Best General Tony stories

[wantobeme.livejournal.com]

Hello,
I'm new to this fandom, (just watched Avengers) so I would like to ask if anyone could recommend their favorite stories revolved around Tony Stark?
I particularly like hurt/comfort stories but they don't have to be in this genre. All your favorites are welcome :)

I'm ok with gen or any slash pairing

Thanks!!

Comments

[obsessionality.livejournal.com]

Hahaha. haha. ha. *lies down* Welcome to the fandom, first of all. The deranged laughter was a sign of hopelessness, as to where to even start. This fandom is fantastic; that I'll assure you.

I can link you to my own AO3 bookmarks - My weaknesses are Tony/Loki (aka Frostiron), Tony/Steve and Tony/Bruce, so you'll definitely find a lot of Tony within. I won't bother linking all of them, but I guarantee - I'll only have bookmarked them because I think they're good.

I'm linking you specifically to the ones I think are "EPIC" -
Tricks of the Trade by Like_a_Hurricane
Exit Wounds by StarkRevelations
Desiderata by stereobone
Debt by Storynerd
Theorems by RC_McLachlan
Off the Record by Hella (Particularly good)
Say Goodbye to Yesterday by melonbutterfly
Built Like A Moth by youcrashstanding (a personal favourite)

All the links can be found here: http://archiveofourown.org/users/LadyMerlin/bookmarks?bookmark_search[fandom_ids][]=586437&bookmark_search[other_tag_names]=&bookmark_search[query]=epic&bookmark_search[rec]=0&bookmark_search[sort_column]=created_at&bookmark_search[with_notes]=0&commit=Sort+and+Filter&page=1&utf8=%E2%9C%93
(sorry for that ugly link I'm html-hopeless)

you can move away from the "epics" to avengers fics, all of which are good. But you can start with those, if you want. :)

Welcome to the fandom, again! Hope you have a good time, and that you enjoy the recs!

Thanks!

[wantobeme.livejournal.com]

Hi! Thanks for the bookmarks :) Oh dear, I can tell that I am going to get sucked into this fandom horrifyingly quickly :0 Anyway, thanks! I'm sure that I will love these fics!

[argeneau.livejournal.com]

A friend actually asked me for Tony centric recs the other day, so I'll just re-post the link :) There are a lot of angsty ones, a couple of proper H/C, too.

http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1rk0qf7

And also these which I missed off the above, lol

http://archiveofourown.org/works/726109

http://archiveofourown.org/series/39018
http://archiveofourown.org/series/40953
http://archiveofourown.org/works/746353

Those last three are all within the same universe - I think that's the order they should be read in. Enjoy!

Thank you :)

[wantobeme.livejournal.com]

Thanks :) oooh, angst. Another favorite of mine (why do I enjoy the characters I like filled with angst?) lol

[jazmin22.livejournal.com]

Five Gods Tony Stark Never Worshipped (http://archiveofourown.org/works/445712)
Culture and Other Balls of Twine (http://archiveofourown.org/works/442795/chapters/756590) (starts off with Tony & Bruce, the team joins...)
Degrees of Separation (http://archiveofourown.org/works/263906)

In Which Tony Stark Builds Himself Some Friends (But His Family Was Assigned by Nick Fury) (http://archiveofourown.org/series/18228)***
Scatterlings and Orphans (http://archiveofourown.org/series/20602)

Mr. July (http://archiveofourown.org/works/268811)
The Last Love Song of Anthony E. Stark (http://archiveofourown.org/works/349478)***
Sephamore (http://archiveofourown.org/works/314102/chapters/503103)
The Twice-Told Tale (http://archiveofourown.org/works/411599)
(First Impressions Are) A Work in Progress (http://archiveofourown.org/works/393688?view_adult=true)
The Act of Creation Will Be Your Salvation (http://archiveofourown.org/works/401961?view_full_work=true)**
Science and Progress (do not speak as loud as my heart) (https://archiveofourown.org/works/439460)
Contractual Obligations (http://archiveofourown.org/works/453172)
a star without a permanent scar (http://archiveofourown.org/works/476183)
The Spaces (Silences) Between (http://archiveofourown.org/works/560068)
Take This (http://archiveofourown.org/works/500340)
As Sharp As Any Thorn (http://archiveofourown.org/works/725234)
Storm in a Teacup (http://archiveofourown.org/works/716088)

If you're a Game of Thrones fan: Winter is Coming (Just Not to Malibu) (http://archiveofourown.org/works/438064)
Doctor Who Crossover: Supply and Demand (http://archiveofourown.org/works/358888)
Sherlock Holmes(RDJ's movies) Crossover: The Lonely God (http://archiveofourown.org/works/682565)

These are either gen or Tony/Steve and not all are hurt/comfort, but some of them are, enjoy!

Thank you :)

[wantobeme.livejournal.com]

I'm sure that I'm going to love these. Thank you so much, all these recs are really helping me be able to find so many awesome stories :)

[evilmissbecky.livejournal.com]

Sins of Omission (http://archiveofourown.org/works/527590) by Kiyaar has some seriously dark pain and evil, not a whole lot of comfort, and is probably the best story I've ever read.

Containment (http://archiveofourown.org/works/540318") by D has some great Tony pain.

And Show You the Stars (http://archiveofourown.org/works/544391) by me, which has Tony pain and some h/c with Steve.

[(Anonymous)]

Okay, I'm not sure if these have been linked before but they are my favourite tony stories:

http://archiveofourown.org/series/21783

http://archiveofourown.org/works/570308/chapters/1021452

http://archiveofourown.org/series/18228

[bugeyedmonster.livejournal.com]

Someone rec'd "In Which Tony Stark Builds Himself Some Friends (But His Family Was Assigned by Nick Fury)" already so I'll just add...

Phil Coulson's Case Files of the Toasterverse
http://archiveofourown.org/series/18869

These stories also have lots of Tony being a loveable idiot. Like "Phil Coulson Can't Keep the Avengers Out of Medical" but you should read them ALL. And subscribe to Scifigrl47.

[emerald-dawn.livejournal.com]

I'd like to second anything by scifigrl47 (http://archiveofourown.org/users/scifigrl47/pseuds/scifigrl47).

Also, anything by missbecky (http://archiveofourown.org/users/missbecky/pseuds/missbecky), copperbadge (http://archiveofourown.org/users/copperbadge/pseuds/copperbadge), tsukinofaerii (http://archiveofourown.org/users/tsukinofaerii/pseuds/tsukinofaerii), icarus_chained (http://archiveofourown.org/users/icarus_chained/pseuds/icarus_chained), inukagome15 (http://archiveofourown.org/users/inukagome15/pseuds/inukagome15), and theapplepielifestyle (http://archiveofourown.org/users/theappleppielifestyle/pseuds/theappleppielifestyle).

Also, you could go the AO3 archives and search by kudos and Tony Stark, as I did here. (http://archiveofourown.org/works?utf8=%E2%9C%93&work_search[sort_column]=kudos_count&work_search[character_ids][]=3175&work_search[other_tag_names]=&work_search[query]=&work_search[language_id]=1&work_search[complete]=0&commit=Sort+and+Filter&tag_id=The+Avengers+%282012%29) Kudos can only be given to a story once, I believe, so that's a fairly good indication of how good a fic is.

[marienomad.livejournal.com]

Here are some stories that I enjoy:

Technobiosis: Tony Stark was attacked in the hospital while recovering from the previous story. He lost his heart (in every literal sense.)

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4785037/1/Technobiosis

Legend of El Diablo: More of a humor/romance sort of thing but it's really good. It has Pepperony, a sentient car that's NOT built by Tony (It's not KITT), and adorable kittens.

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5412557/1/The-Legend-of-El-Diablo