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Wednesday Fic Recs #20: Underdog Canon & Movie/TV AU
It's that time of the week again: themed Wednesday fic recs! Each week, we're offering you the chance to submit your favourite fics for our two themes. Self-recs are welcome and of course you can still make new recs once Wednesday has passed!
This week, theme #1 is UNDERDOG CANON VERSES (suggested by @ishipallthings) -- There's so much love for MCU and 616, but what about those other amazing corners of the multiverse? Avengers Academy - basically a canon high school AU, Avengers Assemble - so good and pure, Noir - because who doesn't love Tony as adventurer?
Theme #2 is 'MOVIE & TV AUs/FUSIONS' (suggested by @asweetstone) -- Most of us have indulged in a thought experiment of what would happen if you swapped the characters from an awesome movie or show with Tony and Steve, right?
Please use the following format for your recs (you can just copy & paste this):
**Title**:
**Link**:
**Author**:
**Rating**:
**Word Count**: (Please note if it's a WIP)
**Relationship(s)**:
**Warnings**: There's no need to tag everything, but please heed
at least the mandatory AO3 warnings for Rape/Non-Con, Dub-Con,
Major Character Death, Underage and Graphic Violence. Also note
if the author *chose not to warn*.
**Author summary**:
*(Optional)* **Comment**: Why do you rec this story?
Do you have a rec that doesn't fit either of the themes? Submit it to the general Stony Fic Rec Library, open 24/7 :)
Other great places for recs are:
- Hale Roger's tumblr
- Bea Recs' DW (you need to request access to these)
- Wingheadshellhead's tumblr FAQ
We also want to ask you to name themes for future Fic Rec Wednesdays, so pop into the comments and let us know what you suggest! We'll use your ideas for sure (and of course give proper credit!). This and future posts will be tagged with 'Wednesday Fic Recs' so if you ever want to go back to old themes, you can find them easily.
And now unto the fics!





Theme suggestions go here!
How about presumed dead fic? Or fic that deals with Steve or Tony having allergies
I second the motion! ❤️
Allergies! I feel the mighty need to make the boys suffer the same way I do.
Topics added to the list :)
Have we had jealous / possessive Steve or Tony yet?
Not yet! Added!
Reply to this comment with your recs for MOVIE/TV AU
Self-Rec time
Catching Lightning in a Bottle
http://archiveofourown.org/works/5787061/chapters/13337719
sabrecmc
Mature
120,663
Steve Rogers/Tony Stark
No Warnings Apply
College student Tony meets janitor Steve at MIT and they fall blissfully in love, until Howard happens and things fall apart. One divorce paperwork snafu courtesy of the ever-helpful Jarvis, and ten years later, Tony has to get re-divorced from Steve.
This does not go as he imagines.
Or, the Sweet Home Alabama AU that no one--well, okay, a few of you--asked for.
Comment: I think it is a bit more angst-filled than the movie, but the basic premise is the same. I really enjoyed writing this one!
Yeah, I feel like when you were posting chapters of this, during a time when I was super stressed, it was basically keeping me alive. :) Your wounded vet take on Steve here is amaaaaaazing.
The Captain and His Courtesan
http://archiveofourown.org/works/1167171/chapters/2373895
winterstar
Explicit
189,791
Steve Rogers/Tony Stark
Warnings for PTSD, torture, medical procedures
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.
Comment: FIREFLY AU! One of my all-time favorites. Lots of world building and a great story arc.
Embrace the Fire: The Avenger Games
http://archiveofourown.org/works/413095?view_full_work=true
lorata
Teen and Up Audiences
150176
Gen
Graphic Descriptions of Violence, Major Character Death
"Trust me, and I'll give you something better than a Mockingjay. I'll give you the Avengers."
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"Trust me, and you'll see."
Non-powered alternate universe fusion: the Avengers in Panem.
Comment: The summary and sorta goofy title don't really do it justice because holy fuck, guys. HOLY FUCK. One of the best fusions I've read hands down, the world and the characters merging together so beautifully and painfully that it seems like this was the way it was always meant to be. It's gen, and it focuses on other Marvel characters as much as Steve and Tony- but the two of them do have such glorious scenes together and Tony in particular wrenches my heart out and stomps on it repeatedly. Give it a try, trust me. It's an epic that's entirely worth the read.
Minotaur
http://archiveofourown.org/works/1322560
moonix
Mature
7,035
Steve Rogers/Tony Stark
No Archive Warnings Apply
Antonia Stark is a genius. That's why she qualifies for extra special Occlumency training with instructor Natasha Romanov at Auror Academy. Now if only her training partner weren't Stevie Rogers - newly diagnosed Legilimens, eternal goody-two-shoes, and her ex-rival-slash-secret-crush from Hogwarts days.
Comment: Hogwartsvengers AND Rule 63? Sign me up.
ceaselessly into the past
http://archiveofourown.org/works/3160097/chapters/6860015
apollosjustice
84131
Explicit
Steve Rogers/Tony Stark
Edge of Tomorrow/Live.Die.Repeat AU, following the movie. After earth is invaded by the Chitauri, Tony Stark is forcefully drafted into the military for a suicide mission. It ends up with him being inexplicably caught in a time loop that always seems to end with him dying horrifically. And, of course, the day was a Thursday- he had never gotten the hang of Thursdays.
Comment: I've recced this one before, but it deserves the repeat thumbs up. I hadn't watched Edge of Tomorrow before I read this fic- and holy hell did it not feel like a fusion at all (while simultaneously hitting me in all the feels). It is a bit of a retread of the original movie but the writing is fantastic and the pain so real. It doesn't get nearly as much love as it deserves, do go check it out.
I'm going to self-rec too, if only because sabrecmc already recced Catching Lightning, one of my favourite fusions, AND the Captain and his Courtesan. I'm very excited to check the other ones on the list I haven't read before.
Anyway.
How the Light Gets In http://archiveofourown.org/works/9547676/chapters/21586448 Robin_tCJ Explicit Currently 5849, and it is a WIP, but will be posted in its entirety within a couple of months, really. SteveRogers/TonyStark It COULD be construed as dub-con being mentioned, but because of the nature of the fusion, that's sort of both a given but also not an issue? If that makes sense?
Dollhouse Fusion AU that you don’t need to have seen Dollhouse to understand. Tony is the Dollhouse’s neuro programmer. It’s his job to build and imprint personalities on the Dolls in the house so they can be rented out to a very select (rich) clientele. There’s one Doll in particular that has caught Tony’s eye, though, and all he wants in the world is to escape with Steve to freedom from the Dollhouse.
But when Steve starts remembering, even after he should have been wiped, Tony realizes it may not be that simple.
Comment: Only 2 chapters posted so far, but I'm posting every week so that's no problem. If I don't have internet access next week (I do not know, yet, if this is the case) I'll probably post 2 chapters at once when I do.
Extremely hesitant self-rec...? Well, it's short, so if you don't like it hopefully it's not a waste of your time. :)
Title: Low Profile (Jupiter Ascending Fusion)
Link: http://archiveofourown.org/works/7392040
Author: a_sparrows_fall
Rating: G
Word Count: 2794
Relationship(s): Steve/Tony
Warnings: No warnings
Author summary: The wolf-hybrid-soldier-person driving the older model maroon Impala whisking both himself and Tony away from Chicago to god-knows-where looks pretty solid for someone who’s recently been injured in battle.
Tony’s not sure what all this is, but he’s willing to go for along the ride. Especially with this particular driver.
Comment: This is currently a one-shot, but I have always had it in my head that it's one of a series of vignettes. Jupiter Ascending was a sorta not-great film that I nonetheless couldn't get out of my head, and Caine Wise is a wolf person who fights with an energy shield. It kinda seemed obvious what to do with that.
I also really love this mashup because James D'arcy (Jarvis from Agent Carter) is Jupiter's biological dad in the film, so naturally I had to use that in the fic. ;)
Reply to this comment with your recs for UNDERDOG CANON VERSES
I'll take this opportunity to do some shameless self promotion. I've written in Noir and in 1872!
Title: In All The Years Since They Met
Link: http://archiveofourown.org/works/8551606
Author: Fluffypanda
Rating: Teen
Word Count: 1785
Relationship(s): Steve/Tony
Warnings: none
Author summary: "Steve Rogers?” Fury raised an eyebrow at him. "You know him?" "He's an old friend, used to work as my chronicler. He was just a kid back then." Or Tony gets recruited to work on Project Rebirth
Title: All Down But Nine
Link: http://archiveofourown.org/works/9072601
Author: Fluffypanda
Rating: Teen
Word Count: 1513
Relationship(s): Steve/Tony
Warnings: some violence, implied alcohol abuse
Author summary: In which there is a saloon brawl and Tony misses the obvious.
Now for some of my favorite Noir fics!
Title: Tony Stark and the Hidden Hercules: A Marvels War Book
Link: http://archiveofourown.org/works/5366774
Author: navaan
Rating: teen
Word Count: 76108
Relationship(s): Steve/Tony, James "Bucky" Barnes/Natasha Romanova, Background Pepper Potts/James "Rhodey" Rhodes
Warnings: none
Author summary: One of Fury’s operatives is lost somewhere in Nazi occupied France and the last information he managed to sent is worrying. Tony Stark, famous adventurer, genius inventor, and Fury’s reluctant one man special ops commando is called in to make sure the Germans don’t get their hands on the serum that could decide the war. But for Tony this is more than just a simple adventure and it turns out there’s more to it all than even he could have foreseen.
Or: The story where Bucky needs Tony Stark to save Steve, although Bucky is not the one who is crazy about Marvels and the man whose adventures made the magazine great, and Tony comes because he has a score to settle. Or at least that’s what he keeps telling himself right until he’s swept up by the mystery of it all.
Title: Tony Stark and the Artifact of the Hawai'ian Archipelago
Link: http://archiveofourown.org/works/8838283
Author: antigrav_vector
Rating: Explicit
Word Count: 18980
Relationship(s): Steve/Tony
Warnings: none
Author summary: Tony's on a solo flight, scouting out the area around the atolls in the mid Pacific on a mission from Fury to try to find an artifact that no one can describe. Hell, there's not even really a consensus on what it can do. But Fury wants to get his hands on it if he can. Tony manages to get there, but then his plane sinks. Yes, sinks. He'd anchored it off the island's shoreline, since the island itself had no room for a runway, being rather too tiny. And now he's stranded.
Luckily he no longer needs to recharge the repulsor pump every few days.
Giving in to the need, Tony scouts the island. He finds very little that will help him. There are no animals here but small songbirds, so he'll have to find a way to catch fish to eat until Pepper and Jarvis can come get him...
Title: Marvels: The Bloodstone Odyssey
Link: http://archiveofourown.org/works/6893512
Author: teaberryblue
Rating: teen
Word Count: 76108
Relationship(s): Steve/Tony,
Warnings: none
Author summary: The year is 1940. In the middle of the Blitz, Tony Stark and Pepper Potts set out to London to recover Howard Stark's lost work. But it turns out that they're not the only ones hunting for it. Tony finds himself contending with Nazis, crooks, and perhaps his most formidable adversary yet: a scrawny, asthmatic, bullheaded kid named Steve Rogers.
An Empty Bottle and a Gun (1872)
Captain_Al
http://archiveofourown.org/works/5457851/chapters/12617132
Explicit
No warnings
11240 words
Steve Rogers finds himself with an unexpected traveling companion, and a good deal of unexpected trouble, on his way to a new life in Timely.
Comment: Have I recced this before? Doesn't matter, I ADORE this fic. The character voices are superb and I love that the story dips into a palpable sadness first, kind of foreshadowing the rest of 1872, and then still has a happy ending.
One Last Second Chance (Earth 57289)
Muccamukk
http://archiveofourown.org/works/9107434
Teen
6405 words
Tony Stark, second newest engineer at Rhodes Labs International, is just trying to rebuild from the ruins of his failed company, vanished fortune, and struggles with alcoholism. His goals include keeping his head down, avoiding stress and convincing Dr. Rhodes to let him build a really cool robot, so why does the universe keep throwing Avengers in his path?
I haven't actually read Civil War II: Choosing sides which is where Earth 57289 makes an appearance, apparently, but I loved this fic. I love Tony and Bethany's interactions and Muccamukk's writing is superb as always.