A/N -
IronStrange
Tony Stark and Stephen Strange
Marvel

Art by ApendiceChileno
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Stephen's PoV -

     "By the influence of the black stars, open this gateway! So mote it be!" I chant casting a spell in the library.

     Nothing happens.

     I use my magic to bring the book over to where I stand. It floats over to me. I read over the spell. I did it correctly. There should be an opening to the dragon realm but obviously there isn't. I flip the page only now seeing that a portion of the book is ripped. I thought I was creating a portal to the draconic realm but instead I supposedly opened a mirror portal. I will never know why people vandalize books, especially spell books. I'm lucky nothing bad happened. I'm still looking through the book when I feel a sudden surge of energy around me. I'm thrown backwards by some unknown force.

"Ugh, what happened?" I sit up realizing that I landed on a bookshelf.

Books lay scattered around me. One particular book growls at me, unhappy to be waken from its slumber. "Oh, sorry, go back to bed," the sentient book listens and finds a comfy place on the coffee table.

"Does that happen often?" I look up to see Tony in his suit floating down towards me.

When did he get back. I thought he had a business meeting at the tower. "You're back, early. Don't mind the book he gets grouchy when he doesn't get enough sleep."

"I couldn't stay away from you for too long. I missed you," Tony taps his arc reactor and his suit retracts leaving him in his normal dress clothes.

Tony helps me up and pulls me into a kiss. Tony kissed harder, his hand at my waist creeps lower. I keep my mind focused, I have work to do. I slowly break away from the kiss and snuggle into his neck, "Love, I have work to do, maybe later."

I look him in the eyes. Wait... His eyes are red? Not wanting to give my realization away, yet. I use my magic to read his aura. Orange. My Tony has a blue aura. I push him down and form shields, "Who are you? What did you do to my Tony?"

"Wouldn't you like to know?" Fake Tony smirks.

I use my magic to lift the faker into the air. Orange magical ropes form around his arms and legs not allowing him to break free. "Is this a new kink?" The fake Stark chuckles.

"Where is my Tony?" I question, "Tell me or I have no problem sending you to the dark dimension."

"Okay, fine. You're too late anyway. My husband probably already sucked his life out of him."

I drop the faker, further damaging the bookshelf.

Hurriedly, I form a portal to the tower. I nearly trip someone. "Oh... Hello, strange man!" Thor greats me but I don't respond. Instead, I run to Tony and my shared bedroom. There I find Tony in his boxers making out with my mirror image. Using my second sight I can tell he is slowly hurting my lover as his aura is slowly fading. "Get off him now!" I conjure my shields.

"What, there's two of you?" My Tony seems confused and slightly dazed, probably from his life force being taken from him.

"Look into his eyes. They aren't mine," I reply.

My husband does so. "Woah, they're red!" Tony hurriedly backs up from under the doppelgänger and scurries over to me. Tripping a few times.

"If you didn't want us here then why did you summon a portal to our world?" The other Stephen smirks.

     "Of course, I don't want you to kill my husband! My spell book was vandalized, I would never invite you over!" I transport the other Strange and myself to the mirror dimension hoping to keep him away from Tony.

     I form shields. "I'm going to have to ask you and your evil boyfriend to leave this world."

     "Not until I take Tony's life force," my twin throws and attack at me and I easily doge it.

     "Not a chance!" I attack with a spell of my own but the other me just barely dogged it.

     A magic dagger is thrown at me and penetrates my left shoulder. I hiss in pain as the dagger turns to magic dust. Angry, I conjure a sword and I rapidly attack the evil twin. I retreat before he retaliates. A portal is thrown at me and I dodge it. He makes a double attack with magic beams shooting from his palms. I return to sender with my shields. In turn, the doppelgänger's own magic harms himself sending him falling to the ground. I take the time to shoot a spell at him that temporarily hinder's his magic. He won't be able to hurt my Tony now. I release us from the mirror dimension only to find both Ironmen battling each other. I read their auras to find my Tony. I float over to him to protect him but the other Tony suddenly stops fighting after seeing his injured lover. Tapping his arc reactor his suit retracts. He kneels next to his lover. "My love, look at me!" The other Tony seems worried.

     I only now realize how hurt the other Strange is. Blood seeps from the wounds I inflicted with the sword and his skin is blistered and darkened in some areas where I attacked him with magic. I float down next to the couple.

     "How could you do this to him!" The other Tony shouts at me.

     "Honey, can you go grab the first aid kit?!" I direct my husband.

     "I'm going to help him," I join the evil Stark in kneeling next to the injured doppelgänger.

     My Tony hurries back with the kit. I quickly bandage the wounds preventing anymore blood loss. Then I use my magic to heal his other less physical wounds. Soon the injured gains consciousness. "Tony?"

     The fake Stark hugs his partner. "I'm sorry, I couldn't help you," the other Stephen whispers to his lover but the whisper was not quite enough, I heard.

     "Excuse me, I hate to interrupt your moment but how exactly was stealing my husband's life going to help your evil husband?!" I angrily growl.

     The other Stephen pulls his partner close to his chest. "My husband is terminally sick and the only way to help his pain and prolong his life is to take the life of his image in other realms."

     "Oh... I'm sorry... but you still can't just take people's lives!"

     "Would you not do the same for your husband?" The doppelgänger asks.

     I look over at my Tony. "I would... You know. I know of several dimension with evil copies of our selves. Why don't I help you take one of the evil Tony's life force."

     My doppelgänger's eyes light up, no longer angry. "You would do that?!"

     I nod. "Love can you stay here and keep an eye on... our guest." I ask my husband.

     "Sure thing, I'll show him around my lab!"

     With that I form a portal to one of the evil realms. It doesn't take long to find the evil copy of Tony.

I can't read the evil Tony's aura meaning he essentially has no soul. My doppelgänger and I quietly float over to the evil Tony that is currently working in his lab. He hums along to Back in Black playing through his air pods. We attack the evil Tony. I stun him with my magic freezing him in place and my twin quickly though not painlessly steals his life. Once the evil Tony's scream stops his eyes slowly glaze over. I release the freezing spell from the deceased. I fell terrible. Yeah, he was evil but we just stole his life without even allowing him a fair fight. The other Strange seems to feel the same way. The glowing red orb of life force swirls in my doppelgänger's hands. He glanced up at me, "Thank you, I'm sorry to put you through that."

"No worries, it's for your husband. I'm sorry for everything. I never realized how hard this must be for you," I reply.

He nodes and quickly forms a portal back to my realm, "I need to get this back to my Tony."

We exit the portal and step out into my Tony's lab. We both gasp at the sight before us. The red eyed Tony is passed out on the floor of the lab. His breathing is weak and I can tell his life is fading. My Tony hunches over him shaking him trying to bring him back. My doppelgänger rushes over to his husband and quickly transplants the stolen life energy. Tony's doppelgänger gasps and sits up frantically. "What happened... you saved me... again." He hugs his husband.

"Anything for you my love," my doppelgänger cuddles his lover obviously shaken by the experience of almost losing him.

I walk over to my Tony and wrap an arm around his waist. This experience has really made me more protective of Tony. "We should be getting home, Tony needs to rest," my copy states while forming a portal.

     His lover, still a little weak, uses his husband's shoulder for support, "Thank you both."

     The couple wave goodbye before disappearing into the portal.

     "Well... that was quite the experience," I state still cuddling my husband.

     "It sure was... now do you want to go finish what your doppelgänger started?" Tony flirts referring to me catching Tony in bed with the other Strange.

     "I can never say no to you," I smile and plant a kiss to Tony's forehead.