#mth 2021

[cha-melodius]

Paint Me in a Corner (But My Color Comes Back)

Mobius believes him, is the thing. Believes he’s innocent. Also believes he has no one in his corner besides Mobius. Loki can’t exactly hire someone to look into it, nor does he trust anyone very easily. And maybe Mobius is being manipulated, but helping him is still the right thing to do. The fact that he’s maybe a little in love with Loki, that he’d do anything for him anyway, is irrelevant.

(Mobius spends his days keeping his eye on parolees and helping them re-enter society, and he's certainly not expecting his latest case—a trust-fund kid with a white collar conviction—to be any different than any of his others. But Loki Odinson proves to be full of surprises, including an uncanny ability to get Mobius to break every one of his personal and professional rules.)

Read it on AO3 (E, 16.6k, fill for @marveltrumpshate 2021 [never lose hope lol])

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March 2025 MTH fills

The best way to see all the fills that have been shared with us is our monthly roundups tag or our #MTH-fills channel on our Discord, but you can also view them through the following methods:

Our Tumblr tags: 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

Our AO3 collection (only has works posted to AO3; see "subcollections" for specific auction years)

Completed works tag list

To find specific content, use our completed works tag lists above which includes instructions on how to search for a particular character, gen or romantic relationship, universe, and fanwork type. 

SOLO CHARACTERS

Alpine

PoliZ's Stuffed Marvels/@polizwrites - Hand-sewn Alpine doll for @rufferto9

Bucky Barnes

PoliZ's Stuffed Marvels/polizwrites - Hand-sewn MCU Bucky doll in his CA:CW Bucharest oufit for @buckybarnesdeservestobehappy

Steve Rogers

PoliZ's Stuffed Marvels/polizwrites - Hand-sewn 1872 Sheriff Steve doll for buckybarnesdeservestobehappy

Steven Grant

PoliZ's Stuffed Marvels/polizwrites - Hand-sewn Steven Grant doll wearing his psychiatric hospital outfit for rufferto9

Tony Stark

@oluka - Art of 616 Iron Man covered in stickers for @whinysteve

GEN/PLATONIC RELATIONSHIPS

Bucky Barnes & Steve Rogers

@16woodsequ - "soft and gentle yearns my soul" (Bucky & Steve, Peggy & Steve, and Steve & Tony D/S AU fic about aroace touch-starved sub Steve who struggles to go down for doms and thinks something is wrong with him until he's taught otherwise) for @meidui

Clint Barton & Kate Bishop & Loki & Lucky & Thor & Wade Wilson

@paintedimagery - 616 art of Lucky catching Mjolnir because he thought Thor was playing fetch, leaving Thor and Loki speechless, Wade gasping, and Kate shaking an unfazed Clint in excitement for @zenaidamacrouras1

Peggy Carter & Steve Rogers

16woodsequ - "soft and gentle yearns my soul" (Bucky & Steve, Peggy & Steve, and Steve & Tony D/S AU fic about aroace touch-starved sub Steve who struggles to go down for doms and thinks something is wrong with him until he's taught otherwise) for meidui

Steve Rogers & Tony Stark

16woodsequ - "soft and gentle yearns my soul" (Bucky & Steve, Peggy & Steve, and Steve & Tony D/S AU fic about aroace touch-starved sub Steve who struggles to go down for doms and thinks something is wrong with him until he's taught otherwise) for meidui

SHIPS

Bucky Barnes/Clint Barton

ReformedTsunderePodfics (ReformedTsundere)/@film-in-my-soul - Podfic of "No Consequences, No Hangovers" (MCU Bucky/Clint coworkers-to-lovers time loop fic by jedusaur) for @carcrash429

Bucky Barnes/Clint Barton/Jason Todd

ivvic/@betrayedbycinnamon - "Opus 68 (bondage)" (MCU/DC Bucky/Clint/Jason Todd BDSM fic) for @oper1895

Bucky Barnes/Emily Prentiss/Steve Rogers

ReformedTsunderePodfics (ReformedTsundere)/film-in-my-soul - Podfic of "You Make Sense of the Devil," a Criminal Minds/MCU fusion Bucky/Emily Prentiss/Steve case fic, for @hermit-writes

Bucky Barnes/Steve Rogers

@dontcallmebree - "Heartbreaker For Hire" (Steve/Bucky Heartbreaker AU fic where Steve is a pro at helping unhappy couples separate and falls in love with his client, Bucky) for mepeters81 (MTH 2023)

Oh_i_swear/@oh-i-swear-writes - "Baby Steps and Blueprints" (Steve/Bucky AU fic where single dad Steve meets coffee shop owner Bucky when the mommy-and-me group he's in keeps hanging out at Bucky's coffee shop) for BookGeekGrrl (MTH 2023)

tipsy kitty/@tipsyxkitty - Podfic of Just Another Shrunkyclunks," a modern Steve/Bucky AU fic where Bucky died (or so Steve thought), Steve became Cap, and then they reunited, for @bulkyphrase

Bucky Barnes/Steve Rogers/Tony Stark

oper_1895/@oper1895 - "A Matter of Trust" (Bucky/Steve/Tony historical AU fic where prince Tony finds out Stane is plotting against him when his royal guard Bucky and Bucky's childhood friend Steve are kidnapped) for @capsgirl1990 (MTH 2022)

Frank Castle/Matt Murdock

eutuxia/@daredivaing - "After Patrol" (also on AO3) (MCU Frank and Matt kissing while Matt's in his Daredevil costume) for @shipperfiendobssesser (MTH 2023)

Logan/Wade Wilson

@capitalismwasamistake - "On Biting As An Expression of Love" (MCU/X-Men movieverse Logan/Wade fic where they engage in vivisection and cannibalism for their anniversary) for @sunflowereverie

Loki/Mobius

chamel/@cha-melodius - "Paint Me in a Corner (But My Color Comes Back)" (ex-con Loki/parole officer Mobius AU fic) for @kimmycup and burusue

Loki/Tony Stark

Ejella - "Grace Under Pressure" (post-IM3/TDW Loki/Tony fic where Tony finds a pregnant Loki in hiding) for JamieVamp

Matt Murdock/Foggy Nelson

raggedyred/@raggedyhive - "Angel of Midland" (post-Daredevil S3E13 demonic possession Matt/Foggy fic) for @pomegranate-belle

Peter Parker/Tony Stark

@ruquas - "Wired for desire" (MCU Peter/Tony light BDSM in the workshop fic) for @maukree

Steve Rogers/Tony Stark

SteveTony Weekly/@stevetonyweekly - Steve/Tony bodyswap fic rec list for @a10wea

OTHER

Dio_Pardalis/@diosdipsndabs - MCU Avengers dice tower 3D print for @kimmycup

[elwenyere]

However Stern and Iron (MCU, Stony), Chapter 1

Total Word Count: 19.6k

Rating: T

Tags: Historical AU, North and South AU (Gaskell version), Period-Typical Bigotry, Misunderstandings, Angst with a Happy Ending

Author’s Note: This (now outrageously overdue) fic is a fill for @marveltrumpshate: a Stony North and South AU for a glorious podbid, including @betheflame, @missmoodybear, @jehbeeeh, @festiveferret, @gottalovev, @vanilla-shoes, @bella-dahlia, and TehRoseRose. Thank you all so much for your generosity, and the strongest apologies for my own extreme tardiness.

Thank you also to @heyitsyav for the generous beta and cheer read. And thank you to everyone who takes the time to read!

Summary: Yes, Steve thought to himself: for his mother's sake he could put aside his wariness of this dim city, with its heavy air and shuttered windows. He could be friendly to this Mr. Stark for one afternoon.

Read the First Chapter on AO3

[wilmakins]

Steve didn’t want to get bonded. Not like this. But he’s one of the few people who knows what SHIELD really is, and he’s put everything into helping the underground resistance movement. Bonding with Howard Starks son might be the only chance he has to infiltrate the organisation.... And to find Bucky.

Tony doesn’t want to get bonded. EVER. But he’s six weeks pregnant, and Howard insists that no Stark is going to be an unbonded mother. As his father gets the final say, and this Steve guy simply won’t be deterred, it looks like he’s going to have to deal with it.

But it’s fine, because they’re both determined to get out of this situation as quickly as possible... It would only be complicated if they actually fell in love.

Read The Fic on AO3

[howdoyousleep3]

She hands Steve the folder, he opens it— And immediately forgets about the temptress he had just been contemplating scandalously making his wife.  He feels pinned in place as his eyes take in the one picture before him.  This is a man.  This is a picture of the most beautiful man Steve has ever set eyes on.  It’s obviously taken without his knowledge, zoomed in from afar, maybe outside from the street. The man sits at a small table within a shop, possibly a coffee shop or maybe a bookstore, head buried in a book, cup and saucer taking up most of the space on the small table that he occupies.  It’s a simple photo, an unimpressive one even, yet Steve is forced to make an active effort to steady his breathing. He knows Natasha wouldn’t joke with him, wouldn’t play these sorts of games with him, his sexuality, and the seriousness of the situation. He asks anyway.  “Are you fucking with me?” He doesn’t look over at her as he asks his question; he can’t pull his eyes away from the photo in his lap. All he gets in response is a curt, “No,” and he knows it to be true. Steve’s first coherent thought is that he can’t imagine how intensely beautiful this man is in person if he looks like this from this shitty angle and from so far away and through the foggy glass of the shop. Hair the color of the richest chocolate, a pink mouth that pouts so naturally it’s making Steve dizzy, long and elegant fingers and deliciously long legs that seem endless— Steve wants...

───── ･ ｡ﾟ☆: *.☽ .* :☆ﾟ.────── you're the light, you're the night | steve's introduction

[amysnotdeadyet]

To Arms

I am finally! Posting! My @marveltrumpshate fic for the 2021 auction!

It's a WinterIron Witcher AU! Rated E for porn and monster murder.

Bucky, a Witcher, loses an arm in a fight with a Hydra. Natasha, the sorceress also known as the Black Widow, arranges for him to get a new one from her friend the technomage Tony, aka Iron Man, in exchange for some monster hunting. Fucking sorcerers is a terrible idea, but Bucky accepts that he's gonna do it anyway. Tony is very on board with this idea.

This fic is Complete, but posting more than one chapter a day is Hard so you're getting it drip-style. Enjoy!

[nostalgicatsea]

An Open Palm

The simplest and smartest thing to do would be to kill Tony Stark. He was a danger to the Rings and to himself, the world's foremost expert in creating destruction out of nothing. Wenwu was no fool; if you played with fire, you were bound to get burned. But that was only if you didn't know how to master it and he did. He knew how to provide the spark and how to temper the resulting flame, how to keep it from sputtering out or engulfing everything in its path. He knew how to make it his because he knew what Tony Stark wanted and more importantly, needed.

I'm obsessed with Wenwu so when @magicasen asked if I would be up for writing about a meeting between Tony and Wenwu for @marveltrumpshate (I believe it was after we both saw this art), of course I said yes despite not being sure I'd be able to do it. This is set in a canon-divergent IM2 where Tony is hellbent on going after the Ten Rings and Wenwu takes a keen interest in Tony. Exact dates in the MCU can be shaky, but this is also coincidentally around the time that Shang-Chi ran away.

Read on AO3 or Dreamwidth (4,583 words).

[captaintoomanybattles]

The final chapter is up! Thank you to everyone who sent me comments and WIP Wednesday asks-- you really helped me stay motivated to finish this! And thank you to @bulkyphrase for the wonderful prompt. :)

I really hope you all enjoy the end of this fic!

[nixies-creations]

For @aquatigermice, Who won one of my @marveltrumpshate Auctions. This the last of six aesthetics, I made for Aqua, for MTH 2021!

Ghost Loki, Post Endgame.

Read On Ao3.

[humapuma]

The final part of my @marveltrumpshate 2021 fic is posted!

Thanks to @thedamageofherdays for bidding on me (and being patient 😅)

[ketchupcrisp]

Hey all! Took a couple weeks off to hang out with the new arrival to our family, but I’m back this week with an update to The Man Behind the Curtain. Hope you enjoy!

Also, being awake at bizarre hours means I’ve actually had a chance to catch up on a lot of Marvel stuff. I have Secret Invasion feelings (not good ones, sadly!) to yell about soon. Just to warn y’all.

[cha-melodius]

12, 21 & 23 for the ao3 wrapped!

12. How many WIP’s do you have in your docs for next year?

Copy/pasting this from my year in review bc it's buried under a cut and it would be nice to put them out here too. These are just ones that actually have something written for them (whether that be part of the prose or just an outline/plot).

False Dichotomy (RWRB You've Got Mail AU)

Kissed Out (RWRB pro-pool players AU)

RWRB 1940s noir AU

RWRB conductor/piano soloist AU

RWRB hockey AU with @cricketnationrise

A shitload of prompts from my fandom fest

Extremely delinquent MTH fics

TMFU art thief/gallery owner AU

21. How many kudos in total did you get this year?

I think the stats on this are a little weird bc AO3 just totals the number of kudos on fics you published this year, so it leaves out the kudos I got this year on fics from previous years. Anyway, my total for 2023 is 27,251. Which is twice what I have on 2022 fics and almost 4 times what I have on 2021 fics. Bonkers.

23. Did you do any collaborative works this year?

Not this year! I've never collaborated with another author, but cricket and I have a hockey AU collab all plotted out and definite plans to work on it next year lol.

Thanks for sending these in!

Ask me ao3 wrapped questions!

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December 2024 MTH fills

Happy new year! What better way to usher in 2025 than diving into fanworks? Here are the MTH fills shared with us in December.

The best way to see all the fills that have been shared with us is our monthly roundups tag or our #MTH-fills channel on our Discord, but you can also view them through the following methods:

Our Tumblr tags: 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

Our AO3 collection (only has works posted to AO3; see "subcollections" for specific auction years)

Completed works tag list

To find specific content, use our completed works tag lists above which includes instructions on how to search for a particular character, gen or romantic relationship, universe, and fanwork type. 

SOLO CHARACTERS

Bucky Barnes

Dogsled - "The Lost Day One Journal of James Buchanan Barnes, formerly The Winter Soldier" (handwritten journal belonging to MCU Bucky retelling his journey after the fall of Hydra and filled with recovered memories) for @buckybarnesdeservestobehappy

Kurt Wagner

@tiffycat - Art of 616 Kurt Wagner in his Uncanny Spider-Man costume, holding a glowing sword for @thelonebamf

Remy LeBeau

Jason K Jones/@jkjones21 - Art of 616 Remy flinging his cards for @corsets-and-cardigans

Steve Rogers

@secondalto - Cross stitch of the Captain America shield and the phrase "Obidience [sic] is not patriotism" for @betheflame

GEN/PLATONIC RELATIONSHIPS

Clint Barton & Loki

Griselda Gimpel/@griseldagimpel - "What Happened in Budapest" (MCU fic where Loki visits Natasha and then Clint to get their account of what happened in Budapest) for @pawpawholler

Jeff the Land Shark & Kamala Khan & Gwen Poole

Jason K Jones/jkjones21 - Art of 616 Jeff the Land Shark, Kamala, and Gwen Poole enjoying a day at the beach for Lore

Loki & Natasha Romanov

Griselda Gimpel/griseldagimpel - "What Happened in Budapest" (MCU fic where Loki visits Natasha and then Clint to get their account of what happened in Budapest) for pawpawholler

SHIPS

Bucky Barnes/Clint Barton

@ghostcwtch - Podfic of "Lucky in Love," a non-powered Bucky/Clint AU fic where they meet when Clint thinks Bucky is trying to steal his dog for @drgrlfriend

PoliZ's Stuffed Marvels/@polizwrites - Sleepy hand-sewn Bucky and Clint dolls wearing pajamas in each other's colors and symbols for @rufferto9

Bucky Barnes/Clint Barton/Jason Todd

@carcrash429 - Podfic of PandaMoth's "How to Acquire a Crime Lord in 3 Easy Steps," a Bucky/Clint/Jason MCU/DC meet-ugly crossover fic for @esoxwrites

Bucky Barnes/Emily Prentiss

ReformedTsunderePodfics (ReformedTsundere)/@film-in-my-soul - Podfic of "Her Guns to His Knives" (MCU/Criminal Minds season 6 Bucky/Emily crossover fic) for @hermit-writes

Bucky Barnes/Peter Parker

EvilDime - "But the Cat Likes Him" (post-No Way Home Bucky/Peter fic where Bucky thinks there's something off about his neighbor whose window Alpine keeps climbing into) for @maukree

@maukree - "Killer Moves" (hitman!Bucky/dancer!Peter AU fic) for lifflufflaff

Bucky Barnes/Sam Wilson

@daisytarget - Mood board for "No More Mistletoe," an MCU Bucky/Sam Christmas fic for @ineffable-snowman

phobean - Beta service for "No More Mistletone," an MCU Bucky/Sam Christmas fic for ineffable-snowman

Rubick - "Worn Around the Edges" (non-powered Bucky/Sam AU fic where Bucky helps Sam heal as he grieves his partner's death and Sam does the same as Bucky grapples with trauma) for phobean (MTH 2022)

Logan/Wade Wilson

@farmhandler - "Thunderstruck" (MCU/X-Men movieverse Logan/Wade fic where Logan is soft with an insecure Wade) for @some-stars

@finelydressedspacemen - "Heat of the Moment" (Logan/Wade A/B/O AU fic where Logan goes into his first heat in 20 years after a mission goes awry) for @spammooseubi

@panties-on-boys - "Tame" (MCU/X-Men movieverse Logan/Wade fic where Logan is jealous of Wade showering Mary Puppins with love and care) for @lintillathearchaeologist

Loki/Stephen Strange

Laily/@lailyn - "Pretend I'm Not Here" (Loki/Stephen hospital AU fic) for @ruquas (MTH 2023)

Peter Parker/Wade Wilson

Li Izumi/@li-izumi - "Assigned Couple By Ride" (616 Peter/Wade fic where they get paired up on a roller coaster that pairs up singles for the ride) for Hope (MTH 2023)

Peter Quill/Richard Rider

@manofbeskar - Art of 616 Richard Rider flying in space with Peter Quill in his arms for @magicasen

Pietro Maximoff/Peter Parker

@ruquas - "Rhythm of the night" (MCU Pietro/Peter fic where Wanda brings back Pietro from the dead and Peter finds him annoying) for maukree

Steve Rogers/Tony Stark

@elwenyere - "However Stern and Iron" (Steve/Tony North and South fusion fic) for @betheflame, @corsets-and-cardigans, @jehbeeeh, @gottalovev, @festiveferret, @vanilla-shoes, @bella-dahlia, and @tehroserose (MTH 2021)

Raine/@meralasan - Art of Tony bandaging boxer Steve's hand for @nostalgicatsea (MTH 2023)

@secondalto - Cross-stitch of Avengers Assemble Steve and Tony relaxing on a couch for @tehroserose

Vanessa Carlysle/Logan/Wade Wilson

@notesappwitch - "where is your boy tonight? (i hope he is a gentleman)" (MCU/X-Men movieverse Vanessa/Logan/Wade fic where Logan backs off from Wade so Wade and Vanessa can rekindle things except they don't and then the trio gets together) for some-stars

[aurorawest]

✨ Fic Writing Review 2023 ✨

@lowkeyed1 tagged me - thank you!!

Words and Fics

156,927 published words on AO3

3 fandoms represented (MCU, The Watchmaker of Filigree Street, Some Desperate Glory)

most recent drop: chapter 18 of The General Mess and Imprecision of Feeling

4 published one-shots

1 ongoing WIP on AO3 (The General Mess and Imprecision of Feeling)

5 original works: 2 novels (first drafts at 130k and 89k), 2 novellas (18k and 15k), 1 short story (6k)

1 original novel WIP (currently 16.5k) and notes for several others

Top Fics by Kudos

The General Mess and Imprecision of Feeling

Life on Earth

Unready

Set in Motion

far away from here and closer to somewhere else

My fandom fic events in 2023

nada, though I did post a very late fic for the 2022 @lokirarepairbigbang

Upcoming Events and Projects for 2024

Complete posting for The General Mess and Imprecision of Feeling

Post the myriad other unposted MCU fics sitting around on my computer (including A Professional Arrangement)

Maybe finish that Captive Prince fic I started?

Finish current novel WIP

Probably finish another novel from my ideas board. tbd which one. 'Zach and the Pharaoh Who Boned Men' is a strong contender.

Write sequel to When We Finally Kiss Good Night and hopefully get it published

Write my other MTH 2021 fic (very aspirational)

Rules & Tags below the cut!

Rules: Feel free to show whatever stats you have. Only want to show Ao3 stats? Rock on. Want to include some quantitative info instead of stats? Please do this. Want to change how yours is presented? Absolutely do that. Would rather eat glass than do this? Please don’t eat glass but don’t feel like you have to do this either.

Tags: @mareebird @bereft-of-frogs @nostalgia-tblr @ankeschoenle @rosieposiepuddingnpie @bedlamsbard @thegirlwholied @thot-son-of-odin @franniebanana @thelightofthingshopedfor

[flowerparrish]

Last Line Tag Game

tagged by @cacodaemonia! I forgot I did actually write yesterday, working on my long overdue MTH fic from 2021

But he wants to be able to make things for Bucky that the other werewolf will enjoy, so if he can’t ask, all he can do is watch for hints at what Bucky might like. 

Unsure who's been tagged but @marbled-polecat @hawksonfire @shatteredhourglass @claraxbarton @feedmecookiesnow & anyone who wants to do this!

[howdoyousleep3]

chapter 6

When Steve reaches for Bucky’s hand again, reaches for any part of Bucky he can grasp, Bucky scrambles clumsily back towards the middle of the bed.  “You fucking touch me and I’ll leave. I’ll leave! And I’ll never come back, Steve. I swear to God, I…I don’t care if this breaks our…our contract. Our marriage. I’ll go h-home!”  No. 

Read here on Ao3

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you're the light, you're the night | @howdoyousleep3 steve rogers x bucky barnes | explicit | wip

notable tags: mafia/mob au, arranged marriage, slow burn, daddy kink, violence (gun, threats, blood), found family, pov steve rogers, pov bucky barnes, falling in love, angst, happy ending

summary: After his father's careless mistake, Bucky Barnes' life becomes controlled by the Bratva. The multiple jobs he works to support his family, his ill sister's treatment, his paused education, his nonexistent love life; every dull and draining day blurs together as he lives his life for everyone but himself...until he's given a way out. Leave Russia and move to New York City, marry a man named Steve Rogers, and his father's debt will be forgiven in full, his family taken care of. To Bucky, it seems like an obvious decision. But when the stranger he ends up marrying turns out to be involved in the same illicit world Bucky was eager to leave behind, and with a menacing rival that threatens the life he's desperately trying to find his footing in, Bucky feels as if he's in more trouble now than when he had the Bratva breathing down his neck.

───── ･ ｡ﾟ☆: *.☽ .* :☆ﾟ.──────

playlist | steve's introduction | bucky's introduction