Stephen was standing in a corner nursing a drink when he was approached by a young man who had a look of determination on his face. Great. Either its someone who idolize him, wants him to be a mentor or a gold digger. They were at the mingling period for the conference he was attending about the latest and greatest break through in the medical field.
" Dr. Strange... it's an honor to meet you sir"
" I'm sure. Look, I'm trying to have a nice quiet evening. Get what you came over here to say. I'm single but I'm not looking for a partner currently no matter how cute you are. I'm not looking to mentor anyone. If you have what it takes then I'll see you back here next year kudos to you. If your just gonna fan boy and tell me how great I am, you have two minutes. If your going to tell me how I inspired you with my talent you can-"
" You did inspire me. But not for the reasons your thinking of. 10 years ago my uncle died on your operating table. "
Stephen steps back and stares into the brown eyes of the young man infront of him. He has a hardly had any deaths in his records. He swallowed a sip of his drink, clearing his throat.
" I am sorry for your loss... I assure you I would have done everything in my power to save him."
The guy sighs and nods his head glancing down and then back up at him.
" I hated you. For years. You were the best of the best, that's that the nurses said. And yet my Uncle still died under your knife. ... I swore I would never let anything like that happen again to anyone else. That you must have made a mistake.... that you weren't good enough to save my uncle."
Shifting his feet a little he glances over his should looking around the room. " But no one could have saved him from that wound.... I went to school, graduated early with honors and I know... I know you did everything you could, it just that the tools we had available at the time weren't good enough. -
It's why I'm here, I've created a several new tools that help out the field and I wanted to thank you."
He smiles and reaches his hand out for a hand shake
" My hatred for you pushed me to help others more. The designs and tools I've help patent... they are going to save lives. And I have you to thank for that Dr. Strange. It's an honor to be in the field with you"
Stephen stared at the young man longer before reaching out and shaking his hand.
" What's your name?"
The young man blushes as he shakes Stephen's hand
" Oh! Um Peter, unm Dr. Peter Parker Sir... forgot to introduce myself"
" Well Dr. Parker, let's get a table and you can tell me all about these new patents"
"came back wrong" what about Came Back Afraid. You used to be brave. Too brave maybe, defying the odds at every turn, a fighter, cocky, playing with fire, first to throw yourself at the enemy. Until one day it all caught up to you. You came back, somehow, but now you know all too intimately how it feels to lose, to die, to be destroyed. Now you flinch and freeze and cower at the slightest provocation. Who even are you now if you can't be brave? The grave may have let you go, but the mortal fear still grips you tighter than ever.
for some reason middle aged comic fans coming on the internet to defend their decision as to why they thought a twelve year old should have died or lived is so funny ššš
Ship what you like and write what you like, just make sure you tag it so it doesn't end up triggering someone who didn't want to see that. It's been proven time and time again now in studies that fictional fantasies are not indicative of a person's real life morals, but you know what is? Lacking the empathy in understanding and acknowledging that your views are not universal and just because you are okay with something, does not mean everyone is and wants to see it. There's a difference between censorship and content warnings. Censorship is far too easily weaponised at the life threatening expense of minorities and other vulnerable groups. Content warnings/tags are not censorship, it's the only way people, in real life or in fandom spaces, can safely exist in a world where censorship is rightfully rejected. Asking for common decency is not ship hate.
"My thing is not your thing" goes both ways. Anti-censorship and content warnings go hand in hand, they're essential to one another. Warnings are not an attack.
I love the headcanon that Jason writes fanfiction and the funniest part of it to me is how his author notes would take the ao3 curse to a whole new level
A/N: here you go guys. Sorry itās a couple days late, I spent the entirety of yesterday forcing soup and fever-reducers down my brothers throat while he actively told me he wasnāt sick
comments: omg is your brother okay?? Jason, responding: yeah heās fine now. I took my eyes off him for a second, he downed a coffee and it fucking healed him?? Idefk. comments: wtf
Jason: yo sorry this was a little rushed, my sisterās ballet recital was crashed by the joker and I spent the night helping with the relief efforts comments: damn your siblings are living crazy lives Jason: you donāt know the half of it
Jason: this chapter was a week late, yeah. Sorry about that. I died again.
Me at 14 and me at 22 are having a bonding moment
āyou should be the bigger personā absolutely not. iām cursing his entire bloodline.
peak philosophy in ao3 tags
26yo, Brazilian. Back to this site after years, still getting the hang of it and feeling old. (I multiship; It may not be of your liking.) She/Her š©·šš©µ
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