Tony makes nice with the bad guys

[ladyhatshepsut.livejournal.com]

I've been grazing through my saved stories and can't seem to find the one that's been on my mind for a day or so. I thought it would be interesting to see other stories with variations on the story, which is... Tony Stark has good social time with the bad guys club. He sees how the "good" guys (like Rogers, Barton, and the rest of his "team") treat him and figures he must be a bad guy. He crashes their meeting or weekly poker game or whatever, wanting to join up. They like him, respect him (more than his team ever did), and accept having him around, even check up on him when he doesn't show up for the card game twice in a row, but tell him that he is NOT one of the bad guys. He cares too much for his friends, the public, and the "little guy," much more that Cap and the rest.

If I locate the story I have, I'll post the link here, if someone doesn't beat me to it. The stories that reminded me of it are numbers 12 and 15 of the "5+1" series by MysticMedusa.

And the tag below should read "theme: tony (villain, but not really)"

Comments

[pfyre.livejournal.com]

Tony Stark is Not a Supervillain (But his Poker Group All Are) (https://archiveofourown.org/works/10572177) by DaughteroftheSilverMoon (https://archiveofourown.org/users/DaughteroftheSilverMoon/pseuds/DaughteroftheSilverMoon)

Villain's Code of Conduct (https://archiveofourown.org/works/17965949) by viviegirl05 (https://archiveofourown.org/users/viviegirl05/pseuds/viviegirl05)

[ladyhatshepsut.livejournal.com]

Well, it looks like you beat me to it. :-) Thank you for the links to some wonderful stories. They brought a smile to my face.

[pfyre.livejournal.com]

I like both stories but I most especially love the first one - it truly says something when the villains have more honor and compassion than the so-called "good guys".

I also found myself liking stories where Tony IS a bad guy but there is a very definite, very real reason he's not on the side of the so-called heroes (i.e. Avengers: A Deal with the Devil (https://archiveofourown.org/works/1163358)).