HOLY SHIT THIS FIC

Every Stony fan needs to drop what they're doing and read this fic right the fuck now. I was legitimately crying towards the end because it was so beautiful and nothing hurt and love healed all the things.

The Twice-Told Tale (15789 words) by arysteia
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Avengers (2012), Iron Man (Movies), Captain America (2011)
Rating: Explicit
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark
Characters: Steve Rogers, Tony Stark, Howard Stark
Summary:

For someone he'd hero-worshipped for so long, Steve Rogers in the flesh is a pretty big disappointment. For one thing, he keeps looking at Tony as though he reminds him of someone else, and even if he never says anything, Tony's pretty sure it's his father. A lifetime of not measuring up to Howard's expectations is more than enough, thank you very much, and he's certainly not going to make an effort to live up to any of Steve's. Steve's pretty clearly failed to live up to his expectations, in any case, and that's not hypocritical at all.