#veteran steve

[matchbookarmy]

Oh!

I want to share a fic I love and that lives in my head till this day!

Deep in the Heart of Me by Finely Honed (jaqen_hgar)

It was just amazing! The Tattoo shop, the slow built, the drama and tears, the happy ending. Like, I don't remember the details but I DO remember how much I loved it!

This looks really good! Thanks so much for sending in the rec.

Deep In the Heart of Me by Finely Honed (jagen_hgar)

Rating: Explicit

Summary: Veteran single dad Steve runs a tattoo shop. Pepper arranges for Tony to get that tattoo he always wanted, and he winds up with the mother of all crushes instead. Jumping out of airplanes is one thing, but love requires real courage. Steve struggles with letting someone into his life. Tony tries to keep his heart intact while Steve works on his issues.

Content Warning: Realistic depictions of PTSD.

[morganbritton132]

Eddie, shoving his phone in Steve’s face: Stevie, baby. Would you still love me if I shaved my head?

Steve:

Eddie:

Steve:

Eddie: Steve?

Steve: I’m thinking about it

Eddie:

Steve: Okay

Steve: I would still love you but I would not be happy with your decisions.

[blackleatherjacketz]

Happy Veteran’s Day!

[howlingcommanddo]

Happy veterns day to these lovely men!! This is my first time trying to draw any of them! First time drawing humans really.. 😅

[thosetrollkids]

🙏 for Steve, please.

Angst art meme [closed!]

🙏: Possession

[bittersweet-in-boston]

Modern no powers mystery fic featuring our favorite two ding dongs - here’s the prologue, chapters will post every day or two over the next week

[widowlurker]

if I had a nickel for everytime I took 80 points of psychic damage bc of a blonde x brunette ship in which one was made into an icon of propaganda and the other was taken by the enemy and brainwashed into a weapon against the other (and lost a limb, technically bc of the other) I’d have 2 nickels which isn’t a lot but it’s weird that it happened twice

[alastyr-not-alastair]

So we just had winged Sabre floating around and also I cannot for the life of me stop thinking about how assassins creed should be Sabres mysterious backstory so I present:

Sabre cut his wings off when he became an assassin so that he wouldn’t stick out as much

if people started noticing the guy with wings at murder scenes, there would be a lot of issues

With the chicken feet, he can at least hide that with pants and shoes but a whole pair of wings would be… difficult to deal with out on the field

This also leads to situations like:

“Hey Sabre, what’s that lump moving on your back…?”

“Oh those! They’re my wing stubs.”

“Wing stubs?”

“I had to chop off my wings when I was younger”

And

“Why don’t you act like a bird at all if you are one?”

“Got the instincts beat outta me, wasn’t allowed to get caught. Harder to stop it in certain situations instead of just stopping it fully”

[sailorkamino]

love the idea of taking soldiers to an arcade/carnival. they confidently roll up to every shooting game like "you want the big prize babe?" bonus points if they get a low score and start raving it's inaccurate.

[g0ldengaytime]

My bf got me into warhammer darktide and my brain chemistry has never been the same since

(rhan belongs to me, steve belongs to my bf)

[tomorrowusa]

Thousands of LGBTQ+ veterans who were discharged from the US military with less than honorable status and who were convicted under now obsolete laws because of their sexuality are getting pardons from President Biden.

Steve Marose, a former US Air Force officer who was discharged for being gay and who served prison time for consensual sodomy, said he had long hoped that one day he would be pardoned. "I can pretend that 'Oh, I'm resilient,' you know, 'I got this,' but in the end, it's trauma," Mr Marose told the BBC. He is one of thousands whose convictions were overturned on Wednesday, after US President Joe Biden announced that he would pardon those found guilty of crimes under a military law that banned gay sex for more than 60 years. Mr Biden described the pardon as "righting an historic wrong". "I'm just glad the day has come," said Mr Marose. He and other veterans were convicted under a provision of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, which criminalised sodomy from 1951 to 2013. The US Congress had repealed the portion of the code that outlawed consensual sodomy in 2013.

Strictly speaking, those were felonies and the Biden pardons will eliminate those from the veterans' records.

In a statement on Wednesday, President Biden said he was "using [his] clemency authority to pardon many former service members who were convicted simply for being themselves". "We have a sacred obligation to all of our service members - including our brave LGBTQ+ service members: to properly prepare and equip them when they are sent into harm's way, and to care for them and their families when they return home," he said. US media reports that some 2,000 people could be granted clemency under the president’s proclamation. [ ... ] Mr Marose said his conviction in the late 1980s affected his life in many ways. "It is a felony record," he said, adding that it once cost him a job at a police department despite scoring very highly in his interviews. "They do background checks every time I've changed jobs, and I have to dig it all up again and show them this is what it was, this is what the charges were, this is the outcome," Mr Marose said. "It kind of just hangs over me in that regard."

Just for comparison...

Trump Accountability Tracker | GLAAD 213 attacks ON LGBTQ PEOPLE

[eva-knits12]

Veteran's Day with Steve Rogers

Steve is up, and turns on the news.

He's seeing all of the Veteran's Day tributes.

He pulls out his old military dress uniform.

Not his hero "oonifom".

Margaret is in a cute red, white and blue sweater.

Of course, Sarah has to wear her Captain America dress.

James has to wear his Captain America costume because he wants to look "just like Daddy."

Baby Margaret is sound asleep in her stroller, and she also has a red, white, and blue blanket that you crocheted.

She also has a Captain America lovey.

You all go to the parade and watch Steve going by.

You all go to Applebee's after the parade. Everyone gets their favorites, and you get your favorite dessert.

Sarah and James all draw pictures of Steve.

Veteran's Day is more meaningful because he got to spend it with his family.

The Avengers-including Tony-also help Steve celebrate Veteran's Day.

They all have an indoor picnic and barbecue for Steve.

You're there, too.

Steve never thought that Veteran's Day would have this much meaning.

He got to spend it with his friends, including Bucky and Sam.

You and Steve leave early because it's a school night.

Steve can't wait until next year.

[lovedeathalice]

Anyone know any good pwp fics where Steve and Sam gangbang the living daylights out of Bucky? Please I need it

[age-of-moonknight]

“Darkness at the Edge of Town (Part Two),” Avengers Unlimited (Vol. 1/2022), Infinity Comic, #34.

Writer: Alex Segura; Artist: Jim Towe; Colorist: Andres Mossa; Letterer: Joe Sabino

[abstractnaturaldisaster]

Steddie Hockey Casino Night AU Part 1

so for people who might not be part of the general hockey fandom, Casino Night is a fundraiser a lot of clubs do where fans can by a ticket to play casino games with players and raise money for the team’s charity foundation. it’s a chance for fans to interact with the players in a more social environment and it’s a pretty popular event for most clubs. more comments about this AU below the ficlet! c:

***

Steve Harrington was used to Casino Nights. His NHL career had spanned about a decade at this point and he’d been to his fair share of fan-facing fundraisers. In his younger years it was a fun night to let loose a little during the season (with the coaches blessing, no less). He’d used his easy charm to hook up sometimes but mostly he wandered the venue and enjoyed feeling wanted by the admiring crowds. In his veteran years, Steve usually b-lined his way to a back poker table and sat near the dealer, hunched over his cards, making friendly but limited conversation with the rest of the table. Most of his teammates brought a significant other, a girlfriend or fiancée, to help take pictures, hold drinks, and jump in with any awkward silences throughout the evening. Steve Harrington didn’t have a partner, but he did have a cadre of rookies (one of which lived with him at his condo Henderson (said-rookie) affectionately called the Bachelor Pad), a tortoise named Fred, and the team’s social media manager turned best friend, Robin. 

The hurried hook ups of his youth ended up creating his girl-in-every-port reputation and Steve was willing to ride those rumors to avoid any more serious speculation into his love life. Steve was out to team management and his teammates as bi but he didn’t particularly feel like addressing his sexuality in a press conference so the genders of his affairs were a closely guarded secret. At one point Robin had tried to convince him to have NDAs ready to hand out to anyone he brought back to a hotel room after an away game. Steve had ignored the suggestion. Honestly if his bisexuality were to come out via some sort of tell-all tabloid at least he wouldn’t have to be the one to break the news. In reality, who Steve hooked up with was of very little interest to the general population. At the end of the day, he was nearing retirement and was hoping he could finish out his contract and melt into the relative obscurity most minorly successful NHL alums were able to do. He wasn’t going to have the long drawn out career of someone like Ovechkin but he would be able to retire and live happily without much concern for future finances. He’d thought about taking a couple of years off and then maybe starting to coach youth leagues or college teams depending on how far the Harrington name could get him. Steve’s musing was interrupted by Henderson aggressively knocking on his bathroom door.

“Steveeeeeeeeeeee,” Dustin yelled.

“What, Henderson?” Steve answered.

“Help?” Dustin asked and pointed to a full on rats nest that had somehow developed in his crispy gelled curls.

“Oh, man, how did this happen?” Steve asked.

“I dunno, dude, please fix it? Mike and Lucas won’t let me live it down if I show up like this.” Dustin moaned.

“Alright kid, come here, we gotta get some of this gel out of your hair first,” Steve said as he bent Dustin’s head over his sink. 

Steve was able to get enough of the gel out and run a comb through Dustin’s curly mop to approach something that could be considered a hairstyle. They were getting close to running late so Steve rushed through the process of throwing on his tux and pressuring Dustin into wearing his nicer game day suit while calling their driver to meet them out front.

“Alright, kiddo. You ready for your first casino night?” Steve asked.

“Yea! Mike and Lucas are dragging Will out so it should be fun to hang out and meet people.” Dustin answered.

Will was Robin’s social media intern. Not all of the staff had to go to the event but similar to how Steve and Robin had become inseparable at team events, Will was pulled into the Mike-Lucas-Dustin orbit in a similar way. The group had even taken to playing D&D one-shots on long travel days since Mike had some experience DMing in a high school club. Steve was a little impressed with himself for being able to remember some of the terminology for the game; however, he did give the group shit for playing their nerd game instead of going out to celebrate after away wins.

“That’ll be nice.” Steve said as the elevator door opened to the lobby of his building.

The big black SUV was already out front waiting on them so Steve herded Dustin through the lobby and into the car. 

“Hey Jon!” Steve greeted his driver. Jonathan had been with Steve for a while, long enough to have been roped into his ragtag adopted family. There was a little tension between them for a while when Steve found out Jon and Nancy had started dating seriously. Nancy had been Steve’s longest relationship and they’d stayed friendly after they broke up. Nancy had wanted bigger and better things than being a SOAP to an NHL player and honestly Steve couldn’t blame her. Jon had been enamored with Nancy since he met her through Steve. Steve hadn’t loved that they’d gotten together but that had been years ago at this point. They had two girls that Steve was low key obsessed with and offered to babysit as much as his schedule allowed so he had let go of his (admittedly low-stakes) rivalry with Jon.

“‘Sup, Steve? Dustin?” Jon asked.

“Jon! Can you please convince Steve that he is absolutely overdressed for this shindig?”

“I dunno, dude, I think he might be the expert?” Jon joked. He’d driven Steve long enough to know not to get in between Steve and his rookies.

“Ugh. You’re such a pushover.” Dustin said as he buckled in.

“I just know who out of the two of you pays my bills, kid.” Jon winked at Steve in the rearview as he pulled out into traffic.

Steve settled into his seat and used the drive to melt into his public-facing-Steve-Harrington persona as Dustin prattled on about their cup chances this season. Steve let him ramble on even though he personally hated to jinx anything mid-way through the season.

“Alright, gentlemen, we’re here! Just give me a call when you’re ready to head out.” Jon jumped out to open Dustin and Steve’s doors, a formality Steve only allowed when Jon drove him to official team events.

Steve took one more deep breath and steadied himself for the evening as Henderson was already running off to join the rest of the team. Steve was a little nostalgic for his rookie days when everything seemed so fresh and new. Now he felt like he needed to crack his back after getting up from sitting too long and he was absolutely looking at hip surgery if he got another bad check. Regardless of how old Steve felt, he put on his media smile, straightened his jacket and got ready for introductions, already mentally planning out his escape routes for the evening.

***

hi friends! my sister and i recently went to our first casino night and i have had this brain worm in my head rolling around for a while and this giant first chapter just appeared, lol

in terms of world building, if you’re familiar with hockey twitter i am thinking of steve as a joe pavelski type and dustin as one of his rookies. lucas and mike are also team rookies but i haven’t really picked any positions for anyone since it’s casino night and i don’t have to lol. so if anyone has any specific head canons for positions please share!!

don’t worry -- eddie will be here in the next part! 

like last time, i’ll post on AO3 when i get a few more parts finished.