Characters
Tags
Not Canon Compliant
Parent Tony Stark
Tony Stark Has Issues
Avengers Family
Tony Stark Needs a Hug
Time Travel
Temporary Character Death
Fix-It
Kind Of
because I said so
BAMF Pepper Potts
Not Avengers: Endgame (Movie) Compliant
Pepper Potts Needs a Hug
Not Captain America: Civil War (Movie) Compliant
Howard Stark's A+ Parenting
so enjoy
like at all
Protective Phil Coulson
look - Freeform
BAMF Phil Coulson
Comic Book Science
Not Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Compliant
Not Avengers: Age of Ultron (Movie) Compliant
Endgame Was Awful And I'm Fixing It
In The Best Way I Know How
Denial And Time Travel
Not Canon Time Travel Compliant Because That Was Stupid
Ignores AOS Completely Because This Is My Universe Now
To Quote Another Fanfiction Tag
Canon Is Dead and I'm Harvesting It's Best Parts In A Back Alley Like A Black Market Organ Dealer
fixing civil war
Fixing The Entire MCU
Also No Barton Family That Was Bullshit
Hawkeye Is Deaf
That's Not A Tag And It Should Be
Summary
“It’s okay Tony, you can rest now.” Pepper smiled down at Tony, holding back her tears. She needed to make his last moments good ones. He looked up at her, and then closed his eyes. The arc reactor flickered and then died, leaving only the fires from the battle to illuminate the dead hero and his grieving family. Pepper let out a sob, clutching Tony closer to her body as she felt Rhodey wrap his metal encased arms around her, trying to pull her away. It felt like she was dying too, everything was fading from view and she could hardly breathe. She could hear Rhodey screaming something as she fell to the ground still holding Tony’s body. She took a breath, and then- I'm fixing the MCU because no one got what they deserved and I'm upset about it.
Note
Okay so this is obviously an AU, but there's some basic stuff I want to establish. This picks up at the start of Avengers and some things get cleared up pretty quickly so I don't want to do spoilers. Before Phil died, he was in a relationship with Tony and Pepper. He also died when Loki stabbed him, so no alien resurrection thing. Changing Thanos's motive to more closely align with the comics. Pietro and Wanda didn't willingly join Hydra because no, and will be entering the story earlier than Age of Ultron. Because of time travel, some things will be skipped altogether, but some things won't have been affected by it and will continue as in canon. Also, I outlined this from memory because I wanted to get a more accurate feel for what would actually happen in a time travel scenario, especially going back over a decade. So if one of the characters does something weird its because they remember incorrectly. Also, no one else but Tony, Pepper, Phil, Morgan, and Peter got sent back in time. This is pretty much because Endgame literally made me cry so hard that my mom thought my dog had died again, so this isn't going to be totally in character for everyone, nor do I plan on updating frequently. I plan on updating at least once a month, and if I write more frequently I'll update more frequently. Anyway, this is going to be kind of angsty for the first bit, but I want everyone to be happy, healthy, safe and sane. Enjoy!Also I stole one of my tags from the fanfic Sympathy for Monsters by AlexTirZeng, so that's why it is an inspired by work. No other correlation.And my sister point out that the name can be misleading, it's actually a reference to the Peter, Paul, and Mary song "If I Had A Hammer" which I feel fits Tony so well.