Heres The Actual Watercolor Piece!

Here’s the actual watercolor piece!

Procreate process video. #mermay . . . . . Music: “Handel - Concerto for Organ and Orchestra Op7 no1 mvt2” by Advent Chamber Orchestra Music From the Free Music Archive #procreate #drawing #digitalart #processvideo #illustration #ipadpro #process #video

Inspiration (fanfiction): with you by laireshi This somewhat AU scene popped up in my head while reading. AU because I just can’t see 616-mature-super-soldier-Steve-Rogers getting a nosebleed from something like this. ;) 
(Tony would probably be littered with hickeys by the end of the session instead.) @laireshi​ I love everything about your fic. Just re-reading the beginning makes me so happy for those two. It’s so perfectly sweet with a hidden layer of sadness, overlaid with optimism and unconditional love for Tony. I just can’t deal with it. And that’s only the first two paragraphs.

#watercolorprocess Observant people may notice the penguin joining the frame. 🐧 Oops. Or is it only obvious to me? Reference photo by @usinkovphoto

Fix-It Friday

side by side by laireshi

When Tony learns of the incursions, he knows one thing. If there is any chance of stopping them, he has to work with Steve. Luckily, Steve agrees.

(Comment: This is per-fec-tion. Perfect balance between angst and beautiful, heartbreaking, sweet moments between these two halves of a whole.

Tony in a nutshell: "Steve hating him was better than Steve dead." (How sad and tragic is this quote?!)

The length he's willing to go, to suffer through for the sake of keeping Steve alive is something that defines (laireshi's) Tony. (You make him suffer so beautifully, @laireshi.) He'd destroy planets, hate himself for it and somehow live with Steve hating him just so his "better half" survives. Anything but Steve dying. He can't take that. Not again. He'll sacrifice himself gladly without a second thought. ^Just rambling about laireshi's Tony in general. Not specifically this story, since this is a fix-it. This fic was very soothing to my wounded soul, after reading the comics. I needed that so much. Thank you!)

Engineering Miracles by laireshi

The Infinity Gems reappearing is really the sort of thing a Sorcerer Supreme should investigate, and if it involves crossing universes, so much the better. Maybe Tony will finally find an alternate self who hasn't made a complete ruin of his life. And then Sorcerer Supreme Tony Stark finds himself on Earth-616.

(Comment: I love this one so much. @ purely MCU fans: It is Stevetony but there's also Sorcerer Supreme Tony Stark/Victor von Doom. Just give it a try if you're curious or read "Invincible Iron Man" by Bendis first/afterwards. (For the art, for Tony and Tony being low-key obsessed with Victor "suddenly [being] very handsome"?!)

Emergency Protocol by laireshi

Falling in love with Tony Stark has always been easy. That he's an artificial intelligence now changes nothing. Luckily, Tony will always catch him.

Transmission by laireshi

The incursions are stopped. Steve hopes for things to go back to normal. Instead, he finds himself stranded in an alternate universe with Tony.  Getting home won't be easy. There are too many things they haven't told each other, too many arguments they've never solved. Now, with just each other for company, they might have to face them all—especially as they seem to be telepathically bonded, and can't keep anything unsaid anymore.

Make it right by laireshi 

It was just a dream, Tony thinks, and ignores the gut feeling telling him otherwise. He really must have fallen asleep, and it was all just a dream, he didn't betray Steve like that …

On Due Reflection by captainshellhead, vibraniumstark

Fed up with secrets, with the Illuminati between them, Steve and Tony aren't on the best of terms. A chance encounter with an alternate reality's versions of themselves sets things back on the right path.

Wake Up (Can't Live Without You Remix) by laireshi (TW: “Hydra Steve Rogers” - but it’s a fix-it!)

Tony smiles weakly and says, “This is not a dream.”