"Master Wong is cheating on you."
Stephen looked up to see America staring at him with wide eyes. Stephen blinked. "What?"
"Master Wong... he's cheating on you."
"And... how did you... come up with that?" Stephen asked, pressing his bookmark into the pages. He closed the book and set it down as America swallowed.
"I saw him and Master Stark kissing. Yesterday. And two days ago, you were kissing Master Wong." America whispered.
It took Stephen a second to realize what was happening. America nearly jumped out of her skin when Stephen burst out laughing.
"Cheating? Nah." Stephen finally choked out. America's eyebrows furrowed as Stephen wiped away a tear.
"Then what..."
"Alright, America. Me and Master Wong are married, yes?"
"Uh... yeah."
"Well... I am also engaged to Master Stark."
"Huh?" America tilted her head. "How does that work?"
Stephen chuckled. "Well. I love Wong. I also love Tony. I love both of them, so I decided to marry both of them."
"Then why did Master Wong kiss Master Stark?"
"Because Master Wong and Master Stark love each other. And they both love me. Does that make sense?"
America frowned. "I... guess so. But isn't that cheating?"
Stephen hummed. "No. Not in this case. You see, cheating is what happens when someone... breaks the rules. If I was only married to Master Wong and then I kissed Master Stark without telling Master Wong, then I would be cheating." America still looked kind of confused. "Its like... playing a game and not following the rules."
America nodded. "Then... Master Wong knows you kiss Master Stark?"
"Yes. Me, Wong, and Master Stark have a polyamourous relationships. It's when someone has more than one romantic partner at the same time, but everyone knows about it and agrees."
"So... you and Master Wong and Master Stark..."
"Agreed on the rules before we started playing a game. So everyone knows what's going on." Stephen explained.
America folded her arms. "That makes sense."
"Good. Do you have any more questions?"
"I.. I don't think so."
Stephen smiled and picked up his book. "Good. If you do have any questions, you can always ask me."
"Okay. Thank you, Master Strange!"
"Of course. Goodbye, America." Stephen smiled, waving back as America giddily ran out of his office.
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a/n: gender neutral reader, this ended at an unexpected note. lowercase spelling on purpose, @kage7ama
“what do you do when you’re upset, todoroki?”
the wave of an incoming breeze made your clothes move along with it. sitting on the grassy ground behind the ua dorms, you sat there next to todoroki. you didn’t know why he was there with you, one moment you were alone the next he was sitting with his legs crossed in front of him with the heels of his hands supporting his weight behind him.
“do you want me to tell you exactly what i do, or do you want me to tell you ‘i don’t know’?”
you smiled half heartedly and pulled your knees close to your chest. resting the side of your cheek on your knees so you would be facing him.
“tell me what you do.”
“well, sometimes i try to sleep, or i try to meditate.”
“you know damn well i can’t sit still for very long.”
he hummed in response and stayed quiet. the sigh you let go escaped your lungs when another soft breeze came rolling in. with your head now turned away from him, instead looking ahead of you, you sighed again.
“want to know what i do?”
“what do you do.”
for the third time you took a deep breath and exhaled while letting yourself fall back into the grass. looking up at the sky, you blinked.
“sometimes i let myself be miserable, feels like i deserve it.”
todoroki looked down at you, and laid down too.
“why would you ever think that?”
shrugging, you kept staring at the moving clouds above you.
“i don’t know what else to do.”
it stayed quiet between the two of you. the sounds of everyone else in the building surrounded the air, although it was faint. plant life rustling because of the wind, that’s all the sound there was.
“i think i know what else i like to do when i’m upset.”
todoroki’s voice broke the glass thin silence. you looked at him, grass scratching your ear now.
voice just above a whisper you asked,“what else did you think of?”
“i think i like being here with you.”
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