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"The gunshot wound had been too infected, in between the lack of care and the blood loss there was no choice but to amputate the leg from above the knee and down." Tony's captivity had changed everything about him, he gained and lost valuable things, and led him to be Iron Man. He's perfectly okay with his secrets to remain secrets, but he didn't expect his team to actually care. Also, unconsciously falling in love with Captain America was definitely not part of the plan.

Tony was alone. Left by an abusive father at a hospital after a beating so bad, it left his arm shattered, his ribs broken, his head concussed, and his heart—whatever had been left of it—torn to shreds. Steve is a recovering war vet and up-and-coming artist, living in a four-bedroom apartment with his friends and Little. Bucky finds the file of one John Doe and pushes Steve into taking the unnamed Little in. Through pain, tears, and many, many late nights, the learn to believe that maybe the world is an okay place.

What happens when Loki, God of Mischief, sets eyes on Tony Stark’s one and only niece, (Y/n) Stark? With the ability to control darkness, you made the cut and were promoted from an Agent of SHIELD to an Avenger a few months after the Battle of New York, and the last thing on your— and everyone else’s mind— was that THE Loki Laufeyson was to join the team. A battle of Foos, a begrudging team-up, and an understanding of minds can lead to all sorts of things. I don't own any Marvel characters, or you.

Wherein Steve Rogers is a scrawny tattoo artist with more health issues than common sense, looking for someone to replace the piercist who just disappeared (Darcy swears it was alien abduction, Steve insists the guy just got thrown in jail) before his shop loses too much money and James "Bucky" Barnes is an Iraq war veteran coping with a metal arm and the combination of diagnosed PTSD and TBI trying to reengage with the world by filling the position left by the piercist in question. After all, nothing could go wrong with this plan, right?