Chapter 8 Doom & Shifters

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Me- so J-bean...about sleep...

J- HISSSSSSSSSSSSS

Me-ok then.

Tony's Pov:

"Well he's probably stuck." I listened to the team talk about me as I was on day two of being a dragon...yeah well maybe I just need to think of like a closet door and walking out hum- I tripped and fell at the sudden change.

"Tony!?"

"You're back." Clint said.

"Welcome back." Bruce chuckled helping me up.

"Thanks." I said...why'd that work? They all started talking but I thought about it...My brain coming up with a closet...everytime. "Hey guys...when you think of shifting what's your first thought?" I asked.

"Falcon." Sam said.

"Falling and then becoming a Hawk." Clint said.

"My wolf." Bucky said.

"My dog..." Steve said.

"My connection with Bast." T'Challa said.

"To hide in the shadows as my fox." Nat said...and Stephen pictured putting on a dragon costume...so why is it I pictured a closet? Weird...but it kept eating at me.

"Steph?" I asked and the dragon hummed as he scanned books...I was hanging at the Sanctum...which I do sometimes... "what do you picture when shifting?" I asked cause maybe I'll get a different answer.

"Putting on a dragon costume." He said...nope...

"What about you Wong?" I asked.

"I think of my dragon form...why?" Wong asked.

"So...everyone just knows what they are?" I asked.

"Yes...We are all born knowing our animal." Wong said.

"But...I didn't think about a dragon..." I said and they froze then looked at me.

"What do you mean?" Wong asked.

"I mean...I didn't think of a dragon till I realized the spear would only hit a dragon." I said.

"But you thought of a dragon." Stephen said.

"Shift now." Wong said and I blinked...I tried but...I just imagined a closet...I frowned.

"I...can't..." I said.

"What?" Stephen asked.

"I can't shift." I said...the dragon wasn't there...nothing was there...it was empty...

"Anthony?" Stephen asked.

"I...I think I'm human again." I said and that kind of hurt...to get gifted only to have it torn away from me.

"Oh love...no...it's alright." Stephen said softly and pressed our foreheads together... "We'll figure this out." He said and I nodded...I may have lost the ability to shift but...at least I didn't lose you...time went on and...I never saw the dragon again...I was human again...

"Maybe you have to be scared to shift." Clint said.

"Maybe." I said...I frowned as we fought doom one day and I saw the team shifting in and out...I...why can't I shift? I don't understand...did I not deserve it? Did I not earn it? I felt Stephen's warmth spark as he tried to cheer me up...Steph...I swallowed and slightly shut the door...I left it cracked but didn't shut it fully...I felt Stephen's understanding and felt him even pull back to give me space...Fuck...you're far to good to me. Doom eventually went down...or we thought...I landed and he was looking between us all till he looked at me.

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