for a hundred visions and revisions (смешанная)

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The entirety of this endeavour is the authors' very self-indulgent headcanon with their favourite characters. (Seriously, this headcanon has devoured my headspace for the entirety of this quarantine. I have about 40k words written of it already and I've barely just scratched the surface. The plot bunnies are vicious.) Don't like, don't read. But if you want to sink into yet another time travel fic, you're in the right place! This is my first endeavour in the MCU fandom, so please be kind. We derive no financial or material benefit from this, only our own self-serving satisfaction, so we'll beg you to pardon the irregular updating schedule. I'm in residency & my editor/co-author is in grad school so we don't exactly swim in free time. We hope you enjoy this! Buckle in & prepare to leave canon at the doorstep, because really, who needs canon when you have fanfic?A note on Cap: Considering this is the Marvel fandom, I feel obligated to state ahead of time that I am not a huge fan of Captain America, but all the same, this story will not contain bashing. In respect to the story, I will do my best to give his character the credit it is due, despite my personal feelings about the matter. But that also means I cannot ignore what his actions did to Tony, so just be warned if you're a huge Cap fan, you might not be fond of the tone of this fic. It will largely be written from Tony & Stephen's perspectives after all.A note about the science: I mean, it's comic book science. I'm a post-doctoral researcher myself, so I know shit don't actually work this way, but ride with it guys, this is for fun. I'll try my best to be as reasonable & accurate as I can be, but I'm also not writing for a peer-reviewed publication here. You have been warned!A note on the title: it's from the most profound part of T.S. Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock."There will be time, there will be time,To prepare a face to meet the faces that you meet;There will be time to murder and create,And time for all the works and days of handsThat lift and drop a question on your plate;Time for you and time for me,And time yet for a hundred indecisions,And for a hundred visions and revisions,Before the taking of a toast and tea.Lastly, here is the Pinterest page and a Spotify playlist with all the songs referenced in this fic. :D