Alex's This and That

Title: Googled
Author: alexcat
Fandom: Avengers (MCU)
Type: FPS
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: I do not own nor do I profit from the use of these characters.
Warnings: None
Character(s): Tony Stark/Steve Rogers
Archive: Ao3, Alex's Story Book
Summary: Steve googles himself and is shocked at what he finds.

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Steve had never Googled himself, but he was bored. He typed in Steve Rogers. Apparently there were millions of those so he added Captain America and he hit the jackpot.

A Wikipedia article about the tiny little Brooklyn boy who became the country’s greatest hero, criticism of him and the others for their destruction of New York, London and other places, some photos of him as a young man before the serum.

Then there was gossip. He was linked romantically with every woman he’d ever spoken to, but mainly with Natasha Romanov. That was nice, but he and Natasha were not an item. There was speculation about him and Stark being deadly enemies. He saw a report that said he was a Nazi clone of the original Captain America.

Then he clicked images. There were photos of him in his suit and photos of him in civilian clothes. He came across the images where his face had been manipulated onto a body with a penis as big as a horse’s.

Then he saw one that blew him away.

It was a photo of him and Tony in suits. They were embracing, Tony was talking to him, and he was smiling. The caption said, “Iron Man and Captain America lovers?” He clicked the link to go to page the photo came from, there was a long article about how he and Tony were lovers, how the government and the other Avengers were embarrassed by their public carrying on, and on and on it went.

He called Tony and told him about the article.

“Do they know about us?” he asked Tony.

Tony laughed. “No, Cap. No one knows, but Natasha and that’s because she walked in on us.”

“Would you be embarrassed if they did?” Steve needed to know the answer.

“Would you?” Tony countered without answering Steve’s question.

“No. I’d never be embarrassed to be with you, Tony.”

“You have your answer then.”

“Do I?”

“Want me to announce it?” Tony was actually enjoying himself. Steve was sometimes stuck in the 40s and public acknowledgements that people even had sex was one of the things that made him squirmy. It didn’t mean that he was prudish in any way. He was actually willing to try things that made Tony a little nervous. He was just very, very private.

“Hell no!”

“Is this the first time you’ve googled yourself?” Tony asked, suspecting it was.

“Yes.”

“Then whatever you do, don’t look up Tony Stark/Steve Rogers fanfiction,” and hung up the phone with a smile.

~~

Title: Saving Elephants
Author: alexcat
Fandom: Avengers(MCU)
Type: gen
Rating: G
Disclaimer: I do not own nor do I profit from the use of these characters.
Warnings: None
Character(s): Steve Rogers, Sam Wilson, Natasha Romanov
Notes: I doubt elephants will do this but they did here.
Archive: Ao3, alex's Story Book
Summary: The rescue this time is different.

~~~“Elephants? You want us to save elephants?” Steve asked.

“Yes!” Natasha told him. “The poachers are getting their hands on Chitauri weapons and using it to kill elephants and other wild animals. We can do some good and save some beautiful and innocent creatures from being murdered.”

“You had me at poachers,” Steve told her. “Where are we going?”

“Kenya.”

“Did you call Sam?”

“On his way!”

They flew their Quinjet as close as they could to the wildlife preserve where the poachers were operating. A local guide led them into the place where the elephants lived. They were careful not to go too near, for these were still wild animals and could be dangerous. No one wanted to have to hurt one of them in self-defense.

Reliable intel had the poachers nearby and poised to hit this herd.

The secret Avengers found the poachers just as they were loading up to do their dirty work. They disarmed them after only a few shots and rounded all of them up but two who managed to escape in their truck. Chitauri weaponry was not yet part of their skill set but it wouldn’t have taken them long to master the staff weapons they carried.

After turning the criminals over to the waiting law enforcement, they decided to chase after the escapees. Steve drove an old army jeep loaned to them by their hosts and they hadn’t gone far when they saw a circle of elephants on the makeshift road. When they came near, they stopped and got out. A huge female elephant backed out of the circle and let them in. Inside the circle was the truck with the other two poachers.

The elephants waited patiently for them to tie the two up and take them away. Then they disbursed and went on their own way.

“No one will ever believe we got help from elephants,” Steve said.

“I got a selfie!” Natasha showed them her picture of her holding one of the handcuffed criminals and behind them, the big female elephant had her trunk as if she were waving at the camera.


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