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MCU Fic Recs #11

Here’s the eleventh part of my MCU fic rec series! These are some of my personal favorites from what I’ve read over the past week (well, technically week and a half since I was finishing reading this one fic before making this post). It was so captivating that I knew I had to include it here.

This time the list is definitely an interesting mix, and you’ll notice that some of the fics are once again from the @irondad-creator-awards bookmarks. It’s been so nice going through them and spending more time with my favorite father-son duo.

As always, huge thanks to the amazing authors for their incredible work <3 <3 <3 @cajun-fangirl @resurrectedhippo

Hope you enjoy these recs. I definitely recommend checking them out!

Good For You by Orbing_Arrow

Words: 41,616

Relationship: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark

Relevant tags: Hurt Tony, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Angst with a Happy Ending, Implied/Referenced Domestic Violence, Implied/Referenced Rape/Non-con, Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism, Tony Stark Needs a Hug, Clint Barton Is a Good Bro, Sex Tapes, Protective Steve Rogers, Protective Pepper Potts, Protective Rhodey, Protective Jarvis (Iron Man movies), This Thing Has a Happy Ending, Stark Defense Squad

Summary: Steve doesn't understand why Tony dates people who treat him poorly. Tony doesn't understand why Steve cares.

The rest is bad choices, good choices, rehab, milkshakes, paintball, YouTube videos, couples therapy and learning to put the past in the past.

Or: How Tony finds his happy ending.

maybe love is the reason why (we're seeing it eye to eye) by parkrstark

Words: 134,438

Relationship: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark

Relevant tags: Post-Captain America: Civil War (Movie), Undercover, Undercover as a Couple, Superfamily, Fake/Pretend Relationship, Tony Stark Has Trust Issues, Tony Stark Acting as Peter Parker's Parental Figure, Protective Tony Stark, Protective Steve Rogers, Parent Steve Rogers, Hurt/Comfort, Domestic, Sharing a Bed, Pining Steve Rogers, Oblivious Tony Stark, Matchmaker Peter Parker, Jealous Tony Stark, Arguing, Enemies to Friends to Lovers, Nightmares, Underage Drinking, Sick Tony Stark, Slow Burn, Sexual Content, Making Out, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Past Child Abuse, Homophobia, Sexual Tension, Flirting, First Kiss, Mutual PiningTeenagers, Teenage Drama, Implied/Referenced Bullying, The Talk, Peter Parker is a Little Shit, Peter Parker Has a Crush, Peter Parker has ADHD, Hurt Peter Parker, Hurt Steve Rogers, Misunderstandings, Angst, Vomiting, Skinny Dipping, Domestic Fluff

Summary: "I'm sorry. Repeat that again." Tony leaned forward in his seat from across the table. He even stuck a finger in his ear as if he was cleaning it out. "I don't think I heard you right."

Fury rolled his eyes-- or well, eye. "You and Rogers need to go undercover as a married couple in a community out on Long Island."

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After Civil War, Tony and Steve are sent on an undercover mission as a couple to try and find Hydra informants. Somehow, they end up with Peter as their undercover son who decides to play matchmaker even if the two of them are doing their best to ignore their feelings after Siberia.

But If You Believe (The Magic of Christmas Eve) by OllieCollie

Words: 13,444

Relationship: Peter Parker & Tony Stark, Pepper Potts/Tony Stark

Relevant tags: Hurt/Comfort, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Angst, Angst with a Happy Ending, Christmas, Homeless Peter Parker, Peter Parker Needs a Hug, Tony Stark Has a Heart, Not Canon Compliant, Alternative Meeting, Irondad, Christmas Wish, Fluff & Angst, Poor Peter Parker, Awesome Pepper Potts, Protective Tony Stark, Hypothermia, Snow, Cozy, winter 2023, Peter Parker Gets a Hug

Summary: “Why didn’t you say something sooner?” Tony asks. “I could have bought you an entire Christmas tree farm five years ago if you'd asked.”

Pepper rolls her eyes. “I don’t need a Christmas tree farm. Just one single tree and some nice decorations would do.”

“All right, fine. I just don't see the point. It's not like we have kids around to enjoy it.”

Pepper lifts an eyebrow. “Are you implying that's something you'd like?”

Didn't Have A Dime (But I Always Had A Vision) by OllieCollie

Words: 17,569

Relationship: Peter Parker & Tony Stark

Relevant tags:  Not Canon Compliant, Fluff and Angst, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Misunderstandings, Christmas, Christmas Fluff, Tony Stark Acting as Peter Parker's Parental Figure, Peter Parker Needs a Hug, Peter Parker is Tony Stark's Biological Child, Tony Stark Has a Heart, Awesome Pepper Potts, Peter Parker is a Mess, He sneaks into SI, Family Bonding, Uncle Happy Hogan, Uncle James "Rhodey" Rhodes, Peter Parker & Morgan Stark are Siblings (Marvel Cinematic Universe), Found Family, Alternate Universe - Different First Meeting, Light Angst

Summary: The kid—Peter, apparently—clears his throat and rocks back on his heels. “No, no—that’s, um, that's not why I'm here. Look, I know this is gonna sound really crazy, but I just need five minutes of your time.” He holds up all the fingers on his right hand in a visual representation of the words.

Tony raises his eyebrows at the prefacing remark. “Off to an exceptional start.” This should be interesting. “You know, usually most business proposals begin with something along the lines of—”

“You're my dad.”

Irreplaceable by for_the_night

Words: 63,319

Relationship: Peter Parker & Tony Stark, Harley Keener & Tony Stark, Harley Keener & Peter Parker

Relevant tags: Tony Stark Acting as Peter Parker's Parental Figure, Harley Keener is Tony Stark's Biological Child, Peter Parker Has Abandonment Issues, Angst, Hurt Peter Parker, Protective May Parker (Spider-Man), Protective Happy Hogan, Hurt/Comfort, Angst with a Happy Ending, Peter Parker Needs a Hug, Precious Peter Parker, References to Depression, Sad Peter Parker, Post-Spider-Man: Homecoming, Peter Parker Whump, Blood and Injury, Recovery, Protective Harley Keener, Flash Thompson Being a Jerk, BAMF May Parker (Spider-Man), Harley Keener & Peter Parker Friendship, Tony Stark Has a Heart

Summary: It starts with a cancelled lab session. Then two. Then three.

When Peter finally plucks up the courage to ask what he’s done wrong, he finds another kid in the lab with Tony. The teen feels a pang of hurt seeing the pair laughing and joking together, but the fatal blow is seeing Tony ruffle the boy's hair.

Tony doesn’t hate Peter. He’s replaced him.

Down in Lonesome Town by resurrectedhippo

Words: 79,351

Relationship: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark

Relevant tags: Tony Stark Lives, POV Steve Rogers, Steve Rogers-centric, Steve Rogers Feels, Angst, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Introspection, Mental Health Issues, Grief/Mourning, Domestic, Slow Burn, Reconciliation, Bearded Steve Rogers Building Stuff, Lake Tahoe, Post-Avengers: Endgame (Movie), Endgame Fix-It, Fix-It, Top Steve Rogers, Bottom Tony Stark, Switching, Bottom Steve Rogers, Mutual Pining

Summary: “Why do I always find my way back to you?”

Maybe Tony didn’t necessarily return to Steve, but fate is a funny little thing, and after living a life of loss, Steve wants something that’s his to keep.

After the universe is restored, Steve is lost without any direction. Retiring from the Avengers, he moves across the country and ends up building a house by a misty blue lake. Across the bridge is Tony Stark’s new workshop.

[lakecountylibrary]

Anon who had asked about donating a series, the series is Chronicles of Alsea by Fletcher Delancey; it consists of 10 books, the finale of which was published in 2020. It’s a sci-fi series mostly taking place on the planet Alsea where the inhabitants are empaths (they have various strengths of ability, but it’s very rare for them to not have any empathic ability). They discover they’re not alone in the universe when a space ship crashes onto their planet and find out that besides not being alone, there’s basically two factions of humans that are in the middle of a war. I think the world building is really impressive, and I really appreciate how much thought was put into thinking about how much being an empath and being able to sense if someone was lying could shape a society. Also, I’m always a sucker for characters who have really strong senses of right and wrong and do their best to stand up for what’s right and protect those weaker than themselves. It’s been a while since I’ve watched it so I may be misremembering some of the details, but I saw an interview with the author where she said she was inspired by Star Trek’s Prime Directive; she said it always bothered her because you could have an advanced civilization who just hasn’t quite figured out faster than light travel who were just as advanced, if not more so, in other areas, but since they weren’t quite there with one aspect that the Federation deemed necessary they couldn’t join and therefore the gap in knowledge between them and the Federation would only expand since everyone else was sharing info. Anyway, while Alseans don’t have faster than light travel, both their healing and nanotechnology are more advanced than either of the groups of regular humans, which causes them to have to reassess their assumptions and prejudices they hold for the worlds that aren’t part of their groups. Also, in later books, Alseans end up questioning their own assumptions/traditions regarding empathic strength and castes (basically their career options of which there are 6 but high level empathy only have an option of 2 due to “need”). I’ve probably rambled enough for the middle of the night, and while part of me thinks I should have waited til morning so it would be more coherent/well thought out, the rest of me knows that with how excited I get about this series, more coherence is definitely not guaranteed. I hope you all have a swell day!

Well, there you have it folks! Empaths! Space wars! Inspired by Star Trek! Who's going to give this series a shot?

Also, just because I know our audience here on tumblr dot com: I took a look at the first book in the series on Goodreads and people do have it shelved in queer, lgbt, and lesbian. Having not read it myself, I can't speak to how big a role that rep plays but 👀

Thank you for the ask, anon - we love seeing readers passionate about the books they love.

(Here's the previous ask, for anyone else wondering about donating/purchase requests/getting your fav books in the library.)

[navybrat817]

I feel like I’ve read every fic under the sun, and was wondering if u could recommend some that I might not have read. All au’s are welcomed 💙

Hi, nonnie. Since this is a very broad spectrum, @americasass81 did a writer's appreciation post here that has a nice list of writers. @saiyanprincessswanie also does a weekly reading rec list that's full of great fics and writers.

Any lovely reading this can add on, of course. Happy reading!

Love and thanks. 💙

[stevetonyweekly]

id like to rec "an appalling lack of boundaries" by areiton (37608319 on ao3) , its one of the sweetest most comforting things ive ever read, all about tony being loved by steve and by his best friend rhodey 🥺

Thank you, friend! I'm so glad you liked it!!!

And everyone else. Go read it.

an appalling lack of boundaries by Areiton

The first thing Steve learns about Tony is that he has an appalling lack of boundaries.

Everything good that happens to him, he tells Rhodey.

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Reader Rec Program

TLDR:

If I haven't already featured/indexed a fic you love, fill out this google form to recommend it to be added to the blog.

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Since Not Doc left, I've been trying to think of creative ways to get more than just my voice to the recs that come from here. In my busiest days, I miss things while trying to read, answer asks, and properly index recs.

So, I'm hoping to get some help from you!

If you think there is a fic that should be recommended on here, that I haven't yet (find a comprehensive list of prior recs here) you can fill out this form and I'll try to get the rec up on the blog!

Essentially, this is the tumblr "submit post" function, but with the full list of tags that this blog uses (there are too many for tumblr).

A couple of quick things:

1) Before you submit please check to make sure I haven't already reced something before you submit it.

2) It is likely that not all submissions will appear and they definitely will not appear immediately. It will take me a beat to get the info in and I will only plan to release about 1 rec per day. I also won't post recs with bad info (e.g., bad links; incorrect tags), so please be accurate. You can message me (off anon is easiest) if you think I've missed something important!

3) I prefer to rec completed stories or stories that have stopped updating for at least several months. Please don't submit something just because it has started off well (e.g., chapter 1/? is amazing!).

[ladyofparchments]

Spooky Read Recs

It’s that time of year again. The time when readers turn towards books of a spookier, creepier nature. At least if you’re not only a Horror reader... or maybe them, too? Anyway, I’ve got some reading recs for y’all that fall along the spooky/creepy spectrum. Bear in mine, I am a fraidy-cat, so I can’t deal with intense horror. But the spooky and creepy books with an air of mystery about them? Yeah, that’s my jam, and these are all titles I’ve read. So let’s get to the recs!

Adult and YA Titles:

The Ghost Tree by Christina Henry (Really, you could check out Henry’s roster of titles if you’re not into the specters of a haunted town. She’s got plenty of other titles to select from, but I read this one in 2 days.)

White Shark (AKA Creature) by Peter Benchley (This was the title Benchley wrote after he saw that Jaws resulted in seriously over-fishing of sharks out of fear. It’s a fascinating creature feature book that has ties to WWII, though that was totally changed with the TV mini-series.)

Full Moon City by Multiple Authors and edited by Darrell Schweitzer and Martin H. Greenberg (My closer friends know why there has to be at least one werewolf rec on this list. This anthology will allow readers to dip in and out to test the waters with new authors and see some perhaps unknown stories by favored authors. Btw, Holly Black’s story is close to my heart since it takes place in Houston.)

And the Trees Crept In by Dawn Kurtagich (Hoo boy, I couldn’t read this one after sundown until I reached the climax of the story. It was a very gradually developed creeptastic read, and the atmosphere was on point. Kurtagich has other YA Horror novels under her belt, so if you’ve read this one, try another.)

The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey (Another creature feature and it leans on the younger side of YA, but that doesn’t take away from the creep factor especially when the creatures show up. This is also the first in a quartet, so if you like this one, check out the others in the series.)

Graphic Novels:

Sing No Evil by JP Ahonen & KP Alare (Imagine finding a song that was so entrancing, it would compel you to do something against your nature. This graphic novel explores that and comes recommended from both the husbeau and me.)

Through the Woods by Emily Carroll (This collection of short stories in this graphic novel are just right for the spooky season. Carroll’s art style really brings out the creep factor, and I’m eager to see what else she’ll bring out. She also did the graphic novel version of Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson which I also recommend just not on this list.)

The Crossroads at Midnight by Abby Howard (Another collection of short stories in a graphic novel, and the artwork is chilling and skin-crawling at times in the stories. With five different stories that result in a wide range of endings, this graphic novel is sure to entertain.)

And that’s my reading recommends for this October! Are there any titles you think are great to read this time of year? Feel free to add to the list! 

[gallavichfanficlibrary]

To the person who asked for must reads, I just wanted to recommend two of my favorites: The New Year which is a post season 5 fic and is accompanied by a sequel, and The Halfway House series which I think depicts such an amazing rendition of their relationship.

Thank you for the recs, these are great fics!

The New Year series Post s6, canon divergent. The Gallaghers adjust to Mickey's abrupt return into their lives.

The Halfway House After his mum took off, Ian sort of expected he'd wind up in foster care. What he didn't expect was to meet a sort of dirty boy called Mickey Milkovich there.

Everyone is very welcome to send their own recs to us, but lately we’ve gotten a huge amount of messages and both also have responsibilities again in real life (I personally just got a job that takes a huge amount of my time!) so we’re going to put more focus on the asks than shout outs. We love you and them, I’m just overwhelmed and really want to make sure people find their fics!

(sorry it took long time to react, life is happening a lot lol).