Lies can destroy friendships, destroy lives. But sometimes, maintaining a lie is the only thing that can preserve everything. Sequel to Intentions.

Three months after Operation Avengers all is well. Or is it? When Steve and Tony hack into SHIELD to find missing weapons shipments they find more than they bargained for in the form of a prisoner who should, by rights, have been sent to Asgard long ago.

Steve has a routine, and god help him if he's going to break that routine for anyone - yes, that includes you, Tony. Enter a local barkeeper with a penchant for the occult and the gift of good conversation. EWE, not slash, just a couple of guys and a few hundred drinks. Rated for fear of the thought police.

"An increase in light gives an increase in darkness." Sam Francis. In a sliver of downtime in the battle against Loki, Tony tries not to brood on his meeting with Captain America and Howard Stark. It only sort of works.

"The reason I'm telling you, Rogers, is I'm pretty sure that you won't find it in that file. And if you're trying to understand Stark? Don't. Better minds than yours have failed in that endeavor. Just accept that he's there, and that he rolls the way he does." Part 2 of the Kidnapping is a Bad Thing, Tony series.

"I don't have a Mom. I have a Dean."

They're not a team, not yet. They're just six people who fight well together and managed to save the planet from an alien invasion. But eating shawarma and facing down reporters together means that they're getting there. After all, they're the Earth's Mightiest Heroes.

Because Tony and Pepper both KNOW how close he came to not falling back through the portal, even if they won't acknowledge it.

Sequel to Papabear. "You... You can't do this. You're a superhero. You're a good guy! You can't hurt me!" "Now," he purred, and it was vacant, utterly emotionless even for the suits usual robotic tone. "Who told you that?"

Some are because he's worked to keep it a secret. Some are because no one's ever bothered to see. Either way, they're all things that won't be unknown for much longer. Story 8: Tony doesn't like to be handed things. OR, Tony teaches his pets to fetch.

"Now, deep down, he knew Tony was a good guy. He trusted Tony with his life. But he just couldn't quite find it in himself to trust him to pick out an appropriate, non-dangerous birthday gift." Tony gives Bruce a birthday gift that leaves everyone speechless. And concerned for Tony's mental health. *GEN, crack of the crackiest variety.*

Being a genius and a billionaire left Tony Stark with a giant neon target sign on him for most of his life. But after joining the Avengers, the sign seemed to have become visible to the more villainous populous of the universe. So when he wakes up blindfolded and in pain, he isn't too surprised. When the villain calls him leverage, Tony laughs. A/N: Mainly excuse for Tony!Whump

When SHIELD assigns Clint a mission to take down a black market arms dealer in South Africa, Tony is hired as a "consultant" to join him. But when unexpected events lead to their capture, the two men must learn to work together if they're going to get out of South Africa alive. Established BlackHawk and whole team appears

Captain America is the undisputed leader of the Avengers, but when he goes down? Iron Man steps up. Fury wants to know why nobody else thinks that's crazy. (A short story in two (three) parts)

Your soul-mate's name appears on your wrist the moment they're born. Steve's wrist has been blank his entire life. Tony's gone through life with the name of a dead man on his. The first thing Steve notices when he wakes up in the 21st century is the fact that his wrist now says Anthony Stark. Things get a little hectic after that. Steve/Tony ; kink meme fill

Once Steve thought Howard Stark was the "living end". Now he's been thrown into a future where the only person he can trust completely is Howard's son, Tony. Tony's everything his father wasn't, maybe everything Steve needs. SLASH, Daddy issues, unresolved feelings, past Steve/Howard, Nat/Pep, rewrite Ironman 2 w/ Steve, pre-Avengers. Slow bloom love story, lemon. Ever Fallen Ver

Post-Avengers. Odin, in his infinite wisdom, has decided to go for the poetic justice angle as far as Loki's punishment is concerned. For his attempt to enslave humanity, Loki has his magic and powers bound, and is sent back to Midgard and given over to Tony Stark to be his slave. Tony is none too happy about this arrangement. Eventually Tony/Loki.

They called him paranoid. Pepper preferred the term cautious. Added little one shots, and then a look at the team's view on Tony.

The characters of PJO and HoO are sent back in time to the winter after Thalia was turned into a tree to read about the future with the gods. Characters are sent back in time after the Son of Neptune. I don't own PJO or HoO. Rick Riordan does.

Thor realizes Loki is not himself. Tony knows and has done work for Charles Xavier. He is also friends with Warren Worthington III. Steve keeps his promise to Erskine. These simple facts, among others, change *everything* when Loki comes to Earth and the Chitauri come calling, and what happens after.

Tony is hiding more secrets than the Avengers ever thought possible.

The Avengers read Tony's thoughts. Warning: Reference to rape and abuse.

Tony will always protect Jarvis, even when nothing's happened yet. The Avengers read Papabear by Bleeding Jazz Gums.

A terrorist decides to test the limits of Tony's kindness. "Good men don't need rules. Today isn't the day to find out why I have so many." R&R

In which Steve learns not to trust what the tabloids say. Especially when concerning one Tony Stark.