Insecurity Masterlist
Links Last Checked: August 30th, 2024
Alexia (ao3) - everythingispoetry steve/tony T, 6k
Summary: Tony was ten when he lost the ability to read after an accident involving a brain injury. He’s managed to hide that information from almost everyone for decades and he intends to keep it that way, but then the other Avengers move in and Tony realizes that inviting them was a very bad decision.
All the Best Things Come in Threes (ao3) - Potrix bucky/tony, steve/sam M, 3k
Summary: “I can’t be pregnant. I’m 47 years old, it’s not possible. I haven’t had a heat in over eight months, I’m menopausal, I can’t be pregnant.”
Cried For Love (Can’t Stand It) (ao3) - Potrix bucky/steve/tony E, 7k
Summary: Bucky braces his hands on his hips, and tilts his head to the side, expression caught somewhere between anxious, confused, and nervous. “Well, shit.”
“Yeah,” Steve agrees, worrying at his bottom lip, and rubbing at the back of his neck. “That can’t be good.”
Hide A Heart Of War (ao3) - RayShippouUchiha bucky/steve/tony T, 13k
Summary: “You’ve got war in your heart boy,” Howard sneers, “don’t ever try and pretend to be anything but what you are.”
Tony feels the familiar burn of a flower mark being etched into his skin but he doesn’t look, doesn’t try and check to see what it is. Instead he keeps his eyes on Howard and his hands cupped around his bleeding mouth and nose.
If You Let Me (ao3) - lillupon steve/bucky M, 6k
Summary: Steve always thought it was silly how easily girls fell for Bucky, even though they must have known he would only break their hearts. Told himself that he would require more than a few sweet words and a cocky grin. But thinking that while watching Bucky charm his way into a girl’s bed for the night is completely different from being on the receiving end of it.
Bucky teaches Steve how to flirt.
Just One Dance (ao3) - IronEyes bucky/tony G, 10k
Summary: Tony attends an event that everyone is pretty sure is a trap. The usual candidates for bodyguard/fake date are too well-known now, so Bucky gets volunteered for the job. He can do this. The fact that he very much wants to date Tony for real doesn’t need to complicate this at all. Right.
Minefields (ao3) - arianapeterson19 bucky/steve/tony T, 34k
Summary: Being in an abusive relationship was a bit like needing glasses. He didn't realize it until the damage was done.
Funny how people assume only men can be abusive.
More Than Friends (ao3) - Pearl_Unplanned steve/tony M, 3k
Summary: After the first time they have sex, nothing really changed. The fighting didn't stop. If anything, it got a bit more heated, they got a bit closer, and after everyone thought they'd left to go cool off, the angry sex was great. But that was just about it. More sex, not that Tony could complain, because Steve was amazing in bed. Here he'd thought for so long that the man was a blushing virgin. He learned the truth before they'd even made it to the bedroom. Tony really didn't want to complain, because this was more than he could've hoped for, but when he'd watch Steve walk into the room with that tight white shirt and those loose pants, barely hanging onto his hips, he couldn't help but want more than just sex.
Or the one where a friends with benefits relationship may be more than just that.
On the Count of Three (ao3) - Potrix bucky/steve/tony T, 2k
Summary: Tony whines. “Truth spell?”
“Truth spell,” Bruce confirms, giving Tony’s arm a consoling pat.
Picture-perfect (ao3) - tothetrashwhereibelong bucky/sam, steve/bucky T, 5k
Summary: "Everything is right where it's supposed to be. Steve and Bucky, bumping shoulders and teasing each other and chopping goddamn onions at speeds Sam can't even follow.
It's perfect.
And Sam is ruining the picture."
Sam, Steve, and Bucky have their first triple date after Steve and Bucky get together. Sam gets insecure, but Steve and Bucky are determined to fix that.
Place in Your Heart (ao3) - Potrix bucky/tony T, 3k
Summary: They try to hide it, Bucky can see the effort they all put into making him more comfortable, but Bucky isn’t stupid, he knows they’d rather have him somewhere else, somewhere far away from their home, the place where they’re supposed to feel happy and safe.
Small Lies (ao3) - crackdkettle steve/bucky M, 2k
Summary: When Bucky discovers post-serum Steve isn’t a permanent change, but instead a short-term emotionally-triggered transformation similar to the Hulk, he has several questions and concerns. Steve, predictably, would rather not deal with any of them.
Somebody's hero (ao3) - EternalSheWolf G, 4k
Summary: Tony Stark is six when he learns that nobody will come for him. If he wants to be rescued, he’ll have to take care of it himself.
stared at the stars in the night and i saw your face (ao3) - druswriting sam/bucky G, 2k
Summary: “Does he always react that way to your… banter?”
“You mean how he acts all shy?” Joaquín questioned, “yeah, I noticed he does that. I guess he’s not used to being complimented…."
Bucky hummed. “Interesting…” he muttered.
Bucky finds out Sam blushes when getting compliments. Naturally, he immediately starts using that knowledge for evil.
That Should Be Me (ao3) - haveufoundwhaturlookingfor steve/sam T, 3k
Summary: Steve and Sam have a steady relationship, despite the fact that they've been hiding their relationship from the public, but that's something they never had a problem with, until the Avenger's PR manager suggests that Steve gets a 'fake girlfriend' to earn positive feedback from the public. This causes some issues with Steve and Sam's relationship.
The Talk (ao3) - Finely Honed (jaqen_hgar bucky/tony M, 5k
Summary: In the history of the world, nothing good had ever followed the phrase we need to talk. It wasn’t going to be, “We need to talk… I just realized I’m crazy about you, even though you’re frustrating at the best of times, and on the wrong side of forty, and are going grayer every day, while I’m young, and beautiful, and way out of your league.”
No, chances were it’d be something like, “We need to talk. It was fun while it lasted, but it’s pretty obvious you’re reading way too much into a little sex between colleagues, so let’s just call it quits before your patheticness makes me puke.”
Time in the Sun (ao3) - marie72 bucky/steve/tony M, 14k
Summary: Steve witnesses something that causes his perfectly constructed shell to break.
Treasure (Me) (ao3) - Potrix bucky/steve/tony E, 4k
Summary: The present is there when Tony drags himself out of his workshop after another all-nighter, sitting on his breakfast bar, neatly wrapped and impossible to miss. Tony squints at it for a moment, suspicious, then shrugs, and wanders closer to pick it up.