That's the twenty-first century love song, baby. Glitz and glamour and every one of us is a liar.

Harvey Specter wasn't the rich renegade badass that plucked Mike from his potential life of crime.

Tony Stark was.

Charles, a miner from a poor village in the countryside, saves the life of Erik Lehnsherr, scion of a successful business family and the richest man on Eisen. Charles is a telepath and somewhat anxious about it, while Erik abstains from relationships because the lights flicker and doors open and electronics vibrate when he gets too excited.

Also features a long-suffering sister, a foul-mouthed bodyguard, and a best friend with a heart that is definitely not gold.

In which there are princes, spaceships, long journeys, and old secrets uncovered. (An AU sci-fi fairytale)

but the point being—the point being that bucky called the baby shortcakes and so right at the beginning he’s shortcakes, or shortcake, or, as he gets older, shortcut, because he’s forever running through and around the mansion and the yard and stark tower and one time, to steve’s consternation and tony’s near-heart-attack, the grocery store

As it turns out, fighting crime is the easy part.

“I can hear you,” Steve blurts, “in the shower. In the mornings. I’m sorry, I should have told you sooner, I just didn’t want to...and then you...and there were always...um. Sorry.”

There's no "I" in "Avenger."