Oh, Holy Shit Steve!

“Thank you, Captain, for doing this interview. I know you’ve been asked a lot of questions on how your life now and how you’re adjusting, but I wanted to know if there was anything about the 21st century that you are particularly happy with?” the reporter interviewing them ask. Margot Eely was a slickly presented woman and Steve had no idea how to read her.

“The advances in medical science, in food and water safety, in worker safety, in people having a work/home/life balance that actually seems to be good for people…,” Steve stared into space for several seconds. “Yeah, I’m going to say all of that. I don’t think there are many kids born today in the US who would have the sheer number of issues I had. Plus, the general acceptance of who people actually are and how they act.”

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Fuck You Very Much

“Well, aren’t you beautiful?” Dom complimented his spirit animal. He glanced up at Tony and raised an eyebrow at him. “A Black-footed Cat?”

Tony carefully ran a hand down Diode’s back. His spirit animal looked better. The healing that had started with Hedge had continued overnight while he’d been sleeping. “Yeah. How’d you know?”

Dom smiled as his own spirit animal appeared on the table. “I’ve been interested in cats since this guy appeared. Ciuffi has helped keep me sane since I came online.”

“Ciuffi? His name is Tuft?” Tony asked. He was slightly amused at the name of his sentinel’s spirit animal. When the animal flicked his ears at him, he nodded in understanding. Ciuffi was some species of lynx with very impressive ear tufts. He ran his hand over Diode’s back again. “This is Diode.”

“Diode, huh? I am utterly unsurprised that a man who deals with electronics bits on a daily basis named his spirit animal after one of the most important parts of a circuit,” Dom said with a smile. “Hello, Diode.” He held out his hand and grinned when Diode leaned forward to sniff at his fingers. There was no touching, but it was still progress.

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Evil Author Day: Fallout

Title: Fallout Author: Ladyholder Fandom: The Avengers (2012) Pairings: Tony/Steve Word COunt: 1146 A/N: set in my Tony is a Werewolf ‘verse. Yes, I know those are normally Challenge fics.         “Billionaire Playboy Despoils National Icon!” “Is Captain America Gay?” “Should Steve Rogers Continue to be Captain…

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Different Roads Challenge #21

Title: Answering the Call of Duty Author: Ladyholder Challenge #:  #21 Fandom/Original:  The Avengers (2012) Genre (slash/het/gen/etc):  Slash Warnings:  None.   It should never be easy to say goodbye.   Part Two Tony walked up behind the man gazing out the windows of his tower and cleared his throat. “So, this is going to…

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