Tony Stark Fic Recs

Autonomy by Amethystina

★ ★ ★ ★

Words: 114,291

Pairing: Bucky Barnes/Tony Stark

Completed: Yes

After spending years under HYDRA’s control the last thing Bucky wants is to return to their ranks. He does so only because his situation provides an invaluable opportunity to infiltrate the most impenetrable army in the galaxy — his own discomfort is a small price to pay for the lives he might save in the future.

Three months is all he can take before he decides to throw his cover and find his way back to Steve, HYDRA hot on his heels. With him, Bucky has a memory drive of stolen information and a second personality sharing his body, courtesy of HYDRA’s brainwashing.

All Bucky wants is to deliver the information to Steve and the Alliance and finally return home, but when his ship is damaged he has no choice but to stop for emergency repairs. He’s directed to ‘The Mechanic,’ who can supposedly help, but Bucky isn’t exactly comforted when he meets the man in question.

But with HYDRA breathing down his neck Bucky doesn’t have a choice — he’s going to have to trust this Tony, whether he likes it or not.

Time Falls Away by NotEvenCloseToStraight

★ ★ ★ ★

Words: 79,451

Pairing: James “Bucky” Barnes/Tony Stark

Completed: Yes

The Battle of New York: Tony flies himself and the nuke through the wormhole and when his suit shuts down and he starts to fall, he knows he's going to die.
But then he wakes up in an alley in Brooklyn, two strangers staring down at him in confusion and Tony is sure he is dreaming when he shakes hands first with pre-serum Steve Rogers, and then Bucky Barnes.
Trapped in 1942, Tony befriends Steve, and falls in love with Bucky but America is at war, and Bucky and Steve ship out to join the cause.
Tony knows all the stories about the Howling Commandos and knows what’s coming for the soldiers, and has to live through history as first Bucky falls, and then Steve disappears.
Tony is left alone in the 40's, crying himself to sleep in the house he had shared with his best friend and his lover.
But then he wakes up on the pavement in New York, the Hulk roaring in his face, Steve staring down at him, and he has to wonder if it was all a hallucination.
When Tony fell through the sky, did he fall through time as well? Why does Steve act so cold towards him? Were he and Bucky really that happy together?

Did it all really happen, or is Tony in love with a life he can only have in his dreams?

Safe and (the) Sound by 27dragons and tisfan

★ ★ ★ ★

Words: 84,140

Pairing: James “Bucky” Barnes/Tony Stark, Steve Rogers/Natasha Romanov

Completed: Yes

Tony dropped out of college to get away from his abusive father. When his longtime boyfriend reveals similar tendencies, Tony refuses to endure another moment of it, running away with nothing more than the cash in his pockets. He makes it to Virginia, where he's taken in by Bucky, a restaurant owner looking for an extra hand who's willing to be paid cash under the table.

Bucky's been struggling for years: to keep the beachside restaurant he inherited from his parents above water (both financially and literally); to live down the fact that he's gay in a small southern town; to get over the man who's owned his heart since he was fourteen. But he's never had to struggle as hard as he is now, to keep his hands off Tony.

Misremembered by Arboreal

★ ★ ★

Words: 14,014

Pairing: James “Bucky” Barnes/Tony Stark

Completed: Yes

When Loki smirked at Rogers in the middle of a battle and told him he would give Rogers what he wanted most in the world, the mind of his old friend back, Tony had a very bad feeling.

Fractures (Filled With Liquid Gold) by itsallAvengers

★ ★ ★ ★

Words: 63,268

Pairing: James “Bucky” Barnes/Tony Stark

Completed: Yes

Ultron happened. The Avengers left.

Tony is fine with being alone again. He always worked better as a Lone Wolf than a team player anyway. He's not sleeping or eating or resting or... living, but it's fine. It's good. It's okay.

And then there's James.

tell me (‘bout the man i need to be) by barbiewrites

★ ★ ★

Words: 8,589

Pairing: Tony Stark/Everyone (probably endgame Steve Rogers/Tony Stark)

Completed: No

The Bachelor AU, featuring Sam as the host, Tony as the Bachelor, and everyone else vying for his love.

Gone by nonna

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Words: 57,511

Pairing: Gen

Completed: Yes

In the final fight scene of Captain America Civil War, Tony's helmet breaks off the armour after the relentless clashing it receives.

What if the harsh hits to his head create serious complications for Tony, and he loses his sight?

The Bachelor: Tony Stark Edition by MagicalGirlHell

★ ★ ★ ★

Words: 1,203

Pairing: Tony Stark/Everyone

Completed: Yes

Tony resorts to going on a dating show in search of a boyfriend. The contestants? A couple of best friends, a couple of WWII veterans, some royalty from Earth, some royalty from space, some asshole from space, and everybody's favorite Sorcerer Supreme.

It goes about as expected.

Case 623 by DannieU

★ ★ ★ ★

Words: 146,441

Pairing: James “Bucky” Barnes/Tony Stark

Completed: No

Tony was pretty sure that the small human left on his doorstep was just a (really fucking frightening) attempt at extortion, and mostly just wanted child protective services to show up yesterday. Then an extended trip to Afghanistan puts life, the universe and everything into perspective, and somehow, miraculously, Tony might be closer to happy than he's been in his life. He's even willing to accept the enormous pieces of the puzzle he's obviously missing. He should've learnt long ago that what you don't know will always come back to bite you in the ass.

Strong enough to trust by Enmuse (Scifiroots)

★ ★ ★ ★

Words: 30,226

Pairing: James “Bucky” Barnes/Tony Stark

Completed: Yes

Steve makes a life-altering choice, and Bucky wakes up from cryostasis to better circumstances than he could anticipate: Mind free of triggers, name cleared, fully pardoned, and a ticket back to the USA. It's far more than he deserves, but with no other plans or ties, he finds himself relocating to the Avengers Initiative Compound alongside Stevie's rogue superheroes.

He begins establishing a new life - friends, work, maybe even love - but doesn't realize that the castles he is painstakingly building are ones in the sky.

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"I... don't understand," Bucky admits in a murmur.

Stark's gaze drops to the silver-plated shoulder. "I fix things," he says. His fingers drum restlessly against his chest. "And this is something I broke. You shouldn't have to just live with the consequences when something can be done about it."