The Nexus Event (Loki x reader)

At the Sanctum Sanctorium

a/n: okay there's definitely only one more chapter after that because this goddamn fic is sabotaging my uni work. i love it too much not to finish it but my brain thinks i need to finish it before i start my assignments... it's a whole thing. anywayss enjoy!<3

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Stephen's POV

As Strange regains consciousness, he feels a rush of energy so strong that it sucks the air from his lungs and renders him completely useless for about five seconds after it passes through the room.

After it does, he pushes himself up on to his elbows so that he can sit up. He sees you, clearly dead, lying sprawled on the stone floor beside Loki. Who hasn't moved.

Thor is stumbling towards your body, Strange hadn't even had time to register that he was missing an eye when you'd appeared with him earlier, and he watches as the god trips on the flagstones as he reaches for you.

At the top of the stairs Bruce stands motionless, staring at your body. Wong descends the stairs slowly, also staring, not at you but at the gauntlet on your hand. Strange closes his eyes, trying to make sense of it all.

A few minutes prior to your arrival, Bruce had come smashing through the window at the top of the staircase with no warning, and then started babbling on about Thanos, Asgard and Ragnarok.

No, what had he said exactly? That Thanos was back. That was pretty self-explanatory – it meant, means, that Thanos is coming to Earth. And if that's true, Strange needs to act quickly. Because there's a fully functioning Infinity gauntlet on your hand... but how?

He looks down at the case which he has on a chain around his neck. He hadn't needed to open it to know that the Time stone was in there; he could feel it. He can always feel it, even as he looks at the Time stone in the Infinity gauntlet on your hand.

Strange sways slightly as he stands up, his mind working overtime. He needs to prioritise.

'Wong, we need to get that off of her and destroy-'

'She's alive,' Thor exclaims, now crouched next to you, his fingers against your neck. At the same moment, Strange looks past you to Loki's body. It's different.

'Uh, wasn't he blue a minute ago?'

Thor spins around so quickly that he almost loses his balance, throwing a hand out to the ground to steady himself. He grabs Loki's wrist and feels for a pulse. There's a second of silence, and then his eyes widen as he turns back to look at you.

'It worked?' Wong asks, moving past you to check Loki's pulse. Strange is tired of not understanding anything that's happening.

'Thor. Tell me everything that happened after Bruce disappeared. How much time has passed?'

Thor looks away from your still very dead-looking body, keeping two fingers against your neck as though to reassure himself.

'I'm not sure when Bruce disappeared, but it must have been just before Thanos killed Loki. I didn't see him after that.'

Strange nods. 'Then what happened?'

'Y/N killed Thanos.'

Strange feels suddenly as though his head is filled with cotton wool. He can hear static, as though his ears have suddenly detected his thoughts true electrical form.

'Thanos is dead?' Wong clarifies, nodding at Strange as he stands up from next to Loki to confirm that he has a pulse.

'Yes. Y/N killed him, and then these bizarre soldiers appeared and took her and the gauntlet away through an orange portal. Then she appeared again moments later with the gauntlet and all of the stones,' Thor explains.