Fanfic review of Smitten Kitten by NotEvenCloseToStraight
Fanfic Name: Smitten Kitten (AO3); Smitten Kitten (tumblr)
Author Name: NotEvenCloseToStraight (AO3); not-close-to-straight (tumblr)
Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe; The Avengers (Marvel) - All Media Types
Pairing: James Bucky Barnes/Steve Rogers/Tony Stark, James Bucky Barnes/Tony Stark, Steve Rogers/Tony Stark, James Bucky Barnes/Steve Rogers
Tags: Shifter fic, Cat Tony Stark Lion Steve Rogers Wolf Bucky Barnes Mating Bond Mating Bites Jealousy Possessive Behavior Tony is Smol Tony is High Maintenance Rhodey Is a Good Bro BAMF Rhodey Protective Natasha NSFW Explicit Sexual Content Fluff Light Angst Smut Fluff and Smut and Feels Come Marking Come Swallowing Blowjobs Fingering Threesomes Rough Sex partial shifting Sharing a Bed Sharing a Boyfriend Semi-Public Sex Elevator Sex limo sex Everybody loves Tony
I’ve gotta credit it to this story and this author for making me love stony/ stuckony and Wanda Maximoff...
I am one of those tony stans who is, to this day, still salty about the civil war and was actually extremely critical of Steve/Tony relation. And this isn’t just in the canon compliant stories. Even in AUs and non-canon compliant fanfictions, I often tend to steer away from all things that have anything to do with steve/tony relation together. Another thing I’m extremely critical of is Wanda Maximoff in general. That being said, it is necessary that you guys remember that my only exposure to any of these characters is MCU, and I’ve never till date, read any of the comics or seen other versions of the Marvel characters such as Avengers Assemble.
This book, has essentially given me hope that Steve and Tony especially in the presence of Bucky, while he is a part of the equation can be the most amazing couple that there could be. Creature fics with A/B/O dynamics in the MCU can be explored impeccably and this is one of the examples for it. This story made me laugh, cry and love it in its entirety. And Rhodey and Natasha being protective of Tony has for very long been my guilty pleasure. The story appeals to the softer corners of our hearts. Unlike the dark angst, this is a softer angst that appeals to our everyday life, even if it has fantastical elements in them. Polyamorous relations are quite difficult to write in my opinion and this story is one of the bestpoly stories I’ve read and I just LOVE it so much... sobs softly.
In short, I really loved this story for someone who frequently steers clear from any relation that has Steve/Tony together, I can handle them as friends and everything in between but I’m usually worried if it is romantic relations, even though Mani loves it. This made me want to go find some good stony and stuckony fics.... So if any of you have suggestions do let me know....
I really think anyone who loves any of tags mentioned, it is still going to be an amazing treat to read it. The dynamics in it are beautiful and everyone should get to experience them.