The Soul Stones Protector 'Tony Stark AU'

◖Chapter Four◗

'Just Wong? Like Adele? Or Aristotle? Drake, Bono, Eminem… '
- Stephen Strange, Doctor Strange

⚠Angst/Religious Altercations/Lore heavy⚠

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"What are you looking for Strange? " Stephen looked at Wong with a frustrated look. "Just something I thought maybe one of these books could explain to me, " Stephen said, putting one of the books away with the cloaks help. Wong hums before he sits down in one of the chairs next to that specific bookshelf. Stephen took the hint and sat in the chair opposite of Wong.

"What are you trying to find? " Wong asks, pointly ignoring the cloak that's sulking from the loss of attention. Stephen took a second before he opens his mouth, "I met someone about two years ago, and the last time I saw them... They looked like something I couldn't explain. I told Christine but she said I could've just been high on those pain killers. "
"You saw them after your accident, " Wong concludes and gets a nod. "Okay, what did they look like? " Stephen blinks, but then starts to explain what he exactly saw that night.

He said that he actually saw the same person twice that night and he looked the same. Bright large golden wings with different shades and hues of yellow for their clothing. It looked like how the Bible depicts an Angel. "Well it couldn't have been an Angel because they don't exist. We know because Odin is in charge and Angels are just a myth, " Wong said, getting up. He noticed the way Stephen looked down and sighed.

"However you might have met something that night, and if I'm right then it's no longer just a coincidence that you found us, " Wong said, rolling his eyes at the way Strange lit up. The librarian shifted through a few books before he hands only one, to Stephens surprise, to the other sorcerer to read. "What or who you might have encountered could be what we call the Protectors. " Stephen lifts a brow.

"Protectors?" Stephen asks.

"You remember the Infinity stone that you used last year? "

"Of course. What about it? " Stephen felt a bit uncomfortable talking about the stone. He doesn't even wear it on him anymore after that. He barely even uses the cross-room where it's held.

"While it's not the only one that needs protection, but only one of those six stones have ever made their own protection in their own image. That being the Soul Stone. What you've met is the Protector of the Soul Stone, and only a select few have ever seen them in real life, " Wong concludes.

"So... People who have made them into what we know today as Angel's? " Stephen asks, opening the book slightly. "Not exactly, the form you saw is their only form. That doesn't mean they can't hide it. " Wong was generally interested on how Stephen got to see one.

Stephen reads for a bit as Wong cleans around to pass the time, knowing that the early Sorcerer Supreme would have more questions. That was true when Stephen made a questioning noise. "Wong? This book is wrong, " Stephen said, making Wong freeze and turn. "What do you mean? " he asks, putting down the duster that hovered with his magic.

"It say's that these beings are created by Soul herself and molded into something with an artificial soul. It also states that with that is the inability to feel certain things, like love, sadness, guilt, envy, and anger. He wasn't like that, " Stephen said. Wong looked even more intrigued. "He had real emotions?" He asked.

Stephen remembers those soft eyes. He remembers the way Tony laughs, smiles, and touches him gently like Stephen was the one made of glass. Stephen didn't realize it was anything more than just a weekly hook up. Stephen didn't realize how much he was hurting Tony and couldn't help but feel the weight of guilt crash over him. "Stephen? " Wong's surprised voice knocks him out of his guilt-filled transe. The cloak was on him now and wipeing his tears ,that he didn't know have fallen, with a soft corner. "I was hurting him. " The room grew quiet, aside from the crackling fire.