Roommate Hatred // IronStrange [HIGHSCHOOL AU]

Chapter 8 {Ineffable}

Ineffable - too great or extreme to be expressed or described in words.

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Stephen stayed in his bed, he was tired after hanging out with his friends for so long. He wasn't used to that long of interaction with his friends.

He sighed and closed his eyes, enjoying the silence peacefully, the book he had just finished laying on his chest.

Suddenly, the door opened, making Stephen open his eyes and look over, but he quickly realized it was Tony. And then he was reminded of the bet.

"Hi Stephen," Tony spoke casually, closing the door with a click "Shouldn't you be meditating or something?"

Stephen Strange paused, thinking of what to say to make Tony back off, he couldn't think of anything and eventually gave in.

"You just want to see me use my magic, don't you?"

Tony grinned "Maybe I do, maybe I don't."

Stephen glanced at his cloak with a sigh, which he had forgotten to bring with him to the party. The boy stood up and waited for the cloak to prop itself on Stephen's shoulders.

"Oh yeah! We also have to name it!"

Stephen groaned "Fine.."

Stephen Strange stood there for a second before he started to levitate, the edge of the cloak raising up slightly.

Tony stared with amazement, it was never going to get old. He smiled, his first thought being, 'He looks like a god..' But his thoughts were interrupted by his own words.

"That looks cool, wizard." he grinned playfully, for some reason watching Stephen use the cloak to levitate looks cooler than when he's seen other people fly around before.

Stephen glanced at him, at this point he wasn't even going to acknowledge the horrible nickname.

"Can you do any other tricks? Oh! Can you pull a rabbit out of a hat?" Tony asked snarkily yet jokingly.

Stephen sighed, "You're horrible, you know that?" He spoke in a monotone voice, looking up at Tony.

Stephen levitated back to the ground slowly, thanks to the cloak, and fixed his posture.

Tony smiled, "So... What can you do?"

Stephen raised a brow, "Lots of things-" he spoke, sitting on his bed- "Just depends what."

Tony sat on his own bed, now they were on the opposite sides of the room staring at each other.

"What do you think would amaze me?"

"Hmm.." Stephen Strange thought for a second, before coming up with an idea.

Stephen began to do one of the skills that he had been taught, and by far, the easiest thing for an apprentice to do at Kamar-Taj, a portal.

The portal was located at the floor between the two, surrounded in sparks as a result of his magic.

"Woah.." Tony spoke quietly, Stephen grinned and grabbed Tony's wrist, taking a step into the portal and letting himself fall, dragging the boy with him.

"HeY!" Tony gasped, falling through.

Stephen landed on his feet while Tony fell on his stomach with an 'awf!'

The scenery was beautiful, it was almost midnight, the crescent moon being located right behind a tree. A lake was in front of them, almost looking fake by how perfect it was, the water was levelled and smooth, rocks surrounded the sides and small fish swam around happily.

Tony stood up and dusted his pants.

"Why would you do that? Are you insane? It's also freezing out here."

"Just look, Tony."

"What?-" He stopped himself quickly once he looked up, the boy found the scene astonishing, he'd never seen anything like it.

"Isn't it nice? I found this place a while ago before I even came to the school."

Tony Stark was quiet for a second, his gaze staring at the water.

"...Levi."

Stephen looked at him, confused.

"What?"

"The cloak, I want to name it Levi."

"Hold on, I take you to this beautiful place and all you can think about is my cloaks name?" He grinned slightly, moving his arms up a bit to refer to the scenery.

"Yup." Tony chuckled with a smirk, glancing at the other who also chuckled.

"Ugh, fine. I can't hate you. But i do want to win this bet." Stephen admitted.

"The one with Steve Rogers, where you're supposed to hate me for two weeks."

"I forgot you knew about that somehow.."

"Maybe you could consider me a magician too then." Tony interjected with a grin.

"Shut up." Stephen joked.

The two stared at the water peacefully, the silence was peaceful for them.

"You think we can...pretend to hate each other in public?"

"Why do you want to win the bet so badly? You don't get any money out of it."

"So what? It's a bet that I don't want to lose."

"Okay okay, fine."

Tony turned to the left and held out his hand, "Friends?" He asked with a raised brow.

Stephen glanced at him, staring for a few seconds before sighing.

His gaze met Tony's as he put out his hand as well, shaking in agreement.

"Friends."