Characters
Tags
Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
Tony Stark Has a Heart
Tony Stark Has Issues
Angst and Hurt/Comfort
Protective Tony Stark
Tony Stark Needs a Hug
Unreliable Narrator
Mental Health Issues
Angst and Humor
Post-Canon
BAMF Tony Stark
Protective Peter Parker
Precious Peter Parker
James "Rhodey" Rhodes Is a Good Bro
Post-Captain America: Civil War (Movie)
James "Rhodey" Rhodes & Tony Stark Friendship
Pre-Avengers: Infinity War Part 1 (Movie)
Clint Barton Needs a Hug
Scott Lang Needs a Hug
Pre-Wanda Maximoff/Vision
Basically I Try to Fill In the Blanks Between CW and IW
Summary
"Despite what you seem to think Barton," Tony's voice is somehow disdainful and exhausted at the same time, "I am not this all-encompassing force that the world bends to accommodate."Clint is just about ready to call bull on that, because he's not so naive to believe that anyone but Tony Stark could have made this deal happen -directly or indirectly-, when the man continues speaking."I could be though," Stark says, expression going dark for a moment. "I could make the world want to bend for me, could force it even if it doesn't want to. I'm not that good of a person, it's tempting some days to just ruin you all, if only to remind you just who you're dealing with and why it's a bad idea to make an enemy out of me."Clint stares, at a loss for words."But," Stark smiles suddenly, looking both manic and..weirdly fond? "There's someone new in the picture now, the light of my life really. He thinks I'm a hero, and I fully intend to try and live up to that." Or.Peter brings out the best in Tony, and the best in Tony decides that two fathers deserve one last chance to be with their kids and Vision deserves a shot at happiness.
Note
Not gonna lie lol, I'm particularly nervous about stepping into this fandom.I've always wanted to do an Avengers fic, but I chose to wait until after Endgame just to see where the characters ended up in canon. I've always found myself curious about the transition from Civil War to Infinity War and how the characters ended up where they are at the start of the latter. The fact that a lot of it happens off screen is understandable, given the scope the MCU tries to cover, but frustrating nonetheless. So I decided to try my hand at it.This is first and foremost a fic about healing for Tony, because in my honest opinion, the MCU is pretty damn cruel to him sometimes. I have no intentions of character bashing here, but it should be known that Tony does not regard Team Cap very favorably in this work. I'm trying to portray a believable reaction by someone with deep-set trust, paranoia and anxiety issues in response to not just the events of Civil War, but every other thing in the MCU that I imagine Tony dwells on but doesn't really speak about. So this fic will be hard on the other Avengers, and will feature quite a bit of Protective/Supportive Peter and Rhodey (because that's my jam), but Tony's goal in the end is actually to help them out, so if that sounds like it's for you, then welcome!