tony stark’s guardian angel

💍 the things we carry by soliloquent

1,2k words // pairing: tony stark/steve rogers

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“Steve Rogers spotted at a Midtown jeweler. Is Captain America finally ready to pop the question? We say it’s about time!”

or: Tony is sick and panicking because Steve’s about to propose — or is he?

🧺 we'll live in spaces between walls by soliloquent

6,9k words // pairing: tony stark/steve rogers

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"Steve looks furious and defeated, and he's breathing like he just ran a marathon. He glances at the door over Tony's shoulder, slightly shivering, looking for an escape like he's on a battlefield. Perhaps he is.

This is not about the laundry anymore."

or: In the heat of a tense discussion in a cramped utility room at the Avengers Tower, Steve's deep-seated insecurities come to the surface. Tony witnesses a new and vulnerable side of him and realizes they have more in common than he thought.

💌 ctrl-alt-deceit by soliloquent

17,1k words // pairing: tony stark/steve rogers

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"Tony,

I've completed the background check on Steven Rogers, and there's something big you need to know. Like, massive security-threat level big.

I'm sorry, sugar. He's bad news."

or: A corporate espionage story told solely through excerpts from CEO Tony Stark's inbox. Featuring romantic pining, delightful office lunches, sarcastic super-geniuses, intense investigations, revolutionary nanotechnology research, unhinged arch-nemeses, haunting ghosts from the past, and an endearing emoji overload by a witty Peter Parker.

Hello Everyone! We're interrupting our usual Stony Loves Steve activities with one final update for Steve and Tony's 50k Marathon. We made it! Steve Rogers/Tony Stark has officially crossed 50,000 works tagged on Archive of Our Own.

This is thanks to all the amazing creators out there that have poured so much love and creativity into this ship and everyone who supported them with kudos and comments! You make this fandom a wonderful place to be in, keep up the great work!

Now to share the full list of works that found their way to our collection. Please show them some love!

50k Marathon Works:

🦔 the hedgehog (and one million blue whales) by soliloquent

part 1/2 of the tony the hedgehog series

8,2k words // pairing: tony stark/steve rogers

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“Hm. But, how hard?” Tony challenges. Steve ponders for a second. “As hard as one million blue whales sitting on you.” “One million?” Tony looks genuinely in awe. “I reckon that would crush one tiny hedgehog, don’t you think?” “Nah. You're all spiky. Small, but feisty. The whales wouldn't stand a chance.”

or: Steve and Tony's love story unfolding through a series of everyday moments in the span of two years, pieced together to paint the canvas of their intertwined lives — a precious portrait woven with quirky whale-themed endearments, meaningful acts of service, soothing showers, cherished gifts, and one adorable hedgehog.

💛 honey whiskey by soliloquent

currently 8/11 chapters (37,2k words) // pairing: tony stark/steve rogers

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"Through it all, one person stays a constant target, like an anchor for his soul and a compass for his mind. Burning brighter than Polaris, Tony knows his wings would get burned if he flew too close. He would never dare approach — he's just admiring.

But once his mark catches his eyes and challenges the stare, Tony realizes it's not really up to him."

or: Tony Stark, a twice-divorced recovering alcoholic battling depression, unexpectedly spends a night with Steve, a mesmerizing and kind Brooklyn teacher who settles deep in his heart, despite Tony's strict no romantic feelings policy. Unbeknownst to him, Tony made the other man feel alive again, too — and Steve is nothing if not stubborn.

🍹 i’m fine all alone (but it’s nice to be here with you) by soliloquent

9,4k words // pairing: tony stark/steve rogers

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“Steve is content with spending the holidays alone. Being alive in a safe world — that was reason enough to be grateful, however fleeting this sense of security might be.

He is more than surprised to learn that Tony plans on spending it alone, too.”

or: Two months after the Battle of Earth, Tony, grappling with post-retirement uncertainty and an identity crisis, invites Steve on a Christmas trip to Jamaica.

Podfic of "Eavesdroppers Never" by Sineala. Happy 616 Day!

When Tony made the decision to have a secret identity, he had several well-considered and carefully thought-out reasons. But there were a few scenarios he never took into account. He never imagined that he, Iron Man, would be cuddling naked with Captain America in a Canadian shack in the middle of a snowstorm. He also never imagined that Captain America would pick that moment to tell him, Iron Man, about his feelings for Tony Stark. Uh-oh.

📄 annex 11 by soliloquent

1,3k words // pairing: tony stark/steve rogers

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“This annex document, filed by SHIELD operatives under the designation SR-NR-CB-AS/000008-11, contains a verbatim transcript of a conversation between Anthony E. Stark (callsign Iron Man) and Steven G. Rogers (callsign Captain America) as recorded by Iron Man’s advanced artificial intelligence, J.A.R.V.I.S.”

or: Trapped together during a snowstorm in the middle of a mission, Steve attempts to soothe Tony’s growing anxiety, only to discover that Tony had the solution all along.

🫀 may the angels bow down for you by soliloquent

2k words // pairing: tony stark/steve rogers

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“He hides.

When the Demon gets loud, when He drinks His poison and tries to hurt him with His palm, or His words, or His power—he hides.

Burgundy. Oak. Shattered glass.”

or: Tony pleads for help from his Angel; Steve pleads for forgiveness from Tony.

❤️ love is a tower where all of us can live by soliloquent

2,1k words // pairing: tony stark/bucky barnes

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“A metal-armed supersoldier materializes before him, intruding into Tony’s line of sight and obstructing his project. The trespasser holds two plates of food and regards Tony with an unreadable, almost disinterested look.

Tony sighs internally. Why did he think adopting all these orphaned Avengers was a good idea?”

or: Five times Bucky takes care of Tony and one time Tony realizes why.

A lie can be used for good or bad. It can be said out of cowardice or courage, out of malice or protectiveness, out of guilty burden or guilty pleasure. Regardless of the circumstances, you lie because you want something to be true, and more often than not, that desire is corrosive.

The theme for Lights on Park Ave Round 65 is lies.

Here are the prompts:

Daniel tells Louis that Armand pretended he saved Louis to save his skin and trick him into being with him when he had been the one to set Louis and Claudia up to die in AMC's Interview with the Vampire

"Lies About Sea Creatures" - Ada Limón

"Liar" - Paramore

Steve promises Tony that they'll fight together, win or lose, in Age of Ultron, which ends up being a broken promise in IW

A quote about suffering always coming to an end, though not always for the better, from If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin

A quote about linear explanations being lies from Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay by Elena Ferrante

Shane lies to himself and others about his desires and feelings when it comes to his sexuality and relationship with Ilya in Heated Rivalry

A quote about being punished for believing truths and lies at the same time from A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness

"Lies" - Marina and the Diamonds

Art of a person holding their insides, which have transformed into snakes, as the snakes come out of their mouth and surround them

Lestat unconvincingly insists that he's fine with Louis sleeping with others like he does and Louis sees through his act but says nothing as retaliation in AMC's Interview with the Vampire

Charlie tells Elizabeth that he's fine even though he's been infected and he's ill in Prometheus

Alma, a hostess, and likely hooker, at a social club that Private Prewitt visits, tells Prewitt she truly is lonely in From Here to Eternity

Willa finds out that her dad lied about her mom being a hero from one of her parents' revolutionary friends in One Battle After Another

Giles tells Buffy lies to comfort her from Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Olive agrees to tell lies about sleeping with male classmates in exchange for gift cards when her lie about losing her virginity spreads through the school and everyone knows who she is now in Easy A

A suicidal Roy, guilty after seeing Alexandria severely injured due to his manipulation, confesses that the bandit hero in the story he's been telling her, a stand-in for himself, is a cowardly liar in The Fall

A gifset of David Fincher's Gone Girl accompanied by a monologue from Amy about pinning her fake murder on her unfaithful husband

An acoustic performance of "Sweet Nothing" by Calvin Harris ft. Florence Welch

"Love the Way You Lie" - Eminem ft. Rihanna

"Dance Little Liar" - Arctic Monkeys

Barry is in denial about his lying but tells Sally he kept silent about being a hit man and says why and that she's safe with him in Barry

A gifset of Sally talking about leaving her abusive ex for Barry, whom she believes isn't violent, next to Barry on a murder spree in Barry

Irving threatens Helena's life, correctly deducing that she's been pretending to be Helly to spy on the innies for her family and company, and demands she be switched back to Helly in Severance

A gifset of the clones and their monitors—close friends, family members, or lovers (sometimes real and sometimes plants), who have been tasked with secretly spying on them in Orphan Black

Steve smiles and admits that he doesn't actually wish he could ignore bad situations after Tony calls him out in CA:CW

Stewy assumes, partially correctly, that Logan got to Kendall, but Kendall is unable to tell his best friend the full truth—that he accidentally killed someone, which has destroyed him emotionally and trapped him under his abusive father's thumb, in Succession

"One Last Time" - Ariana Grande

Tony takes in Steve's lie and physically retaliates in CA:CW

Round 65 will end on June 30, 11:59 PM ET (what time is that for me?).

As always, you’re free to jump in whenever you’d like during the round, a wide variety of work types is accepted, and there are no minimum work requirements. Unfinished works and works for other fandom events are allowed. You can find more information about Lights on Park Ave and the participation guidelines here.