cap_ironman | Rec Week 2015: Mournful Thursday

On our fifth day of rec week we’re asking you for all your favorite fanworks dealing with angst and dark themes. We all love Steve and Tony, but sometimes they're just not very good at being happy, are they? (And sometimes we don't want them to be happy anyway.)

Note: Please mark major warnings for your recs, (especially important for today) 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!

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 (#mournfulthursday for today)

Have fun! And remember that you can still go back and add more recs to the previous days if you missed out or thought of something new

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Absolution (http://archiveofourown.org/works/704009) by malfaisant, 1191 words.
You liked that bit in Secret Invasion where Tony was feverish and out of it and his tech was failing and Veranke tried to convince him he was secretly a Skrull? Wouldn't you like it even more if that Skrull had been Steve rather than Jess? Yessss.

A Guilty Mind (http://cap-ironman.livejournal.com/324404.html) by kijikun and pandanoai.
The one where Tony gets a CW do-over and can't believe it. I love the angst here.

I'll remember best of all, all the things we didn't say (http://archiveofourown.org/works/3468) by dorcas_gustine, 7567 words. Archive warning: major character death.
Steve comes back after Civil War and Tony's situation is very different. A classic of fandom, and a heartbreaking one at that.

MCU

As Sharp As Any Thorn (http://archiveofourown.org/works/725234) by RurouniHime, 47,027 words.
The one where the bad guys hack Tony's armor and make him try to kill Steve. With comms open, so everyone can hear. Yep, this one's full of angst and h/c.

What Rough Beast (http://archiveofourown.org/works/548140) by immoral_crow, 6343 words. Archive warning: major character death.
A really, really sad story about the inevitable downsides of the super-soldier serum.

Rec Week 2015: Mournful Thursday

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