Pretend || {Dr.Strange x Reader}

Ready or Not doesn't Matter

Once you arrived at the Avenger base, you passed through the armory and into the offices where Everette was waiting.

Every once and a while you would feel Stephens gaze on you, but would keep looking forward. You had a feeling he knew something that you didn't but did not want to press on whatever topic he wants to talk about.

Fearing he would mention on how you are really feeling. After the whole incident in the coffee shop, you felt more pain with your emotions. You felt they had been stronger than before, more hurtful then they had been. Which scared you since everything was spreading around your chest, every emotion you think you are feeling is spreading all at once, not being able to keep track of them.

Turning into a corner to a room you saw Ross talking with his partners, but once he saw you he made his way towards you both.

"Y/N," Ross says with a smile and gives you his hand to shake,

"Agent Ross," Shaking his hand and looking around the room seeing how everything was full of technology, everywhere you'd turn there would be a monitor,

"Nice to see you out and about,"

"Well got to get out some time right?," You reply giving him your attention with a smile, he smiles back before looking at Stephen,

"Strange," Stephen who was standing beside you the whole time and observing the room as well brought his gaze down to Everette when he greeted him,

"Evan," Stephen says with a smile making Ross furrowed his brows but making you crack a chuckle since he forgot again,

"It's Everette," Ross says with a serious tone,

All Stephen does is look at you before chuckling in embarrassment, "Right.. Everette," He says with a hint of pink on his cheeks,

"Follow me," Ross leads the both of you out of the room and into the hallway,

He took you both to a new laboratory that you didn't recognize, you never heard Pepper mentioning they had build a new lab, until Ross said it was Tony's lab but newer since Pepper wanted to remodel it. You nodded in response and feeling a little sad that everything Tony had used or made was being moved to storage.

Feeling your mood changing Stephen holds your hand in his, making you look at him and receive a small smile, one that appeared on your face as well. Entering the new laboratory you see Bruce behind a advanced technology table with all kinds of numbers and codes.

"Bruce?," You say trying to believe you were really seeing him,

Looking up from his work, looking more exhausted then ever he takes off his glasses and still manages to put a huge grin on his face. He quickly goes around the table to give you a bone crushing hug, feeling like the air had been sucked out of your body.

"Y/N! How are you feeling?," He says hugging you tightly,

"Like I can't breathe," Quietly you let out a light chuckle, feeling your bones crack under his force,

"Oh sorry," Quickly letting you go and smiling at you,

"Strange nice to see you again," Bruce's says shaking Stephens hand,

"Nice to see you to Banner," Stephen replies back and puts his hand on your back and starts rubbing it where Bruce had hugged you tightly, trying to relieve the soreness he had left from his hug,

After getting your breathing got back to normal and stretching your body from the tight hug you turn around when you hear a familiar voice coming into the lab.

It was Rocket, he was arguing with Quill about something. Like usual. You laugh at them when Rocket threatens Quill that he'll leave a "surprise" if he doesn't admit he's the captain of their ship. The Guardians had been living at the Avenger base ever since the fight, they got along quite well with the workers and each even had their own room.