'Good Things Come in Cold Packages ' by Nix (NC-17)

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Fandom: MARVEL COMICS (AVENGERS)
Pairing: Tony Stark/Steve Rogers
Length: 4259 words
Author on LJ: crimsonquills
Author Website: CrimsonQuills.com | "fic (my stories)" tagged entries on crimsonquills (most recent)
Why this must be read:

I had a hard time picking out a fic of Nix's to rec - she's written so many, and they're all good. Finally decided on this one because, well. It's gleefully cliche ridden (hypothermia! cuddling huddling for warmth!), hot as hell, and starts with the team (Spiderman! Wolverine!) fighting a dragon. A dragon. In the snow. For Dr. Strange.

He was moving too fast and the footing was too poor to stop now; Steve scooped up his weapon and prepared to spin aside, hoping the disc would be enough to protect him. But even as the rush of freezing air told him he'd cut it too close, a red and gold streak slammed into the side of the dragon's head. Steve scrambled out of the way as Iron Man fired his repulsors point blank into the dragon's cheek. It wasn't enough to hurt the beast, but it knocked the great head aside. Iron Man shot up into the air, away from the jaws...

...and into range of the uninjured wing. "Iron Man!" Steve shouted, but though the golden Avenger jetted to one side, the long spike tipping the wing slammed into him with all the force of the dragon's rage and pain. Iron Man went tumbling through the air, so far and so fast that Steve actually lost sight of him.

Good Things Come in Cold Packages

Comments

[elspethdixon.livejournal.com]

Yay! I love all of crimsonquill's fics, but her cliche-fics (huddling for warmth! AMTDI! Werewolf mazing sex!) are some of my favorites.