Forfeiture

The Vial

 It was the day before the wedding and Tony was only slightly petrified. The two had agreed that they would try to finish their plans the day before the day before the wedding, so today was open for them to spend some fun times together. The brunette woke up with a yawn in the bed and snuggled into his pillows. He groaned as the soft morning light bothered him and he rolled over so he was facing away from the window. Tony wasn't exactly a morning person.

Next thing he saw was Stephens cloak hovering him then flying around the mechanic, it seemed pretty exciting. "He just woke up, don't make his head spin" the sorcerer snapped his fingers and the cloak went back to his shoulders. Strange then floated to the mechanic and smiled brightly. "Though I do share the same excitement" he blushed.

Tony eyed them with some confusion and sat up, rubbing his eyes with another yawn. He decided it was best to give up on falling back asleep now and he then turned his gaze back to his fiance. "Mm... excitement for what, again? The wedding?" He ran a hand through his messy hair and scratched at it for a moment, feeling like he probably didn't look that attractive in the mornings.

"Of course I'm excited for our wedding" Stephen smiled brightly and leaned to kiss Tony's cheek. "Soon I'm going to be your wife and I don't want to have to nag you already for being cutely forgetful" he gave another kiss to the mechanic's cheek and felt his happiness grow. "You're so cute in the morning"

Tony hummed and closed his eyes as he received his kisses, blushing slightly when he was told he looked cute at the time of day he thought he looked his worst. "Oh, you're just saying that, I know you are..." he mumbled and opened his large eyes again to gaze up at his beloved. "I'm not that pretty anymore..."

"Such a sweetheart" Stephen blushed and floated away with the smile still on his face. "Why don't you go and get yourself freshened up? I have to take care of something but I promise it won't take long, I'll just be a couple of rooms away. I have viles and positions to look into" Strange blew a kiss to the mechanic and headed out the room.

"O-Okay... but don't stay away from me for too long... I'll miss you too much," Tony said with a small smile and blue, then sighed and did as he was told, but also wanting to be aware of what the sorcerer was up to. Ever since Mesphisto had taken over Stephen, Tony had some sort of nagging PTSD about leaving him alone for too long doing something that the brunette didn't know about. He wasn't trying to be controlling and nosy of course, but it just really bothered him now. 

Stephen stepped into the room that he and Tony agreed the sorcerer can keep his sorcerer related things. That way most of the time if he needed to do something he wouldn't be too far from his fiance. "Now I don't want you touching anything cloak, you almost dropped the blue bottle last time and you already know what that one does." The cloak moved slightly, as if it was trying to look away as it felt bad for almost getting into trouble. The bottles were just so pretty looking and mesmerizing! Speaking of, the cloak spotted a very beautiful red vial e, it sparkled and bubbled a bit. It noticed the sorcerer was reading so it slowly reached to it. "Ah there you are..." The ravenette smiled as he found the page he was looking for. He then turned to make sure the cloak wasn't doing anything bad but of course- "Cloak don't!" He shouted and it's corner already touched it and since it had gotten startled it dropped and spilled on Stephen who gasped. 

Tony sighed as he stepped out of the shower and shook out some water droplets from his hair. It felt good to be so clean and refreshed, and he caught sight of himself in the mirror. He really didn't admire himself like he had done earlier in his life when he was still "loved by all" or whatever. To be completely honest, he didn't know why Stephen thought he was so beautiful to begin with. He wanted to laugh at himself, being an older man and feeling so self-conscious, but his confidence had been shattered a long time ago and he still hadn't completely recovered from that. Once his day clothes were on he heard Stephen's exclamation and he threw himself out the door and hurtled to the room he was in, ready to fight off any demon that dared touch his fiance. "Stephen! Are you alright?-"