Title: Adapt and flourish
(that is the start of the re-counting of all the stories i’ve been writing. this one is the first)
Pairings: Tony Stark/Leli Romanoff
others are not decided yet, so i accept suggestions
Description: Years and years after the death of Tony Stark, the Earth faces new enemies — so called Colonizers, humans from another timeline and dimension, who are trying to enslave everyone in their attempts to power their machines. Goverments are destroyed, and the only opposing force that is still there, is a large group of fanatics, who are trying to create as many mutant soldiers as possible. A small group of said mutants, one of whom is coincidently the only daughter of Natasha Romanoff, escape the claws of the Opposers, but end up in the middle of nowhere, without much protection in the world that is being drained and enslaved by the newcomers.
So they decide to do the only thing that could fix it all — to find a way to the reality, in which this all did not happen. Only that it doesn’t go as smoothly as planned.
Actual summary: a small group of teenagers(18-26 years old) are going back in time from near-apocalyptic state to New York of 2005-2010. Main-main characters are Leli (said daughter of Natasha) and Harper (what a badass, I fucking love her), but we have five new people in total, each a character of their own, with their own life and history. Their main goal is to find people responsible for the coming of Colonizers, meanwhile protecting the NYC and not getting under the radar of not-even-formed-yet Avengers.
Tags(kinda): SLOW BURN, hello. Romance, age difference. OC characters are hella badasses, but vulnerable in their own way and not invincible. Plot is extremely important and I will break the original MCU plot and timeline because I hate repeating stuff. Also, TENSION. Like a lot of unresolved sexual tension. Jealousy. Lots of that shit. Basically forbidden romance. Therefore guilt trips from Stark’s side even before the relationship. Lots of psychological problems from both sides, mentions of PTSD, depression, suicide attempts.
Also, for anyone concerned:
Leli is 19 when she meets Stark for the first time, who’s 42 at the time(first Avengers Movie). Now add the time they’ll need to get to the relationship point. A lot of time.
(Possible Soulmates-AU: Soulmarks are rare, the majority of them are romantic. They are on your body your whole life, but have a gray/black color until your soulmate is born or after they’d died. There are no known cases of soulmates not ever meeting, so the marks are usually seen as a blessing. Tony Stark has one, but it just never got its color back. Could be used to bring the characters together and make the whole thing less of a slow burn, and also could be used to add the sweet aNgSt to Tony’s character. Not sure about it yet though, not a big soulmate-AU fan.)
New characters/OCs (Ages given are for the first Avengers movie, so feel free to subtract 2 years from that, as the story starts 2 years before that):
Valeria ‘Leli/Lela/Lera’ Romanoff
Faceclaim: I DUNNO YET SO I ACCEPT SUGGESTIONS. She looks kinda young for her age, and is a redhead.
Character: chaotic good/neutral. Troublemaker and the glue that makes the whole team stick together. Very optimistic and oblivious, but smart when it comes to helping people. Pretty empathic, I would say, albeit only to others. Can’t understand shit about her own feelings and problems, so she does her best to aVoiD tHeM. (what a responsible human being)
Powers: Illusions and great eyesight.
Quote: “Watch me do it, but naked. Buttnaked? Hah.”
Harper ‘Harp/Harpy’ Jayson
Faceclaim: ig @flammedepigalle
Character: neutral, sarcastic and somewhat pessimistic, even though she’ll tell you it’s called being a realist. Can and will rip your eyes out if you piss her off. Very loyal friend. Impulsive, gets bitchy or explodes pretty often. She is also really, really, really fucking cool and I love her. I’m not biased towards any of my OCs, no, not at all.
Powers: inhumane strength and ability to control air around her, which she’d mastered to its fullest potential(not fullest control, I warn you, she is not invincible).
Quote: “Oh for fuck’s sake, put that shit down, I’m not trying to kill you, you idiot. I won’t need to try. ”
Faceclaim: ig @alissajanay
Character: a sweetheart. Shy, caring, somewhat serene; rarely even raises her voice. Very lovable and very loving, but also not really courageous. She’s there because of her friends, not because she thinks it’s the right thing to do. But she does think so, though.
Powers: foreseeing/intuition, healing. She also has a very enchanting singing voice, which she can turn into a weapon by screaming - knocks people out. Knocks her out too.
Quote: “Oh, no, I’ll be fine. They can’t hit me if I know where the bullets are going. Don’t worry.”
Jordan ‘Danny/Dan/Jordy’ Trevis
Faceclaim: Gerhard Freidl
Character: has very bad eating habits and social anxiety, dislikes talking to people and generally being near anyone, snarky as fuck. Tolerates Leli’s mother-henning around him until the moments she starts calling him her son/child. Asexual, but not aromantic, although distrusts people enough to not even consider it.
Powers: Teleportation and extremely good regeneration. Probably almost unkillable, although they didn’t try to kill him yet.
Quote: “Stop staring at me, I’m not going to disappear.”
Zachary ‘Zach/Ary’ Marley
Character: Leli’s co-drunkard and partner in crime. Gay, crackheadish, extremely bored all the time and has very-very-very low patience level. Very smort boi, but also very unreliable boi. Probably went back in time for weed and not to save the planet.
Powers: Invisibility, perfect memory.
Quote: “Lela, I’m hungry. I told you, we should’ve stolen their pizza. You think we can talk Dan into teleporting us back there? Skye patched my bullet wounds up, I’m ready for more. For pizza and honor, as the saying goes.”