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Week 28 Roundup!  We’re closing in on the end, and we have SO MANY FILLS for your Tony Stark pleasure!  MORE THAN 60 FILLS THIS WEEK!
Title: Let Sleeping Geniuses Lie Collaborator: celtic7irish Link: AO3 Square Filled: S1 - Fluff Ship: Tony & Avengers Rating: Gen Major Tags: fluff, Avengers team, soft sleepy Tony Summary: Far too many Avengers are awake at 3:00 in the morning, so they'll just have to keep each other company. Word Count: 2658
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Title: Winter Kitty Collaborator: celtic7irish Link: AO3 Square Filled: S4 - Shapeshifters Ship: none Rating: Gen Major Tags: shapeshifters, protective Avengers Summary: When Bucky finally decides to come in from the cold, running from Hydra, the Avengers are there to defend him. Word Count: 1236
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Title: Dreaming of the Future Collaborator: celtic7irish Link: AO3 Square Filled: A1 - dream sharing Ship: Tony & Bucky Rating: Gen Major Tags: Winter Soldier, 5 + 1, time skips Summary: The Winter Soldier dreams sometimes. Eventually, he realizes that he's not dreaming, so much as sharing someone else's dreams of a seemingly impossible future. Word Count: 3748
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Title: Making the Best of It Collaborator: celtic7irish Link: AO3 Square Filled: R3 - Image of Tony dressed as Captain America Ship: WinterIron Rating: Teen Major Tags: pre-relationship, protective Bucky, snarky Tony, playing with portals, kidnapping Summary: It had been Steve’s idea, because of course it had been. Something about not taking the role of team leader for granted or some such nonsense. Tony hadn’t really been paying much attention at the time. Which is probably why he didn’t remember getting a say in the matter. Or: Everybody Takes a Turn Playing Captain America, Whether They Want To Or Not Word Count: 5811
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Title: A Study in Stupidity Collaborator: celtic7irish Link: AO3 Square Filled: K3 - explosion in the lab Ship: Bucky & Tony Rating: Gen Major Tags: college campus, lab explosions, humor, canon-typical violence Summary: James strode through the hallways of the university, trying not to draw attention to himself, moving with purpose, as if he belonged here. His primary concern was remaining unnoticed by the Hydra agents he’d spotted standing around one of the buildings. Secondary mission was to figure out why they were here and what they were guarding. What could so important on a college campus that Hydra felt the need to post guards to protect it? Or: The Chem Lab Explosion Nobody Asked For Word Count: 2494
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Title: i am a dream, i am - Chapter 3: iii. Collaborators: deathsweetqueen, justanotherpipedream Link: AO3 Square Filled: for summer, T1 - waking up married Ship: Steve/Natasha/Tony, past Tony/Ty Stone Rating: Explicit Major Tags: dubious content, past domestic violence, alcoholism, anxiety attacks, explicit sexual content, gaslighting, breaking up and making up Summary: I am exposed. I am a print of darkness on a square of film. I am a garbled dream told by a breakfast-table liar. I am a wound which has forgotten how to heal. - Erica Jong Word Count: 6754
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Title: Life Model Decoy Collaborator: celtic7irish Link: AO3 Square Filled: T1 - Recasting - Chromatic Recasting, Genderswap Casting Ship: Pepperony Rating: Gen Major Tags: Endgame fix-it, fem!Tony (sort of) Summary: Tony wakes up after Thanos is defeated. But not everything is as he remembers it. Luckily, the important things are. Word Count: 2811
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Title: Whispers In Our Ears Collaborator: celtic7irish Link: AO3 Square Filled: R1 - Mind control or Brainwashing Ship: none Rating: Gen Major Tags: mind control, Asgardians, snippet Summary: Lorelei is in town, and does not appreciate the Avengers getting in her way. Word Count: 1543
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Title: I fall in love (everyday with someone new) - Chapter 29: Free (A3) Collaborator: scriptatur Link: AO3 Square Filled: A3 - free space Ship: Tony & Peter Rating: Gen Major Tags: polyamory, Endgame fix-it Summary: "Waking was- surprising. He woke up slowly, like drifting through mist or sirup or- something. He was kind of confused, if he is being perfectly honest. Confused about his own metaphor, a bit, but mainly confused by the fact that he was, well, waking up. That was not something he’d expected to do, after all." When Tony Stark wakes up after the final battle against Thanos, he decides that there will be nothing more that stands between himself and happiness. He goes home with Pepper and Morgan and it doesn't take long for Steve and Bucky (and other (ex-)avengers) to follow. Basically, this is the fix-it that I needed. It's very self indulgent and mostly fluff. Word Count: 14,945
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Title: i am a dream, i am - Chapter 4: iv. Collaborator: deathsweetqueen, justanotherpipedream Link: AO3 Square Filled: R3 - Constructed Reality / the Framework Ship: Tony/Steve/Natasha Rating: Mature Major Tags: dubious consent, canon typical violence, past domestic violence, past alcohoism, anxiety attacks, explicit sexual content, gaslighting, breaking up and making up Summary: I don’t really know what ‘I love you’ means, but I think it means ‘don’t leave me here alone’. - Dark Sonnet, Neil Gaiman Word Count: 8086
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Collaborator: nixie-deangel Link: Tumblr Square Filled: R4 - AU: Flower Shop Ship: Stony Rating: Gen Major Tags: moodboard Summary: “You know,” Tony starts, soft but slightly unsure, eyes flicking between the flowers and Steve’s bright -God, how were they so bright in this florescent lighting?- blue eyes, “I, uh, I.” Shifting from foot to foot, Tony pauses to clear his throat before turning his gaze down towards the flowers. “I’ll take another dozen,” he finishes, lamely and not at all what he wanted to say, but, well. Somethings were just meant to be unattainable, he thought miserably as he watch’es Steve’s face shift from hopeful, to frowning before his lips were twisting into an obviously fake smile. “’course, Tony, no problem.” Watching, wanting, Tony couldn’t help but let out a small, breathy sigh as he watches Steve move about to make him a second bouquet, and thought to himself, Next time I’ll find the courage to ask him for that date.
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Title: Teenage Dream Collaborator: deathofthestars Link: AO3 Square Filled: S4 - Identity Crisis Ship: Stony Rating: Teen Major Tags: teenage Tony, Howard’s A+ Parenting, wet dream, coming out Summary: Tony dreams of an encounter with a certain blonde which shakes his understanding of himself. Word Count: 520
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Title: Working In The Lab [!Art] Collaborator: DarthBloodOrange (DepressingGreenie) Link: AO3 Square Filled: S4 - image of Tony working on the armor Ship: none Rating: Gen Major Tags: art Summary: Tony Stark working on the Iron Man armour down in the lab.
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Title: Free Time [!Art] Collaborator: DarthBloodOrange (DepressingGreenie) Link: AO3 Square Filled: S5 - band Ship: none Rating: Gen Major Tags: art Summary: Tony spends some free time rocking out to one of his favourite bands
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Title: Pranked [!Art] Collaborator: DarthBloodOrange (DepressingGreenie) Link: AO3 Square Filled: T5 - Gamora Ship: none Rating: Gen Major Tags: art Summary: Tony thought it would be funny to steal Gamora's clothes and replace them... Gamora gets the last laugh, locking Tony outside the ship.
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Title: Drinking Alone [!Art] Collaborator: DarthBloodOrange (DepressingGreenie) Link: AO3 Square Filled: A1 - image of Tony drinking Ship: none Rating: Gen Major Tags: art, alcoholism Summary:  After a mission goes wrong, Tony isolates himself from the Avengers and drinks.
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Title: Grief [!Art] Collaborator: DarthBloodOrange (DepressingGreenie) Link: AO3 Square Filled: K4 - Presumed Dead Ship: Rhodey & Pepper Rating: Gen Major Tags: art, grief/mourning Summary: Pepper and Rhodey grieving after Tony's 'Death' in Iron Man 1.
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Title: Fond Memories [!Art] Collaborator: DarthBloodOrange (DepressingGreenie) Link: AO3 Square Filled: S2 - old team Ship: Tony & Avengers Rating: Gen Major Tags: art, alcoholism Summary: Tony Stark sitting in his office looking at a photo of the original Avenger's Team.
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Title: The Chase [!Art] Collaborator: DarthBloodOrange (DepressingGreenie) Link: AO3 Square Filled: R3 - Wolfgang von Strucker Ship: none Rating: Gen Major Tags: art Summary: Tony Vs Wolfgang Von Strucker in a secret cave base.
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Title: Arguments [!Art] Collaborator: DarthBloodOrange (DepressingGreenie) Link: AO3 Square Filled: K1 - Thor Ship: Tony & Thor Rating: Gen Major Tags: art Summary: Thor and Tony fighting again about "Science vs Magic"
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Title: Visiting The Realms [!Art] Collaborator: DarthBloodOrange (DepressingGreenie) Link: AO3 Square Filled: R5 - Asgard Ship: Tony & Thor Rating: Gen Major Tags: art Summary: Thor takes Tony on a trip to Asgard.
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Title: Told You So [!Art] Collaborator: DarthBloodOrange (DepressingGreenie) Link: AO3 Square Filled: R1 - dares/bets Ship: Stony Rating: Gen Major Tags: art, getting together Summary: Nat and Clint bet on whether Tony and Steve's relationship being a thing.
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Title: Late Night Talks [!Art] Collaborator: DarthBloodOrange (DepressingGreenie) Link: AO3 Square Filled: T1 - shared trauma Ship: Stony Rating: Gen Major Tags: art Summary: Neither Tony or Steve can sleep the night through... so they stay up and talk.
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Title: Sharing Warmth [!Art] Collaborator: DarthBloodOrange (DepressingGreenie) Link: AO3 Square Filled: R2 - Sharing Body Heat Ship: Stony Rating: Gen Major Tags: art, blood and injuries Summary: Steve and Tony are left stranded in an ice cave after fighting a villain. Now all that is left is to wait for pick up.
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Title: Dancing [!Art] Collaborator: DarthBloodOrange (DepressingGreenie) Link: AO3 Square Filled: T4 - image of Tony and Nat Ship: IronWidow Rating: Gen Major Tags: art, dancing Summary: Tony and Nat share a dance at a charity function.
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Title: Brighter Future [!Art] Collaborator: DarthBloodOrange (DepressingGreenie) Link: AO3 Square Filled: K3 - Fix-it Ship: Stony Rating: Gen Major Tags: art, happy ending Summary: After the defeat of Thanos, Steve and Tony take some time for themselves.
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Title: Secret Rendezvous [!Art] Collaborator: DarthBloodOrange (DepressingGreenie) Link: AO3 Square Filled: A2 - off the record Ship: Stony Rating: Gen Major Tags: art Summary: Steve and Tony meet up secretly at a hotel to spend some time together.
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Title: Hidden Treasure [!Art] Collaborator: DarthBloodOrange (DepressingGreenie) Link: AO3 Square Filled: T3 - Noir Tony wrestling a snake Ship: none Rating: Gen Major Tags: art Summary: Tony ventures deep with a mysterious cave in search of ancient treasure and wisdom.
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Title: heavy lies the head Collaborator: Areiton Link: AO3 Square Filled: K5 - Lost Their Powers Ship: Tony & Peter Rating: Teen Major Tags: second person POV, Tony Stark Lives, Dad Tony, Tony feels Summary: You didn’t die. Ironman did. Word Count: 1061
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Title: i am a dream, i am - Chapter 5: iv. Collaborator: deathsweetqueen, justanotherpipedream Link: AO3 Square Filled: A3 - free space Ship: Tony/Steve/Natasha Rating: Mature Major Tags: dubious consent, canon typical violence, past domestic violence, past alcohoism, anxiety attacks, explicit sexual content, gaslighting, breaking up and making up Summary: The sight of you and the feel of you is still with me. It’s you, you, that gets me, throws me for a loop, etc., etc., etc. It’s as if I saw you for the first time–last night. Brimming over with love, sex, adoration, compassion, everything, everything. - Henry Miller Word Count: 9691
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Collaborator: nixie-deangel Link: Tumblr Square Filled: A3 - free space Ship: none Rating: Gen Major Tags: edits
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Title: Never Let Me Go - Chapter 1: The Place To Rest My Head Collaborator: Iron_Eirlyssa (Eirlyssa) Link: AO3 Square Filled: K2 - asexuality Ship: WinterIron Rating: Teen Major Tags: developing relationship, asexual Tony and Bucky, cuddles, panic attacks Summary: As they continue meeting up at night, Tony and Bucky grow closer. Then they find out that they can actually sleep when they're together, and really, what else is there to do but cuddle as they finally find some peace? Word Count: 2521
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Title: Flashbacks Collaborator: lbibliophile-mcu Link: Tumblr Square Filled: T3 - Sickfic Ship: none Rating: Teen Major Tags: Poem, image edit, PTSD, mentions of torture, mentions of near-death Summary: PTSD flashbacks are never fun, and now his brain has a whole selection of scenes to choose from…
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Title: Iron Family Collaborator: rebelmeg Link: Tumblr Square Filled: R5 - height difference Ship: Pepperony Rating: Gen Major Tags: craft Summary: Iron Family Cross Stitch Cuties
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Title: Take me to the magic of the moment - Chapter 2 Collaborator: Menatiera, nomdeplumeria Link: AO3 Squares Filled: For Menatiera, K2 - revenge For feignedsobriquet, S3 - KINK: shibari Ship: WinterIron Rating: Explicit Major Tags: mild dub-con, explicit sexual content, BDSM, fantasy/magic AU, getting together, happy ending Summary: The magic has a way of letting Bucky know what it wants. They roll with it as best as they can. Warning: despite the soft, DON'T try any of this at home! Seriously. See more in the end notes if you need more proper warning. *** WITH GLORIOUS EMBEDDED ARTWORK BY THE LOVELY SOBRI!!! Word Count: 5490
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Title: LAB-YRINTH Collaborator: lbibliophile-mcu Link: Tumblr Square Filled: A2 - labyrinth Ship: none Rating: Gen Major Tags: art, game Summary: Help DUM-E find way through the lab to get TON-E a smoothie.
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Title: Thicker Than Water Collaborator: winteriron-trash Link: AO3 Square Filled: K3 -  Secret Siblings, Especially Evil Twins Ship: Tony & Natasha Rating: Teen Major Tags: Evil!Tony and Evil!Natasha, Howard’s A+ Parenting Summary: Natasha didn’t like to advertise that she was a Stark. That didn’t mean she didn’t like being one, though. Word Count: 839
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Title: Hiding In The Grey Area Collaborator: feyrelay Link: Pillowfort Square Filled: A1 - Silver-Haired Tony Ship: WinterIron Rating: Teen Major Tags: moodboard Summary: moodboard for an AU in which TWS does not kill Maria Stark and she goes into hiding with Tony instead, later helping to deprogram him
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Title: Here Is My Heart (and i hope that’s okay) Collaborator: winteriron-trash Link: Tumblr Square Filled: K1 - Secret Relationship Ship: WinterIron Rating: Not Rated Major Tags: playlist Summary: A playlist about a secret relationship between two unlikely trainwrecks.
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Title: Tony Stark Bingo 2019 - Drabble Collection - Chapter 1: Just Relax (Bucky/Tony) Collaborator: 27dragons Link: AO3 Square Filled: R3 - Survival in the Wild Ship: WinterIron Rating: Gen Major Tags: Wilderness Survival Summary: Getting lost in the wilderness is a huge pain in Tony’s ass. Bucky sees it a little differently. Word Count: 100
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Title: New Tower Plans Collaborator: rebelmeg Link: AO3 Square Filled: A3 - free space Ship: Pepperony Rating: Gen Major Tags: Avengers Tower, fluff Summary: What Pepper and Tony were saying during that short scene at the end of Avengers1. Word Count: 547
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Title: Tony Stark Bingo 2019 - Drabble Collection - Chapter 2: Double Dog (Gen, Bucky & Tony) Collaborator: 27dragons Link: AO3 Square Filled: T4 - GRAPHIC: Malibu Mansion Ship: Tony & Bucky Rating: Gen Major Tags: Malibu mansion, Reference to IM3 Summary: Just because something is impossible doesn’t mean Tony isn’t going to do it... Word Count: 100
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Title: Curse of a superhero Collaborator: lbibliophile-mcu Link: Tumblr Square Filled: K4 - Clint Barton/Hawkeye Ship: none Rating: Not Rated Major Tags: drabble Summary: For the @tonystarkbingo K4: Clint Barton/Hawkeye Word Count: 100
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Title: i am a dream, i am - Chapter 6: vi. Collaborator: deathsweetqueen, justanotherpipedream Link: AO3 Squares Filled: For summerpipedream - A3: free square For deathsweetqueen - :  Infinity Gems Ship: Steve/Natasha/Tony, past Tony/Ty Stone Rating: Explicit Major Tags: dubious content, past domestic violence, alcoholism, anxiety attacks, explicit sexual content, gaslighting, breaking up and making up Summary: “I have an endless scream in me, and I don’t know which is screaming, my heart or my intestines.” - Rainer Maria Railke Word Count: 12,517
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Title: Tony Stark Bingo 2019 - Drabble Collection - Chapter 3: I’ll Give You the World (Pepper/Tony, Tony & Morgan) Collaborator: 27dragons Link: AO3 Square Filled: R1 - Learning to be Loved Ship: Pepperony Rating: Gen Major Tags: Love, Filial Love Summary: Tony’s been in a lot of relationships, but he’s never been loved like this before. Word Count: 100
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Title: Rebelmeg Drabbles - Chapter 1: Iron Frog? Collaborator: rebelmeg Link: AO3 Square Filled: A5 - image of Tony as a frog Ship: Pepperony Rating: Gen Major Tags: drabble, magic, animal transformation Summary: Pepper never expected this to happen... Word Count: 100
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Title: Item #23: bake and eat a cake without using your hands Collaborator: Menatiera Link: AO3 Square Filled: A5 - Doing groceries together Ship: Bucky & Avengers Rating: Gen Major Tags: GISHWHES, fluff and crack, banter Summary: GISHWHES Item #23: bake and eat a cake without using your hands. The original task description is way longer, of course, but this is the gist of it. Bucky volunteers as a tribute, and Clint is ready to eat anything. Word Count: 1770
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Title: Tony Stark Bingo 2019 - Drabble Collection - Chapter 4: Upon Reflection (Gen, Bucky & Tony) Collaborator: 27dragons Link: AO3 Square Filled: A1 - Mirror Image Ship: Tony & Bucky Rating: Gen Major Tags: End-Game fix-it, hospital visit, forgiveness Summary: Bucky and Tony are more similar than ever. Word Count: 100
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Collaborator: judy_the_dreamer Link: Tumblr Square Filled: S5 - Picture: Iron Mouse Ship: none Rating: Gen Major Tags: art Summary: The invincible Iron Mouse knows how to stay dry! Just don’t tell Captain Americat…
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Title: Time to take a shot Collaborator: camichats Link: AO3 Square Filled: A1 - (image of Natasha and Tony, Natasha with the Iron Man gauntlet on) Ship: IronWidow Rating: Teen Major Tags: IM2, palladium poisoning, flirting, getting together, hopeful ending Summary: When Nat's undercover, she doesn't end up as Tony's assistant, but she still catches his attention. At a party. And Tony's offering to show her the Iron Man armor up close, how could she say no? Word Count: 1410
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Title: Tony Stark Bingo 2019 - Drabble Collection - Chapter 5: Now We Are Three (Gen, Pepper & Rhodey, Tony & Team) Collaborator: 27dragons Link: AO3 Square Filled: S4 - De-aging (any) Ship: Pepper & Rhodey, Tony & Avengers Rating: Gen Major Tags: De-aging, dad!Tony Summary: The Avengers have been hit with a de-aging curse -- all except Tony. Word Count: 100
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Title: The History We Have Collaborator: rebelmeg Link: AO3 Square Filled: S5 – never meant to hurt you Ship: Bucky & Tony Rating: Teen Major Tags: child abuse and neglect, Howard Stark's A+ Parenting, kidnapping, hostage situation, hurt Tony, Winter Soldier related mind control, canon-typical violence, some dark parts, happy ending Summary: Hydra sends an infiltration team to kidnap the child of Howard Stark, in order to ransom the supersolider serum prototype form him. That the boy is not only willing to go with them, but places himself directly in the care of the Winter Soldier, is unexpected. Word Count: 7158
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Title:  Pit-Falls Update: Chapter 5 - The Secret Path Collaborator: judy-the-dreamer Link: AO3 Square Filled: A1 - Silver Haired Tony Ship: Stucky Rating: Explicit Major Tags: Anxiety, explicit sexual content, getting shot & being chased in the dark, horror tropes Summary: After James and Steve shared their first kiss, the world is forever changed. (And not in a good way.) Word Count: 15,279
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Title: i wanted you to be better  Collaborator: Cvdmus Link: A03 Square Filled: R2  Ship: Tony Stark & Peter Parker Rating: gen Major Tags: non apply Summary: Instead of Tony, Peter's the one to kill Thanos and his army. This is a post-battle fic. Word Count: 3,168
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Title: Noir AU Moodboard - Les Hommes Fatales Collaborator: FeyRelay Link: PillowFort Square filled: T2 - Science Bros Ship : (erstwhile) Science Bros, (endgame) Starker, 18+ no underage Rating: PG Warnings: None Summary: moodboard for an AU in which Tony (the homme fatale) needs P.I. Bruce's help to investigate a personal matter 
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Title: Clue AU Moodboard Collaborator: FeyRelay Link Pillowfort Square filled: S3 - Presumed Dead Ship: Starker (18+ AU, no underage) Rating: PG Warnings: Character Death Implied Summary: moodboard for a Clue/Cluedo AU in which Peter is the deceased and Tony is trying to solve his murder Link: 
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Title: Into the SpiderTube alas a white lie leads to happiness  Collaborator: alexisriversong Link: AO3 Square Filled: R3 - Online Interactions Ship: Peter Parker/Tony Stark Rating: Mature Major Tags:  Daddy!kink, age gap (no underage) not canon compliant after age of Ultron or before even, not really clear.  Summary: The AU in which Peter is a spideryoutuber and Tony falls in love with him while watching his videos  Word Count: 1622
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Quid Pro Quo
Title Quid Pro Quo Link A03 Square Filled B2 Ship Brock Rumlow/Bucky Barnes Rating Explicit Major Tags medical issues, medical exam turned sexy, post Hydra Trash Party, recovery, trauma, consent issues, brainwashed, enthusiastic dubcon
Summary When the Asset is treated poorly by a Hydra Team, they turn to the only man who’s got the Asset’s trust. But what they don’t know is that it’s the man under the Asset that trusts Brock. And James… well, James will do anything to spend some time with the man he loves. Word Count 2,531 Created for @mcukinkbingo
A/N - there are consent issues here complicit with James Barnes/The Winter Soldier being brainwashed, and it’s not certain how capable of consent he is. We only get the story from Rumlow’s point of view. That being said, James is very enthusiastic in his dubious consent. You’re the best judge of your own state of mind, so proceed with all necessary caution.
Rumlow declined to acknowledge Rollins’ little smirk; he took note of it and there would be payback later, but right now, he was a little too busy listening to the med-tech to give any of his energy to petty disputes.
“I don’t know what we’re going to do, sir,” the tech was stammering. “Normal containment techniques aren’t working. It’s gone completely feral.”
“Why bring it to me?” Rumlow snapped. He knew why, he just didn’t want to say it. If they didn’t talk about it, then no one knew and if no one knew, he wasn’t going to tell them.
“It trusts you,” the tech said. “We can’t -- the Asset is damaged. Badly. The sort of trauma we’d need to apply to knock it out at this point? We’d kill it. Or disable it, and Pierce needs it ready in ten days. We don’t have ten days.”
“All right, all right,” Rumlow said. “I can do field medic work and get it stabilized. But I need a full med kit, a tranq gun with Carfentanil loaded in it, and disable all the cameras in the room. And don’t forget the burn cream this time, or I will make you regret it.”
“Burn cream?”
“Don’t tell me you didn’t let the orderlies try to shock-stick him into compliance,” Rumlow said, raising an eyebrow. They always did that, and it never worked.
The tech winced. “What about the cameras? Pierce is--”
“If Pierce finds out you fucked up badly enough to want video footage of what I’m about to do, we’re all horribly fucked and not in the good way,” Rumlow said. “When he’s feral like this, he doesn’t trust anyone, we can’t get near him. He’s not going to let me past his guard unless he thinks I’m trying to help him.”
“You are trying to help it,” the med tech said, confused.
“No, I’m trying to fix a broken tool so it can go back into the field and create mayhem. That’s nothing like helping him.”
The med tech continued to look puzzled, but shrugged. “You’re the boss.”
“Good of you to remember that, kid,” Rumlow said, and he squeezed the tech’s shoulder hard enough to leave a bruise.
Rumlow double-checked Observation; the cameras were disabled. He yanked out several cables, just to make sure. He hadn’t been Hydra as long as he had without knowing that he couldn’t trust anyone. That was the nature of the business.
Grabbed the kit.
Headed to Asset Containment.
One look around the room and Rumlow wondered what the fuck they’d done to the Asset this time. He also wondered how the hell they got it into containment and how many men it’d killed before they managed it.
The Asset was half naked, and while anyone else might have thought it was cowering under the medical chair, Rumlow knew that, while defensive, the Asset’s position there was pretty damn impenetrable from a hand to hand attack, and probably it’d be able to shoot at least three people before being taken out.
“Jesus, baby, what the hell did they do to you?” Rumlow put the medical kit down by the door, made sure the exit was bolted behind him. He let himself slide down to the floor, back to the door.
Took off his gun and put it on the floor next to him. “Hey, hey, there zaichonok. Come on, you know I’m not going to hurt you. I’m not the enemy.”
Rumlow checked; the Asset had moved, a little. Enough to look over the edge of its makeshift cover. Its eyes were wild, wide and terrified and dangerous. Feral was the word the med techs used to describe the state. They’d found out the hard way a few times that if they pushed the Asset too hard, it reverted to this animal state and the words didn’t do any damn bit of good.
Stupid as they were, they thought violence was the only answer. They’d almost killed the Asset a few times, until someone accidentally discovered that Rumlow had a backdoor into Asset programming (he mentally sniggered at that, because no one actually knew what his backdoor was, and it amused him to think about it.) and started giving the Asset into Rumlow’s care.
“Come on. You know me, baby,” Rumlow said, soft and soothing. He’d been told he didn’t really have the voice to be seductive, but it didn’t seem to bother the Asset any.
The Asset made a noise, a wounded, animal sound.
Rumlow didn’t move, just waited. He had to get in touching distance, and in this state, that meant letting the Asset come to him. “I’m gonna take care of you, bunny, it’s all right. You know how it is. You’re hurt. Come on over here and let me see.”
The Asset scuttled across the room, almost faster than Rumlow’s gaze could track, and he found himself pinned to the floor by a metal hand around his throat. The Asset kicked the gun away, out of reach.
Rumlow fought his own instincts, the ones that wanted to shove the Asset away, get it off him, the fear instinct. He went limp, instead, relaxing under the Asset’s hold. Raised a hand, slowly, and touched the Asset’s mouth with one finger. “I’m gonna take care of you, bunny. And then you’re gonna take care of me.”
The Asset met Rumlow’s gaze.
“Quid pro quo.”
“That’s it, bunny,” Rumlow said. “Just like we promised each other, right? Quid pro quo.”
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They weren’t the Asset’s conditioning words. Those set the Asset to receptive mode, able to take orders. These were different. They depended more on trust and the mindset of the Asset than they did on just the words. The big words, the conditioning words, they rendered the Asset into a tool.
What Rumlow did--
The mask of terror dropped away; replaced by confusion, then pain, then relief. “Brock!”
“Hey James,” Rumlow said. “What the hell happened? You look like shit, sweetheart.”
James ran his tongue around inside his mouth, licking his teeth. “Mission went to shit,” he said. James wasn’t the Asset, compliant, obedient, as troubled by the murder he committed as a bullet was. He also wasn’t… not quite… the man Barnes had been before the War, when Hydra had gained the Asset. He was something in between. The man who understood what he was -- the Fist of Hydra -- and had regrets, but who knew that nothing was going to change. A man who knew these few moments were all he was going to get.
“I can see that,” Rumlow said. “You gonna let me take care of you?”
James gave Brock a quick, angry glare. “Wish you’d just kill me.”
“Not today,” Rumlow said. “Let me help you.”
James nodded. He got up. Stripped. There was a lot of blood, some of it from long-healed cuts. Some of it probably wasn’t his own.
Some--
“Who did this, baby?” Rumlow couldn’t help the low, angry growl. The Asset wasn’t a sex toy; even though Hydra’s mid-tier assholes kept seeming to think it was. Probably what led to the snap and disconnect. Pain alone was never enough, but being used… well, it was no wonder there were dead troops.
James shrugged. “Doesn’t matter. They’re dead now.”
Rumlow nodded. “All right. Let’s get you cleaned up, first.” He helped James over to the shower and let him sit on the bench while Rumlow used the detachable shower head to get him wet and warm. By the time it was over, they were both soaked, and James was clinging, his arms around Rumlow’s waist, shivering.
“I got you, bunny,” Rumlow said, soothing. “It’s all right. No one’s gonna hurt you, not while I’m here.”
He’d learned the trust routine from one of the Asset’s oldest trainers. And he’d never meant to get attached. Rumlow had thought it would be useful, working with the Asset as often as he did, to have some sort of extra security, a layer of protection between him and Hydra. Rumlow wouldn’t have been the first Hydra agent to find himself inconvenient.
But it was hard not to respond to James; sweet and needy, and yet still an Asset. James was just the right mix of servile and badass to appeal to someone like Rumlow. Sometimes; just sometimes, Rumlow wanted… something. To take the Asset and flee. To find someplace where they could have… something.
But it wasn’t going to happen. Just these stolen moments, usually when James was in piss-poor shape, and before he’d go into cryo.
Although, as Rumlow soaped him up and rinsed him off, James wasn’t that badly hurt. A few shockstick burns -- and Rumlow would dab those with cream, later -- and some torn muscles that would heal in a matter of hours. A sprained wrist. A few broken fingers. What the hell, had-- “Did someone slam your hand in a door, bunny?”
James nodded. “Sokolov slammed the trunk lid down on it,” he said. Rumlow scowled, then checked the mechanical arm; less dented because there wasn’t a lot that could damage that alloy, but he could picture it, pretty clear.
They’d done it, slammed his hands in the trunk of a vehicle like that, to keep him pinned down. Rumlow’s mouth twitched. Bastards. “Is Sokolov dead?” The man was dead, if he’d stopped breathing yet or not. Rumlow was going to see to it.
“They’re all dead,” James said. He licked his lip. “Did I… did I do wrong?”
“No, baby,” Rumlow said. He gently dried James off and helped him over to the medical table. “No, baby, you did fine.” He smoothed burn cream over the red patches where James had been tortured with a shock stick. “This isn’t your fault. Did you get the target?” Because that was, in the end, the really important part. If the Winter Soldier had missed the target, that would be more than Rumlow could protect him from. Unless there was time.
James cleared his throat. “He’s shot. Didn’t get to check. Might be dead. Might be dying. Probably not getting away. Car’s disabled, no phone service.”
“Okay, well, I might be able to finish that job off,” Rumlow said. “Let me see, come on, let me look and see how bad it is.”
“It’s healing,” James reported, but he spread his legs anyway, put his heels up in the stirrups to let Rumlow take a look at his abused ass. Rumlow gloved up, smeared KY on his fingers, and opened James up, gently. As gently as he could, but that stopped neither the hiss of pain James made, nor the other reaction that it got out of him.
James didn’t duck his head, or blush, or refuse to meet Rumlow’s gaze. His mouth twitched a little. “I’ve had worse.”
“You shouldn’t have to have it at all,” Rumlow said. He twisted his fingers, checking for lesions, fissures.
James didn’t look away, and there was always that something more when Rumlow was doing this, when he was checking over the Asset’s health, but… he couldn’t help but remember, couldn’t help but notice.
“It’s not all bad,” James said. “It… ain’t like it happened to me. I wasn’t… there. And I get to see you.”
“Oh, baby, don’t say that,” Rumlow said, and he stepped closer, not pulling his fingers out, letting his eyes drop to that lush mouth. He knew, damnit, he knew, and if anyone else knew that the Asset was throwing missions, was letting himself go feral, so he could spend a few stolen minutes with Hydra Strike Team agent Rumlow. They’d wipe the Asset and stuff him back in the freezer for years, until Rumlow was gone or dead or unpersoned himself. “You can’t say shit like that, and you can’t do shit like that. You think I want you hurt bad enough that you’re here?” It didn’t stop him doing what he was doing, though.
Rumlow’s hand moved and James rocked into it, leaning forward and until his hands were on Rumlow’s shoulders. “I think you want me,” James said. “An’ I think I want you. An’ I think we’ll both do whatever’s necessary t’ get what we want.”
Whatever Rumlow might have said to that was lost, because James was kissing him, and James might not remember his yesterdays, he might forget all of his tomorrows, but the man kissed like it was the only thing he’d ever known.
James kissed with an intensity that was unlike anything; the sort of ferocity he brought to the battlefield, he took it with him into sex. He kissed like he was on fire, burning with all the passion and desire that could keep a man warm for the rest of his life. His lips and hands left no spot untouched, kissing and stroking down Rumlow’s body, squeezing and caressing and stripping off Rumlow’s clothes until they were both naked and writhing together on the medical bed.  
Every time it happened -- every damn time -- it rendered Rumlow senseless. The fierce craving drove every thought from his brain, until he was nothing but sensation and need. He was swimming in desire and he wouldn’t drown, not so long as James held him up. Every nerve was brought, expertly, to a fever pitch.
James’s eyes, so blue and clear, glowed. The intensity of it was such that Rumlow couldn’t help but wonder if it was just the physical nature of their trysts, comfort and compassion when the Asset knew little but pain and death, or if there was something more, emotions that neither of them knew how to name, and dared not try. When James gasped and pulled Rumlow into his body, when Rumlow was crying out with the delicious, delirious ecstasy, Rumlow wondered why pleasure looked so much like pain.
Rumlow captured James’s mouth, holding his chin just so, and drove up into the willing, pliant body. One hand moved between them, and James was jerking himself off, rubbing against Rumlow’s belly. James knew exactly how to touch, to move, to moan, as if he’d never done or wanted anything else.
He felt himself sliding toward that familiar oblivion. “Come on, baby, come on,” he urged, rolling his hips harder. “I need you to--”
And James did, eyes squeezing shut with the force of it, clenching down on Rumlow’s dick. He saw spots of brilliant light, thought maybe he even heard music, and that was just stupid, but in that one instant, James’s mouth on him, the wet heat that blossomed against his skin, the urgent squeeze around his cock, Rumlow could believe in anything.
Even love.
Rumlow let them rest there, in the glow, for a few minutes, then he groaned and rolled off. “Come on, bunny. Gotta get the mission done, before--”
“Yeah,” James said.
By the time they left Asset Containment, James was almost back in full Asset mode. No one would ever know, unless they made a close study of the Asset’s eyes; the alert, bright way they shone was a dead giveaway.
But no one ever looked.
Because the Asset wasn’t a man.
And Rumlow was the only one who knew that wasn’t true.
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