Steve Rogers/Tony Stark

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Pairing: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark
Alternative name(s): Steve/Tony, Cap/Ironman, Superhusbands
Gender category: m/m slash
Fandom: Avengers, Iron Man, Captain America, Marvel Comics
Canonical?: no (except for Earth-3490[1])
Prevalence: high
Archives: Tales of Suspense
Other:
"Horizons" by Pond. Comicverse Steve and Tony kissing.
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Steve/Tony or Cap/IronMan is a popular slash pairing in the Marvel Comics 'verse and related Marvel Cinematic Universe.

In Fandom

On July 4th, 2007 Elspethdixon and Seanchai began posting Resurrection, Reconstruction, and Redemption, the first Steve/Tony novel. They are widely regarded as having kickstarted S/T fandom. Elspethdixon and Seanchai continue to be active in the fandom, and have been instrumental in its growth. They host the pairing's main archive, Tales of Suspense, which hosts fic and art.

The main Steve/Tony LiveJournal community is cap_ironman.

The Alphabet Challenge, which started in July 2008 and continued to September of the same year, resulted in 26 new fanworks, and was collected in a fanzine by Runenklinge.

The January 2009 Winter Fluff and Fairytale challenges on cap_ironman produced over 20 fairy Steve/Tony fairy tales. Steve/Tony AUs have been a tradition since.

In January of 2009 Kijikun launched the Cap_Ironman Big Bang challenge. The Big Bang went live with fic and art on July 7th.

When the Captain America: The First Avenger was released in 2011, both Tony and Steve finally had a movieverse counterpart. That and the anticipation for the Avengers movie lead to an influx of movieverse Steve/Tony fic, art, vids, and other fanworks.

Popular Tropes

Fix-it & reaction fic for Civil War dominated the pairing for some time.

There are a surprising number of stories wherein they are best friends and sleeping together and yet one or both of them is mournfully convinced that the other thinks it's just casual sex and not TRUE LOVE.

Also popular is Extremis Behaving Badly, wherein Tony's (sadly short lived in canon) cybernetic-cyborgy-computer virus-implant thingy acts up and hijinx ensue. Examples: A Meeting of Minds by Nix; Without Irony by tsukinofaerii; There is no I ... by jadedoll.

In the Avengers movie fandom, there are a number of stories in which they start out hating each other (or thinking the other hates them BUT REALLY THEY DON'T!!), such as Ready, Fire, Aim by Gyzym and I stole the keys to this guy by kellifer_fic. In most pre-TA stories the characters all move into one of Tony's mansions which leads to a lot of domestic scenes between Steve and Tony and the rest of the team.

For the most popular trope, OH NO POOR TONY, see most of the fandom.

Notable Works

see also Category:Captain America, Category:Iron Man, The Avengers (Marvel)

Fanfiction

"Debrief? What Debrief?" by MarieLikesToDraw. Fanart of Steve and Tony kissing. (MCU) The story (First Impressions Are) A Work in Progress was inspired by this image.
  • All That Remains‎ by kijikun - Tony becomes the guardian of a nine-year-old girl who has spent her short life being trained as a weapon. As he learns to be a father he has to deal with the repercussions of the SHRA and the unexpected return of Steve Rogers.[2] Kidfic set post-Civil War in a universe where Secret Invasion never happened. (Marvel 616, 2008/2009)
  • All That Tomorrow Brings by TARDIScrash - Captain America is a seventeen year old Tony Stark's idol. Steve Rogers is his art history teacher. (Armored Adventures, 2012)
  • Arms and the Man by Sam Starbuck - Steve comes to terms with the future, his own sexuality, and his attraction to Tony. (MCU, pre-TA, 2012)
  • Coming Home by Sonora - Tony goes along with Shield's 1940s charade to help re-introducing Steve to the world but Steve figures it out and then there are feelings. (2012)
scene from Engaging the Enemy, art by Whippy
  • Ghost in the Wires by sororexitium - Everyone thinks Tony is dead but Steve is not convinced. (MCU, pre-TA, AU, 2012)
  • Living In The Future by Closer - Eighteen-year-old Tony Stark is the boy genius who woke Captain America, and now he's stuck with him. This is set in the Armored Adventures cartoon universe, where Tony lost his father and became Iron Man at sixteen instead of in his thirties. (2012)
  • A Long Way to Go by duc - Historical AU where Tony is a young nobleman who is kidnapped and sold into slavery by business rivals, and Steve is some kind of warrior who purchases him; written for written for the Cap/Iron Man Big Bang 2011.
  • Look here, look back, look ahead by marinarusalka - September, 1941: Returning from a mission as Iron Man, Tony Stark crash-lands in the Carpathian Mountains and is rescued by Captain America. The two heroes team up to investigate Nazi activity at a mysterious castle. But Captain America is keeping secrets that could destroy their new partnership before it has a chance to begin. (Iron Man Noir, 2011)
The Man with the Clockwork Heart, fanart by La Pinshe Konsha
  • Mr. July by jibrailis - Steve posses for a calender and Tony deals with it in his own way. (2011)
Secrets of a Successful Marriage, illustrations by ironfries
  • Ready, Fire, Aim by Gyzym - They don't exactly get along right from the start. Often recommended series. (MCU, pre-TA, 2011)
  • Semaphore by Devil Doll - ”I’m trying to like you, Tony. You’re just making it very hard.” (MCU, pre-TA, 2011)

Fanvids

Little Lion Man
  • Sleepwalker by pencilnecklace (3:30). Civil War slash vid. (07/2011)
  • In The End by ILoveDinobot (3:41). A Steve/Tony Civil War vid. (02/2010)
  • Steve x Tony slideshow by eciepecie (3:41). This slideshow uses mostly fanart. Angst! (03/2010)
  • I Summon You by kuwdora (2:57). "Steve is Tony's inspiration on how to be a superhero! His crush! Future husband! The end." (10/2011)
  • Little Lion Man by aheartthen (2:22). (03/2012)
  • Parachute by VilyaXxX0llwyna (1:30 min). Awesome constructed reality. (04/2012)
  • Baby, That's Me by xKelociraptor (1:11 min). As of May 2012 the first YouTube result when searching for Steve/Tony slash on Google. (02/2012)
  • You, Me and Steve by nel_ani (1:54). "It's not that Pepper doesn't like Steve, she just figured she was getting involved with Tony, not Steve and Tony." (05/2012)

Fanart

  • Reverse Bang art by phoenixmetaphor.jpg
  • Rrr c5.jpg
  • Rrr bk10.gif
  • Turn Around art by essouffle.jpg
  • When Darkness Sleeps Beside You 02.gif

Resources

Archives and Challenges

Tales of Suspense, a Steve/Tony archive
Everything Left Unsaid, the cap_ironman community

Communities

Recs

References

  1. ↑
    Earth-3490

    From the cap_iron man Info Post!: "[...] Earth-3490, where Civil War was prevented by the marriage of Captain America (Steve Rogers) and Iron Woman (Natasha Stark). According the one one-image panel to the right, they muted one another's aggressive tendencies, which allowed the 50 State Initiative to complete. I can only speculate on the extremely hot sex."

  2. ↑ See jane_elliot in epic_recs. All That Remains by Kijikun (NC-17), 22 June 2010. (Accessed 07 June 2012)
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