The Right Time [ Stephen Strange x Reader ]
Warnings: Drug and alcohol addiction
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When you and Stephen were seventeen, you both were madly in love. Some people often rolled their eyes or said how annoying you two were, while others supported it fully.
Yours and his parents were the first kind of people. They did not approve of the relationship and said that you both needed to focus on studies and your future ahead.
And it didn’t help the fact when you found out you were pregnant. Of course, you panicked and almost ran away with Stephen but realized that it wasn’t the best choice.
So, you told your parents and he told his own. And like you two expected, they were furious and demanded the baby be up for adoption.
“We are keeping this baby!” Stephen said to his parents as well as yours. Maybe it wasn’t the best idea to tell them both at the same time.
“You can’t keep this child, you’ll ruin your life,” His father spat, and your own nodded in agreement.
“You don’t know that,” You said, close to despair. “This baby deserves to be with us.”
“You’ve made a mistake,” His mother said with gritted teeth. “This baby will be put up for adoption. That’s the final decision.”
You shook your head, running out of the house with Stephen close behind you after yelling at them.
You collapsed on the driveway where Stephen kneeled down next to you. He delicately held onto your face, wiping the tears away.
“What are we going to do?” You whispered, your hand clutching onto his favorite band t-shirt.
“We have no other option. We don’t have money to raise a baby by ourselves,” he said, a few tears leaking out of his eyes.
You fell into his chest, sobbing.
And the two of you sat there, holding tightly onto each other - afraid if you let go, everything you had left would fall apart.
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You held onto your baby boy with tears in your eyes, “Hi, little one.”
Stephen raced into the room, sweat dripping down his face after running five blocks to you. His father refused to give him his car keys - said it’d be better if he didn’t see his baby.
Stephen had flipped him off and immediately left the house to see you give birth.
He unfortunately was late but still had a heavy heart when he saw you holding the little bundle of joy.
“(Y/N),” He said softly, catching your attention.
You beckoned him over, and he shyly made his way to you.
He saw his son who had his big, blue eyes open - staring at Stephen.
“Do you want to hold him?” You asked him, looking up into the same blue eyes that Stephen had.
He hesitated at first, afraid he’d get attached if he held onto him. But, he knew he’d probably never get the chance to ever again.
You passed your son to him, delicately and told him how to hold him. He did so effortlessly, a small smile on his face.
“His name is Samuel,” You said.
“Samuel Strange,” Stephen whispered, then kissed his forehead slowly. “I hope whoever has you knows how lucky they are... and that they raise you right... and you’ll never have to go through pain like this.”
The three of you laid on the bed, sharing the few moments you had together before the nurse would take Samuel away.
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It was fifteen years later when your world did a 360.
You and Stephen had broken up after high school while he pursued his dream of being a doctor. You, on the other hand, had endured a period of not knowing what to do. So, you traveled the world and ended up in Sokovia where you met the Maximoff twins.
You raised and helped them out, but one day Pietro had lashed out on you, saying that you only helped them because of your misfortunes. After asking him what in the world he was talking about, he said you only cared for them because you wanted to reassure yourself that you could have a been a wonderful mother to the baby you lost.
You were furious, saying that you didn’t see it that way, but Wanda saw through your lies.
They had gone away a week after the argument, and then another week after that, men in suits had came to your apartment. They spoke of experiments, how much money was involved, and how you would change the world.
You agreed.
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A year after that, you joined the Avengers with Wanda. She had her telekinesis while you were able to warp time, you could go back and forth as you pleased. But, you had to be careful with how you used your powers.
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Three years later, you were at the Avengers compound by yourself - going over files and government records to see if you could find your baby boy, Samuel.
You had reached dead ends many times, frustrated beyond belief. But you knew you had to find him, a part of you longed to see and tell him what happened nineteen years ago when you and Stephen had given him away.
You also tried to reach Stephen at the hospital you knew he worked, but a nice lady Christine said he left the job a couple years back.
That’s when you completely gave up. You lost your first child and first love.
Or so you thought.
While throwing a pile of papers to the side, there was a weird noise behind you - to which you turned around to see.
With a scream, you fell backwards but suddenly a red cloak wrapped itself around you and held you upright.
Confusion overtook you while looking upon the man in front of you.
“Stephen?”
He smiled warmly at you, “Hello, love.”
He looked almost the same as he did when you were teens. His black hair now had whites on the side, his ocean blue eyes, and he wore blue clothing that looked like something out of a movie.
“How... What?” You stammered, stepping forward to him. “I’ve been looking for you.”
“I know,” Stephen sighed and placed a slightly shaking hand on your cheek, like he had before so many times. “It wasn’t the right time yet.”
“Where have you been?” You said, loving the feel of his warm hand on your cheek.
“Well, to cut a long story short... I had gotten into a terrible accident that left my hands ruined. I found my way to Kamar-Taj and they helped me. I learned to control the shaking in my hands... There have been fights and battles. I protect an Infinity Stone now.... And, I’ve mentored a boy recently.”
You took everything in, listening intently to what he had to say. “Wow, you really have been through a lot these past years?”
He chuckled, “you wouldn’t believe.”
Suddenly, a person stepped out of the portal that was behind Stephen.
“Dad! Something is happening,” a boy who looked almost exactly like Stephen exclaimed while running up to him.
You did a double take as the boy paid no attention to you and only looked up at Stephen, who at the moment was panicking.
“Who’s this?” You questioned him quickly.
“Samuel... this is... This is your mother,” Stephen said and lightly turned the boy towards you.
Samuel stared at you before a smile draped his face, “Hi.”
You were in shock, completely frozen in your spot.
Samuel whispered to his dad, “Did we break her?”
You broke out of the trance, running forward and almost crushing Samuel in a hug. He was taller than you, but that was no surprise since Stephen was taller in your relationship.
“I’ve waited for this moment for so long,” you whispered to him, not letting go. “Oh, my baby boy... I’m sorry I left you.” You pulled away and had tears in your eyes. “We didn’t have a choice... Ever since I came with the Avengers, I searched every database to find you. But I couldn’t because it was a closed adoption and they wouldn’t tell us who chose you.”
Samuel placed his hand on your shoulder, “Hey, it’s alright. Dad explained everything to me.”
You turned to Stephen who had a smile on his face, “Why didn’t you come sooner?”
“Well, Samuel had actually come to Kamar-Taj by himself,” He went on to explain. “He was struggling with addiction and reached rock bottom. Therefore he became my apprentice, I guess you can say, and he opened up to me about his life and everything. Then sooner or later, we found out I was his dad.”
You did a faint grin, “I’m glad that you found your way to him.”
“We would’ve come sooner, but I didn’t want you to see me at my worse,” Samuel admitted.
“I would’ve loved you anyways,” You said and hugged him again.
“Sorry to break up the reunion but we have trouble.”
The most unexpected person stepped out. Tony freaking Stark.
“Tony?” You asked him with a confused face. “How do you know Stephen?”
“That’s not important right now, there’s complete chaos outside.”
“What’s happening?” You asked the three men who shared worried glances.
“It’s the start of a war.”
