Everything Left Unsaid

Fic: Rules of Catharsis

2026-03-09T02:04:34Z

Title: Rules of Catharsis
Author: nostalgicatsea
Universe: MCU
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Word Count: 266
Summary: Contrition alone could neither save nor damn him. Only the wronged held that power. But Tony was gone, unable to answer him, and Steve wondered who else could grant him the reprieve that came through absolution or castigation.
Note: This is more implied Steve/Tony and is heavily focused on Pepper & Steve and Steve & Morgan, but since Tony haunts the entire fic and drives Steve through it, I decided to include the Steve/Tony tag.

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Fic: In Passing

2026-03-09T02:02:50Z

Posted by: nostalgicatsea

Title: In Passing
Author: nostalgicatsea
Universe: MCU
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Word Count: 153
Summary: There is only this, only here and now. It takes Steve eleven years of transience to accept this, eleven years too late.

Read on AO3 or Dreamwidth.

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Signups Open for Stevetony Noir Exchange

2026-01-17T07:15:58Z

Posted by: lets_call_me_lily

Marvelling is Stevetony exchange where works have to focus on the relationship between Steve Rogers and Tony Stark and be set in the Marvel Noir universe, or be centred around Marvel Noir's Tony Stark and any Steve Rogers (from whichever reality you desire).

⭐Signups are OPEN!⭐

SCHEDULE
This exchange is in NZT! Don’t get confused and think you have an extra day, folks—make sure to check those time converter links.

Sign-up (and tagset nomination) period: Saturday 17 - Sunday 25 January, 8pm NZT what time do sign-ups close for me? | countdown

Assignments out: No later than Monday 26 Jan NZT

Assignments due: Sunday 15 February, 8pm NZT what time is that for me? | countdown. Work reveals will happen shortly after.

Creator reveals: Tuesday 17 February, evening NZT

By signing up you are committing to creating, at minimum, one of the below:

One clean traditional or digital sketch on an unlined surface
One fanfic of at least 500 words
One podfic of at least 250 words
One vid of at least 15 seconds
One gifset of at least 2 frames
One manip/edit
One fanmix of at least 5 songs, with cover art (which can be digital, traditional, an edit, etc.)

All exchange information is located on the AO3 profile. Looking forward to seeing your creations!

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2025 Cap-Iron Man Holiday Exchange and Community Gifts Creators Reveals & Masterpost

2026-01-11T18:07:23Z

Posted by: cap_ironman_fe

This year, 76 wonderful works were created for our annual event!

Thank you all very much for participating, whether it was by writing, arting, submitting the prompts for the Community Gifts, cheerleading the creators, beta reading, leaving comments on works or guessing the creators! We hope you had lots of fun.

Here, finally, is the masterlist revealing the creators of each work created for the Cap-IM Holiday Exchange and Community Gifts event! Please remember to mind the tags and warnings for individual works, and leave kudos and comments on those you've enjoyed!

Drumroll please!

★ Afterglow by KandiSheek for xWinterDreamsx (MCU, 1308 words)

Steve had thought that it would feel more surreal, but in the early morning light, it seemed like the most natural thing in the world. Grass was green, the sky was blue, and Steve had slept with Tony Stark. Life was good.

★ Against All Arrangement by CapsicleRogers for wylanllupin (MCU, 28753 words)

When Tony's late father arranges for him to marry Captain Steve Rogers—the man's perfect alpha protégé—Tony is furious. This is just Howard's final attempt to control him, to prove an omega can't rule alone, to breed "superior" alpha genetics into the Stark line. The sex is incredible, but Tony refuses to let it mean anything. Suddenly he's pregnant, attracted, and convinced Steve's devotion is just dutiful performance.
Steve on the other hand has loved Tony for years, but has no way or to truly prove it to Tony, who resists every attempt. But Steve is patient and careful, hoping not to live out the rest of his marriage heartbroken, but he has no idea how to prove that his feelings are genuine. Through illness, danger, and resisting themselves, will Steve finally convince Tony of the truth? Will Tony be able to admit that he's been falling for Steve all along?

★ AI and the Wolf by DepressingGreenie for Cap Iron Man Community (Marvel-ambiguous fandom, 500 words)

ANTH-ONI is alone. Searching for a way not to be.

★ alone and flowered with frost by picturecat for EllyAvon (616, 5412 words)

There's a bluebird in the Arctic Circle.

It's like a bad poem, Tony thinks. Or maybe a good one, what would he know. The sound of birdsong over the howl of frozen wind is certainly remarkable.

★ Amour de soi (propre) by captainstars for LadyGigi (616, 3738 words)

SIM Tony gets stuck in a state of heat and is lost. He finds Capwolf buried in the ice and rescues him. Capwolf has no Idea where he is but his instincts force him to protect the omega he is stuck with.

★ ART FOR [Amour de soi (propre)] by captainstars for Cap Iron Man Community, LadyGigi (616, art)

SIM Tony ends up in Capwolf's world.

★ as alive as you need me to be by Kiyaar for jetskii (616, 2302 words)

The war dies when they're done killing each other. After, they have to live.

★ Bare Metal and Bones by Naivelittleprincess for Cap Iron Man Community (MCU, 3109 words)

"I don't sneak around, your highness. I take. In broad daylight—“
Anthony's spine hit the hard edge of the sill. The Captain loomed over him as he uttered his next words very carefully. Deliberately. Like he was promising him a terrible gift.

"Much like a pirate."

★ Bat Snuggles by Fluffypanda for Cap Iron Man Community (MCU, 300 words)

Vampire Tony uses his bat form to get Steve cuddles

★ Blast it! by zappedbysnow for mountweazel_aka_fohatic_in_a_balaclava (1872, 410 words and art)

When Tony says, get out of the blast zone, you need to git and quick.

★ Call the Bots by DepressingGreenie for Cap Iron Man Community (MCU, 200 words)

Steve's resting up in the hospital after a rough fight. Tony calls the bots.

★ The Captain's Bad Language by DepressingGreenie for Cap Iron Man Community (Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes, 400 words)

Spider-Man picks up a bad word from Captain America. Tony isn't impressed.

★ Caution: Too Hot!!! by DepressingGreenie for Cap Iron Man Community (MCU, 200 words)

Tony visits the Avengers Compound to see how things are going. Accidents happen.

★ Come fly with me by cococris for picturecat (616, 3246 words)

Steve learns how to fly the armor. It has unexpected consequences.

★ Come Home For Christmas by DepressingGreenie for Cap Iron Man Community (MCU, 800 words)

It's Christmas Eve. Steve is away on a mission, and Tony is at a charity event worrying about him.

★ Drama in the Group Chat by DepressingGreenie for Cap Iron Man Community (MCU, 400 words)

Clint was trying to watch a movie. Why did Stark have to pick now, of all times, to mess up in the group chat?

★ Five Years Late (for Christmas) by CapsicleRogers for SoldiersShield (Marvel's Avengers, 11036 words)

It's Christmas on the Chimera and Tony's focusing on making up for lost time with Steve. Steve doesn't mind that Tony's going all out, but it's making it difficult to find a time to confess his feelings.

★ Floofy Cuddles by icrowler for DepressingGreenie (Avengers Assemble, Art)

★ Forgive not forget by captainstars for Cap Iron Man Community, soliloquent (616, art)

steve's been dead for years. tony builds versions of him, half-finished androids that never are quite right.

★ A Gold Haze by starvels for captainstars (616, 6079 words)

The armor is malfunctioning. Since Tony is the armor now, it means hitting his reset button is a hands-on job.

★ For the good of the Kingdom by SomeSortofItalianRoast for Cap Iron Man Community, wylanllupin (MCU, 3669 words)

His Royal Highness, Prince Anthony of Stark, Crown Prince and Heir Apparent to the Throne of The Kingdom of Manhattan must marry Sir Stephen of Rogers, Duke of Brooklyn, for ‘the good of the Kingdom’ by years end.

★ The Hangover by EllyAvon for iron_and_cum (sex_and_cum) (616, 6887 words)

(616 Invincible IM v5) but make it The Hangover. Tony's about to get married to Emma in Vegas and throws a bachelor party (Steve's there obvs). Everyone wakes up the next morning with no memory of what happened the night before, their hotel room in disarray, and Tony missing. THEY GOTTA FIND TONY WITHOUT EMMA FINDING OUT!

★ Home for the Holidays by bererjs for gryvon (MCU, art)

When two men find themselves alone for the Holidays they find out that they were never alone, and they have always had each other. Now they have to rush against time to go for home for the Holidays and to each other and their found family.

★ Home to Roost by BladeoftheNebula for Cap Iron Man Community (MCU, 3040 words)

He never meant for it to be a habit. Or something he did at all, really.

If he had to, he'd swear it to anyone - the first time was not his fault.

Every time after, however? He was absolutely pleading the fifth.

★ I can't be too late (to say that I was so wrong) by SomeSortofItalianRoast for Cap Iron Man Community (MCU, 655 words)

Post break up AU, running into each other accidentally over the holidays at the airport

★ I heard the risk is drowning (but I'm gonna take it) by wylanllupin for Reioka (MCU, 14814 words)

"The bond between people makes everything more magical than being strangers."

It sounds lovely, of course it does. That's why there are so many books, films and songs about it, still doesn't mean Tony can — or should, for all that matters — have something like that. He doesn't deserve it, no matter what Steve says. "Yeah, sure… whatever."

He thought the argument was over, but then Steve proposes an idea. "I bet I can prove to you that having a relationship is better than having new flings every day."

And that just sounds ridiculous.

or; In Tony's line of work, relationships are wishful thinking. He's fine with a fling here and there, but somehow his co-worker, leader, and somewhat friend, Steve Rogers seems to disapprove of Tony's lifestyle. He proposes an idea; them dating for ten days, to prove Tony how much better a committed relationship is compared to flings and that he deserves this love. Thinking it is a joke, he agrees, but having Steve as his Alpha is more than he ever dreamed of... but it's not real. At least not for Steve, right?

★ I see the stars (and they remind me of you) by cosm1cx for Damewhore (Avengers Assemble, 7883 words)

Tony and Steve are having a hard time in their relationship. In a desperate attempt to spend some much needed time together before the holidays come in full swing, Tony – with the help of the team – organizes a week-long vacation including him and Steve alone in the mountains, sleeping in a cabin.

This is the tale of their perfect-as-it-could be first day.

★ if you really hold me tight by ishipallthings for SomeSortofItalianRoast (MCU, 2670 words)

As Steve has learned countless times since waking up from the ice seventy years into the future—even great plans can go awry. A sudden storm on their drive has now left him and Tony finding refuge at a slightly run-down motel for the night to wait out the storm.
To make matters worse (or better), they’re not the only ones stranded here by the unexpected storm. Which is why they’ve ended up in a room with only one bed—for the both of them.

★ i was thirsty, and you wet my lips by Thahire for Cap Iron Man Community (MCU, 2429 words)

Steve thinks about it. Thinks about breaking out of his calm headspace he’s in, getting up to use the bathroom, wash his hands, get back into it. It’s too much. He can’t risk it. He has waited too long for this moment.

And it’s not like he minds the dull pressure in his gut. The opposite, even. He experimentally tenses his stomach muscles and jerks when a shiver zaps through him and jostles his full bladder. It takes him a moment to find his bearings after the feeling passes, pulse rushing in his ears.

After some deliberation, he shakes his head. "I’m fine. I’ll wait."

★ i’ve killed everything but my shame by soliloquent for Cap Iron Man Community (616, 2300 words)

“I watched you die,” Tony says, quietly. “You had a funeral.”

Steve snorts. “You didn’t even care enough to give a speech. You’re only brave behind closed doors, crying over my body like a coward.”

That’s when Tony’s strength gives out, exhaustion leaking into his joints now that the adrenaline has nowhere left to go. He sinks to his knees.

★ i've lost all control by xWinterDreamsx for Cap Iron Man Community (616, 2266 words)

Because he didn’t have his stress relief any more. Couldn’t count on Tony to notice the tick in his jaw or the tone of his voice and get them somewhere private so that he could take it all away for him.
Steve missed that perfect mouth.

★ In a Love Affair with Iconic Style by Reioka for wingheads (MCU, 16730 words)

Steve accidentally tells the world he's dating Tony while Tony is in France making a business deal. But they're not dating. Tony turned him down the one time he got the courage to ask.

★ Invictus by captainstars for Cap Iron Man Community (MCU, 1902 words)

“You’re offering to give me a serum-enhanced suppository, with your dick. It’s going to be a little magical.” Tony grinned at Steve’s flustered blush. Years later, and he could still get Cap’s panties in a twist.

Tony forced his fists to unclench, because when had that happened? Albeit, having the guy you’d been in love with for a decade offer to heal you with his state-protected semen was due a little anxiety.

★ Involuntary Cowboy Christmas by WyrmsBlood for icrowler (MCU, 6615 words)

Fed up with his irresponsible behavior and less then stellar lifestyle, Aunt Peggy sends her nephew to stay at her ranch out west in Lehigh, Shield Star Ranch, for the holiday season.
Expecting nothing but grief and misery, Tony's misfortune might just turn around when he meets resident ranch hand, Steve Rogers.

★ Island Boys by Neverever for Thahire (616, 4523 words)

Steve's been hired to hunt down the Gentleman Pirate Stark during the Golden Age of Piracy. Stark blows up his ship and they are deserted on Ocracoke Island. They need shelter and find a deserted house.

★ It's Not The End (I'll See Your Face Again) by termtom for BladeoftheNebula (MCU, 1588 words)

Tony and Steve have recently started dating and Tony has something to confess about his past. The conversation doesn't go the way either of them expect it to.

★ The Lab Fort by DepressingGreenie for Cap Iron Man Community (MCU, 300 words)

A mysterious structure appears in Tony's lab as he works on a project.

★ A Lesson in Subtlety by lomku for Cap-IM Community, wylanllupin (MCU, 1215 words)

Tony and Steve get called to a meeting with PR.

★ Lost (and Found) in the Tower by DepressingGreenie for Cap Iron Man Community (MCU, 200 words)

Tony can't find Steve anywhere in the Tower. So he asks JARVIS and gets an enlightening answer.

★ Make it more than a shot in the dark for cococris (616, 13322 words)

Tony swallowed, trying to figure out how to answer that with honesty in a way that wouldn’t ruin things. He really didn’t want to ruin things. “I—help me out here, sweetheart. Why are you being so—determined—about this? Yes, okay, if the situation was different I’d honestly be thrilled if Steve was jealous and wanted me—but I am with you. I want you. So it’s moot. Pointless. Irrelevant.”

Jan looked at him consideringly. “Maybe not.”

★ Man Without A Soul by soliloquent for ishipallthings (MCU, 9687 words)

The serum strips Steve of his soulmark, because Captain America is loyal only to his country.

He falls in love with Tony Stark anyway.

★ Marrying Royalty by DepressingGreenie for Cap Iron Man Community (MCU, 400 words)

Tony is a commoner marrying royalty.

★ My love, I'm in love with you by xWinterDreamsx for Cap Iron Man Community (MCU, 1586 words)

"For a long time, I didn't know I loved you."

★ No Need For Isolation by Becci_chan for zappedbysnow (MCU,2499 words)

If Tony didn’t want them around, he had never invited them all to live in the tower in the first place. If he wanted complete solitude, there wouldn’t be a common room and Tony’s bedroom wouldn’t be on the same floor as everyone else’s. But why was his work always more important than Steve and the others?

★ Only this once, I have you by Alice216 for KandiSheek (616, 6225 words)

Steve & Tony got lost in a strange world together. But when Steve became a werewolf and got in rut, Tony took it upon himself to help his best friend (and secret crush) through it.

★ Open Your Eyes by dirigibleplumbing for annthonystark (616, 10759 words)

Tony, back in his physical body, is the personal captive of the Hydra Supreme Leader. He expects to be tortured; he doesn't expect to be raped.

★ Partner Material by gryvon for Becci_chan (MCU, 1219 words)

Peter hasn't been subtle about his dislike of Steve. JARVIS agrees with him and while JARVIS has been banned from trolling Steve, Peter hasn't. Yet. Still, he's not going to start something when they're supposed to be taking Morgan to see the Christmas decorations so he smiles and nods and politely greets Steve. He doesn't say anything, but he watches.

★ Perfect by zeerat for bererjs (MCU, 2922 words)

Every time Steve tries to propose, everything goes wrong, making him believe the universe has already answered the question he never got to ask Tony. But maybe the universe was just waiting for the perfect moment…

★ The Prince and the Painter by OscarTheSlouch for Fluffypanda (MCU, 25544 words)

Steve Rogers, art student and part-time employee at Erskine's Antiques and Watch Repair, does a favor for a strange man in a green coat. In exchange, Steve is granted one wish. Thinking of his stack of unpaid bills, he wishes that he didn't have to worry so much about money. Instead of funds in his bank account, Steve finds billionaire Tony Stark at his door with a bouquet of roses.

or

”What will it be, Steven Rogers?" asked the man in green. "True love? Absolute power? What is your heart’s desire?”

Right now, Steve's heart desired this commercial transaction to end. He wanted to sell the guy his paperweight and get him out of the shop. The man was obviously crazy, and Steve definitely hadn’t told him his name, so how did he know it?

“Don’t trouble yourself with the details,” the man said breezily, as if Steve had spoken aloud. “What about riches, Steven? Mortals always like riches. Do you desire riches?”

“Well, sure, I guess, but I’d settle for sixty plus tax.”

★ Put A Ring(ed tail) On It by Fluffypanda for CrayonsurPapier (MCU, 2565 words)

After three failed weddings, Steve and Tony are determined to make their fourth attempt a success, no matter what the world's villains throw their way.

★ Returning to Study by DepressingGreenie for Cap Iron Man Community (MCU, 1600 words)

Steve decides to return to study. Tony decides to get to know Steve better.

★ right where you left me by Thahire for Cap Iron Man Community (616, 2238 words)

Steve can’t seem to stay away from the underground superhero sex parties, despite the ongoing Civil War.

Turns out, neither can Tony.

★ Set a Timer by Julien_Mayfair for Cap Iron Man Community (Marvel comics, 1943 words)

Community Gift Prompt 196 - Cuntwarming

★ A Single Thin Straight Line by jetskii for citsiurtlanu (616, 30077 words)

After getting shot on the courthouse steps, Steve jumps through time, revisiting his most painful memories, as he struggles to process his feelings for Tony in the aftermath of the Civil War. What lays between them has always been fraught, as Steve guards the shameful secret of his soulmark. When Steve starts jumping through different realities, will he seek happiness and find a way to forgive Tony and himself – or accept that to be Captain America, Steve Rogers can't have a soulmate?

★ Situation Repeat by DepressingGreenie for Cap Iron Man Community (Marvel's Avengers, 300 words)

Steve is frozen in ice again.

★ Sodom by resurrectedhippo for starvels (616, 6072 words)

Memorandum for: C. DANVERS (Avengers Clearance Alpha, Power Level 8) and Dr. R. RICHARDS (Power Level 7)
AUTH: CO, SITE HB-1019
Preparer Initials: M.H.
Co-Signer Initials: N.F.

SPECIAL REVIEW: COVERT ACTION IN SUR KARA
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY MISSION #AB5291-R1-E1
Staff Report concerning Off-World Intelligence Activities
Notable Captives: Tony Stark (Iron Man) and Steve Rogers (Captain America)

★ Star Spangled **** by DepressingGreenie for Cap Iron Man Community (Avengers Assemble, 400 words)

Steve disappears from a party, so Tony goes looking for him.

★ Start Your Engines by SoldiersShield for soliloquent (MCU, 3597 words)

Hotshot rookie racer Tony Stark is a week away from the World Championship when his parents die in a car crash. He tries to outrun his grief across the California state line, but ends up stranded in the desert instead. Of course the only mechanic in a hundred mile radius would hate him on sight, right? If only Tony could figure out why he looks so familiar...

★ straw by wingheads for cosm1cx (616, art)

steve doesn't think it'll fit but tony says he'll make it fit.

★ the sunlight flaring in your body by Thahire for Cap Iron Man Community (MCU, 2905 words)

Tony squirms around, the feeling of being filled strangely satisfying, when other times it only makes him feel overstimulated. Maybe it’s the mood, early morning still, sun barely penetrating through the blinds. He sighs, allowing the feeling to settle in his body.

★ Take Us Back by citsiurtlanu for dirigibleplumbing (616, 11822 words)

When Steve tells Tony he wants to rekindle their relationship after nearly dying at Pleasant Hill, Tony declines, still guilt-ridden after their civil war. Then Tony learns that Steve might be Hydra, and he must determine not only the truth of Steve's allegiances, but just how much he fits into Steve's plans for the future.

★ Taken by the Sasquatch by BladeoftheNebula for WyrmsBlood (MCU, 6104 words)

Tony finally follows his dream of hunting for the elusive Bigfoot.
He gets more than he ever could've bargained for 😏

★ That big, ugly building by Julien_Mayfair for termtom (MCU, 2102 words)

He wishes they had a mirror so he could watch Tony’s hands on his body; his thumb’s over the vein on Steve’s cock; the fingers push in deeper, hooking forward.

★ A Timely Rescue Late One Christmas Eve by DarthBloodOrange (DepressingGreenie) for zeerat (1872, art)

Tony had not been feeling up to the crowds at Timely's Winter Festival this year. So, he slipped out of the crowd and went for a wander in the fading light. He hadn't expected to wander too close to the old Roxxon silver mines and the Savage Mountain.

★ To be Held by Something Reluctant to Let Go by Thahire for CapsicleRogers (MCU, 6574 words)

Tonight, at the banquet, he saw his worst fears come true: Tony courting the Princess, warm affection plain on his face. It was hardly the first time he’d seen Tony entertain a guest, but it was the first time he had looked truly content in someone else’s arms. The first time he hadn’t searched out Steve’s gaze across the room, a shared moment of stillness in their otherwise so busy world.

In the wake of Tony’s looming betrothal and an attempt on his life, Knight Steve and King Tony must finally confront their feelings for each other before it’s too late.

★ Together (At Long Last) by DepressingGreenie for Cap Iron Man Community (MCU, 500 words)

Steve and Tony get drunk at one of the Avengers parties and manage to stumble their way into a relationship.

★ A Tsummy Situation by Neverever for Cap Iron Man Community (Marvel Tsums, Marvel Adventures: Avengers, 1330 words)

Tony Tsum clings to Steve every movie night. Tony needs to reclaim his seat.

★ The Underlings' Gift by DepressingGreenie for Cap Iron Man Community (MCU, 1100 words)

Steve's tired; the holidays were always rough. The last thing he wanted to hear from his soldiers was "Hey boss, we got you something, Merry Christmas!"

★ Vibranium-Capped Boots? by DepressingGreenie for Cap Iron Man Community (Avengers Assemble, 500 words)

Shuri is nervous about meeting the Avengers again after all that happened. But Steve Rogers helps out, in his own way (along with Stark).

★ We're All Born Naked, The Rest is Made Masterpieces by iron_and_cum (sex_and_cum) for Alice216 (616, 51097 words)

This is the life.
It is 1987. Steve Rogers is two years unfrozen into a political landscape that looks nothing like it was when he plunged into oblivion's beyond. There's a man in the White House who speaks in the tongue of certain death, he lives in a mansion on Fifth Avenue he once used to pass with his belly empty, and the easel gifted to him months ago sits unboxed, unused.
He used to think it was all... not fixable, but manageable. That people could live and exist and just be in peace if they all tried to mend what’s been broken these past few millennia or more – like that's not a tall order itself – or that at the very least, they could build a world where everyone striving towards better would be bolstered and those who wanted worse would be left behind in the dust.
And that’s the dream, isn’t it? That’s the dream. Dreaming is good. Steve dreams every night. He dreams of joy. He dreams of happiness and simpler things.
But, this is not a dream.
This is the life.
And life is not so simple.
All it takes is one voice - and one man's song - to change everything.

★ what remains by soliloquent for Cap Iron Man Community (MCU, 1754 words)

After nearly a decade out of the public eye, Steve Rogers agrees to speak.

★ what tomorrow could bring (today doesn't really know) by SomeSortofItalianRoast for Neverever (MCU, 3559 words)

Tony groaned as he wandered into his favorite coffee shop. He needed coffee. Lots of coffee. There was a hot blond guy sitting at his table. Sitting in his chair.

★ (what unmakes) a good man by mountweazel_aka_fohatic_in_a_balaclava for OscarTheSlouch (MCU, 10347 words)

A lonely, out-of-his-own-time Steve gets way too drunk on Asgardian liquor at the Christmas party and comes on to Tony. Tony knows better than to do anything about it, but exactly what you want is hard to resist.

★ wish/suck by annthonystark for resurrectedhippo (616, 1421 words)

He just needs Steve to come, he just needs to get through this.

He needs this to be over.

★ Wolves and Dogs by sexy_sinful_writer for Cap Iron Man Community (616, 2390 words)

In a Wolves' World, humans are the pets.

aka

Capwolf keeps Tony as a pet

★ [Art] X of Ruin by LadyGigi for Kiyaar (616, art)

Tony as the 10 of swords.

Were your guesses right? Are you surprised at something? You can post your reactions in our Cap-IM Discord server here!

And finally, if you participated in the event, feel free to post your work wherever you want now! We will be reblogging every tumblr post tagged with #capimexchange in one of the first five tags.

Thank you for a great event to start 2025 on!

🖤 annthonystark, Kiyaar, Neverever, and starvels
Your 2025 Holiday Exchange and Community Gifts mods

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2025 Big Bang Artist Claims are now OPEN

2025-11-30T17:58:12Z

Posted by: cap_ironman_fe

Tis the season: Cap-Ironman Big Bang Artist Claims are NOW OPEN for the 2025 Cycle!

This Bang cycle comes with significant changes to the process, including better support for our participants, a longer timeline, and leaning more heavily on our tumblr and Discord presence as we see larger corporate socials surveil and collapse. Social media is more beholden to algorithms than ever; our reach is reduced and we rely more than ever on word of mouth and organic community channels. TL;DR, tell your artist friends to come check out what our writers have worked so hard to make!

As such, Claims this year are FCFS via google form. The form is now OPEN! Unlike in previous years, there will NOT be second claims, so if you would like to work with a writer, move swiftly!

You can browse all ten writer entries at this easily-navigable directory (NOT viewable on mobile, you MUST browse this on desktop), or see a masterpost of links to all entries here (mobile-friendly!). Directions on how to claim as an artist are here.   

Please reach out at cap.im.events@gmail.com or on Discord with any questions!

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Cap-IM Reverse Big Bang 2025: Team Liberty

2025-11-05T23:26:53Z

Posted by: cap_ironman_fe

Title: Properly Losing It in the Stars
Artist: jayjayverse
Writer/Podficcer: iron_and_cum
Universe: 616
Rating: Gen for art, explicit for fic
Fic Wordcount: 20467
Summary:

The West Coast Avengers are back in action, revived by Tony and Rhodey! This time, though, they're going for something a bit different - rehabilitating former villains! Their most controversial recruit? A splinter of Ultron who genuinely wants to be good.

It's... not going well. The Kobik and Hydra-created Captain America, now going by the name Flag-Smasher, is running around causing havoc, and one of Ultron's counterparts isn't doing him any favors with the superhero community by starting a creepy religious cult and preying on LA's unhoused population.

When Tony calls in asking Steve for a favor right after Sharon breaks it off with him for the final time, he gladly flies out west to support Tony in his efforts to do something they both agree on.

Steve keeps his feelings on all of it buried in journals and notebooks - always has, always will. When his new journal goes missing, what began as a supportive visit quickly spirals into confronting years and years of buried feelings threatening to boil over.

Link to jayjayverse's art on AO3
Link to iron_and_cum's fic on AO3

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Cap-IM Reverse Big Bang 2025: Team Nomad

2025-11-02T17:36:40Z

Posted by: cap_ironman_fe

Title: Soul Flight
Artist: Dksartz
Writer: Neverever
Universe: 616, AU
Rating: Gen for art, teen for fic
Fic Wordcount: 5435
Summary:

After Tony Stark became Iron Man, he lost his connection to his daemon. But now she's showing up everywhere and he still can't talk to her. What is going on here?

Link to Dksartz' art and Neverever's fic on AO3

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Cap-IM Reverse Big Bang 2025: Team Partners

2025-11-01T16:25:33Z

Posted by: cap_ironman_fe

Title: Picture This
Artist: superdecibels
Writer: Evildime
Universe: MCU
Rating: T
Fic Wordcount 5532
Summary:

Steve is quite done with hearing the quotation marks when the other Avengers talk about the 'relationship' between Captain Dad and Iron Mom.

Link to superdecibel's art on tumblr
Link to Evildime's fic on AO3

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Cap-IM Reverse Big Bang 2025: Team Rogers

2025-10-12T18:58:07Z

Posted by: cap_ironman_fe

Title: Call My Name Three Times
Artist: Lord ExLady Gigi
Writer: Rowantreeisme
Universe: MCU
Rating: Teen
Work Warnings: Werewolves
Fic Wordcount: 14343
Summary:

Steve Rogers owes tithe to a witch.

Once a month, cloaked in red and carrying a basket of food he will not eat, he makes a trek through the woods to the witch's house to pay what he owes.

But the trail is dangerous, there's monsters in these woods, and escaping a deal of this nature is never, ever easy.

Link to Lord ExLady Gigi's art on AO3
Link to Rowantreeisme's fic on AO3

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Cap-IM Reverse Big Bang 2025: Team Quinjet

2025-10-11T21:02:35Z

Posted by: cap_ironman_fe

Title: Eat Your Heart out
Artist: Lord ExLady Gigi
Writer: starvels
Universe: Ultimates (6160)
Rating: Explicit
Work Warnings: Transphobia Mentions, Past Child Abuse, Monster Sex
Fic Wordcount: 39913
Summary:

The Ultimates have twelve months left to save the universe. Tony's busy trying to free himself from the Stane-Stark legacy staining him and get to engineering some heroes and hope.

Steve Rogers is newly defrosted, beloved by the Ultimates, inscrutable, and unfortunately, the number one setter of fire to Tony's loins.

He also doesn't seem to think much of Tony's work on the Ultimates, but it's fine. Tony can prove himself and kick his crush before it goes further.

Probably.

Link to Lord ExLady Gigi's art on AO3
Link to starvels' fic on AO3

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Cap-IM Reverse Big Bang 2025: Team Invincible

2025-10-11T20:13:09Z

Posted by: cap_ironman_fe

Title: Tripping Over You
Artist: Starvels
Writerr: KandiSheek
Universe: 616, Ultimates (1610)
Rating: Teen
Fic Wordcount: 6209
Summary:

When a Tony from an alternate universe trips through a portal and into his reality, Steve can't help but reflect on how much he wishes that he and his own Tony were still on better terms.

Link to starvel's art on Tumblr
Link to KandiSheek's fic on AO3

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2025 Holiday Exchange and Community Gifts Announcement

2025-09-22T00:07:08Z

Posted by: cap_ironman_fe

Welcome to Cap-IM's 2025 Holiday Exchange and Community Gifts!

💙💌💛

The Holiday Exchange is Cap-IM's end-of-the-year fanwork exchange for SteveTony works. Everyone who joins will be matched, to secretly create a Steve/Tony fanwork for another participant. At the end of December, the gifts will be posted anonymously. Then in January, the creators will be revealed! All types of content and fanworks are allowed. All things SteveTony are celebrated.

💖 Join now to get a gift of your deepest Steve/Tony heart's desires! 💖

Or read the AO3 RULES section below for other relevant information.

Community Gifts is the annual gift giving event run in tandem with the Holiday Exchange. It is a way for participants to give gifts to the community without the pressure or commitment of the Holiday Exchange. Prompts are collected anonymously from anyone who wants to submit one, and after they’re published, everyone is welcome to fill them.

💝 Inspire a fellow SteveTony and submit your community prompts now! 💝
Or read more info on Community Gifts in the AO3 RULES section below.

⚡ SCHEDULE ⚡

September 18: Exchange sign-ups and Community Gifts prompt submissions open
October 9: Exchange sign-ups close at 10:00 PM EDT (what time is it for me?)
October 10-13: Matching period
October 14: Assignments sent out at the latest
October 24: Community Gifts prompt submissions close at 10:00 PM EDT (what time is it for me?)
October 25: Community Gifts prompts list is posted
December 17: Finished exchange assignments are due at 10:00 PM EDT (what time is it for me?)
December 25: Start of gift reveals
January 3: Community Gifts are due at 10:00 PM EDT (what time is it for me?)
January 7: Creator reveals

🎉 PARTICIPATION RULES 🎉

YOU MUST BE 18 OR OLDER
You must have an AO3 account. You can request one here. If you need help getting an account, reach out to Cap-IM mods
You will create a fanwork gift that focuses on Steve and Tony's relationship in one of the exchange's eligible universes
Gifts must:
- be previously unpublished
- completed specifically for this exchange
- meet minimum fanwork type requirements
- fulfill at least one of your giftee’s prompts
This is a secret exchange. All gifts will be a surprise. Do not reveal who you are creating for or discuss the specifics of your work publicly until after creator reveals

🎨 MINIMUM FANWORK TYPE REQUIREMENTS 🎨

Artwork (traditional or digital mediums, including fancomics): One polished work on an unlined surface.
Fanfiction: One fanfic of at least 1000 words, proofread by another person.
Fanmix: One fanmix of at least 5 songs, with cover art (which can be digital, traditional, an edit, etc.)
Fanvid: One vid of at least 1 minute with no gaps or missing footage
Gifsets and Edits/Manips: Two gifsets or manips, of a quality that you would be happy to receive as a gift. Do not use existing fanworks as the basis of your work, unless the creator has given permission/transformative blanket statement.
Podfic: One podfic of at least 500 words if you are also writing the text for it. One podfic of at least 1000 words if you are recording a pre-existing work. Do not podfic someone else's work, unless the creator has given permission/transformative blanket statement.
Multi-media gifts must meet the minimum for at least one requested medium.

🎭 MINIMUM FANWORK CONTENT REQUIREMENTS 🎭

Completely fulfill ONE (or more) of your recipient’s prompts
Cannot include any listed "Do Not Wants"
Be posted and complete at the exchange deadline
Be newly created for this exchange.
Cannot be sequels to existing fic or part of a previously posted series. Art and fanvids cannot be based on other existing fanworks unless the recipient has specified otherwise in their request.
Fics must be proofread/beta’d. If you want to find a beta reader, there is a list of beta readers available here.

If you have any questions about signing up or need assistance with registration, please don't hesitate to contact the mods at cap.im.events@gmail.com. We'll be more than happy to provide any clarification and help you through the process!

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Marvel Trumps Hate 2025 Sign-ups are Open!

2025-09-16T01:24:59Z

Posted by: nostalgicatsea

Links: Marvel Trumps Hate website | Tumblr

Marvel Trumps Hate is back for another year! We're a fandom charity auction open to any and all Marvel universes, characters, and ships. Creators sign up to auction off fannish Marvel creations and services, with 100% of the proceeds going to nonprofit organizations working towards a more equitable and healthy planet. MTH successfully raised $47,000 last year and an incredible grand total of $262,652.53 since 2018. Please join us again—or for the first time—this year to raise funds for some amazing causes!

2025 Dates (ET times):
SEPT. 14–SEPT. 27: Creator sign-ups
OCT. 12–OCT. 18: Preview week
OCT. 19–OCT. 25: Auction week
NOV. 1: Donation receipts deadline

SEPT. 14–SEPT. 27: Creator sign-ups

OCT. 12–OCT. 18: Preview week

OCT. 19–OCT. 25: Auction week

NOV. 1: Donation receipts deadline

★ CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP AS A CREATOR ★

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Cap-IM Reverse Big Bang 2025: Team Golden

2025-08-26T22:39:00Z

Posted by: cap_ironman_fe

Title: The Florist and The Captain
Artist: DragonK
Writer: Hkandi
Universe: MCU
Rating: Gen
Fic Wordcount: 6647
Summary:

Steve comes across Tony's flower shop and starts to buy flowers for himself. Tony find himself with a massive crush on his new favorite customer, who Pepper swears is Captain America. But as Tony tells her, “Yeah, Pep, Captain America totally came in on a random Tuesday morning for flowers after happening to see our van,” he sarcastically said. “Of course it wasn’t him, just a ridiculously handsome guy who maybe looks a little like him, I guess.”

Link to DragonK's art and Hkandi 's fic on AO3

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Cap-IM Reverse Big Bang 2025: Team Disassemble

2025-08-25T23:41:01Z

Posted by: cap_ironman_fe

Title: Crisis Averted (Or Five Times Social Media Caused Problems and One Time It Didn't)
Artist: BladeoftheNebula
Writer: meshkol
Universe: MCU
Rating: Teen
Fic Wordcount: 6579
Summary:

When Tony wakes up and joins the other Avengers for a Bruce-made breakfast amidst shattered windows and a god-sized crater in his floor, he has to suffer Pepper’s fond exasperation and Steve's confused hurt before everyone remembers that Tony’s default state is dramatic with a side of unseriousness, obviously, and Jameson is just asking for a lawsuit.

Still, social media posts always come with the possibility of misinterpretation or miscommunication, even if it comes with a side of laughter.

Link to BladeoftheNebula's art and meshkol's fic on AO3

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2025 Cap-IM Rec Week: CAP-IM SUNDAY!

2025-07-27T11:18:45Z

Posted by: cap_ironman_fe

Welcome to the 15th anniversary of Cap-IM Rec Week!

All good things must come to an end and the final day of 2025 Cap-IM Rec Week is CAP-IM SUNDAY! We’ve been here since 2008! Show us a fanwork that was made for one of our Cap-IM events!

To rec, simply REPLY to this or any other daily Themed post on any platform, or make your own reclist or post:

DISCORD - use the #look-what-I-found channel
TUMBLR - tag @cap-ironman in you rec post and use #capimrecweek
BLUESKY - tag @cap-ironman in your post and use #capimrecweek
DREAMWIDTH - the perfect option if you want to rec anonymously!

Don’t forget to let us know why you’re reccing a work and please mark any major warnings. If you’d like to participate in our Special Bonus Bingo Round, join the Discord. HAVE FUN curating.

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2025 Cap-IM Rec Week: ENTRY POINT!

2025-07-26T10:45:53Z

Posted by: cap_ironman_fe

Welcome to the 15th anniversary of Cap-IM Rec Week!

Today is ENTRY POINT! All brainworms have a point of origin. Show us That One Thing that got you into the fandom and made you a SteveTony for life.

To rec, simply REPLY to this or any other daily Themed post on any platform, or make your own reclist or post:

DISCORD - use the #look-what-I-found channel
TUMBLR - tag @cap-ironman in you rec post and use #capimrecweek
BLUESKY - tag @cap-ironman in your post and use #capimrecweek
DREAMWIDTH - the perfect option if you want to rec anonymously!

Don’t forget to let us know why you’re reccing a work and please mark any major warnings. If you’d like to participate in our Special Bonus Bingo Round, join the Discord. HAVE FUN curating.

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2025 Cap-IM Rec Week: WIP AND WONDERFUL!

2025-07-25T10:08:04Z

Posted by: cap_ironman_fe

Welcome to the 15th anniversary of Cap-IM Rec Week!

Today is WIP AND WONDERFUL! WIP: It’s the best thing you’ve ever read. You subscribed to it four years ago. Every day you wish the author peace and success. You’d kill to see it done but until then another reread will have to do. Show us the works that have never been marked complete but continue to nourish your fannish soul.

To rec, simply REPLY to this or any other daily Themed post on any platform, or make your own reclist or post:

DISCORD - use the #look-what-I-found channel
TUMBLR - tag @cap-ironman in you rec post and use #capimrecweek
BLUESKY - tag @cap-ironman in your post and use #capimrecweek
DREAMWIDTH - the perfect option if you want to rec anonymously!

Don't forget to let us know why you're reccing a work and please mark any major warnings. If you’d like to participate in our Special Bonus Bingo Round, join the Discord. HAVE FUN curating.

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2025 Cap-IM Rec Week: COLLABORATION STATION!

2025-07-24T10:24:38Z

Posted by: cap_ironman_fe

Today is COLLABORATION STATION! Our fan creators work so hard to make us food, and the meals are especially sweet when the cooks team up! Celebrate our enormous SteveTony community and share fanworks that are collabs between 2+ fan creators!

To rec, simply REPLY to this or any other daily Themed post on any platform, or make your own reclist or post:

DISCORD - use the #look-what-I-found channel
TUMBLR - tag @cap-ironman in you rec post and use #capimrecweek
BLUESKY - tag @cap-ironman in your post and use #capimrecweek
DREAMWIDTH - the perfect option if you want to rec anonymously!

Don’t forget to let us know why you’re reccing a work and please mark any major warnings. If you’d like to participate in our Special Bonus Bingo Round, join the Discord. HAVE FUN curating.

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2025 Cap-IM Rec Week: KINKY THIRD EYE OPENED!

2025-07-23T10:39:10Z

Posted by: cap_ironman_fe

Welcome to the 15th anniversary of Cap-IM Rec Week!

Today is KINKY THIRD EYE OPENED! It’s happened to all of us. You’re perusing AO3. You’re deep in a fic. You didn’t know you were into that – BAM. Your brain has encoded a new kink. Share the smutty fanworks that have rocked your porn paradigm.

To rec, simply REPLY to this or any other daily Themed post on any platform, or make your own reclist or post:

DISCORD - use the #look-what-I-found channel
TUMBLR - tag @cap-ironman in you rec post and use #capimrecweek
BLUESKY - tag @cap-ironman in your post and use #capimrecweek
DREAMWIDTH - the perfect option if you want to rec anonymously!

Don’t forget to let us know why you’re reccing a work and please mark any major warnings. If you’d like to participate in our Special Bonus Bingo Round, join the Discord. HAVE FUN curating.

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2025 Cap-IM Rec Week: STONY DEFINITION!

2025-07-22T10:14:11Z

Posted by: cap_ironman_fe

Welcome to the 15th anniversary of Cap-IM Rec Week!

Today is STONY DEFINITION: Show us the seminal fanworks that took your breath away and defined Steve/Tony characterization for you. What fanworks really capture Steve and Tony for you? What fanworks show what Steve and Tony are all about? Share your favorites that capture the essential magic of their relationship.

To rec, simply REPLY to this or any other daily Themed post on any platform, or make your own reclist or post:

DISCORD - use the #look-what-I-found channel
TUMBLR - tag @cap-ironman in you rec post and use #capimrecweek
BLUESKY - tag @cap-ironman in your post and use #capimrecweek
DREAMWIDTH - the perfect option if you want to rec anonymously!

Don’t forget to let us know why you’re reccing a work and please mark any major warnings. If you’d like to participate in our Special Bonus Bingo Round, join the Discord. HAVE FUN curating.

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2025 Cap-IM Rec Week: Canonize That!

2025-07-21T10:30:06Z

Posted by: cap_ironman_fe

Welcome to the 15th anniversary of Cap-IM Rec Week! We’re kicking off with CANONIZE THAT: fanart you think should be canon. :

This week is all about SteveTony fanart that is so gripping, inspiring, and amazing that it SHOULD be canon – share your favorites that capture the essential magic of their relationship.

To rec, simply REPLY to this or any other daily Themed post on any platform, or make your own reclist or post:

DISCORD - use the #look-what-I-found channel
TUMBLR - tag @cap-ironman in you rec post and use #capimrecweek
BLUESKY - tag @cap-ironman in your post and use #capimrecweek
DREAMWIDTH - the perfect option if you want to rec anonymously!

Don’t forget to let us know why you’re reccing a work and please mark any major warnings. HAVE FUN curating.

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ALL NEW, ALL DIFFERENT BIG BANG GUIDELINES (2025)

2025-07-16T19:31:37Z

Posted by: cap_ironman_fe

ALL-NEW, ALL-DIFFERENT BIG BANG GUIDELINES (2025)( READ the revised Rules/FAQ beneath! )

Schedule

Participant Eligibility
- Basic Stat Requirements
- Communication and Collab
Writers
Artists
Sometimes We Fail

SCHEDULE

JUL 16: Writer Sign-Ups OPEN
AUG 15: Writer Sign-Ups CLOSE

SEP 30: 1st Draft Checkpoint (25% of draft)

NOV 14: 2nd Draft Checkpoint (50% of draft); Claims Kit Due. ✨Last Drop Op for Writers ✨
NOV 22: Art Claims

DEC 12: Collab Checkpoint

JAN 11: 3rd Draft Checkpoint (75% of draft)

FEB 14: Artist Checkpoint
MAR 15: Final Draft Due (100%)

APR 1+: BANG

FAQ

Q: What’s a Big Bang?

A: A Big Bang is a fandom event where authors and artists commit to putting time and energy into a longer project: writers develop a very long fic and artists sign on to illustrate that work. Early Big Bangs were 50k or more. Ours has been running continuously since 2009 and our wordcount requirement remains 20k (technically novella-length). Of all the events run by Cap-IM, this is the event with the biggest time and creative investment. It’s a celebration of many, many words and the art inspired by those words.

Q: 20k. That is so many words. Am I ready for this?

A: As with any event, consider your available time and energy. We’re hopeful that the longer creation period and several new measures to support our fannish creators will make it easier for our participants! If you’re unsure of your readiness to work on a longer fic, ask yourself:

Are you comfortable writing 5k? 10k?
Do you think about plot structure and what it’s doing to your story?
Do you have an idea that demands a longer wordcount, or, alternately, an idea that is eating you alive from the inside out?
Do you want to work on one project for a really long time?

If you’ve never written before, or you’re brand new to Steve/Tony, or you find yourself (over)committing to a ton of fandom events during the year, consider first trying one of our more accessible, lower-pressure events: Bingo, HE, our Summer Event, or, if you're looking for a collaborative event, RBB.

Q: What if I don't think I can read an entire long fic, but I want to sign up as an artist?

A: Fundamentally, the purpose of the Big Bang is to celebrate long fic and to create art inspired by long fic. To celebrate long fic, artists must be willing to read long fic. You will be able to see the estimated length of fics at claims sign-up, and writers are required to submit 50% of their estimated total wordcount, complete. Fics vary in length: some are 20k, some are 80k. You will have 3-4 months to read the fic and collaborate with your writer on your art pieces. Do not overcommit; ask yourself kindly and honestly if you have the time/energy for the investment. Other Cap-IM events such as Reverse Big Bang or Holiday Exchange do not require reading investment.

Q: Can I do art AND fic in the same year?

A: No, you may participate once. Please choose your project intentionally. Artists may choose ONE writing project. Writers may submit ONE work OR, if they are writer-artists, may claim one writing project as an artist. Two different artists may claim one writing project in the event we open second claims. One artist cannot claim two different writing projects.

Q: How can I know if my art is "good enough" to sign up as an artist?

A: There is no metric for artistic skill required for the Big Bang. This is your task to approach bravely. You should be able to complete two thoughtful artistic pieces that you are proud of, in 3-4 months. If drawing/creating something from someone else's descriptions is difficult for you, this is not the project for you. We will host art-hangs where artists can ask for feedback on pieces/art resources/advice throughout the creation period. Remember: this is a voluntary, collaborative effort purely designed to bring you and your partner joy and accomplishment, NOT an unpaid commission.

Q: Must my fic be beta-read?

A: Yes. You must have someone who is not you review your fic before final posting! Beta readers make your work better and they make you a better writer. Even if this is just a cursory read-through done by someone whose eyeballs are not yours, it is required.

Q: I have an idea, but I’m not sure if it’s enough to make a novel.

A: Ultimately, only you can decide this. Here are some things to consider:

Have you written fic before? If yes, how long?
Have you written longfic before?
Do you regularly struggle to build fics out longer than 5-10k, OR do you regularly find yourself brainstorming concepts and premises that end up too long for other events, exchanges, and short fics?
Is there an idea already burning inside you, OR is it like pulling teeth to find an idea that you can round out into a longer fic?
Do you struggle to manage long-term projects, OR do you write like the wind?
What is the most you can sustainably write in a month?

Q: Can I use a sequel or derivative fanwork/remix?

A: Sequels are fine. If you want to write a remix-y work based on someone else’s fanwork, you must adhere to best derivative works practices and secure their permission or adhere to their transformative works statement. Your artist will not be required to read pre-existing works, so temper your expectations.

Q: I want to write a piece involving polyamory, is this allowed?

A: Yes; the only criteria is that the relationship between Steve and Tony must be central and not incidental in your fic. Some examples:

YES - Steve and Tony break up in chapter one; the rest of the fic is dedicated to their slow burn reconciliation.
NO - Steve/Tony/Rhodey are in a situationship. Steve appears only briefly and Tony’s relationship with Rhodey is central.
YES - Steve and Tony are friends and teammates but not romantically involved.
YES - Steve and Tony are in a queerplatonic relationship.
YES - Steve and Tony have an open relationship and are fucking Jan every other weekend.
YES - Steve is in a relationship with Sharon; the narrative focuses on his evolving sexuality and how Tony disrupts his compulsory heterosexual ways of living.
NO - Tony and Bucky are in a relationship; they share a tender moment in the wake of Steve’s death.

If you’re still not sure, ask yourself if your fic would be better placed in the Marvel Bang or in a SteveTony bang.

PARTICIPANT ELIGIBILITY

BASIC STAT REQUIREMENTS

To participate in this Big Bang, you must:

Be 18+ to play!
Have an AO3 account to post.
Have Discord to attend writer/artist chats and workshops.
Check your email regularly to get event updates and mod communications.
At the time of sign up, be ban-free. See [BANS] to see how to lift a ban more expeditiously.
Writers, you must be able to finish a 20k+ fic in the allotted time.
Artists, you must be able to complete at least 2 pieces thematically congruent with the writing project you have claimed in the allotted time.
Meet/respond to check-ins and be prepared to share your work with the mod team at intervals. It doesn’t have to be polished, it just has to exist.
Attend at least one discord hang during the BB creation period: writer chat/write-in for writers OR art-hang for artists.

We encourage brand new writers to try an event with a lower minimum word count before attempting the Big Bang. Check out HE for a super low word requirement or RBB to learn what it’s like to collaborate with another human.

COMMUNICATION AND COLLAB

This event is a collaborative, creative project. It requires you to communicate your thoughts and feelings about your ideas to another person. Every collaboration will look different, as every person has a different communication style and way of making art. At minimum, all writers and artists should communicate clearly and frequently with their partners during the important stages of the event, and let partners know if there will be times of radio silence. A successful collab can lead to long-lasting fannish friendship! Keep your mind and heart open and at barest minimum, keep lines of communication open.

Please keep in mind that:

Your partner is human
Your partner may not be able to meet all your expectations
Graciousness and kindness go a long way
Communication and compromise are key
Your partner is performing serious labor on this project and you should be prepared to meet and respect their effort
Your partner cannot read your mind
Fandom exists outside the framework of capitalism

Let your partner know immediately if you are struggling. Let the mods know if there is a breakdown in communication and we will gladly help you ease back on track.

WRITERS!

FIC REQUIREMENTS

Your fic must feature the relationship between Tony Stark and Steve Rogers in any universe(s). This now includes polyromantic, explicit, and queerplatonic/aromantic tales alike. Their romance or friendship must be central to the narrative and not incidental.

Your fic must be 20k or more at completion.

You must leave room in your fic for artistic interpretation and be willing to work WITH an artist on visual articulation of ideas; i.e; this is not a commission.

Your fic may not be created in whole or part with generative AI.

WIPs that have not been published in full elsewhere but small portions have been shared (ie. community chatter, snippets, or small excerpts) are encouraged! When returning to an old work, we ask only that writers evaluate their own motivations and make sure the story still lights a fire in you.

ALL-NEW, ALL-DIFFERENT SIGN-UPS
All writers who want to participate in this cycle must sign up during the Sign-Up Period. In previous years, participants could join at the last minute, prior to claims, as long as they had 10k of fic. This cycle, you must declare your intent from the start and commit yourself to spending time on your creative project over the course of months.

To sign-up as a writer, you must have:

One to three ideas, one of which you will develop into a 20k+ fic, OR
A WIP of any length that has previously lived on your hard drive/cloud. WIPs that have been partially published somewhere else as small snippets or fragments are also okay. Fics that are already half-published on AO3 are not okay.
Notes, an outline, or other brainstorming documentation to show us how you’re thinking about your idea as a larger, finished story. This can be as formal as a 5-page outline or as informal as a series of moodboards for each act/beat of your novel.
A roughest estimate of the length of your finished fic.

CLAIMS KIT
Claims are no longer anonymous/silence-coned. This is designed to afford participants more space to talk about their projects in community and generate/maintain creative momentum. Chat freely about your brainworms and progress.

To qualify for claims, your fic must 50% or more complete with the rest thoroughly outlined. Your artist needs this to assess whether or not your fic is a good match. This draft will be given to your artist upon the completion of the claims process.

All writers must fill out The Claims Kit, which will ask for a fic excerpt, tags, warnings, rating, universe, a summary of plotpoints, and an optional vibes description. This info sheet is where you can convey the details and energy to potential artists courting your work. Artists will choose fic to claim only by the content contained in these posts, so be candid about the themes, mood, and tone of your fic here. DO NOT withhold information about common archive warnings. DO tag any common triggers.

FIC POSTING

All finished fic must be beta-read and represent your best effort at storytelling and grammar. Beta readers make your work better and they make you a better writer; you must have one. Check out our beta list or reach out to the mods for help finding one.

Works must be posted to AO3 and submitted to our event collection. Artists and writers are highly encouraged to post their works as 'Inspired By' on AO3, which links the works to each other, but allows single-ownership retention of the work. 'Co-Created' is also an acceptable posting method, to be used with discretion. You must coordinate posting with your artist.

You must warn for any content that requires an archive warning on AO3. CNTW is a valid and complete warning.

Authors may post chapters of their fics serially, weekly, bi-weekly, OR all at once.Your draft must still be complete and submitted by the Big Bang deadline. Cap-IM recognizes that getting eyeballs on long fic has become a substantial challenge in the algorithmic age and this change is intended to help more people see and respond to your hard work.

✨If you're ready to commit, WRITERS, use this form to sign up! ✨

ARTISTS!

ART REQUIREMENTS

Artists must create at least 2 pieces of art for the writing project they have claimed. You can make more if you are moved to do so.
Artists must also create a banner. The banner must feature the name of the fic, a SFW crop of an art piece created for the fic (or a new art piece), the artist username, and the writer username.
You must READ the fic you claim in its entirety. Make sure you choose something that genuinely interests you!
All materials and styles of art are welcome, including traditional and digital. Art must be at minimum, finished works that use the extent of your skillset, on unlined paper with clean lighting.
- Allowed: drawings, paintings, sketch pages, digital renders, dioramas, fabric crafts, and more. Examples: one color half-body drawing of two people with no background, and uncolored linework full-body page with inking shadows of one person and background OR two drawings with one full-body person in full color and simple background.
- Not Allowed: moodboards, edits, low-effort digital art, low effort collage, artwork that is not accurate to the fic, and such. Examples: a single rough sketch on lined paper OR low contrast digital art with unclear details.
Art generated in part or whole with AI is strictly not allowed.

ALL-NEW, ALL-DIFFERENT FIC CLAIMS

Claim summaries will be posted to our Tumblr and Dreamwidth. Claims will be time-logged and submitted through Google Forms when claims open. By claiming a fic, you are signing up for the Big Bang. Be sure; you cannot drop out after claims without penalty.

If we reach a certain participant threshold, claims will be done as ranked-choice preference this year. If we do not meet the threshold, claims will be first-come, first-served as in previous years.

You may participate ONCE (1x) per big bang cycle. If you are writing fic, this precludes you participating as an artist.

You may claim ONE (1) fic per big bang cycle. Please look at the tags, rating, universe, and the other data your author has included in their Claims Kit. It's important to pick a project that motivates and inspires you to invest serious time and effort, in a congruous level to your writer's serious time and effort. BE SURE whatever you’re claiming is tonally consistent with the art you’re comfortable making, and is in line with the fics you like reading.

Claims are no longer fully anonymous in order to afford participants more space to talk about their projects in community and keep up creative momentum. You may encounter fic mentions organically in the wild; that is fine. However, you should claim based on content that interests you, not the author.

Keep in mind your willingness to make art of the content denoted in the writer’s Claims Kit – for example, are you claiming an explicit, porn-heavy fic but you’re uncomfortable drawing NSFW? Are you thinking of claiming fluff when you like to draw exclusively whump? This is the only fandom event format that is intentionally a celebration of long fic. Set you and your partner up for success! Honor the content of your writer's fic whilst enjoying content that most inspires your own creativity!

Claims posts will look like this sample:

UNIVERSE: 1872

RATING: E

WORD COUNT: 16,500/20,000

WARNINGS: graphic depictions of violence, wounds that don't heal, blood, temporary character death, secondary character death, canonical pig eating references

TAGS: monster!steve, monsterfucking, alcoholism cw, grief and war, unreliable narrator, red wolf, natasha barton, bruce banner, carol danvers, post-canon, nature, character death fallout, horror, gun kink, blood kink, weird biology, open/ambiguous ending, mystery, gore

SUMMARY:
Tony’s a city man, but he garners an appreciation for the wilderness of nature as he tracks Sheriff Rogers missing remains across the land.

Steve came back from the dead as something oh so mightily inhuman and it's up to Tony to decide how much of him as HIMSELF actually remains, and how much of him Tony can love. It turns out to be uh, a lot. Quiet bloodily. Tony and Steve engage in nasty monstrous-sorta undead desperate, you're-alive! sex.

Steve continues his living mission of hunting bad guys across great distances. After Steve fights and kills Bruce, who has become the Hulk, Tony must confront whether or not Steve has gone too far, and ultimately, decides that there is no distance Steve will go to, that Tony will not follow him to.

VIBES: poetic horror western with an instrumental soundtrack, all the gory bits of 1872 amped up, the coffin of Tony's iron man armor fighting monster Steve, unrelenting loyalty in the face of great moral destruction

FIC EXCERPT:

[a full-prose, 1k-5k fic excerpt, so you, the artist, can get a good sense for the piece and whether or not it inspires you!]

Again, writers are required to submit 50% of their completed draft to qualify for Claims. Cap-IM will give you, the artist, access to this draft via link once Claims are complete.

ART POSTING

You must warn for any content that requires an archive warning on AO3. CNTW is a valid and complete warning.

Artists may post chapters/multiple posts of their art serially, weekly, bi-weekly, OR all at once. Your two artworks must be complete and submitted by the Big Bang deadline. Cap-IM recognizes that getting thoughtful interaction with art pieces has become a substantial challenge in the algorithmic age and this change is intended to help more people have more opportunity to comment on your artworks.

SOMETIMES WE FAIL

OFF-RAMPS

WRITERS, If you are not at ~50% of your wordcount by NOVEMBER 14, consider whether or not you are on track to completing your project with a humane-to-you workload.

If your wordcount is getting away from you as Claims approach, we recommend estimating/re-evaluating your projected final wordcount and dividing it by the number of months remaining. If the resulting figure is more than 10k per month, consider rolling over to the next cycle.

[total projected words] – [words you have right now] / [months left]

Once your fic is put up for claims and claimed, another human is invested in your work. As such, the last day to drop out without penalty is NOVEMBER 14.

EMERGENCIES

Because this is a collaborative event – meaning: another fannish person is investing their time and energy in your work and vice versa – we urge you to be mindful of your capacity and creative energy. That said, life does happen. If you’re having an illness or an emergency or other extreme situation, please just email us, and we will work with you to accommodate your life in any way possible.

DROPPING OUT

If you must drop out before artist claims, be free. No penalties.

If you must drop out after claims, speak up as early as possible. First, let your partner know. Then let us know.

If you must drop out as a writer once your fic has been claimed by an artist:

Both writer and artist may decide to roll the project over into the next BB cycle. No penalty.
If a writer whose artist has already created art drops out, we will source a pinch writer for that artist. The defaulting writer will be banned until the next Big Bang cycle is done.
If an artist drops out after claims, the mods will work to find the writer a pinch artist who is a good match for the project. The defaulting artist will be banned until the next Big Bang cycle is done.

BANS

Big Bang penalties no longer carry over to other Cap-IM events; if you fail the Big Bang and incur a ban, you may still sign up for the next cycle of HE, or RBB, or other non-BB. If you’d like to lift a ban early, you have three options:

Finish your work! Once you post it, the ban is gone.
Step up and complete a pinch hit for any Cap-IM event.
Wait one calendar year, or until the completion of the following Big Bang cycle.

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Cap-IM Reverse Big Bang 2025: Team Justice

2025-06-04T23:43:09Z

Posted by: cap_ironman_fe

Title: i'll give you the worlds
Artist: Bladeofthenebula
Writer: Areiton
Universe: MCU
Rating: M
Work Warnings: A/B/O dynamics, omega rights aren't the greatest
Fic Wordcount: 10976
Summary:

There is a place for you, here. I will bond with you and give you my name and protection. Take the first transport to the border of the Empire. I will arrange transport to Ironside. It will take you ten days, to reach me. I will be waiting for you, Steven.

It's not much. It's a handful of words and a promise and it's on the farside of the galaxy, past the Skrull Empire and into the Rim, the lawless planets that only freighters and pirates patrol. It's the place of people who want to be forgotten, the place of the truly desperate.

Well, he supposes he's that.

Link to BladeoftheNebula's art and Areiton's fic on AO3

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Cap-IM Reverse Big Bang 2025: Team Heroic

2025-06-02T23:09:51Z

Posted by: cap_ironman_fe

Title: Tell Me It Gets Easier
Artist: Oluka
Writer: Naivelittleprincess
Universe: MCU
Rating: Gen for art, T for fic
Work Warnings: suicidal thoughts
Fic Wordcount: 5180
Summary:

They can't hear him.

They can't hear his teeth chatter. Or the raspy scratch of his breath. They can't hear his pained whispers.

But he can hear them. He can hear the voices at the other end. The telltale signs of bickering and panic.

He can't decide whether that's a good thing or not.

Or Steve Rogers and his terrible, no good diary of woes. Starting with the cold, ending with Tony Stark.

Link to Oluka's art on Tumblr
Link to Naivelittleprincess' fic on AO3

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