Steve/Tony in the suit

[aesoteric.livejournal.com]

I ran into a story once where Steve is under the impression that a) Iron Man is a separate person from Tony Stark, and b) Iron Man needs to have the suit on to survive. As I recall this is something of a slow burn fic, with eventual sexytimes that involve experimenting with taking only certain parts of the suit off. I did go through the recs but I'm afraid I couldn't recognize it by the description alone.

Thanks so much!

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maybe ...

[thms-pn.livejournal.com]

I think the one you're looking for is:
Truth Behind Masks by scifigrl47
http://archiveofourown.org/works/1523327

A couple other similar ones:
I'll Give You Gifts Until You Know My Name by Amuly
http://archiveofourown.org/works/2700851

The Problem With Secret Identities by inukagome15
http://archiveofourown.org/works/1874046

This is a fairly common trope, especially with Steve/Tony. If you want more look up "identity porn".

Re: maybe ...

[aesoteric.livejournal.com]

Dear thms_pn,

Thank you for the suggestions but I'm afraid I've already looked through these and most of the Identity Porn tagged fics and I don't think I saw it there, though I was skimming them for the parts I recognized rather than reading the whole thing. Still, these are wonderful fics and I enjoyed them anyway :)

[(Anonymous)]

I remember that fic as well. But can't remember for the life of me what the name is. If it's the same one, Steve is dating Tony, then breaks up with him to date Iron Man. And eventually Steve figures out that they are the same person.

[dinara-n.livejournal.com]

Hypotenuse (http://archiveofourown.org/works/227890)?

[aesoteric.livejournal.com]

Oh, thank you! I think this is it!

[syntia-13.livejournal.com]

There's also "At the Heart of the Matter" by Pookaseraph https://archiveofourown.org/works/859452

in which at one point Ironman and Steve sleep in one bed (just sleep - I don't really remember what the reason was), and Ironman removes most of the armor, except for the helmet. The arc reactor is visible and briefly discussed, which leads to some problems later on, when Fgrir frrf vg va Gbal Fgnex'f purfg.