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Protective!Bruce Masterlist

5 times Peter purred + 1 he couldn't (ao3) - Dorthea N/R, 12k

Summary: Peter Parker was bitten by a radioaktive spider. That means sticking to walls, swing in webs and having enhanced senses. But seemingly it also means that he can purr?

Add a little bit of identity reveals, some nightmares and panic attacks, and end it all on a kidnapping. Then you got quiet a good fanfiction!

Or, 5 times Peter purred + 1 he couldn't.

anger issues (ao3) - imposterhuman implied tony/stephen G, 2k

Summary: bruce comes back after the civil war to be by tonys side

when the rogue avengers returns, he lays some truths on them

team iron man! troll me and ill fight you

A Place to Call Home (ao3) - SeverusSnapeFan G, 66k

Summary: He had a bad feeling that something was going to go wrong, but he was a scientist and feelings wasn't concrete evidence and so he ignored. Tony Stark really wished he had of listened to his gut, because he hadn't he was now in the body of his child self and all the baggage that came with it. Could this day get any worse?

Consequences (ao3) - MistressOfDeath pepper/tony, clint/laura, hermione/ron, angelina/george M, 148k

Summary: The whole team is back together, accommodating themselves in the newly renovated Avengers Tower and getting used to the company, dealing with their everyday and not-so-everyday problems. Mostly Rose-centric. Sequel to XTREMIS. Fem!Harry. Sequel to this is up!

Cut the Wire (How to Stop a Civil War) (ao3) - Orbing_Arrow steve/tony T, 71k

Summary: Tony learns the truth about Bucky Barnes a week after CA:TWS and it changes everything. This is how you stop a civil war.

Don't Mess With Him, He's Mine (ao3) - justfandomthings loki/tony T, 119k

Summary: After Ragnarok, Thor and Loki find themselves in debt to one Tony Stark. Loki had expected to hate the man, but it's actually really hard to hate a man (a mortal of all beings!) that reminds him of himself. So, when he sees Anthony getting hurt, he's going to do something about it. Because Anthony is his friend, and that means no one hurts him and gets away with it.

dying is an art (i do it exceptionally well) (ao3) - imposterhuman bucky/tony G, 26k

Summary: everyone knows tony stark- child prodigy, pretentious asshole, et cetera ad nauseum

(spoiler alert: they dont know him at all)

bucky barnes wants to know what about tony is so confusing to him

Eat, Pray, Loki (ao3) - Jackaloki jane/thor, pepper/tony T, 162k

Summary: Loki accidentally strips himself of his own immortality and magic and gets stuck in his female form. Banished by Odin for the crime of being mortal, Loki escapes to Midgard. As a condition of staying with the Avengers, Loki is required to attend sessions with Doctor Leonard Samson, psychiatrist.

Tony discovers what it’s like to be a parent, and Bruce offers to answer Loki’s sex-related questions. Loki hacks JARVIS, discovers new-age religion, fails to learn anything from the Sorcerer Supreme, stumbles into a middle of a supervillain attack she has nothing to do with, and eats lots of yummy Midgardian food.

Incandescent Wrath (ao3) - orphan_account bruce/betty G, 6k

Summary: Dr Bruce Banner was not impressed with how the Rogues had betrayed the peoples' faith in them, his faith or Tony's. He had some things he needed to get off his chest.

Or: The One Where Dr Bruce Banner Has Several Points He Wants To Make Clear While Terrorising The Rogue Avengers.

Kids Will Be Kids (ao3) - GoringWriting loki/tony, steve/bucky, clint/laura, natasha/sif, bruce/sam N/R, 64k

Summary: The Avengers have been invited to Asgard to a feast in their honor. Too bad they don't know a feast on Asgard lasts for several days. Days that Loki spends vanishing to places unknown. Will the avengers care enough to find out where their unwanted member is or will Loki manage to keep his kids a secret from them.

Listen To The Voice Inside Your Head (ao3) - inkinmyheartandonthepage G, 2k

Summary: Everyone has forgotten who Peter Parker is - except for the Hulk

Peter Parker Intern to... Bruce Banner? (ao3) - 107thInfantry mj/peter G, 22k

Summary: “Bruce, I found one for you. He’s on your level. Just give him some training, and he’ll be perfect. Thanks.”

In a universe where Peter Parker never had the cover story of being an intern, he is picked up by Bruce Banner to intern at Stark Industries. Still Spider-Man and still known by Tony Stark from those Homecoming scenes, Peter takes a different path when he feels that Tony only likes him for his powers. While growing closer with Bruce Banner, Peter investigates his past and builds a name for himself in the scientific community. Tony struggles to recognizes Peter for his personality rather than his intelligence and secret identity. As they begin to understand each other, Peter befriends Black Widow, Bruce Banner, and Shuri.

Stand By (ao3) - SailorChibi T, 4k

Summary: It's been a couple years since the fight over the Registration Act. Steve thinks everything has finally settled down. Steve has no idea just how good Tony is at hiding his fear towards the Winter Soldier. It all comes out during a movie night, when Tony drops hard.

Surviving Category Four (ao3) - wolfelements bucky/tony, steve/sam, bruce/hulk, clint/phil M, 93k

Summary: Tony Stark is a guide who hates sentinels. Bonding? No thank you. Simple friendship? You better go through a death defying situtation with him first. Trust? Never.

Enter Bucky Barnes. Killer of his parents. Tortured into doing that very thing. Warped sentinel who, because Tony can't help his nature to accept the request for help from Steve Rogers, is now in his medical ward.

His medical ward, suffering from category four level of sentinel zone outs.

Taming the Pack (ao3) - SailorChibi steve/tony, bucky/tony, natasha/tony E, 11k

Summary: Tony never expected to find a pack after the end of the world. But is there really a place for him amongst so many wild alphas and betas?

Winter (ao3) - SailorChibi T, 6k

Summary: Bucky thought he might have to threaten Steve, Wanda and maybe even Clint a few more times to get them to back off of Tony. He never thought that Wanda, in one of her childish, spoiled fits, would stoop to forcing Tony into his little headspace in public.

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Sing Me to Sleep: One

Where is Y/N?” Bruce asked, pouring tea into his mug from the pot on the table.

“At work,” Thor replied.

“Still?” Bruce asked, glancing at the clock. 

Thor nodded and sighed, “She texted last night, after you fell asleep.”

Bruce frowned and looked at the clock again. You’d been working a punishing number of hours. More hours than any one person should be working. It was too much. 80 hour weeks. 20 hour shifts sometimes.  And when you come home, collapsing into bed and curing around the nearest stuffed animal or warm body… It broke both their hearts. Especially when you cried. Never where they could see you, or when you thought they were looking. 

But in your sleep. As tears ran down your cheeks and you whimpered in the dark. So tired and care worn that your heart referred to rest. It aired the grievances in your sleep that you couldn’t voice during your waking hours.

“What was she doing?” Bruce asked. 

“She couldn’t give me very many details,” Thor said, “But she did say that it wasn’t going to be a dangerous situation. And it sounded like she was in a hospital.”

“IN a hospital?” Bruce said, slightly alarmed. 

“No. No- with a patient. Not as a patient,” Thor said soothingly, wrapping an arm around Bruce’s waist and resting his forehead on the other man’s ribs.

Bruce Exhaled slowly and nodded, thankful that you at the very least, weren’t in any dangerous place this time. 

“How long has it been?” Thor asked. 

“I don’t know,” Bruce admitted, “She left around 11am yesterday. And I know at some point she took a nap in her car.”

“Ah yes,” Thor snorted, “Her trusty rolling fortress… At least she was reasonably comfortable for a while.”

“If a little chilly,” Bruce said smiling. 

For a long moment, the two of them were silent. Staring at the clock and considering. Wondering how much longer it was going to take for you to stumble through the door. 

“She’s going to be tired,” Thor said, a little sadly. 

Bruce made a soft sound of agreement and sighed, “Yeah. I think we better make sure there’s clean sheets on the bed and something hot to eat.”

Thor nodded, frowning slightly. The God hated the idea that you were hungry and exhausted somewhere. And he hated it even more when he thought about all the weight you’d lost just from the stress. Bruce knew it by the way his eyes darkened. 

But. 

They didn’t have much time to debate. Or consider what you might like to eat when you got home. The door swung open and the sound of your bag hitting the floor brought them both to their feet quickly. 

“Holy shit,” you murmur, rolling your neck to stretch it out and limping slightly as you walk through the narrow breeze way.

You blink in surprise at seeing them both in the kitchen and your face relaxes into a tired smile, “I hope you haven’t been up all night waiting for me.”

Thor shook his head, a little alarmed when you wavered on your feet, “Of course not, my love. Only until we knew you were safe somewhere for the night.”

You nod and stifle a yawn with difficulty, catching yourself on the back of a chair, everything going black at the edges breifly, giving you the tunnel vision you’d gotten all too used to in the past weeks. “I think-”

But that’s all you manage to get out, before you crumple. Like a wad of paper into the arms of the nearest man.

Bruce would tell you later, he was thankful Thor had the presence of mind to toedge closer to you. Pointing out that, if he had tried to catch you, it probably would have resulted in Bruce spraining something and Thor having to carry both of you to bed. But that in the moment, the heart rending picture of him having to carry your exhausted, overworked body just made him go a little green around the irises. 

It took both men to get you into your pajamas and tucked into bed. When you were awake, you fussed at them. Protesting that you were fine around being told to take drinks of water and Bruce taking vitals while he decided whether or not you needed medical attention or just some rest. 

Ultimately, as you curled in their arms, slipping into fitful sleep, Bruce decided that the stress of waking up in unfamiliar surroundings might be more detrimental. Particularly if you woke up alone. In a bed that was too small and narrow for them to join you in. 

And Thor deferred to Bruce. 

“My brave little Valkyrie,” Thor hummed, tutting softly. “Though she is but little, she is fierce. Let her sleep. For when she wakes, she will move mountains.”

Bruce chuckled, “Shakespeare?”

“Can you think of any other words to describe such a woman?” Thor said grinning. 

“No,” Bruce admitted, Kissing the demi god’s chin and tucking a blanket closer to you. “But-”

“I know,” Thor soothed, “Even steel can break… She needs to rest. Properly.”

“I’m going to talk to Tony again… I know she doesn’t WANT to work for SHEILD. Or Stark. And I know she doesn’t WANT to use her powers for those people… Not in any capacity they want but… She’s one woman. And it’s not like the not for profits are treating her any better.”

Thor sighed, looking apprehensive, “But-”

“I know,” Bruce grumbled, “We should respect her wishes but… Thor. What will she do if HYDRA catches up with her? In a dark Alley. With no way to call us. They could make off with her and we’d never-”

Thor kissed him quiet gently. They had had that argument. Amongst themselves and with you. Many times. You liked to hide in plain sight. And, You had pointed out to them, many times that Bruce eluded Hydra on his own for many years. And that his particular ability was much more likely to be of interest. 

“We’ll try again when she wakes. AFTER,” he said scowling, “We get a decent meal into her. I don’t like those cookie things she keeps in her car.”

“Granola bars,” Bruce corrected automatically.

“Whatever. They’re not food,” Thor groused. 

“After she eats,” Bruce said placatingly. “After we all have a nice lunch… Or dinner.”

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It's the first dark!Bruce fic I've seen so far, and any others will have a hard time measuring up. It is perfection.

Author's summary, long version:

Something happens that makes Bruce angry. So angry that he doesn't hulk out, but stays calm and proceeds to do something incredibly intelligent, precise, and shit-your-pants-scary.

See, the real person to be afraid of isn't the rampaging Hulk but the super-genius who knows how to control gamma radiation and has learned exactly where the most vulnerable parts in the body are and how long someone can stay alive under intense pain. He knows how to break a person mentally, how to prey upon people's fears and out-psyche them. He also knows that there is no stopping himself once someone close to him has been hurt.