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Comics Steve/Tony: 616, Noir, Ultimates

Other Fandoms/Ships/Characters:
MCU:
- Ships: mainly Steve/Tony, but also Bucky/Nat, Sam/Bucky, Sam/Rhodey, Dottie/Peggy, Steve/Peggy (CA:TFA/briefly post-Endgame leading to Steve/Tony/former relationship only)
- Gen: Rhodey & Tony, Nebula & Tony, Natasha & Tony, Steve & Natasha, Steve & Thor, Tony & Thor, Steve & Tony & Thor, Steve & Peggy, Carol & Nick Fury, Harley & Peter Parker

AvAC:
- Ship: Steve/Tony
- Gen: Tony & Jan

Knives Out:
- Ships: Ransom/Tony Stark (leading to Steve/Tony? Lol), Ransom/Marta (more on Ransom's side than Marta's especially because of their last scenes and the last shot of Ransom looking at Marta outside the house)
- Gen: Ransom & Marta, Harlan & Marta, Benoit & Marta, Ransom & Linda, Harlan & Ransom, Harlan & Linda

Russian Doll:
- Ship: Nadia/Alan
- Gen: Nadia & Alan, Nadia & Ruth, Alan & Ferran

Band of Brothers:
- Ships: Winters/Nix, Lipton/Speirs, Babe/Roe, Gene/Renée
- Characters: Eugene Roe, Dick Winters, Lewis Nixon, Joe Liebgott, Bill Guarnere, Don Malarkey, Carwood Lipton, George Luz, Ron Speirs. Actually...all of the BoB guys.

Generation Kill:
- Ship: Brad/Ray
- Characters: Doc Bryan, Brad Colbert, Poke Espera, Nate Fick, Pappy Patrick, Ray Person, Rudy Reyes

Likes:
I’ll throw a whole list out there because I’m very open to a lot of things!
- AUs (gangster, magic, sports non-powered, high school or college, supernatural, horror, sci-fi, etc. You name it! I love AUs)
- canon divergence
- character studies
- parallels/similarities between characters
- angstttttttttttt (if it's a longer fic, preferably a happy ending, but I like bittersweet and sad endings too)
- soulmates
- found family
- outsiders finding companionship with each other
- family issues/difficult family relationships
- war-forged bonds
- disillusionment in a belief system
- one-sided or mutual admiration
- grudging respect turning into something more
- slow burn
- mutual or one-sided pining
- multiverse
- telepathy
- self-sacrifice
- amnesia
- time travel
- reincarnation
- fake relationship
- relationship of convenience
- hurt/comfort
- de-aging
- dream world
- presumed dead
- temporary or permanent death
- post-breakup
- getting back together
- miscommunication or bad communication
- substance abuse and recovery
- grief/mourning
- parental/child relationships
- Tony’s family issues
- dark Steve
- pre-serum Steve
- road trips
- love/hate relationships
- enemies/friends-to-lovers
- identity porn
- betrayal and forgiveness
- protectiveness/possessiveness
- legacy
- explorations of emotional/physical trauma/substance abuse
- witty humor

Dislikes: One character cheating on or raping the other character in a ship, OOC (crack is fine as long as the characters retain their personalities), mpreg, incest, adult/minor romantic relationships, partner abuse in a ship, tooth-rotting fluff without plot, Avengers fics with Darcy in them.

Non-fandom related requests/anything else?:
- Anything cute, interesting, or funny with dogs! Or just any animal really.
- Fic recs of any of the ships, characters, or fandoms mentioned above (also open to Harry Potter and Naruto because I feel like those are very hard to find and I never really read Harry Potter fics, strangely. I’m in the mood for good worldbuilding or relationship studies, something with good emotional beats, or something very plotty)
- Fanart, fanvids, graphics, fanmixes, edits, gifsets of my ships, favorite characters, Chris Evans, or RDJ
- Your favorite recipes or easy, healthy recipes for someone new to cooking or baking
- Kitchen/cooking tips and must-have kitchen items
- Links to favorite Etsy shops
- Links to favorite jewelry brands
- Book recs (non-fiction, all-time favorites, your favorites of the year and decade)
- Poetry recs
- Cool/unusual/"hidden gem" places (landscapes, favorite spots in your hometown or place you've traveled to, restaurants, shops, architecture)
- Self-learning language tips and resources

Comments

Re: Non-powered, mental hospital AU

[nostalgicatsea]

Hi and happy holidays to you as belated as my reply is! Thank you so much for writing this and for trying something different from what you normally do! That's always a challenge and I appreciate people stretching their muscles in new and different ways.

I really loved how Tony corrected the therapist, whom he doesn't trust and doesn't give him a reason to trust her, when she tried to call him "Tony," but did the opposite for Steve!

Steve’s eyes are blue, and bright, and totally sincere.
I just really love this line especially after it came after his long monologue at Tony. I can imagine him looking like this and...yeah, I feel for Tony haha.

Anyway, I like how you kept their MCU histories intact because I can't know for sure if they really are suffering from mental illness or if they're right, but their stories are so outlandish that no one believes them (their canonical histories truly are wild lol). Kept me on my toes.