Title: Trust Falls
Fandom: Marvel MCU
Pairing: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark
Categories: AU, Hurt/Comfort, Romance
Length: Medium (17k)
Warnings: Depression, PTSD Suicidal Thoughts

Author on LJ: alchemyalice
Website: AlchemyAlice

Summary: He watched Cap—Rogers—take in the gleaming armour on the floor, the outfit Tony had on, and the utilitarian but still fairly sophisticated interior of the medical bay. Watched as consternation gave way to creeping dread. “How long?” he asked, after a long moment. He sounded hoarse and far off. “Have we won?”
The door slammed open and both of them jumped. Tony put a hand tentatively on Cap’s wrist. Cap looked at him, watchful, but more trusting than Tony deserved. He tried to keep his voice steady.
“We won,” he said. “We won seventy years ago. My name’s Tony Stark. I’m Howard’s son.”

Review: How much do I love fics that actually address PTSD? A Ton. As you've probably noticed by this point in reading the fics I've recced.

This is Steve Rogers fresh out of the ice and terribly wounded by the war. Mixed with a Tony Stark who just recently became Iron Man.Two men walking the path of trauma recovery and helping each other along the way.

Despite my raptures about PTSD, it is really the way that this fic is written completely without the over the top villainy that you see in the movies. Yes they are superheros who are out saving the world, but they are also regular people living their lives.

Trust Falls

Title: the best man in his world and a good enough man for any world
Fandom: Iron Man Noir
Pairing: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark
Categories: Romance, Angst, Drama, Post-Canon
Length: Long [~25 000]
Warnings: Comic Book Violence, some mentions of medical procedures that can be uncomfortable

Author on LJ: stray_heart/thyrza
Author Website: thyrza's AO3

Summary: Tony Stark disappeared without a word at the close of World War II, and hasn't been seen or heard from since. When Commander Steve Rogers, newly retired from the mantle of Captain America, arrives in Madripoor to investigate the presence of a Hydra cell, he is reunited with his former lover. But Tony is keeping secrets of his own ... and Steve soon finds out he isn't the only person interested in Tony Stark's missing years.

Review:

This is a Steve/Tony story written for the Cap/Iron Man Big Bang a couple of years ago and and even better for one of the more obscure canon versions of Tony Stark. It’s based on the Iron Man Noir mini-series from 2010 in which Tony Stark is not only a genius inventor, but also an Indiana Jones style adventurer with his own pulp magazine that fictionalizes his exploits. He has run-in’s with Nazi’s like Baron von Strucker and Baron Zemo and it’s implied at the end that he’ll join the war effort at the end of the comic.

This Big Bang story takes that as a given and jumps ahead in time to the post-war era and is told entirely from the perspective of Steve, who we learn was indeed Captain America during World War II and is now “retired”, but still works for SHIELD - not as Captain America, but as Steve Rogers. Tony Stark has vanished right after the war and his whereabouts and reasons for leaving remain a mystery to Steve until he’s sent on a new mission.

While the main story takes place in 1947, the set-up and most of the exposition, is done very deftly through the use of flashbacks, that give us the missing background for the romance and go into some details of their time together during the war, before the real action starts.

The story is very well written and has some of the most heart-breaking angsty Tony moments imaginable. It does go some dark places, before things get better, but nothing darker than the original mini-series (which was full of pulpy violence and noir themes). The author does a good job of using the cast and little details that the mini-series’ worldbuilding provided and add re-interpretations of other Marvel universe plots and characters to build upon it. It’s a very engaging read, a very emotional adventures and some of the moments of desperation and fear driving the main characters here were probably among the best I ever read.

It’s likely helpful to know the gist of the 4 issue mini-series, but there is so much original worldbuilding going on here that it can also be read without much canon knowledge.

the best man in his world and a good enough man for any world

Title: Breaker of Horses
Fandom: Marvel comics (616, main continuity)
Pairing: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark
Categories: slave fic, AU, drama, romance, angst
Length: Epic [47943 words]
Warnings: interspecies romance between human and centaur

Author on LJ: sineala
Author Website: Sineala's AO3

Review:

Author’s Summary: What do you do when the Roman Empire you were raised to love consigns you to the sands of the arena? Antonius is a prince of the Dacians, captured in war and sold as a gladiator. He yearns for his freedom. Stephanos -- the last living centaur -- is his fellow slave and trainer. Centuries old, disillusioned by a Rome that has become a shadow of itself, Stephanos has all but given up on life... until he meets Antonius, and both of their lives are forever changed.

This is an amazing story that was written for this year’s Reverse Bang over at the cap_ironman community and was inspired by some amazing artwork of gladiator!Tony and centaur!Steve. I might preface this with the fact that I’m not usually good with AU’s that radically change the setting like this, but this fic totally won me over and intrigued me from the get go. It’s hard to write a setting like this convincingly and at the same time keep this characters who they are and sineala does justice to both. She puts so many awesome details about Roman culture in there and then manages to sneak in the comic references right in on top of that. I think my favorite thing how Stephanos’ story parallels Steve’s super soldier history.

It’s a wonderful adventure story with some nice action and fight scenes (and it’s obvious how much research about gladiators went into those), but even more than this it’s the story of “Antonius”, who very much still is Tony at the heart of it, from privileged childhood to the pit of the arena and his fight against having his freedom and dignity taken from him, making friends (which involves meeting "Avengers" in gladiator guise) and who doesn't give in to circumstances. The romance is a delicious and wonderful cherry on top. The emotional scenes are vibrant and hit me right where it hurt sometimes and the character arcs that unfold in the story alone are making this a worthy read. The angsty themes are running high with this one, which with the themes of slavery and fights to the death in the arena isn’t surprising. But there are also quieter scenes of friendship and blossoming, uncertain romance to balance that out.

And above all it’s just so well written.

As the author points out the fic contains no centaur/human sex, so this doesn’t need a right out bestiality warning. There is the interspecies romance and kissing, though, that not everyone might enjoy. Those who are here for the xenoromance though might be glad to know that the relationship is consummated in a NC-17 sequel fic.

Breaker of Horses

Title: Scavenger Hunt
Fandom: Marvel MCU
Pairing: Steve/Tony
Categories: AU, Hurt/Comfort, Sad Fic, Romance
Length: Epic (40k)
Warnings: Suicidal thoughts; Character Death

Author on Tumblr: Winterstar Tumblr
Author Website: Winterstar Ao3

Summary: In order to help Steve Rogers adjust to the 21st century the SHIELD psychologists decide the best thing to do is to hand him a list of ten things to find and experience. When Tony Stark happens on the list, well, things are changed and a different kind of list emerges. Tony decides that Captain No Clue needs a little help in getting to know the 21st century and Tony decides he's the best candidate to help him.

A list, a playboy/billionaire, and a man from the 40s - what could possibly go wrong?

Review: This is a more realistic version of what would happen when Steve woke up to find that everyone he knew was dead.

Tony is trying to fix him in his own idiotic, stupid way. The combo makes for an interesting dynamic. One that leads to a very interesting tale that leaves Steve and Tony’s romance feeling inevitable.

Scavenger Hunt

Sorry this is so late guys. I lost track of what day it was
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Title: (There'll be Bluebirds) Over the Highway to Hell
Fandom: Avengers
Pairing: Tony Stark/Steve Rogers
Categories: AU, Body-Modification, Domestic, First-Time, Romance,
Length: Long (30,000)
Warnings:asthma triggers; PTSD; Flashbacks; Internalized Homophobia, non-consensual body-modification by way of aliens (non-sexual),

Author on LJ:what_alchemy
Website: What_Alchemy's Ao3

Summary: Steve Rogers never expected to find himself back in his original body. He also never expected Tony Stark.

Review: One of the best representations of the 'Cap adjusts to being gay in modern times' genre of stories that I've ever read. It doesn't shy away from the tough questions about what a Catholic kid from the 40s would have to deal with when it came to having a gay relationship.

The Tony voice is equally awesome. He's strong and obviously loves Cap dearly, but that doesn't stop him from being awkward and trying to make up for things that he can't help.

Also I'm a sucker for slow building relationships and domesticity with happy endings. This fic hit all of those buttons. As well as one of the tropes that I find hardest to find in fics: Both of the main romance leads ready and willing to protect each other and fight for each other, without having to resort to the big 'damsel in distress moment'.

The non-romantic plot lines are well written and easy to follow without feeling forced beyond the first 'magical unexplained transformation moment' that starts the story off.

(There'll Be Bluebirds) Over the Highway to Hell

Sorry this is so late guys. I lost track of what day it was
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Title: (There'll be Bluebirds) Over the Highway to Hell
Fandom: Avengers
Pairing: Tony Stark/Steve Rogers
Categories: AU, Body-Modification, Domestic, First-Time, Romance,
Length: Long (30,000)
Warnings:asthma triggers; PTSD; Flashbacks; Internalized Homophobia, non-consensual body-modification by way of aliens (non-sexual),

Author on LJ:what_alchemy
Website: What_Alchemy's Ao3

Summary: Steve Rogers never expected to find himself back in his original body. He also never expected Tony Stark.

Review: One of the best representations of the 'Cap adjusts to being gay in modern times' genre of stories that I've ever read. It doesn't shy away from the tough questions about what a Catholic kid from the 40s would have to deal with when it came to having a gay relationship.

The Tony voice is equally awesome. He's strong and obviously loves Cap dearly, but that doesn't stop him from being awkward and trying to make up for things that he can't help.

Also I'm a sucker for slow building relationships and domesticity with happy endings. This fic hit all of those buttons. As well as one of the tropes that I find hardest to find in fics: Both of the main romance leads ready and willing to protect each other and fight for each other, without having to resort to the big 'damsel in distress moment'.

The non-romantic plot lines are well written and easy to follow without feeling forced beyond the first 'magical unexplained transformation moment' that starts the story off.

(There'll Be Bluebirds) Over the Highway to Hell

Title: Hapless Queer Avengers
Fandom: Marvel (Avengers)
Pairing: Hulk/Thor/Bruce Banner, Tony/Steve, Loki/Victor Von Doom, Natasha Romanov/Janet van Dyne 
Categories: Angst, Drama, Family, Friendship, Romance, 
Length: Super!Epic (261,000)
Warnings: Past Rape; Mental Illness; Trans-phobia; Homo-phobia; Child abuse

Author on LJ:  bluestalking soda_and_capes
Website:  Bluestalkings Ao3 | Feverbeat's Ao3

Summary: "Bruce Banner?" Tony checks. "Sullen scientist by day, mean green smashing machine by--day? That Bruce?"

Thor nods carefully. "Yes. And it was very pleasant."

(in which bruce and thor have an unlikely relationship, steve is from the past, tony takes hormones, natasha is long-suffering, and loki just wants people to hurt.)

Review: This is a really long series, I've been wanting to rec for a while, but I've been waiting until the series reached a stopping point. Which it finally has. Obviously this series isn't for everybody since it deals with pretty heavy issues. That being said, the first story in the series can be read as a more of less stand alone piece and avoids almost all of the darker portions of the series. So if the story sounds interesting, but you don't want to deal with the darker portions of the series, you can just read A Tidy History of Hapless Queer Avengers.

This whole series started out from the very unusual idea of Hulk and Thor having an affair and the question of what would happen when Bruce Banner figured out what his body had been up to while under the Hulk's control. Unsurprisingly Thor is a little thrown by the fact that despite sharing a body Hulk and Bruce don't share the same feelings towards their tryst. 

He makes up for this by insisting the help of the other Avengers to figure out how to court Bruce Banner. The Avengers are understandably both amused and mortified. This in turn affects the team dynamic since it forces their various Queer issues out into the light of day. Also Natasha is a BAMF.

The second story in the series picks up soon after the first one leaves off. Loki has found out that Thor has taken Hulk/Bruce Banner as a lover and is really, really angry about it. So he decides to test the Avengers and Bruce to prove that they don't deserve Thor. This obviously doesn't end well, though everybody manages to survive.

The third and forth stories are the ones where things get much, much darker. Thor is forced to confront the truth about Asgard and all the Asgardian's (Particularly the royal family's) treatment of Loki. Which in turns forces Tony, Steve, and Bucky to face their own boyhood problems. I don't reccomend reading these two unless you are hard to squick.

Happless Queer Avengers Series

Title: Hapless Queer Avengers
Fandom: Marvel (Avengers)
Pairing: Hulk/Thor/Bruce Banner, Tony/Steve, Loki/Victor Von Doom, Natasha Romanov/Janet van Dyne 
Categories: Angst, Drama, Family, Friendship, Romance, 
Length: Super!Epic (261,000)
Warnings: Past Rape; Mental Illness; Trans-phobia; Homo-phobia; Child abuse

Author on LJ:  bluestalking soda_and_capes
Website:  Bluestalkings Ao3 | Feverbeat's Ao3

Summary: "Bruce Banner?" Tony checks. "Sullen scientist by day, mean green smashing machine by--day? That Bruce?"

Thor nods carefully. "Yes. And it was very pleasant."

(in which bruce and thor have an unlikely relationship, steve is from the past, tony takes hormones, natasha is long-suffering, and loki just wants people to hurt.)

Review: This is a really long series, I've been wanting to rec for a while, but I've been waiting until the series reached a stopping point. Which it finally has. Obviously this series isn't for everybody since it deals with pretty heavy issues. That being said, the first story in the series can be read as a more of less stand alone piece and avoids almost all of the darker portions of the series. So if the story sounds interesting, but you don't want to deal with the darker portions of the series, you can just read A Tidy History of Hapless Queer Avengers.

This whole series started out from the very unusual idea of Hulk and Thor having an affair and the question of what would happen when Bruce Banner figured out what his body had been up to while under the Hulk's control. Unsurprisingly Thor is a little thrown by the fact that despite sharing a body Hulk and Bruce don't share the same feelings towards their tryst. 

He makes up for this by insisting the help of the other Avengers to figure out how to court Bruce Banner. The Avengers are understandably both amused and mortified. This in turn affects the team dynamic since it forces their various Queer issues out into the light of day. Also Natasha is a BAMF.

The second story in the series picks up soon after the first one leaves off. Loki has found out that Thor has taken Hulk/Bruce Banner as a lover and is really, really angry about it. So he decides to test the Avengers and Bruce to prove that they don't deserve Thor. This obviously doesn't end well, though everybody manages to survive.

The third and forth stories are the ones where things get much, much darker. Thor is forced to confront the truth about Asgard and all the Asgardian's (Particularly the royal family's) treatment of Loki. Which in turns forces Tony, Steve, and Bucky to face their own boyhood problems. I don't reccomend reading these two unless you are hard to squick.

Happless Queer Avengers Series

Title: Hapless Queer Avengers
Fandom: Marvel (Avengers)
Pairing: Hulk/Thor/Bruce Banner, Tony/Steve, Loki/Victor Von Doom, Natasha Romanov/Janet van Dyne 
Categories: Angst, Drama, Family, Friendship, Romance, 
Length: Super!Epic (261,000)
Warnings: Past Rape; Mental Illness; Trans-phobia; Homo-phobia; Child abuse

Author on LJ:  bluestalking soda_and_capes
Website:  Bluestalkings Ao3 | Feverbeat's Ao3

Summary: "Bruce Banner?" Tony checks. "Sullen scientist by day, mean green smashing machine by--day? That Bruce?"

Thor nods carefully. "Yes. And it was very pleasant."

(in which bruce and thor have an unlikely relationship, steve is from the past, tony takes hormones, natasha is long-suffering, and loki just wants people to hurt.)

Review: This is a really long series, I've been wanting to rec for a while, but I've been waiting until the series reached a stopping point. Which it finally has. Obviously this series isn't for everybody since it deals with pretty heavy issues. That being said, the first story in the series can be read as a more of less stand alone piece and avoids almost all of the darker portions of the series. So if the story sounds interesting, but you don't want to deal with the darker portions of the series, you can just read A Tidy History of Hapless Queer Avengers.

This whole series started out from the very unusual idea of Hulk and Thor having an affair and the question of what would happen when Bruce Banner figured out what his body had been up to while under the Hulk's control. Unsurprisingly Thor is a little thrown by the fact that despite sharing a body Hulk and Bruce don't share the same feelings towards their tryst. 

He makes up for this by insisting the help of the other Avengers to figure out how to court Bruce Banner. The Avengers are understandably both amused and mortified. This in turn affects the team dynamic since it forces their various Queer issues out into the light of day. Also Natasha is a BAMF.

The second story in the series picks up soon after the first one leaves off. Loki has found out that Thor has taken Hulk/Bruce Banner as a lover and is really, really angry about it. So he decides to test the Avengers and Bruce to prove that they don't deserve Thor. This obviously doesn't end well, though everybody manages to survive.

The third and forth stories are the ones where things get much, much darker. Thor is forced to confront the truth about Asgard and all the Asgardian's (Particularly the royal family's) treatment of Loki. Which in turns forces Tony, Steve, and Bucky to face their own boyhood problems. I don't reccomend reading these two unless you are hard to squick.

Happless Queer Avengers Series

Title: Hapless Queer Avengers
Fandom: Marvel (Avengers)
Pairing: Hulk/Thor/Bruce Banner, Tony/Steve, Loki/Victor Von Doom, Natasha Romanov/Janet van Dyne 
Categories: Angst, Drama, Family, Friendship, Romance, 
Length: Super!Epic (261,000)
Warnings: Past Rape; Mental Illness; Trans-phobia; Homo-phobia; Child abuse

Author on LJ:  bluestalking soda_and_capes
Website:  Bluestalkings Ao3 | Feverbeat's Ao3

Summary: "Bruce Banner?" Tony checks. "Sullen scientist by day, mean green smashing machine by--day? That Bruce?"

Thor nods carefully. "Yes. And it was very pleasant."

(in which bruce and thor have an unlikely relationship, steve is from the past, tony takes hormones, natasha is long-suffering, and loki just wants people to hurt.)

Review: This is a really long series, I've been wanting to rec for a while, but I've been waiting until the series reached a stopping point. Which it finally has. Obviously this series isn't for everybody since it deals with pretty heavy issues. That being said, the first story in the series can be read as a more of less stand alone piece and avoids almost all of the darker portions of the series. So if the story sounds interesting, but you don't want to deal with the darker portions of the series, you can just read A Tidy History of Hapless Queer Avengers.

This whole series started out from the very unusual idea of Hulk and Thor having an affair and the question of what would happen when Bruce Banner figured out what his body had been up to while under the Hulk's control. Unsurprisingly Thor is a little thrown by the fact that despite sharing a body Hulk and Bruce don't share the same feelings towards their tryst. 

He makes up for this by insisting the help of the other Avengers to figure out how to court Bruce Banner. The Avengers are understandably both amused and mortified. This in turn affects the team dynamic since it forces their various Queer issues out into the light of day. Also Natasha is a BAMF.

The second story in the series picks up soon after the first one leaves off. Loki has found out that Thor has taken Hulk/Bruce Banner as a lover and is really, really angry about it. So he decides to test the Avengers and Bruce to prove that they don't deserve Thor. This obviously doesn't end well, though everybody manages to survive.

The third and forth stories are the ones where things get much, much darker. Thor is forced to confront the truth about Asgard and all the Asgardian's (Particularly the royal family's) treatment of Loki. Which in turns forces Tony, Steve, and Bucky to face their own boyhood problems. I don't reccomend reading these two unless you are hard to squick.

Happless Queer Avengers Series

Title: Hapless Queer Avengers
Fandom: Marvel (Avengers)
Pairing: Hulk/Thor/Bruce Banner, Tony/Steve, Loki/Victor Von Doom, Natasha Romanov/Janet van Dyne 
Categories: Angst, Drama, Family, Friendship, Romance, 
Length: Super!Epic (261,000)
Warnings: Past Rape; Mental Illness; Trans-phobia; Homo-phobia; Child abuse

Author on LJ:  bluestalking soda_and_capes
Website:  Bluestalkings Ao3 | Feverbeat's Ao3

Summary: "Bruce Banner?" Tony checks. "Sullen scientist by day, mean green smashing machine by--day? That Bruce?"

Thor nods carefully. "Yes. And it was very pleasant."

(in which bruce and thor have an unlikely relationship, steve is from the past, tony takes hormones, natasha is long-suffering, and loki just wants people to hurt.)

Review: This is a really long series, I've been wanting to rec for a while, but I've been waiting until the series reached a stopping point. Which it finally has. Obviously this series isn't for everybody since it deals with pretty heavy issues. That being said, the first story in the series can be read as a more of less stand alone piece and avoids almost all of the darker portions of the series. So if the story sounds interesting, but you don't want to deal with the darker portions of the series, you can just read A Tidy History of Hapless Queer Avengers.

This whole series started out from the very unusual idea of Hulk and Thor having an affair and the question of what would happen when Bruce Banner figured out what his body had been up to while under the Hulk's control. Unsurprisingly Thor is a little thrown by the fact that despite sharing a body Hulk and Bruce don't share the same feelings towards their tryst. 

He makes up for this by insisting the help of the other Avengers to figure out how to court Bruce Banner. The Avengers are understandably both amused and mortified. This in turn affects the team dynamic since it forces their various Queer issues out into the light of day. Also Natasha is a BAMF.

The second story in the series picks up soon after the first one leaves off. Loki has found out that Thor has taken Hulk/Bruce Banner as a lover and is really, really angry about it. So he decides to test the Avengers and Bruce to prove that they don't deserve Thor. This obviously doesn't end well, though everybody manages to survive.

The third and forth stories are the ones where things get much, much darker. Thor is forced to confront the truth about Asgard and all the Asgardian's (Particularly the royal family's) treatment of Loki. Which in turns forces Tony, Steve, and Bucky to face their own boyhood problems. I don't reccomend reading these two unless you are hard to squick.

Happless Queer Avengers Series

Title: Ready, Fire, Aim ‘Verse by gyzym
Fandom: Marvel (The Avengers)
Pairing: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark, Pepper Potts/Natasha Romanov
Categories: Action/Adventure, Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Humor, Romance
Length: Epic (60,000 + altogether)
Warnings: n/a

Author on LJ: gyzym
Website: n/a

Review:
There’s no “I” in Avengers.

I can’t deny that lately I’ve been binging myself on Avengers fics for no other reason than to make the wait for the movie a little easier. It didn’t really help – in fact, it made waiting that much more agonizing – but I can’t say I minded, especially when I’m (re)reading fics/series like this one. Beginning from the premise that Tony and Steve don’t exactly get along right from the start and that they both don’t exactly deal with this well, the ‘Ready, Fire, Aim ‘Verse’ is filled to the brim with great character moments, Avenger hijinks, and the well-paced progression of Steve and Tony’s relationship from something prickly and touch-shy to still prickly but brilliant.

Overall, I have to say that if you haven’t read this series already, do so now, and if already have, do so again.

Ready, Fire, Aim ‘Verse
Podfic: Ready, Fire, Aim and Situation Normal: All Fucked Up

Title: Ready, Fire, Aim ‘Verse by gyzym
Fandom: Marvel (The Avengers)
Pairing: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark, Pepper Potts/Natasha Romanov
Categories: Action/Adventure, Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Humor, Romance
Length: Epic (60,000 + altogether)
Warnings: n/a

Author on LJ: gyzym
Website: n/a

Review:
There’s no “I” in Avengers.

I can’t deny that lately I’ve been binging myself on Avengers fics for no other reason than to make the wait for the movie a little easier. It didn’t really help – in fact, it made waiting that much more agonizing – but I can’t say I minded, especially when I’m (re)reading fics/series like this one. Beginning from the premise that Tony and Steve don’t exactly get along right from the start and that they both don’t exactly deal with this well, the ‘Ready, Fire, Aim ‘Verse’ is filled to the brim with great character moments, Avenger hijinks, and the well-paced progression of Steve and Tony’s relationship from something prickly and touch-shy to still prickly but brilliant.

Overall, I have to say that if you haven’t read this series already, do so now, and if already have, do so again.

Ready, Fire, Aim ‘Verse
Podfic: Ready, Fire, Aim and Situation Normal: All Fucked Up

Title: Ready, Fire, Aim ‘Verse by gyzym
Fandom: Marvel (The Avengers)
Pairing: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark, Pepper Potts/Natasha Romanov
Categories: Action/Adventure, Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Humor, Romance
Length: Epic (60,000 + altogether)
Warnings: n/a

Author on LJ: gyzym
Website: n/a

Review:
There’s no “I” in Avengers.

I can’t deny that lately I’ve been binging myself on Avengers fics for no other reason than to make the wait for the movie a little easier. It didn’t really help – in fact, it made waiting that much more agonizing – but I can’t say I minded, especially when I’m (re)reading fics/series like this one. Beginning from the premise that Tony and Steve don’t exactly get along right from the start and that they both don’t exactly deal with this well, the ‘Ready, Fire, Aim ‘Verse’ is filled to the brim with great character moments, Avenger hijinks, and the well-paced progression of Steve and Tony’s relationship from something prickly and touch-shy to still prickly but brilliant.

Overall, I have to say that if you haven’t read this series already, do so now, and if already have, do so again.

Ready, Fire, Aim ‘Verse
Podfic: Ready, Fire, Aim and Situation Normal: All Fucked Up

Title: Ready, Fire, Aim ‘Verse by gyzym
Fandom: Marvel (The Avengers)
Pairing: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark, Pepper Potts/Natasha Romanov
Categories: Action/Adventure, Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Humor, Romance
Length: Epic (60,000 + altogether)
Warnings: n/a

Author on LJ: gyzym
Website: n/a

Review:
There’s no “I” in Avengers.

I can’t deny that lately I’ve been binging myself on Avengers fics for no other reason than to make the wait for the movie a little easier. It didn’t really help – in fact, it made waiting that much more agonizing – but I can’t say I minded, especially when I’m (re)reading fics/series like this one. Beginning from the premise that Tony and Steve don’t exactly get along right from the start and that they both don’t exactly deal with this well, the ‘Ready, Fire, Aim ‘Verse’ is filled to the brim with great character moments, Avenger hijinks, and the well-paced progression of Steve and Tony’s relationship from something prickly and touch-shy to still prickly but brilliant.

Overall, I have to say that if you haven’t read this series already, do so now, and if already have, do so again.

Ready, Fire, Aim ‘Verse
Podfic: Ready, Fire, Aim and Situation Normal: All Fucked Up

Title: Ready, Fire, Aim ‘Verse by gyzym
Fandom: Marvel (The Avengers)
Pairing: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark, Pepper Potts/Natasha Romanov
Categories: Action/Adventure, Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Humor, Romance
Length: Epic (60,000 + altogether)
Warnings: n/a

Author on LJ: gyzym
Website: n/a

Review:
There’s no “I” in Avengers.

I can’t deny that lately I’ve been binging myself on Avengers fics for no other reason than to make the wait for the movie a little easier. It didn’t really help – in fact, it made waiting that much more agonizing – but I can’t say I minded, especially when I’m (re)reading fics/series like this one. Beginning from the premise that Tony and Steve don’t exactly get along right from the start and that they both don’t exactly deal with this well, the ‘Ready, Fire, Aim ‘Verse’ is filled to the brim with great character moments, Avenger hijinks, and the well-paced progression of Steve and Tony’s relationship from something prickly and touch-shy to still prickly but brilliant.

Overall, I have to say that if you haven’t read this series already, do so now, and if already have, do so again.

Ready, Fire, Aim ‘Verse
Podfic: Ready, Fire, Aim and Situation Normal: All Fucked Up

Title: Ready, Fire, Aim ‘Verse by gyzym
Fandom: Marvel (The Avengers)
Pairing: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark, Pepper Potts/Natasha Romanov
Categories: Action/Adventure, Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Humor, Romance
Length: Epic (60,000 + altogether)
Warnings: n/a

Author on LJ: gyzym
Website: n/a

Review:
There’s no “I” in Avengers.

I can’t deny that lately I’ve been binging myself on Avengers fics for no other reason than to make the wait for the movie a little easier. It didn’t really help – in fact, it made waiting that much more agonizing – but I can’t say I minded, especially when I’m (re)reading fics/series like this one. Beginning from the premise that Tony and Steve don’t exactly get along right from the start and that they both don’t exactly deal with this well, the ‘Ready, Fire, Aim ‘Verse’ is filled to the brim with great character moments, Avenger hijinks, and the well-paced progression of Steve and Tony’s relationship from something prickly and touch-shy to still prickly but brilliant.

Overall, I have to say that if you haven’t read this series already, do so now, and if already have, do so again.

Ready, Fire, Aim ‘Verse
Podfic: Ready, Fire, Aim and Situation Normal: All Fucked Up

Title: The Indelible series.
Fandom: Marvel (616/Noir).
Pairing: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark.
Categories: Action, Angst, Romance.
Length: Super!Epic (43,825 + 60,971 words).
Warnings: None.

Author on LJ: penumbren
Author Website: Shadows of the Moon

Review:
In "Indelible" an accident causes 616!post-deletion!Tony and Noir!Tony to switch places. While Noir!Tony struggles to find his place in a world where all the friends he remembers are wary of him because of events he cannot remember, 616!Tony, certain he has been abandoned, starts building a place for himself through his friendship with Steve. In "A Long Hard Road" Noir!Tony and Noir!Steve try to build a friendship and later a relationship while the twin ghosts of 616!Tony and WWII lurk in the background.

There are not many Noir!verse stories out there, so the fact that most of the action in the series takes place in the 40s was one of the things I liked most about it. Unsurprisingly, though I usually can't get enough of good stories patching Tony and Steve's relationship post-Registration, my favourite parts of the Indelible series take place in the Noir!verse. 616!Tony and Noir!Tony's relationships with Steve are beautifully constructed in very different ways. I love the fact Penumbren manages to make both Tonys dissimilar enough that it shows that they have been affect by their different life experiences, yet still managing to make them similar enough that the fact that they are both versions of one person is never in doubt.

All in all, this is a very long, very well written series that delivers a lot of ultimately satisfying emotional upheavals.

Indelible
A Long Hard Road

Title: The Indelible series.
Fandom: Marvel (616/Noir).
Pairing: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark.
Categories: Action, Angst, Romance.
Length: Super!Epic (43,825 + 60,971 words).
Warnings: None.

Author on LJ: penumbren
Author Website: Shadows of the Moon

Review:
In "Indelible" an accident causes 616!post-deletion!Tony and Noir!Tony to switch places. While Noir!Tony struggles to find his place in a world where all the friends he remembers are wary of him because of events he cannot remember, 616!Tony, certain he has been abandoned, starts building a place for himself through his friendship with Steve. In "A Long Hard Road" Noir!Tony and Noir!Steve try to build a friendship and later a relationship while the twin ghosts of 616!Tony and WWII lurk in the background.

There are not many Noir!verse stories out there, so the fact that most of the action in the series takes place in the 40s was one of the things I liked most about it. Unsurprisingly, though I usually can't get enough of good stories patching Tony and Steve's relationship post-Registration, my favourite parts of the Indelible series take place in the Noir!verse. 616!Tony and Noir!Tony's relationships with Steve are beautifully constructed in very different ways. I love the fact Penumbren manages to make both Tonys dissimilar enough that it shows that they have been affect by their different life experiences, yet still managing to make them similar enough that the fact that they are both versions of one person is never in doubt.

All in all, this is a very long, very well written series that delivers a lot of ultimately satisfying emotional upheavals.

Indelible
A Long Hard Road

Title: The Indelible series.
Fandom: Marvel (616/Noir).
Pairing: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark.
Categories: Action, Angst, Romance.
Length: Super!Epic (43,825 + 60,971 words).
Warnings: None.

Author on LJ: penumbren
Author Website: Shadows of the Moon

Review:
In "Indelible" an accident causes 616!post-deletion!Tony and Noir!Tony to switch places. While Noir!Tony struggles to find his place in a world where all the friends he remembers are wary of him because of events he cannot remember, 616!Tony, certain he has been abandoned, starts building a place for himself through his friendship with Steve. In "A Long Hard Road" Noir!Tony and Noir!Steve try to build a friendship and later a relationship while the twin ghosts of 616!Tony and WWII lurk in the background.

There are not many Noir!verse stories out there, so the fact that most of the action in the series takes place in the 40s was one of the things I liked most about it. Unsurprisingly, though I usually can't get enough of good stories patching Tony and Steve's relationship post-Registration, my favourite parts of the Indelible series take place in the Noir!verse. 616!Tony and Noir!Tony's relationships with Steve are beautifully constructed in very different ways. I love the fact Penumbren manages to make both Tonys dissimilar enough that it shows that they have been affect by their different life experiences, yet still managing to make them similar enough that the fact that they are both versions of one person is never in doubt.

All in all, this is a very long, very well written series that delivers a lot of ultimately satisfying emotional upheavals.

Indelible
A Long Hard Road