#fic: ynyd

[ask-ursa-tonypeter]

[fic: ynyd] — Okay Tony, can you elaborate and tell us more about the Nerdy Peter Parker Charm? 🥹

What else do I need to say? He’s brilliant and innovative and all of those other words they slap on magazine covers, and all he wants to do with it is help people and build Lego sets. He made technochemical breakthroughs in the desk of his high school chemistry class and has lost every single backpack he’s ever owned.

He’s been picking fights with armed criminals since he was fourteen but he rehearses his order before he goes to a restaurant. He regularly gets bullied into running errands for little old ladies even after he already saved them from purse-snatchers. He’s never met a personal decision that he didn’t want to make a pros and cons list about but he’ll run into a burning building without a second thought.

He makes wherever he’s standing a better place on an actual, measurable level, I’m luckier to have him than any man has a right to be, and yesterday I saw him eat a bagel out of the trash.

--That enough for you? Look, see, this is what he does to me.

#fic: ynyd #ynyd: tony #starker

[ursafootprints]

In the course of finally finishing my chapter commentaries for chapters 13 and 14 of you're not yet done, I rediscovered a deleted scene from chapter 10 and thought I would share it! A version of this did make it into chapter 10, but I ultimately decided that while this version is super cute, Tony wasn't actually at a point where he could admit the things he does here just yet.

But I didn't want Tony and Peter quasi-roleplaying their hypothetical friends-to-enemies-to-lovers AU to go to waste, so:

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"Tony," Peter called softly, and he smiled and gestured teasingly to the forkful of eggs that Tony had been holding about an inch above his plate for the last minute, lost in thought. "Are they that bad?"

"Of course not, baby," Tony said, snapping to attention. "You know how eggs just get me all philosophical. 'Which came first,' et cetera."

Peter grinned and said, "Soft sciences, huh? Are you feeling okay?"

It was a real question, even though he'd couched it as a joke. Peter had a way of-- sensing, somehow, whether Tony had gone quiet because he was thinking about how to troubleshoot the latest snag in one of his projects or whether he was thinking about… more personal things, and he was never frustrated by Tony's lapses in attention either way, which was a novel experience.

"Soft sciences can be enriching in moderation," Tony said, and the subject change was on the tip of his tongue before he caught himself, because-- he was supposed to be honest, with Peter. Or so Iris said, anyway, and he was trying to do this right.

He poked at his breakfast, and didn't look at the way Peter's soft laugh brightened up his whole face, and he said, "I was thinking about you."

"While you were staring at your eggs?" Peter teased gently, but there was a little pinch of concern between his eyebrows, like he didn't know whether to be flattered or worried.

"I told you, eggs are inherently existential," Tony said, and he cleared his throat. "But no, uh. Just. How we fit together. And-- all the different ways we could have fit together."

Peter's expression softened, touched, and he repeated, "The different ways?"

It was too much, to say all of it. It was too early, too ridiculous that Tony was thinking like this so soon into things. That now that Tony had accepted it, he could hardly imagine a future where he wouldn't have fallen at least a little bit in love with Peter despite himself-- where he wouldn't have felt a wistful tug over watching Peter grow into the best version of himself as a hero and scientist and husband and father from afar, even if he never would have examined what that meant.

"Imagine," Tony said, pointing with his fork for emphasis. "You graduate with your PhD from MIT and start your own company. Parker Innovations? I don't know. Now we're business rivals, and we had a falling out five years earlier over-- probably me doing something stupid-- and you're outsmarting me at every turn."

"Tony," Peter protested, rolling his eyes, but he was grinning.

"You acquire SI, and I go to confront you dramatically in the rain," Tony continued, and Peter shook his head.

"Ms. Potts would keep SI running even if I somehow had a better R&D department," he pointed out, and Tony waved a hand as if to bat the thought away.

"I pissed her off too and now I'm back to being a terrible CEO. Anyway, I confront you and tell you, 'I'll never forgive you,' and you say, 'Why is that, Mr. Stark, I've won fair and square,'" Tony said, and Peter just smiled, waiting out the inevitable conclusion.

Tony clutched his chest dramatically and said, "'Because you may have stolen my company, but you've also stolen my heart,' I say--"

Peter blurted a laugh, and said, "What kind of movie are we in? Okay, so I say, 'That's all I ever wanted, Mr. Stark,’ because apparently I call you that again here--"

"And then we kiss, roll credits," Tony concluded.

He tried to ignore the beating of his heart when he ventured, "Or, y'know. Maybe you just… somehow make it to twenty-six without finding a different guy or gal to shack up with. And somehow still want to make a move to ask me out for-- well, not a drink, but dinner maybe-- and I somehow get my head out of my ass long enough to say yes. Maybe that."

And-- there it was. The absolute, fond vulnerability in Peter's expression that made it worth it for Tony to find a way to share his honest thoughts, that made it worth it to dig through all his humiliating baggage in therapy, that made it worth it to try, because--

Maybe sometimes talking about his feelings for Peter felt like he was shaving off one of the slimiest bits of his soul, all 'and here's the part of me that's in love with a teenager,' but Peter didn't look at him like that. Peter looked at him like his words were the most precious things in the whole world, and that made it worth it.

"You think you would have?" Peter asked quietly, touched.

"How could I not?" Tony answered, and he didn't play it as glib at all.

#starker #ynyd #bonus content #my fic

[filthy-kaoss]

Worst case scenario was that Mr. Stark actually was on the verge of a panic attack every time he was around Peter, and he was just forcing himself to do it for Peter's sake anyway because he'd meant it when he said whatever you want to a degree that Peter found both gripping and terrifying to look at directly, and Peter was being the worst kind of selfish by hanging around anyway. - ch 5

from chapters [1], [2], [3], [5], [7], and [9] of You're Not Yet Done by @ursafootprints

#DID YOU THINK I WAS DONE? #NOT Y E T #You're not yet done #ynyd #starker #gif #fic edit #this is all but like 2 or 3 instances of the phrase spoken out loud #it was getting harder to find scenes to use heheh #so i thought i'd go for the nice symmetrical 3 wide 2 square 3 wide arrangement #i noticed may says it twice as well ouo

[ask-ursa-tonypeter]

[fic: ynyd] Peter & Tony — sooo what did you two end up doing for Tony’s most recent birthday?

Peter: I made him miniature articulated models of DUM-E and U that he could keep on his desk! It's kind of simple, but--

Tony: Shut up, they're perfect. He made them a tiny dunce cap and fire extinguisher.

Peter: Well, you love accessories. And-- I made dinner? Nothing super fancy, but…

Tony: Baby, what's with the disclaimers? No disclaimers. It was great.

Peter: I-- yeah, okay, it was great.

Tony: There you go.

#fic: ynyd #ynyd: peter #ynyd: tony #starker #ursa interlude: #these questions make peter self-conscious because obviously he can't go to the heights of Extra that Tony can with gifts #but Tony definitely loved the minibots so much that he almost cried.

[ask-ursa-tonypeter]

[fic: ynyd] what’s a dream vacation that you’d both like to take together?

Tony: I have all my favorite spots I want to take Pete to, but what jumps out for you, baby?

Peter: Really anything overseas sounds awesome since I haven't even gotten out of New York much, but for standouts-- Italy, maybe…? I know there were a lot of places that were special to you from visiting as a kid.

Tony: Italy's a good pick, but we don't have to go to my old stomping grounds, Pete; none of that stuff is anything actually "special."

Peter: Well, but it's yours. It's like… getting to know you better. The parts from before I met you, you know?

I mean! Obviously I'd love anything, and if it'd be super boring for you or sad or something I bet there's a million other things we could do, but--

Tony: No-- no, I get it. We should… yeah. We should do that.

#fic: ynyd #ynyd: peter #ynyd: tony #starker

[ask-ursa-tonypeter]

Hellooo this is an askblog for the various Tonys and Peters that appear across my (@ursafootprints) fanfic ‘verses! (AO3!)

You can ask questions of any version of Tony and Peter from my fics! (And if you want to, you can definitely also ask questions of the side characters or OCs in my fics, but the canon characters I’m most confident with are the ones that appear in the IM and Spidey solo films, so it gets to be more of a toss-up outside of those casts!)

Please remember to say which version of the characters you want an answer from in your ask! You don’t need to use these exact terms, but the organizational system I’m going to use is:

you’re not yet done: fic: ynyd, ynyd: tony, ynyd: peter

wicked love* series, meaning you should never cross my mind and something chronic (bit demonic): fic: wicked love, wicked love: tony, wicked love: peter

Pyrite*: fic: pyrite, pyrite: tony, pyrite: peter

double-blind*: fic: double blind, double blind: tony, double blind: peter

Naturally: fic: naturally, naturally: tony, naturally: peter

and so on! Feel free to ask about the versions of characters from my other fics, too; I’ll update the tags on this org post as they become relevant.

Works marked with * are Starkercest, so please filter their fic tags if that's a squick for you! And no fear, I know this blog has a very niche audience lmao so I’ll only occasionally be posting to the main Starker tag. Thanks for reading! 💖

#starker #askblog #pinned #fic: ynyd #fic: pyrite #fic: wicked love #fic: naturally #fic: stalemate #fic: first contact #fic: double blind #prompt: multiverse #multiverse: kidnapping au #fic response #meta

[ask-ursa-tonypeter]

[[MULTIVERSE EXTRAVAGANZA PART TWO]]

YNYD!Peter/Pyrite!Tony Peter: --setting him up for it to keep happening, you know that, right? You're the adult here; I know your dad's a jerk and it's not fair but you can't keep using your little brother as a way to--

Tony, stewing in guilt, seconds from taking refuge in audacity and asking Peter if he wants to fuck:

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Pyrite!Peter/WL!Tony Tony: --but it's not appropriate, Petey; I know you love him and he cares about you but that doesn't matter when it comes to stuff like this, okay? It's fine to explore things with kids your own age if you're being safe, but I don't want you to end up hurt when--

Peter, actively acquiring an entirely new flavor of daddy issues every time this sweet supportive smoking hot DILF version of his brother calls him 'Petey':

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WL!Peter/YNYD!Tony Peter: So, um… the other me makes you pretty happy, huh…?

Tony: As a clam.

Peter: What… uh, can I ask-- how does he do it? Like, what are the things he can do that…

Tony: …You know you're asking the wrong version of me that question, right?

Peter: I-- I know, but-- if I asked him he'd just blow me off, like, 'just keep being you, baby,' so--

Tony: Maybe that should tell you something, kid.

Peter: …You really don't have any advice?

Tony, sighing: …He'll be happiest when you're happy. Focus on that first, yeah?

Peter: …Yeah, okay.

#fic: ynyd #fic: wicked love #fic: pyrite #ynyd: peter #ynyd: tony #wicked love: peter #wicked love: tony #pyrite: peter #pyrite: tony #prompt: multiverse #ursa interlude: #I worked so hard on these please praise me #WL!Tony and the YNYDs just like 'I've only had Pyrite!Peter for one day but if something happened to him--' #also pyrite!tony doesn't actually want to fuck the other peters being sexually inappropriate is just a way to deflect Emotions #also I'm not doing Tonys vs Tonys and Peters vs Peters because the summary is just #YNYD!Tony 🤝 WL!Tony: kicking Pyrite!Tony's ass #meanwhile YNYD!Peter is running 'Communication and Consent 101' for the other Peters

[ask-ursa-tonypeter]

Because I think these were so fun in the other ones, now that you’re done double blind I gotta ask the multiverse question: YNYD Tony/Peter and WL Tony/Peter meeting/learning about DB Tony/Peter and their thoughts (horror? Probably horror) 😬

[[🐻ursa interlude🐻

...sometimes you think of a joke that just 100% works better visually than written out so you have to whip out your utterly nonexistent artistic skills to answer an ask]]

[[ID: YNYD!Tony and YNYD!, WL!, and DB!Peter are out on a walk, and all of the Peters are holding ice cream cones. YNYD!Peter is chatting with DB!Peter with an expression of forced cheer. DB!Peter is holding onto YNYD!Peter's arm and listening quietly, looking exhausted. Behind them, YNYD!Tony looks irritated and has a hand on WL!Peter's shoulder, while WL!Peter looks behind himself with worry-- in the background is Avengers Tower, active with the sounds of distant fighting.]]

[[ID: WL!Tony and DB!Tony are leaning against each other back-to-back, and both look battered and bruised from their recent fight. They're both wearing expressions of rueful fondness, and WL!Tony is saying, "And then one time Peter..."]]

[[TO ELABORATE:

YNYD!Tony would be very unimpressed even by cured!Tony because wow was that ever shitty decision-making to ever take Extremis in the first place, and ofc it goes without saying that he would be horrified for DB!Peter. He would be utterly baffled by being the least fucked-up Tony of the bunch.

YNYD!Peter would be more understanding of/sympathetic to cured!Tony, but also primarily concerned with making sure DB!Peter was okay. He would def be open to talking to DB!Peter about sexual trauma/recovery if that was something DB!Peter was open to. If it was at all possible in whatever multiverse AU this takes place in, he would also suggest that the DBs could just… universe-hop to get away from the issues of their original universe, and offer to help them figure out how.

WL!Peter would feel… incredibly awkward… about some of the parallels with the DB universe… to the point of not knowing how to interact with either of them… He would be very sympathetic and horrified and worried for them both, but more preoccupied with the fact that:

WL!Tony and DB!Tony would ABSOLUTELY throw each other's various parenting failures in each other's faces and ultimately also throw hands. Nothing like beating up a vicarious physical manifestation of your guilt about being a bad dad, right??? …But it would actually be pretty cathartic and they would also be able to find some solace in having someone to talk to who really understood their guilt from a perspective of having also made awful mistakes.

DB thoughts on the YNYDs coming in another ask!]]

#fic: ynyd #fic: double blind #fic: wicked love #double blind: tony #double blind: peter #ynyd: peter #ynyd: tony #wicked love: tony #wicked love: peter #prompt: multiverse #meta #ursa interlude: #forgive my scribbles but listen. listen. I couldn't get the scenario out of my head lmao

[ask-ursa-tonypeter]

[fic: ynyd] Natasha, what did you see that made you suspect Peter and Tony were in a non-platonic relationship?

It was more about what I didn't see. Peter stopped watching Tony like he had something to prove to him. Tony stopped watching Peter like the kid might drop dead if he thought about anything else. It wasn't exactly subtle when Tony went right back to the whole 'aloof mentor' act basically overnight.

(Sorry, Tony-- there's nothing more obvious than a man who's compensating for something.)

#fic: ynyd #ynyd: natasha #starker

[ask-ursa-tonypeter]

[ynyd:tony] how often do you visit peter at college? Do his roommates know about you? How often does Peter come and visit you in nyc? Thank you!!!

He comes up to New York when he has a long weekend and for holidays, I make it down around once a month-ish. I could do more, but part of the point is making sure he has a life I'm not getting my greasy fingers all over, so.

And Ned's his only roommate; they have a place off-campus where Pete can get in and out with the Spidey suit without being spotted. What kind of boyfriend would I be if I let him keep stripping down in alleyways all over Boston?

#fic: ynyd #ynyd: tony

[ask-ursa-tonypeter]

[fic: ynyd] Peter and Tony — any sexual roleplays you’ve done that you’ve really enjoyed?

Peter: We-- well-- ohhh this one is embarrassing too--

Tony: We have one where we don’t know each other but he saves me as Spider-man and I just have to repay him. With my mouth.

To be clear, I have my wallet, but I just want to blow him.

Peter: And we have another one where… Tony it sounds so mean to explain it?

Tony: Why? It’s my thing. We have one where Peter’s taken over my company as a business rival but he keeps me around as his trophy--

Peter: Trophy husband--

Tony: --and he graciously allows me to work to maintain my lifestyle. …With my mouth. And my dick.

Peter: But I’m nice! I’m nice!

Tony: Mr. Parker is very nice.

#fic: ynyd #ynyd: peter #ynyd: tony #nff #ursa interlude: #peter thoroughly enjoys all of these and is not uncomfortable with them in private ftr he's just embarrassed about Details #he can talk in broad terms without being bothered by it but specifics????

[ask-ursa-tonypeter]

[fic: ynyd] Love languages! Tony and Peter, how would you describe each other’s love language?

Peter: Oh, this stuff! Well, Tony definitely shows love with gifts and acts of service.

Tony: Peter's also acts of service. Thanks for breakfast, baby.

Peter: I'm just glad you've stopped running on toast and coffee! Um, and for feeling loved… Yeah, being taken care of, but also… more than words of affirmation, I feel like it's being-- understood? Like… it's nice when I compliment you for something but it's best when I get where you're coming from, right?

Tony: …Yeah. That's-- yeah.

Ahem. And Peter likes acts of service and quality time, so-- it's good that he's a big nerd and lab time counts.

Peter: See, you get me too!

#fic: ynyd #ynyd: peter #ynyd: tony #starker

[ask-ursa-tonypeter]

[fic: ynyd] Peter & Tony, besides the MIT sweatshirt, are there any other articles of clothing you swap with one another? Intentionally or unintentionally?

Peter: I steal some of his other sweaters sometimes when I'm cold... And, um, I still don't usually sleep shirtless, but when I do I might grab one of his t-shirts in the morning.

Tony: Thief. Villain. Bandit.

Peter: You like it!

Tony: Yeah, I do. Burgle me all you want, baby. Fair's fair; I leave the nerdy t-shirts alone but I do steal your nerdy socks.

Peter: They're great, right?

#fic: ynyd #ynyd: peter #ynyd: tony

[ask-ursa-tonypeter]

[fic: ynyd] Tony & Peter, what’s something new or surprising you’ve learned about each other?

Tony: Peter gets very musical when he's running on no sleep. When I visit him near midterms or finals he's like a little mumbly jukebox.

Peter: Look, I always have a song stuck in my head and my filter goes out the window when I'm tired, so...!

Tony: I wasn't complaining; I love Parker FM.

Peter: If we're talking about music, Tony can play the piano! There's one in the tower, but it was forever before I saw him actually play it.

Tony: Well, I'm rusty. My mom taught me when I was a kid. Don't tell Nat; she'll make me play for ballet practice and then throw things when my timing is off.

#fic: ynyd #ynyd: tony #ynyd: peter #ursa interlude: #askbox empty!! thank you everyone who has sent in questions so far 😭💖

[ask-ursa-tonypeter]

[fic: ynyd] Peter, do people at college know you’re in a relationship? (I take it no one there knows it’s Tony, but part of me wonders if they think you have a “high school sweetheart” that you’re in a relationship with.)

I don't lie about it, but I don't really mention it either? It just gets complicated if people ask a lot of questions and I don't like having to lie, so I just don't bring it up. But I really don't want to treat it like a huge secret or anything, so if someone asks and I can't talk around it I'll say I have a boyfriend back home, yeah.

(A boyfriend back home that doesn't like social media. And he stays too busy to make it down from New York much, so I don't know when I'll be able to introduce him, and anyway I kind of like hogging him to myself when he does make it. And I totally have pictures but you know what, this is a new phone, so…

…I should really just lie about it.)

#fic: ynyd #ynyd: peter

[ask-ursa-tonypeter]

[fic: ynyd] Peter, how do you feel about topping Tony? Would you bring up the idea with him?

(this answer is set some undefined future point into their relationship because it's one of my favorite headcanons lmao)

Peter: Oh, we've done that before! He brought it up first. I like it, but it really helps him relax, so I mostly save it for when he's really stressed? He gets kind of blissed out and stops thinking so hard and usually he'll actually take a break.

Tony: Uh, sorry, so when you come drag me out of the lab to fuck my brains out 'til I have to sleep it off--

Peter: --That's the point, yeah. What, you didn't know that?

Tony, lying: Nnno, yeah, of course I did. It just seems like, uh, encouraging bad habits, is all.

Peter: I know I can't keep you from working too hard, but I can help you take it easy, right? …Or take it hard, if that's what you--

Tony: Baby I'm sooo stressed, let's go upstairs--

#fic: ynyd #ynyd: tony #ynyd: peter #nff