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Welcome to the first Pepperony Bingo!

Disclaimer: This is my first time hosting a Bingo or any sort of event for that matter. So if there are a few complications at the beginning please be patient! I’ll try my best to sort out every problem or misunderstanding. Just let me know if you need help or have trouble understanding something!

What is the Pepperony Bingo about: 

The Pepperony Bingo Challenge focuses on, you guessed it, Pepperony and everything involving them! If you decide to join, you will receive a custom made bingo card with 24 Tropes/AUs/Pictures/Quotes etc. + 1 Free Space for you to fill. 

Once you have your card, it is up to you how you want to fill each prompt. This is your card, you do what feels right! The only requirement for your fill is that it somehow involves Tony & Pepper but exactly how, that’s for you to decide.

Sign-Ups: 

You can sign up here! Please fill out everything I need to create a bingo card you will enjoy and have fun with.

For the moment, Sign-Ups won’t be closed. You can join whenever you want to. The first set of cards will go out on the 5th of March. Signing up after will still give you the chance to ask for a custom made card, although it might take a bit of waiting on your part. 

Cards will be sent out via Email, Discord or Tumblr - whatever you prefer.

What can you do to fill your card: 

There is a variety of fanwork you can create: Fics (either 400+ or a 100-word drabble)

Art

Moodboards (2-4 pictures should have an additional 100+ word drabble; 4+ pictures don’t require anything else, though the more the merrier of course!)

Playlists

Gif Sets

Fan videos

+ whatever else you can think of!

Lastly, the different prompts on your card can be used as you want them to. There is no right way to interpret a prompt - it’s all up to you. 

Rules: 

You do not need to be a specific age to join! However, there is the option between a sfw and a nsfw card. If you want to request a nsfw card, you need to be 18 or older. Please do not lie about your age. If this goes well, I’ll be sure to host this event next year as well. 

IMPORTANT: This event is all about fun! There is no minimum amount of fills you need to do. If you do one fill: great! If you do all of them: amazing! If you do none: that’s fine as well! There is no pressure for anyone to stress over. 

Tony & Pepper don’t have to be the main focus of your fill, though they should show up somehow. They don’t even have to be in a relationship. If you want them to just be friends, that is fine as well. 

If you plan on writing a story, you can only use one fill for it. If it’s a multi-chaptered story, every new chapter can be a different fill. Technically, you could put all 25 fills into one chaptered story!

Furthermore, you can combine fills from different bingos with this bingo as well (as long as the other bingo gives you the same option, of course). 

If you finish your card, you are free to request a new one at any point in time. Also, respect!

Changes to the card: 

If there are prompts on your card that you don’t like, you don’t feel comfortable with or you simply don’t have any inspiration for, you can always contact me via Tumblr or Email to ask for changes. For the moment, it is possible to have 10 prompts changed. You can do so 3 times. 

Pepperony Bingo Discord: 

During the sign-up, you will be asked if you are interested in joining a Pepperony Bingo Discord server. So far, the Discord hasn’t been set up. I’ll get to that once I see if it’s actually wanted or asked for. So if you say that you’d like to join such a server, please be patient while I work on setting it up. 

Posting your fills:

You can post them wherever you want! Whatever platform you want to share your creations on, feel free to do so. 

There will be a collection on Ao3 for this event. If you post it on Tumblr, make sure to tag it with #pepperonybingo2020 and tag @pepperonybingo so I don’t miss your fill and can give it the recognition it deserves! 

If you use one fill for a multi-chaptered story, you can tag it as such with the first chapter. The story might get finished, maybe not - it doesn’t matter.

Additionally:

If you have questions at any point during this event, always feel free to ask! I want this Bingo to make everyone happy and I’d love to help however I can. 

#pepperony #signal boost #join if you enjoy writing pepperony :) #even if you're not a writer please signal boost!

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The Sorcerer of Ephemeral Colours

pairing: Tony Stark/Stephen Strange

summary:

For centuries, the sorcerers of the Sanctum have been the first line of defence for the Kings and Queens of Veston. Stephen, after becoming a Master of Time, wants nothing more than to join his fellow sorcerers in their task and pledge his life to the study of the Mystic Arts. Imagine his surprise when he gets assigned to protect the wilful prince Anthony, instead.

Dark secrets start to unravel and Mastery of Time will not be enough to save the kingdom, let alone Tony. While Tony has to overcome his own difficulties, Stephen must Master all six Aspects in order to do what he was always meant to do – no matter what both he and Tony might lose in the process.

Magic always requires a sacrifice, after all.

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hi guys! I haven’t been able to post anything I’ve written on a03 in a while, but only because I’ve been working on this. I’ve got 76k written already so I promise regular updates :) It’ll end up somewhere just above 100k I estimate, so it’s gonna be a long read, with lots of slowburn to look forward to!

#ironstrange #fanfic #au: fantasy #tony stark #stephen strange

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Thank you for providing us with the college au Ironstrange we deserve.

haha you’re very welcome, I’m so glad to hear you like the college au!

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Greetings! I'm Nevedomka, your Russian translator of "Citizen Erased", and I'm so so happy to inform that I've translated about ten chapters and has started to update it in russian-language site. Sorry to kept you waiting, it took a while to change my previous programm to english language teaching. Now I will do my best to deliver your texts to russian MCU community!!

Sorry for the late answer haha. That’s awesome, I’m so hyped you want to translate it! Good luck :)

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pairing: tony stark/stephen strange

status: complete

word count: 177k

Citizen Erased

What do you do when no one in the world ever manages to remember you?

Anyone who sees Tony Stark promptly forgets he ever existed after mere seconds. When everyone he has ever cared about has lost their memories of him, he goes to Stephen Strange, possibly the only one who can help him lift the curse. But a terrifying danger is coming, and saving the world isn’t an easy job to do when no one can remember who you are.

#it's finished guys #my baby is all grown up now #ironstrange

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The Space Around The Stars

pairing: Tony Stark/Stephen Strange

summary:

Against all odds, Tony Stark wakes up.

Using the Infinity Stones had an unexpected side effect. Tony finds himself burdened with unwanted powers - powers he can never hope to control and are dangerous to everyone he has ever loved. Stephen Strange's magic seems to be the only thing strong enough to shield the world from the danger he poses, but even the Sorcerer Supreme has his limits.

The only way to get rid of the powers lies on the other side of the galaxy. But the universe has been trying to rebuild itself ever since the Snap, and a scramble for power makes the trip even more dangerous than it already was. The Infinity Stones may be gone, but there are some who will stop at nothing to take Tony's powers for themselves.

#this is gonna be.... long #send help #gonna shamelessly promote myself here #ironstrange #tony stark #stephen strange #fanfic #au: canon divergence

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The portal appears first, its orange sparks prickling against her skin. Pepper stands there quietly, still holding Morgan's hand. On her other arm, her gauntlet glints in the light. 

Stephen steps through first, his eyes wide as he takes her in. "Pepper," he mutters, taking a single step and cupping her face, eyeing her tenderly. "Are you alright?" 

Tony follows, moving wordlessly beside her as he lifts Morgan. He is not speaking, but the darkness in his eyes says enough. Pepper merely smiles, pushing Stephen away with a kiss before granting one to Tony. The anxiety melts off their faces, but only slightly. 

"Do you really think," she starts, "I can't handle a simple thug?" 

"I know you can handle them," Tony says quietly, his words muffled as he presses his face in Morgan's hair, "but anything could happen." 

"This is about my family," Pepper states resolutely. "I will not allow it to."

Stephen releases a breath and moves next to Tony, so he can press a kiss to his lips and afterwards, to Morgan's face. The girl looks up to hold out her arms to her second father, and Tony doesn't hesitate to hand her over to Stephen. 

This is what she needed to protect. This is why she had not hesitated - would never hesitate - to be Rescue. Because she needed all of them to remain together. 

 "Where is he now?" Tony asks. Now his hands are not occupied, he seems fragile. Tony is always moving, always shifting - now he is merely waiting. Waiting for her to tell him what to do. 

 "Dealt with," she says swiftly. "Now, I think we should sit down and have a nice family dinner, and you two can tell me all about your holiday." 

"This isn't -" Stephen starts, but Tony interrupts him with a smile. 

"She's right," he says. "Being together is more important. Come, Stephen. Morgan has deserved two bedtime stories, I think. And you know she likes yours best." 

She can see the moment Stephen decides that protesting won't help. A smart one, this one. But that is not why they adore him so much. 

"Obviously," Stephen retorts. Pepper snorts, and presses a kiss to Tony's cheek.  

"Go," she says. "I'll be here waiting when you get back." 

Okay, have a concept I came up with because of this Tweet:

Imagine Tony and Stephen being on vacation with May and Peter (because I’m going with DrPepperony here). And. This guy decides to take his anger out on Pepper and Morgan. But Pepper just jumps into the Rescue armour and fucks the guy up.

Tony and Stephen come back from vacation, giving Pepper a long and loving kiss each.

Tony: How was it without us? Everything alright? Did Morgoona behave?

Pepper: Same old, same old.

[2 hours earlier.]

Pepper: FRIDAY, activate the “Tony and Stephen are never allowed to hear about this” protocol.

FRIDAY: Understood, Boss-Lady!

#i know it's not really like the actual prompt #but i mean - they'd be worried #and my mind did things when desca shared #and I haven't written a drabble in forever yet also not forgotten I actually have a tumblr for ficlets #drpepperony #type: canon divergence

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I'm swooping in to say that I absolutely adore your fics, I've been following Citizen Erased for a while and I've just been going down a few of your other fics today, they're all so good, you should be goddamn proud of yourself!

you’re too kind! I’m glad you’re enjoying my fics, it makes me so happy to hear that people are actually enjoying the stuff I write :)

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I finally found chu on tumbler, and I just want to say I absolutly adore all of your works on Ao3. Their, honestly, jusy plain amazing and always have a little something to make you smile. With that said I send you all of the love, and the message to please, please not overwork yourself. It happens way to often now-a-days. So if you don't feel inspired or have no motivation, don't firce yourself to write. This applies even if you just need to take a break to. Be safe and take care of yourself

thank you!! I’ll try not to overwork myself, but my best method of getting out of a writing slump is making myself write until I’m back on track :) but thank you for your concern - I’ll make sure to take breaks when I need one, and I’m glad you like my fics!

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As I have not not posted a lot of my more recent stories on Tumblr, and I know that there are quite some ironstrange shippers among my followers, here’s a short list if any of you would like to read some longer ironstrange stories. Subscribe to my ao3 for upcoming stories, because there are far more ironstrange fics on the way!

When It Comes To You (17k, complete): College AU. Stephen and Tony hate each other, until they start a bet about which one of them is better at dating. To keep it fair, they have to take each other out. Things get complicated when they start falling in love.

I Guess That’s Love (8,5k, complete): Stephen accidentally casts a love spell, but it’s not exactly on who he thought he did. Lots of pining, angst, and a happy ending.

Something Magic (9,5k, complete): Stephen is a sorcerer, Tony is a scientist. Which wouldn’t be a problem, hadn’t sorcerers and scientists been at war for centuries. Stephen goes undercover to a university to become a doctor, and starts falling for his enemy.

If I Say I Love You (12k, complete): Soulmate AU. Tony and Stephen meet when they’re both in a relationship with someone else and decide to become platonic soulmates. However, things shift over the years and they fall in love after all.

Citizen Erased (73k, WIP (will be 176k when complete)): Tony is cursed to be forgotten by everyone who ever knows him, and goes to Stephen Strange for help. Enter a complicated plot, mysterious villains, and a lot of slow burn. This fic is being updated twice a week and writing has been finished, so there is no danger of it being abandoned. 

#ironstrange #stephen strange/tony stark #type: au #type: canon divergence #fic list #marvel #ironstrange fic

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guys guys guys.

you know that huge ironstrange fic i mentioned in my last post? the one i was going to post january/february?

it’s become february, but damn, it’s finally time for me to start posting, and i’m so hyped about it!

here’s the summary of my new fic, Citizen Erased:

The entire world has forgotten him – his face, his voice, his actions, as if he is a ghost.

Anyone who sees Tony Stark promptly forgets he ever existed after mere seconds. After being forgotten by anyone he has ever cared about, he goes to Stephen Strange, possibly the only one who can offer him help. But a terrifying danger is coming, and saving the world isn’t an easy job to do when no one can remember who you are.

click here to read the first chapter of Citizen Erased on ao3

#ironstrange #tony stark/stephen strange #liz talks

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uhh, hi. you may have noticed i haven’t posted anything on here for a while. tbh, i’ve noticed tumblr isn’t very good for me and i haven’t been on it for a while. i’m so sorry because there are requests in my inbox that i haven’t come around to and i’m not sure if i will (but who’s to say, right?) I still write stuff, but more of what comes to me whenever. 

having said that, if you are interested in still reading my stuff, I’m still active on my ao3 (and i have posted a lot of stuff on there that i didn’t get around to posting here). i still mostly write marvel, and within that, mainly ironstrange and frostiron and the occasional stony. actually, i’m planning on starting a long fic (i was thinking 80-100k, but i’m still in the planning and plotting stage so i’m not sure about any details - might be 40k, might be 200k) for the ironstrange pairing, and i’m still writing some other stories besides. 

so, i guess what i’m trying to say is, i may be back and in the meantime, find me on ao3 if you want to follow my shorter stories and/or if you want to see me starting on what I call ‘’The Fic tm’’ in my head in the coming months (I’m hoping to start posting for that in Jan/Feb. I know that sounds far away but i have exams until January and I want to have some chapters ready before I start posting).

sending you all my love and maybe i’ll see y’all in the future.

#liz talks

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hi everyone! i just want to say, i haven’t updated for some time now, and i’m sorry for taking so long! i’m very busy with university and rest assured, i am still working on your prompts. i’ll post as soon as i’ve finished the next fic, but this is just a quick message that i haven’t forgotten about it :)

#liz talks

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Hi Liz! First off, I just wanted to thank you for making this blog and writing for us all! Secondly, may I request an IronFalcon road trip au? Like the two of them for some reason they don't get along and they were tricked into going on a road trip by the others because they were tired of all the fighting. Thus, getting some actual conversation btwn them and some bonding moments?

‘’This wasn’t my idea,’’ Sam says. Tonyignores him, as he steers the van in the dark of night. There’s no othervehicle to be seen anywhere on the road. They’re on their way back to New York,but they’re not nearly there yet, which would explain why it’s so silentoutside. When they’ll get close, Tony knows the roads will be full of traffic,no matter what hour it is.

‘’To be honest,’’ Sam continues, ‘’Idon’t know how you didn’t see this coming. Aren’t you some sort of genius?’’

‘’Sorry for believing Steve,’’ Tonysays. ‘’You’d be nagging at me too if I’d refused him.’’

They’re on their way back from a missionon the other side of the country. Their teammates – probably Natasha – havetaken their phones, and while they’d gotten into a jet to get back to theCompound, they’d left Sam and Tony in the van to ‘’kiss and make up’’. Tonycould figure out a dozen other ways to get home, but he knows Steve well enoughthat he would figure out an even worse way to make him get along with Sam, sohe’s going along with the forced road trip.

Besides, it’s sort of a vacation. Evenif it’s with a guy that loathes Tony.

Sam crosses his arms. ‘’You can’t tellme you don’t know another way to get home,’’ he says, echoing Tony’s exactthoughts.

Tony huffs, and takes a turn to theright. ‘’Right. And get Steve mad at us for not even trying this thing. Look,just sit there and listen to the music, and they will stop trying to force usto be friends once they see it’s not going to work.’’

‘’It’s not my fault you hold grudges,man,’’ Sam grumbles.

Tony looks at him for a second beforefocusing on the dark road again. A small red car passes them. Tony wonderswhere its passengers are going, and why they’re in the middle of nowhere atthis time of the day – well, night. ‘’My fault?’’ he repeats, but then sighs.‘’Sure. Whatever you say. Look, I’m getting tired. Do you want to take thewheel, or should we go take a nap?’’

‘’I can drive,’’ Sam says curtly.

Tony pulls over, and they wordlesslytake each other’s places. Tony can still feel the warmth of Sam lingering inthe car seat, his faint smell all over it. He closes his eyes as Sam starts upthe motor, and falls asleep.

~*~

The daylight is what wakes him. Tonyblinks against the sun, looking up at Sam, who’s still driving. There’s morecars on the road, now, as they’re out on the highway. ‘’Finished your beautysleep?’’ Sam says, without looking at him.

Tony sits up straighter. ‘’Where arewe?’’ he asks.

‘’Not anywhere close to New York yet,’’Sam answers, ‘’but we can look for breakfast in one of the cities we’re goingto pass soon. You hungry?’’

‘’I could eat,’’ he answers, curiouslylooking at their environment. A huge black car passes them. ‘’I can take overafter, if you want.’’

Sam looks over at him, and Tony has somedifficulty reading him. ‘’Yeah, great.’’

~*~

‘’Here, I got you something,’’ Sam says,throwing two sandwiches at him. They’d agreed previously that Tony can’t goshopping while they’re on the road, as he would get recognized too easily. Samis pretty well known too, as an Avenger, but he’s less likely to get overrun bystar-struck fans.

‘’Thanks,’’ Tony says, taking a bite ofthe first one. It’s pretty good.

They munch quietly on the sandwiches fora while. It’s comfortably warm in the van, as the sun shines on them, but Tonyitches to get going again. He’s never been very good with sitting still, and hedoesn’t have his phone anymore. He could get a new one, but he thinks Sam wouldoppose him.

‘’Look,’’ Sam says eventually, whenthey’re finished eating. Tony looks over at him, surprised. They haven’t talkeda lot since they got started. He knows Sam doesn’t like him, and he can’t forcehim to. He’s accepted that long ago. ‘’We’re obviously here because everyoneelse thinks we can’t get along. I’m not saying we have to be best friends, butmaybe they have a point. Maybe we should make an effort? It’s going to take usa few days to drive back, so we may as well give it a try.’’

Sam looks somewhat uncomfortable as he’ssaying it, and Tony looks out of the window. ‘’Don’t worry about it,’’ heanswers easily. ‘’No one’s going to hold it against you if you don’t like me,Sam.’’

‘’Well, why don’t you like me, then?’’Sam says. ‘’We can start there.’’

Tony raises his eyebrows, looking overat the other man. ‘’I like you just fine,’’ he shrugs. ‘’I’m just saying, don’tworry. You don’t have to like me in order for us to be a team. I know half ofthe team doesn’t like me, and the other half just ignores I’m there. They’llget it, it’s hard to be civil around me.’’

‘’Why?’’ Sam demands.

‘’Why what?’’ Tony returns. ‘’I know youthink I’m an annoying billionaire who thinks too highly of himself and doesn’tlike playing in a team. Look, I’m just saying, don’t get out of your way to dosomething barely anyone can do, which is being my friend. A lot of people havetried and failed.’’

‘’I don’t dislike you,’’ Sam counters.‘’I thought you hated me.’’

Tony laughs at that. ‘’What for?’’ hesays. ‘’Everyone on the team loves you, Sam.’’

‘’The Civil War,’’ Sam says softly.‘’Rhodey’s accident. I thought you were mad about that.’’

Tony is silent for a long while beforehe speaks again. ‘’If I held a grudge for everything that was said and doneduring that period, I wouldn’t be here right now,’’ he says eventually.‘’You’re pretty tight with Rhodey. I know he doesn’t hold it against you, soit’d be hypocritical if I did.’’

‘’Well, you’re his best friend,’’ Samshrugs.

Tony looks at him. ‘’Sam, I don’t have aproblem with you,’’ he says earnestly. ‘’Honestly? I think it’s a great thingyou joined the team. You’re fun to be around and you’re a good addition to anymission we’ve been on. All of us value you.’’

‘’But you don’t like me.’’

Tony leans back in his chair. ‘’That’snot true,’’ he says carefully. ‘’Look, I’ve been here since the Battle of NewYork. I was here at the start of the team, but sooner or later, there’s goingto be enough members for me to step out. I’m just trying to – not get attached.I’ve done it my whole life, so don’t take it so personal. You’re a great guy,and I know I’m not.’’

Sam stares at him. It feels personal,the two of them sitting there in the small space of the van, in the middle of avillage they’ve never been in. Tony sighs. He knows his worth, but it seems Samhas never seen it like this.

‘’Tony –‘’ Sam starts, but Tonyinterrupts.

‘’We should get driving,’’ he says,opting for a cheerful voice. ‘’It’s still a long way out to New York. I’ll takethe wheel, you can take a nap.’’

‘’Yeah,’’ Sam says, and they switchagain. Tony purposefully ignores the looks his teammate sends him as they startdriving again.

~*~

The day is very uneventful. They switchdrivers a few times, and stop to get gas, but they don’t say a lot except toverify the direction they’re going. Sam buys two pizzas from a shady pizzeria,and they eat the greasy food in the van at the side of the road while the sunsets.

‘’Maybe it’s a good idea to just sleepin the van tonight,’’ Sam says, as he’s on his third slice. ‘’Get rested reallywell. The napping works, but I’d prefer a good night’s sleep for a change.’’

‘’Sure,’’ Tony says. He’s used to onlynapping, because he doesn’t think he’s had a full night’s sleep since he wastwenty, but it may be nice to lie down in the van instead of sleeping in aseating position. He’s not as young anymore, and it really is uncomfortable forhis back and neck.

‘’What do you think Steve would say ifhe saw us like this?’’ Sam says unexpectedly. ‘’Would he make a snobbish remarkabout how bad pizza is for your health?’’

Tony laughs. ‘’It’s his fault we’re hereanyway,’’ he remarks. ‘’Steve isn’t that bad. I’ve seen him eat three pizzas ina row.’’

‘’Yeah, but he can take it. He’d make usrun three laps to make up for it,’’ Sam says. ‘’We’re just regular humans whowill get fat eventually, after all. Well, I am, at least.’’

‘’Steve’s given up the hope I ever willrun laps,’’ Tony says. ‘’But hey, I’m just a regular human, too. Nothingsuperhuman going on here.’’

Sam smiles at him, and Tony looks away.‘’I do like you, you know?’’ Sam says. ‘’I don’t think you’re an annoyingbillionaire. I think you’re smarter than I even can imagine, and that you’rewitty, and I like that you can be so passionate about things. You’re generousand kind, but you don’t want people to see, so you’re sarcastic to hide it.You’ve been through a lot, and you’re still here fighting the fight. That makesyou a really strong person, Tony.’’

Tony doesn’t say anything, mainlybecause he doesn’t know what to say. Sam puts down his pizza, standing in frontof him.

‘’I’m not,’’ Tony just says. ‘’I’m justme.’’

Sam tilts his head, slightly. Tony hasto look up a bit to meet his eyes, so he stands up straighter, even if Sam getscloser. ‘’You deserve to be liked,’’ Sam says. ‘’I’ve seen other people, whowere so convinced that they weren’t. But you really are. More than anyone elseI know.’’

‘’If I’m so likeable, why was everyoneso convinced we needed to go on a road trip to be able to like each other?’’Tony says, heart beating loudly in his chest.

Sam’s face is so close that he can counthis eyelashes. Tony pretends not to notice. ‘’Maybe because they don’t see whatI see,’’ he says softly. ‘’But that’s on them. Maybe they did see, and wantedme to. You’re great, Tony. Anyone would be lucky to befriend you.’’

‘’I think you’re pretty great too,’’Tony says, trying not to take a step back. ‘’Sam?’’

‘’Yeah?’’ Sam answers.

Tony kisses him, and as Sam presses himcloser, he thinks the other man is pretty okay with that.

~*~

Tony listens to the sound of the carspassing by as he lies in the dark. Sam’s breathing pretty regularly beside him,but he can’t sleep. He keeps thinking about the odd turn this road trip hastaken, but honestly, it’s going unexpectedly well. He knows what kind of man Samis, and that kind is one of the best. They may not know each other very well,but they know enough.

Perhaps, he thinks, this is a goodthing. There’s plenty of time to get to know each other really well, on thisroad trip. Maybe they can even take a somewhat longer route. If Sam’s notopposed to that, of course.

Sam mumbles something, and then turns,encircling Tony in his arms. ‘’Stop thinking,’’ he murmurs, pressing a sloppykiss to Tony’s head. ‘’Sleep.’’

Tony smiles softly, and snuggles intoSam’s embrace.

He’ll have to thank Steve, when they gethome.

#*mine: fics #ironfalcon #tony stark/sam wilson #tony stark #sam wilson #type: mcu

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Hi! Do you think you could do Pepperony with Tony having a panic attack/feeling guilty about something/putting himself down and Pepper comforting him and making him feel better, telling him why she loves him so much? Sorry that was kinda long also I love your writing sm!!

Pepper knows something is wrong withTony immediately, when he’s not in the workshop but in his bedroom. He’s notsleeping, either; she finds him sitting against the wall, his hair and facematted with glistering sweat. He has a faraway look in his eyes, and it’s allPepper needs to know before crouching down before him in concern.

‘’Tony?’’ she says softly. Tony respondsby looking away, minutely shaking his head.

‘’Why?’’ he says, voice rough. Pepperdoesn’t doubt for a second that he’s been crying.

‘’Why what?’’ she asks, taking his hand.Tony doesn’t shy away from her touch, and that’s a win for her already.

Now he does look her in the eyes. ‘’Whyme?’’ he asks. ‘’Of everyone in the world. I have to be this fuck-up that triesto be better, and I always fail. So why me, Pepper? I try, and I try, and Itry, and it’s never enough. Don’t believe in fate, so it’s just got to be badluck, right? Is it just impossible to do the right thing?’’

Pepper looks at him for a few seconds,trying to figure out what to say before she sighs and sits down next to him.‘’You’re not a fuck-up,’’ she answers. ‘’You’re not, Tony, because you alwaystry. You’re not a fuck-up, exactly because it matters so much to you, becausewhen things are against you, you keep fighting. It’s you who chooses to keep standingup when you fall down. What brought this on?’’

Tony’s silent, rubbing her hand slowlyand looking at the floor. Pepper hates seeing him like this; she loves it whenTony’s his energetic, busy self, and this isn’t him. This is the man who’stired of the world giving him grief. This is the man who faces the darkness hesees, and not the man who spins a way around it and laughs in its face. Theworld has worn him down too much, today.

‘’I was at that meeting you told me togo to today,’’ Tony starts. ‘’It’s – well, it’s stupid. There was a womanthere, and she was so grateful to me. I saved her on a mission, apparently. Ihardly even remember, I didn’t recognize her at all. She kept thanking me, overand over.’’

‘’That doesn’t seem like a bad thing,’’Pepper says carefully.

Tony huffs. ‘’I don’t deserve praiselike that,’’ he answers miserably. ‘’I only thought back to all the people Icouldn’t save, the wrongs I can’t right. So many people died because of me, andI can never take that back. She was so very grateful, and I didn’t even doanything. I keep fighting the fight, and I can’t stop, because if something happens if I do, it’s on me. So I do it.But it’s – we lose, sometimes. It’s part of the job, I know that. That doesn’tmean I can handle it.’’

‘’Listen to me,’’ Pepper starts. ‘’Youfight the fight. That’s more than other people do, Tony. I’m so proud of you.’’

‘’You hate it,’’ he says.

Pepper pinches his hand, so he looks upto her. ‘’I don’t,’’ she says fiercely. ‘’I hate that it puts you in danger,but I know it’s something you need to do. And I’ll be cheering you on as longas you want me to. I love you, and I’m proud of you. You are the strongestperson I know.’’

‘’You’rethe strongest person,’’ Tony says, and he takes the time to press a quick kissto her lips. ‘’I couldn’t do it, you know. If it was you out there, and mewaiting for you to get home. I wouldn’t be strong enough to let you do what youhad to.’’

Pepper smiles faintly. ‘’I’m fine rightwhere I am,’’ she says. ‘’This is your thing. I don’t hate it, Tony. It’s you,and I love you. You’re strong, and unrelenting, and you are quick on your feet.You’re a crisis thinker, and you’re not afraid. But that’s not why I love you;you always make me laugh, and you try to make up for mistakes with the mostover-the-top presents you can think of, and you’re unselfish. You’re trying tobe the best man you can be, and I know you don’t feel like it, but you are. Youreally are.’’

Tony turns away again, looking up at theceiling. Pepper strokes his cheek, as she can see the love of her life holdingin his tears. She doesn’t see him like this often, but it’s a good reminderthat even Tony can break under the weight of the world. He’ll get back up, buthe needs her to be strong for him now. He needs her to tell him that he’s doinggood.

She can do that. Pepper shifts so she’snearly lying in her arms, and Tony lies down his head on her hair. If she feelssome tears dropping onto her arm, she doesn’t say anything about it.

‘’Thank you,’’ Tony whispers, afterminutes have passed.

Pepper strokes his arm, pressing a kissagainst his shoulder. ‘’I’m here for you,’’ she whispers back.

They’re a team. If one of them is down,the other helps them back up. Tony has done it for her, and now she does it forhim. It will happen countless more times, but that doesn’t matter.

As long as they’re both here, they’ll geteach other back up. It’s who they are.

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can you do a pepperony one where they are together and happy and tony is still bisexual so he tells pepper?

It starts out very innocently. They’rediscussing some sort of actor in a movie; Tony thinks the movie is very bad.Pepper says it’s not about that and the entertainment comes from watching thehandsome actors.

‘’That’s just bad writing,’’ Tony says.

Pepper laughs at him. ‘’I don’t careabout plots,’’ she answers. ‘’I want mindless entertainment. I’m sorry if youdon’t like staring at half-naked men as much as I do.’’

Thing is, Tony probably likes it just asmuch – even if he dislikes the mindless story that comes with it. He’s knownthat he is bisexual for ages, and it hasn’t bothered him much. He’s slept withsome men, but mostly woman, because they’re easier to pick up. Also because ifhe accidentally hits on a straight man, they’re usually not very nice about it.It’s happened, when he was younger.

Still, it’s never come up in hisconversations with Pepper. He thinks that she just assumes he’s straight, likemost people do, and he has left it at that. He was fine with that before theystarted dating, but it might be easier to tell her about his actual sexuality.

Tony doesn’t think Pepper will reactbadly, but still – it’s hard to know what people really think, or feel. Shemight be fine with the idea of it, but he doesn’t want her to see him differently.

He feels Pepper’s gaze on him, and hesmiles and says something witty, probably.

The rest of the night, he thinks abouthow to tell her.

~*~

He doesn’t tell her then, in the end. Hechickens out of it, though it’s hard to explain why.

Maybe it’s because he knows people thinkof him differently, when they know, like he’s something from another world thatthey’re not familiar with. Tony doesn’t know why people are so weird about it;to him, it has always felt like the most natural thing in the world, and hecan’t for the life of him figure out why other people think it’s so wrong. Hedoesn’t know why other people would explain it as a ‘’phase’’.

If it wasn’t for the fact that Tony isaware that the media’s eyes are always fixed on him, he would have been out inthe open – he doesn’t really care about people’s opinions, never has. As it is,though, Tony has at least somewhat of an image to maintain, and too many peopledepend on him to cause another scandal in the news. He’d be the talk of showsfor ages, and, well…

Tony doesn’t mind being bisexual, but hedoesn’t need people to judge him for it. He isn’t defined by whether he likesmen or women or both. Somehow, that fear of rejection is still there, if notfor the majority of the people, then fear of rejection from those he caresabout. Rhodey, Pepper. Would she leave? What would she think?

He lies in bed at night, watching hereyelashes flutter in her sleep, and can’t help but feel the knot in his stomachtighten.

~*~

Tony wouldn’t even remember beinganxious the night before, as they walk through New York together. She holds hishand, which Pepper doesn’t do often, and she smiles at him. He feels morecontent than he has in ages, slowly rubbing her knuckles with his larger hands.

‘’You know I can protect myself,right?’’ Pepper says humorously, as they come to a halt before the building shehas a meeting in. It was only two blocks away from home, so Tony had offered towalk with her. ‘’You don’t have to go on daily walks with me, Tony.’’

‘’I know,’’ Tony says. ‘’Believe me,you’re the scariest woman I know. I wouldn’t keep offering to build you suitsif I didn’t think you could take care of yourself.’’

‘’And I wouldn’t keep saying no if Ithought it was unnecessary and not something I want at all,’’ Pepper addsdryly, and presses a quick kiss to his mouth.

‘’I love you,’’ Tony says earnestly, asshe walks up to the door. Pepper turns around, smiling softly.

‘’I love you, too,’’ she answers, andthen she’s gone.

~*~

He stands in front of the mirror,looking at his own reflection. Tony thinks he doesn’t look very different thanusual; he’s growing older, but that’s to be expected. He has a few grey hairsnow, right next to the brown. Soon he’ll be entirely grey, and hopefully stillwith Pepper. Maybe they’ll have two or three kids running around. Tony hasalways wanted a big family – growing up as an only child sucked. Maybe he’dhave a small daughter who’d demand he lift her up, and would never stop askingquestions. Maybe she’d want a cat, and Pepper would say no, but Tony would beunable to refuse.

He can already imagine it, and he sighsas the image disappears from before his eyes. He needs to be honest withPepper, if he wants to be with her. And he does, more than anything – she’sperfection, and Tony’s painfully aware that he’s not. He doesn’t want a futurewithout Pepper in it.

‘’I need to tell you something,’’ hesays to himself in the mirror. It falls flat.

He scrapes his throat. ‘’I need to tellyou something,’’ Tony repeats, trying to sound a bit more determined.

‘’Well, go ahead,’’ Pepper says, as sheappears in the door opening. ‘’Tell me.’’

‘’Hey,’’ Tony says, surprised. ‘’Ididn’t know you’d be home this early.’’

‘’I didn’t either,’’ Pepper says easily,stealing a kiss as he stares at her. ‘’Someone was sick and we had toreschedule. What did you need to tell me?’’

Tony stares blankly for a few seconds.‘’We’re out of milk,’’ he says.

Pepper blinks at him. ‘’No, we’re not,’’she says. ‘’Tony, you know you can tell me. Is there something on your mind?’’

Tony tilts his head. ‘’I need to tellyou something,’’ he says.

~*~

Pepper looks at him for a few longseconds when he’s told her. They’re sitting at the table, and Tony can’t helpbut watch her in trepidation.

‘’Okay,’’ she says eventually, playingwith her mug. ‘’Thank you for telling me?’’

Tony frowns. ‘’What are you thinking?’’he asks her.

Pepper huffs out a laugh. ‘’Tony, Ithought you were going to break up with me, or tell me you someone had comeforward with a kid that’s yours, or you were in life threatening danger again.I’ve thought you were bisexual for ages. Rhodey and I even betted on when you’d tell us, yearsago, but you never said anything, so we let it go.’’

Now Tony’s the one who is silentlystaring. ‘’But –‘’ he gets out. ‘’How did you – why did you suspect that?’’

Pepper shrugs, smiling at him. ‘’I justhad a feeling. Besides, Rhodey mentioned that you used to make out with someguys in college. You’re aware that he and I talk occasionally, are you?’’

‘’Of course,’’ Tony huffs, ‘’but notabout that. So. You’re okay withthat?’’

Pepper gets a predatory glint in hereyes. ‘’Well, you can’t exactly complain about me staring at handsome guysagain if you get to stare at them as well.’’

Tony rolls his eyes and kisses her,savouring the knowledge that he can continue to do so.

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Hey! I read the fic you wrote about Tony being asexual when you first posted and then was thinking about it again today and went back and re-read it! So lovely. I was wondering if you'd consider writing the opposite of that fic? Where Tony&Pepper have started a relationship but she is asexual and has to tell Tony?

hey! i’m glad you liked that fic, but i’m sorry to say requests are closed for now. i’ll post a message when they are open again and then you’re free to send in your request, but for now i’m too busy to take more prompts! sorry!

#asked & answered #anon