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Cap Iron Man Rec Week 2024 (Tues)

Time Travel Tuesday - July 23rd for @cap-ironman Rec Week

Time-y whimey shenanigans!

Remember to show some love for your hard-working creators!

finding my way back to you by Anonymous (MCU)

Ten minutes after a botched attempt at proposing to Tony, Steve is thrown back in time.

More Than Gravity by JenTheSweetie @jenthesweetie (MCU)

“Aw, time travel, no.” On Christmas Eve, Tony came unstuck in time.

Marty McFly Never Had to Deal with This by sweatervest (MCU)

Tony's latest project goes less "renewable energy" and more "slightly explosive time machine," and Howard Stark arrives from 1946. Why, Steve would like to know, are time and space going to such lengths to cockblock him?

feelings that never left by hollyandvice (MCU)

The last thing Tony expects while working on the time machine for the so-called Time Heist is to be confronted with the very man he thought he'd made his peace with. Guess some wounds run deeper than we think.

Atomic Clock by imparfait (MCU, EG)

It’s ten am on a Tuesday in May when Tony Stark appears in Clint Barton’s barn. Clint trips over him while looking for a toolbox and swears, then swears again, then thinks I need to call Nat, which makes a half-sob punch out of his throat.

A Time to Be Alive by babesrgrs (MCU, EG)

The mission to get the Mind Stone and the Tesseract from 2012 goes a bit differently AKA the slightly snarky but sexy Endgame scene that didn't make the final cut.

Lover Come Hold Me by RurouniHime @thegertie (MCU, EG)

One by one, the stones must go back.

hunters seeking solid ground by laramara @commandersteverogers (MCU, EG)

In the wake of the battle with Thanos, Steve feels unmoored in a way he hasn’t since before he ate shawarma with a group of virtual strangers and thought maybe, maybe he could one day find a place here. Steve returns the stones, and has a few unexpected interactions and makes some decisions along the way.

Mobius Strip by dirigibleplumbing @dirigibleplumbing (MCU, EG)

Steve sets off to return the Infinity Stones. It ends up not being quite as straightforward as he'd imagined.

The Five Stages of a Time Loop by AirlocksandAviaries @airlocksandaviaries (MCU, EG)

Tony Stark looks Thanos in the eye. He raises his gauntlet in defiance and states his iconic phrase. He snaps, expecting death. But death doesn't come. Instead, he's back in his basement, completed time travel model in front of him. He builds the time machine. He snaps again. Again, and again, and again. Tony can't for the life of him seem to change the outcome of this story. What does change, though, is his feelings around it.

That Time Back Then by navaan @navaan (616)

An accident sends Steve and Carol back in time and watching Steve and Iron Man interact gives Steve a new perspective on how blind both of them were all those years ago.

Beside You In Time by Kiyaar @kiyaar (616)

The world is ending: Tony is evil, Steve is old. So there's nothing to stop him from making the (terrible) decision to travel back in time in a last-ditch effort to spare them both: by killing Tony's past self to spare them both from ending up where they've ended up. The Universe has other plans. An honest-to-god fix-it for Superior Iron Man, Hickman's entire run, and pretty much everything since Tony decided it was a good idea to take Extremis way back in 2005.

Mind over Matter by Missy_dee811 @laexploradoraaa (616)

For a brief moment in time, Steve had the power of the universe in his grasp, and he squandered it. The Infinity Gems, with the exception of one, ceased to exist. The Illuminati's last attempt at circumventing the laws of the universe and stopping the incursions before they targeted Earth-616 were eliminated when the precious stones shattered. But that wasn't the only thing that was broken that day. His faith in himself never recovered.

Hope you guys enjoy the recs, and stay tuned! Please mind the tags before reading. Check out my tag for previous years’ rec lists :)

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free space: medium-sized destiel

so in my reclists for @spnficrecfest i haven't been including many fics that are very "big destiel."

this is partly because i've been trying to keep the kudos count lower (though obviously this hasn't been absolute), and also because i actively did not include any "post empty destiel fix it" type fics in the dabb era reclist because they're kind of a genre unto themselves. nor have i intentionally made space in other reclists for fics that have a particular destiel romance novel vibe. obviously there's some, but those tend to dominate reclists, and i wanted to highlight smaller fics.

so this is my "big destiel" reclist, except i still did not include anything that had >2k kudos, because those are generally speaking pretty well known already.

some of these fics are small and just have the big destiel vibes, but a lot of them are more in the 1k kudos range than the hundred kudos range, on account of being big, or medium-sized, destiel.

in order of word count:

ain't that the worst thing you ever heard? by everytuesday, 1k

a couple of takes on the confession scene. very special to me.

rot and grace by extemporaneous, 3k, violence warning

cas watches dean murder the world. corruption kink.

some dying star looks dull in the light by sp8ce, 4k

heaven angst with a happy ending, post-empty.

one step closer by rhinestoneangels, 4k

an empty rescue. i love the empty geography in this one.

i didn't feel it on the first day, and now i got it in the worst way by wintertree, 6k

meg pov on a post-widower arc destiel.

the doorway to a thousand churches by sonatine, 6k

cas and the deans from goodbye stranger.

if you try sometimes, well you just might find by jenthesweetie, 9k

cas pov on dean's wants.

godot ain't got nothing on me and my baby by ilovehowyouletmefall, 10k

post empty, cas became death. the only way dean could see him is by dying.

before and after breakfast by spocklee, 10k

a silly little case where cas and dean realize how they see each other.

solitudes by ilovehowyouletmefall, 21k

cas sees dean see cas die. a wonderful little melodrama. i actually really liked how it handled dean's alcoholism (not really as something to be solved but just as a... reality to be dealt with) and i'm OBSESSED with the director's commentary. if this had been published in 2021 instead of 2023, every heller would have read it three times over.

powerless in dreams by calicoyak, 24k

a post-empty fic. i really liked some of the cas stuff in this one.

between a rock and a hard place by amidsizefrog, 24k

dean's dick doesn't work. also cas is dead. maybe the two are related.

every single thing by thestoryinsideme, 37k

a charming and goofy season nine fic. dean is a shitty little man in a very canonical way that is also deeply sweet and adorable.

a light above descending by hedderstheowl, 38k

a mark of cain fic with chefkiss angel stuff. a recent favorite of mine. really put this author on the map for me.

with understanding by apokteino, 427k, chose not to warn and noncon warning

yeah it's with understanding. you've heard of it. go read it now chop chop.

and if your wondering which fics (that you've probably read) got the axe for having too many kudos: it was on labor, the bee movie fic, time has come today, and r/supernatural. that's my taste. if you were curious.

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Post-CACW Stony: a fic rec list

I've been on a Captain America: Civil War kick lately, and since I know that Steve-friendly CW Stony fic can be hard to find, I've put together a rec list!

I am thoroughly team cap, but these range from being anti-accords to just not getting into the issue, and all are Steve-friendly as long as you can accept a lot little loving Steve-whump.

Atlas by nanasekei (@elcorhamletlive) (Not Rated, Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, 11,505 words)

Summary: They don't hear each other.

Eigengrau by vorkosigan (@the-vorkosigan) (Teen And Up Audiences, 16,811 words)

Summary: Tony is captured; he doesn't know by whom, or why. He doesn't know how much time has passed since. What he knows is, he can now hear something in the adjacent cell, and that 'something' sounds a lot like Steve Rogers.

Nights When the Wolves Are Silent, and Only the Moon Howls by Cluegirl, Defiler_Wyrm (@cluegrrl) (Mature, Graphic Depictions Of Violence, 77,612 words)

Note: has a Stucky element too, but the relationship between Steve and Tony is the main focus.

Summary: “Could you drop all that stoic shit and be my freaking-the-hell-out wingman for just like, five seconds here?” Steve wasn’t sure he could think of anything he wanted less to do than to freak out about his wounds just then though, so he reached across his chest and gingerly patted Sam’s clenched knuckles. “It’ll be fine,” he promised, believing it. “Serum’s handled worse.” “You know, I actually believe you,” Sam allowed after a long second of glaring. “Which is deeply alarming, considering how much of your connective tissue I’ve touched in the last 4 hours. Now you wanna tell me what Russoff’s men did to you that made it look like you got mauled by a bear?” Steve flinched, then breathed the memory down to size. “Not a bear,” he murmured. “Wolves.”

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(trust me when i say) i'll get back to you by machi_kun (@machi-kun) (General Audiences, 1,549 words)

Summary: “Me and Rogers are not on speaking terms anymore.”

An Infinite Number Of Monkeys At Typewriters (Or, Steve and Tony Finally Get It Right) by JenTheSweetie (@jenthesweetie) (Mature, 18,864 words)

Summary: Tony blinked up at the face staring down at him. This was impossible. This was definitely 100% not possible, he had not just started giving a good morning handy to - “Steve?” After the events of Civil War, Tony and Steve wake up in bed next to each other in an alternate universe. It goes about as well as you'd expect it to.

And Miles to Go Before I Sleep by Cluegirl (@cluegrrl) (Mature, Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, 152,765 words)

Summary: They all made mistakes. They all have regrets. They all have nightmares, suspicions, and questions they'd like to ask. And they all left business behind them that was never quite finished. This is the story of how the Avengers ask those questions, get their answers, and come together like fucking adults to make things right again.

Bring Him Home by seventymilestobabylon (@seventymilestobabylon) (Explicit, 13,769 words)

Summary: Tony misses Steve very badly after the Accords. Some days he deals with it better than other days. (a fic featuring the booty call flip phone, minor kidnappings, and time jumps between chapters because the election has been happening and my brain has been too mush to make a proper plot)

Conjugal Visits by xtricks (Explicit, 4,252 words)

Summary: AU: Steve Rogers gets captured fairly soon after Civil War and sent to the Raft. Tony discovers that trying to appease your enemies doesn’t work and ends up a prisoner too.

Down Came the Rain by captainoutoftime (@captain-outoftime) (Explicit, 75,274 words)

Summary: A mission goes badly for Natasha, who is discovered de-aged to three years old. She recognizes no one, but every kid knows Captain America. When Tony grudgingly makes a call, Steve makes good on his promise to answer. Steve has to work together with Tony to take care of a traumatized child and figure out how to turn their itsy bitsy spider back into a Black Widow. Neither of them really want to talk about what happened in Siberia, but living in close quarters, they have to come to some sort of peace - even if it means addressing some feelings they'd rather not admit to having. As they work together to solve the problem of a re-emerging Red Room, Steve uncovers something he never expected to find again: family.

Hating Steve Rogers by nanasekei (@elcorhamletlive) (Not Rated, Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, 16,243 words)

Summary: The thing about hating Steve Rogers is that it shouldn’t be easy - but it really, really is.

I Have Questions by YourFadedGlory (HisNameWasAce) (@yourfadedglory) (Not Rated, 2,808 words)

Summary: There is only so much that Steve can carry. His legs quiver and his heart aches, he looks skyward, and in a startling moment of clarity he lets the shield go. Gouged and battered, it rings like a bell when it hits the stone floor. He wonders for a split moment if it will weigh on Tony the way it has weighed on him.

The Crying Game by fohatic (@fohatic) (Explicit, Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, 36,403 words)

Summary: Steve Rogers stared at the dimly glowing digital screen of the little burner phone, rereading the text message as if it might somehow give away something he missed the first dozen times he scrutinized it. His frown only deepened, though, brows drawing together with consternation as the 88 characters only left him with an even more ponderous sense of uncertainty. If you meant what you wrote, I'll be at the Swissotel Sarajevo, 4/18. Presidential Suite. 9pm. Come alone. ...Nearly a year after Steve and Tony's fallout—and only weeks after press rumors that Tony and Pepper's engagement was inexplicably called off—Steve gets a message on the dedicated burner phone. Despite his instinctive reservations, he's compelled to answer the mysterious call. An approximately canon-compliant story.

the hope that kills you by meidui (@meidui) (Mature, 1,227 words)

Summary: Steve used to go on so much about freedom and choice. If we sign this, we surrender our right to choose. Some of the freedom he loved was big, big enough for him to lay his life down for over and over, and some of the freedom he loved was small, like the wind in his hair when he took his motorcycle out, but now he has to sob and take it when Tony sucks a deep flowering bruise where his prison uniform couldn’t possibly cover and whispers in his ear, “Who’s gonna help you now? Where are you gonna run?”

live for the hope of it all by meidui (@meidui) (Mature, No Archive Warnings Apply, 1,880 words)

Note: This is a sequel to the hope that kills you

Summary: “You can keep me here, can’t you?” Steve asks a little desperately as Tony kneels over him, spreading himself out all the better for Tony to take. He must have really hated his cell on the Raft, Tony thinks before he loses himself in Steve’s body, and for a little while, everything is the same as it has been for the past six months. It’s only after, in the dark and quiet of his own bedroom with Steve sprawled sleepy and heavy across his chest that Tony realises— This is their cell now.

The Phone by AvengersNewB (@avengersnewb) (Mature, 9,039 words)

Summary: Tony hates the flip phone Steve sends him, but he keeps it close at all times, and it never rings until it finally does and the news might help put things into perspective - Captain America : Civil War fix-it. or The phone can't take the place of your smile. [podfic added as chapter 2]

the things we invent when we are scared by nanasekei (@elcorhamletlive) (Not Rated, 18,305 words)

Summary: Steve is trapped in a dream machine, programmed to make him believe he's living his happiest fantasy. Tony goes inside to wake him up, but what he finds is a lot more complicated than he expected.

there's nothing but blue skies by Meatball42 (Mature, Major Character Death, 647 words)

Summary: “This isn’t good,” Steve said grimly.

[inevitably-johnlocked]

Five Fics Friday: November 1/24

Happy Friday everyone! It's time change weekend here in Canada, so here is a selection of fics to get you through the extra hour! Enjoy!

RECENT MFLs

Cutting Out The Middle Man by LipstickDaddy (G, 3,497 w., 1 Ch. || Domestic Tooth-Rotting Fluff, Friends to Lovers, Shenanigans, Miscommunication, Pranks / Practical Jokes, Greg / Sherlock Friendship, Caring Greg, Jealous John, Fake Relationship, Happy Ending) –  Greg has known Sherlock man and boy alike, and he knows when he’s in love. After post-case drinks, he takes it upon himself to play cupid and force John’s hand.

instruction manual not included by JenTheSweetie (M, 8,842 w., 1 Ch. || Post-S4, Infidelity) – The next day, they very distinctly did not mention it. Sherlock was almost entirely certain that all he felt about that was relief. For a genius, Sherlock sure has trouble figuring out his best friend.

Tipping Point by Raina_at (E, 9,822 w., 2 Ch. || HLV Divergence, Friends to Lovers, Infidelity, Mary is Not Nice, John Whump, Light Angst, Resolved Sexual Tension, Happy Ending) – Charles Magnussen is dead. It's only the first surprise of the evening. It won't be the last.

Nothing Gold Can Stay by Raina_at (E, 10,989 w., 1 Ch. || TSo3 Fix It, Friends to Lovers, Grief, Mentions of PTSD, Introspection, Communication) – The thing you wanted to say. Say it now. What do you do when you can't go back? Do you hold on? Or do you let go?

House of Grief by Calais_Reno (T, 18,642 w., 4 Ch. || ACD Holmes || Gothic / Horror, Lovecraftian, Fear / Suspense, Spirits, Seance, Paranormal Investigators, Post-TRF, Comfort, Haunted Houses, Grief/Mourning, Friends to Lovers, Separations) – Holmes, back from hiatus, takes the case of a woman who claims her house is haunted. He asks Watson to accompany him, to solve the mystery of her house. The case will lead them where they never thought they would go, and bridge the gap of their long separation.

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(back to rec index) (pt 1) (pt 2) (pt 3) (pt 4) (pt 5)

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Faerie-Touched by Blind_Author

Father by NomdePlume

Fifth Time's the Charm by Eligh

Finally Home by LondonSpirit

Five Times John Talked to Mummy (and one time he didn't) by coloredink

five times sherlock holmes lied to john watson (and one time he finally told the truth) by miss_frankenstein

for all that bitter delights do sour by darcylindbergh

For The Honour Of The Division by flawedamythyst

Forever Turning Corners by DiscordantWords

A Fortuitous Oversight by scribblesinthebyline

Four Times John Watson Didn't Propose, and One Time Sherlock Did by jessevarant

Full Circle by cumberqueer

Full Mount by ArwaMachine

The Fundamental Things Apply by Raina_at

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Getting On With It by StarlightAndFireflies

Ghost Stories by SwissMiss

Given In Evidence by verityburns

A Glimpse by amaruuk

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The Heart In The Whole by verityburns

The Heart On Your Sleeve by flawedamythyst

Helpless by ivyblossom

here, our minutes grow hours by the_arc5

Here Be Dragons by Winter_of_our_Discontent

Here We Go Again by disfictional

Here With Me by bodyandsoul

here's to love (here's to us) by trustingno1

High and Tight, Soft and Loose by cwb

The High Tide Series by stardust_made

Hitting the Water at at Sixty Miles an Hour by what_alchemy

Hold You Like a Weapon by MissDavis

Holding Steady by darcylindbergh

Home by liriodendron

Home by Resonant

A Hooligans' Game Played By Gentlemen by scullyseviltwin

House of Light by AlgySwinburne

How Will I Know? by eragon19

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I meant to say always by OnceSherlock

I'm Pretty Sure This Changes Shit by cwb

If Equal Affection Cannot Be by blueink3

Impossible by scrub456

The Impractical Garden by esplanade

Incidents with Dogs, Curious and Otherwise by DiscordantWords

Indefinite Lines by ArwaMachine

The Infinite Curse Of A Lonely Heart by Potrix

instruction manual not included by JenTheSweetie

An Interpretation of Viewing Habits by akitsuko

Iris by slashscribe

It Feels Like Home When I'm With You by etothepii

It Isn't Strange Until You Think About It by ivyblossom

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John Watson's Moon by patternofdefiance

Just a Kiss by emmagrant01

Just Transport by kinklock

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Post S4 Getting Together (part two!)

Post S4 Pt.1, Post S4 Pt 3

As always, these are the fics I love that are after S4 in some way or another! These are ones that either don’t feature Rosie with John or she’s just not a focus of the fic! (10)

Following the rules by Beautifulisntit 4.8k words

After the events of Season 4, everything seems to be back to normal in 221B Baker Street. But a case and a strong blow to the head might be exactly what Sherlock and John need to face what is left of their friendship and what could come out of it.

notes: wonderful tension, clumsily eager love confessions. found from searching love confessions & first kiss tags

instruction manual not included by JenTheSweetie 8.8k words

The next day, they very distinctly did not mention it. Sherlock was almost entirely certain that all he felt about that was relief.

For a genius, Sherlock sure has trouble figuring out his best friend.

notes: miscommunications, acting on feelings without talking about them, running from their feelings, they get there eventually

The T Shirt Thief by watsonsherlocksuniverse 7.9k

Request: Sherlock steals John's t-shirt from the laundry. John catches him wearing it one evening, fluff ensues with an endeared yet teasing John?

notes: (love)sick sherlock, fluff, hurt/comfort

Turn the key, and come home by TooManyChoices 2.7k words

Sherlock and John have been dancing around what's between them for years. Will John return to Baker Street, and if so, will things ever be the same?

The Best Things In Life by Calais_Reno 2.9k

Will they talk about this? Hell, no.

notes: unintentional kisses, in a relationship before they know it, parentlock

People We Love by @calaisreno (again!) 6.7k words

After the disaster at Sherrinford, the rebuilding begins.

notes: checking in with all the characters post-tfp

The 2017 Johnlock Advent by sussexbound 4.8k words

notes: 26 days of a fic a day for christmas

notes: lovely read, keeping it around for when I need prescription grade fluff

Better Late Than Never by sussexbound 3k words

He suddenly wants John Watson out of his bedroom, out of his flat, out of his life, because he has been lying to himself these last few months, he realises. He doesn’t want John here, not with the way things are. He doesn’t want 221b Baker Street to be nothing more than rest stop John returns to on his journeys between women. He doesn’t want to play co-parent if Rosie is going to be snatched away from him and placed in the arms of whatever nameless woman du jour John lands on next. He doesn’t want to keep being so careful, so generous, so, so…

notes: jealous sherlock, love confessions while arguing

Afghan Bullets, Beards, and Unlocked Bedroom Doors by addicted2hugh  6.5k words

Set after series 4. The boys are living together again, and John's new style drives Sherlock crazy. He's trying to keep his besotted heart and over-excited libido a secret, but John has other plans. Lots. Of. SEX. And love. And my boys enjoying themselves. If you want some short and smutty fluff to read over your morning coffee or evening tea, this could be it.

notes: light fun, sherlock is quiet during sex

A Hesitation Waltz by UrbanHymnal

He lets the vibrato speak for him: love and loss, triumph and failure, longing for water and a bit of rest after so long a journey. He would follow John into the desert, walk through fire, sacrifice to any God. He would gladly kneel at John’s feet, if only given the chance, and worship him with each breath.

notes: Sherlock has a (good) secret, John pines for him

Now That the Dust has Settled (We Can See the Stars) by SilentAuror 4.3k

Now that the devastating events of three months ago are past, Sherlock and John begin to move on, restarting their life together.

notes: warm soft short coming together, first date and first kiss

Touch the Light, the Heat by Leloi

“Daddy.” Rosie Watson called.

With a sigh Sherlock reached out and caught her about the waist, rolling over with her to deposit her in the middle of the bed.

notes: parentlock, sweet little thing about them having a happy life post s4, teeny bit of smut

The World In Solemn Stillness Lay by J_Baillier 6.8k words

Rosie's first Christmas without her mother is approaching fast, and John isn't coping well with the pressures of being a single parent. Can Sherlock scrape his new family back together?

notes: John & Rosie at baker st, Sherlock supporting them both, Rosie get hurt (& Sherlock outdoes himself ofc)

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FIC REC WEEK 51 – HOLIDAY SEASON

Christmas Holiday by scifigrl47

Pairing: Steve/Tony Rating: T Words: 19,149 Tags: Wedding Fluff, Honeymoon, Misunderstandings

Summary: It's a Christmas wedding, and a Christmas honeymoon. Even if it's a little more complicated than that.

Reasons why I love it: This fic is absolute perfection. scifigrl47's humor never fails, it's so good, and the team dynamics are so much fun. Plus, the wedding itself is sweet as all hell, and the crashed honeymoon is like a cherry on top. I love everything about this, so if you haven't read it yet, I hope you check it out!

More Than Gravity by JenTheSweetie

Pairing: Steve/Tony Rating: T Words: 20,918 Tags: Time Travel, Falling in Love, Misunderstandings

Summary: “Aw, time travel, no.”On Christmas Eve, Tony came unstuck in time.

Reasons why I love it: This fic feels like the most satisfying sort of puzzle, where every piece slots neatly into place, one at a time. The nonlinear storytelling is absolute perfection, and I love everyone's characterizations. Plus, the dialogue is fantastic, I could hear everyone's voices in my head as I read it. I adore this fic, and I bet you will too, so I hope you check it out for yourself!

If the Fates Allow by BladeoftheNebula

Pairing: Steve/Tony Rating: T Words: 18,588 Tags: Exes to Lovers, No Powers AU, Small Town Romance

Summary: “I saw him, Rhodey,” Tony blurted out miserably. “I saw him.” “Oh wow, how was it?” “Awful,” Tony moaned. “He has a beard now. A lush lumberjack beard, and muscles for days.” Rhodey made a sympathetic noise. “Yeah man, I saw it last time I was home. It is pretty luscious.”Tony Stark left Iron Valley, determined never to return - but it seemed fate had other ideas. When his father passes away and leaves him the family toy factory, Tony must go home and face up to his responsibilities and the man who broke his heart.

Reasons why I love it: This fic is the Stony Hallmark movie of my dreams. I would pay good money to see it on the big screen, but since I'm not a millionaire, I'm more than content with this wonderful story. As always, Neb's writing is perfect - great characterization and even better dialogue - and I love every second of it. Definitely check this one out if you haven't, it's fantastic!

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Cap-Ironman Rec Week - Time Travel - Tuesday

IT’S TIME TRAVEL TUESDAY! 

Guys. I am so excited about today’s theme. Anyway--welcome to day two of @cap-ironman rec week, featuring---you have already been told--TIME TRAVEL! I am such a sucker for time travel with our boys, so here’s some of my favs. 

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The Twice-Told Tale by arysteia

For someone he'd hero-worshipped for so long, Steve Rogers in the flesh is a pretty big disappointment. For one thing, he keeps looking at Tony as though he reminds him of someone else, and even if he never says anything, Tony's pretty sure it's his father. A lifetime of not measuring up to Howard's expectations is more than enough, thank you very much, and he's certainly not going to make an effort to live up to any of Steve's. Steve's pretty clearly failed to live up to his expectations, in any case, and that's not hypocritical at all.

my thoughts: if you’ve followed the blog at all you will not be surprised to see this included. I almost didn’t, because i rec this fic so often. BUT--it’s my favorite time travel fic, and one of my favorite Stevetony fics of all time so. Read it, I love it, Steve’s patience in this is fucking saint levels. 

To Make Much of Time [Podfic] by paraka

When Iron Man rejects Steve's romantic advances, Steve is disappointed, but of course he understands -- Iron Man's secret identity is important. But when a portal opens and Tony Stark crashes into their midst from twelve years in the future, Steve starts to suspect that there are more secrets here than he can even begin to comprehend, and neither Iron Man nor Tony are providing any answers.

my thoughts: i am hugely fond of the original fic (by sineala) and the podfic that paraka did for it is just lovely. I adore identity porn and the way that the Tony’s interact. Perfection. 

Your Name on Every Wall by Sineala

The Time Gem throws Steve into the past rather than the future, and in doing so, it gives him the opportunity to undo his past mistakes. But when it turns out that all of his mistakes involve Tony Stark, Steve begins to wonder if he's ever going to be able to mend things between them.

my thoughts: the beauty of time travel is the hindsight and the angst of it is not being able to change a damn thing and Sineala captures that sooooooo well here. 

More Than Gravity by JenTheSweetie

“Aw, time travel, no.”

On Christmas Eve, Tony came unstuck in time.

my thoughts: time travel AND team as family shenanigans? What’s not to love? 

the mistakes we never made by Areiton 

Steve’s sigh is so tired Tony is actually offended. 

“I didn’t do this,” he says, before Steve can say anything. “I didn’t even play with any HYDRA tech and accidentally do this.” 

“Pretty sure I did this,” one of him says, easily. 

my thoughts: ok so this one is mine which might be cheating but ALSO--Tony having to face both his bratty past self and future silver fox self (and isn’t Steve’s attention there interesting) is just--fun. I love all the Tonies. 

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Stony Christmas Fics Masterlist

A Christmas For You And Me (ao3) - idiotwithdreams steve/tony, bucky/clint, bruce/natasha, jane/thor G, 5k

Summary: Forced into playing Secret Santa with the rest of the Avengers, Tony Stark falls into a state of panic as he struggles to find the perfect gift for the super soldier that he is not in love with, no matter what Pepper says, it’s just a crush. Really.

Meanwhile, Steve Rogers has decided that Christmas is the time for love and confessions, and has the perfect present in mind for his favorite genius. Little does he know that said genius possesses the ability to misinterpret perfect gifts so differently.

Christmas fluff with idiot boys in love. Ft. Pepper and Natasha being tired of all the angsty pining while Bucky loves enjoying Steve’s misery!

A Christmas Saved (ao3) - samptra E, 9k

Summary: Cold hearted Tony Stark is about to get a lesson in what Christmas is all about.

A Lifetime Of Christmases (ao3) - Coffee_and_notebooks G, 1k

Summary: One of the things that made Christmas so special for them was the traditions they had, what they could look forward to every year.

They had both always been those people that were absolutely obsessed with Christmas, getting excited well before Halloween and Thanksgiving, and getting excited all over again after the two occasions were over.

Or: Three Traditions Steve and Tony already had at Christmas and the One New Tradition they make.

Architecture (ao3) - sineala G, 1k

Summary: Tony decorates Avengers Tower for the new team’s first Christmas, and Steve’s standing in a very fortuitous place.

Bears and Mountains and Lumberjacks Oh My! (ao3) - justanotherrollingstony (adoctoraday) E, 24k

Summary: It was supposed to be easy–go meet the reclusive artist and buy some art. And then came the broken down car.

And the snowstorm.

And the lumberjack with a face like a greek god.

So yea, Tony is stuck in a cabin in the woods with a hot lumberjack till the storm clears.

Could be worse.

Christmas Eve Will Find Me (ao3) - kahn T, 11k

Summary: Steve walked into his apartment to find Tony sitting on his kitchen counter, cross-legged, facing the door and flicking his thumbs against the screen of his futuristic phone in a way that meant he was either playing a game or hacking the security of some undoubtedly highly dangerous and deeply hostile organization.

“Hi, Honey!” Tony trilled without looking up. “Welcome back!”

Steve comes home.

Closed For the Holidays (ao3) - FestiveFerret E, 6k

Summary: Tony just wants to spend Christmas with his boyfriend.

Ghosts of Christmas Memory (ao3) - scifigrl47 clint/phil, steve/tony T, 11k

Summary: There were three Christmases that Phil Coulson and Clint Barton spent together that altered their relationship. They were tied together by a song, a job, and Clint’s ability to become injured in just about any situation.

Christmas is a time of giving, friendship and love.

I Never Knew The Meaning of Christmas (ao3) - JehBeeEh G, 5k

Summary: A look at Steve and Tony’s first Christmas together.

Luck of the Draw (ao3) - xxDustNight88 steve/tony, bucky/natasha, wanda/vision T, 2k

Summary: When Tony encourages the Avengers to participate in a Secret Santa gift exchange, he discovers that the luck of the draw plays a larger part in the festivities than originally planned.

Memories that last forever (ao3) - ArabellaAM G, 2k

Summary: Tony sighed, turning around all the way and asking with a tired, raspy voice, “Why am I hugging a pillow on Christmas Eve, Rogers?”

Or, Steve can’t sleep and Tony asks him to tell him a story about his mom.

More Than Gravity (ao3) - JenTheSweetie T, 20k

Summary: “Aw, time travel, no.”

On Christmas Eve, Tony came unstuck in time.

Quite the One-Eighty (ao3) - betheflame steve/tony, bucky/natasha G, 2k

Summary: Steve has a bad day, Tony is a nervous wreck, Nat is intent on making popcorn garland, and it all works out in the end.

Saved My Heart For You (ao3) - pensversusswords T, 8k

Summary: Tony had been trying to propose for months, but it turned out that post-battle on Christmas Eve was the best time to pop the question.

Secret Santa (ao3) - within_a_rustic_cafe E, 6k

Summary: It’s Christmastime and the Avengers decide to participate in Secret Santa! When Steve gets Tony for his Secret Santa, the super solider knows just the perfect thing to get his genius boyfriend.

The Christmas Market (ao3) - reona32 steve/tony, jane/thor, bruce/betty G, 9k

Summary: Steve and Tony visit the Christmas Market in Bryant Park.

Unwrapped (ao3) - nightwalker E, 4k

Summary: Tony and Steve each have a surprise for the other. Turns out they were thinking along similar lines.

What Tony Got For Christmas (ao3) - TheRedGlass T, 1k

Summary: In which Steve is a little shit and Tony gets the best Christmas surprise.

[lazywriter7]

Cap-Ironman Rec Week - Hidden Gems Saturday

This list was a pleasure to write up, especially having the chance to rediscover some fics that I’d loved but misplaced over the years. Wonder if it says something that the angst-to-fluff ratio is as skewed as it is :D  All of Your Lonely Sieges by WhenasInSilks Steve and Tony are stranded in the wilderness. Things go downhill from there. The story of thirty-six hours. Notes: I’m always a sucker for Ultimates fic. Steve has to take care of a Tony going into violent withdrawal and the emotional clash between him trying to give Tony what he needs versus Tony trying to cling to some semblance of a mask makes for extremely compelling reading. And the Wind Blows Cruel by dirigibleplumbing Tony’s alone at the compound with nothing but a blizzard to keep him company. Then, for the first time since he received it, the flip-phone rings. After all this time, Steve’s calling… but all he does is sing a morbid old song about freezing to death. Tony quickly learns why the topic is on Steve’s mind. Notes: I don’t read a whole lot of CACW-era fic, but this one leapt out of the pack for me. The scene setting is beautiful and haunting, Tony and Steve’s reactions utterly believable, and it’s less about hashing out the past than just keeping each other company and helping out in this moment in time. america's pastime by JenTheSweetie The thing about the Annual Intra-Avengers Baseball Game was that it was always a little... contentious. Notes: This feels like one of those fics that would’ve been written in 2014 and should’ve racked up a 4-digit plus kudos count by now, which is why I double-taked at the 2020 publish date. It’s domestic, it’s fluffy, it’s Avengers playing baseball and being shits about it, what else could we possibly want <3 Cold Front by Sineala When Tony started drinking again, no one could find him. And then Steve found him. Tony was standing on a corner near Times Square, living on the streets, selling his body to any man who walked by, so he could have enough money to keep buying liquor. It's going to be a cold, cold winter; there's a disease that's killing the men who do exactly what Tony's doing; and if neither of those two things end Tony's life first, Tony's going to drink himself to death. Tony's made a lot of mistakes, and Steve blames Tony for all of them. Almost all of them. The fact that Steve paid Tony over a thousand dollars to sleep with him... well, Steve has only himself to blame for that one.  Notes: The fact that I’ve got a Sineala fic on this list, and that it doesn’t have five times the kudos it does, is staggering to me. The imagery in this is impeccable, the dark mood Steve’s in combined with the subway ride in the middle of the night, creating this unreal miasma that is so easy to lose yourself in. Just some absolutely stunning writing. To Dwell on Dreams by fandomfrolics A series of increasingly vivid dreams prompt Tony Stark to move back to New York City after ten years, much to the excitement of the press. Steve Rogers, ex-soldier and popular political cartoonist, is not quite as thrilled. After he publishes an unflattering cartoon of the reclusive billionaire, he's granted exclusive access to do an in-depth piece on the person nobody's heard from in the last ten years. Notes: Not a��‘hidden’ gem as much as a plotty fic that could always do with more love. The premise is intriguing, the mystery of what exactly is going on set up really nicely, and I love fics with Steve and Tony meeting for the first time... or have they? ;)  Tra Voi, Tra Voi (The Getting Together Remix) by haemodye Tony's gonna kill Rogers for making him go out in this blizzard. That is, if he can find the damn man. Notes: 1872 fic! This is the second ‘Tony finds Steve in a blizzard’ fic in this list, because I sometimes have simple needs. Love the relationship dynamics here, the dialogue, the scene setting... if you know anything about 1872 canon then you know that warm H/C in this verse is just the most blessed thing. The Culling of the Stars by dirigibleplumbing Tony dies saving Steve's life on the courthouse steps. Now Steve is left with the fallout of their Civil War, expected to take charge and preserve Tony's legacy. He doesn't know how he can do it alone—not when he can't stop thinking about Tony, or keep track of the days, or even feel. Notes: 616! Civil War AU. This fic traces out a journey of grief that Steve takes, using themes from an old sci fi novel that he liked to read. While there is a happy ending and the character death temporary, what it takes to get to that point is as heart breaking as it is beautifully written and constructed.  And that’s all for the day! Please do go and shower these fics with some much deserved love and attention, it’s what makes this lovely fandom go round :) 

[sightofsea]

@margaritaville i do!! here's a few:

white knight by discordantwords

instruction manual not included by JentheSweetie

tis the damn season by chrysanthemumsies

Borrowed Ghosts by discordantwords (technically not a post s4, but a post tlt canon divergence, but so sooooo fucking good)

words are futile devices by chrysanthemumsies

there are others I've read but these were the ones I've got bookmarked/saved!

[stedesdimple]

Hi! I loved your recent fic, and I was wondering whether you had any recommendations similar to it - where J & S are on a case

sure, thanks for reading my fic! i can’t think of a bunch off the top of my head, but here are 3 of my fav casefics that i have, without exaggeration, reread at least 5 times

Il Traviato by kedgeree — love love love this one. for an au both sherlock and john are very ic. alternate first meeting, pretty woman fusion, really good casefic

White Knight by DiscordantWords — i will read quite literally anything from this author. sherlock and janine fake-relationship for a case, and john is JEALOUS. extremely in character

so let’s go to bed (before you say something real) by JenTheSweetie — john and sherlock are friends with benefits. this is one of my top tropes and this fic does it amazingly!

[finitepeace]

my favorite stony, read in 2022 (pt. 1)

I think last year I read probably a hundred of stony fics. here are my favorites:  

Choose the Road by dirigibleplumbing Words: 4,889 | G

Or, 5 times Tony heard Steve singing folk songs from his childhood. A fic about flirting and courting, heritage and homeland. There’s a lullaby, Steve drawing Tony, and, ultimately, a wedding.

Back in Time by DepressingGreenie words: 100 | T

Steve and Tony are stranded in the past...

maybe they are by Areiton words : 1415 | T

“Maybe they fucked and Stark broke his heart,” Teddy says, watching Stark standing next to a table full of grad students, talking animatedly, waving his coffee as Rogers dodged by, giving him a dirty look.

Or That professors fic I've been promising to write.

this is me trying by desitonystark words: 21653 | T

Steve Rogers has everything. He's married to the love of his life, he recently got promoted, and he's got an apartment in the best city in the world, New York City. He's happier than he ever thought possible, and he's finally living the life he dreamed of as a little kid.

Until he comes home to find his apartment empty, divorce papers on the dining table, and realises that he doesn't have everything. Not really. Maybe, he had nothing to start with.

Hero by lady_oneder words: 17132 | T

Time travel is fickle, and Tony is busting out his dad moves. Peter just wants to take the physics test he studied hard for.

OR

Tony, Morgan, and Peter accidentally travel back and time and meet Howard and Maria Stark

Beautiful, Beautiful, Beautiful, Beautiful Boy by mybrotherharry words : 10658

The first time Jarvis holds little Anthony in his arms, he is overwhelmed by emotion that is surprising in its intensity. When little Anthony's palm curves around his finger, Jarvis ducks his head to keep the others from seeing the wetness in his eyes.

"Hello Master Anthony," he whispers into the little ear, tugging the bundle of blankets closer to his heart.

101 ways to propose by starklystar words: 46k | M

a collection of one shot stories and AUs where Steve and Tony proposes to each other:

leave the war at the doorstep by starklystar 36k words

collection of my stevetony one shot AUs

The Places That Alone I'd Never Find by Tito11 words: 3 5k 

Tony's not your average omega. Steve's just trying to keep up. Together, they're unstoppable.

4 out of 5 dentists recommend by JenTheSweetie 2k | t

Tony noticed the toothbrush on a Wednesday, and that was when everything went to hell.

[bulkyphrase]

Cap-IM Rec Week - Time Travel Tuesday

Day 2 of @cap-ironman's rec week event! Today's list features stories where traveling through time turns out to be the cause of or solution to our heroes' problems.

Never Surrender, Never Give Up by Loran_Arameri, Serinah (@loraneldin, @serinah80) (MCU, Explicit, 85,896 words)

Summary: It’s 2029 and aliens have taken the Earth. Steve is dead, and everyone who’s left of the Avengers is fighting for the last few thousand humans. They don’t have much time, or rather the energy: the last of the arc reactors will fail in less than a month, and Tony can’t make another one. Their base will fall.The Earth’s best defender is out of options. *** Years they fought against the Chitauri, and they have lost. Steve is sure that Tony would agree: only traveling back in time could save them now. But Steve wasn't sure if he should, and now he's out of time so he takes one last, desperate gamble. When will he end up?

Circulaire by @gonetoarcadia (MCU, Mature, 38,412 words)

Summary: The world ends on a Wednesday. An anonymous invading force interested in nothing but destruction wipes out most of the world’s major urban centres within an hour. In the aftermath, with the few heroes left alive bitterly divided between moving forward or looking for a way back, Tony Stark and Steve Rogers set out to find out what happened, and make sure that it never does.

The rest are below the cut!

special dispensation by @jenthesweetie (MCU, Teen And Up Audiences, 673 words)

Summary: On the one hand, they’d all agreed that the quantum time machine was a dangerous technological advancement, only to be used under the most dire of circumstances. But on the other hand, it was Steve’s birthday.

Double Time by @sineala (616/Iron Man Noir, Explicit, 123,375 words)

Summary: Cassino, Italy, December 1943. Special Agent Tony Stark, former Marvels adventurer, is sent to investigate a Cosmic Cube found by the Invaders -- and it's the perfect opportunity for him to rekindle his secret romance with Steve Rogers. But when Hydra attempts to steal the Cube, an inadvertent wish for help leads to the appearance of a Tony from the future of another world: Director Stark of SHIELD. This Tony is a man with a lot on his mind. He refuses to tell them anything about the future, but he seems to know much more than he should about Captain America. And something's happened that's clearly killing him inside, but he's not talking. When Director Stark's failed attempt to return home leads to the unexpected appearance of another visitor from his universe, all the lies come undone. Now there are two wars to fight, and the second one could ruin all of them.

Relativistic Heat Conduction by @blossomsinthemist (616, Explicit, 69,298 words)

Summary: Age of Ultron-based, but not entirely canon compliant. Written for the 2013 Cap-Iron Man Reverse Big Bang. Ultron has attacked, obliterating most of the world's superheroes and resistance in a matter of hours. The remaining heroes band together and share what strength they have to get through it, to survive, and defeat Ultron once and for all. Steve Rogers grieves in the wake of the disaster and the heroes' defeat, and no one knows if he will be able to provide the leadership they need--but Tony Stark isn't about to let him slip away that easily. Also available as a podfic read by Pywren (@phyrrhicvictory)

More Than Gravity by @jenthesweetie (MCU, Teen And Up Audiences, 20,918 words)

Summary: “Aw, time travel, no.” On Christmas Eve, Tony came unstuck in time.

The God of Solid Life Advice by kehinki (MCU, Teen And Up Audiences, 1,583 words)

Summary: It's 2012. Steve is just informed by Loki that Bucky's alive. Loki also tells him some other things.

Man Out of Time by @samptra (MCU, Explicit, 39,017 words)

Summary: Closing dark eyes he tried to center his wildly gyrating thoughts. “This isn’t happening this isn’t real…” he wacked his head a few more times, “I did not go through a weird tear in the air again. There was no crazy terreract driven machine…and I defiantly did not go back in time.” This was all some sort of dream he was having a nightmare one that he’d awake from in his bed, in Avengers Tower, in the year 2013.

To Make Much of Time by @sineala (616, Teen And Up Audiences, 16,114 words)

Summary: When Iron Man rejects Steve's romantic advances, Steve is disappointed, but of course he understands -- Iron Man's secret identity is important. But when a portal opens and Tony Stark crashes into their midst from twelve years in the future, Steve starts to suspect that there are more secrets here than he can even begin to comprehend, and neither Iron Man nor Tony are providing any answers. Also available as a podfic read by @paraka

The Twice-Told Tale by @arysteia (MCU, Explicit, 15,789 words)

Summary: For someone he'd hero-worshipped for so long, Steve Rogers in the flesh is a pretty big disappointment. For one thing, he keeps looking at Tony as though he reminds him of someone else, and even if he never says anything, Tony's pretty sure it's his father. A lifetime of not measuring up to Howard's expectations is more than enough, thank you very much, and he's certainly not going to make an effort to live up to any of Steve's. Steve's pretty clearly failed to live up to his expectations, in any case, and that's not hypocritical at all.

[inevitably-johnlocked]

instruction manual not included by JenTheSweetie (M, 8,842 w., 1 Ch. || Post-S4, Infidelity) – The next day, they very distinctly did not mention it. Sherlock was almost entirely certain that all he felt about that was relief. For a genius, Sherlock sure has trouble figuring out his best friend.

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Thank you!!

Hello! Hope you're well!

I was wondering if you knew any fics set after season 4 in which john cheats on Sherlock or leaves him after a night together as he still hasn't come to terms with his love for him.

Thanks!!!

Hi Nonny!

Oh, gosh hmm. Nothing that I know of comes to mind, and my Infidelity Fics lists lean more towards John cheating on his current partners with Sherlock...

Anyone able to help us out with this one for Nonny?

[thalialunacy]

Thalia's Sherlock Recs pt 5

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U

Unconventional Decor by coloredink

Untold Stories by DiscordantWords

Unwasted by patternofdefiance

Up Or Artistic Lush by Speranza

V

The Very Unlikely Existence of a Flightless Bird in a Tuxedo by cwb

a violent flash of purple by hudders-and-hiddles

W

Wanting Everything by jadztone

Wars We Fought, Things We're Not by blueink3

Wasted Hours by songlin

Water is Another Matter by cathedral_carver

The Way Home by calais_reno

We Go Anywhere But To The Ground by geordielover

The Wedding Planner by Calais_Reno

A Week in the Dark by Wonderlander090

Welcome Home, John by slashscribe

What Every Step Is For by Anyawen

What Happens in Vegas (is legally binding in the United Kingdom) by moonblossom

What He's Like by orphan_account

What If by Dark3Star

What If... by JohnWatso

What It Can Be by amaruuk

What Meets the Eye by worldaccordingtofangirls

When All is Said and Done by sussexbound

When the Worst Part Begins by thalialunacy

When to Let Go by KendylGirl

Where the Sun Never Shines by teahigh

whiskeys neat by Ellipsical

WHISPER TO ME by chrysanthemumsies

White Knight by DiscordantWords

Who I Really Am by agirlsname

The Whore of Babylon Was a Perfectly Nice Girl by out_there

Winter to Spring by standbygo

Winter's Delights by TakePenAndInk

Wish I Was In Heaven Sitting Down by standbygo

With All My Heart by QuinnAnderson

With Eyes Wide Open by cleflink

With This Ring by Quesarasara

With Your Crooked Heart by positivelymeteoric

Without a Word by Salambo06

Without Complexities or Pride by Raina_at

Y

Yorkshire by lurikko

You Can't Always Get What You Want by hubblegleeflower

You Have 487 New Messages (Or, In Which Sherlock Holmes Starts a Grouptext) by JenTheSweetie

You Have Drawn Red From My Hands by J_Baillier

You're Not Designed to Be Alone by thalialunacy

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