(Big Bang) Catch a Falling Star

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Title: Catch a Falling Star
Artist: derpkid & phoenixmetaphor
Author: tsukinofaerii
Rating (both art/fic): NC-17
Universe: Marvel Ultimates
Word Count: ~43,000
Warnings: Highlight for Spoilers: Major & minor character death, mentions of suicide (mass numbers, individual decisions), depression, mass manslaughter, corpses, descriptions of being exposed to vacuum, mental torture, brainwashing and slavery. Most of it happens off-screen and the story deals with the effects and aftermath. There is a happy ending, I swear. Cross my heart. Even the character deaths are comicbook deaths (impermanent).
Beta: muccamukk

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Fic 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.
Link to Art: Phoenix Metaphor's Livejournal, Phoenix Metaphor's Dreamwidth & Phoenix Metaphor's Tumblr

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Link to Fic: Catch a Falling Star

Dear Mods: Can I get this for my "Outer Space AU" spot on my bingo card? And also, derpkid needs a tag, please.

Comments

[paxnirvana.livejournal.com]

The original world-building and the deft weaving in of Ultimates, in characters and interactions, was astoundingly good and very enjoyable. Thank you so much for writing and sharing this.

[tsukinofaerii.livejournal.com]

Thank you for reading! :D