Pain, suffering, and a bit of hope. (Ironstrange)

I care

Tony
I follow Wong into his portal to find the sanctum was burnt to the ground. There are a few books and two artifacts but that's it. The Ancient One is gone and then the cloak comes out of the ruble and hangs onto me.

"Levi where is Stephen?" It starts moving around frantically. Wong seems to understand and he pales. I turn to him and he hands me both of the artifacts. "Why did you give me these?" Wong opens portal and Levi pushes me through it and attaches itself to my shoulders.

I get lifted up and it takes me to a landing area. I look down and I can see Stephen as he is fighting with Stane I try to go over to him but the cloak is holding me back. I look at it and it points to the artifacts.

One of them is two rings and the other is the heart of whatever the fuck killed Stephen a 1000 times. Levi grabs the rings and has me put one on and tosses Stephen the other one. He catches it and puts it on. Levi then grabs the heart and has me place it in my hand that has the ring on it.

Stephen starts to shout out what sounds to me like nonsense. I watch as the heart starts to shrink a bit and when Stephen finishes Levi takes me to him. Stane is week and the gauntlet from my suit shows up and I blast it to kill Stane again. I shoot it multiple times until Stephen grabs my arm and pulls me into a hug.

The gauntlet goes back to the tower and to my suit. I hug him back and Stephen looks tired. "Why are you here. You could have been killed." He says and I grab his face and make him look at me.

"One Wong came to get me and two I care. I care about you. I wouldn't have done anything else. Though I'm sorry for not being the one who you like."

"Did Levi bring you down here?" He asks and I nod. "He can sense how people feel. It chose me and it knows how I feel. He got the person who I needed to help me with this. Thanks to Wong though you didn't almost die." Stephen says and when my brain catches up with what he said I can feel my face heating up.

"Stephen Strange did you just admit to liking me?" He grins a bit.

"Why yes I did Anthony Stark. I understand if you don't like me in return." He says and I look at him in disbelief.

"Stephen I do like you. Why did you think I wouldn't?" He is quiet and looks at me.

"No reason." He says and I help him stand up. "That was only the beginning of what's to come." Stephen says and then we're back at the tower. Wong is there and takes the heart from me. I go to take the ring off of my finger but it won't come off. I look up at Stephen and see that he already has his off.

"Uhhhh Stephen." He looks over at me and I hold up my hand. He walks over and pulls the ring off like it's nothing. "How did you?" He places them in a box and then gives them to Wong. Before he could respond Peter came running out of his room and tackled us to the ground.

I wrapped him up in a hug as we lay there and Stephen pats him on the head before getting up and getting ready to leave. I let go of Peter and he he runs over to Stephen.

Stephen
Peter runs after me and hugs me from behind. "Please don't go." He asks me and his voice is so small. I sigh and look at Wong who nods and leaves.

I turn around and hug him for a while. "I'm not going anywhere kid." My stomach is still bruised and it's been a while since I've eaten anything.

Because of that I feel as though my stomach is eating me from the inside out. I guess Bruce caught on because when Peter let's go of me he drags me to the kitchen to get something to eat.

"What was the last thing you ate?" He asks while looking at me from my spot at the table. To be honest I don't actually remember what I ate last.

I've never been good about eating three meals a day. If I'm being honest I hardly every eat even one meal. "Stephen when was the last time you ate?" Bruce asks me and I have to think about it for a moment.