cap_ironman | fic: Freezer Burn, chapter 15

Freezer Burn: Chapter 15
by Domenika Marzione (

miss_porcupine)
Genfic; PG-13-ish
Avengers/Captain America ensemble; a mashup between the movies and the 616-verse.
LJ tag | ao3

Summary: The adventures of Steve Rogers, defrosted soldier, who is missing time but not really all that lost. He's got a surprisingly broad knowledge of lettuces, a working grasp of modern technology, and may or may not be using both to mess with his teammates and save the world.

Twice foiled, Steve gave up and reached around for his shield, tucked away in its padded bag meant for civilian camouflage (TSA had thought it was a sketchpad and pencils). He pulled it out and, crouching down, started hacking away at the ice.

"Woah there, tiger!" Tony jogged up to him and Steve looked up, then around because Tony was making a face that meant 'I'm not the one making an unnecessary spectacle of myself this time.' Everyone had stopped what they were doing and was watching him, a few with looks of shocked horror on their faces and, this time, Steve didn't feel badly for them coming up hard against the legend of Captain America.

"We brought a truckload of tools that will do that with much less noise and chance of breaking the permafrost," Tony said in a quieter voice no less full of bemused reproach. "Why aren't you using any of it?"

Steve adjusted the watch cap creeping down his forehead. "Because nobody would give me any," he replied, not bothering to hide his annoyance.

Tony chuckled. "Well, I think everyone will be a little happier to help you now, Pretty Woman," he said. "Vibranium is what the AmEx Black wishes it were."

Notes: this story is updated in segments on LJ and those segments are bundled into chapters for AO3.
On LJ: part twenty-seven
On AO3: Chapter Fifteen