#rhodeytasha

[naferty]

The first time Tasha met her little brother she was fifteen, months away from being sixteen, in her second year at MIT, and Tony had only turned four.

She had been visiting her father for the first time after the fight for matters she couldn’t remember. It involved a project, she knew that. A project he’d been working on tirelessly, but didn’t talk about until after the mandatory greetings, and catching up with each other’s lives. The usual “anything new” and “what have you done over the weekend” and “stay out of trouble.” All the while walking the very empty mansion that Howard now called home.

Without her mother to decorate, the place was barren. A mockery of Tasha’s childhood home. Her mother had laid claim to that, to the house she had grown up in, as a part of their agreement to ‘work things out,’ even though they all knew it was still going to lead to divorce by the look of it. A punishment, if you will.

Let Howard sleep in the bed he had made.

Howard had gone on and on, talking about recent breakthroughs and what occurred in the Gala he attended with Maria three feet apart from him. Calculations and probabilities and how he felt he was so close to finally finding Captain America. They just needed to search one more time.

Tasha had heard that line far too many times to count. The "Search for Captain America one more time." One more time had been the one more time seven times ago. She had learned to ignore this and not engage. It only led to dead ends and black holes with her father.

So as the time before, she followed him as he lead her to his lab to go over the project. Through this alien mansion, they went. Passing a variety of doors after doors, all either opened or shut tight with lock and key if the door possessed the ability. Something that should’ve tipped her off from the start, but she was so engrossed with studying this barren place she ignored all the warning signs Howard had clearly put all over. All the little things that were meant to punish the little party that had no control whatsoever over what had occurred.

She ignored these signs in favor of judging the little the place had, feeling justified this was what Howard had to deal with now. Payback for what he had done to her mother. Granted he still had hired help to keep the place clean at least. He still had money to sweep things under the rug and pretend nothing had occurred to the public, but to Tasha and her mother, this place with life practically nonexistent, it was a first step.

That was until she saw him. A tiny body hunched on the floor. Papers scattered everywhere around him. Basic math, or attempts at it, written on them. Tasha would have been impressed if she had not been left utterly stunned by the door when Howard decided to march in the room and discipline the child by screaming at him in a manner no child should ever have to be subjected to.

She gasped and covered her mouth when Howard raised a hand at the child, heard a very audible slap, and saw the tiny body crumbled to the floor. Sobs soon followed. Sobs that should’ve been loud and uncontrollable, piercing the room with a cry for his carer, but were muffled and subdued. It was something awful.

She stood there, gaping, as Howard sauntered back out of the room, feeling satisfied with what he had done. The child was left to pick up his papers, sniffling all through his task. Not a wail out of him. Then he looked up when he realized there was still someone watching. It was then that Tasha knew exactly who it was.

The brown eyes that took after Howard. A contrasts with Tasha’s own, who she took after from her mother. There was no mistaking this was the child, the evidence, of Howard’s infidelity. That brought to light everything that Howard had once tried to hide. That had destroyed Tasha’s family. Right here, sitting before her.

The child was now under Howard’s care. Howard’s responsibility to look after, and also the source of all his anger. All conveniently under his roof and all handily under no supervision.

Before Tasha had even entered Howard’s lab, she had already come to a decision about the child. By all means, she had every right to be mad at the situation. Her family was split in two. Her mother had been hurt. Tasha was left in the middle, pressured to act as if nothing was wrong and ordered to speak to both parties, even though she’d like nothing more than to cut off one side. The side that had refused to acknowledge his wrongdoings.

She was mad, but her anger was aimed at the one responsible, not the one whose only fault was simply being born and was now being punished for it.

That night, on pure impulse alone, she walked out of the barren mansion holding Tony’s hand and a bag of clothing. She left no notice to her father. Not that she suspected he’d care. Howard would probably be ecstatic to have the child gone, but if she was proven wrong she was ready to fight tooth and nail to keep Tony far away from him.

That night, her three-bedroom apartment was introduced to a new resident, and Rhodey was introduced to his new little brother and later, much later, to his brother-in-law.

That night, Tasha learned very quickly that taking in a four-year-old was no walk in the park, but Rhodey and Mama Rhodes were there to help every step of the way.

On that night, Tasha became Tony’s rock. His important person. His parental figure. His big sister that he could always go for help. The person one Steven Grant Rogers needed to go to in order to ask for permission to date him. Her and also Colonel James Rhodes, who both stared down at him, into his very soul, as he was covered in sweat and stuttering for their permission to court their pseudo son.

All the while Tony was there, complaining that he didn’t need permission from anyone to date a national hero and “Tashaaaa, stop scaring him already. Don’t chase him away like you did all the other guys I tried to date.”

“Hush, Bumble Bee. I need to vent your future boyfriend. Assert dominance. If he thinks he can come in and sweep you off your feet with no trouble he has another thing coming.”

“Tasha!”

#text post #naferty writes #natasha stark and tony stark #stark twins #some stony #stony #at the end #and also some tasha and rhodey #rhodeytasha #rockabye au #big sis tasha looking out for her little bro #stevetony

[naferty]

1) i assume Tasha is earth 3490 Tony Stark, or is it romanoff?

2) if you don't come back and give us the sibling content of Tasha and Tony's relationship throughout the years involving a very cautious Tony who takes years (okay not that long but a period of time) to realize big sis is not like Howard and she will protect him from Howard's ghost that haunts him for a while, i will divorce you here right now 😭 and it'll hurt you more than it hurts me cos imma take the children

You are indeed correct! 3490 Natasha Stark. The one and only. (and how dare you threaten me with taking these imaginary children I don’t know about!) 

Oooh, but imagine, the first day over and Tony would be so hesitant, walking on egg shells, worrying his little heart that he’ll do something wrong and get his newfound big sister angry at him and she’ll react just like Howard would. Yell at him, scream words Tony can’t quite understand yet but knew they were bad because it made him feel scared and frightened. Hurt him because he can’t do anything right. 

He nearly burst into tears on their first meal together because he tried so hard, so, so hard, to not make a mess as he struggled to hold a spoon correctly. His tiny hand shaking so because he’s so scared he’ll get it wrong and Natasha will hit him until he does it properly. Only for him to spill the contents of the spoon all over the table and himself and he stares at the mess in horror with large eyes so wide they nearly bulge out. 

His whole body shakes uncontrollably. He starts to say sorry over and over again. Tiny little hiccup sounds accompanying the words as he scrambles to try and clean the mess.

Tasha is quick to move. She may not know much about caring for a kid, but even she knew when one needed soothing and comfort. She hushes him, tells him it’s okay over and okay as she grabs a napkin and wipes at the tiny mess on the table and on Tony. She places a hand on his tiny shoulder, doesn’t miss how the tiny body flinches in a way no child should. She can practically feel the distress radiating from him. 

She does what her own mother did for her when she was little and cried. She pulled her little brother for a hug. Every movement earns her another flinch from him until finally he’s tucked against her chest and she lifts him up to rock and soothe. 

“Hey, it’s okay, Tony. It’s okay. I’m not mad. It’s just a little mess. No one got hurt. We’ll clean this right up and it’ll be like nothing happened. You’ll see. Shh, don’t cry. You did nothing wrong. It was an accident.” She says as she rubbed his back. His face tucked against her neck. “I’m not mad. Promise.” 

She walks back and forth for a while, growing more and more concerned when her little brother shows no sign of stopping. She calls for reinforcements. Calls for the only person who could help her. 

Rhodey shows up ten minutes later, having run the whole way. He’s breathing heavily and has a little sweat on his forehead, but he’s there and he’s quick to work on getting everything set up for a little lie-down. He puts their dinner away, puts the dishes in the sink, grabs all the blankets and pillows Tasha has stashed all around her apartment and guides the Stark siblings to the big couch in the living room. 

“Come on, we’re building a pillow fort,” he tells the tiny Stark and together they build the biggest and best pillow fort a tiny four-year-old would be proud to call his own. 

#text post #naferty writes #rockabye au #natasha stark and tony stark #stark siblings #rhodeytasha #tiny tony so terrified at first #but big sis tasha and big bro rhodey are here to help

[naferty]

Naferty’s Au Masterlist

My list of every Au I’ve written! Going down from new to old. Stars for how particularly popular some aus are. Here you go!

(for shorts not listed look through my #nafertywrites tag!)

Links are currently broken. Please find these shorts on my AO3 while I work on fixing them. 

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RockaBye Au - Big sis Tasha (earth-3490) takes in Tony and raises him. Steve has to ask her for permission to date Tony. Stevetony and Rhodeytasha

Stark Twins Au - Tony and Natasha (earth-3490) are twins attending Avengers Academy together. Tony has a crush on Steve. Steve has a crush on Tasha. Tasha secretly sets them up together and it might backfire on her face. Stony. 

Child of Ours Au - Future Steve and Tony send their child back for current Steve and Tony for them to watch over. Chaos ensues with baby Peter.  Avac Child of Ours Au - Same thing, except in the avengers academy universe.

How to Lose a Dom Au - Civil war stays the same except Steve is a sub and Tony his dom and there’s pain everywhere. Angst and Stony. 

Window Sweethearts Au - In which Steve and Tony are highschool boyfriends and sneak into each other’s homes at night until growth spurts happen. Stony.

Stark Holiday Au - Where Tony gets taken in by Thor and Loki and grows up to take over the old holiday workshop in the north for yule and becomes Steve’s gift over the years. Stony with uncles Thor and Loki. 

Wish Au - Steve and Tony are married until one day Steve wishes a re-do of his life again, unknowingly changing so much while doing so and he and Tony still remembering their old life together. Stony. 

Leather Jacket Au - Highschool, with a bit of oblivious, rich boy Tony taking an interest to bad boy, grumpy Bucky. Winteriron.

Married Au - The idiots in love Steve and Tony are while proposing and married. Short and sweet. Stony.

Baby Boy Au - Bucky and Peggy are Tony’s parents. Some with stony and some with Steve as his uncle. One or the other. Buggy. 

Avengers Farm Au - Smol centaur Tony and tol centaur Steve where wild Steve is trying, and failing miserably, to court the feisty pony living behind the fence. Stony. 

Window to the Soul Au (★)- When soulmates finally lock eyes their left eye changes color to match that of their soulmate. Tony finally finds his soulmate but then loses him shortly after. While searching, he overhears his soulmate talk about him and - let’s just say it isn’t a beautiful moment. Stony.

Rock Bottom - A/B/O with alpha Steve’s life going down the drain but omega Tony still thinks there’s something in him that’s worth it. Stony.

Shazam Au - Steve as the Shazam character and transforming into Captain America. Stony.

Mine, Mine and Mine Au (★ ★ ★ ★) - A/B/O dynamics where after one night Tony gets pregnant and runs off to raise the kids on his own. Kids are very protective of him when they come back. T’Stuckony.

QueenEngineer & YouKnowWhoIAm -  Shuri and Tony are online pals that don’t know each other’s identities and rant about anything, including Tony’s crush on a handsome man visiting for business and Shuri’s brother’s failed attempts at getting a date with an oblivious man. Ironpanther.

SoulGem Short - Small ficlet about getting the soul stone. Which one gets sacrificed? Stony. 

Scared Love Au - Omega Tony so insecure he believes Steve will eventually leave him for omega Bucky. Stony. 

Stroganoff Au  (★ ★ ★) - A/B/O dynamics where Tony goes to neighbor Natasha’s place because of cravings and wanting to try her food. Steve starts matchmaking Bucky after meeting her shortly after. Stony and Winterwidow.

Ocean’s 8 Au - Basically like the film, sort of. Steve has been recently released and is ready to jump back in and get revenge. Tony was his lover that didn’t know Steve was an art thief and now wants nothing to do with him. Stony.

Plan of Attack Au (★ ★) - Steve and Bucky seduce Tony from an unhealthy relationship with military precision like the soldiers they are. Stuckony.

Life Spark Au (★) - Yandere/villains Steve and Bucky take an interest to Tony and make sure to keep him safe. Stuckony with a side of a/b/o dynamics.  

Sins of a Father Au - Tony gets taken by Thanos as a child and grows up as his son. Eventually goes back to Earth and discovers his origins and learns how to live as a human. Probably Stony. 

The Future is Theirs Au - Stony children from the future going back in time and changing everything. 

Incubus and Demons Au (★ ★ ★ ★) - Incubus Tony looking for food and ending up bedding demon Steve. Stony. 

Lost and Found Au (★ ★ ★) - Tiger!Tony and wolfpup!Peter get captured and sold and panther!T’Challa and panther!Shuri want to help. Ironpanther.

He’s My Alpha Au (★ ★) - Avac a/b/o Stony with alpha Tony oblivious to everyone wanting him and omega Steve putting a ring on it.

Crochet Au (★) - Winteriron where Tony’s hands are injured and is suggested to knit as physical therapy and Bucky and the team are very supportive. (Co-written by the wonderful Summerpipedream) 

IronHusbands Short - A soldier returning to surprise their loved ones. Rhodey surprises Tony. 

Mermaid Au (★) - Stuckony seahorse Tony, tiger shark Steve, octopus Bucky and mpreg. 

Oh Deer Au - Stuckony au with deer shifter Tony always wagging his tail when he’s happy. 

Stuckony Shifter Au - Tiny cat Tony getting cuddled by wolves.

Cliche Au (★ ★ ★) - Avac a/b/o with omega Tony and alpha Steve going through a series of cliches. 

Matchmaker Au - Tiny Peter plays matchmaker to Stony and succeeds. 

Some High School or Academy Au - Stony with nerdy Steve asking popular Tony out and getting his man. 

Retired Au - Stuckony where Tony goes to another universe where the Avengers are old and retired and bicker often. 

Paper Hearts Au - If you write a note on a heartshaped paper it’ll always fly to your soulmate. 

One That Got Away Au - T’Stuckony where Steve, Bucky and T’Challa have a ‘one that got away.’ What they don’t realize is they’re pining after the same guy and one day the guy visits their store.

Given Name Au (★ ★ ★) - T’Stuckony with Tony getting rejected by his soulmates and rejecting in return for Ironpanther.  

Pirate Stony Au - Stony, pirates, a similar plot to Finding Pack.

Tony is Holmes Au - Very long one where Sherlock and Tony are the same person, Stony and Johnlock. (Co-written by the wonderful Summerpipedream)

Ironpanther Soulmate Au - Like it says. Ironpanther and soulmates.

Tony has the serum Au (★) - Tony may or may not carry a bit of the supersoldier serum.

Tsum Tsum Soulmate Au (★) - Stony au where the tsum tsum of your soulmate follows you around.

Soulflames Au - Stony au where the literal soul of your mate follows you.

Monster Au - Ironpanther with Tony as a vampire and Bucky as his sire. 

Centaur Au - Tony is a centaur and is Fury’s charge. 

#text post #link post #masterlist #au masterlist #all the aus #naferty writes