He had fallen to his knees and let out a sigh of relief, the fight was done and Thanos was dead the planet saved too but all of you even yourself knew what had to happen now. Supreme Strange had to die, being a Necromancer you had equal amount of knowledge in terms of magical solutions to threats both magic and non. An old friend stood beside you "Y/N, now is your chance to say goodbye my dear" Xavier told you calmly you nodded slightly out of breath as you fought back tears walking to your love. He looked up at you and was fighting his own tears you kneeled in front of him and put your forehead to his with a hand cradling the back of his head "you have to be strong" he whispers. "For us, you have to be strong" he says holding a hand to your cheek "I know, I know..." You tell him not wanting this to happen "I'm so sorry I stole the book from you, but it had to be done there was no other way" he says praying you'll say you'll forgive him. "I don't care about that anymore Stephen, I forgive you" you tell him "I-I love you" you choke out before kissing him he returns this last kiss you'll ever share. "I love you too" he says as you stand up taking a few steps back "I will find a way to bring you home my love" you tell him, Captain Carter took your hand for comfort but you jolted awake not needing to see Stephen disintegrated again. With tears streaming down your cheeks you gripped the fabric of your comforter trying to calm yourself down since you didn't have Stephen anymore it's been a few years since that day and you'd been leaving yours and Stephens home less and less. You understood just as much as he did there was one last kiss between you two then Blackbolt did what had to be done the entire team felt bad for you but you reassured them you'd be fine. Xavier wished you wouldn't hide they needed their Demon Necromancer back. Blackbolt had been a dear friend for years too he didn't like seeing you sad he was often distracted by that thought but they realized even with you they needed a Strange again.
But there was a Strange minorly Dream Walking through yours he saw in your eyes how broken hearted you were that day, much like how he felt losing his Christine and his you later on. It hurt worse losing you because of his own destruction, he needed to find you he needed to leave his deteriorating domain luckily he was able to find your dreams and latch on to get an idea of where you were he realized what you were dreaming about. "I swear I will never make the same mistake again, things won't get out of hand again" he growled with a hint of insanity in his voice "I need you" he added darkly he had wished it was him you kissed that day. Xavier had been trying to contact you as well as Carter and Richards they all wanted to know where you were and if you were okay and come by the HQ just to even say hi. You figured you probably should do that sometime soon anyway you'd rather be alone right now of course but you didn't need Captain Carter busting down your front door either. You enjoyed your morning coffee in peace remembering the mornings you and Stephen shared enjoying the early morning sun and the sunsets towards night. The two of you usually sat curled up together on the porch swing, you weren't fond of the city so you convinced him to move in with you in your cabin in the woods you being a Necromancer into death among other things Stephen found it funny. But he grew to like the peacefulness and the view as well was wonderful and he got to spend most of his time with you at first you and Stephen "hated" eachother. But it was clear to Xavier and Captain Carter it was love, Marvel couldn't believe you two we're acting like that, and Richards called it and Blackbolt owed him $20 but you two were happy together.
You'd gotten dressed and took a nice walk to the HQ it was sunny but fairly cool out you were dressed for more fall weather with a bit of goth in the style you had but thats alright it's part of why Stephen liked you. You were just different in every way the best ways, one thing he didn't understand is, of all the horrifying minions you can summon why crawler zombies you detest so much you simply responded nothing should ever exist that goes for the ankles. You disliked mannequins too, somehow the ones with faces were worse than the ones without this Stephen was wondering if you'd accept him he could feel your broken heart. You went to the "throne room" where you all sat as poster children for a cult is how you felt "Y/N!" Xavier greeted "how good to see you again" he adds as he rolls up beside you. "Hey Charlie" you say before giving him a side hug "I have some news my dear, we were wrong..." He began "what do you mean? What about?" You asked him confused. "You'll have every right to be angry but..." "We need a Strange, and we found two equally depressed as you" Captain Marvel butted in Xavier sighed "what she means, is that one lost his you and his Christine and one just lost his you but murdered you" Xavier explains. "You can't replace him, you just want to use me to get another one?" You questioned "no lovey, we want to help you move on..." Captain Carter began as she entered the room. "We were so terribly wrong Y/N, we were all blind to see the real cost of Strange's sacrifice" she tells you gently "we didn't realize we'd lose you too Y/N, please, give one of them a chance" Carter pleads to you.
You were trying to find the right words to respond to this "you better do it, everyone is tired of yo-..." Captain Marvel began but was cut off by a ghostly black and green chain that you summoned wrapped around her neck. Everyone gasped "Y/N let her go, you know you don't want to kill her!" Xavier shouted having had enough of your outbursts such as this "none of you will EVER understand my pain!" You cried as your eyes burned with the ghostly fog much like the fog coming off your chain you summoned. You made it let go of Marvel before shoving her back Xavier sighs "Y/N, you need to come back from hiding out love" Carter began "it's not healthy for you, and I know one of these Stephens will fill the void in your heart" she hints since they both lost a you. You sighed in annoyance but they were right, you weren't yourself without Stephen and you know of one in a universe not too far from yours that you've looked into introducing yourself too. "Then what of him if I bring him here?" You questioned "allow him to get used to our dimension, and be happy Y/N, your sadness takes a bigger toll than you know" Carter tells you you sighed. "Fine, only if it prevents you from busting down my door Carter" you says with a slight smile thinking they're all insane and you're insane for going is how you felt. You summoned a portal exactly where one of the Stephens are and disappeared "Carter I hope you're right, how do we know she'll go to a Stephen?" Xavier asks "she will, I know her" Carter replied staying positive. The crumbling dimension was more so decaying now than anything and you felt another heartbeat in the dimension one single heartbeat, and its Stephen knows you're in his universe.
It was sad to see the sanctum crumbling away like it was, and it felt like a nightmare only the environment was what was wrong. Stephen couldn't believe you were here but what if you didn't like who you saw that Stephen has become? That small fear was tugging at this worlds Stephen. "God, what happened here? This reality is collapsing in on itself" you breathed as you looked around before reaching the long staircase you braces yourself for whatever you may find up there. Treading carefully you began making your way up to him "please, love me" he said to himself with deep down a breaking heart he wasn't going to lose you again and you were hoping this isn't the one that cold bloodedly murdered his you. The Sanctum or what was left, looked like a haunted house now you reached one of the main rooms and were about to go up the next staircase until you looked up meeting eyes with this worlds Stephen. "Y/N?" He questioned almost scared "I am a Y/N, yes, I know you lost yours" you tell him calmly "and my Christine..." He hissed "I know, I'm from another universe, we lost our...I, lost my you" you corrected telling him saddened. "How did you lose him?" He asked flatly "he... sacrificed himself to save the entire universe" you hesitantly replied "but how? With what?" He asked a little more annoyed. You sighed "he had the same book you have, the Dark Hold, we all knew the cost of using it, he stole it from me to begin with" you admitted avoiding this Stephens eyes. "He stole it? Doesn't sound to me he loved you very much..." He huffed as you launched a ghostly bone spear barely missing this Stephen "you bite your tongue about my beloved, you're NOTHING like he was" you hissed. This Stephen stood intrigued "you're still a necromancer? Mine was too, hmh, she didn't have anger quite like you though" he purred taking a step closer "my guess she never suffered heartbreak" you hinted.
"No, that was me that suffered it, when I lost my you" he says calmly taking another step closer as you take one step back "but why are you here?" He questioned. "Surely you could move on with your Mordo..." He began "he is a lovesick pup, he doesn't know what real love is" you hissed "I'm here to bring you to my realm, we need a Stephen, my group was wrong and we need you, I...need you" you explained embarrassedly. He smiled slightly and gently reached out to hold you froze only to find he just wanted to place his hand against your cheek which caused your eyelids to flutter at his touch like it used to do to you with yours. "Hmh, my Y/N used to react just the same as you, but some said it was my power that intoxicated her" he says softly leaning closer to you but this only brought back old feelings. "Trust me, your me loved you more than life itself, and with my Stephen and there wasn't a day where I didn't love him" you replied shakily as you slid your hands around the hand he had placed against your cheek. "Your shaking, are you alright?" He questioned pulling his hand away "I-I'm fine... " you weakly replied missing his touch already as if you got out of a trance then he noticed something. Your choker necklace charm, it's what your Stephen had given to you just as he did to his you "did...your me, give that to you?" He confusedly questioned you nodded avoiding his eyes again "it was..." You started. "An anniversary gift" you both say in unison "6 years" you both say at the same time once more you both stepped back shocked "maybe us being together wouldn't be such a bad idea..." He hints holding his hand out to you with a soft smile reminding you of your Stephen.
