Steve and Tony are in the middle of another fight, the other Avengers canât even tell what brough this one on. After their tension causes a battle to nearly go very wrong, the Avengers demand the two of them work out their differences before going on another mission. Steve and Tony agree in order to keep the peace, but each privately thinks itâs pointless. The team sets them up with a therapist, and itâs not until Steve and Tony get there that they realize 1) Clint set them up with a civilian therapist, not a SHIELD one so they canât talk about anything too Avengers-specific 2) this is a couplesâ therapist 3) Clint told the therapist they were married.
And they have to play along because they promised the team. Queue Steve and Tony working out all their shit in three sessions a week for several months.
They finally confess to the doctor that they arenât really married and sheâs like âI know, but arenât you?â and Steve has to sit down because god, they kind of are.
Anyway they come out of therapy dating and every gets mad at Clint because now instead of constant arguing thereâs just a honeymoon period that never seems to end.
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hi! i was wondering if youâd recommend other authors that you enjoy or even specific fanfics you like? iâve only just started getting into the steve/tony fandom and want to follow more people! thank you!
Hi there!!! Welcome to the fandom!!!<3<3<3
Iâm so glad you asked this question since Iâve always wanted to do a fic rec post!!!!
HERE WE GO:
10K+ WORDS (ONE CHAPTER) FICS:
Quit while youâre ahead by magicasen
âIt began, as things tend to between them, as a bet.â
the reason you ruminate the shadowy past by Mizzy
âSo, Captain America effectively manages to cockblock Tony for a year.
It's not Steve's fault. Well, actually, it is. But he was just proving a point - that if a superhero is gay, how can it be wrong? Steve just picked the wrong superhero to make the point with. Now America will think they're dating - and Tony's not going to be the guy to break Captain America's heart.
There's only one way out. To save face, Steve and Tony have to become fake boyfriends. Steve thinks the "boyfriends" bit will be the hardest to act... but maybe it's the "fake" part that will be the hardest act of all...â
made to make you blue by gottalovev
âSteve, drunk for the first time since the serum, hits on Tony. It's everything Tony's ever dreamt about, but he refuses to have sex with a drunk Steve who can't truly consent. They do kiss, though, and Tony stays the night. The morning after brings a misunderstanding of disastrous proportion, where both men wrongly assume the other is uninterested.
Life gets extremely complicated when Enchantress, mad at Thor, casts a spell that links people who love each other together, letting them feel the other's pain.â
On the Turning Away by thegraytigress
âTony's new relationship with Steve is going great. They're a few weeks into it, and it's utterly amazing. He's feeling better and more sure of himself than he ever has before. Honestly, he's flying high.
But then he asks Steve a simple, logical, and seemingly innocent question: "do you want to spend the night?" And everything comes crashing down.â
love the sin, love the sinner by silkspectred
âIt keeps happening. Not often, just once or twice a month, but it keeps happening. Always in the same way: itâs unplanned, sudden, unexpected, Steve is surprised and eager, his dick goes from zero to one hundred in two seconds, Tonyâs touch is electric, everything he does drives Steve crazy, but he never lets Steve kiss him, he very rarely looks Steve in the eye, he never talks, never makes a sound when he comes, never mentions it later.â
Of Beards and Best Defenders by nannersmelo
âTony finds out about when Steve had a beard once upon a time, and outraged that he never got to see it, decides to find a way to witness it by himself.â
Tony Pretends To Date Steve (Until He Doesn't Have To) by HappyStony
â"You alright?"
Of course he was not alright! Tony had a blue eyed, blond haired, six foot too high, two hundred who knows what pound, too sexy for his own good ninety something, mentally twenty, year old man on top of him. Who even asks that question in a situation like that?
Or:
Basically the title. Tony pretends he's dating Steve until...well, you know.â
i have found the one (whom my soul loves) by soniclipstick (veriscence)
âIt's been months since the Avengers were pardoned. One by one, they'd all gone home, until Steve finds himself alone in the grand old building T'Challa had given them.
But everything changes when Steve answers the doorbell, and Tony Stark strides in with more grey on his temple and make-up on his face than Steve remembers.â
Hating Steve Rogers by nanasekei
âThe thing about hating Steve Rogers is that it shouldnât be easy - but it really, really is.â
we have become something different, beloved (tragic and lovely) by Areiton, venusiaries
â"What's the Accords?" he asks, and Tony's head tilts.
"I don't think that concerns you," he says.
"But you don't deny that it's something."
"There's a lot of something's I'm involved in that you don't know about," Tony says.
~~~~
There's a story, years long and publicly known, about the way the Avengers ended and why.
And then there is the truth, carefully hidden and protected.â
remedy by quidhitch
ââI like the walls,â Steve shrugs, knocking his knuckles against the side as if to demonstrate. âMakes me feel covered.â
A soldier in a fortress, Tony thinks, which is a pretty ridiculous thought to have about Captain America and his enormous limbs stuffed into a too-small bathtub, but there it is.
Or: Tony Stark learns a thing or two about what it means to be In Recoveryâą.â
Binary System by Annie D (scaramouche) ( @no-gorms )
âTony tends to be tactile with people he trusts. These days that list of people includes Steve, which is a good sign of the progression of their friendship. For his part, Steve seems to enjoy it as much as Tony does... until Tony goes a little too far.â
The Best Policy by starknjarvis
âTony Stark breezes through life on bluster and bullshit. When he gets hit by a truth spell, he locks himself away in his workshop so he can find a way to reverse it without anyone finding out. So why can't he say no when Steve keeps asking to spend time with him?â
Slipping off the Page into Your Hands by Sineala ( @sineala )
âSoulmates have their first words to each other written on their wrists. This should make it easy. For Steve and Tony, it is anything but. Steve's problem is that the future he has awoken into is nothing he was ever expecting: he has a soulmate now. Who might be a robot. And if his soulmate is Iron Man, how can he be so attracted to Tony Stark? It should be impossible. Tony's problem is that he is Iron Man, his soulmate is a man whom he in no way deserves, and he is going to fight everything in his heart and do his best to make sure Steve never, ever finds out the whole truth.â
How to Win Affection Without Really Trying by Annie D (scaramouche)
âTony almost dies saving Steveâs life, but thatâs just part of being an Avenger. Itâs no reason for Steve to get all weird and intense around him afterward.â
A Certain Affinity by miobambiino ( @miobambiino )
â"They were like that a lot nowadays, ever since they got back from their little kidnapping escapade. Sure, theyâd been close before then - they all had - but now⊠it was different. They were close, close. Squishing up next to each other, whispering to one another, playing with each others hair, apparently.
Steve inwardly grimaced at himself. He was being bitter and petty, he knew that. But he couldnât figure out why, though. His teammates were getting along, which is only a good thing. Especially considering how they started things off way back on the helicarrier. But since when were Tony and Nat this cosy?"
Aka Steve is jealous of Tony and Nat's friendship, gets the wrong idea, and requires a little help from Nat herself to get some well-needed perspective.â
Admiring the Scenery by Annie D (scaramouche)
âSteveâs used to people checking him out, but when Tony does it, it feels⊠different.â
Symmetry Breaking by Annie D (scaramouche)
âAfter the Battle of New York, Steve rode off on his motorbike. That's how it went the first time.
This time he rides back, all the way to Stark Tower, where he asks Tony for help.â
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almeno tu nell'universo by silkspectred
âTony drives off.
Well, he wants to.
But he canât.
Because.
Steve Rogers is in front of his car.
Steve fucking Rogers. Is in front of Tonyâs fucking car.â
take my heart clean apart by mistymountainking
âHeâs tired, so tired of waiting, tired of touches with no meaning, tired of holding his breath when Steveâs in the room, tired of keeping this love to himself.
âI canâtâI canât, if you donât mean it.â
***
Tony comes home exhausted after an SI event. Steve acts as welcoming committee. It's an old, careworn routine they've perfected over the years, but tonight ends up going in a very different direction.â
Thrust Issues by Sineala
âA battle gone wrong leads Tony to the unexpected and pleasant discovery that Steve is much more well-endowed than he could ever have imagined. But when Tony learns that Steve has never actually been able to sleep with anyone because of his size, Tony does what any good friend would do: he offers to relieve Steve of his virginity. Personally. Tony's determined, Tony's methodical, and Tony has a plan. He's going to get Steve laid. Tony just needs to make sure Steve never finds out that Tony's in love with him.â
Overhaul by Annie D (scaramouche)
âSteve knows that Tony has feelings for him and, since he doesnât return those feelings, has been mildly dreading the day that Tony decides to do something about it. When that day finally arrives, Steve discovers that Tonyâs wooing strategy isnât anything at all like heâd expected.â
Whatever Makes You Happy by WilmaKins ( @wilmakins )
âSteve and his team never stopped Avenging. So when T'Challa tells them about strange events at the site of an ancient landmark, everything seems quite simple. Of course they'll help Shuri to investigate it - helping people is what they do, after all.
Until they discover that a race of alien empaths are harvesting human emotions as a source of power. Specifically, they're using the misery of one Tony Stark.
So, until they work out what's really going on, the fate of the world might depend on them keeping Tony happy.
Not simple. Not simple at all.
Set six months after CA:CW.â
a catalog of non-definitive acts by firebrands ( @firebrands )
âTony's seen the way Steve watches him, trails after him just for a moment, then catches himself. Let it never be said that Tony Stark doesnât pay attention. At least, when it matters.
*
Or, Steve, Tony, and the emotional fallout of keeping secrets. (Set in some nebulous time pre-AoU.)â
The Single Biggest Problem With Communication by BlossomsintheMist
âIn the wake of Steve's return from the dead and the end of Norman Osborn's reign of terror, the superhero community is recovering--Steve has taken on a new role and Tony is trying to put his life back together. Things are still awkward between them, but they're determined to put things to rights. But when a discussion about their feelings leads to further misunderstandings, they discover that might be more difficult than either of them realized. Set in the early Heroic Age after the end of Dark Reign, this is a get-together story about crossed wires--and second chances.â
Broken by livink ( @anthonyed )
âAfter Siberia, Tony Stark faces depression, a giant purple alien and a forced reunion. Ironically, he feels as if he's the only one who is broken in this journey. Until he comes across Barnes. Then, Bruce, Natasha and Wanda.
Later, he realises that the man who broke him is broken too and this is a story where they heal and find their footings back.â
wonderland by Areiton
âSix weeks after being abandoned in Siberia, Tony wakes in a Tower, next to the man who broke his heart and his trust. But the world--whatever Wonderland world theyâve landed in--isnât like their own.
The Avengers are happy here. Tony and Steve are married here. With a direct line to Steveâs emotions and the team that heâs always wanted--Tony is more than a little tempted to stay.
Seeing how happy Tony is, how healthy Bucky is--Steve doesnât disagree.
But there are cracks in Wonderland and the shiny paint peeling might leave a nightmare behind--one that Tony and Steve will need each other more than ever, to escape.â
when i run out of road, you bring me home by quidhitch
ââOh, I wonât bother you.â The tone of Steveâs voice implies that he definitely will be bothering Tony, aggressively and frequently. âDonât worry about it. Iâll keep to my farm, you keep to yours. Solitude together.â
Tony opens his mouth to argue that thatâs not how this works, but he snaps it shut at the realization that Steven Grant Rogers is fucking with him. That twinkle in his eye has accelerated into a full-on glimmer, and the ends of his lips are twitching. Jesus, he hates this man. Or maybe he wishes he did. Tony canât really tell the difference anymore.â
Down in Lonesome Town by resurrectedhippo
âTony eyes him. âWhy do I always find my way back to you?â
Maybe he didnât necessarily return to Steve, but fate is a funny little thing, and after living a life of loss, Steve wants something thatâs his to keep. Tony deserves a love thatâs unrestrained; Steve thinks heâll erupt with it.
Love is messy, not easy, and takes work.
Maybe love feels like rage.
But maybe love could just be jumping off a rocky mountain and smiling anyway.
After the universe is restored, Steve is lost without any direction. Retiring from the Avengers, he moves across the country and ends up building a house by a misty blue lake. Across the bridge is Tony Starkâs new workshop.â
In the Stillness of Remembering by elise_509
âSteve Rogers is a reminder of a past that Tony Stark would rather forget. But when Steveâs own ghosts suddenly become the present, Tony finds he and Steve need each other to face the future.â
Good For You by orbingarrow
âSteve doesn't understand why Tony dates people who abuse him. Tony doesn't understand why Steve cares.
The rest is bad choices, good choices, rehab, milkshakes, paintball, YouTube videos, couples therapy and learning to put the past in the past. Or: How Tony finds his happy ending.â
SERIES:
Pulse-Point by itsallAvengers
Guys and Bots by Annie D (scaramouche)
AUTHORS:
I love very deeply each author of the fics Iâve listed, but these are the main blogs I follow here on tumblr who regularly post 1K (more or less) words fic:
@omg-just-peachy
@no-gorms
@maguna-stxrk
@natasharxmanov
@s-horne
@firebrands
@iam93percentstardust
@anthonyed
@ad1thi
@littlemissstark
@chirriko
@tinytonysnark
(Plus self-spam: MrsWinterBreath , my own ao3 profile!)
Lastly, check @sabrecmcstonyficrecs blog by @sabrecmc who is not only an extremely talented writer themself, but also incredibly patient and kind enough to offer masterposts with fics about any Stony trope you could ever think of!!!
This is a non-exhaustive list because there are a LOT more authors out there that deserve their works to be read, so I suggest you giving it a chance even to fics and authors youâve never heard of, you might find a masterpiece without even realising it!!!!
And most importantly: always leave a kudos and comment if you liked what you read, this way I guarantee you the authors will be more than happy to keep on providing you with amazing works!!!!
Are there any fics where John begins to date men and Sherlock gets jealous because of it and there actually is a plot-not necessarily though?
Hi Nonny!
AHHH Iâve actually started a list similar, and I CANâT remember if it was because of your ask or because of someone elseâs, but yours is the one I found first, so HERE WE GO! Yes, I do have some fics related to this topic! Check them out! :D
As always, feel free to add your own fics, my friends. I know thereâs a lot and I need them all!!!! I LOVE a jealous Sherlock fic, ESPECIALLY if itâs because Johnâs flirting with another man.Â
(JEALOUS SHERLOCK BECAUSE) JOHN DATES A / TALKS TO A MAN
Ex by Itsallfine (T, 1,248 w., 1 Ch. || Love Confessions, Coming Out, Exes, First Kiss, Fake Relationship, Getting Outed) â One night, in the midst of their post-case high and on the cusp of something more, John and Sherlock run into Johnâs ex. His ex-boyfriend.
An Interpretation of Viewing Habits by akitsuko (E, 6,653 w., 1 Ch. || Porn Watching, Masturbation, Anal, Friends to Lovers, First Kiss / Time, Declarations of Love, Jealous Sherlock, Fantasizing, John in Denial / Internalized Homophobia, Bottomlock, Pining Idiots, Sherlock Has No Boundaries, Cockblocking Sherlock) â John watches porn. Itâs a perfectly normal thing to do.If every video he watches happens to feature actors with remarkable physical similarities to his flatmate, well, thatâs no oneâs business but his own. Or: John is in denial, until his infatuation with Sherlock is impossible to deny anymore.
Matters of National Security by mistyzeo (E, 8,465 w., 1 Ch. || BAMF John, Doctor John, Jealous Sherlock, Dating, Bisexuality, Arguing, Stupidity, Teasing, First Kiss/Time, Hand Jobs, Frottage, RST, Idiots in Love) â John starts dating a male client of Sherlockâs, and Sherlock canât figure out why heâs so incensed about it.
High Tide by stardust_made (T, 8,540 w., 1 Ch. || Jealousy, Angst, First Kiss) â A little favour Sherlock stupidly agrees to do for Mycroft leads to John meeting a handsome, afluent man, who is going out of his way to woo him. Sherlock struggles with the situation and with his own reactions to it. Part 1 of The High Tide Series
Down with this Ship by FrostedFlame (PinkOrchid) (M, 10,862 w., 10 Ch. || For a Case, Gay Bar, Pining, Coming Out, Slow Burn) â Sherlock drags John undercover to a gay bar - for a case, of course - looking forward to seeing John flustered by their surroundings (since you know, heâs NOT GAY). John decides that he has hidden both his orientation and his feelings for his daft flatmate for far too long. He is done hiding, time to be honest with his bloody best friend in the world. He just hopes it wonât change anything between them. And then it does.
The Burning of the Leaves by blueink3 (M, 15,915 w., 3 Ch. || Post S4, Angst, Reichenbach, Parentlock, Past Jolto, Idiot John, Sherlockâs a Mess, Puppies, Fluff, Possessive / Jealous Sherlock, Pining Sherlock, Sherlock POV, Matchmaker Sholto, Melancholic Feelings, Emotional Sherlock, Domesticity, Love Confessions in the Rain, Kissing in the Rain, Pet Names, Panic Attack) â After the events of series 4, Major Sholto invites John and Sherlock to lunch one day. It nearly proves to be too much for their tenuous relationship as the past haunts the present, putting the future that Sherlock so desperately wants at risk.
Letâs Make a Bed Out in the Rain by theimprobable1 (M, 17,664 w., 11 Ch. || Pining Sherlock, Angst & Fluff, First Kiss, Unrequited, Jealous Sherlock, Protective Sherlock) â John is devastated after his long-term girlfriend leaves him. Sherlock helps him through it.
A Life Well-Lived by Kate_Lear (E, 20,121 w., 1 Ch. || Original Male Character, Sherlock Woos John, Jealous Sherlock, Reluctant Bi-John, Past Abuse, Insecure John, Reassuring / Caring Sherlock, Protective Sherlock, Understanding Sherlock) â John got scared off men by an abusive past relationship. Sherlock has to try and woo him while not scaring him off with protective possessive rage.
Dear John by wendymarlowe (E, 23,031 w., 64 Ch. || Post-TRF, Online Dating, Pining, Epistolary, Cybersex, Long Distance Romance) â With Sherlock dead, John eventually (under duress) makes a profile on an online dating site. And falls into a long-distance relationship with an enigmatic partner who reminds him of Sherlock in all the right ways. (Hint: it turns out to be Sherlock.) Part 1 of Dear John
The Kissing Disease by cottonballz_of_death (E, 30,856 w., 15 Ch. || Sickfic, Angst with Happy Ending, Case Fic, Self-Harm, Slow Burn, Jealous Sherlock, Body Image Issues, Hurt/Comfort, Emotional H/C, POV Sherlock, Oral / Anal, Thong, Frottage) â John brings home a boyfriend, shocking Sherlock, who long ago gave up hope that his straight flatmate would ever take a romantic interest in him. In a bid to reconnect with John, he tries to infect himself with a âharmlessâ virus. Neither of them is prepared for the emotional fallout that results.
Being John Watson-ish by elwinglyre (E, 69,902 w., 17 Ch. || Bodysnatcher AU || Author John, Cranky Sherlock, Angst, Sexual Tension, First Kiss / Time, Falling in Love, BAMF John, Past Soldier John, Feelings, Inside Someoneâs Brain, Shy Sherlock, Sherlock Loves John, POV Sherlock, Switchlock, Slow Burn, Internal Dialogue, Mental Turmoil) â When consulting detective Sherlock Holmes steps on one toe too many at a crime scene, heâs consigned to a desk job in an archaic office on the seventh-and-a-half floor of the New Scotland Yard. Itâs in this bleak office that Sherlock discovers a portal into the mind of renowned author John Watson. Grander than his mind palace, this new wonderland affords Sherlock new vistas of experimentation. To learn more about the mystery behind the portal, Sherlock seeks out and befriends Watson. But then it all goes wrong when others find the secret portal doorâincluding the man whose brain he visits.
The Wedding Garments by cwb (E, 105,390 w., 36 Ch. || Alternate Future AU || Alternate First Meeting, Dating / Arranged Marriages, Romance, First Kiss/Time, Heavy Petting, Cuddles, POV Sherlock, Virgin Sherlock, Idiots in Love, Slow Burn / Falling in Love / Dev. Rel., Nervous/Anxious Sherlock, Jealous/Cranky, Hiking, Vacation Homes / Honeymoon, Sherlockâs Family, Horny John/Sherlock, Patient John, Massages, Hand Jobs, Assassination Plots, Hand Jobs / Oral Sex) â This is the story of a young consulting detective who wants nothing to do with marriage and an army doctor who wants to find true love. Itâs 2020 post-Brexit England and the British government is encouraging arranged marriages. Candidates meet through state-run agencies and date in hopes of finding love (and tax benefits). Sherlock doesnât need or want a spouse, at least not until John Watson shows up. Hesitant to give in to his more carnal urges because of the way they derail his mind, how will Sherlock progress toward the more intimate aspects of a relationship? The answer lies in a very special wedding gift.
The Burning Heart by May_Shepard (M, 119,150 w., 21 Ch. || Canon Divergence, Post-TRF, Johnâs Sexuality, S3 Rewrite, Pining, Angst with a Happy Ending, POV John Watson, Johnâs Gay) â When Sherlock dies, John Watson feels like his life is over too. Heâs completely shut down, until Mark Morstan, a new nurse at Johnâs medical clinic, catches his attention, and helps him uncover the long buried truth of his attraction to men. Although heâs certain heâll never get over Sherlock, John plans to move on, and build a new life with Mark, unaware that Sherlock is not quite as dead as he appears, and that Mark is hiding secrets of his own.
reveling-in-mayhem said: My fic Anything To See Him Smile might fit this theme! https://archiveofourown.org/works/24135802/chapters/58112575
scrub456 said: May I recommend my fic âImpossibleâ https://archiveofourown.org/works/14802555, where Sherlock THINKS John has started dating men, gets jealous, and then the impossible happens⊠kind of.
Anonymous said to inevitably-johnlocked: For the Nonny who asked about Jealous Sherlock: To Reach a Breaking Point (by LollipopCop, I think?) has John talking to a guy on a dating website, and Sherlock gets jealous. Thatâs not ALL of the plot, though.
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Anything To See Him Smile by reveling_in_mayhem (E, 24,733 w., 4 Ch. || Post-TRF Canon Divergence, OMC, First Kiss/Time, Light Case Fic) â When a new client comes to 221B, Sherlock comes face to face with a case he had never expected.
Impossible by scrub456 (T, 2,114 w., 1 Ch. || Developing Relationship, OMC, First Kiss, Jealous Sherlock) â Somehow, by some impossibility, the universe had apparently fractured. It was the only explanation for how John Watson had both kissed him and not kissed him. Twice. Schrödingerâs kiss, his mind supplied unhelpfully.
To Reach a Breaking Point by LollipopCop (E, 33,990 w., 12 Ch. || Post-S3, First Kiss/Time, Pining Sherlock, Romance, Frottage, Fluff and Angst, UST/URT, Unresolved Emotional Tension, Kissing, Eventual Happy Ending) â After an adrenaline-filled chase, Sherlock and John canât contain themselves and kiss in an alley. However, John regrets it. Sherlock doesnât know if he should act like it never happened, try to kiss John again, or confront him.
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