Everything Left Unsaid

Title: The Crosses We Bear
Artist: prompt_fills
Author: aether_sprite (on LJ), AranthianPrincess (on AO3)
Rating (both art/fic): T
Universe: MCU with imported 616 element
Word Count: 14,924
Warnings: Major Character Death (they get better), references to Captain America: The Winter Soldier, excessive robot abuse, mentions of alcoholism (except not really)



Fic Summary: Sometimes Tony wonders what his life would have been like if he had never gone to Afghanistan. It would certainly be a lot less exciting, for one. Probably a hell of a lot shorter too. The amount of people out for his blood wouldn't have changed any, though, which can't be a good thing.

Steve just wants to know why the hell Tony is being so difficult about letting his team protect him when there is a crazy ex-weapons manufacturer on the loose. Of course, Tony doesn't even seem to care and it frustrates Steve to no end.

These are simply the crosses they bear, but, somewhere down the road, they might even learn to share their burdens.

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Can we get an author tag for aether_sprite and an artist tag for prompt_fills please?