some favorite post-CA: Civil War stony fics
fic recs! (i still have *so many* similar stories in my reading list so this compilation is very much a wip...)
Lesser Demons by Sabrecmc
Peggy leaves Steve something in her will.
Sequel to Better Angels, but can be read alone.
(i can't link directly to this one due to the author's settings but it's so very worth seeking out!)
Some Great Reward by Kiyaar
After the events of Captain America: Civil War, Tony and Steve come to an agreement. It doesn't involve affection.
(i can't link directly to this one due to the author's settings but it's also very worth seeking out!)
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the
Organization for Transformative Works
Steve doesn't think about having sex with Tony Stark. He certainly doesn't plan for it. It happens anyway.
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the
Organization for Transformative Works
He watched Tony eat an entire steak and listened to him talk about the work he was doing on the Milano while he downed glass after glass of expensive scotch. Just as Steve was about to suggest they head back to the jet, Tony finished his last glass, put it down firmly, and said, "I want to blow you."
Steve stared at him.
"Let's get a hotel room," Tony said, like that was that, and somehow - and Steve never could explain how, not then and not now and not later - it was.
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the
Organization for Transformative Works
Tony wakes up with a screaming headache, years into the future, where almost everyone he loves is dead.
Stop him if you've heard this one before.
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the
Organization for Transformative Works
Steve makes it all the way to Ohio before conceding that the post-Chitauri road trip might’ve been a mistake.
Or, ten times Steve has to call Tony to come pick him up.
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the
Organization for Transformative Works
After a messy mission, Tony winds up injured and unfit for duty. To keep the press and anyone else overly interested in the current post-Accords Avengers unaware, Tony elects to hide from the public eye at his cabin in the Canadian wilderness. His plan is simple: lay low and work on his projects until he's recovered enough to make it back.
And then Steve shows up.
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the
Organization for Transformative Works
After Steve returns, though they've made up, his relationship with Tony remains distant.
Tony deals with that like any reasonable person would - with a lot of alcohol, pining, and The Sims.
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the
Organization for Transformative Works
Tony isn't pining. He can’t afford to--doesn't have space for it in his head. It's hard enough just to do his job while wading through the murky waters of post-Accords international politics, and Steve Rogers? He’s a liability, in more ways than one. That's why Tony laid down the law at the end of their last, ill-conceived encounter.
“Take care of yourself, Cap. Stay the fuck out of my life.”
If only Steve weren’t so lousy at following orders...
(aka the one where Steve and Tony have a conversation, and then another conversation, and then bang things out in a hotel. There's a lot more nuance, world building, character detail, emotional turmoil, etc. but, like. In a nutshell. part of a series)
*note that this one's incomplete, but still worthwhile
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the
Organization for Transformative Works
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 hearing 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.
*yep this one's by me -- but it is, in fact, a fave of the genre (to me ☺️)
