by PompkinEd
At age sixteen, Tony devises an algorithm to fish Steve out of the Arctic. The crush he develops on the super soldier is… an unfortunate by-product. Thankfully, his foolish infatuation with the Captain is somewhat outgrown. Tony knows better than to fall in love with a man he’ll never be able to live up to.
And then, at age twenty-one, Tony runs into some trouble with the Winter Soldier; Steve’s lover from a lifetime ago.
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Steve had always worried about Tony. He’d worried the boy would become too much like his father. But somewhere down the road, Tony stopped being Howard’s cocky little teenaged son, and started being Tony Stark — the one and only. Somehow, he grew up. And Steve knows it’s wrong. He was practically a father figure to Tony, and the fact he can’t stop thinking about him sours his stomach with guilt.
That is until Bucky comes back. And suddenly, everything Steve has ever wanted is put on the line.
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James Buchanan Barnes wants Steve.
The Winter Soldier wants Tony.
Sometimes, they learn to agree.
**(Updates every Sunday)**
Words: 4520, Chapters: 1/12, Language: English
- Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Avengers (Marvel Movies), Iron Man (Movies), Captain America (Movies)
- Rating: Mature
- Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
- Categories: M/M
- Characters: Tony Stark, Steve Rogers, James "Bucky" Barnes, Peggy Carter, Howard Stark, James "Rhodey" Rhodes, Obadiah Stane, Mitchell Carson
- Relationships: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark, James "Bucky" Barnes & Tony Stark, James "Bucky" Barnes/Steve Rogers, James "Bucky" Barnes/Tony Stark, James "Bucky" Barnes/Steve Rogers/Tony Stark
- Additional Tags: Getting Together, Fluff and Angst, Angst with a Happy Ending, Young Love, Polyamory, Fix-It, Bad Parent Howard Stark, Howard Stark Lives, Young Tony Stark, Unrequited Love, Pining, Mutual Pining, Underage Drinking, Implied/Referenced Underage Sex, Tony's young when he starts having feelings for Steve, Crushes, Falling In Love, Brainwashing, Domestic Violence, Steve Rogers Feels, Tony Stark Needs a Hug, Bucky Barnes Needs a Hug, Winter Soldier Bucky Barnes, MCU based, stretched over several years, 1980s, 1990s, Canon-Typical Violence, Homosexuality, IT'S EVERYWHERE, Gay Sex, haha - Freeform, Kidnapping, Angst