[ that smile dropping from his face is the last Steve gets to see of Strange before the swiftly closing distance between them is engulfed in bright amber sparks and he's not pouncing at Stephen Strange anymore, he's pouncing at an empty expanse of hallway, familiar, the residential quarters offered to them on arrival to the city.
if he turns, he'll see nothing but those same sparks sputtering out into nothing.
and if he takes stock of his surroundings after that, he'll find that the nearest door isn't alien either. it's the door to the given apartment of Tony Stark, the place he would've gone to be alone the morning after this whole thing started. ]
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if he turns, he'll see nothing but those same sparks sputtering out into nothing.
and if he takes stock of his surroundings after that, he'll find that the nearest door isn't alien either. it's the door to the given apartment of Tony Stark, the place he would've gone to be alone the morning after this whole thing started. ]