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    After Tony 'steps back' from the Avengers at the end of Age of Ultron, he talks about the team with Friday and realizes he had nothing to 'step back' from. He never was part of the team.

    This story is a what if where Tony makes one change, which opens up new opportunities. One among them is an earlier proposal of marriage to Pepper than canonical. That is one among many many many facets of the story, it is not the main point of the story. Tony gains a support system, while other people lose theirs. Tony explores possibilities to defend the Earth. Tony gains allies.

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    03 Aug 2025

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    English Literature graduate does English literature graduate things

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    01 Mar 2025

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    Few people get a second chance. Few people get the opportunity to make the right decision after a mistake.
    If you got a do-over, what would you do? What would you change?
    There aren't many who get the chance to actually make those decisions.
    But Steve Rogers did.
    And he saved the world.
    Just not in the way he thought he would.

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    25 Jul 2024

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    An Iron Man 3 AU, wherein Steve was defrosted too early, and after a couple of lonely decades working for SHIELD, decides to retire and run a hardware store called Mister Fixit’s in suburban Miami.

    Tony Stark, presumed dead, presumed not-Iron Man, needs to make some weapons to take on the Mandarin’s mansion. A non-chain store that takes cash and doesn’t ask questions is just what Tony needs.

    Steve becomes intrigued by the mysterious mechanic that keeps buying things from his store, but when he becomes more aware of what Tony the Mechanic is up to, is Steve ready to be this close to the world of superheroes again?

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    06 Feb 2024

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    For the prompt from Fluffypanda: "A huge portion of SHIELD's agents were slaves and the Winter Soldier was registered as one of them. When SHIELD and Hydra fall, their assets are sold off, including their enslaved agents. Tony buys as many of them as he can and without knowing it, purchases the Winter Soldier."

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    08 Jan 2024