Everything Left Unsaid

It should be uneventful. Steve has done this a million times, one way or another. Being used in public service announcements and publicity for the army came with the shield long before the ice did, and just because they changed mediums and became online in this century has made no difference for Steve.

Shaking his head, Steve physically tries to chase the memories of last night away. He puts on his most charming smile- one that Tony always tells him that makes his knees go weak, and takes a deep breath, promising himself that he won’t think about Tony until he ends the live stream. These people are tuning in for a good cause, his whole attention is the least he can give back to them in exchange.

Well, things rarely go according to plan, huh?

Sigurd cares for Stephen and Stephen cares for Sigurd. But Stephen can not be sure if his feelings only come from memories of emotions from other lives.

First Stark Industries Masquerade Gala. For Steve Rogers, however, wearing a mask for a gala wasn't that different from wearing a mask to fight crime every day. But Tony saw him as someone new that he hadn't yet met. Steve then proposes a role-playing game: pretend they have never met before and meet tonight. What could go wrong? Nothing, except that Tony had been completely in love with Steve for years. But that was a great opportunity to know if they could be something more than friends, right? Spoiler: They can and also have lots of fun in the process.

Steve and Tony are back on track as friends and spending a lot of time together as they form a new Avengers team. But Steve is again in a rocky relationship with Sharon and Tony is dating a new woman. Steve struggles as his long-dormant crush on Tony comes back with a vengeance because he's supposed to be a good man and he doesn't want to lose Tony as a friend. What is he supposed to do as a friend when Tony's new girlfriend turns out to be not good for Tony?

The gem burns hot, singing the tender skin in the center of his palm, and he can see the possibilities unfolding in technicolor around him. A thought, and he wouldn’t be able to feel the pain. A thought, and he’d tear the whole building to the ground, turn the Hudson River to coffee, rain frogs down from the sky, send clouds of locusts upon the hot dog vendors on the street.

Wood splinters crunch underfoot as Tony walks slowly into the husk of the mansion, unworried about the possibility of it crumpling down on him. The problem with the place is that it refuses to stay as stagnant as his memories of it; rain has already began to bleach color from the exposed wood, the ceilings to bulge oddly under pressure.

Stop, a voice somewhere far away warns him, something like the Watcher’s voice, something like Stephen’s. Stop now.

A thought, and he can fix all of his worst mistakes.

Possibilities shimmer effervescent in front of him, momentarily gold under the power of the gem. A thought, and he can make this better for everyone, make it a world worth living in. A thought, and he can come home.

Their marriage averted a superhero war - but now it feels more and more like they're heading for a separation. Rumors are running wild. But not all may be as it seems and neither Steve Rogers nor Natasha Stark are people who give up easily.

Elf King Tony Stark finds the last of the dragons...

maybe-a-villain iron man flirts with captain america - identity hijinks and love ensue!

Steve and Tony are in a secret relationship. An unfortunate encounter with Tiberius Stone, just as Steve decides to talk to Tony and clear things up, makes things complicated.

Out on the streets and desperate for the next drop, Tony considers the choices he's made that brought him here, all the while searching desperately for the next drink. Only there’s a new problem. He's run out of money. There's a blizzard coming. He has nothing left.

As a gladiator, Stefanus knows his body belongs to the ludus. Ordered to fight, to fuck, to kill, he doesn’t have the luxury to refuse even the smallest of requests, no matter how degrading. So, when he is hired out to Antony Staius as a bodyguard, he thinks nothing of it when he is asked to strip.

The fact that Antony wants him to top though… now that’s a surprise.