(Outer) Space Setting Masterlist
Links Last Checked: August 4th, 2024
Again (ao3) - silver_drip
loki/tony
M, 91k
Summary: When Loki invaded Midgard he did not expect to meet another god.
A Storm over Xela (ao3) - cakeisnotpie
clint/phil, melinda/jasper, maria/steve
M, 31k
Summary: Phil Coulson, heir to the throne, just wants three days before he enters into negotiations for the marriage that will bring stability to the galaxy. His royal cousins, Jasper Sitwell and Maria Hill, just want nothing to go wrong with the hare-brained plan of Phil's to switch places. Melinda May, Initiate Prime, just wants to ensure that her people can live in peace. Steve Rogers, Captain of the Guard, just wants no one to get hurt under his watch. And Clint Barton, spy and security expert, just wants to be wrong about his suspicions.
None of them are going to get what they want ... but they might get what they need.
An unabashed romance novel set in outer space with spaceships, pirates, and lots of squeezing in tiny spaces together. All the pairings get their own POVs.
Bend Around the Wind (ao3) - Scyllaya
loki/tony
E, 403k
Summary: A few months after the battle of New York the God Loki appears back on Stark Tower under chaotic circumstances. This time however he is on the run. Tony Stark gets caught up in the crossfire and is taken along with the Aesir. Can the two of them ever make truce in order to get away? And even if they do, how does one escape from such a dark corner of the universe, when they are so very far away from the Nine Realms, that not even Loki knows the way back home. But first, they need to survive.
Catch a Falling Star (ao3) - tsukinofaerii
steve/tony
E, 42k
Summary: When Tony was sixteen, he got to meet his hero, Captain Steve Rogers, the Empire's not-literally-golden boy from the Continuity Wars. When he was twenty-seven, the aforementioned Captain turned Pirate picked him up at the outer edges of space. It would have been a good time to appreciate the abundant nudity that came from spending too much time with space colonists, but Tony had bigger worries than even Rogers' amazing hip-to-shoulder ratio. Something was sending the star-encircling computers that power the galaxy into a tailspin, and it was going to take a lot more than luck and skill to clean the mess up.
Free Floating In Space (ao3) - vassalady
steve/tony
E, 40k
Summary: Tony runs a small salvaging business in the backwater territory of Outer Centaurus. When scavenging a long abandoned space station leads to an unexpected find, it begins a long journey for Tony, Steve, and the rest of the Iron Bird crew as they stand on the edge of war.
Great Unknown. (ao3) - ClaraxBarton
bucky/clint, steve/natasha
T, 3k
Summary: Smugglers and dragons and karaoke and space. Oh my.
That's it. That's the summary. Enjoy or suffer at your will.
North Of Gravity (Head Up In The Stratosphere) (ao3) - geckoholic
clint/kate
T, 4k
Summary: The Hawkeyes pretend to be married. In space. Because aliens, and also Natasha.
Problems in Relativity (ao3) - Muccamukk
steve/tony
E, 7k
Summary: Steve Rogers, captain of the spacecraft America, resents playing Director Fury's errand boy, and that's before the mission to collect a mysterious package leads to more trouble than he ever wanted.
Space is for the birds (ao3) - hopelessly_me
bucky/clint/steve
E, 3k
Summary: Clint gets elected by Tony to travel to space with him to repair a spaceship, and all Clint wants to do is get back home to Bucky and Steve.
Staring at the Sun (ao3) - snoozingkitten
steve/tony
E, 36k
Summary: Steve is a man on the run from his past, unsure if he even wanted a future. Tony is a man with a dangerous secret. They meet like a train crash and then all bets are off; it’s all everyone can do to survive. Space AU. Western AU.
Sunrise in Exile (ao3) - Ragdoll (Keshka)
tony/stephen
E, 384k (WIP)
Summary: Tony does the math and realizes their best chance to save the universe is by... not confronting Thanos on his own turf.
So he steals a wizard and a spider and a space ship. And he runs.
(Three humans and an A.I in space, the alien friendships they make along the way, and discovering how science and magic might coexist in a universe where they can be one and the same.)
The Captain and His Courtesan (ao3) - Winterstar
steve/tony
E, 189k
Summary: A story of revolution.
Captain Steve Rogers is just trying to pay off his debt to SHIELD, carting cargo from the Rim worlds to the Inner Belts in his bucket of bolts ship, the Howling Commando. He keeps a low profile and makes sure his crew is safe and happy. But the universe has a different plan for the once highly decorated Captain of the Honor Guard. The universe drops a Courtesan by the name of Tony Stark into his life. The Captain doesn't like it, but Bucky convinces him that providing transport to the most elusive Courtesan in the Guild could be their ticket to freedom. His crew from the engineer with anger management issues to the pilot who may be a beautiful but deadly assassin wants him to take the commission. What ends up being a simple commission puts his crew in jeopardy and could change all of humanity, because the Courtesan is not really just a pretty face and the Captain of the Honor Guard can fall in love far too easily with a man of conviction - and Tony Stark is a man of conviction.
to dream of the stars (ao3) - gottalovev
steve/tony
E, 32k
Summary: Fifteen years after a summer romance at Space Academy that left them brokenhearted, Steve and Tony meet again as astronaut candidates.
Under Stars (ao3) - vulcantastic
steve/tony
T, 14k
Summary: Commander Tony Stark, just kicked off the USS Expedition for mutiny, finds comfort in an ensign wandering the halls of the USS Quinjeti at 0400 hours. Southern comfort, no less.
What do you mean we left Clint on Mars? (ao3) - sara_holmes
bucky/clint
T, 24k
Summary: “What do you mean we left Clint on Mars?”
Cap’s incredulous voice cuts through the stunned silence of the cockpit, loud and shocked. He’s standing there with his cowl in hand, gaping at the holo-screen at the front of the jet. Next to him, Tony is standing with his hands on his head, mouth hanging open in a similar fashion. Over on the other side of the cockpit is Jane, who has both palms clapped across her mouth like she’s trying to hold back hysterical giggles.
For his part, Bucky is just staring at the screen like he can’t quite believe what’s going on.
When The Stars Come Calling (ao3) - lazywriter7
peter/tony
M, 108k
Summary: Or, how Tony Stark got his groove back, with the assistance of one Peter Quill.