If I Had A Hammer: UPDATE, marvel cinematic universe fanfic

youhaveahomeinmyheart

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Characters

Pepper Potts/Tony Stark, Tony Stark, Pepper Potts, Peter Parker, Morgan Stark (Marvel Cinematic Universe), Phil Coulson, Death (Marvel) & Tony Stark, Death (Marvel), Phil Coulson/Tony Stark, Phil Coulson/Pepper Potts, Phil Coulson/Pepper Potts/Tony Stark, I'm not tagging everyone - Character

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.

UPDATE

April 30, 2025 at 06:23 AM

Hey, so I obviously haven't updated in almost two years, and its pretty much all because I couldn't figure out how to write this story. I've thought about it a lot, and I decided I want to do a series of one shots and scenes that fit this universe rather than a long story. I also couldn't figure out some logical aspects, and so I've decided to restart. This story was also very much a knee jerk reaction to my grief at Tony's death, and so it really doesn't fit with the vision I have know. I will be rewriting this story as a stand alone one shot, but my focus is on the series at the moment.

Here's the link to the first story in that series, and I really hope you enjoy!!

I want to thank everyone who's left a comment, or kudo on this story, it really does mean a lot to me, and honestly Jemma's comment asking me to update really was the catalyst to get me to start writing again, and you have my honest heartfelt thanks for that.