Rec Week Day 2: Brand-New Monday!

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Yesterday we kicked off Rec Week with the Smutty Sunday! Today it’s Brand-New Monday! Share with us all the fanworks dealing with our lovely pair's “firsts”, may it be first kisses, first dates, first dances, the first time they ended up in bed together or the first time they revealed their feelings. In short all their firsts can go here.

Note: Please mark major warnings for your recs, and if you have time, let us know why you’re reccing it!

At the end of the week, we'll create a giant masterlist of all the recs that were posted for everyone's reading and viewing enjoyment! Until then you can still jump into all the rec posts and leave your recs.

Schedule and Links to the previous posts:
Smutty Sunday, July 12th: Smut / PWP
Brand-new Monday, July 13th: Firsts (kisses, dates, times, etc)
(Not So) Terrible Tuesday, July 14th: Hurt/Comfort
Wiley Wednesday, July 15th: Identity / Identity Porn
Mournful Thursday, July 16th: Dark / Angst
Funny Friday, July 17th: Humour / Fluff
Wacky Saturday, July 18th: Free day!

For all new to rec week you can find out more at our first post of the week.

This year we have three ways to share recs:

1) comment on the daily livejournal post (this one here!)
2) reply to the daily tumblr post
3) post to tumblr with the tags #capimrecweek2015 and the day of the week (#brandnewmonday for today)

Have fun!

Comments

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MCU

Always Be Prepared (http://archiveofourown.org/works/3862348) by ladyshadowdrake, 4860 words.
This is a first-time story in which Steve and Tony's first time having sex occurs after Tony has already had his hand up Steve's ass. Twice. For entirely non-sexual reasons. I can't think of anything else I've read that's quite like this. It's just so... sweet and gentle and kind of hurt/comfort-y and really all about trust, and that's what I find appealing about it.

The Faint Light of Dawn (http://archiveofourown.org/works/3128171) by exfatalist, 18,473 words.
I will probably not be the only one reccing this, but that's okay, because it's awesome. This is an AU where WWII goes differently and Steve ends up agreeing to be frozen and unthawed from cryo whenever his country needs him. They awaken him so he can go rescue Tony from Afghanistan. It's a really interesting setup and the Steve/Tony dynamic is wonderful. I really enjoyed reading a younger Tony's interactions with Steve during his earlier times awake.

Trust Fall (http://archiveofourown.org/works/3303434) by AlchemyAlice, 14,887 words.
This is an AU in which Steve and Tony's first meeting is a lot more like 616. There's no identity porn, but Tony's at Steve's side when he wakes up from the ice, and he's the first person to talk to him, and they are a whole lot less antagonistic than in MCU canon, and the whole thing is really, really sweet. Recommended especially to 616 fans who wish the MCU had done this. Pre-slash, so no one actually gets together, but that doesn't matter; it's still lovely.

The Twice-Told Tale (http://archiveofourown.org/works/411599) by arysteia, 15,789 words.
Probably everyone in the entire fandom has read this -- but if you haven't, you should read it without delay. This is an MCU story in which Steve and Tony's first meeting is under very, very different circumstances from canon. To say more would be to spoil it, and this is something you should read unspoiled. And then read it again immediately once you've finished it, because you're going to want to.

616

I'm glad I didn't die before I met you (http://archiveofourown.org/works/1532507) by phenominable_snowman, 858 words.
Phen's writing is always wonderfully lyrical, and this is no exception. For a short fic, this packs a hell of a punch. This is a beautifully-written story of realization and first kisses that basically encapsulates Steve/Tony for me.

Ultimates

Got You Under My Skin (http://archiveofourown.org/works/1654901) by SakuraTsukikage, 26,115 words.
An Ults first-time fic that is one of the sweetest first-times I've ever read, and definitely the sweetest Ults fic I've ever read. If you're staring at that sentence and wondering how Ults can be sweet, you owe it to yourself to read this. Sweetest Ults Steve ever. And Ults Tony is of course a charmer, who definitely shows Steve a good time.