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cap_ironman2012-06-05 12:23 pm
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Return of the Rec Week: Tuesday, Day of Hurt/Comfort!
If you want to see the guidelines and schedule for the rec week, look here.
You may rec up to four fanworks per theme. It's okay to go back to rec previous themes even if the day is over! I know not everyone can make it online each day.
You may rec up to four fanworks per theme. It's okay to go back to rec previous themes even if the day is over! I know not everyone can make it online each day.
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Just one for todayTotally lied. I realized h/c can extend beyond physical hurts/comforts and have returned with more recs! :Title: In a Different Light (http://marinarusalka.dreamwidth.org/465753.html)
Creator: marinarusalka
Universe: MCU/616 mash-up
Rec: After an unexpected attack, Tony has trouble dealing with his injuries and Steve has trouble dealing with Tony. | Steve/Tony first time fic; Tony is temporarily blinded after an act of random violence. Lots of angst and h/c goodness, but it's very in-character and carefully handled.
Title: The Last Love Song of Anthony E. Stark (http://archiveofourown.org/works/349478)
Creator: jibrailis
Universe: MCU
Rec: After contracting an Asgardian virus, Tony starts forgetting things. And people. And Steve. | aka "That one fic that left me curled up in a sobbing mess on the floor." But it's totally worth it. I promise there is comfort to go with the hurt.
Title: Take Care, I'm Easily Broken (http://archiveofourown.org/works/364739)
Creator: blue_jack
Universe: MCU
Rec: Tony isn't the type of person to pine quietly. | Tony is hopelessly love with Steve, but has already been turned down (kinda). Lots of pining from both sides. It's so very hurty-good.
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Thanks a bunch for the recs <3
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Creator:
Universe: 616
Rec: Tony Stark lives a double life; he's secretly the supervillain known as Iron Man. But his loving husband Steve has a few secrets of his own, as Tony is about to discover. While I wouldn’t necessarily call this a typical hurt/comfort fic, it has a lot of misunderstandings and the boys hurting each other, and I just love it, okay?
Title: A Window in the Sky (http://archiveofourown.org/works/161082)
Creator: manic_intent
Universe: Noir
Rec: Steve hits on a total stranger in Port-Lyautey, much to Bucky's astonishment. When I joined the fandom, I hadn’t seen CA yet and Avengers was still far away, and there were all these confusing universes, and I had no idea what was going on. But even though I was like, why is Bucky so young???, I really loved reading this fic. It has pining!Steve and reluctant-but-clearly-wanting-to Tony, and it’s a great read.
Title: In a Different Light (http://marinarusalka.dreamwidth.org/465753.html)
Creator:
Universe: Movie/616 mashup
Rec: After an unexpected attack, Tony has trouble dealing with his injuries and Steve has trouble dealing with Tony. This has already been rec’d, but what the hell, I love marinarusalka’s stuff, so it’s worth a second mention. It has blind!angry!Tony and a Steve that wants to help and is trying to deal with his emotions, and definitely give this one a try.
Title: And Begin Again Tomorrow (http://archiveofourown.org/works/255831)
Creator: BlackEyedGirl
Universe: Movie
Rec: Steve can tell there’s something wrong with Tony. He just doesn’t know what happened. Or why Tony’s friends seem to think it’s his fault. This is Steve sticking his foot in his mouth and then trying to make it up to Tony. Very sweet.
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Universe: Movie 'verse
Rec: Snow is the beginner's substance of choice for all cave-ins and trapped-in-the-wilderness scenarios. Why couldn't it have been snow?
Steve and Tony are trapped in a cave which led to Steve manhandling Tony into a cuddle? D: Seriously, I'm so bad at this rec review thing. Here a little preview instead:
"My brain's cold. It doesn't work any more."
Steve somehow manages to lock his fingers together against the skin of Tony's back, face tucked down into his hair, and he's squeezing so hard the reactor has to be digging uncomfortably into his chest. But he doesn't say a word. He's not as warm as he was. Body tensing and relaxing like he's fighting shivers.
"If they find us like this I'm going to tell everyone you let me get to third base," Tony warns.
Steve's quiet for a minute.
"If you promise to still be alive when they do, then I won't deny it."
He's laughing, he's laughing out warm air and pressing his face into Steve's neck because no one, no one in the whole damn world could have made that sound so fucking heroic.
"Gonna hold you to that." It's hard to talk through the clacking of his teeth.
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Creator: Anonymous
Universe: Movie 'verse
Rec: After a painful break-up with Pepper (no Pepper bashing though, please!), Tony starts spiraling back into some of his worst habits... | This one is from the avengerkink fill. It's a short fill that mananges to convery all the hurts (it hurts so good) and misunderstanding and pinning. The ending is my kind of ending. <3
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It's such a wonderful story. Was so glad when I found it on my daily trawl through Steve/Tony fics on AO3. ^^
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Creator: kahn
Universe: MCU
Rec: Tony, Steve, Clint, and Bruce get trapped in a cave. The arc reactor begins to fail. Tony still manages to be self-sacrificing. Also there is snark. WHY ARE YOU NOT READING YET?!
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Creator: sam_storyteller
Universe: MCU
Rec: This is a heartbreakingly gorgeous story about Steve grieving for the loss of his previous life and his loved ones, and Tony trying his best to help him through. It's a struggle that comes right through the words, that grabs your heart and twists it into knots. It reduced me to tears more than once while reading. There's no quick fix, but the ending is both hopeful and uplifting, and I really, really love Tony in this. I can't capture in words everything that makes this fic special, but it really is one of the best Avengers fics I've ever read.
Title: The Last Love Song of Anthony E. Stark (http://archiveofourown.org/works/349478)
Creator: jibrailis
Universe: MCU
Rec: An Asgardian virus causes Tony to develop progressive amnesia, and he and Steve venture to Asgard to find a cure. This is inventive, beautifully-written and the author perfectly captures the slow, frightening erasure of Tony's memories and his sense of self. I also really like the way that, towards the end, the narrative structure itself starts to mirror Tony's fragmented mental state. The slow build-up of Steve and Tony's relationship is really poignant, too; the very last lines made me catch my breath. A simply lovely story.
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Creator: Penumbren (http://archiveofourown.org/users/Penumbren/pseuds/Penumbren)
Universe: 616 and Noir crossover
Rec: Fic Summary: When an experiment goes awry, Tony thinks he may have found an answer to his problems and Steve faces something he's been avoiding for a very long time.
Set after Civil War and Tony's reboot, then goes AU. 616!Tony and Noir!Tony get switched accidentally. 616!Tony eventually begins to think it's better if he stays stuck in the 1940s because nobody hates him for things he can't remember doing and he hasn't screwed the whole world up, even if he doesn't remember doing it.
I think there's more hurt than comfort, but the comfort comes, even if it takes it's own sweet time getting there. I tear up pretty much every single time I re-read it. But it's just so good.
Title: and you're out (http://archiveofourown.org/works/414552)
Creator: Zekkas (http://archiveofourown.org/users/Zekkass/pseuds/Zekkass)
Universe: MCU
Rec: Fic Summary: A villain kidnaps Tony and removes his arc reactor and Steve's the one to rescue him. Tony proceeds to try and deal with this. Steve tries not to think about the gaping hole he saw in Tony's chest.
This one's both physical and emotional hurt/comfort, and the emotional hurt/comfort kinda goes both ways.
Title: When It Clears (http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8085703/1/When_It_Clears)
Creator: Verdreht (http://www.fanfiction.net/u/2031530/Verdreht)
Universe: MCU
Rec: Fic Summary: To Tony Stark, the worst part of being a hero wasn't the fighting. No, it was standing there, waiting for the smoke to clear. Now, though, he's starting to think there just might be something worse.
So, I have an insanely huge thing for hurt!Tony, especially if it's emotional. Here's a physically hurt!Steve fic with protective and very worried Tony taking care of Steve. I'd say he actually does a pretty good job.
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Title: Deep Waters (http://alchemyalice.livejournal.com/37699.html)
Creator: AlchemyAlice
Universe: movie
Rec: His power's running low, the arc reactor flickering. Cold, rancid sewer water is rushing into the fissure at his torn up shoulder, filling up the gaps, rising along his neck in frigid fingers. He's been like this before. For a prompt on capkink. Perfect Steve-finds-out-about-Afghanistan fic, in character and with a happy ending.
and on the emotional side...
Title: Some Things Shouldn't Be A Chore (http://archiveofourown.org/works/381185?view_full_work=true)
Creator: scifigrl47
Universe: movie
Rec: Steve takes things like personal responsibility and respect seriously. Tony's got people he pays to take care of that kind of thing. In which there is a chores wheel and Steve is assigned to hugging Tony duty for the week. Tony has issues and builds robots (also a summary of the franchise).
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Creator: saraid
Universe: 616
Rec: Peter Parker, the friendly neighborhood Spider-Man, wasn’t feeling at all friendly right now. They’d been captured, and were being held prisoner by an unknown band of supervillian-wannabes who were over the moon that they’d beaten the Avengers. Which wasn’t exactly what had happened – half the team was out of town, the only heavy hitter available was Tony and they had managed to take him out. With freakin’ magic. Both this and my other rec have always caught me as interesting looks at what happens when something goes wrong with Extremis, here magic is wreaking havoc with Tony and Steve is trying to keep Tony from hurting himself.
Title: To Extremes (http://www.kijikun.slashcity.com/Extremis.htm)
Creator: saraid
Universe: New Avengers AU, no Civil War, no Skrull
Rec: Tony gets sick. Tony stays sick. Steve takes care of him. Like the above rec something is very wrong with Extremis and Tony needs round the clock care, tons of h/c as Steve and the rest try help Tony survive. One of the first Steve/Tony fics I read and still a favorite to go back and read again
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Creator:
Universe: 616
Rec: Steve is in a motorcycle accident, Tony catches a cold, and someone is after the New Avengers. Not only is there a great Steve/Tony relationship and tons of angsty hurt/comfort, but also a wonderful New Avengers team dynamic, and a nice plotty adventure with a bonus trip to the Savage Land.
Title: A Meeting of Minds (http://crimsonquills.livejournal.com/tag/fic%20%28chaptered%29%3A%20a%20meeting%20of%20minds)
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Universe:616
Rec: Soul-bonding fic! C'mon, who doesn't love a good soul-bonding fic?
Title: Take This Heart for a Test Run (http://cap-ironman.livejournal.com/747564.html#cutid1)
Creator: Kaihire
Universe: 616
Rec: So, for last year's Secret Santa challenge, I put in the following prompt: Indulge my love of h/c cliches! Steve and Tony trapped in a cave-in, or huddling for warmth in a blizzard, or lost in the wilderness while one of them is injured, or suffering from a mystery illness, whatever. Go old-school. And then this totally brilliant story managed to use all the tropes I mentioned, and totally made it work.
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Cursing, references to off-screen torture, PTSD, pre-slash
Rec: Steve drags Tony along with him when he makes an impulsive decision to chase after Hydra. Things go downhill from there, and Steve discovers he has a new mission. At first i thought it was just a mundane kind of one-shot. but its a so well made plot. Don't know if I feel more for Tony or Steve.
The Roughest Day (http://archiveofourown.org/works/245833?view_full_work=true) by Elspethdixon, Seanchai
Hurt/Comfort, New Avengers
Rec: Steve is in a motorcycle accident, Tony catches a cold, and someone is after the New Avengers. Love their relationship, so casual. Very characterized and the plot. well the plot is the kind of.. yes. icriedmyeyesout. sue me. and somebody had to draw what Tony had and still i only got it in the very end. that kind of plot.
Homefront (http://sam-storyteller.dreamwidth.org/174803.html) by sam-storyteller
Extensive discussion of grief, PTSD, some talk of suicidal impulses. Unwise drinking practices and some mention of alcoholism.
Rec: Steve Rogers is a capable leader, a kind and cheerful man, a good friend, a strong role model, and a loyal soldier. He's also teetering on the edge of suicide. Is about Steve's issues, and all the everybody tries to explain and very few manage. I love how Tony handles everything.
The Last Love Song of Anthony E. (http://archiveofourown.org/works/349478) Stark by jibrailis
Hurt, hurt hurt, a little confort. Mythology.
Rec: After contracting an Asgardian virus, Tony starts forgetting things. And people. And Steve.The summary doesn't even begin to do this one justice. It's another icriedmyeyesout kind of fic. but you wont sue me in this one. too busy wiping your own eyes. The images are absolutely beautiful and theres such a lonliness and desperations that it make you want to crawl out of your skin. I know other people already rec this one but i cannot make a hurt/confort rec list without putting this one. i just cant..
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Creator: xaritomene
Universe: The Avengers (2012)
Rec: The Avengers are stuck in a cave, and Tony, despite being essentially incapacitated by the loss of his suit, has a working plan to deal with this shit. In which Tony valiantly combats his obvious panic and his totally justified fear of caves and *still* manages to kick some ass, even if he has to pull off some self-sacrificing science to do it.
Title: And You're Out (http://archiveofourown.org/works/414552)
Creator: Zekkass
Universe: The Avengers (2012)
Rec: A villain kidnaps Tony and removes his arc reactor and Steve's the one to rescue him. Tony proceeds to try and deal with this. Steve tries not to think about the gaping hole he saw in Tony's chest. It's got pretty much everything a good H/C fic needs - drama, angst, a hint of smut, and the feeling that things would be okay at the end of the day.
Title: Without Irony (http://archiveofourown.org/works/148868)
Creator: tsukinofaerii
Universe: 616
Rec: An AU of the events covering SIEGE and immediate after. When Tony is rebooted after deleting his brain, he's left with no memory of anything, and lingering programs that keep him from finding out everything he missed. Sometimes you just need to start over, but there's always a place in every plan for a backup.
Without Irony is the first of the two-part series for W.I.P.E and I highly, highly recommend everyone to read both fics from this series. I don't even know where to begin describing all the things that I love from this fic. Some of the immediate ones that come to mind are the unique freeform style, the action, the delicious drama between Tony and Steve, as well as the very palpable tension between Tony and...pretty much everyone. There's a lot going on but tsukinofaerii is able to combine all of these elements into something that works beautifully. It's a lengthy, lengthy fic since it's an entry for the big_bang but it's oh so worth the read. Also, I totally waltzed into this fic knowing the bare minimum of the comic-verse, briefly wiki'ed my way into understanding the events surrounding the Civil War, and is still utterly blown away by this despite my obvious lack of knowledge. I am glad that I did not let my unfamiliarity towards the comic-verse be a deterrent.
Title: Metal Heart (http://archiveofourown.org/works/284236)
Creator: ashinan
Universe: The Avengers (2012)
Rec: No one has ever asked Tony Stark if he was fine. Tony can be a stubborn ass about denying his own fears (even if they are destroying him). Thank god for Steve Rogers, who is not only perceptive enough to see that something is wrong, but is also the first to extend his hand to help.
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Creator: Sidara
Universe: Movieverse
Rec: People see the glow of the arc reactor, they never see the scars. Tony's arc reactor is an extremely invasive piece of hardware and carries a ton of traumatic memories. This explores what it might feel like to live with the arc reactor, as a physical device and as an unwanted body modification. Tony lives with it. He acts like it's easy, but it's not. Steve notices that Tony is not fine.
Title: Ghost in the Wires (http://archiveofourown.org/works/327698)
Creator: Sororexitium
Universe: Movieverse AU
Rec: This is an AU in which Tony did not escape from Afghanistan and the Avengers assemble without him. Steve manages to fall in love with the idea of Tony. Tony has been held by Stane since his escape from Afghani terrorists, marked dead in the eyes of the world while Stane is free to use his mind, inventions, and company as he sees fit. Tony feels there's nothing he can do and has resigned himself to death to save those he loves. That would be when JARVIS lets Captain America stumble into his old lab. Steve's stubborn refusal to give up on Tony forces him to keep living. It's tragic and beautiful, with a fluff ending. Steve is so pure in this story. And it has a sequel with an alternate POV. I love multple POVs!
Title: The History of Music (http://archiveofourown.org/works/274045/chapters/433721)
Creator: NezumiPi
Universe: Movieverse
Rec: Steve is not adapting well to the future. He's depressed, overwhelmed, and pretty pissed off about having to deal with this shit. SHIELD deploys Tony Stark to teach Steve about the future as a supplement to his therapy, possibly on the theory that Tony will be so bewildering that Steve will be too distracted to think about being depressed. Tony decides the best way to help Steve is to get him to beat the crap out of Tony. Also notable for great banter and troll!Tony.
EDIT: You know what, I thought of another one.
Title: Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own (http://kijikun.slashcity.com/Sometimes.htm)
Creator: aliana_iskassa
Universe: 616
Rec: After Steve returns from a year on a Skrull prison ship, he is disturbed to find that Tony is embroiled in yet another abusive relationship. He wants to rescue Tony from his demons, but will Tony even allow himself to be helped? I generally do not enjoy dom/sub or BDSM themes in fic. This works for me because it is essentially about trust. Tony wants to let someone else be in control for awhile. But he picks somebody completely wrong, who takes his trust and uses it to grind him down. Enter Steve, who gives Tony's abusive ex the boot once he finds out what's going on. Steve would be totally willing to take control for Tony if that's what he needs. Tony's past abuse makes it hard for him to trust, even though it's Steve, and even though he wants to, but together he and Steve make it work (after a few false starts).
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Universe: uhm pretty sure it's 616
Rec: Aliens have invaded earth, and the Avengers are scattered. While Steve leads the resistance, Tony once again finds himself playing captive scientist. In the midst of a violent alien regime, separated by seemingly insurmountable boundaries, Steve and Tony have nothing to keep themselves going but each other.
I love this story and its probably been recced before, buuuut I thought I'd put it up anyway. Its great because there's an invasion, science-y stuff, clint&tony friendship, steve/tony realizing emotions, and interesting alien social structure. Pretty much brilliance. :-)
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Title: That One Man, Scorned and Covered with Scars (http://muccamukk.dreamwidth.org/528775.html)
Creator: Muccamukk
Universe: 616
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Summary: Or, Four Times Steve Saw Tony's Scars and Had Sex with Him Anyway.
I really love the way this fic goes through a lot of canon events and eras and talks about the way that their relationship has changed over time. As many terrible things as they've gone through, they still love each other. It hurts so good. :(
Title: (Words That Just) Break and Melt (http://talesofsuspense.net/viewstory.php?sid=214)
Creator: simmysim
Universe: 616
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Summary: Steve comes back to life and has a few bones to pick with Tony. Angry-like.
Ohhh man. This fic is always such a whirlwind of emotions for me. They're both so raw and then so tender and they obviously need to get this aggression out. I always sort of realize at the end that I haven't quite been breathing correctly while reading it.
Title: Orbiter Dictum (http://talesofsuspense.net/viewstory.php?sid=178)
Creator: Schmevil
Universe: 616
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Summary: Steve is at the sink, washing the few dishes that pizza for two generates, when he realizes that Tony is in love with him.
Oh mannnn, this fic is just so quiet and tender. It shows how their relationship has been slowly growing and how they need each other now. They've both been through a lot, but they can help each other through it. :(
Title: In a Different Light (http://kijikun.slashcity.com/marinarusalkabigbang.htm)
Creator: marinarusalka
Universe: 616/movieverse mashup (was written before Captain America/The Avengers)
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Summary: After an unexpected attack, Tony has trouble dealing with his injuries and Steve has trouble dealing with Tony.
In this fic, Tony goes temporarily blind. I loved the way that both Tony and Steve had problems with this state of being. Tony's embarrassment and frustration seemed really real to me, and so was the way that they kept having miscommunications because they both interpreted the situation so differently. And the comfort was so delicious.