Stony

"Captain America. Steve. I look at your handsome face... into your clear azure eyes... and, as ever, I feel the same guilty envy."

- Tony, Tales of Suspense Vol. 1 #1

Stony is the slash ship between Steve Rogers and Tony Stark from the Marvel fandom.

Canon
The dynamic between Tony Stark and Steve Rogers is different in each Marvel universe. In general, they have a close friendship. On Earth-3490, a gender flipped Tony eventually marries Steve Rogers. The two often lead the Avengers team together, serving as inspiration and mentors to younger heroes. They call on each other in times of need and trust each other with their lives. Sometimes they've been known to butt heads because of their different personalities.

Comics=

Tony Stark—in the form of Iron Man—along with the original team of Avengers, found Captain America frozen in a block of ice. Over the years, Captain America befriended Iron Man as well as Tony Stark when Tony was hiding his superhero identity for many years.

Earth-616 is the main universe where Marvel Comics takes place. In this timeline, Steve and Tony are best friends.

Earth-3490 is a universe that appeared in as an alternate universe where the Civil War ended differently. In this universe, the Civil War was averted because Steve and Natasha Stark, Tony's 3490 counterpart, were romantically involved and later married. In this universe, Stony is canon.

Anthony Stark, once a brilliant and respected inventor living in the town of Timely, spiraled into alcoholism after the Union Army used his repeating rifle to slaughter a large group of Confederates rather than let them surrender. He vowed never to pick up a gun again. He broke his vow, however, after Sheriff Steven Rogers was shot and killed. He shot Steven's killer in grief and rage, and later built a suit of armor to take down those involved in Steven's murder.


 * -|TV =

Avengers: Earths Mightiest Heroes (Season 1)
Living Legend

Tony scans the ice as he picks up a faint sign of life. Janet then flies ahead and runs headfirst into the frozen body of Captain America. Tony is shocked to find that his armor says so. He's still alive.

They take Captain America aboard the Quinjet and he begins to wake up. Assuming he's been abducted, he attacks the Avengers and pins Tony to the wall. Tony tries to reassure him that he's okay, but Cap assumes he's a robot created by HYDRA. Tony tells him that he's been frozen for decades, but Cap doesn't believe him.

Cap escapes the jet, but Tony catches up to him and tells him to back off. Cap then throws his shield at him and knocks Tony out. Tony comes to and tries to get Cap to come with them, that this isn't 1943 anymore. Thor says that Cap will not back down, and Cap throws his shield at Tony to prove him right. Tony dodges it, but Cap tackles him. Janet then shows him the monument to him and Bucky, and realizes that they were telling the truth. Tony quietly welcomes him back into the world and puts a hand on his shoulder.

Back at the mansion, Cap asks if they won the war. Tony says they did, because of him. Cap assumes HYDRA is gone, but Tony says it's complicated. He has Jarvis prepare a room for him while they sort things out. Tony then shows him a news article from the time Cap died, and tells him how his father talked about him. Cap wonders if Bucky could be alive, but Tony comes over and puts his hand on his shoulder. Tony tells him that it was a miracle that Cap survived at all.

After fighting off all of Zola's creatures, Tony asks if it was like fighting evil in the 40s. Cap says it wasn't, because it could actually get weird. Tony asks if he just made a joke and is pleased to find out that Captain America has a sense of humor. Cap tells him not to get used to it and insists he call him Steve. Tony has something for him and gives him a picture of Steve, Bucky and Howard. Tony tells him how much people looked up to him, but Steve says that was a long time ago. He thanks him for the photo since it's all he has now, but Tony doesn't think so. He has a place in the Avengers. Tony holds out his hand, and Steve smiles at him before shaking it, considering it an honor. Steve then asks when he can meet the teammate in the catsuit who saved him from Zemo, confusing Tony.

The Man Who Stole Tomorrow

While doing push-ups in the kitchen, Steve asks Tony what a futurist is. Tony asks what he means and Steve explains that it's what the newspaper called him. Tony explains that it's someone who creates or predicts the future. He makes technology for the next century and uses the example of a newsfeed about a newspaper. Steve says he likes newspapers and shows one of Tony fighting HYDRA as proof that Tony doesn't know how to fight. Tony disagrees, but Steve just tells him to meet him in the training room.

In the gym, Steve assumes that Tony has never been in a real fight in his life and tells Tony to hit him. Tony starts to protest, but Steve just tells him to do it. Tony shrugs and goes for it, but ends up flat on the floor. He asks what happened, but Steve just says they'll try again as he helps Tony up. The same thing happens again, and Tony points out that his armor would take Steve down. Steve offers to help him up, but Tony brushes him off. He says that Tony can't always count on his armor, but Tony says that he's working on being ready for anything.

While getting dressed, Tony thanks Steve for the lessons, but he thinks that Steve is stuck in the past and that there's a new way of doing things now. Faster ways. Steve thinks that Tony needs to slow down and learn some basics, but Tony just jokes that he doesn't know what the words mean. They are then interrupted by the arrival of Kang. He then shoots Steve, who is knocked aside as Tony puts up a shield around them. They then fight him as Kang begins to choke Tony. Steve throws his shield to stop him, but stops it in mid-air before it reaches him.

They continue to fight as they regroup. Tony tries to shoot Kang, but he somehow blocks it. Tony doesn't think it's possible, but Steve tells him to stay focused. They make their way to Kang as Tony asks why he's after Steve. Kang says it's to save the world, surprising them both.

When Kang tells them that Steve is causing the end of the world, Steve leaves it up to Tony. Tony acknowledges that Kang could help them, but says no because he's a jerk and orders the Avengers to take him down. As they argue, Steve tells Tony to go to the chair and figure out a way to get them home. Tony isn't sure he can, but Steve thinks he's the only one who can.

As they prepare to capture Kang, he says it's not over. Tony says that he and Steve don't agree on much, but they agree that the fight is over. Kang then calls his ship to take him away and disappears. Steve says that Tony got a job, but that Kang will be back. Tony says that is a problem with the future. It's just waiting for them.

The Kang Dynasty

After defeating Kang and going to prison, Tony thanks Steve for standing up for him, even after  everything Tony said. Tony says he thinks of himself as a futurist, but to someone like Kang, he's still in the past, just like Steve. Steve says the past is not so bad, but the future is what they are fighting for.


 * -|MCU =

During Tony's childhood, his father, Howard, constantly talked about the great Captain America, trying to inspire Tony to do great things in life. This upset young Tony, who felt inferior to Captain America in his father's eyes.

When Nick Fury informed Tony of the Avengers Initiative, he learned that Steve was still alive. They met for the first time in Stuttgart and worked together to subdue Loki. Tony commented on Steve's fighting skills and made some subtle jabs at him.

Once the entire team was assembled on S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Helicarrier and working to decode Loki's scepter, Steve and Tony's personalities clashed. They argued constantly, with Steve feeling that Tony was not taking their situation seriously, and Tony not taking Steve seriously as a leader. They verbally sparred and almost got into a physical fight, but were interrupted by an attack by Loki's brainwashed soldiers. The two immediately forgot their quarrel and worked together to repair one of the Helicarrier's rotors, which had been damaged during the attack. They later fought side by side during the Battle of New York.

2015
Steve and Tony fought alongside each other to retrieve Loki's scepter from the HYDRA facility in Sokovia. After Ultron's revelation and subsequent attack, the two argued, disagreeing over the morality of creating Ultron without the rest of the team's knowledge.

After the devastating battle at the salvage yard, Steve and Tony tried to relax by chopping wood outside Clint Barton's farmhouse. They easily discussed how Wanda Maximoff had torn apart apart the team with her powers, but the discussion quickly turned into an argument when the subject of Ultron came up.

After the Battle of Seoul, Clint delivered the android body Ultron had been working on to Tony, hoping he would destroy it. Instead, Tony enlisted Bruce to help him complete Ultron's vision. Steve then arrived at Avengers Tower with the Maximoff twins to stop Tony. The two argued and even fought briefly, but before it could escalate, Thor arrived and shot lightning into the android, bringing it to life.

Steve and Tony fought side by side at the Battle of Sokovia, putting aside their previous differences to work together. Tony retired from active duty after the battle, and Steve told him he would miss him.

Natasha Romanoff also comments on how Steve and Tony "gazed into each other's eyes".

2016
Steve and Tony were on opposite sides of the Sokovia Accords; Tony believed the Avengers needed oversight, while Steve was wary of government agendas. They argued over the issue, though neither was willing to budge on their stance.

After Steve, Sam Wilson, and T'Challa were arrested for intervening in Bucky Barnes' arrest, Tony again tried to convince Steve to sign the treaty, promising that Bucky would receive mental health care instead of jail time if he did. Tony said that sometimes he wanted to punch him in his "perfect teeth," but that he didn't want to see him go and that the Avengers needed him. Steve almost agreed, though he balked when he found out that Tony was keeping Wanda under house arrest.

Steve and Tony faced off at Leipzig-Halle Airport. Despite the best efforts of Tony's team, Steve and Bucky escaped and flew to Siberia to deal with the alleged threat of the Winter Soldier. Afterwards, Tony visited the raft where Steve's remaining teammates were being held after the fight. He approached Sam and asked where they were going. Sam made him promise to go as a friend and then told him.

Arriving in Siberia, Tony called a truce with Steve, and the three of them made their way through the facility as a team. The peace did not last, however; Helmut Zemo revealed himself and showed the three the security video of the Winter Soldier killing Tony's parents. Tony angrily confronted Steve, asking if he knew. When Steve replied that he had, Tony backhanded him across the room and went after Bucky. Steve fought Tony, trying to protect Bucky from him, and their friendship deteriorated during the fight.

Tony nearly beat Steve to a standstill. When Steve refused to back down, Tony raised a repulsor for the kill, but Bucky grabbed his leg and distracted him. This gave Steve an opening to knock Tony down and disable his armor. As Steve walked away with Bucky in tow, Tony frantically yelled that Steve didn't deserve his shield. Steve hesitated for a moment, but dropped the shield and walked away with Bucky.

Later, Tony received a package from Steve containing a letter and a burner phone with Steve's number on it. In the letter, Steve apologized for what had happened and assured Tony that if he ever needed him, he was just a phone call away. When Secretary Ross called to say that Steve had broken into the raft, Tony refused to answer and allowed Steve to break his friends out.

2018
Tony was reluctant to call Steve for help in finding Vision. He pulled out the burner phone Steve had sent him, but before he could call, Cull Obsidian and Ebony Maw arrived. During the battle, Doctor Strange was kidnapped because he had one of the stones Thanos was looking for. Tony and Peter raced to rescue him. They were able to kill Ebony Maw, but at the cost of being in space.

Later, when Steve and his friends arrived at the Avengers base, they discussed where Tony and Peter had gone. Steve mentioned that Earth had just lost its best defender, referring to Tony. Tony, Peter, Doctor Strange, and a small team of Guardians fought Thanos on his home world, while Steve gathered an army on Earth to stop Thanos' army from taking the last stone from Vision.

Due to Thanos' strength, as well as the fact that the Avengers' separation had weakened the team, they were unable to stop Thanos from collecting the final two stones and wiping out half the universe in an event called "The Snap". Devastated, Steve and the rest of his team attempted to seek revenge on Thanos, who had disappeared after the Snap, while Tony and Nebula, the last Guardians alive after the Snap, struggled to return home.

Steve was the first to greet Tony and Nebula upon their return from space, but the conflict and feelings they had during the events of 2016 remained. Soon after Tony and Nebula returned, they found Thanos living in a hovel. A small team of Avengers traveled to him in hopes of retrieving the stones. Unfortunately, Thanos had destroyed the stones, and Thor killed him.

2023
For five years, Tony and Steve had gone their separate ways. Steve remained at the Avengers Compound, trying to find a solution to bring back the people they had lost, while Tony married Pepper Potts and raised their child, Morgan. There was a breakthrough when Scott Lang returned from the Quantum Realm, and Steve approached Tony about creating a time machine that would allow them to obtain a new set of stones that would bring back the erased universe. At first, Tony was reluctant to do so, believing that it would erase his time with Pepper and Morgan. However, after Bruce mentioned that the original timeline would not be altered, but rather drawn from alternate timelines, Tony built a time machine that would retrieve stones from other timelines.

Steve, Tony, Scott, and Bruce were assigned to retrieve the Tesseract during their journey, but they were unable to obtain it during the first trip. Steve and Tony traveled further back on their own to retrieve the Tesseract, which they did successfully.

After retrieving all the stones, Tony and Bruce constructed a gauntlet that would hold the power of the stones. Since Bruce was the most resistant to the effects of the stones' powers, he was chosen to wield the gauntlet and reverse the effects that Thanos had done. However, an alternate version of Thanos had captured the Nebula from the original timeline and used the time machine to return to the present and destroy everything.

Steve, Tony, and Thor confronted Thanos, but were easily outmatched; however, the reversal of the process allowed the Avengers to match Thanos' army. In the final moments, Thanos once again obtained the stones, this time to destroy the entire universe. However, Tony was able to steal the stones and disintegrate Thanos and his army, losing his life in the process.

During Tony's memorial service, Steve was one of the closest people to send him off.

Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes (Season 1)
Living Legend
 * Janet tells Cap that Tony tried to make the room as '40s as possible.
 * Tony thinks it's a good thing Cap wasn't there, since giant monsters probably didn't happen in the '40s and he'd probably freak out.
 * Cap uses his shield to cut Tony free from the monsters.
 * Cap pulls Tony out of the mud monsters. Tony thanks them and flies them out of the worst of it.

Everything is Wonderful
 * Steve says he is beginning to understand why Tony told him not to trust Simon.
 * Steve stops Simon from hitting Tony.

Panther Quest
 * Tony confirms to Steve that the Black Panther is not an Avenger.
 * Tony asks Steve to go after T'Challa. Steve agrees, even though it is a bad idea.

Gamma World Part 1
 * Steve asks Tony why Samson has green hair.
 * Steve says that leaders lead when Tony suggests that someone else go first. Much to his annoyance.
 * Steve gives Tony a thumbs up as he enters the cube.
 * Tony copies Steve leading the team.
 * Steve tells Tony that they can't hurt the SHIELD agents, but Tony is pretty sure they don't feel the same way about them.
 * Steve blocks a punch at him and Tony as Tony fires.
 * Steve says he'll go get Tony while Thor helps Samson.
 * Tony and Steve fight off the Gamma villains.

Masters of Evil
 * Steve asks if it was Tony who caused the lights to go out in the training room.

Widow’s Sting
 * Tony is angry with Steve for letting Clint go after Black Widow.

The Man Who Stole Tomorrow
 * Tony looks at Steve as Kang says his name.
 * Steve tells Tony that time is running out.
 * Tony repeats Steve's words of wisdom to Kang.

Come the Conqueror
 * Tony asks if everyone is okay, and Steve tells them that there is no time for that.
 * Tony tells Steve that all the technology is Kang's.
 * Tony is about to tell Steve that he shouldn't have told T'Challa to leave, but stops himself when Steve and Hank look at him.
 * Steve says that Tony is the only one who can find Kang.
 * Tony says he hates Steve when he is right.
 * Steve calmly tells Tony to keep working when he gets frustrated.

The Kang Dynasty
 * Tony asks what Thor is doing and Steve says he is giving them a chance.
 * Tony has Steve take control of the Quinjet.
 * Steve says he can't beat Kang, but he knows Tony can. Tony and Steve fight Kang together.
 * Steve tosses Tony his shield to keep Kang from stabbing him.
 * Steve puts a hand on Tony's shoulder.
 * Steve and Tony listen to Kang's ominous warning.

Hail, Hydra!
 * Tony says he agrees with Steve about the Cube.
 * Steve asks Tony for an ETA on T'Challa and Thor.
 * Steve tells Wasp to go save Tony.

Ultron-5
 * Tony jokes with Steve about surrendering to the Serpent Society.
 * Steve stops one of the serpents from attacking Tony.
 * Tony tells Steve to knock Clint out if he won't listen, or even if he just wants to.

The Ultron Imperative
 * Tony tells them to be amazed, before correcting that it's mostly for Thor, no offense to Steve. Steve says no one is taken.
 * Steve tells Tony that he saw a similar machine in the 40's.

A Day Unlike Any Other
 * Steve decides to follow Tony.
 * Loki throws Steve into Tony.
 * Tony says the team didn't do badly, and Steve says Tony did the same.
 * Tony tells Steve to get some rest because he deserves it.

Fanon
Although the two had been shipped before, the pairing didn't really take off until after the events of the Civil War comic. Many shippers began writing fix-it or post-story fan fiction that had them together. Shipping in the movies took off based on their interactions being read as belligerent sexual tension, although some writers would use their knowledge of the comics to influence the way they wrote the characters in the MCU.

On AO3, Stony is the second most written ship within the Marvel Cinematic Universe tag; Tony's is the most written, and Steve's is the second most written. Under the tag The Avengers (Marvel Movies) and The Avengers (Marvel) - All Media Types is the most written ship, each with more than 20k+ works.

Fandom
FAN FICTION
 * Steve/Tony (Avengers films) on FanFiction.net
 * Steve/Tony (Marvel comics) on FanFiction.net
 * Captain America/Ironman (Avengers comics) on FanFiction.net
 * Captain America/Ironman (Avengers cartoon) tag on FanFiction.net
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Trivia

 * In the Earth-616 timeline, Steve left his will to Tony.
 * In an interview, Chris Evans talked about how Steve got his beard. During the interview, Evans mentioned that Steve missed Tony so much that it made Steve a little dangerous. He also mentioned that (without giving away any spoilers) Steve and Tony will have to reconcile sooner or later, even if it will be hard.
 * In the Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes intro, whenever the entire team is present, Steve and Tony are standing next to each other.

Variations

 * BlackIronShield refers to the ship between Natasha Romanoff, Tony and Steve
 * Devans refers to the ship between their MCU actors; Robert Downey Jr. and Chris Evans
 * Pepperstony refers to the ship between Pepper Potts, Tony and Steve
 * Stark Spangled Banner refers to the ship between Bruce Banner, Tony and Steve
 * Stuckony refers to the ship between Bucky Barnes, Tony and Steve
 * Superfamily refers to the ship between Peter Parker, Tony and Steve (Peter as their son)
 * T'Stony refers to the ship between T'Challa, Tony and Steve
 * T'Stuckony refers to the ship between T'Challa, Bucky Barnes, Tony and Steve
 * ThunderIronShield refers to the ship between Thor Odinson, Tony and Steve

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