2018 Big Bang: 'And Their Hearts Are Guarded by Dragons'

[runningondreams]

Title: And Their Hearts Are Guarded By Dragons
Author: runningondreams
Artists: minions4pie /kaitovsheiji and phoenixmetaphor
Universe: Marvel 616/Dragonriders of Pern AU
Rating (both fic and art): Fic: Mature Art: Gen
Word Count: 48k
Warnings: Red Skull and related eugenics themes, mentions of past domestic abuse, villain-related kidnappings and mistreatment of dragons and minor characters, 616 canon-typical violence levels. There is a one-sentence reference to suicide, but no one attempts it.
Notes: No knowledge of Pern required. Many thanks to laireshi for beta and generally being awesome!

Fic Summary: After an ambush by an unknown dragon and rider pair, T’ny searches for his dragon partner, Ferroth. In a desperate flight to prove Ferroth still lives he finds S’teve and Libereth adrift and injured from a battle he can hardly imagine existing: dragons fighting dragons. Together, S’teve and T’ny navigate tangles of time travel, villainy that challenges their most dearly-held truths, and the budding of new love.

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Links to kaitovsheiji's art: 1 | 2
Link to phoenixmetaphor's art: 1 & 2