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What if the Storm Ends, and I Don't See You? by twenty3
Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Avengers (Marvel Movies)
01 Feb 2020
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“You left me there,” he said, his voice weaker than he ever remembered it being before. “You left me there, on that fucking planet, with nothing. With no one, other than Nebula, who thank god knew how to keep me alive long enough for Carol to find us. You gave Thanos the time stone like it was nothing, and then you left and I thought it was over. I thought you were all gone forever. And you knew. You knew what was going to happen to me, didn’t you?”
Stephen nodded immediately. “I did,” he responded, surprised at how even his own voice was. “It was th-”
“If you fucking tell me that it was the only way, I’ll lose it,” Tony interrupted. “Do you know how many times I heard you say that in those seven months?”
“I do,” Stephen said before he could even think of stopping himself.
Tony swallowed hard. “You saw the whole fucking thing, didn’t you? The entire time you were all gone, you saw everything.”
“I did.”
Tony shows up at the Sanctum two months after reversing the Snap. Two months after Stephen disappeared. He means to tell him everything, to tell him the truth of what happened when he snapped, but he doesn't. He instead tries to drink it all away and ignore the pull the sorcerer has on him.