight of scientific chaos there is. âItâs like Narnia!â
âWhat? Where do you get that from? Narnia is nature and talking animals. I donât have any talking animals here.â What DUM-E understands as a cue to speak up and whereupon James gives him a smug âtold you soâ grin.
In these situations, itâs easy to forget that all is not peace, joy and pancakes. As soon as Tony gets down to the jobs Obie gave him, he remembers again, and the alcohol finds its way to his liver to ease the pain. In the morning, noon and evening.
Sometimes at night too when James has one of his nightmares and Tony canât help him because James doesnât talk to him, not about who he is, not about his pastâalthough Tony guesses with an almost certainity on veteranâand not even vaguely about it his nightmares.
But they are fine, they have a routine: talking during the day, fucking at night. Eat blueberry pancakes for breakfast at the diner once a week and fiddle with Jamesâ arm whenever he has time.
It works perfectly well as it is.
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Itâs not until on a particular bright morning in March 1992 Tony realizes that he had fallen in love with James a long time agoâthe day after he almost dies of alcohol poisoning.
He wakes up to see James laying next to him, still asleep. Long strands of hair cover his face and Tony gives into the urge to brush them to the side, so he can take Jamesâ peaceful expression in.
Itâs a picture heâd like to wake up every day to. The longer he thinks about it, the more Tony has to admit that he canât imagine a life without James in itâand thatâs when it hits him. That those are feelings beyond of sole sexual attraction, beyond cameradine or friendship.
The realization hits him like a slap in his face. He breaths in shakingly and his first instinct is to get up and get himself a glass of whiskey to calm down, but before he can do anything the heart monitor starts picking up and only then does Tony realize that heâs not at home but in a hospital.
James stirs awake at the sudden noise and immediately glares at Tony. âYou fucking idiot.â
His eyes are red, indicating he mustâve cried, and Tony isnât sure what is going on but he can tell it must be bad. But heâs still too overwhelmed with the realization of his feelings, so he just gapes at James, not being able to say a word.
âYou fucking idiot,â James repeats. âHow often did I already tell you that you drink too much? That you should stop?â
And before he can react to that, heâs being crushed in a sudden hug, James holding him tightly to his chest and tears streaming down his cheeks.
âFor a genius you are so dumb,â James murmurs and Tonyâfor Tony itâs too much. He doesnât know what happened, doesnât know what to say, so he blurts out without a second thought, âI love you.â
That brings James to a halt. Tonyâs muscles tense up and he instinctively holds his breath.
James pulls back a little bit, so he can look at Tony, who rather focuses on the white sheets of the hospital bed. âTony did you watch too many rom-coms? Confessing feelings after you almost died shouldâve been my job in that case though.â
Tony needs a moment to register the words correctly. âAlmost died?â
âAlcohol poisoning.â
Oh fuck. Even Tony knows that this is not good, that he definitely went too far this time.
James gently cups Tonyâs face so that heâs forced to look into those gray eyes shimmer in a happiness. âTony, I love you too.â
Faintly he registers the heart monitor rising up again, but heâs too distracted by the warmth that fills him from within to feel any embarrassment at that. He looks up at the wonder that James is and then surges forward to steal a kiss. He expects a nurse to barge in any moment now at the way his heart rate jumps off the charts, but thatâs not stopping him from burying his hands in Jamesâ hair and deepen the kiss further.
âTony,â James laughs as he pulls off. He rests his forehead at Tonyâs while they catch their breath and slowly morphs his sappy expression into a serious one.
âTony,â he repeats. âI love you. And because I love you, I need you to promise me to stop with the drinking. I canât watch you destroy your own life any further like that. Yesterday I had to find you passed out in the workshop. Have you any idea what I went through?â His hands wander all over Tony while talking, as if he needs to prove himself, that Tonyâs still alive.
Tony thinks of SI and Obie and the expectations he has to live up to. He thinks of mamaâs piano and how he hasnât played on it since the accident. And with each thought the urge to get a drink intensifies. He gulps audibly and asks, âWill you help me?â
Jamesâ quiet smile is more than enough for an answer. âAlways.â
âOkay,â he breaths out and adds, more hastily, âokay, but you have to promise to never hurt me, James. I canât, after mum died and Jarvis andââ
âOf course I will never hurt you, Tony.â James interrupts him and those words leave James lips so effortlessly and earnestly that Tony has not a single doubt in the truth of them.
And with James on his side, Tony believes he can make it. Not just getting sober, but living an actual life. Getting his shit together, looking forward.
He finally tells him of his plans of a new home in Malibu, those he was too afraid to talk about because James is bound to Brooklyn and Tony feared he wouldnât come with him when the mansionâs constructions are finished. But James just laughs and says, âThe only place I belong to is your side. So wherever you go? I will follow.â
Tony feels happy like never before. Things finally go well.
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Until they donât.
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The Winter Soldier fights for the first time against his programming on the night of December 16th, 1991.
Itâs the shocked âSergeant Barnes?â Howard Stark gasps that evokes hidden memories from the back of his mind. Memories from warâgunshots, explosions, screams and the smell of fire and blood. Memories of a guy once tiny suddenly big. Somehow the same person, somehow not.
Memories that lead him to Brooklyn instead of the meeting point where he should deliver the serum to his handlers.
His legs walk him the entire day through the city, while heâs taking in each buildingâsome he recognizes, most of them not. Until at night he looks up at a blinking light stating âCherylâsâ and sees flashes of himself, hair shorter and a laugh on his face, dancing with another man and exchanging forbidden kisses in a dark corner.
He enters and not much later he meets the whirlwind that is Tony Stark.
With Tony the Winter Soldier becomes James and learns to feel again. Other emotions, besides constant rage and pain. Curiosity first, then amusement, lust, care, warmth and somewhere around March 1992 he knows itâs love.
He falls in love with Tony Stark who treats him like a human being rather than a tool, who talks and talks and makes him laugh, who touches him softly always and everywhere, who isnât afraid of the metal arm but fascinated by it, who studies it without causing him any pain, who sings and laughs and dances and doesnât shy away from James even once.
Tony Stark who drinks more than he should, reminding him of a man that might be his father coming home, reeking of alcohol, hitting a woman that might be his motherâbringing back memories that rather stayed forgotten. Tony who almost dies and promises to stop with the drinking. Tony who sometimes looks like a man carrying the entire world on his shoulders, dark bags under his eyes, a haunted expression in them and yet does his best to keep Jamesâ sorrowâs away.
Tony Stark whose parents he killed as he realizes after a nightmare on November 24th in 1992.
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In the morning of November 25th 1992 Tony wakes up alone in bed, a yellow sticky note on his nightstand and the words âIâm sorry, dollâ scribbled on it.
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Tony waits first, clinging onto the hope that he misinterpreted that note and that James will come back. All of Jamesâ few things are still hereâTony checked.
But the longer he waits, the stronger the urge gets to wrap his fingers around a bottle of whiskey. So he gets up and starts looking. First at the diner, then the park, further to the Brooklyn Bridge, to âCherylâsâ at last.
He returns to an empty home. Doesnât sleep in the first night, neither the second nor the third and collapses on the fourthâhis face buried in Jamesâ favorite wool sweater, the bathroom reeking of his vomit.
And then he repeats that circle anew.
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James doesnât come back.
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On December 1992 Tony moves to Malibu without looking back.
The bar in his new home is fully stocked.
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The next sixteen years pass by in a rush. Tony drinks. A lot. He drinks and fucks, and then drinks and fucks even more in a desperate attempt to forget James. To forget his touch and smile, his smell and his taste. To forget Jamesâ everything.
And he doesnât care enough what happens around him during his wake of self-destruction.
Until it comes back to bite him in the ass.
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In 2008, after 3 months of captivity, Tony returns to the New York mansion for the first time since moving out. There on the night stand of his old room are still the photos of him and James from the photo booth they once took.
Tony blows the dust away and looks at the old pictures, a wistful expression on his face. He soaks Jamesâ soft smile and bright glint in those beautiful eyes in, remembers how those pouty lips felt on his own, remembers the sound of Jamesâ laugh, the taste of his mouth, his body pressed against Tonyâs.
In all this time J.A.R.V.I.S. was never able to find even a trace of James. It was, as if he disappeared from earth. Chances are, he died. Because how far can a guy with a metal arm get without the most advanced AI of the world being able to find him? But even though he doesnât believe in ever seeing James again, Tony thinks of him and the promise they gave each other when he empties his bar down the sink.
The photos end up in his workshop, next to the arc reactorâs glass case Pepper gave him. Tony finally starts looking ahead.
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Years pass and Tony lives his life again.
He also almost dies some countless times, and every single time he thinks of Pepper, with a lingering memory of Jamesâ laugh.
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And then in 2016 Johannesburg happens and with Johannesburg the Sokovia Accords follow.
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Over the years Tony imagined countless scenarios where he would see James again. Not in one of those could he have imagined it to go this bad. Â
âI know that road.â
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Fourteen hours after the whole Siberia debacle Tony pulls the old photos from the drawer in the workshop and sets them aflame. He watches with a grim satisfaction as they slowly crumble to ashes and takes his first sip of whiskey in years. Directly from the bottle.
DUM-Eâs distressed efforts at saving anything from the photos with the fire extinguisher are just a tad bit too late.
Nothing is left.
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Tony starts drinking again.
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In 2016, despite careful avoidance, Bucky does meet Tony againâin a HYDRA bunker of all places. And his heart aches at the sight of Tonyâs shock.
Tony mightâve aged and changed, but those eyes are still the same. Big and expressive and at that very moment filled with sadness and anger and disbelief. And worst of all, itâs Buckyâs fault.
He doesnât plan to fight and neither does he want to leave Tony behind, but he doesnât believe Tony wants him anywhere nearâBucky had already done more than enough.
So he goes with Steve and goes back into cryostasis, hoping to stay there forever. Only to be woken up a few months later and informed that they got rid of his trigger words and Tony made sure that the Avengers were allowed to return to the States.
Bucky included.
It seems surreal to him to enter the Avengers compound; as if he was dreaming. As if there was a catch that would strike later because he doesnât deserve to be here.
And then, in the kitchen waits none other than Tony, his eyes hidden behind colored sunglasses, his fake media smile on his face and a whiskey glass in his hand, the sight of which freezes Buckyâs blood in his veins. Heâd like nothing more than to take the glass out of his hand and hug Tony tightly.
Which is a privilege he no longer has.
âAh, the fossil duo! Welcome back,â Tony couldnât sound more unwelcome if he tried. âEverything is still as you left it, Rogers. You can show Barnes yourself where everything is.â With these words he mockingly salutes them, turns around at his heel and disappears from the kitchen again without giving Bucky a single look.
A chill runs down Buckyâs spine at the sound of his last name from Tonyâs mouth. Itâs so⊠wrong. To Tony, he has always been just James. If affectionate or angry or laughing, James was the name Tony would call him with. This single, condescending âBarnesâ feels like a thousand knife stabs in his heart. Itâs only thanks to his training that he stays composed and doesnât go running after Tony in a desperate attempt to try talking to him.
The next few weeks pass similarly. If he and Tony even see each other, which is a rarity in itself, even though they live in the same buildingâhe has the suspicious feeling that Tony is deliberately avoiding him with F.R.I.D.A.Y.âs helpâthen Tony ignores him as if he were not here at all.
Bucky knows, he deserves worse than just the cold shoulder, but that still doesnât make it easy. Especially not when he keeps finding empty alcohol bottles scattered around somewhere and can do absolutely nothing about this problem.
His only bright spot is Rhodes, who looks at the bottles with just as much loathing as he does. It means that at least one person keeps an eye on Tonyâs consumption, since Bucky himself cannot. Bucky never had a chance to meet Rhodes twenty-five years ago, and Bucky is pretty sure Tony hasnât told him anything, otherwise Rhodes wouldnât be content with shooting him deathly looks only.
Thatâs why he doesnât say anything to Steve either, no matter how hard he questions him, because he sees that there is something between him and Tony that he doesnât know about. If Tony doesnât want to tell anyone about their past together, then Bucky wonât either.
Bucky keeps the distance that Tony obviously wants from him.
Until two months after his arrival at the compound on a Tuesday morning F.R.I.D.A.Y. sends an urgent distress signal, and Bucky is on his way so quickly that the other Avengers donât have a chance to follow him directly even if they tried.
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Tony wakes up in a hospital with a throbbing pounding in his head and aching bones all over his bodyâJamesâ worried face hovering over him. Itâs the shittiest dĂ©jĂ -vu heâs ever had.
At least the circumstances arenât quite the same. Rhodey diluted Tonyâs alcohol every time he thought no one would see him. So that something like alcohol poisoning wouldnât happen again. Tony is grateful and annoyed at the same time.
No, this time he just flew drunk in his Iron Man armor, lost the connection to F.R.I.D.A.Y., which he has to get to the bottom of as quickly as possible, and then fell. So, waking up in the hospital makes sense.
But that James is here instead of Rhodey or Happy or Pepper or anyone else is both, surprising and unwanted.
James opens and closes his mouth several times, seemingly unable to decide what to say before croaking out, âYou promised youâd stop drinking.â His voice sounds suspiciously as if he had cried recently, and Tony almost laughs at the irony of the situation.
But then he remembers the day he woke up without James at his side. Remembers searching everywhere for him, waiting, not being able to sleep for days, and how miserable he felt without him, not knowing what happened, not knowing where he had gone.
He remembers that James had fucked himâno, made love with himâknowing he had killed Tonyâs mother. And he feels the blood boil in his veins in anger at that. How dare James after all these years, after all that happened, now talk about that promise?
So he throws him a deadly look, his hand clenched into a fist and growls, âAnd you promised you wouldnât hurt me!â
James visibly flinches at that and takes a step back, his eyes wandering everywhere but at Tony. Then he takes a deep breath and looks Tony straight in the eye as he says, âYouâre right. I promised you that I would never hurt you. But I did it. I haveââ
âWhy did you do it?â Tony interrupts, because thatâs what he wants to know. What he had asked himself over and over again over the yearsâthe why.
Bucky blinks at him in bewilderment and asks: âWhy what exactly?â
âEverything!â Tony throws his arms in the air in frustration, ignoring the ailment of his broken ribs over the sudden action. âWhy you suddenly left me overnight, why you never told me anything about yourself, not even vaguely hinting at who you are and what happened to you, why you let me fall in love with you when it was you, who killed my mother and were therefore to blame for my misery!â The last part comes out much more honest than Tony wanted it to be and he quickly looks ashamed to the side to blink away the rising tears of anger.
He hears a deep sigh from the side and out of the corner of his eye he can see James drop into the visitorâs chair.
âTony, I didnât know who you were or that my mission had been your parents when we met in the bar,â James begins hesitantly to explain. âHoward⊠his words brought a few memories to the fore. Just blurry, barely recognizable images. I didnât even know my own name when you asked me for itâI just named the one that was at the tip of my tongue.
âDuring the time we were together, my memories have only gradually returned. I had no idea about your parents until a nightmare reminded me of it.â This is where James looks up from his hands for the first time, straight into Tonyâs eyes, his gaze steadfast and honest. âAnd then I realized I had broken my promiseâI had already hurt you.â
James sighs and runs his hand through his hair and swallows hard. âI understood that it was only a matter of time before HYDRA found me. We were lucky before that because no one suspected I could be with you. But under no circumstances did I want them to get you. I knew I had to go. That is why I did it.â
Tony nods slowly. âAnd then what? You just decided to go back to HYDRA?â
James laughs dryly, without a trace of humor in his voice. âOf course not. I went on the run. But in the end, no matter what I do, they always find me, donât they?â His mouth twists into a grimace of self-hatred and resignation.
Not under my watch, no, Tony thinks to himself. Instead he says, âYou broke my heart.â Because as reluctant as he is to show his vulnerability, this is James. And heâs always been able to be honest with James.
âIâm sorry,â James says in all earnestness.
âIâm not forgiving you for what you have done.â
âI understand.â
âNot yet at least.â
At that Jamesâ gaze shoots up in surprise.
Tony clears his throat slightly shy. âIâI understand that the⊠brainwashing and stuff. That it wasnât you. I just⊠I just need some time.â And itâs true. Tony had read the Winter Soldierâs files; he saw what they did to him and he understands on a completely rational level that itâs not James who is responsible for all those deaths.
He only needs his emotions to come to that understanding too and then he would truly be able to forgive him.
And really, as much as he always claims that he worked to bring the Avengers back together was because the world needed them, he knows the real motivations for it had been for James only. When Pepper had broken up with him because âthere was someone else occupying his heart she could never reachâ he hadnât been able to contradict her. Seeing James again after all that time has only proven her right too.
âTonyâŠâ
âGreat, now that thatâs settled, take my tablet and read me something,â Tony interrupts James before he can go any further, because there is only so much emotional talk Tony can handle in one day and that line has been exceeded a long while ago.
âI⊠what?â
âRead me something. I am a poor injured soul deserving to be properly pampered. And I want a good-night story.â
And as James slowly smiles brightly at him, gray eyes glinting in hope and wonder, itâs like not a single day has gone by since he disappeared on him.
Tony is still wary. Remembers only too well those days after James had left him. Canât forget the Winter Soldierâs hand around his motherâs neck. His fingers itch with the urge to hold a drink, but he snuggles deeper into bed, letting Jamesâ soothing voice and the story of a girl who finds a wonderland in a closet lull him into contentment.
Tony meets James for the first time in December 1991 in a seedy bar in Brooklyn and then a second time in 2016 in a Siberian bunker. He thinks that if against all odds their paths cross not only once, but twice, then maybe they should take a step forward together and see, where the path will lead them to.
And if they just believe strong enough in it, they might even find their wonderland for a second time too.
#may writes#may's moodboards#winteriron#buckytony#starkbucks#tony stark#bucky barnes#WI WEEK 2020#WinterIron Week#angxlsgrxce#may answers#fucking finally finished this fic :)))#nothing went as it should've :)))#i am absolutely not happy at all how it turned out but at this point idc anymore <3#wish this fic was a person so i could strangle it to death <3#shall it burn in hell <3#but yay! i finished it! :D
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ok i know u said community sourced wilbur playlist but if you are interested, i have a post-revival specific wilbur playlist, and then a gen c!sbi playlist that has a ton of wilbur songs i will be extracting soon for their own playlist
BRO same, ive got a few character playlists and i have one for wilbur myself (im not going to link it bc its set to private + im not sure if the person whos art i used is okay w it being on a publicly shared playlist, but ill screenshot it all under a cut)
me, throwing "i wanna get better" in my playlist: (john mulaney voice) i will now pepper in the fact i am projecting and hoping for c!wilbur redemption
#answered#angxlsgrxce#dream smp#mcyt#wilbur#I STILL HAVENT ADDED THE NEW SONGS FROM THAT POST#BUT YEAH#also bro share your playlists if your comf w that im always down for sharing music#og post
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i LOVE your url omg
tysm!!! i canât believe i got it aaa i love mark watney sm! also ur layout is incredibly pretty omg <33
#i love meeting fellow mark watney lovers as well :)!!#hope youâre having the loveliest day!#asks#angxlsgrxce
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HELLO ADI DO U FOLLOW GHOSTPOCKET???
....im so sorry i have no idea what/who that is đȘđȘ
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can i get a johnny storm AND a peter parker ? (with glasses?)
here u go!!
send me picrew requests!
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hi :DDD tell me whatâs up how have u been!! whatâs new in your life
HELLO MY LOVE!!! well i might have gotten an internship to one of the body farms next summer which is pretty exciting and i got more scholarships! i also am debating dyeing my hair and finally paid off my car!
#iâm pretty hyped tbh but i still canât focus on writing for shit lmao#nat answers#aven tag#nuptials#angxlsgrxce
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c. can u drop the screenshot ranboo took of their cabins
it's from this tweet! there's a couple more too :D
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ok ok i have another by sleeping at last that is a lot less like a hymn bc i completely get what u mean- âtasteâ and also âthe projectionistâ
taste
couldnât listen all the way through | not my thing | itâs okay | kinda catchy | ok i really like this | downloading immediately | already in my library
MMMMMMMMMM the good folk vibes... acoustic guitar... adding this to Playlists as we speak
the projectionist
couldnât listen all the way through | not my thing | itâs okay | kinda catchy | ok i really like this | downloading immediately | already in my library
i am just a little guy with big feelings... yes baby
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me being the reason why like five of my mutuals are into spn now is so fucking funny to me because i straight up just got yâall brain worms and then dipped to go think about a minecraft roleplay
this is why i need you to COME BACK HERE (to the destiel clown pit) and take responsibility for your actions!!! youâre the reason iâm awake at 1:30 AM talking about misha collinsâ latest instagram post instead of getting some rest because i have organic chemistry in the morning!!!
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i like your new url :00
thank you !!! :D
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buckytony for the ask game?
1. Coffee shop AU: Who is the barista, and who frequents the coffee shop?
Tony frequents the coffee shop. Bucky has been working at Bean True to Yourself (the owners are hipsters) for the last three years, trying to put himself and Steve through college because while they both got scholarships, it wasnât enough and Steveâs health doesnât let him hold a study job. Bucky has gotten pretty good at latte art actually. Only Natasha knows that itâs because heâs got a crush on the cute brunet with the messy hair and Bambi eyes that comes in sleep-deprived every single morning and probably doesnât even notice the hearts Bucky puts in his lattes.
Tony definitely notices and itâs only because heâs spent so much time in the spotlight that he doesnât blush every single time he sees the new art. Besides, he remembers when he first started coming here and the latte art was terrible. Buckyâs probably just testing out his artistic skills on Tony cause he knows he wonât judge him. Thereâs no feelings involved, right?
2. Highschool/College AU: Who is the straight-A student, and whoâs the backrow slacker?
Tony has come to the conclusion that the only way to get Howardâs attention is if he puts absolutely no effort into anything at all, which is why heâs currently taking graduate-level courses as Edward Carbonell but Tony Stark is failing out of high school. Any attention is better than no attention, right?
And maybe it helps that his teachers come to him after class and suggest that he find himself a tutor and did you know that Bucky, Mr. Gorgeous himself, works in our tutoring program? Iâm sure heâd love to help you, Mr. Stark. Okay, so maybe they donât call Bucky gorgeous, maybe thatâs just Tonyâs own mind, but itâs not like heâs wrong. But Tony gave up on school a long time ago and Bucky has a motorcycle and wears leather jackets and is super popular all while having straight-Aâs. Thereâs no way he even knows Tonyâs name, let alone would ever like him.
3. Rivals to lovers AU: Who takes their rivalry seriously, and who is half in it just to push the otherâs buttons?
Bucky isnât entirely certain how he ended up as a supervillainâs sidekick and he definitely isnât sure that he really wants to be there but he wonât deny to himself that the best part of the job is facing off against Iron Lad while Captain America and the Black Widow are fighting each other for control of the Deathstick of Destiny or whatever it is this week.
Iron Ladâs just so cute with his sense of justice and his wit and the conviction that he and Bucky are destined to be nemeses for life. And one time, a building fell on top of them and Bucky got to peel him out of his compromised suit and that was the best thing ever because he got to see Iron Ladâs flight suit, which accentuates the most perfect ass ever. Seriously, Bucky just wants to reach down and squeeze but heâs pretty sure that then Iron Lad might actually use the unibeam that heâs been threatening to use for ages.
4. Enemies to lovers AU: Which one switches sides?
Oof, Bucky does. He comes back from HYDRA to find a world thatâs absolutely a bigger mess than he remembers it being and maybe thatâs those rose-tinted glasses Sam keeps accusing him and Steve of wearing but he looks at Iron Man, taking out the ultra-wealthy and distributing the money back to the people, and then he looks at the Avengers and how they keep causing more property damage than they can fix and decides that he knows what side he wants to be on.
He slips out of the compound in the dead of night, unnoticed by all except Natasha who just wishes him luck, and tracks Iron Man across two continents and an ocean back to his secret hideout - in Latveria of all places, who knew that Doom could share? - knocks on the door and when a man with the prettiest brown eyes Bucky has ever seen answers the door, Bucky announces, âHi, Iâm here to be a villain.â
In retrospect, he decides as heâs dragging a fainted Tony inside, that might not have been the best way to introduce himself to his future employer.
5. Soulmate AU: Who is eager to meet their soulmate? Who absolutely does not want to meet their soulmate?
The thing is, Tony knows that soulmates arenât always perfect. His parents were soulmates and they absolutely hated each other. But Ana and Jarvis were soulmates too, and so is Aunt Peggy and Uncle Daniel, and they loved each other very much, so even though heâs been alive for almost 40 years and never once met his soulmate, he still has high hopes.
Bucky fell from the train without knowing his soulmate and the only thing he can thinks is Good. They wonât wind up with someone like Bucky, someone who has nightmares from his time as a lab experiment, who kills people without even blinking, whose main purpose in life is to be the shadow that dogs Steve Rogersâ heels. But then he wakes up.
And then he forgets he ever even had a soulmate.
The next time Bucky remembers anything, itâs 2014, heâs in a glass room (cage, really), and thereâs someone standing with their back to him outside of the cage, doing something on a tablet.
âWhatâs it gonna take to let me out of here?â Bucky asks.
The person jumps, turns, and then a slow smile spreads over his face. âI donât know, how about dinner?â
Fuck.
6. Single parent AU: Which one is the single parent? (Alt. if theyâre both single parents: Which one is open to starting a new relationship from the start? Which one is never planning on finding love again⊠Until they meet the other and are instantly smitten?)
Harleyâs got a protective streak a mile wide (Bucky thinks heâs learned it from Uncle Steve), which is why Bucky isnât surprised when Harley comes home with a black eye and immediately proclaims that it wasnât his fault, there were these two big kids picking on a younger girl on the playground.
âOh yeah and hereâs this, I guess,â Harley mumbles and shoves a piece of paper with a phone number on it in Buckyâs direction.
Bucky holds an ice pack up to Harleyâs eye and asks, âWhatâs this?â
âMr. Starkâs phone number. I said I wanted it in case Peter wanted to play but he seemed nice and looked like your type and Iâm tired of you going out with jerks who donât like me so I got it for you.â
Well, leaving that aside, âWhoâs Peter?â
âMorganâs brother. Heâs in my class and he helped when he saw I was helping her out.â
Right, like that explains anything. He dials the number, intent on seeing if this Peter can tell him the full story, only for someone to say, âStark residence, can I help you?â
Bucky doesnât believe in love at first sight (er, voice) but whoever it is has got such a pretty voice and he kind of wants to hear them moaning his name so he purrs, âYou sure can, doll.â
Maybe he shouldnât be so surprised when they make an offended sound and hang up.
7. Doctor AU: Which one is the longsuffering doctor? Which one is the patient?
âMr. Stark, please, Iâm begging you, wear PPE when youâre working in your lab.â
âBut then when would I get to see you?â Tony chirps, seemingly uncaring that Bucky is setting his fingers.
âAt dinner,â Bucky says before he can think better of it.
They both freeze. Then Tony slowly says, âAnd thatâs okay?â
Honestly? Probably not but Tony has been coming to the ER for months for his lab-related injuries and Bucky is always his doctor and they always end up flirting and heâs tired of this back-and-forth. So when heâs done splinting Tonyâs fingers, he raises his hand to his mouth and brushes the softest of kisses over the back, smiling when Tony gasps.
8. Bodyguard AU: Who is the bodyguard? Who are they protecting? Which one is secretly pining for the other?
Howard Stark is convinced that someone is out to get him, his wife, and his son. He can easily take care of him and his wife but Tony recently moved out of the mansion, insistent on making his own way in the world so surreptitiously, Howard hires Bucky to keep an eye on Tony by moving into the apartment next door.
Itâs probably the easiest job Bucky has ever had because Tony almost never leaves their building, too caught up in his projects as he is. He gets food delivered and sometimes, he has friends over but otherwise, heâs pretty much a recluse.
And thatâs a damn shame that is because Bucky has really only seen Tony twice so far and both times have about knocked him flat out on the floor.
9. Pirate AU: Who is the pirate? Who is the member of the royal family who did not sign up for this?
Crown Prince Anthony Edward Stark, first of his name, heir to the throne, would like everyone to know that he absolutely did not sign up for this, no way, no how. Just about everyone on the ship though, sees it when he gives Captain Barnes what he obviously thinks is a secretive wink. And they all know that theyâre going to hear it when the captain and his âcaptiveâ go below the deck that night.
Sam scratches his head awkwardly and looks over at Admiral Rhodes on the other ship. âYou want to come over?â he calls. âThey could be down there for a while.â
Rhodes sighs and crosses over. âChessboard still set up?â he asks.
âNope, Nat had to move it for one of her poker games. But I remember where the pieces were.â
10. Childhood best friends AU: Which one was super obviously in love with the other the whole time? Who was oblivious until they were older?
Everyone knows that Tony and Bucky are going to get married someday - except for Tony and Bucky themselves. Steve has been trying for ages to get Bucky to see that Tony is pining just as hard for him as Bucky is and Rhodes has been doing the same for Tony but theyâre just...so oblivious. It makes Natasha want to bang her head against the wall - or maybe just lock them in a closet.
Except Clint tried that, right after Tony gave Bucky his first kiss when they were fifteen and Bucky just thought it was because they were friends. Theyâd been in that closet all night and when Clint finally opened the door in the morning, they were snuggling but still not together so he thinks theyâre just too oblivious. Thereâs a school-wide betting pool on if theyâll get their act together before graduation.
(Itâs okay though because Tony and Bucky have been dating since they were freshman. Theyâre just waiting to see how long it takes everyone else to notice.)
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re: the gifset w/ the script that you just reblogged + your tags
i also agree i donât think it was shock at all i think dean knew what he was going to say and he was so desperate for him to not say it not now please not now cas please donât leave me
yeah!! thatâs exactly what I took from it--that doesnât look like shock/not reciprocating/caught off guard. That was ânot right now,â âdonât do this right now,â not âwait hold on I donât feel the same way oh noâ
Idk I just think itâs interesting that Jensen might claim to play Dean as straight and not in love with Cas but then, even when the script tells him to be shocked and caught off guard....he instead plays it like heâs in love with Cas.Â
#not that jensen has said anything abt it recently it's just. hm.#he's more in touch w dean than anyone in the world#at this point im pretty sure he kinda ignores script directions for reactions and just vibes w the character#so.....wyd jensen#answered#angxlsgrxce
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idk you seem pretty problematic i think i should unfollow you
I'm so sorry đđ I am going to learn from my mistakes đđ
#*checks notes* I am sorry for hating... uh.. uhh.. cottagecore... and rich people.... and uhh...#*looks at my pepperony and may&peter and romanogers bookmarks* women#ask#angxlsgrxce
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