Res ipsa loquitur

This is just the sort of thing I can't resist, and just the sort of thing that adds to my list of Stories That Will Probably Never Be Finished, but ... (taken from torch):

Pick a trope from this list and provide a fandom/pairing and I'll tell you something about the story I'd write for that combination (i.e. write a snippet from the story or write not!fic or tell you the title and summary for the story I would write)

1. genderswap
2. bodyswap
3. drunk!fic
4. huddling for warmth
5. pretending to be married
6. secretly a virgin
7. amnesia
8. cross-dressing
9. forced to share a bed
10. truth or dare
11. historical AU
12. accidental-baby-acquisition
13. apocalypse fic
14. telepathy
15. High School / College AU

I'll take any of the fandoms I've written in plus ... let's see, in the past year I've seen all three Men In Black movies, plus seasons 1-4 of Buffy and the first few eps of Angel (yeah, so late to the party that the house isn't even there any more).

I didn't think I was feeling particularly slashy-fannish about "The Avengers" (how could I, when Natasha?) -- but then came the sexy Tony/Bruce dreams.

[taps brain] Huh. All kinds of stuff in there.

Accommodations

Five reasons the Avengers don't want to live together, and five reasons maybe they do, after all.
Steve Rogers/Tony Stark -- PG-13 -- 3,600 words
Many thanks to astolat and terrio for beta.

Continued from here and going NSFW pretty much immediately; hope that's not too much of a spoiler for you.

Edited, thanks to a comment by bluemeridian, to reassure one and all that Steve continues to like Tony all the way through, though he likes some parts of Tony in a more personal fashion by the end than he did at the beginning.

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"Tony," he says helplessly. "What -- I don't understand."

It's like playing that game where you make a move and turn over all the pieces from black to white: all the things that have happened since he woke up are turning over and showing another side. He and Tony have been spending nearly all their time together for months. He's seen Tony's good sides and admired them. He's seen Tony's bad sides and either accepted them or helped him nudge himself out of them.

He *likes* Tony.

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Continued from here.

It works at first, and then it doesn't. He works out more, but it's pretty tough to wear this body out. And anything other than full-out exertion leaves his mind free to wander, which is just what he *doesn't* want.

It's probably bad to wish for another megalomaniac so soon after they defeated the last one.

When Tony comes down to the gym, Steve thinks at first that he'll be a great distraction, but he stays just as keyed up as before. It doesn't help at all. In fact, when Tony wants to spar, the idea just makes things worse. Maybe it's the similarity to dancing? Anyhow, Steve says, "No," really fast, and Tony makes an exaggerated hands-off gesture and says, "Fine, fine, no contact, I get it," and there's something stiff around his mouth like Steve's hurt his feelings.

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I want to write a story where Steve really likes Tony. Like, he really really likes Tony. He likes being with Tony. He likes spending his free time with Tony. He doesn't like it when Tony spends time with other people, and if they're not people he approves of, he'll cut them out -- he's good at that, does it with such grace that people go away feeling like something *nice* has happened to them; hey, Captain America noticed them specifically! Captain America has something special he needs done that *only they can do*!

Meanwhile, Steve gets to spend a lot more time with Tony. Because Steve likes Tony.

[this was fifteen minutes on Written?Kitten! as I try to see if I can re-train myself to write on keyboard as well as in longhand.]

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Right, yes, another new fandom.

Exactly the Way You Like It
Steve Rogers/Tony Stark -- NC-17 -- 2000 words
Two thousand words of virginity kink. You already know if that's something you're interested in reading.
On my site or on AO3

Many thanks to cesperanza and terrio for beta.

I need to make myself a Steve Rogers icon.


have some visual inspiration

or, Res sees so few movies that she feels compelled to discuss each and every one of them.

- Look! America still thinks it's the brave little underdog, even while it acts like the sand-kicking bully! That's so adorable. It's like how rich and powerful Christians go on identifying with the Israelites while they go on acting like the Roman Empire.

- Mysteriously and in clear violation of the laws of nature, Tommy Lee Jones is not getting any less sexy. I'd like an explanation of this.

- Oh hai, comic book homoeroticism. You always make things more fun.

( Spoilers, though I can't imagine much will surprise you if you've ever, like, seen a movie )