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These stories could fit within MCU canon - and in some (okay, many...) cases would *improve* MC canon!
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all the way to the graveyard by thesecretdetectivecollection
Fandoms: Daredevil (TV), The Punisher (TV 2017)
19 Oct 2023
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When Frank gets back to New York, he keeps his head down.
He doesn’t look Karen up, doesn’t Google Foggy Nelson—Franklin, he reminds himself. His real name is Franklin—even though they’re etched into his mind.
He does type in Matt Murdock’s name a couple of times, but he never presses enter.
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In which Frank runs into a dead man in the cemetery. -
Occupational hazard by Bergen
Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Spider-Man (Tom Holland Movies)
28 Mar 2023
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“Hi there,” Tony Stark says.
“Go away,” Peter replies. The drainpipe he is leaning against digs into his back, reminding him he doesn’t have a lot of room for escape.
“Can’t I buy you dinner?”
“Nope.” He shouldn’t refuse, probably. But the way Tony Stark stares at him, a bit like how a detective would study a cadaver, is giving him a bad feeling in the pit of his stomach.
“Why not?” the man asks. He holds out both hands, palms turned upward. A ‘Look, safe’-sort of gesture. “I’ll let you pick the place.”
“Oh, goodie. And later will you let me pick where you’re going to bury my dead body?” -
Tiny Tony by NotEvenCloseToStraight
Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Avengers (Marvel) - All Media Types
02 Jan 2023
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When Tony is de-aged to a wide eyed, chubby cheeked, far too smart for his own good four year old, the Avengers step up to help out.
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“Uh Pep?” Clint stuck his head into the kitchen, tossed a salute at Rhodey, then raised his eyebrows at Pepper. “Hi. Small thing. There is a child in the common area dismantling a laptop. Curly hair, super big eyes, basically the cutest thing in the world but sorta hilariously out of place in the Tower. Who did Tony knock up and are we going to have to share babysitting duty? Cos frankly, diapers scare the shit out of me. I will be no help there."“First of all, the kid’s four.” Colonel Rhodes stated flatly. “No diapers. Second of all--”
“It’s not Tony’s child, it’s Tony.” Pepper finished wearily. “Something happened at the Sanctum, Tony touched something he wasn't supposed to touch and he’s four years old now. I have no idea what’s going on or how long it will take to fix itself. Right now we’re just rolling with it, alright?”
“Rolling with it.” Clint repeated. “With a ridiculously cute four year old with squirrel cheekies and an IQ high enough to make me dizzy? Just rolling with that, huh?”
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- Part 87 of Short Stories!
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Blue memento by Bergen
Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Avengers (Marvel Movies), Spider-Man (Tom Holland Movies)
18 Jul 2022
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Post-NWH.
The Avengers haven’t been much of a group since they defeated Thanos, since a large fraction of the team died, retired, went AWOL or MIA. It’s mainly up to Sam and Bucky – with some help from a still recovering Tony – to catch the latest enhanced serial killer roaming the streets of New York.
Until a random college student from MIT named Peter Parker suddenly seems to have some answers.
Sam is cautious. Tony is intrigued. Bucky is the voice of reason for a change. -
Incomplete Erasure by Meltha
Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Captain America (Movies)
15 Jul 2022
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He doesn't know his own name, but there are memories that fight the frozen hell his life has become. Even as he is activated, they swirl, and he nearly remembers, almost grasps them in his cold hands before they melt away.
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The first time James Rhodes meets Tony Stark, Tony is a scrawny teenager, running across the lawn at campus, yelling curses, using a tea towel to try and trap a roomba-like contraption that is zigzagging wildly through the grass, until he trips over his own feet and faceplants. People laugh but Rhodey takes pity, so when the thing zooms towards him he lifts one foot and traps the robot underneath it. It beeps once and the wheels stop whirring.
Instead of thanking him, the teenager scrambles forward on hands and knees, glares up at him and says “well thanks you probably broke it, dumbass.” -
The first dawn of light in your universe brings pain by whitchry9
Fandoms: Daredevil (TV)
09 Apr 2025
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So this is what it felt like for Foggy.
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- Part 1 of Its first gift is concealment
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While imprisoned in the munitions factory Bucky can either let his cellmates starve or join the officers for dinner.
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- Part 4 of Alphabet Soup
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Am I My Captain's Keeper? by Idle_Hans
Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Avengers (Marvel Movies), Captain America (Movies)
22 Jun 2020
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A letter to Tony Stark.
No, not that one. A different one.
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Prompt: I don't have the right to feel this sad over something this small. I don't have the right. I know I don't have the right. But God, this fucking hurts.