#rhodeytony mit vibes

[not-close-to-straight]

Listen it’s to early to be crying like this

The charm lit faded blue and James looked up through his tears to the flowers as they started to sink, choking out a disbelieving laugh when a tiny golden light from a frayed old bracelet tucked into the flowers lit up as well.

"He kept it." Pepper whispered nearly inaudible. "Through all those upgrades and all the different charms he made you-- he always kept the original. He always had it somewhere safe."

James pressed the button again and again, kept the charm bracelet lit up until the flower boat sank beneath the surface and disappeared into dark.

"...I'm going to miss you, bud."

From your short story “(you) light up my life” this h u r t 🥺😭but so cute

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I cried just getting that idea for the fic

Cried rough drafting it

Sobbed my eyes out writing it

Ugly tears while editing

And it’s one of the best things I’ve ever written

There is something so beautifully pure about the Rhodey/Tony relationship, whether platonic or romantic. The MCU really did us a disservice by not diving into it more (but it’s not like the MCU dig into ANY relationships at all so whatever) but their vibe is literally immaculate. Older brother Rhodey in MIT. Tony being dragged to the cookouts and only being accepted cos all the aunties took one look at him and went “good lord someone help this baby”. Rhodey being there at all the best and worst moments of Tony’s life. Tony bursting with pride when Rhodey gets promoted. The sheer shenanigans they would have got up to. The way Peppers hair has been gray for years because of them. The way no one NO ONE loves Tony the way Rhodey does. I would give my left arm for a RhodeyTony centric series.

The actual second I saw an ad for those light up bracelets I went “oh that’s RhodeyTony absolutely” and the story turned out SO good

[lovelyirony]

stealing caltech’s cannon sounds like such a rhodeytony thing. i can 100% picture them pulling that off

Tony hates Caltech. He hates them a lot. Mainly because they’ve been trying to get him to go there through a series of thousands of emails, letters, and phone calls. 

They haven’t left him alone since he was around eight, and so he applied to MIT because of them. (Not that he would’ve gone to Caltech anyways, but spiting them certainly felt better.) 

And they’re still sending people to MIT like some sort of Jehovah’s Witness program, and Tony hates trying to avoid them. 

“Come on, you fit the California vibe so much better!” One of the students says. 

“Did they genuinely pay for your flight here?” Tony asks. “Is that why you’re trying to get me to be late to my molecular biology class? My professor used to be a professional kickboxer, I don’t think you’d like being hit near as much as your university is advocating for it.” 

“Come on, just visit the campus. Whoever gets you to visit first gets tuition off next year,” he whines. 

Tony stills. 

“Are they...they’re wasting funding on that?” 

“Yes!” 

“Buddy, I’ll pay for the rest of your college career if you transfer to MIT.” 

“Wait, seriously?” 

“Seriously. Even the flight here. Just tell them you need another flight back and don’t take ‘no’ for an answer.” 

The student scurries off, and Tony sighs, writing down a note to write to Howard and write off the sum of the money off...he’ll probably write it off as something like gambling debts or something. 

(Tony never loses in gambling. Ever.) 

This is just one student, and while Tony would love to put Caltech out of business, he can write approximately one gambling debt of that nature off. Sure Howard wouldn’t pay attention to him probably, but that’s a big “probably.” 

He goes to Rhodey, who also hates Caltech because they’ve been trying to get him to go over there. 

“We need a permanent solution.” 

“Like...not arson, right?” 

“No!” Tony scowls. “Although if Caltech did burn, technically it probably wouldn’t be the worst thing to happen to it...” 

So they brainstorm. 

And they come up with an idea that will make Caltech only come back to MIT once: 

Stealing their beloved cannon. Caltech has this cannon that they restored (to shoot spaghetti out of it or something of the sort...the university wouldn’t allow actual fire) and it’s their pride and joy. 

Well. Rhodey and Tony are always willing to go the extra mile. 

Or three thousand miles. 

There’s a new moving company with at least forty five-star reviews and three one-star just for good measure. (Rhodey’s idea.) Howe and Ser Moving Co. 

It’s their job to move the cannon to a “secure” location for a newly leveled concrete panel. 

They get polo shirts and everything. Rhodey is very surprised at the anonymity that affords a polo shirt. 

“I should invest in this for my wardrobe.” 

“I’ll never talk to you again if you do that,” Tony warns. 

“You love me too much for that,” Rhodey grins. “I’ll wear a kelly green polo shirt and you’ll still love me.” 

“No,” Tony says, ignoring how his heart speeds up. “Now come on, Jamie and Olivia are gonna greet us at Caltech. They’ve been posing as student tour guides and I think I owe Jamie some sort of illicit substance as recompense.” 

“They want a Hobby Lobby giftcard.” 

“That’s the illicit substance?!” 

“To be fair, they are homophobic and very weirdly Christian.” 

Tony pauses. 

“...makes sense. Okay. Let’s go steal a cannon.” 

-

They almost get caught. Almost. Some stupid freshman stops them and talks about how Harvey Mudd stole the cannon and how others have tried but they can’t. 

“Yeah, sure would suck if someone did,” Tony says with a shrug. “Don’t you have something to do, like fail physics?” 

“If I wanted to do that I’d go to MIT,” the freshman says with a sniff. “They wouldn’t know how to calculate movement if the equations were laid out. They’re so dense.” 

“Uh huh,” Rhodey says. “Right.” 

-

The cannon makes it about halfway with a broken hitch, and they have to drive about twenty under the speed limit to make it to a place where the next team can take over with a new hitch, and Tony can negotiate with the actual moving company that they hired to cut the price by half because it’s just ridiculous at this point. 

The cannon makes it to MIT in the dead of night, Rhodey slides on the Brass Rat, and they point it towards Pasadena. 

“Can I kiss you?” Rhodey asks, grinning. “You just...this was incredible.” 

“We are not kissing in front of a Caltech artifact are you kidding me?” Tony says. “We will never do that. I’d hurl rather than do that.” 

Rhodey laughs, swooping Tony into his arms and carrying him off. 

“See our work on the front page tomorrow?” 

“As long as our faces aren’t on it, I don’t care what we see tomorrow.” 

#rhodeytony #this prank is very sexy actually #lovelyirony writes #also tony not wanting to even be SEEN with the cannon is very fucking funny #rhodey: i love you <3 #tony: not in front of the caltech cannon you don't

[rhodeys]

okay hear me out hear me OUT - Tell Me You Love Me by demi lovato has major early relationships rhodeytony vibes

'all my friends, they know and it's true; i don't know who i am without you' BECAUSE BECAUSE BECAUSE EVERYBODY ELSE AT MIT SEES HOW RELIANT THEY ARE ON EACH OTHER and and AND 'what's my hand without your heart to hold' AND 'through the ups and downs, baby i'ma stick around' AND THEY DID!!!!!!!

#adi YOUR MIND #so many songs match them so perfectly this is really a romance for the ages #rhodeytony #adi tag #asks

[ad1thi]

Okay so now that Miley Cyrus’ new album has come out, for mit incorporated may I suggest Angel Like You? I can totally see that song from Tony’s pov. It’s a little angsty but it’s good!

NO but its so perfect and i literally?? know a fic?? that fits the vibe of this song?? for rhodeytony?? COME BACK TO THIS I WILL FIND IT AND LINK IT IN A REBLOG BUT YES this song has very "mit!Tony pushing Rhodey away because of his issues and regretting hurting Rhodey, but also is very aware that Rhodey is too good for him so he doesn't try to apologise" vibes

#mit incorporated playlist #rhodeytony #this song is my actual headcanon for rhodeytony #which is that Rhodey and Tony give it an honest shot #like a genuine shot #but Tony KNOWS that he doesn't deserve Rhodey like that #so he messes up #on purpose #he cheats on Rhodey #forces Rhodey away #because he doesn't deserve Rhodey as a lover not really #but he refuses to lose him completely (he's selfish like that) #and if all he gets is friends - he'll take that #he wont let himself hurt Rhodey not the ways lovers can #adi answers asks #littlemissstark

[ladyjayewrites]

A Sunday Kind of Love gives me such MIT era RhodeyTony vibes. It hit me how lonely they both are in their successes sometimes.

I want a a love that's on the square

Can't seem to find somebody

Someone to care

And I'm on a lonely road that leads to no where

I need a Sunday kind of love

Etta James "A Sunday Kind of Love "

#tony stark #james rhodes #ironhusbands #rhodey x tony #RhodeyTonyTunes

[ad1thi]

i think i love you by the partridge family is my #1 rhodeytony song... because god. the lyrics. THE LYRICS. BIG MIT ERA VIBES

i woke up with this feeling/ i didn't know how to deal with, and so i just decided to myself/ i'd hide it to myself and never talk about it/ and did not go and shout it when you walked into the room/ i think i love you (i think i love you)

AND ANDNANDNANDAND THE CHORUS FEELS LIKE SUCH A TONY THING TO SAY BECAUSE ITS LITERALLY "i think i love you, so what am i so afraid of?" yes i love this song a lot. what about it.

YES YOU ARE RIGHT OH THIS IS SUCH A RHODEYTONY SONG PAVI YOUR MIND

send me songs that remind you of rhodeytony!!

#mit incorporated playlist #rhodeytony #pavi tag #rhodee #adi answers asks