Top 25 Epic MCU Fanfics
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Dark Matter
by mysterycyclone
The last thing Peter sees is Tony's horrified, heartbroken expression leaning over him. The guilt in his eyes is almost worse than the burning pain that's taking Peter apart piece by piece. The world starts to go dark.There's a flash of gold and green. For one moment, he finds himself standing among
The Third Option
by orphan_account
Homecoming AU.Ben and May divorced before Peter’s parents died, so when Ben is murdered Peter goes into foster care. It takes just a tiny taste of superpowers for Peter to decide he doesn’t want to put up with his horrible foster father anymore—the streets are infinitely more appealing. All he wants
Astronomy In Reverse
by pansley
A year after the Winter Soldier failed his mission in DC, Bucky Barnes is doing his best to stay under the radar from both Hydra and Steve Rogers. His hope for a peaceful day-to-day life in limbo goes awry, however, when he meets Queens’ newest hero; a pure-hearted kid with a death wish and a ridicu
Constant Internal [Spider] Screaming: Semi-Connected Scenes from a Graduating Senior’s Life
by isaDanCurtisproduction
When Peter's Teacher announces that his Graduating Class's Senior Trip is going to be to Stark Industries, the place where Peter has an internship, and where he spends so much of his free time, he is... less than enthused. No one believes his Internship is real and frankly, he just doesn't want to d
Be careful what you wish for, you may just get it
by Savana_Marlark
A snap.A gauntlet.A dying man's regret.It is a dangerous thing to wish with infinity stones on your fist. Sent back to the sands of Afghanistan, Tony Stark has a world to fix, and a Titan to stop, but he won't be doing it alone.
Lightning Scars & Metal Hearts
by JessalynMichele
With Voldemort back, Harry returned to the Dursley house, and Sirius imprisoned ‘living’ at Grimmauld Place, Sirius decides to go check on his godson.And when he doesn’t like what he finds at Number Four Privet Drive, Sirius decides to do something else- tell Harry a fifteen year old secret and send
Sharpen Your Teeth
by STARSdidathing
A betrayed Tony Stark leaves the Avengers. He's angry and bitter but he's not about to stop being a hero. The problem is that not everyone is happy with his decision.
it's always who is spider-man, never how is spider-man
by i_regret_thatpersonalityquiz
"Stay?"Peter finally looked down to see Harley Fucking Keener, Iron Lad, the boy who had caused his shoulder to be throbbing in pain all night, looking away with a slight tint to his cheeks. Peter opened and closed his mouth, no sound coming out.And he sat back down. OR: Peter had been living on the
Dissonance
by stuckybarnes
(FIC HAS BEEN FULLY REVISED AND EDITED TO THIRD-PERSON POV! REVISED AS OF 6/30/21! WOO!) Wherein Deadpool is reluctantly hired to protect Peter Parker from an organization out to hunt him, with varying success on both ends and quite a lot of feelings, revelations, and identity crises.
The Avengers vs The Peter Factor
by midnightwolf2192
No one could ever guess that The Avengers would fall to something known as The Peter Factor. This story tells of how each and every Avenger became wrapped around Peter Parker's finger without Peter even being aware of it.Also - please go to YouTube and check out the channel PJ’s Reads. This amazing
Harry Potter And The- so I really am Fate's Bitch?
by bookloser
Harry Potter was done. All he had ever wanted was a little less time at the Dursleys. Technically, he got his wish after the Battle of the Department of Mysteries. But he had been picturing something along the lines of a quiet holiday in Italy, not a stint in Azkaban. One year later, Harry is releas
Born from Chaos
by QueenOfALotOfDifferentWorlds
After surviving his life up to his eighteenth birthday, Harry wasn't really surprised when he got a letter that told him his biological father was Tony Stark.Exasperated? Absolutely. Surprised? Not so much.He had stopped thinking anything was too crazy to happen to him around the time he fought a fi
The Limitations of Wax
by RayShippouUchiha
So Jarvis is the one who pulls her up onto her feet, presses a tool into one hand and a book into the other and tells her to create. Tells her that if the numbers and the shapes and images in her mind hurt so bad then she should build them, should give them form so that they can finally leave her a
Don't Look Down
by NamelesslyNightlock
When forced to decide between the lives of Tony Stark and Iron Man, Steve Rogers chose wrong. Tony is left to deal with the consequences, but it’s not like he’s helpless, and he certainly isn’t alone.
The Sun Will Shine
by badwolfrise
Loki knew he was courting death when he decided to attempt to stab Thanos, so he lied to Thor about the sun shining on them again. He knew he was going to die. And he died under Thanos’s arms. But what he hadn’t expected was for him to wake up again, certainly not in the body of his younger self a w
The End of Infinity
by FriendlyNeighborhoodFangirls
In 2023, the battle for the universe has been won. At a cost no one can forget, the fight is over—for all but one.Stephen Strange has an idea. An impossible idea spanning dimensions and timelines, life and death, and the lines of good and evil. But he's played impossible odds before—perhaps he never
Say Goodbye to Yesterday
by melonbutterfly
The day after the invasion Tony wakes up and his tower is intact again; everything is exactly the way it was before this whole mess went down. It doesn’t take him long to catch up but he can’t figure out why he’s in a time loop – so he does what anyone would: fuck things up while trying to find a wa
A Friend for A Week
by LokasennaHiddleston
A week before Thor's coronation, a drunk and depressed Loki decides he wants a genuine friend of his own. Of course, he turns to magic to solve his dilemma.There are only two problems. First, he is very aware that his current form isn't very lovable or trustworthy. Second, he actually needs a person
How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful
by Takara_Phoenix
Post Civil War, Tony has to build a new team of Avengers.Aside from new recruits, there are also two well-known Avengers that return to Earth – with a ship full of refugees. New and more functional Avengers rise from the ashes of the old and new alliances, new friendships and even new relationships
A Parent Apparent
by happyaspie
In which the author indulges herself in some shameless Irondad/Spiderson with fluff, angst and everything in between because she needs more of that in her life.ORJust another one of those, oh so overdone, fanfics where Tony and Peter's relationship grows into more of a father/son relationship after
Point of No Return
by Brickgirl101
The bridges are burning, the heat's on my faceMaking the past an unreachable placePouring the fuel, fanning the flamesI know, this is the point of no return Bruce was right... they were just a chemical mixture. A bomb set to explode. Tony sat in the wake of it all... No he still had a promise to ful
Poetic Justice
by Limmet
When the time comes to pass sentence on Loki after the events in The Avengers, Odin decides to go for the poetic justice angle. For his attempt to enslave humanity, Loki has his magic and powers bound, and is sent back to Midgard and given over to Tony Stark to be his slave. This was not a turn of e
@sgtbarnes1917 and @cptrogers1918
by BayleyWinchester
Bucky Barnes broke Twitter with one photo
Old Souls
by the_writer1988
Tony Stark dies October 17th 2023. And wakes up on the 30th April 2016, three days before Lagos. Three days before the breaking of the Avengers begins. But now he has a chance. A chance to do it all over again. And not die trying.COMPLETE!
Once You Go Red...
by Gwenpools_Aesthetic
“Listen!” Matt huffed. “It just… It doesn’t work, ok? I can’t… We’re too different. We’re too different, Wade.” He turned towards Pete. He wanted to reach out, to put a hand on his arm, to comfort him. He could taste the salt of the tears welling up in Pete’s eyes. He could hear his breathing starti
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This list of 25epic MCU fanfics spans 5,960,241 total words. Kudos range from 2,737 on the newest entries to 100,604 on the most established. 68% are marked complete — check the status flag before committing to a longfic. The most common rating is Teen And Up Audiences (9 of 25 fics).
Recurring tags across this list: Hurt/Comfort · Tony Stark Acting as Peter Parker's Parental Figure · Tony Stark Has a Heart · Parent Tony Stark · Slow Burn.
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