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I can't decide which of my projects I should actually work on today (and have spent several hours procrastinating a decision because apparently that's how today is gonna go), so here is a snippet from "Mismatched" my Zhao Yunlan/Shen Wei soulmate AU:

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“This cat is very intelligent,” the man says without glancing up.

The soulmark on Zhao Yunlan’s left arm flares white-hot, like a brand seared into his skin. It hurts, but it doesn’t at the same time, nearly unbearable but so intense it’s kind of good. He almost chokes on his own breath and only barely stops himself from clenching his hand into a fist. His heart is pounding and he shifts his weight a little to hide the sudden tightness in his jeans. His eyes are glued to the man’s face, to the flush of pink in his cheeks, the way his lashes flutter as he glances down at Da Qing, then back up at Zhao Yunlan.

Title: Presumed Dead
Author: Nightwalker/Onemuseleft/I don’t know whatever you want to call me is cool.
WARNING: There are spoilers for IM3 here, pretty massive ones and also some smaller ones for Cap 2 (based solely on gifs I’ve seen, but still) Also, if you haven't seen the movie and want to read this anyway, please be warned of implied main character death.
Summary: The Mandarin’s attack on Malibu was broadcasting live. Millions watched while Iron Man fell; it’s only reasonable to assume some of them were his friends. This is Steve’s reaction to watching the attack on the Malibu house.
Beta: Thanks Amaronith, for the quick and dirty beta read!
Universe: MCU

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Title: Sex, Lies and Newsprint: A Year of Cap/Tony Romance As Told By the Tabloids
Chapter: Chapter Seven: The No-So-Ex-Boyfriend!
Pairing: Steve/Tony discussion of past Tony/Tiberius and Tony/others
Rating: PG
Beta: kahn who told me to just give up and rewrite most of it, and minerva710 who told me to give up and rewrite the rest and then patted me on the head while I declared my intention to set this fic on fire and never write again.
Warnings: Emotional manipulation/abuse (Ty is a dick) and a scene that could be triggery for people with non-con/attempted non-con triggers. No non-con occurs in this story, but Ty is not taking no for an answer so please be advised.
Summary: Tiberius is back in Tony's life. It could be going better.

Chapter Seven can be found here on AO3.
Earlier chapters are here.

Peter (singsong): "Here comes the bride! All dressed in white!"
Tony: "Let's be honest with ourselves, kids. If I were a bride, there's no way I could get away with wearing white. Even I wouldn't be able to keep a straight face."
Peter: "But you're not denying that you would be the bride."
Tony: "Well, I'm certainly not throwing my back out trying to carry Steve across a threshold."
Peter: "Not two weeks ago I saw you throw him over your shoulder and jog for twelve city blocks."
Tony: "Yes, but it's amazing what you can accomplish when the paparazzi are after you."
Peter: "Those weren't paparazzi. They were HYDRA agents. With laser rifles."
Tony: "Oh. I might have overreacted a little, in that case."

"Where are we going?" he asked, slouching down in his seat and pulling out his phone. There's time for Angry Birds (Tony's trying to convince the developers to put in a little brown one that wears purple pants and turns into a giant green one that smashes things when you tap the screen, but they seem to feel that would be crossing a line somehow).

Tony likes World of Goo better because, hi, physics engine. Pepper deleted it off his phone when she caught him forming the goo piles into obscene shapes during board meetings.

Title: Time to Get it Right
Author: nightwalker
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Apollo/Midnighter
Summary: The part that shamed him, the part that made his stomach turn, was that none of this was really about Midnighter.
Notes: Set immediately after and containing spoilers for Human on the Inside. I liked parts of that comic - and parts of it really rubbed me the wrong way. I felt like I got what they were trying to do, but mostly Apollo just came off like someone's abusive boyfriend. I wanted to see more of a reconciliation than that quick glance we got at the end, so I figured an epilogue with make-up sex was in order.

Time to Get it Right: At AO3

Title: Taking You With Me
Author: nightwalker
Rating: Hard R/NC-17
Pairing: Apollo/Midnighter
Summary: Midnighter's home again. It's not the answer to everything, but it's a pretty good start.
Notes: This is a missing scene set after the Assassin 8 storyline from the Midnighter comics. Spoilers abound for both that and the Anthem storyline. This is basically angst and fluff with some reunion sex mixed in.

Taking You With Me: At AO3

Title: New Traditions
Pairings/Characters: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark, appearances by Clint, Natasha, Pepper, Bruce, Thor and the Fantastic Four.
Warnings: This fic deals with Tony's alcoholism as a subplot, so if that's uncomfortable for you, please use discretion.
Beta: kahn!

A/N: Written for truthiness_aura for the 2011 cap_ironman Secret Santa exchange. My prompt was: "All of Tony's old holiday traditions involved drinking somehow. Now he has to face his first holiday season as a sober man. Steve tries to help him out. Things I'd like to see: The two of them developing a new tradition together, a deepening friendship. Things I don't want: Too much angst, problems being magically solved."

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Title: Marked
Universe: Avengers 616
Pairing: Steve/Tony (mentions of past Tony/others)
Warnings: None
Beta: none, feel free to point out any errors
Summary: Tony likes being marked. Steve likes making Tony happy.

( Marked )

Peter: "Man, it's just not fair. Even after getting super-powers, I'm still just a nerd."
Tony: "Could be worse. You could be Clark Kent."
Peter: "Clark who?"
Tony: "You know. Superman."
Peter: "YOU KNOW SUPERMAN'S SECRET IDENTITY? Wait, did you just OUT Superman? Tony! That's not ethical!"
Tony: "Please. Like you'd tell anyone. Anyway, he knows yours, so it's only fair."
Peter: "YOU TOLD HIM?"
Tony: "What do you take me for? No! Batman figured it out about a week after you bought your first pair of red tights."
Peter: "Batman. Batman knows who I am?"
Tony: "Batman knows who pretty much everyone is. Although I had him convinced Thor was Carol Danvers for a while there."
Peter: "..."
Tony: "In Bats' defense, they were never in the same place at the same time, and I might have led him to believe Carol was a shape-shifting hermaphrodite."
Peter: "... like Sosai X?"
Tony: "I don't know who that is. Anyway, I don't think anyone in this town has a secret identity anymore."
Peter: "Except Batman."
Tony: "..."
Peter: "YOU KNOW WHO BATMAN IS? HOW?!"
Tony: "Please. I am a genius, why do people always forget that? Anyway, we go way back. We share a few social circles. Jan probably knows him, now that I think about it."
Peter: "YOU SOCIALIZE WITH BATMAN?"
Steve: *wanders in* "Didn't you two date once?"
Peter: "You dated Batman? BATMAN. BAT. MAN. You dated him?"
Tony: "Dating is a very strong word. It was more like a series of loosely connected one-night-stands. The three of us weren't really looking for anything permanent-"
Peter: "Three of us? There were three of you? WAS CAP THERE?"
Steve: "No. That was Superman. I'd have sex with a pissed off Hulk before I'd have sex with Batman."
Tony: "That's... well, actually, I can't argue with that. How did you know Clark was there?"
Steve: "You talk in your sleep."
Tony: "I do?"
Steve: "Amongst other things."
Tony: "Really?"
Steve: "Oh yeah."
Peter: "What? Where did this conversation go?"
Tony: "WE HAVE TO GO NOW."
*Steve and Tony leave*
Peter: "So this is what it feels like to realize your parents are having sex. Ew. Ew. Ew."
Clint: *walking through, claps Peter on the shoulder* "I feel you, kid."