There is one Halloween fic I come back to each year to read,
Nothing Important Happened Today. I spent part of this evening trying to track it back down again. Of course the whole time it was on my Nook and it was originally posted on the com here not AO3. :P
While this is a little late in the day, here are some of my favorites. Regardless of whether you read this on or after Halloween, I'd love to hear what fics y'all consider great Halloween stories.
First off the happy, fluffy ones.
Title: Nothing Important Happened Today by thedevilchicken
Universe: 616
Rating: NC-17
Author's Summary/Notes: From the cap_ironman Halloween prompt table, (9. Tony tries alternate methods of pumpkin carving). Not exactly limited to that, though, since nearly 17,000 words of carving a pumpkin would be a little odd at best - an Avengers Halloween turns into Groundhog Day. Late because of the word count!
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Live JournalThe Beauty Asleep In The Workshop OR Sleeping Tony by cookinguptales
Universe: MA
Rating: PG-13
Author's Summary: In which Tony mouths off to a witch, catches up on his beauty sleep, and learns that True Love might not be such a crock after all. (His status as a princess, however, is still debatable.)
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AO3Extinction by valtyr
Universe: MA
Rating: PG-13
Author's Summary: The first time Tony met Captain America, he was riding a dinosaur. After that, things got weird.
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AO3These last two are darker and spooky(well at least to me).
Heroes and Devils has a happy ending. Betwixt depends on your view point.Steve is taken from the courthouse steps right before he is shot and he is returned there. So, he dies. The AU!STeve and Tony have a happy end though.Title: Betwixt by tsukinofaerii
Universe: 616
Rating: N/A
Author's Summary: Steve is pulled into an alternate universe that could have been plucked from his nightmares. All he wants to do is get home alive. Tony may have other ideas.
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AO3Title: Heroes and Devils by marinarusalka
Universe: 616 & Echo Bazaar
Rating: PG-13
Author's Summary: Three years after Dr. Doom cast the entire island of Manhattan into the dark depths of the Echo Bazaar, life goes on. The people of Lowered Manhattan, including the Avengers, have adapted as best they could to their shadowy new existence. But then the Avengers find themselves in possession of a mysterious locked box that could save them all -- if it doesn't kill Tony first.
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