CW for euthanasia/suicide, technically
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"No, Stephen! Absolutely not."
Christine and Stephen stood in front of the sliding glass door of the kitchen, Christine with her arms crossed at her chest in defiance. Stephen looked to Sylvie and Mobius sitting at the kitchen table, the philosophy books still piled chaotically around them, staring at him as if he'd suggested throwing himself off a bridge. He may as well have.
"I know this is the only way, Christine. I'm certain."
"I don't care!" she shouted up at him, her small frame becoming a brick wall. "I won't do it. I'd rather just go back home right now."
"There's no one else I could possibly trust with this."
"Stephen, you're asking me to help you kill yourself!"
He put up one finger, in a pathetic attempt to rationalize an unrationalizible situation.
"And then, bring me back to life," he added.
She huffed angrily and turned around, refusing to look at him.
"I am not Dr. god-damned Kevorkian," she growled.
"You're being disingenuous," he said, though he knew his tone wouldn't get him anywhere with her. She was right. His plan was insane. Mobius and Sylvie sat nervously, guiltily looking at their hands folded on the table, and not at them.
Stephen put a hand on her shoulder. She tensed, but didn't shrug him off. He hoped it was somewhat of a good sign that she hadn't slapped him yet.
"Christine," he said softly. "There's no other way to do this. If I don't get as close to death as possible, then I won't be able to even figure out what I'm fighting. I'm not just doing this for Loki, either. It's for everyone left on this planet, in this universe."
"What about our universe, Stephen?" she whispered.
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Strange Nightmares
FanfictionA stranger bursts into Dr. Strange's life begging for help for his dying friend, but can he--or his friend--be trusted? Stephen Strange and Christine Palmer find themselves fighting a battle they barely understand, one that explores the brink of dea...
