nothing left but scars

it's perfect, perfect, perfect! :)

I am so happy that you wrote it. I like your character writing very much . It broke my heart a little bit to read Tony perspective about his interaction with the others. So happy that Tony got a very observant Steve .thx for this beautiful story

Aww, this was wonderful! I love it! Steve was so sweet! I hope you will write more of this pairing.

This made me cry in the best way possible! I've always maintained that the most wonderful three words you can hear from another person are "You're worth it". But now, I'm also loving "I see you". Thanks for the fantastic story.

Guess I have another ship that I love :) All of the compliments Steve gave Tony made me melt inside. This was one of the sweetest fics I've read in a long time, so thank you. Watching Steve court Tony would be amazingly adorable to see!

Aww This is sweet. And very intimate. Tony is such a dork, not able to accept compliments. Thank you!

I cried. Literally cried. This is an excellent depiction of all Tony's issues, of people's issues with him. Stan Lee designed him to be the hero everybody loves to hate, but at the end of the day, no matter what everyone (and he himself) says, all we really need to know is that he really is a true hero. This is an amazing look into the psychology of his character design.

That was a really nice short story!! I really liked bashfu, clueless Tony. It was nice to see a good build up to a start of a relationship. And pepper had better get her shoes!!I hope you can find a job sooner rather than later, I've been there searching for a job sucks, specially when you've got rent and other bills and shit. Best of luck!!

I love the way you've been able to explore Tony as a man with genuine feelings and weaknesses. I always thought that there was a deeply vulnerable soul behind all those wisecracks.BTW, good luck with the job hunt. I'm also a member of the International Brigade of the Underemployed.*waves*

Awwww. *hugs Tony* From the description, I thought it would be in Steve's POV, but I actually really like it from Tony's. Your characterization of Tony is great and his "voice" just felt so real. I love that. It just flows so perfectly. And I love Steve's characterization, too. I especially like how awkwardsauce he was the first time he decided he was going to compliment Tony. I love Steve being awesome and loving and totally knowing Tony better than he knows himself, but I like to see Steve being not-so-perfect some of the time. Makes him more human.The build-up was great as Tony's reaction to the compliments moved from confused to "it must not be Steve" to actually kind of angry to hear the nice things. That really shows how messed up Tony's thinking is. Poor boy. I'm glad they got everything sorted out at the end and Tony is learning to love himself, even if he isn't totally there yet. I like happy/optimistic endings.(Sorry if this is kind of has a weird technical tone. I''m a creative writing major and all our class critiques end up so formulaic.)

I'm such a sucker for this kind of scenario. And I love flustered Tony. I loved it.

Love it! Steve is one brilliant tactician. Thanks for sharing!

This was so sweet and lovely and so well writen I just, ugh! It was perfect, thank you for posting this, love.

Just loved it! Could have a continuation please!

Thank you so much for writing this! Steve's compliments got me all....not gonna lie, I cried a bit.

Really good sex, and I like that Steve sees through Tony's blustering. The way that he refused to stop when Tony asked him to though was uncomfortable to me - he was hurting Tony emotionally and Tony told him to stop, and he wouldn't. I know that it's supposed to be a good thing and like helping him have an emotional breakthrough, something about it squicked me out. I wonder if there's a way to tag for that, like "emotional discomfort" or "hard conversations" or "non-con praise" or something? It just seemed really emotionally manipulative for Steve to pin him on his cock and then force him to listen to things that hurt him while he couldn't escape and while he refused to listen to Tony's attempts to stop him, especially since they didn't have a safeword or anything. But like I said, I liked the sex and that Steve cares enough to try and help Tony's self-esteem.

"I see you," Steve said, his thumb rubbing more tears. "I see you, Tony, and I'm falling in love with you."This absolutely made my night! All the feels and omg, this perfect line. Thank you, thank you, thank you for sharing one of the loveliest sex scenes ever. Much appreciated. Cheers!

What a fantastic little fic. Here's hoping that the happiness that you brought with this offering, is returned to you 10-fold in the form of a job you'll love. :)

I'm flailing so much I scared the shit out of my cat! This was awesome!

Oh I loved that sooo much !! The slow-build was awesome, the praise!kink was really extraordinary ;b And Tony was soo moving^^ Thanks for sharing ;b

Oh, how excellent! I enjoyed how Tony just couldn't process the flattery--to the point of not even being able to say why he was uncomfortable! I do like the scene that, well... uses cock as a conversation starter. That was an interesting concept. You're right when you say that this particular instance requires a new sort of tag. Nothing really quite covers it. Perhaps embarassex? Wait, no, that sounds too much like humiliation play, and that's definitely not what this was about at all. Flattery play? I really love this exact feeling that you captured with that. I don't know if I've ever read anything with this particular topic.To restate, this work was excellent, and you are a wonderfully creative author.

Hello! I just found a post on tumblr saying that leaving a comment can make the writer smile and want to write more, so here I am :) I hope you'll keep on writing, because I like your style very very much! I never thought about Tony's feelings this way and I found it very interesting. Also, his reaction to Steve's compliments is hilarious!^^ But very much in character, so good job!And I liked it when Tony couldn't understand what Steve wanted from him and thought about the sex only to be turned down and attacked a second later - you put your point across very well, but it was funny to read (maybe Tony won't agree with me ;)A fiction full of feelings and easy and funny to read, I loved it! Thanks for writing it!^^

Ack! This is gorgeous!!!! The characterization is brilliant and heartbreaking. Absolutely adore it! Thank you for sharing!!!!!!!!

Goddamnit!This is perfect!Now, the next stage is for Steve to convince the rest of the team to say nice things to Tony. At the end he just will HAVE to believe it. <3

Awww, poor Tony, so confused. I'm glad Steve finally saw the truth and is now set on getting Tony to see it, too.Laura

I love this idea, tony needs more love this was super sweet

Feelings porn is the best porn.

Aaaah, I absolutely loved this! And that ending ('baby' is perfect, btw). ;D Fantastic job, I really enjoyed reading this! :)

nicely done. i hope Steve isnt thinking there will be immediate results though. one night cant erase a lifetime of habitually internalized self-loathing and abuse. and Tony is armored in more ways than a metal shell. i dont know about anyone else but id love to see a sequel.

This was just superb. I loved it! Just wow, I wish I was able to be a bit more elaborate with my comments, but I got to the end and have never hit bookmark so fast.

OMG! Thank you for writing that!! Tony really deserves compliments like that. Really, thank you for bringing justice to Tony. Love it. On the side note, great plot bunny and characters are nicely in character as well as good grammar! Job well done!

Oh the feels!

Just had to say that I adore this line:"I see you," Steve said, his thumb rubbing more tears. "I see you, Tony, and I'm falling in love with you."I read another comment that suggested the use of "you're worth it", but to me that always seems like a contraction of " you're worth the trouble" and implies that they have to put up with a lot of... well.. trouble to be with them, and some day that might no longer be the case. Whereas you're sentence to me reads as " I see who you are at the core, what makes you 'you' and I love what I see" there is no trouble in this picture, trouble is all external influences and therefore irrelevant to how much he is loved/treasured. I am not a wordsmith like yourself, so I hope my comment makes sense. I also hope you catch the sequel bug :-)

So sweet and hot ! Had me tearin up at tge part when Steve was talking to Tony in the end :) . Loved it Bye*

Great story. I'd love to read about Steve courting Tony properly.

Fuck, seriously, the fluff!! >

Aww poor Tony - he needs the recognition and it happens in the best way with Steve :)

I'm squirming at Tony's discomfort but Steve really does fix everything. This is the greatest hurt/comfort imaginable. I love it!

welp i'm melt

this was so very hot!

this was amazingly adorable!!!! and you're so right, no one actually does recognize it... oOloved that steve took action, and tried to counteract these lasting and cruel effects. I have to point out though, that I think it would have been more effective if Steve had realized all that by himself... but... I did love that he immediately took Tony, right there. I was not expecting that... thought he would take a while... a pleasant surprise. :DI'm gonna go look for more fics like this now...

Wow, what a wonderful and fluffy story! <3 It's good to see comforted Tony, especially after 2nd Avengers) I was so touched by this text... Would you mind if I translate it into Russian? Of course with all links to your profile)

Bless you. I needed this, honestly the fact that no one appreciates him hurts me so thank you for making this <3 it cheered me up & made me smile just like your fics usually do xoxo

SOOOOOWEEEEEETTT SWEET! :) <3

Okay, this is awesome on a level that I couldn't have understood before reading this. I would also like to request a sequel in which the others get reamed out by Steve about their treatment of Tony.Of course, feel free to ignore me, I just really enjoyed this fic.

I'm reading through like all your fics today and they're all so good!! I especially loved this one. Poor Tony doesn't get enough love! Thanks so much for writing.

Omg, this oneshot was awesome!!!

I...I...I THINK I HAD A FLUFF INDUCED SEIZURE. I was literally screeching and clapping like a walrus throughout this and my parents are sending me concerned looks ohmigosh.THANK YOU FOR THIS THIS MADE MY DAY.

this is so beautiful <3

aksfjha!!!! Thank you so much!!! I seriously needed a fic life this in my life and you wrote it so perfectly. Thank you thank you thank you!!!! Thanks for sharing and happy fan fic writers appreciation day!! :)