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author: kiyaar pairing: steve/tony universe: 616 words: 2.3k warnings: CNTW, content nuance in end notes tags: superior iron man, addiction, consent issues, transhumanism, hickmanvengers, PTSD, suicidal thoughtforms rating: explicit summary: The war dies when they're done killing each other. After, they have to live.
written for the @jetskiithejester for @cap-ironman's holiday exchange!
The scar on Steve’s palm still feels warm. The new team doesn’t remember. Jan’s gaze goes glassy when he brings it up: the incursions, the fight with the builders. The world swarms on. There is still so much war in him. At night Steve jogs his old bones by the river. The billboards shimmer. He swears their figures turn to follow him. Tony’s immutable seer eyes always on his body. An addict who won’t relinquish his grip on his last, lame, dirty secret. The two of them tethered in every rotten chapter. Do you remember, he asks Tony’s liquid-crystal face.



