odditycollector

Recently, I posted wondering where all the Jim Rhodes love was, which led to interesting discussion and a global increase in Rhodes-fic! You guys are the greatest.

A couple people stumbled on that post looking for Rhodes stories (I am currently at the top of Google for "Tony/Rhodey fic." It is wacky.) and that is sad because I have not written any and could not help. So I've done a bit more digging and made a list of everything I could find. There've been a few more stories since last time I made a tally, which is encouraging.

The dates beside the links indicate when I added that link to this post, which I hope will make updates easier all around. Also, you should know that this is meant to be an exhaustive list, rather than a recommendation list, but on average I think the stories are pretty good.

Jim Rhodes gen:

Fabricated by

inlovewithnight

He volunteered to be the point man on this operation. More than volunteered, he flat-out insisted that he be the one in charge of the chaotic mess that is Looking For Tony In The Motherfucking Desert. He's always been kind of a stupid man where loyalty's concerned. And where Tony's concerned. The intersection of the two is a bitch and a half.

Sentinel by

amonitrate

"He’s outdone himself this time.”

Startled by the voice at her ear, Pepper turned to find James Rhodes at her elbow. “Hmm,” she agreed. She leaned on the railing that ringed the edge of the cliff side terrace as a low coughing whump announced the launch of another shower of fireworks into the darkened sky over the ocean. The crowd gathered on Tony Stark’s patio for the July 4th festivities let out a wordless chorus as the rocket burst into a silver chrysanthemum so large it filled the horizon.

Posthuman by

gabby_silang
Tony centric, but there's a great deal of Rhodes as well.

Do you intend for the Iron Man to feed the hungry? End war and disease? Eliminate social inequality and poverty?" The guy smiles like he's just been very funny. Tony leans forward, elbows on his knees.

"I do. I sincerely do."

Tony, Rhodes, and the other suit by

findgoodthings

"Are you really going to beat that dead horse again, Rhodey? Look, the world only needs one Iron Man and it has one. Me.”

Jim smirked and glanced over at his friend. “I don’t want to be Iron Man. I want to take this baby out for a spin. It’s just sitting here collecting dust.”

Rhodey and Jarvis by

fahye

All things considered, Rhodes quite likes Jarvis; it's good to know that Tony has someone to talk to in the midst of his creative trances. Between the AI and Pepper, there's no chance that Tony will slip into his student habits of developing vitamin deficiencies and severe sleep deprivation in the name of perfecting a new design. (Although Rhodes has noticed that since -- well, since, you know -- Tony has been different about food, more appreciative, both in extravagant and subtle ways.)

But Rhodes stills gets a bit creeped out by the fact that the house has a personality. It's all very well that the lights turn on when he steps into the bathroom, and clean hand towels slide out from a hidden drawer, but when you get right down to it, it still means that someone is watching him piss.

Extraordinary and Bonding by

dancinbutterfly

So he works his ass off for extraordinary in high school and to graduate a year early. And when the Air Force offers to pay his way through MIT, he jumps at the chance. He wants to get out of Philly and he wants to be extraordinary, so he busts his butt and gets himself on the Dean’s list his very first semester – even with all his AFROTC responsibilities and a work-study job with the library.

Then he meets Tony Stark, and all the values his mama taught him go right down the drain. Tony Stark is obscenely rich, extremely mouthy, and too smart for how wild he is. He’s Jim’s age, only instead of running around with rest of the confused and overwhelmed freshman, he’s going for a fucking doctorate. He’s extraordinary and he doesn’t even have to try.

tony stark, james rhodes & pepper potts by

wires_going_in.

"Are you about to sing the sugarpie honeybunch song?" Pepper asked from the other side of the plane. "Or propose to him?"

Reason by

wneleh.
Tony and Rhodey gen.

It wasn't like he never said "no" to Tony. He had, in fact, told him to go get his head together a couple of months ago, hoping to deliver the push that would land Tony somewhere sane. Instead, Tony'd built himself a flying suit out of gold and titanium and become a superhero.

Ordinance by

lucy_fic.

"Jesus Christ, Tony," Rhodes said, holding up his free hand to halt the soldiers behind him from coming any closer to where his friend was half-collapsed in the sand. "What the hell did those bastards do to you?"

Tony's eyes were barely open, but he grinned, tiredly. "Aw, Rhodey, I'm touched," he said, sliding a desert-dry tongue over his lips. "But, really, you should see the other guys."

Shared Perspectives by Friendly Loner.

Rhodes paused for a moment outside the door of Tony Starks mansion, the weight of all the years of his existence on this planet seemed to be crushing down upon his shoulders. He felt like a man twice his age as he steeled himself to open the front door with his spare key. He had returned to the States and was on his way to a debriefing about the disaster in Afghanistan and needed to collect a few documents from Stark’s home office and to lock down the security system before the news of the attack and Stark’s disappearance broke.

Jim Rhodes/Tony Stark:

"Paul said to Peter, you got to rock yourself a little harder" by

liviapenn

On the chopper ride back to base, the wind and the engine noise drown out any possibility of communication. Tony shakes and shudders as the pilot fights the night winds. He feels like a rag doll, but every time Jim bends his head to check on him, Tony's eyes are open. He looks lost in thought, that's all. Maybe a little more emphasis on the lost than the thought-- but after the third spot check Tony just raises his eyebrows, giving Jim this pitch-perfect look. Yes, and? You know, did you want something?

Brass and Steel by

gileonnen

The glass-or-plastic is cool when his fingertips brush. It doesn't feel weird or unnatural, even when he traces the joining places where the metal meets the skin. Just another prosthetic.

Attitude Adjustment, Auxiliary Power and Avionics Equipment by

gileonnen

He still doesn't have the hang of this whole flight stabilizer hand thing--so when the UAV whizzes past him, he accidentally blows it down with a blast from his palm. It can't be more than a Dragon Eye and it's probably just a Raven, but the damn things still cost $35,000, and they're going to kill him back at Edwards. Jarvis helpfully reminds him that he's losing altitude and about to flatten part of Historic Mosul, which would just be the best way for Jim Rhodes to finish out this day.

Ammi wa Khali by

gileonnen

Children are complicated sets of neural circuitry--and tend to leak. Which was fine, there were robots for that; Tony had already coded a program for changing diapers, and the kid was only getting sprayed every once in a while with a jet of coolant. And that was fine, too, since he'd formulated this coolant himself and he was almost positive that it wasn't very poisonous.

A- in Dance by

gileonnen

When Tony is sixteen, he gets his first A- at MIT. He's taking a dance class for an easy gen-ed arts credit, and complains to the Dean of Students, the provost, and the president that there is no way a fucking dance class should screw up his 4.0. When they refuse to throw out the minus, he becomes convinced that the oligarchy is critically flawed.

Main Attraction by

sardonicsmiley
Okay, so the author has this classified as "Tony/Female, Rhodey", but I think it is actually closest to Tony/Rhodey and this is *my* list. So!

Tony is one of those people who just draws the eye. Everything about him screams for attention, from the way he dresses, to the way he moves, to the way he speaks. Tony is a walking spectacle, and with everyone else watching him, Rhodey doesn’t feel so bad about the fact that he can’t look away either.

Home Theater by Helens.

Rhodey had cut his teeth in the first Gulf War and had been within inches of countless types of explosives, and he still put his hands over his ears when he walked into Tony's new media room. "What the hell," he shouted. Tony didn't even notice.

Cameraman by

nextian

"The suits have got to go next time," Rhodey tells him, steadying himself on a car. "I'm serious, man, it looks like they're watching us."

"HOTT!!: an excerpt from the sex videos you totally know Tony Stark makes in surround sound with annotations." by

nextian

Rhodey says, "See, this is what pilot training is good for."

"What," Tony says, baffled enough to be coherent, "hand jobs?"

Five Things Other People Don't Need To Know by

nextian

2. Afterwards they develop this habit; sitting, side by side, not doing a damn thing. Neither of them are really used to it, and sometimes Tony's staring at the pool deconstructing the suit in his head and sometimes Rhodes is rerunning flight plans, but a surprising amount of the time they're both just sitting there, thinking something along the lines of, hey.

The Greater Compliment by

black_eyedgirl

Tony asks, “How the hell did you get in here?” and there’s a touch of belligerence in the midst of all that slurring. “Everyone just walks right in.”

A Love Song by

lucy_fic

"I never said I love you."

"You brought me pizza and beer," Tony said, taking a piece. "If that isn't a declaration of love from one guy to another, what is?"

I blend sources like nobody's business! All shall love me and despair! by

sotto_voice

" 'It's not like' I'm a 'real superhero'; what's that supposed to mean?"

Don't Ask, Don't Tell by

imadra_blue

"So, you're not going to ask me for one last drink? Or to stay the night? And mention how much more comfortable your bed is than the guest bed?"

Tony arched a brow and half-smiled. "And here I thought I was being subtle. Don't ask, don't tell, and all that."

Snapshots from the Gawker Stalker, The Masochist Says 'Hurt Me, The Greatest Show on Earth and Once More Unto the Breach by

monimala

"You're an asshole, man. You are an asshole and I am way too good to your worthless, skinny, white ass."

Jesus. His fuse is shorter than Pepper's after all. Rhodey is glad that there's only a drunk and a couple of robots around to witness it as he kicks the tires on the Porsche, kicks the workbench hard enough to move it three feet, and stomps back to where Tony is sprawled and kicks the goddamn red and orange suit for good measure. It looks like a Hot Wheels collectible or a Transformer, for Christ's sake.

This only elicits a laugh, and a good inch of scotch disappearing with an audible gulp. "And yet… you keep coming back, Rhodey. You're always here when I'm helpless."

Not Going There by

dragonwrangler

“Uh, sorry,” he said, “didn’t realize you were busy.”

“What are you doing?” Tony knew from Rhodey’s tone that he was getting ‘the look.’

“That was…surprisingly hot.”

Like A Beatles Song by

fablesandhearts

“You know,” Pepper said as she came up behind him. “You could just talk to him instead of sulking about it.”

“I have no idea what you’re talking about,” Rhodey denied.

Get Out of My System by

love_angel_love

”You took my car.”
”It is my insurance policy.”
”You took my car hostage so I had to go on this date with you?”

Rhodey/Pepper

War Stories by

dafnap

Jim Rhodes shows up at her apartment at two in the morning, a twelve-pack in one hand, a pint of ice cream in the other.

Pepper, trying to hold her robe closed, gives him a bleary look. "What sort of cliche do you think I am?"

Everybody Needs a Fence to Lean On by

lila82

Rhodey finds her on glass number three, the fire a full-fledged blaze, and stands at the top of the stairs and just watches her.

Threesomes

Thick as Thieves by

hegemony.
Jim Rhodes/Tony Stark/Pepper Potts

Tony doesn't like mincing words, especially in his own head, so he'll be frank with himself: Rhodey, his Rhodes? Completely and totally evil. And no, not in that evil laugh and plans for world domination kinda way, but that perfect, measured Machiavellian evil, low whispers of ideas in moments of measured vulnerability.

Like a Catholic Girl on Prom Night by ponderosa121.
Jim Rhodes/Tony Stark/JARVIS

"How's it feel?" The helper with the faceplate holds back, and Rhodey moves for the first time in a minute to keep an eye on Tony ducking into the chaos of metal arms and wires. "Fits okay? Not too tight? You're not as slim and pretty as when I met you."

Seriously, This is Such Utter Crack that You Really Shouldn't Bother by

evil_overlords
Crossover. Jim Rhodes/Tony Stark/Peter Parker (mainly innuendo).

“Too small,” snapped Tony Stark, glaring into Rhodes’s toolbox. “Your nuts are just way too small, Rhodey.”

“Hey!” Rhodes cried, but Stark was busy with a screwdriver, looking perfectly innocent.

Stories where Rhodes shows up.

She Builds Quick Machines: Part One. Part Two. Part Three. by

mrs_peel_fanfic
WIP. Rhodey is a huge presence starting with Part Two.

Summary: As Pepper urges Tony to accept Obadiah's betrayal, she herself grows closer in sympathy to Stane's grieving personal assistant, and becomes fearful for Tony's new lifestyle and her relationship with it and him. Meanwhile Stark and Rhodes slowly begin to uncover a plot coming from within Stark Industries that involves industrial espionage, revenge and the unsettling resurgence of a ghost from Tony's troubled past. And cybernetic ninjas.

Five Rumors About Tony Stark That Aren’t (Entirely) True by

mclittlebitch
Past Tony/Emma Frost; suggested Tony/Pepper, Tony/Rhodey, Tony/Bruce Wayne, Tony/robot. Something for everyone?

From the LA Insider:

Which social WMD has been working their famous charm on someone they shouldn’t? We’re not asking and they’re not telling, but the lucky guy’s liaised his way into more than one kind of bang for his buck.

Made Her Eyes for Crying by

the_rejection
Pepper and Rhodey.

Pepper made coffee while Rhodey laid Tony down on the living room couch, the suit freshly peeled off by Tony's robot helpers. Some days she felt that was all she was good for: making coffee. Then, of course, she checked her e-mail or played her voicemail and remembered that she kind of ran a billionaire's life while he played out his geeky teenage fantasies, and she opened up her salary spreadsheet to calculate how much of a raise Tony needed to give her.

Fly Away Home by

kesomon
Tony centric.

He extricates himself from the skeleton of metal and wire, every movement pained, hampered by the slickness of blood on his fingers dribbling down dusty biceps, the stink of sweat heavy in the heat of the sun. Digging himself free proves equally irritating. The suit is no longer functional, or necessary, and clutches at his trapped limbs beneath the desert sand. When he finally feels the restraint give way he topples forward, coating his tongue in grit. The smell of smoke and ash is on the air, blown from the pillar of fire miles away.

Stranger Things: Part One. Part Two. Part Three. Part Four. by

cruelest_month
WIP. Tony/Original Android Character. Rhodey is around.

Outside of Pepper and Rhodes, Tony didn’t have anyone and the chances of him branching out were pretty small now that he had a hole in his chest and an arc reactor put inside of it.

The thing was he didn’t think he cared too much. Some women found it to be a novelty and who didn’t want to sleep with a superhero that, you know, just happened to be a millionaire? But he went through women like he went through bottles of Perrier and their loyalty lasted about as long as his.

Don't Wait Up by

jadedletters
Pepper centric. Rhodey's a voice on the phone, but he's on the phone a fair bit.

“Good morning, Jarvis,” she replied with a smile. The first time she’d entered the house and acquainted herself with Jarvis, speaking with him had left a ludicrous aftertaste in her mouth. Now, it was as if she were conversing with a lifelong colleague.

Mechanolater by

notexotic
Tony centric. Rhodey's a large presence.

It’s a week before deadline when Rhodey brings him a Slurpee and a file you could get shot just for looking at a second longer than you were supposed to if you were the wrong sort of person. There are days when the Lieutenant Colonel doubts Tony isn’t. This is one of them.

The Award for Outstanding Unachievement in a Superhero goes to... by

seriousfic
Tony/Pepper. Rhodey is around for the first half or so.

It’s the commencement speech that finally does it. Pepper’s been hounding him about it for five months (not counting the time he spent imprisoned by terrorists) and then she walks in on him being cut out of his suit. Literally cut out of it. It’s so banged up that Rhodey is using an circular saw on it.

48 hours by

nicpick
Tony, Rhodey, Pepper and JARVIS.

Life has always been a mix of light and darkness, he's just messing with the contrast.

Fallout by

ghanistarkiller
Tony, Rhodey and Pepper. Gen.

Rhodey didn’t turn to him straight away but waited first to take a calming breath which left his throat sounding suspiciously like an aggravated sigh. “You’re pissed off, I can tell.”

“Oh, you can—you can tell that, huh?“ Rhodey repeated with incredulous frustration.

“I can tell,” asserted Tony, ignoring Rhodey’s belligerent tone. “You know, because we’re friends—best friends, as a matter of fact—and I can tell these things about you. And right now I’m getting a kind of pissed off vibe from you.”

Our Lives Like Scribbled Facts on Paper by

elsi_dissapear
Pepper/Tony; Although Pepper and Rhodes are the only ones really *there*.

She sits down abruptly. Watches him breathe; in, out, in, out. She times her own breathes against it, steadying her heart to beat with his. Wanting to time the progressions, understand the hesitations. She wants to understand--God, she wants to understand. How he can do this to himself; to her and to Rhodes and to the people who care about him, however minor.

How he can just fly around in a suit of metal like he was built for it. Like it would somehow make him invincible.

It Takes a Village to Raise a Tony Stark by

hackthis
Tony plus ensemble

Rhodey calls when Tony's in the shower.

Tony's not actually using the shower for its intended purpose at the moment. He meant to when he went in the bathroom. He even stripped down to prove it, but the bathroom filled up with steam, and then Tony got distracted drawing dirty pictures on the mirror and explaining them in detail to Jarvis. So, when Rhodey calls, Tony doesn't think anything of picking up the video call. Naked.

"Rhodey, what was the name of that girl we met in Barbados that could do that thing with the ping-pong balls?"

Real Friends Help You Get Naked by

hackthis
Tony/Jarvis, Tony/Rhodey, Tony/Pepper. And Happy Hogan.

Tony calls Rhodey because he's already called Pepper twice this week, and the second time she came over, Tony could see that murderous gleam in her eye that he's only seen in women he's had escorted from the premises by guards.

There is No 'Me' Without We by

hackthis
Mostly Pepper and Tony, but Rhodes stops by for a bit.

"I'm glad to see you didn't go with the spandex," a voice calls over 'Welcome to the Jungle". "I know that's how most superheroes roll."

Morning Wood
Tony, Pepper and Rhodey.

Tony was unconscious in the hospital. He dreamed about Hawaii, hot woman and men on nude beaches, his favorite dream.
“Tony.” He opened his eyes. “Tony?”
“Yessss?”

Comicsverse stories:

Iron Man: Reborn by David Golightly.
WIP.

James Rhodes sat back in his office chair, letting out a small sigh as he released the intercom button. It was almost five o’clock and nearly everyone in the building would be clearing out soon, returning to their homes and families. Rhodes, however, would probably be sifting through paperwork for another few hours.

He spun around in the cushy chair to face the floor-to-ceiling windows at the back of his office. As Vice President of Stark/Fujikawa, Inc. the veteran black man was privy to a number of perks, a decent view counted among them. Whenever he looked out at the parking lot beneath, the foreground of an expansive lawn that bore various impressive floral arrangements, he more often than not caught his eyes drifting to the looming sky overhead.

Art:

Three Hours Out of Kabul by x. (Rhodes/Stark)
I've linked to the front page of the site, because the artist has had problems with theft and would prefer people see the terms of use. You can find the picture either on the "Other" page or under "Updates," and it is more than worth the effort to do so!

The Night (after the day) That Tony Fell by x. (Rhodes/Stark)
See previous notes.

Jim Rhodes/Tony Stark by

laurazel

Rhodey/Tony/Jarvis sketch by

laurazel (scroll down)

Charicature sketches of Rhodes and other Iron Man characters by

la_dame_boheme

Graphics:

Iron Man & War Machine (movie) icons and banners by

jadeblood

Pic Spam - A multitude of screenshots and publicity photos focusing on Jim Rhodes, Tony Stark, and the guys who play them on TV. Make sure to scroll down through the comments.

Slashy snapshot from a deleted Tony & Rhodes scene.

Some sort of action figure photo comic in Portuguese (I think?) wherein the part of Jim Rhodes is played by a Cyberman! The internets, I love them.

Three Rhodey/Tony icons by

greetthedawn.

Three Pepper and Rhodes icons among other Iron Man icons by

kawaiisporkmage.

War Machine illustration by Adi Granov.

Jim Rhodes tag at

scans_daily

War Machine tag at

scans_daily

Meta/Incoherent Rambling/Whatever:

the_funvee - a Jim Rhodes/Tony Stark community.