Story: Exactly Under the Sky by posyvanilla

[kijikun]

Title: Exactly Under the Sky
Author: posyvanilla
Rating: R
Pairings/Characters: Steve/Tony, slight Carol Danvers/Jessica Drew, Luke Cage/Jessica Jones, Peter Parker/MJ, Logan
Universe: Complete AU, with ties to 616
Beta: jazzypomLabels: AU

Comments

[garrideb]

I love Firefly and I love Steve/Tony, but I admit I was a bit skeptical about mixing them before I read this. I shouldn't have been - you are a master at organically changing the universe while keeping everyone in character. This was a treat to read!

I loved how awkward things were between Steve and Tony (and between Tony and his crew and Steve and the crew). You certainly didn't make it easy for them; every conversation they had touched on the wounds they still had from Civil War. I really appreciated that their new situation didn't provide any easy resolution to their conflict, and that they just had to keep hammering it out with each other, same as before. You wrote their ability to hurt each other with words very well; it felt true to their characters and fit well with their past intimacy. It was the fewer scenes where they hurt each other accidentally (such as Steve assuming that Tony was going to steal supplies) that illustrated how much had changed since they had been together.

I loved that Steve decides to fix the punching bag; that’s such a Steve thing to do. And it was fantastic how that segued into the conversation with Peter where Steve (and the readers) learn how Peter and Tony’s relationship is still very unfixed. It also led to this bit, which I felt was sort of a victory between Steve and Tony:

“I thought I told you to clean that up,” he said, bemused, and Steve simply shrugged his shoulders.

“It would have been a waste to throw it away,” he explained. “And it wasn't hard to fix, anyway.”

"If you say so." Tony shrugged, and then started, remembering something. He dug a hand into his pocket and pulled out a small, triangular piece of plastic, which he then tossed to Steve.

"It's a communicator," he explained.

And holy crap, that scene where everyone minus Tony has to abandon ship was intense. It was fantastic how the ship was basically Tony's new chest piece, and how that changed how I read the story - everything from the people who Tony allowed on his ship to Tony's fear of Steve wanting to leave was cast in a slightly different light.

In short, thanks for the awesome fic!

[posyvanilla]

Hey, I completely understand skepticism at the premise of this fic--it's pretty out there, definitely--and I thank you for reading anyway.

You certainly didn't make it easy for them; every conversation they had touched on the wounds they still had from Civil War.

That was important to me, to make sure that it wasn't too easy for them to work things out. I think that it would take quite a few more arguments before either of them is ready to actually resolve their problems.'

The idea of using the ship as a new crutch for Tony hit too many of my buttons for me to resist. It was fantastic how the ship was basically Tony's new chest piece, and how that changed how I read the story - everything from the people who Tony allowed on his ship to Tony's fear of Steve wanting to leave was cast in a slightly different light. -- Yay! I'm so glad that part was an intense bit. My excuse for all of the varied people onboard the ship was that I really wanted to put the New Avengers together again, but I think Tony would've wanted the same thing, and trusted them. :)

Thank you for the awesome feedback! :)