In a world where Sentinels, people with five heightened senses, bond mentally and spiritually with Guides, people gifted with empathetic powers, Tony Stark has spent thirty-three years overwhelmed by the emotions of those around him and running from his own. Sentinel Steve Rogers wakes up sixty years out of his own time and struggles to deal with the massive amount of new sensory input while trying to find his footing in a New York very different from the one he knew. When they finally find each other, how will their bond change them?
We have Steve/Tony, background Phil/Clint, and I turned my back for 500 words the day before I posted after having worked on this fic for 4 months, and Charles/Erik managed to sneak in somehow. Also, NO spoilers for the movie.
When I started this fic, I thought it would be a longer stand-alone, but it quickly grew out of control, and I resigned myself to splitting the story into two, and then three. And now Charles and Erik are demanding a story all their own, and Clint has oh-so-politely reminded me that he and Phil were there first. So, this is the first story in what is shaping up to be a series of five fics. I hope you all enjoy!