Anthropos Polytropos, Chapter Two

Anthropos Polytropos

By: Memory Dragon

Disclaimer: I do not own the Avengers movie-verse, nor do I make any claim to.

Characters:  Tony Stark, Steve Rogers, Clint Barton, Natasha Romanov, Bruce Banner, Thor, Amora the Enchantress, Pepper Potts, James Rhodes, Happy Hogan.

Warnings: PTSD. Mentions of past torture. Temporary character death that the characters are aware is (probably) only temporary, though it still takes it's mental toll on them.  Mentions of potential child abuse.  Mind fuckery.  Minor self-abuse.  Cliff hangers.  Implied bullying.  Generally dark fic, though there is a happy ending and no one actually dies.  Not Iron Man 3 compliant in the slightest.  If you have any questions about the warnings, I'd be more than happy to clarify as best I can.

Rating: I think I'm just going to leave this at an M due to how dark it gets and some of the themes.

Summary:  He doesn't remember much from before he woke up, but he does know two things.  He doesn't like being called Tony Stark, and he hates Captain America.

Thanks: Many thanks to narwhale_callin who stayed up to help me fix my numbers problem.  Because yeah, the numbers were the clusterfuck I thought they would be when I started writing this.  -_-  Also thanks to Salmastryon, Teyke, Wr3n, Kassandra, Chleom, and anon for commenting!  I appreciate the comments and the kudos.

Notes:  First of all, the warnings have been updated.  Chleom's comment made me realize I'd forgotten implied bullying, so please take note of that if it's one of your triggers.  I knew I'd forgotten one.  I really do apologize for not having that in there earlier.  Second, I'm pretty sure my numbers got mixed up.  We blame Tony entirely, because both my beta and I are English majors who are no good with numbers, and therefore it's all Tony's fault.  Still, it should be fixed now.  Finally, take a good look at those warnings before continuing on with this chapter.  There's a lot more PTSD on the way, and those things I've mentioned as temporary start to come into play now.  And more cliff hangers.  Because I like that sort of thing.

Prologue Chapter One

( Chapter Two: To the Last, I Grapple With Thee )