cap_ironman | 2016 Cap-Ironman Exchange Gifts unveiled on the 1st of January 2017

It is the seventh day for the unveiling of gifts! Each day we will be revealing the gifts created by participants of the 2016 Cap-Ironman Holiday Exchange and Community Gifts. Over the next week the creators’ identities will be hidden, then, on January 7th, we will reveal all of the authors and artists who participated this year.

Here are today’s gifts!

Ferrum Hiemem for TheOneWhoWantsForgotten (Avengers Academy, 3,287 Words)
In an alternate timeline where James Rhodes is Captain America, Steve Rogers is Iron Man, and Bucky Barnes is War Machine, Tony Stark is the one who fell off the train in the mountains and became the Winter Soldier. Fortunately for him one thing that is common across nearly every timeline is the friendship, love, and support the Avengers have for each other.

Tony Stark and the Dime a Dozen Spell for thudworm (MCU, 8,492 Words)
“Thor, look out!”

The moment Tony saw the spell take form, he barreled towards his teammate to intercept the flash of purple light. Too late did he remember that: 1) if there was a team member that didn't need his protection, it was Thor a.k.a. the near-invincible alien god, and 2) the Iron Man suit provided zero defense against magic.

“Oh, crap,” was Tony’s succinct observation before he was completely engulfed in sparkly purple light.

From the Bronx to Bangkok for navaan (616, 5,578 Words)
They’re just the same as they were before, except sometimes, when they’re both free, they spend the night together. Steve hasn’t regretted it, the kiss that followed the look, until today.

nose boop for Maya_Desires (Avengers Academy, Comic)
CapWolf can't stop scenting Tony. Tony is confused and scared.

Stranger Than Fiction for a_sparrows_fall (Avengers Assembled, 3,196 Words)
Nothing is too hard or difficult for Auror Tony Stark, an excellent certified genius wizard of the time. Whoever said working there would be easy for him hadn't informed him about Steve Rogers.

Now the whole precinct must suffer through the extra dose of warm fluffy UST. (It's winter. We can use the warmth! It's all fluffy.)

Threshold Consciousness for Woad (616, 14,423 Words)
Tony's acting strangely—short, snappish, and dangerously distracted.

Steve needs to figure out what's bothering his friend, and he'll do anything to help—up to and including (literally) falling into bed with him.

Twice as Nice for carzla (MCU, 1,770 Words)
“So... there are two of you now.” Tony doesn’t sound all that concerned about it. More intrigued than anything else, dark eyes sliding deliberately up Steve’s body and down—the other Steve’s, which is kind of alarming. And confusing.

Written in response to Carlza's prompt for the Cap-IM Holiday Exchange.

Mutually Assured Infatuation for dapperanachronism (MCU, 3,033 Words)
When Steve gifts Tony a teddy bear to help him get better after he’s injured on a mission, Tony decides he can’t let it stand.

Lead and I'll Follow for Cap Iron Man Community (Noir, 2,380 Words)
Under orders, Captain Rogers prepares for a gala by taking dance lessons. He's not sure how Fury persuaded Adventurer Tony Stark to give said lessons, though.

For comm prompt: For one night, Steve and Tony try to forget there's a war going on as they slow dance, alone in a cozy room.

Strategic Reinforcement for Cap Iron Man Community (MCU, 3,819 Words)
Tony is working late again, and Steve is tired of waiting. Going down to the workshop reveals something astonishing, and what else is a man to do when presented with something like that, except reward his boyfriend?

All Down But Nine for Cap Iron Man Community (1872, 1,513 Words)
In which there is a saloon brawl and Tony misses the obvious.

Sotto Voce for Cap Iron Man Community (Ultimates, 3,465 Words)
Tony's motto is better to give than to receive. With Steve, that's a must.

To check out all of this year’s gifts (so far!), head over to the 2016 Captain America/Iron Man Holiday Exchange. Want more? Look at all the past entries by using the Holiday Exchange tag on the Cap-Ironman LiveJournal Community. On Ao3 you can view the 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016 exchange entries in the Captain America/Ironman Holiday Exchange Collection.

When your gift is revealed, please be sure to comment and thank your gifter!

If you’re the creator of a gift that’s been revealed, you can comment back to anyone who comments on your work and it will show up as “Anonymous Author” until the creator names are revealed on the 7th, so please feel free to comment as much as you like.

We’ll be announcing all the gifts for today on Tumblr and Imzy, as well as here, if you would like to share and reblog them.

Finally, you may want to change the publication date of your work to today’s date, to help it show up in the AO3 listings for recent works. AO3’s guide is available here and there is a more detailed guide on how to do so here.

Thanks,

Laire, Salma, Tea, and Teyke
Your Cap-Ironman Holiday Exchange 2016 Team