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strangelock221b · 4 years

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5. baking cookies

Sweet As Sugar (AO3)

It wasn’t until December, three months after adopting Evelyn, that Stephen was ready to admit he couldn’t cut it as a single father. There are plenty of single parents out there and they all do great jobs but it’s too much for me, and Evie would love to have a mother. She still misses her biological mother terribly, though she tries to hide it.

Not that he didn’t have help – Wong and all of the Avengers were always happy to lend a hand, no more so than Peter Parker. The teenager could always be counted on to babysit and Evelyn adored him.

Daddy? Where are you? I’m awake and I need a new diaper.

Stephen chuckled at his daughter’s thoughts in his head as he headed for the Sanctum’s nursery. After talking to Prof. Charles Xavier and having her DNA tested (her blood being drawn was much more traumatic for Stephen than it was for the baby), it was determined that Evelyn was a telepathic mutant. She hadn’t yet figured out how to read other people’s minds but projecting her own thoughts when she needed to communicate was instinctive.

He found her standing up in her crib, her tiny hands gripping the side, her little face scrunched up as she whimpered her discomfort, but she brightened when she saw him, holding up her arms to him.

Daddy, pick me up!

Stephen chuckled as he scooped her up and carried her to the changing table. After a new diaper and trading her onesie for a pastel pink pants and matching hoodie outfit (not that Evelyn would ever wear the hood up – Stephen’s little girl hated wearing anything on her head), he picked her up again, grinning at her. “Now that you’re dry and dressed for the day, good morning, Evie.”

She grinned back. Good morning, Daddy! Where are we going today?

“First, the kitchen, since I know a little girl who needs breakfast.”

Me!

“Yep. Then to Avengers Tower, I need to talk to your Aunt Pepper.”

Yay!

After a quick and only slightly messy breakfast, Stephen made sure they were both clean and presentable before opening a portal to the Avengers Tower lobby. They were just getting on the elevator when an unfamiliar female voice called out, “Hold the elevator!”

Holding Evelyn with one arm, he dutifully pressed the button to hold the doors open before looking up to see who spoke. The gorgeous brunette heading for them made his jaw drop but he quickly recovered when Evelyn giggled at him.

“Thanks!” the woman said, grinning, as she got into the elevator, set her canvas shopping bags down, and took a moment to catch her breath. “I’m Darcy Lewis, you must be Stephen Strange.”

Stephen released the button and nodded as the doors closed and the elevator started its ascent. “What gave me away?” he asked, smiling a bit. “The hands? The gray temples? The facial hair?”

Darcy grinned. “All of the above, plus this little cutie.” She made a silly face at Evelyn, who giggled. “Every Avenger has at least a dozen photos of little Evie Strange on their phone. Thor even got a smartphone just so he could have photos of her on it.”

That’s when it clicked for Stephen. “You’re Jane Foster’s assistant.”

“Guilty. Now that Jane and Thor are back together, he insisted that we move in here.” She smirked at him, her eyes dancing. “I have to say, I really like the view.”

His cheeks turned warm and he knew, just knew, his face was red but he was feeling too good to care. It’s been too long since I flirted with a beautiful woman. “Mine’s improving by the minute.”

I like her, Daddy. She’s funny.

Stephen chuckled. “That she is, sweetheart.”

Darcy grinned delightedly. “Is Evie talking to you? What did she say?”

“She likes you and she thinks you’re funny.”

“Aww!” She held out her hands to the baby and Evelyn didn’t hesitate before reaching for her.

Stephen gently handed her the baby and couldn’t help smiling at the sight of them – Evelyn listening raptly while Darcy told her an age-appropriate version of what had happened to her in New Mexico. She held the baby like a pro, making Stephen wonder if she had nieces or nephews somewhere.

By the time they got to the residential floors of the Tower, the baby was giggling and Darcy was giggling right along with her. She looked over at Stephen, grinning. “After you guys are done doing whatever it is you’re here for, you wanna come over to my place? I’m baking cookies.” She nudged one of the shopping bags with her foot. “You’re more than welcome to have some.”

Stephen grinned back. “Evie’s a little young for cookies yet but I’m definitely the right age. I just wanted to talk to Pepper then we’ll be right over.”

“Sure thing.” When the elevator arrived at her floor, she handed back the baby then picked up her bags. “See you in a bit, Stranges.”

Where’s she going, Daddy? Evelyn asked as the elevator doors closed.

“Darcy’s going home but we’ll see her soon.”

I like her. You like her too.

He chuckled. “I do, you’re right.”

Can she be my new Mommy?

The question knocked him for a loop. “Um, that’s not how it works. She and I would go out on dates, that could take months or even years. Then, if I decide she’s the one I want to spend the rest of my life with, I’d ask her to marry me. If she says yes, then it’d be a few more months until we got married.” He saw the excited gleam in her eye and added, “But I don’t even know if she likes me like that. Feelings are complicated, Evie.”

She pouted. Everything’s complicated.

Stephen smiled at her sympathetically. “To a nine-month-old, yes, it is.”

By the time he got to Pepper’s apartment, Friday advised him that she was on a call. Stephen asked Friday to have Pepper call him later, then he took Evelyn down to Darcy’s floor.

She opened her door, a frilly pink apron over her sweater and jeans, and grinned at him. “C’mon in, I just got started.” Taking the diaper bag from him, she led him into the spacious gourmet kitchen.

Stephen conjured Evelyn’s playpen in the open area by the breakfast nook then set her in it and she started playing with her stuffed animals. Once he was satisfied that she was sufficiently occupied, he sat down at the island and watched Darcy work.

“Snickerdoodles?” he asked, eyeing the cinnamon and sugar.

Darcy chuckled. “Can’t get anything past you, Stephen. Yeah, they’re my favorite this time of year.” She smiled over at him. “So, what’s it like raising a telepathic baby?”

He smiled a bit. “It’s not that much different than raising a non-telepathic baby – she’s talking in my head when she wants something instead of crying. I just hope it’ll be a while before she can read my thoughts – I need to practice putting up walls since there are some things kids don’t need to know.”

“I’ll bet. How are you handling single fatherhood?”

“Not well, that’s why I came to see Pepper – I wanted to ask her how I go about dating when I have a kid but she’s on a conference call right now.”

Darcy shrugged. “I don’t know anything about dating as a single parent, but I know a lot about modern dating. I can try to help.” She put the first batch of cookies in the oven then picked up her phone. “Okay, ready to take dictation – what kind of woman are you looking for?”

Stephen blinked in surprise at her sudden efficiency. “Um … I’m not sure? She has to love kids, of course, and be okay with me having one. Eventually, I’d want her to love Evie.”

She grinned. “That’s not hard – your kid is very lovable.”

He grinned back, relaxing. “Thank you.”

“You’re welcome. What else?”

Stephen thought it over. “Good sense of humor, a big heart, open-minded, and of course, she’d have to be comfortable with me being a sorcerer and an Avenger. Watching the person you love leave to put themselves in harm’s way isn’t for everyone.”

Darcy nodded as she typed the character traits into her phone. “Right. Age range?”

“I’m 42, so … 32-47.”

“Okay. Height?”

“I’m not picky. And if your next question is body type, I’m not picky about that either.” He blushed suddenly as a stray thought hit him.

She, of course, picked up on it. “You’re blushing,” she said, grinning. “Spill.”

Stephen chuckled. “It’s nothing, really.”

“Men don’t blush over nothing. Spill.”

“I was reminded that I’m, well, an ass man.”

Darcy smirked. “Yeah, I’m not adding that to the list.” The oven timer beeped so she took the cookies out of the oven and transferred them to a rack then spooned out the next batch. Once those were in the oven, she picked up her phone again. “Career?”

“Doesn’t matter. She could be jobless, a janitor, or a supermodel, it’s all the same to me.”

“I like a guy whose ego isn’t fragile. Marital history?”

“That doesn’t matter either, as long as she’s not currently married.”

Darcy chuckled. “Right.”

Evelyn chimed in from the playpen. She has to smile a lot, like Darcy.

Stephen grinned at her. “You’re absolutely right, Evie – a happy outlook is important.” He turned to Darcy and chuckled at her curious look. “Evie says my future girlfriend should smile a lot.”

“Got it,” she said as she typed it into the phone. “Does she talk to anyone else or just you?”

“Evie’s able to talk to anyone,” he smiled proudly, “it’s just that I’m her favorite.”

“Daddy’s little girl,” Darcy said, grinning. “Well, leave it to me, Stephen – I’ll find you and Evie the next Mrs. Strange.”

“I have full faith in you, Darcy.”

Me too.

Stephen grinned. “And so does Evie.”

A week later, Stephen and Evelyn were back in Darcy’s kitchen. This time, Evelyn was sitting on Stephen’s knee as he held her with one arm, his free hand holding a sugar cookie while Evelyn batted it with a small paintbrush dipped in green icing. It was getting everywhere but both of them were having too much fun to notice.

“Oh, I have to take a picture,” Darcy murmured fondly as she held up her phone. “Say ‘Cheese,’ Stranges.”

“Cheese,” Stephen said, grinning.

Cheese!

Darcy took the photo then stared at them. “I … I heard her.”

Stephen looked down at Evelyn, amazed. “You sent your thought to both of us at the same time? You’ve never done that before.”

She looked up at him, grinning. Yep, it was easy.

“I heard that too,” Darcy said.

He chuckled. “My girl’s getting stronger.”

“When you two are done redecorating my kitchen,” Darcy said playfully, “I want to talk to you about the bride hunt.”

Stephen immediately felt guilty – he’d spent the past week thinking about Darcy instead of wondering what kind of woman she’d find. “I think she’s done with this one,” he said after Evelyn stuck the paintbrush in her mouth. He set the cookie on the plate. “Can I have that, Evie?” When she dutifully gave him the paintbrush, he set that on the island then looked at Darcy. “How’s it going?”

Darcy sighed quietly. “Not well. Maybe my standards are too high, but you’re a great guy and Evie is the sweetest kid ever – you two deserve the best.”

Evelyn looked from Darcy to Stephen. I want Darcy to be my new Mommy.

Stephen choked on the sip of coffee he’d just taken then he looked at Darcy. “Did you hear that?” he asked cautiously.

“Hear what?” she asked, confused.

“Evie said something.”

“Must’ve been to just you. What did she say?”

He could feel his cheeks getting warm as he thought about how perfect Darcy was for him – every trait he told her to find in another woman, she had in spades. The fact that Evelyn was crazy about her sealed the deal. “You can stop looking, Darcy – Evie and I both think you’re perfect for us.”

Darcy’s eyes went comically wide then her grin was just as wide. “Well, if you’re both think so…”

Stephen grinned back. “We do.”

“Then, got any plans for dinner?”

#fandom christmas in july #mysticshock #just queue and me

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inkblackfingers · 7 years

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Thor: Ragnarok in no particular order

I can’t even begin to articulate how much I loved this movie, it was beyond gorgeous and I love everything about this.

Here’re some thoughts I had about it, as always, in no particular order.

SPOILERS AHEAD

It’s a bit long, so I put it under a read more.

I was completely and absolutely expecting a record screech at the beginning. Everything about Thor slowly turning on a chain and literally interrupting a giant flaming being as he slowly, slowly rotates is perfect.

Okay, but the entire theater burst into laughter when Skurge said that he got Dan and Ger from Texas, because ofc. And the shocked horror on those girls faces when they get absolutely coated in dragon slime is hysterical.

That fucking statue I’m still laughing at it. And the play?? Loki, what the actual hell were you thinking? Yeah, I’ll pretend to be Odin, but I won’t act anything like him and I’ll make a giant statue of me and commission a play all about my heroic and tragic “death” and just laze around eating grapes all day and nobody will say anything. How on earth did nobody else realize that it wasn’t Odin??

On that note, Thor instantly realizing that it’s Loki is the actual best and I love that his preferred method of solving problems (a blow with Mjolnir) has now been upgraded to forcing his opponent to choose whether they’d rather get a face full of star metal or lose.

As much as I loved everything about Loki’s “human” outfit in the Avengers, I really really love the all-black ensemble, especially next to Thor’s actually normal clothing.

Also, Tony is totally still keeping an eye on the internet, and there’s going to be a random picture of Thor on a random corner in NYC with two girls and he’s going to be so confused.

Stephen Strange you absolute dick I love you to death. I would watch an entire movie of Stephen just being a complete dick to other superheroes with his magical powers.

Thor calling for Mjolnir and both of them just listening to the sounds of breaking glass and his little smirk when he apologizes? Payback’s a bitch, Stephen :D

“I have been falling for THIRTY MINUTES”

Strange, who just spent the last ten minutes generally fucking with Thor, taking one look at Loki being furious and going, fuck this, get out.

Everything about Odin saying “my sons” (i’m not crying you’re crying) And him praising Loki for the spell that he used against him?? I mean, he’s still a shitty dad, but at least Loki has at least one (1) memory of him being a good dad.

Hela: long black hair, black cape, black and green clothing, obv v dramatic.... Are we sure that *Loki* is the adopted child?

I immediately remember I’m so gay when faced with Tessa Thompson as a drunk hot mess.

So the god of *thunder* is taken down by....electricity?? @marvel, does not compute

Everything about the little amusement-park ride of the history of Grandmaster is pure gold, especially with Thor just screaming at the end.

Listen..... Loki totally got a sugar daddy. That is all.

15/10 Best Stan Lee cameo ever

Oh my god Hulk I love you bb and I’m so glad that you finally found a planet that totally accepts you. (Now if you could work on that being a planet that doesn’t require you to be angry all the time or uses you as a form of entertainment, that’d be great, thx)

Thor finally using his GODDAMN powers, perfect.

Everything about Hulk is perfect. Especially him sparring with Valkyrie, and everything about his conversation with Thor that totally doesn’t have me crying a little inside, but also how he’s basically a giant toddler

Hulk butt. Somebody had to animate Hulk butt. Is it based off of the butt of @markruffalo? People (me) need to know.

Also, I’m really reminded of that one post?? It’s basically etched into my mind at this point, and I can’t stop thinking about it.

That fucking bounce off the window and Thor just picking himself up and going straight through the window and sliding down literally all the buildings.

Pointbreak is the password I’m dying of laughter (@marvel, I need to know all of the avengers’ sign-ins ASAP. Is Steve’s Capiscle or Captain Handsome? Is Clint Hawkass or Legolas? Is Nat Itsy-Bitsy Spider? Also, what’s Tony’s sign-in? You know who I am? The Mechanic? Please, my crops are dying)

Also, once Tony finds out about everything that just happened, Thor’s sign-in is definitely changing to Sparkles.

Why are Tony’s clothes on the quin-jet? (Actual question: why haven’t I already seen fics/art about why Tony’s clothes are on the quin-jet?)

Bruce’s password being Strongest Avenger, and Thor’s look of betrayal in the background is beyond hilarious. (Also can we talk about Tony’s nicknames for literally everyone??)

Okay, but drunk Valkyrie and Bruce trying to figure out how they know each other is the actual cutest.

Thor just chucking something at Loki to check if he’s actually there is beyond perfect. Yes you did good my space labrathor, you have finally learned.

Everything about Thor’s childhood story. (Also, can we just appreciate Frigga for a moment? An eldest daughter that got banished by her husband, and two sons, who basically hate each other. One of them likes picking up snakes and the other likes stabbing his brother. You deserve all the awards for parenting. All of them.)

Idris Elba is beyond the best and if Asgard was a democracy, he would totally have been running the Nine Realms. (Like he basically was already)

Everything about Asgard being the people, not the place is going to make me cry.

Thor sitting on the throne, literally calling Hela to him from across Asgard is something that he totally came up with after asking himself What Would Loki Do? (Answer: be as over the top extra as possible, always)

Well, now Thor can inherit the kingly eyepatch

GODDAMN it Thor, go pikachu already, you did it before and you don’t need to talk to your father while you’re literally dying

Thor descending on the horde of zombies in slow motion, lightning sparking around him as he lays waste to them with the Immigrant Song playing #aesthetic

I know that Fenris is basically a giant zombie wolf, but there’s a part of my brain (the largest part. like 85% of it) that’s going PUPPER!!! WHO’S A GOOD DOGGO???

Okay, I know I already said stuff about Valkyrie, but that stride down the rainbow bridge with explosions in the background and her just absolutely destroying those zombies?? #aesthetic

Also, I thought I had reached peak gay after watching Wonder Woman, but then Tessa Thompson happened.

Loki doing his knife flip and Valkyrie swinging her sword #reasonsi’mpan

I love circular prophecies so much, but also: 1) what happens to the rest of the stuff in the vault? like the tesseract or the casket of ancient winters? the tesseract’s an infinity stone, so it’s not going to be destroyed by the explosion right? 2) I’m not entirely sure if this is comics or mcu, but isn’t Asgard necessary to the stabilty of the other realms? what’s going to happen to the other ones now that Asgard is literally dust??

Other things I love in this movie: Thor finally learning to not always blindly trust Loki, every single rock paper scissors pun, Hulk being a giant cranky adorable toddler.

Things I dislike about this movie: why on earth did you cut the bisexual Valkyrie scene???, @marvel give us the goddamn hug that we’ve been waiting for since the first Thor!!!!

Is that a skrull ship? Or Thanos’ ship? Or the Guardians/someone related to them??? Uggggghhhh, I need the official Infinity War trailer already (like I haven’t watched the leaked version like a dozen times)

Also, Taika Waititi directed one of my *other* favorite movies, What We Do in the Shadows, so that’s another reason why I like Ragnarok so much. (Also that it’s super colorful, has no bullshit romance, has an interesting plot and characters that aren’t ooc...)

#in no particular order #thor ragnarok #marvel #ink spatters

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