The AIDS epidemic began when he was still not with Pep and therefore probably having fun sleeping around. And since at least in my headcanon Tony is pan, and therefore at high risk, it’s very plausible for him to have caught it. His wealth gives him a plausible way to have survived it. (Note: I’d probably set this later than ‘87 but earlier than ‘90 so that the public at large would not yet be wanting to help but after zidovudine was developed.)
Afterwards, he would likely become a face for those who are fighting it. Create a new section of Stark Medical to specifically work on HIV, because almost everyone else with the resources is busy examining their own rectums. Not the best idea when a deadly disease is roaming about.
Later, this makes his getting the reactor fascinating. Now he’s doubly immunocompromised. (source for continued compromisaition on a lower level after treatment, specifically in the gut: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2777614/ ). He’d need to make a special suit for visiting kids in hospitals so that their germs wouldn’t get in and make him fall seriously ill. He might actually go to medical like he’s supposed to because he can’t afford for an infection to start. His workshop and penthouse are likely crammed with various kinds of disinfecting medicines, lights, and filters.
It probably kills him that he can’t go and comfort his friends when they’re ill. He can’t visit Pepper when she catches a stomach bug, so he sends her soup and tears a chunk out of the sleazy businessmen she would have had to deal with in her place.
He can’t eat any food from the shitty places Clint and Steve love, their lack of good health procedures makes it go from dicey to a serious risk.
Also, HIV can lead to nervous system issues, something I just learned about. (source: https://www.summitmedicalgroup.com/library/adult_health/aha_aids_nervous_system_complications/ ) Since nerves have trouble repairing themselves, this leads to a host of issues that would interfere with his ability to live life normally and would likely remain at the veyr least up until Extremis. Especially since so much of how Tony values himself and how others value him is based on what his brain and hands can do. On the flip side, research into that could be deeply helpful to Rhody after his fall.
In conclusion, HIV+ Tony is a really interesting angst possibility.
The Avengers were called in to face a pack of teenagers hopped up on magic mojo and redbull causing low-level mayhem and property damage in Greenwich Village. Doctor Strange took notice of what was happening down the block from his digs and stepped in to assist. This isn’t that story.
Loki was invited to the party cause he’s surprisingly good with the younger crowd and teleported in just as Strange cast a temporary forgetfulness spell in an effort to subdue the teens without actual harm.
Basically Loki took a friendly-fire hit so I could play with the Amnesia Trope. Got it? Good, here we go. (1k)
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After having Maguna a few years back, Loki is pregnant again and he and Tony are very excited about it. But memories of a very difficult first pregnancy linger. On a quiet day at home, Maguna decides to brew one of her patented miracle cures to help fix Loki’s pregnancy afraid and pregnancy sad, and since Maguna’s mother is the God of Chaos and a mage, and her father a craftsman sorcerer, her cuddle robots and medicines might actually work (they might also deconstruct time or peel off reality, but there are risks to everything, I suppose).
After the New York invasion, and without the Avengers’ knowledge, Loki ends up in the hands of SHIELD, and thus eventually of HYDRA. Years after, Tony Stark and the rest of the Avengers discover him in an abandoned HYDRA base, left to die. Loki’s bodily and mental state is abysmal and Tony takes him to his tower to both treat and contain him. They soon find out however that the time in HYDRA’s clutches has left Loki pregnant too. As they help Loki regain his mental and physical health, they also have to help him navigate the decision whether or not to carry the pregnancy to term. And Tony has to deal with his growing fascination with the trickster as well as with the power imbalance between them.
After Tony does some very illegal experiments on a few loved ones Bucky and Steve lead a team of friends to hunt Tony down… and make him disappear. This is a Stucky story so we’ll see where our intrepids find the time and place to well get stuck together.
