History Fanfic / TheDaysOfReckoningAreUponUs

* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: In many prompts, Team Cap's bad actions are finally punished after getting away with it for so long. This is can be due to:

** In 2 other stories Sam and Sharon are revealed to secretly be HYDRA agents. In Sam's story, during Winter Soldier, he murders Steve and Natasha, but the day is still saved. In Sharon's it's revealed that her actions during Civil War were to further HYDRA's efforts to control the Avengers. It's implied either she is executed or commits suicide for her failure. In both stories case the purpose was to show the stupidity in trusting strangers over others whom they had worked with for years.

** In ''Civil War'', Steve ''didn't'' kill any of the cops that tried to arrest Bucky, and went to great lengths to make sure none died. Here he did.

''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/10953375/chapters/24378366 The Days of Reckoning Are Upon Us]]'' is an collection of One Shot fics by [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/Anafandom/pseuds/Ana Ana (Anafandom)]], found on Archive of our Own.

!!Tropes you can find in the story:

** One of Tony's (many) [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech The Reason You Suck Speeches]] towards Steve is that he needlessly escalates situations to violence because "bureaucracy and diplomacy are boring" and Steve finds it "more manly and heroic" to solve his problems by punching people, all so he can be the hero of the story.

* HeelFaceMole: In a couple stories, Wanda only pretended to join the Avengers because it suited her at the time.
** In prompt 121, Wanda stays loyal to Hydra and intended to deliver all of the Avengers to them but eventually settled for half the team since Tony and Rhodey were never around and Clint retired.

** In one story after hearing how ridiculous the Twins vendetta against Tony is ''Ultron'' kills them and then decides to let Tony try to convince him because he feels sorry for Tony; the result: He's not totally pro-human but he is at least tolerant of them.

* KillEmAll: In prompt 146, the entirety of the 107th is killed by HYDRA after Steve saves Bucky from the base and leaves without checking for anyone else.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: A key part of most of the stories.
** An early prompt sees Steve arrested for lying on enlistment forms, with the army noting they'd warned him plenty of times. He's still released after being forced to promise to never try to enlist again though as the army has more important things to be doing and just wanted to impress upon Steve how serious his actions were.
** In prompt 129, Clint is arrested for his numerous murders in the five years after the Snap. As the FBI state, he wasn't arresting criminals or defending himself; Clint was just killing anyone he felt didn't deserve to survive the Snap when his family didn't.
** In prompt 131, Natasha getting violently thrown by Wanda's magic breaks her neck, killing her instantly.
** When Bucky's saved from capture in prompt 146, he's barely able to talk and unable to even stand on his own due to the prolonged torture he underwent. It's implied to take at least a few days of medical treatment before he's able to even hold a conversation again.
** In prompt 148, Scott refuses to believe he's being called by Captain America or confirm he's Ant-man until Sam Wilson picks up the line and gives information only the two of them have. Furthermore, Scott thinks to himself how expensive it'd be for him to fly to first New York and then Germany as he's not exactly rich.
*** Scott's backstory of being a "Modern day Robin Hood" also faced reality in that all the money he redistributed was confiscated and returned back to [=VistaCorp=].
** In prompt 153, Clint is doesn't simply shake off being mind controlled and forced to kill his comrades. A combination of terror and guilt paralyzes him and the archer refuses to even consider fighting Loki.

* AdultFear: After Clint and Wanda attack Vision in one story, Tony refuses to bring Peter into the conflict, horrified at the idea of what they might do to a stranger if they were willing to harm a friend so.

* IgnoranceIsBliss: Used all the time by Steve and his team to convince others to help them. Most commonly, they lie to Clint by telling him Tony's keeping Wanda prisoner and to Scott by only telling him "Captain America needs your help".

* RealityEnsues: A key part of most of the stories.
** An early prompt sees Steve arrested for lying on enlistment forms, with the army noting they'd warned him plenty of times. He's still released after being forced to promise to never try to enlist again though as the army has more important things to be doing and just wanted to impress upon Steve how serious his actions were.
** In prompt 129, Clint is arrested for his numerous murders in the five years after the Snap. As the FBI state, he wasn't arresting criminals or defending himself; Clint was just killing anyone he felt didn't deserve to survive the Snap when his family didn't.
** In prompt 131, Natasha getting violently thrown by Wanda's magic breaks her neck, killing her instantly.
** When Bucky's saved from capture in prompt 146, he's barely able to talk and unable to even stand on his own due to the prolonged torture he underwent. It's implied to take at least a few days of medical treatment before he's able to even hold a conversation again.
** In prompt 148, Scott refuses to believe he's being called by Captain America or confirm he's Ant-man until Sam Wilson picks up the line and gives information only the two of them have. Furthermore, Scott thinks to himself how expensive it'd be for him to fly to first New York and then Germany as he's not exactly rich.
*** Scott's backstory of being a "Modern day Robin Hood" also faced reality in that all the money he redistributed was confiscated and returned back to [=VistaCorp=].
** In prompt 153, Clint is doesn't simply shake off being mind controlled and forced to kill his comrades. A combination of terror and guilt paralyzes him and the archer refuses to even consider fighting Loki.

!Tropes you can find in the story:

According to the author, in the MCU Team Cap has made a lot of poor choices and are saved only by PlotArmor. In these stories RealityEnsues ''hard'' and they face the consequences for a lot of bad choices [[AccusationFic as determined by the author.]]

In the MCU team cap has made a lot of poor choices and are saved only by PlotArmor. In these stories RealityEnsues ''hard'' and they face the consequences for a lot of bad choices [[AccusationFic as determined by the author.]]

* CollaterDamage: When Peggy shoots at the vibranium shield, one of the ricochets hits a technician in the shoulder.

* ShellShockedVeteran: Bucky is often shown readily surrendering if it means he won't have to fight any more and never reacts well to Wanda due to her MindControl powers and past as a Hydra agent acting as a TraumaButton for him.

* TheBully: For all his claims of "fighting the bullies", Steve is often a bully himself, using physical intimidation or outright violence to get his way when someone disagrees with him.

* TheDeadHaveNames: After hearing the rest of the 107th was killed in prompt 146, Bucky spends time reviewing the names of every one of his soldiers.

** Many prompts have Steve so focused on [[ItsAllAboutMe his own personal issues]] over saving people's lives that the resulting mass casualties drive him past mere AdaptationalJerkass and straight into this territory (ex. Prompt 146, which has him leave the entirety of Bucky's division to die).

* TakingYouWithMe: In prompt 138, Mike Travers, the museum security guard from ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'', uses a legal defense that he knows won't earn him a not guilty verdict, but will see Steve Rogers in prison as well[[/labelnote:*]]Travers lost his job due to Steve stealing his old uniform from the museum and eventually went on a crime spree with an alien weapon he bought on the black market[[/labelnote]].

** After being rescued from an internment camp, the 107th have no interest in joining a team led by Steve and instead argue to be discharged.
* SecretTestOfCharacter: Natasha gets reamed out by her supervisor in Stark Industries over the poor quality of her work but, at her hinting, implies that it can be overlooked for sexual favors. When Natasha agrees, he calls security on her for being a spy of some sort.