Tony's not the cheater

[ladyhatshepsut.livejournal.com]

After reading a couple of stories with a similar storyline I'd like to find any where Tony and (insert Avenger name here) are together and the others are 'protective' of the other person.  Nobody, not even Pepper, bothers to look past Tony's reputation as a raging playboy so they're all just waiting for him to start cheating on his new lover (usually Steve but I'll accept anybody on the extended team).  When the other person's attitude changes, everyone assumes it's because Tony's been cheating (or any other reaston to assume) but it's the other way around and Tony knows telling the truth won't do him any good.  So he's silent while his heart breaks and the others turn on him and support the silent cheater.  That could be either emotionally or physically.  I've already read two such stories which either got lost in the shuffle of new fic or a WIP that I marked but didn't download.  The first starts out with Natasha punching Tony and breaking his cheek.  Tony later falls in love with another guy who dies of cancer.  The second one has Tony coming home early to find Steve having sex with a woman on the couch.  Steve's a jerk in this one, hating the fact that he's in love with a man and not liking the woman he's staying with only because he knocked her up.  (Both of those stories I found searching this site, so they can be found with a bit of work...okay, the first one is "Newborn" at fanfiction.net)  Thanks, all.

Comments

[spn-lov3r.livejournal.com]

Hey, sorry, I actually hate commenting on threads where I can't rec anything, but can you please link me to the first fic you were talking about? I'd love to read it ^^

[ladyhatshepsut.livejournal.com]

The story where Tony is shunned from the Avengers family and finds a new lover who has cancer is called Newborn and is written by Ilerre. (That's I-L-E-R-R-E.) It's at FanFiction.Net. the URL for the first page of the story is https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8762206/1/Newborn.

Did a bit of searching. The unfinished story where Steve is secretly homophobic is I Wrote Your Name by Lieutenant Tazer. The address is https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8435557/1/I-Wrote-Your-Name. It's unfinished; the last update was late 2012.

[spn-lov3r.livejournal.com]

Wow, thanks, I look forward to reading it! Sorry I couldn't be of any help again ^^

[wanted-a-pony.livejournal.com]

Maybe The Heart Wants (http://archiveofourown.org/works/919963) by storiesfortravellers? It reads like a story outline but seems to fit the bill....

[ladyhatshepsut.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

[rum-game.livejournal.com]

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8432552/1/Assumptions
Pepper's a cheater in this one.

http://archiveofourown.org/works/1603493
Shovel Talk.
Similar themes.)

[ladyhatshepsut.livejournal.com]

Wow, many thanks. In this storyline I always had Steve or Bruce as the cheater in my head. Pepper cheating hadn't occurred to me.

The Shovel Talk was a hoot. Loved it right away and saved it for future printing.

[rum-game.livejournal.com]

Glad you liked! Yeah, Shovel Talk is awesome.