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• Before we knew by MochiatoWrites

  Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Iron Man (Movies), Iron Man (Marvel Comics), Marvel (Comics)  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
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  26 Nov 2025

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  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Tony Stark/Reader
  • Y/N x Tony Stark
  • Reader
  • Tony Stark
  • y/n
  • Y/N/Tony Stark
  • Same intellectual
  • Both geniuses
  • Fluff
  • Mechanical engineering
  • Young Tony Stark
  • Y/N x Tony Stark - Freeform
  • Marvel Cinematic Universe - Freeform
  • mcu - Freeform
  • Marve (comics)
  • Yearning
  • Book 1
  • tony stark/reader - Freeform
  • Prodigy Professor Tony Stark
  • reader is a genius
  • academic rivalry
  • Forced Lab Partners
  • Slow Burn
  • Mutual Pining
  • Academic Tension
  • flirting through bickering
  • soft moments
  • accidental intimacy
  • Competitive banter
  • Tony stark being impressed against his will
  • he falls first
  • Subtle jelousy
  • Late-night engineering sessions
  • Trap quiz shenanigans
  • Almost Kiss
  • Unresolved romantic tensions
  • Nerd Romance
  • Touch-Starved Tony Stark
  • Angst with Happy Ending (eventually)
  • Book 1 of a Series

  Summary

  Two geniuses, one classroom disaster. Y/N transfers into MIT and immediately picks a fight with Tony Stark’s ego by correcting his equation mid-lecture. Academic rivalry turns into forced lab partnership… which turns into late-night builds, accidental softness, and one very poorly timed almost-kiss.

  Welcome to the slow-burn. They’re brilliant. They’re idiots. They’re doomed. Enjoy Book 1.

  Series

  • Part 1 of Sparks between us

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  1,593

  Chapters:

  1/6

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