#ironstrange college au

[mischief-and-tea-by-the-sea]

Murder Mystery AU

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply Category: M/M Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Avengers (Marvel Movies), Iron Man (Movies), Doctor Strange (Movies) Relationship: Tony Stark/Stephen Strange Characters: Tony Stark, Stephen Strange, Sam Wilson (Marvel), Clint Barton Additional Tags: 5 Sentence Fiction, Alternate Universe - Murder Mystery, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Alternate Universe - College/University, Alternate Universe - No Powers, Dueling Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock Holmes References, BBC Sherlock References, References to Clue | Cluedo, Established Relationship, Friendship, Humor Language: English Series: Part 25 of 5 Sentence Prompts Published: 2024-07-17 Words:451 Chapters: 1/1

Summary:

Two of the sharpest detectives are on the job, working through the clues to solve the latest murder. Tony and Stephen are rarely ever bested…when the game is afoot.

Notes:

From AUgust 100 AU Prompts.

@scottxlogan #57 Murder Mystery AU (Scottxlogan; No chosen pair)

Title from The Sign of the Four, ch. 8 (1890), Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

[infiniteeight8]

Something with age difference and meeting again when the other is older or it could be magical.

(An additional Ask was sent to clarify that this is IronStrange.)

This is going to be very exposition-y. I got the idea and really liked it and there isn’t space to write it properly in a prompt response, but I like it enough that I don’t want to come up with a different response, either. 

Looking up timelines for this got frustrating fast, so please just take any timeline weirdness as part of the AU. 😀

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Tony has never told anyone—not Pepper, not Rhodey, not anyone—but he’s pretty sure he met the love of his life when he was 18.

It was a weird, liminal period of his life. His parents had just died, he’d graduated college but hadn’t been inducted into the company yet, and he was in that limbo between teenager and adult. Obadiah, for better or for worse, had been too tied up in stabilizing the company after Howard’s death to worry about Tony.

Tony had been very much at sea, and he probably would have gone unrecoverably off the rails if it hadn’t been for Stephen.

Stephen should have been the first of those unrecoverable decisions, really. He was twice Tony’s age, male, and apparently free of any responsibilities or ties of any kind. To any normal person, Stephen was a panoply of red flags.

To Tony, he’d been a safe harbor. Someone who would never turn him away and never judge him. Stephen was the one person Tony could say anything to without fear. Which wasn’t to say Stephen was a simpering yes-man. God, no. He could be acerbic as hell, and he didn’t hesitate to tell Tony when he was being an idiot. He also never left, no matter how much of an idiot Tony had been.

The end, when it came, hadn’t had anything to do with Tony. There are people looking for me, Stephen had said, and if they find me here, there will be terrible consequences. I can’t let that happen. My life would be… meaningless.

Tony had argued, of course. Had sworn up and down that he could protect Stephen. But he wasn’t twenty-one yet and didn’t have the resources or the clout he had now, especially not to protect a male lover back then. He doesn’t blame Stephen for not believing him. They had two years before Stephen was forced to vanish. Tony had always assumed he was running from the mob, or something like it. 

Now, the words Keeper of the Time Stone ring in his ears as Tony stares at Stephen Strange. He’s younger than Tony, the gray at his temples less pronounced than it was before, his crow’s feet almost absent. It’s only a few years, but it’s a few years in the wrong direction; Stephen should have been almost twenty years older than Tony.

Somehow, Tony manages to shake his hand. “The Time Stone, huh?” he says. “I guess time travel must be just another Tuesday for you.”

Stephen chuckles. “Not at all. Time travel can have terrible consequences; it’s always a last resort.”

Terrible consequences. 

A giddy feeling wells up inside Tony. He met the love of his life at 18, but the love of his life hasn’t met him yet. 

The relationship never ended, it just hadn’t started yet.

[alouiadina]

Marvel/X-men high school au

So, I've had this idea for a while, and Deadpool & Wolverine reminded me that I had this idea, which I have been nervous to share. It's a Cherik no powers crossover

It starts with the aftermath of the a car crash which resulted death of Erik's wife Magda and their youngest, Nina. (As an aside, Pietro and Wanda are also their kids, and Peter is Erik's from a previous relationship, either a marriage or college one-night stand that ended in pregnancy). A couple months or maybe a year after their deaths, Wanda and Pietro get accepted into the Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters (which is a stem school in this universe) and Peter accepts a student-teaching (where a college student shadows a teacher) position there as well because he maybe feels guilt over not spending enough time with Nina when she was alive, so he accepts it so that he's able to spend time with twins. Or maybe he blames himself for her death or something.

Erik experience trepidation over sending, as he and Charles have a history. They dated in high school, then one day Charles left, leaving nothing, not even a note. So, when they meet during the welcome new parents and students meeting, he's surprised to see Charles there, not because he wasn't expecting him, but because he's in a wheelchair. They keep running into each other, maybe with some influence from Erik's kids as well as maybe Mistique.

For Peter's part of the story, he's under the tutelage of Logan, who teaches history. He's mostly professional, but he's also a little shit. Like, with seating charts, he takes note over who he thinks has a crush on who, and sits them next to each other. Or, the fact that he notices how he wants to project how one Wade Wilson annoys him to death, but only to hide that he secretly likes his attention. Peter tries to parent trap them, along with parent trapping Erik and Charles with some help.

Wanda and Pietro's part of the story is parent trapping their dad and principal, (at least) two of their teachers, as well as some of their friends, as well as each other (or at least just Pietro to Wanda) and maybe Peter too because maybe there is another student-teacher there.

other ships could include the thruce, lokius or Theo/Loki (maybe a love triangle there, idk), ironstrange, stucky. For X-men, like maybe Jean/Scott, maybe Kurt/Warren, or anything... dealers choice really. Maybe it could be in one story, or it could be like my no homophobia au. One fanfic per storyline, or whatever.

[stxphxn-strange]

“Baby Surprise” aka a little Ironstrange social media/prose au where Stephen (who’s at Columbia) visits Tony at MIT and Rhodey makes fun of them a lot because He Can (and that’s what you do for loved ones):

“Where were you? I thought you needed me for something?” Tony asked, not looking up from his notebook.

“It’s movie night Tones, we just wanted to make sure you had enough time to decide on a movie. It takes you hours,” Rhodey drawled.

“Hey! That’s not fair, it doesn’t take me hours,” Tony replied. He closed his notebook, still not looking up.

“As I recall, the last time you visited me we bickered about what movie to watch the entire time we were at brunch, and we ended up watching Parks and Rec,” Stephen quipped, setting a bag down.

“Donna Meagle is a national icon, my point still stands, Steph—”

“I was wondering how long it’d take you to figure out that I was— OOF!” Stephen was cut off when Tony ran and jumped into his arms. “Surprise! Happy Valentine’s Day babe.”

Bonus:

[here-comes-the-moose]

I’m really in the mood to read some Ironstrange college AUs. Does anyone have some recommendations?

[j-em-g]

Just college boys being themselves

pov you try to persuade your crush to prom for the third time ＜33

[stark-strange-love2]

Wong: my freshman college roommate Stephen sat me down at the start of the year and said “heads up, I’m gonna be bringing a lot of guys around, maybe some girls too. Get used to it, because this ain’t highschool anymore.”

Wong: anyways he brought like one short annoying boy back the whole year and now they’re married

[sod-arts]

“But strawberries and cigarettes always taste like you… ”

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young Stephen and Tony, college!AU

[makisghost]

It's just a crush

Summary : Tony decides to tell Stephen how he feels but chickens out last minute. Stephen decides to take matter into his own hands

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"So uhm, Stephen right?" Tony asked as he fiddled around with his glass. He finally got the rare opportunity to actually talk with Stephen so he decided to make the best of it.

He had mostly adored him from a far away distance, but not in a creepy way. He wasn't the type of guy who would stalk their crush.

"Yes," Stephen nodded. "And you're Tony Stark, I presume?" Tony took another sip from his glass. "That's right." Awkward silence grew amongst the two of them. God, why was he so nervous.

"You've ever been to a party like this before?" Tony spoke up. Stephen glanced at the smaller man before answering. Those icy blue eyes of his, he could never grow tired of them. "I've been to a few parties before but not as fancy as this one."

"I agree with that one, this is actually quite nice for a college party but it doesn't beat my parties," Stark boasted. Stephen raised an eyebrow. "We'll have to see about that," Stephen replied back— placing his glass on the nearest table before making his exit.

"Wait!" Tony blurted out without thinking. His exit was all so sudden. "Yes?" Strange turned around, blue eyes meeting dark brown ones. Say it. Tony's mind chanted those words through his head over and over again.

"Let me assist you to your dorm," Tony's mouth practically betraying his thoughts.

"Are you sure? It's quite far from-" "I insist," Tony demanded. Stephen's lips perked up into a small smile, sending butterflies to Tony's stomach.

"Well if you're so sure." Tony smiled back at him. Placing the glass in his hand on the table too, he set off with Strange.

The walk to the dorm was preferably silent excluding Tony's little questions and small remarks from time to time to try and lighten up the mood a bit. Stephen didn't mind though. As far as he was concerned, he enjoyed the future engineer's conversations.

At least that's what he'd heard so far.

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"Well here we are," Stephen spoke up on his dorm's front door steps. "Thanks again, for assisting me all the way here." "It's nothing, 'least I can do," Tony responded with a grin causing Stephen to do the same. "Goodnight Tony," Stephen said softly.

Soft pale blue eyes laid upon him. Maybe he had a second chance to tell Stephen how he felt. All he needed to find was courage, which was nowhere to be found tonight.

What is happening.

Why was he always a nervous wreck around Stephen. He was the Tony Stark, the one and only yet here he was stuttering and stumbling over his words.

Head over heels for a guy he only met tonight (Only counting the proper interactions they had with each other).

Still, the words he wanted to say never came out of his mouth. Instead came out, "Night Stephen." Forcing a smile across his face as he slowly walked out into the hallway. Hearing the door close, he looked back— a small, sad smile made its way to his face, sighing.

He knew what he just gave up and he was gonna hate himself later later for that.

"Tony?" A familiar, quite deep voice echoed across the hallway. Tony perked up, and turned around, finding Stephen peaking his head out of the doorway.

"Yeah?" He went back to the dorm, now in front of Stephen's tall statue. He never recalled him being this tall. "Is something the problem?" Tony's face showing slight concern and confusion. Stephen shook his head.

"I just wanted to ask you if you wanted to go to dinner with me tomorrow night. It's alright if you don't wanna do i-" "No, I think I'll go," Tony interrupted him mid-sentence with a smile spread wide across his features. Stephen did the same. "Is 7:30 PM okay?" "Yeah," Tony replied back softly.

"Well, goodnight again, Tony." "Wait, won't you need like my number or something?" "No need, I'll pick you up at your dorm." "Oh alright..do you know the number of my dorm?" Stephen chuckled lightly, "It's alright Tony, I'll figure it out." Tony nodded. "Right."

"Well G'night Doc," Tony beamed. Stephen raised his eyebrow on the nickname. "Are you gonna call me that often, now?"

Tony shrugged. "Maybe." A smile crept up on Stephen's face. Tony's heart always fluttered whenever he smiled. He looked so goddamn attractive.

"Night Tony," Stephen waved a little goodbye before closing his door. Tony was probably smiling like an idiot but that didn't matter. All he knew was the he definitely wasn't gonna be hating himself anytime soon.

[stealyourmeal]

i colored @stefen-is-missing's ironstrange date sketch because they were feeling too silly-goofy to color it😡😡🙄🙄

[tired-toasty]

IRONSTRANGE COLLEGE AU SKETCHES LETS GOOO

[kiki-shortsnout]

For the intimacy prompts 13, 17 & 18 with IronStrange? It just seems really cute! 😁

Hey! Thanks for the prompts! I think I got them all in this piece!! Hope you like it!

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‘You ever think about taking a break?’ Warm, calloused hands crept over his eyes, obscuring the biology textbook he was reading.

‘I can take a break after exams,’ Stephen answered, trying to dislodge his roommate’s hands, craning his neck to peer over his fingers, still murmuring as he read under his breath.

‘Come on, baby, you’ve been at it for hours, I’ve been out for lunch with Rhodey, stopped off for a coffee, and you haven’t moved from that position. That can’t be good for your spine…how many times have you chewed me out about not becoming exhausted.’

‘One more hour,’ Stephen told him, still reading.

‘Stephen, seriously this-’

‘One hour, Tony, you can entertain yourself for one hour!’

The forearms resting on his shoulders went tense, hands slipping away from his face.

Damn it.

Dropping his pencil down onto his book, Stephen sighed and swiveled himself around in his chair, catching the back of Tony’s belt loops as he walked away. Tugging him back, Stephen slung his arms around Tony’s hips as he hung his head.

‘Sorry, Tones…it’s just-’

‘Your stressed, I know,’ Tony told him, encouraging his head forward onto his stomach with gentle hands. His eyes slid shut as Tony’s hands slid up into his hair, blunt nails trailing over his scalp, and then running through his hair, lightly tugging on the strands that the back of his head. Stephen pushed his head further into the warmth of his stomach, feeling himself melt at the attention.

‘One more hour, okay? then I want you to take a break and eat something,’ Tony said, curling his fingers in Stephen’s hair one last time.

‘Says the guy who keeps me awake with all his late night binges when inspiration strikes him,’ Stephen scoffed, leaning back in his chair to look up at him.

‘And you always shout at me to stop and rest, this is me returning the favor…I just phrase it in a nicer way,’ Tony grumbled, patting Stephen on the cheek before he pulled away.

Stephen turned back around in his chair, trying to refocus on his biology textbook, but his concentration was shot, and he kept rereading the same last paragraph over and over without retaining the information. He found himself listening to the sounds of his roommate moving around behind him, his lips lifting as he realized Tony was cleaning.

Tony was one of the messiest people he knew, was chaos personified, but there was a certain order to his mess that only he understood, reluctant to clean it away, and Stephen knew the only reason he was tidying up was to give him one less thing to do.

Sometimes he couldn’t quite believe how they’d gotten here, roommates by chance, boyfriends by choice. At an initial glance they appeared to be polar opposites, Tony Stark a rich kid admitted into college early for being an engineering genius, and Stephen, a poor nobody from Nebraska, desperate not to take over his family farm.

Within the initial weeks of them meeting they had been locked in some sort of silent, passive-aggressive war, neither willing to give the other the time of day, both making their shared living space a nightmare for the other. Tony waking Stephen up at all times of the night by bringing home his latest conquest, and then Stephen waking him up at an ungodly hour in retaliation by ripping open the blinds to let in the beaming sunshine.

It was only after Tony had caught him with furious tears in his eyes after a frustrating phone call with this father, that animosity between them had ceased. Tony had looked down at him huddled in his navy blue comforter, only to turn on his heel and leave the room. He’d returned half an hour later with a box of Thai Takeout, Stephen’s favorite, and sat beside him on the bed.

‘Dads are the absolute worse,’ he told him, pushing food into Stephen’s hands, waving away any protests about Stephen not having enough money.

Stephen returned to the present as he saw movement in his peripheral, his mug placed by his elbow. Tony was trying to be as inconspicuous as possible placing it down, but it still thunked loudly on his desk, some of the tea spilling over the edges. Saying nothing, Stephen picked it up by the handle, inhaling the scent of jasmine as he stretched his neck out from side to side.

Stephen couldn’t pinpoint the exact moment things had changed between them, it’d been a gradual process, going from late night talks, to Stephen watching out for the younger man when they’d been at parties, little messages left for the other on the whiteboard on the back of the door. Then, it had progressed to a few lingering touches, and then, finally after weeks of fretting about it, Stephen had kissed Tony late one night while they’d been listening to music and studying.

Taking a sip of his tea, Stephen leaned back in his chair, looking up at the wall in front of him, the few photos he’d stuck on the wall of himself and his sister, Donna. Happier memories of his childhood mixed with a few photos of when she’d come to visit him at college a few months ago. In the middle of them all was a picture of Stephen and Tony, both of them wrapped up against the cold, Tony sharing his scarf as he took the selfie, his mouth stretched wide in a grin.

This…this wasn’t going to last forever. They would, Stephen couldn’t imagine his life without Tony, not ever. They might be young, but Tony Stark was the one thing he was going to keep in his life, their future careers be damned, the expectations of their fathers. Real life would undoubtedly come with its own demands, but for now, their life was studying and hanging out with their friends.

The best time of their lives.

He shut his textbook and pushed himself away from his desk.

Stephen turned back around, taking a moment to watch Tony on the pushed together beds, taking a mental snapshot of the moment right here, right now. The room was a mash of their personalities, Stephen’s side neat and orderly, textbooks stacked with precision, pens neatly in their holder, pristine and clean, the ideal study area. Tony’s side of the room had so many posters stuck to the walls it was impossible to see the wall beneath. Clothes were strewn over his desk and chair, a Jenga tower of screwed up pieces of paper wobbled on the corner of his desk, next to the half-chewed pencils.

Honestly, how had they gotten together?

Tony glanced up from his book as Stephen got to his feet, some of the blankets piled around him slipping down to his waist as he sat straighter from where he’d been leaning against the wall.

‘I’m being quiet,’ he panicked as Stephen walked towards him, book tumbling to the bed.

‘I know, and thank you for the tea, and the cleaning up. C’mere,’ Stephen told him, lifting aside the blankets, snuggling in close.

‘You finished already?’ Tony went without protest, head on Stephen’s shoulder and arms snug about his waist.

‘No, but you’re right, I needed a break, and a Tony recharge.’

‘I can do that for you,’ Tony laughed, hooking his foot over Stephen’s knee.

They sat together on their beds, not talking, taking comfort from each other. The sounds of some of the guys playing football outside drifted in through the window, music flowed down the corridor from the room next door.

‘You ever think about the future?’ Tony asked, squeezing Stephen a bit tighter.

‘Mmm,’ Stephen made an agreeing noise, resting his cheek against the crown of Tony’s head. ‘I was just a minute ago in fact.’

‘Does it scare you?’

‘Sometimes. Exams, medical school… I’ve still got years ahead of me while you…’

‘We’ve spoken about this, I’ll wait for you to finish, I’m not going anywhere. I’ll probably have to start working for Stark Industries as soon as I’ve finished, but that doesn’t mean I’m not waiting for you to become a rich doctor so I can become a man of leisure.’ Tony yelped as Stephen kicked him under the blankets.

‘As if. You become CEO and I’ll become the man of leisure.’

‘Whatever, you’d be bored after a day of it. You were born to help people Stephen, don’t let anything stop you.’

That was one of the things Stephen loved most about Tony, how supportive he could be, his fierce and stubborn loyalty to those he called his friends.

‘Whatever happens, Tony, I want you in my life. Even if you become sick of me being on call, and I become sick of not understanding whatever engineering equation you’re trying to explain… I want to do it together, with you,’ Stephen whispered, reaching out with a hand to cover Tony’s one on his waist.

Whatever the future held, they’d meet it, together.

[drstrangefangirl8900]

Ok ok ok! People! People! Highschool/College AU

Tony the most popular kid in class , cool, rich and popular but doesn't socialise much outside his friend circle

On the other hand, there's this kid Stephen Strange,long hair, intimidating, gloomy, uninterested and has no friends.... No one likes him, he's short tempered and absolutely cannot be interesting!

Tony gets creeped out by him all the time spreading gloomy vibes till... Till... Till he goes to a club oneday where rock bands are going up against eachother and Tony sees Stephen.... But.. but but. He's neither gloomy nor boring! He's got his hair pulled back and tied , tattoos all over his arm,chest, back and abdomen.... And God his voice!

Tony is crushing hard but how are things going to work out if Stephen has dual personalities at different places?

[taruyison]

So it took me a while longer than I would've liked, but I finally finished my entry for the IronStrange Fanfic Challenge hosted by @stark-strange-love2, with @kitkatfat15 and yours truly as co-hosts.

Didn't go as I initially planned, but when does it ever? Be sure to check out the other works posted for this challenge! You can find them here, here and here, or go through the challenge tag

Tags: @stxphxn-strange @ironstrangeislove @katninjagirl97 @lokis-leah @get-me-some-chai-bitch @lilbrownbutton @robertdowneyhiddlesbatch @donfalcone-is-kinky @aelaer @supervengerslock @ironstrange-is-the-endgame

(Never understood the thing with tagging - yell at me if you don't want to be tagged)

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Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Fandoms: Doctor Strange (2016), Iron Man (Movies)

Relationships: Tony Stark/Stephen Strange

Characters: Tony Stark, Stephen Strange

Additional Tags: Tumblr Prompt, Established Relationship, Domestic Boyfriends, Carnival, Plot, Insecure Stephen Strange, Omegaverse, Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics, Omega Stephen Strange, Protective Tony Stark, Angst With a Happy Ending, Additional Warnings in Author's Note

Summary:

When an exclusive fair hits their town, Tony is dead set on getting Stephen out of the house. Stephen just wants to lay in bed and wait out his troubles.

[stxphxn-strange]

and now, the ironstrange college au I’ve written wherein Tony does Stephen’s makeup and it’s all cute and fluffy—

“Anthony, your alarm,” Stephen murmured. He opened his eyes slowly, smiling when he saw that his boyfriend was still asleep. Stephen leaned in to pepper kisses on his face.

Anthony groaned, his voice cracking like radio static.

Stephen laughed, leaning over to turn off the offending alarm. “Come on, sleepyhead.”

“Voglio dormire,” Anthony said, snuggling closer to Stephen.

“What time did you end up going to bed?” Stephen asked, softly stroking his boyfriend’s back.

“Close to three, probably. I wanted to get my sketches finished,” Anthony replied. “They’re done now, I’ll start the project sometime soon. I don’t think it’ll be too bad.”

“Genius,” Stephen said fondly.

Anthony laughed, leaning up to kiss Stephen’s cheek before sitting up.

The pair fell into their morning routine, soft domesticity combined with sleepy morning affections.

“Hey Ant?” Stephen asked.

“Hm?” Anthony replied from across the room. He was obscured by his closet doors at that point.

“Can I ask you a kinda silly question?” Stephen asked.

The closet door closed. Stephen could see Tony pulling on his sweater (and if he stared at his boyfriend a little bit, sue him) and smiled lovingly.

“What?” Tony asked.

“You. You’re perfect,” Stephen whispered, somewhat awestruck.

Anthony walked over and hugged him, leaning up to kiss his cheek. “What did you want to ask me?”

“Oh, if you have time would you do my makeup? I want to wear some but honestly I don’t know how to do it,” Stephen asked shyly.

“Of course,” Anthony replied. “How about a midnight blue on the eyes? It’ll match your shirt.”

“Sounds good, you’re the expert. I trust you,” Stephen said. He pulled a cardigan over his shirt. “How does this look, by the way?”

“You look beautiful. Now, sit down and close your eyes. I’ll be gentle, I promise,” Tony said.

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Stephen found the process somewhat relaxing. He felt his boyfriend’s hand gently holding and positioning him, brushing softly over his face.

“Open,” Anthony said, gently rubbing Stephen’s cheek. “Look up at me, like you’re rolling your eyes at one of my dumb jokes.”

Stephen couldn’t help but to laugh (maybe he giggled) in that moment. “I feel like a painting or an art project.”

“I’m gonna paint the starry night, baby. You’ll call me Van Gogh when I’m done,” Tony said.

A few moments passed before either of them spoke again.

“This is nice,” Stephen said. “Intimate, I think.”

Anthony responsed by humming softly and kissing Stephen’s hair. After a few minutes, he announced that he’d finished, and overall he was pretty proud of his work. Stephen’s eyes were done like a classic painting, complimenting the his irises. Even if Stephen’s eyes changed their color, which they sometimes did, the dark blue Anthony had painted would match. There was a two-tone scheme going on, Stephen’s eyeshadow just a bit darker than the blue eyeliner Tony had used. He didn’t need much mascara, but it made his eyes pop anyway.

“What do you think?” Anthony asked, draping himself over Stephen’s shoulders and resting his head on his hair. “I’m taller than you.”

“Only because I’m sitting down!” Stephen quipped. “And I love it. I feel pretty.”

“Well you are, with and/or without any of this,” Anthony replied. He whistled softly while walking to get his bag and coat, picking up Stephen’s as well.

“By the way, I left my laptop charger downstairs. Will you come with me to get it?” Stephen asked, taking his backpack.

Anthony mockingly rolled his eyes. “I suppose, since it’s on the way out.” He laughed lightly, extending a hand to the med student. “Of course I will.”

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Their elevator ride wouldn’t be too long, but Anthony rested his head on Stephen’s shoulder anyway. He felt Stephen’s adoring gaze on him while he applied his chapstick.

“What does that even taste like? Does it actually taste like green apples?” Stephen asked curiously.

“You tell me,” Anthony replied, turning around to kiss Stephen gently.

He was used to these sweet antics, but his face was still a rosy color when they exited the elevator. In affectionate retaliation, he opted to send a text to a groupchat that he knew Anthony was also in.

“Y’all ever just fall madly in love?” He’d said. All that was left to do was watch Anthony’s reaction to the text. At first he blushed and smiled, but the minute they walked into Stephen’s suite he leaned over and kissed him again.

“Happy for you guys!” Wong called out to them.

[atypical-snowman]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Tony Stark/Stephen Strange Characters: Tony Stark, Stephen Strange, Pepper Potts, James Rhodes Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - No Powers, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Alternate Universe - College/University, Angst and Humor, Angst, Humor, Gen or Pre-Slash Series: Part 11 of Ironstrange Bingo Summary:

[College AU] Stephen and Tony make a bet: whoever gets a lower grade in his midterm exams wears a mascot costume.

Stephen loses, but it wasn't a fair fight. Tony sets out to make things even.

For a quick smile, give this a read.  Features hotdog!tony and bun!stephen.

No really.