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It looks like we may have found it after all, Tony.

3rd piece for Capn-Shellhead’s Noir-verse story If You Want A Life of Adventure for the CapIMBB. Go read! It’s awesome! :D

Title: A Problem of Identity Author: cptxrogers Pairing: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark Universe: Marvel 616 Rating: Explicit Word count: 34k Tags: identity porn, fluff, smut, early in canon, armor kink, MODOK attacks!, putting the porn in identity porn Summary:

Steve knows he and Iron Man could be happy together if only Iron Man's obnoxious boss, Mr. Stark, would stop getting in the way.

Read on AO3

As a Big Bang, the story comes with accompanying art too:

Fanart on AO3

My contribution for the Cap_Iron man BigBang event in collaboration with the amazing Mephestopheles <3 <3

The art is based on the story “Drifting Sands” (now available on AO3)! Here’s the summary :

“Steve's hurt when he breaks everyone out of the RAFT and is found by Fury but Fury's running out of favours to cash in and Steve's not doing well. It's up to Tony to figure out what's happened and how to fix Steve's memory all the while keeping him off of Ross' radar. There's just one problem: Steve thinks they're married.”

The story is sweet and painful in the best of ways (and also very hot lol).

All fanworks are created out of love. Love is why as readers we seek out fic that gives us more of the things we love and love for Steve/Tony is why we sit down and explore them through stories.

But writing is still hard sometimes and writing something 25,000 words long and finishing it can be intimidating. Coming up with an idea that carries you through the writing process is key.

So let us remind you of why we love this ship so much! The inspiring and dramatic moments, the different dynamics that marked their relationship over the years and across the multiverse are what you can draw from!

Over the years Captain America and Iron Man were perfect team mates. Mutual admiration was always part of it - even when things were tough.

Their feelings for each other run deep.

Steve and Tony gaze into each other’s eyes…

...admire each other’s outfits...

...support each other...

...worry about each other...

...trust and...

...save each other...

...know each other well enough to finish each other's sentences…

...and know exactly why the other is acting a certain way...

...and what the other needs even when they don’t admit it.

The worst thing about feeling the pain of betrayal, of course, is that it can never come from an enemy. It hurts the most when it comes from the person we love and admire most.

But everything comes back to that one person, doesn't it? And nothing can stand between them for long.

So while they are the ones who can hurt each other the worst…

they still believe in each other. 

They are best when they stand together...

...teasing each other…

...training together...

...working in sync...

...always running off towards new adventures…

… and fun basektball dates.

There are so many aspects to their relationship, so many angles to be explored. Give us your Steve/Tony stories fully, sad, full of love and angst, canon compliant or AU - we’re looking forward to everything you write!

Running since 2011, the Cap-IronMan Big Bang challenges the community's writers to create Steve/Tony-focused fic with a minimum of 25,000 words. Artists are then invited to create accompanying art! To sign up as a writer you need to send us your draft and summary by September 26th.

Title: Drifting Sands

Author: Mephestopheles

Artist: Hayluhalo

Universe: MCU with suggestions of 616 and 3490

Rating (both fic and art): Fic Explicit Art: PG

Word Count: 46,364

Warnings: No Archive warnings apply, mentions of torture, homophobia, Tony's criminally ignored PTSD, Steve's not doing at all well either, Amnesia fic and trope used to my own ends, more tags and warnings in fic Angst, some fluff, and smut

Notes: Set during the end of Civil and the intervening year and half before Infinity War, the timeline is an absolute mess, Marvel didn't help itself with the addition of a definitive timeline, and I've made it worse by doing some non-linear things here and there.

Fic Summary: Steve's hurt when he breaks everyone out of the RAFT and is found by Fury but Fury's running out of favours to cash in and Steve's not doing well. It's up to Tony to figure out what's happened and how to fix Steve's memory all the while keeping him off of Ross' radar. There's just one problem: Steve thinks they're married.

Link to Fic Page

There is just something about them — it doesn’t seem to matter what universe — but there is something about them that makes us want them to be together. Shipping Steve and Tony gives us a whole range of interactions and character dynamics to draw from.

We love them when they are awkward and uncertain around each other.

How even when they don’t know each other, there is obvious chemistry between them.

We love the way they snark and tease each other...

...their flirting...

...and their playful mocking.

We love how intense they get talking to each other...

...and how the tension ratchets up when they're being antagonistic.

We love the way they take turns rescuing each other...

...and giving rides out of trouble.

We love how they lend a hand, both in and out of costume...

...that they support each other during missions and at home...

...and that when the going gets tough, they’re still there, helping.

We love them because they put feelings aside and fight for what they believe is right, even when it does get personal…

...but they defend each other, too....

...and sacrifice themselves.

In fact, there are so many deep and varied reasons that we love Steve and Tony across the multiverse, we have compiled Slashy Moments List and a Ship Manifesto about all the reasons we love them!

What makes you ship Steve/Tony? What about them inspires you to create? What part of their story do you want to tell?

Join the Big Bang!

Running since 2011, the Cap-IronMan Big Bang challenges the community’s writers to create Steve/Tony-focused fic with a minimum of 25,000 words. Artists are then invited to create accompanying art! To sign up as a writer you need to send us your draft and summary by September 26th.

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