c_im_bigbang | 2020 Cap-Iron Man Second Claims

CLAIMS ARE CLOSED.

To those unfamiliar with the concept, second claims are when all the fics in the Big Bang are made available to be claimed again by a second artist, resulting in teams of one writer and two artists. Unlike the first round of claims, however, second claims are completely optional and not all stories are guaranteed to be claimed again.

We encourage all artists who missed the first round of claims to join in and participate in the second round! Artists who have already claimed a story in round one are also invited to claim a second story.

This is the SECOND CLAIMS phase of the Big Bang, and where the artists come in! 12 fantastic drafts have been submitted and are awaiting artists to claim them.

By claiming a story, you assert that you will collaborate with your writer(s) to produce custom artwork to accompany their story when posting begins in November. There is no penalty-free dropping out after this point.

You do not need to be a member of the

cap_ironman community or have a Dreamwidth account to make your claim. Anonymous comments on this post are enabled. (Commenting will open when the claiming phase begins).

Your schedule:

October: Artists work on their piece, writers finish their fics

Saturday, October 24th: Teams select posting dates for November

November: Big Bang fic and art begin posting!

A recap on some of the main rules:

Please remember to read through our General Event Policies and the Big Bang Event Guidelines for all participants, as well as the Artists’ Guidelines for this year’s challenge before going on to claim any fics.

Traditional and digital art are the eligible work types for this Big Bang.

You are required to make, at minimum, one piece of accompanying fanwork for the fic you claim. The artwork(s) must be new and made solely for the story in question.

This is a collaborative challenge; you are expected to keep in touch with your team for the duration of the challenge. You must coordinate with your partner during the posting period.

All participants must be 18 or older.

To claim a summary on Saturday, September 27th, you will need to leave a comment with the following information (just copy and paste in your own details):

Two or three options are recommended as we cannot guarantee that you will get your first choice. However, you may include more if you wish or list just one choice if there is only one summary you are interested in. Remember that you are signing up for a collaborative event—please do not list summaries that you would not be genuinely happy to work with.

Claims will be made on a first-come, first-served basis and you will be assigned the first option that is still available on your list.

Initially, you may only claim once, and you will be assigned a single fic. We will announce when double claims begin.

If the claim time is inconvenient for you, we encourage you to find someone who will put in a claim for you by proxy. All your proxy has to do is comment on the claims post instead of you when the time comes, providing your username, email and claims as set out above in this post.

You can email the mod team (cap.im.events@gmail.com) for assistance in finding a proxy.

Writers, remember that artists have different schedules and timezones, and that though we try to accommodate everyone, your fic may not be claimed in the first few hours. Please be patient, and don’t look at claims as a competition This challenge is about pairing like-minded creators who will work together to produce exciting new Steve/Tony content; sometimes it takes a while for the right person to come along!

When matching is complete, we will send out emails to connect artists with their writers, along with further instructions.

NOTE: After you receive the email, PLEASE RESPOND DIRECTLY CONFIRMING you have received the information. Please wait until you have replied to this email before contacting your partner. After confirming the assignment email has been received, it is the artists’ and writers’ responsibilities to open communications with team members and keep in touch for the duration of the collaboration.

A word about warnings: If you have a specific concern and would like the mods to vet a story draft before you make your choices, please let us know at cap.im.events@gmail.com.

Please send any questions to cap.im.events@gmail.com, especially if we've made a mistake with your summary.

List of Available Summaries

ALPHA

Genre: Angst, Grief/Mourning
Universe: MCU
Characters/Pairings other than Steve/Tony: minor Bucky Barnes/Natasha Romanoff, minor Carol Davers/James Rhodes
Warnings: Major character death
Rating: Explicit
Summary:

Steve’s supposed to be inching towards acceptance. Bereavement was a marathon. Yet, he’s never left the starting point, stagnant and nauseous with the reality that he’d have to run for the rest of his life. It’s a shadow that followed him. Even the serum couldn’t do anything to cure the heaviness of loss.

He was under the ice again. The waves crashed without remorse. All Steve could do was stay half-wake, half-asleep, immobile as the wreckage passed. That’s the ocean and that’s life. Steve’s understood that long ago. He hoped that there’s still some part of him that’s salvageable, a part of him that hasn’t been chipped away and worn off by the brutality of grief.

He no longer had hope for reaching a shore. But for now, he floated. On and on and on.

(Steve Rogers has been many things throughout his life: soldier, superhero, husband, father, widower.)

BETA

Genre: Sci-fi
Universe: MCU
Characters other than Steve/Tony: Clint Barton, Bruce Banner, Sam Wilson, Natasha Romanoff, Loki, Bucky Barnes, Helen Cho, Ultron
Warnings: Some homophobic talk, some references to shitty parenting, graphic depictions of violence
Rating: Mature
Summary:

TWhen the Avengers faced Ultron, they believed that Vision completed his task to lock Ultron out of the internet. After Sokovia, no one thinks that Ultron survived – least of all Tony. Everyone is wrong. Ultron’s code persists, hidden in the deepest trenches of the world wide web. Soon, it rises to cause chaos around the world and the only way to stop a nuclear catastrophe is to meet Ultron face to face. But Ultron is computer code – elusive, persistent, and viral. The only way to confront him is to meet the AI on equal footing within the bowels of the internet itself. Steve and Tony enter the virtual world of Ultron’s mind, passing through the rims to get to the center core of the AI’s existence. Along the way they face challenges and nightmares, hardships and truths. Truths that hurt and haunt them. Now they have to deal with a genocidal killer AI, a truth that could destroy them, and their unspoken attraction for one another. It might work, but then again, Ross is knocking at the door to the Avengers compound ready to take them down, once and for all.

CHARLIE

Genre: Angst
Universe: MCU A/B/O AU
Warnings: abusive behavior, not nice steve, Steve is discriminatory, it gets better, Steve changes, recovery
Rating: Explicit
Summary:

Captain America isn’t dead, but he should have been. Instead, Steve is sitting here reading over lengthy legal documents that bind him, an alpha, to an omega.

There’s a certain vanity in the omega's eyes, a bit of rebelliousness that Steve just knows he’s going to have to curb, if he can’t get out of this contract. He has to believe that his friend, Howard, would have never betrothed his son to Steve if he had known what Anthony Stark was going to turn into.

Because that’s the crux of it. Anthony is everything Steve has been taught that an omega without guidance is, and that’s a problem.

DELTA

Genre: Romantic Drama
Universe: 616 Civil War fic with a mix of MCU
Characters other than Steve/Tony: Lots of Avengers. Carol, Peter, Bucky all feature somewhat prominently.
Warnings: Major character death, albeit temporary; Alcohol and drugs; Explicit sexual content.
Rating: Mature
Summary:
Tony and Steve have finally made up after Civil War. They’re friends again. It’s everything Steve wanted. It’s a pity, then, that Steve has to go and ruin everything by dying in Tony’s arms. It’s not a bad place to die. It’s not even the first time.

When Steve wakes up as a ghost—Tony’s personal haunting—he learns all sorts of things he’s sure Tony never wanted him to know. Chief among them: Tony’s been in love with Steve for a long time, and Steve’s apparently the last to know.

Steve’s been dead before, and it didn’t take. He’s determined to make sure that he comes back from this one. But first he has to convince Tony that he hasn’t gone crazy from grief, and that Steve is here to stay.

ECHO

Genre: Post-Avengers Endgame, Getting Together/Mutual Pining
Universe: MCU
Characters/Pairings other than Steve/Tony: Natasha Stark, Steve Rogers (Earth 3490), Tony Stark (Avengers Assemble), Natasha Romanoff, Sharon Carter, Pepper Potts, Morgan Stark, Peter Parker, some background relationships
Rating: Teen
Summary:

It's been two years since the Battle for Earth, two years since Thanos. Tony and Steve survived that fight and everything afterwards, but now they must survive just trying to ask each other out. Especially when they keep getting interrupted during their almost moments together.

Or, how Steve and Tony got together, featuring a t-shirt that annoys Tony, a meeting with their multiverse selves, one of which is a girl which surprised the hell out of Tony, their meddling exes, their relationship as viewed by the tabloids, constant interruptions from Doctor Doom, an A.I. who is just trying her best, whether Morgan approves, and a very drunken trip to Vegas with Thor's secret mead stash.

FOXTROT

Genre: Romance/Drama
Universe: 616
Warnings: Dirty talk
Rating: Explicit
Summary:

Steve Rogers was back from the dead. And Tony Stark, amnesiac after erasing his memory after the Civil War, had to confirm the truth of it with his eyes, even at a distance, because, as far as he knew, Steve died hating him. He just didn’t expect to be discovered and invited for a cup of coffee in the middle of the night by Steve keeping no hard feelings from him. What was he planning? Would Tony’s heart be able to stand so close to him again, knowing everything that had happened between them, knowing everything Tony always felt for Steve?

Tony decided it was worth it to trust Steve and accept the invitation. What worse could happen? He had already lost everything. After all, it was just a talk. It wasn’t like Tony was going to reveal all of his most intimate secrets, the ones that even Steve hadn’t been able to discover, right?
Leaving all the armors outside, both real and emotional, Tony entered the apartment, not knowing that that night would change everything, in the best ways possible, not before some angst and old wounds being exposed.

GOLF

Genre: No Powers AU
Universe: MCU
Characters/Pairings other than Steve/Tony: Sam/Bucky, Natasha/Clint, past relationships mentioned
Warnings:minor off-screen character death
Rating: Mature
Summary:
It’s been ten years since Tony Stark watched the man he loved leave him.
Ten years can be a lifetime, and he’s happy now--he has a business he built with his best friend, a kid he loves more than life itself, a life he fought for. If he still misses Steve--well. He’s used to that.
It’s been ten years since Steve Rogers left the life he wanted.
Ten years that have been good to him--he’s built a business and a reputation, he’s got everything he left to achieve--he just didn’t realize it would take so long. He didn’t realize that while he was busy building a life, Tony would be busy living. Without him.
It’s been ten years and a thousand tears and a lifetime of regret--but pulled together by a friend’s last wish, they might just have a second chance for the life they chose, once, when they were young and stupidly in love.

HOTEL

Genre: Fantasy/Horror
Universe: MCU-based Witcher AU with Lovecraftian monsters
Characters/Pairings other than Steve/Tony:Steve & Bucky, Steve & Darcy, Steve & Natasha, Tony & Natasha, very brief Steve/Natasha, other MCU characters (Phil, Clint, Fury, Dr. Strange, T’Challa etc.)
Warnings: Horror, monsters, violence, imprisonment, mild(ish) PTSD, mental health issues (depictions of how the Old Ones affect people’s perception of reality) implied past child abuse/negligence, self-sacrificing Tony. The Steve/Natasha is three short scenes, all explicit sex happens between Tony and Steve.
Rating: Explicit
Summary:
As the Continent faces an unnameable threat, it will take the combined effort—and sacrifice—of dedicated people to save the very existence of the world as they know it.
OR
A Witcher finds his Destiny and everything changes.

Ch1 is Steve’s backstory and finding Tony. Ch2 is Tony’s POV of how things progress. Ch3 has changing POVs. You do NOT have to be a Lovecraft lover to read or illustrate the story but some knowledge about Netflix’s The Witcher will probably help. Also, while Nat is sort of Yennefer in this, there’s no animosity between her and the boys. If you’ve always wanted to illustrate tentacles reaching out from the sky, this is your chance!

INDIA

Genre: Romance (in space). Endgame Fix-it
Universe: MCU
Characters/Pairings other than Steve/Tony: Carol, Nebula, mentions of other Avengers, Pepper and Morgan.
Rating: Explicit
Summary:
Tony wakes up in a hospital on another planet missing his memories of the last ten years. The last he knew it was 2013, and now he's on a space road trip - a promo tour, of sorts - with Steve and two women he's never seen before, Carol Danvers and Nebula. He's forgotten a whole lot, that is clear. There's the shocking but good things, like how Tony helped save the Universe and that Steve thinks the world of him now. But clearly there's also a whole lot of bad, too.

It's an Endgame fix-it where Tony lives, but poking at the Civil War events when he learns the truth about his parents all over again. Tony's also instantly enamoured of the little girl in the pictures, thrilled about his nanite armor, there's bonding with Nebula, meeting the Sovereigns, dancing, the sharing of a bed, Steve pining and having a crush but refusing to hook up until Tony knows all of their history, Tony winning an alien game in a casino on Knowhere which causes a brawl, fighting the Krees… And yes, after a bit of angst, getting his memories back and earning that happy ever after.

JULIETT

Genre: H/C, Angst with a happy ending
Universe: Post Civil War 616
Characters/Pairings other than Steve/Tony: Maria Hill, Avengers
Warnings: Depression
Rating: General Audiences
Summary:
This story is set after the SHRA, Steve’s death and resurrection, and after Tony deleted his brain, and woke up from his coma. Here, they defeated Osborn but Tony left the Avengers and decided to quit being Ironman, following his issues with Steve (they don’t get on and haven’t talked about the SHRA). After taking down Osborn, Tony realises he has lost most shares in his company. As a result, he’s very close to losing his company and is in a very desperate situation. Steve (who’s become Commander) hires him to work for Shield as an agent working in the labs.

Tony has a very difficult time of it. The agents he works with do not like him and he struggles to manage his feelings around Steve. He starts to feel very isolated and struggles mentally, and eventually it all builds up until Tony finally breaks down. Steve realises that Tony is physically and mentally exhausted and is horrified (No matter their issues, he still loves Tony)! They begin to talk and Steve tries to help him.

Then a mission goes horribly wrong and they find themselves in a desperate situation. Tony confesses his feelings. To his complete surprise..Steve does too.

KILO

Genre: Regency Romance, Steampunk Fantasy
Universe: Regency Steampunk AU based mainly on MCU with some hints of/characters from 616
Characters/Pairings other than Steve/Tony: Sam Wilson, Obadiah Stane, Natasha Romanoff, Clint Barton, Indries Moomji, Wanda Maximoff, Bucky Barnes (sort of, he's a hallucination)
Warnings: Mentions of war and PTSD. Mind control and love potions (Indries and Obadiah conspire to drug Tony to control him and separate him from Steve. No sexual activity is mentioned or referenced, but he is magically controlled and coerced). Suspension of disbelief required. Off-screen minor character deaths (Howling Commandos, Bucky, Howard and Maria Stark).
Rating: Teen
Summary:
When Captain Steve Rogers returns from the Hydra Wars aboard the airship The Falcon, he is lost. He has made his fortune, but lost everything in return. He is reeling from grief and with no clue what to do with himself when Sir Anthony Stark, the son of an old friend, writes to offer him a home. He takes up the offer, but finds himself embroiled in a plot to bring down the country and raise Hydra from the grave. Disguised as the dashing highwayman, Nomad, Steve is determined to stop the traitors and prevent the war from beginning all over again. Can he uncover the traitor, save the handsome baronet, and avoid being hanged as a highwayman?

A self-indulgent Regency AU featuring highwayman!Steve, Baronet!Tony, treason, identity porn, nefarious plots and a dash of magic.

LIMA

Genre: Action/Adventure, Steampunk
Universe: MCU Steampunk AU
Characters/Pairings other than Steve/Tony: lots of other MCU characters -- Natasha Romanoff, Bruce Banner, Sam Wilson, Hope van Dyne, Scott Lang, Wanda Maximoff, Nick Fury, Nakia, etc
Warnings: No cute dinosaurs were harmed in this, except that the velociraptors were likely singed during the final attack.
Rating: Teen
Summary:
Tony Stark is a brilliant inventor and genius and toast of New Timely and has a problem -- he is the only man who seems to dislike the famous Captain Rogers. He is surprised to be recruited on an expedition to the Savage Land by Director Fury of the New Explorers' Club on Rogers' recommendation. Meanwhile, Steve Rogers is trying to adapt to modern life after being rescued from a magical void. He's contacted by a woman about the illegal trade of dinosaurs as pets in New Timely and ends up as a guardian for a small dinosaur.

Both T'Challa and Hank Pym contact Fury for help with the theft and smuggling of vibranium and Pym's inventions. Steve is tasked with investigating these smuggling rings on an expedition down to the Savage Land. How does smuggling technology tie into the illegal dinosaur trade? What does AIM have to do with it? Will Tony and Steve set aside their differences and fall in love?

This story is about smuggling intrigue, scientific expeditions in a steampunk setting, enemies to lovers, Steve finding his place in the world, Tony overcoming his trust issues, the problems of dinosaurs as pets.