The MCU Fics Written Prior to Launching This Blog

DSM-V

Five times people worried about Tony after New York -- and one time he worried about himself.

(The first three sections are set between Avengers (2012) and Iron Man 3. The last two are set during Iron Man 3. As you can probably guess, this 5+1 was my attempt to accurately explore Tony's PTSD. And the response has been pretty positive, so I think I got it right.)

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Closure

Tony and Steve talk the night before the Time Heist.

(This one-shot is set during Endgame. It was meant to partially satisfy my yen for canon-compliant explorations of Tony's relationship with Steve. It was also my first MCU story.)

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Pallbearers

The rest of the world arrived at the ruins of the Avengers compound not long after the battle’s sudden end. CNN. MSNBC. Fox. Every local news outlet in the state of New York. Medical crews. And Damage Control, of course, to pick through whatever was left.

Some perfunctory interviews were conducted. Basic facts were laid out in clipped, hurried syllables for the curious, frightened reporters who gathered at the scene. Some of those reporters were left at a loss for words.

Everyone, it seemed, wanted to talk to Captain America. But the leader of the Avengers was no longer there. He had already left on a Quinjet with Pepper Potts-Stark and seven others. Seven volunteers for another mission.

Word rippled out into the ether: Iron Man had fallen. Tony Stark had died to save us all.

And eight witnesses wanted to help his wife bring him home.

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Or: Ten reflections on a life.

(This was me self-indulgently celebrating Tony Stark as a character and a hero in the wake of his sacrifice in Endgame. As you may have noticed, I just get very emotional about Endgame. Even years later, I'm still not over it.)