Villain!Stephen: So anxious applying makeup because what if a shrimp sees.
Villain!Stephen: Babe, I don't know how colors work and its probably NOT like this: but just because it’s blended on our spectrum, does not necessarily mean ... babes, what if it's splotchy? What if there’s big streaks of purple in my crease and I don't even know it? And the shrimp can SEE that. I'm so embarrassed ...
*much later*
Villain!Stephen: all this faff … and the cunts couldn't even tell. shrimp colors arent even real and they said nothing. made me act a clown. little shits. dear shrimp, hear my warning: next time i watch that scene in shark tales where you’re all served up, i promise i wont feel a lick of bloody pity. you make me sick.
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zoom gremlin stephen?
Carol, leading the team Zoom meeting: So from that standpoint, it's not really beneficial to-
Villain!Stephen coming into the room: Goddamnit, Tony I got some shrimp stuck in the garlic press... again!
Tony: This is the third time! It's not called a shrimp press for a reason babe.
Stephen: I knowwww, and I didn't even put it there on purpose this time, it j- Oh wait were you on a call? Sorry if I interrupted!
Rhodey, opening some popcorn: This would be a good time to tell you that your mic isn't on mute Tones.
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ramblings about love and lunch
a shrimp gremlin!villain stephen fic—
177A Bleecker Street, 4:03 a.m.
“You know what I think?”
“Hm? What?”
“There IS no right way to pronounce the word caramel, society just always needs something to be divided about.”
“I’m not saying you’re wrong… but what time is it?”
“You ask me for the time and notice my watch is actually a live shrimp hugging my wrist-”
Tony groaned into his pillow as Stephen, guardian of the Time Stone, rattled off his signature joke about shrimp and their ability to tell time.
“You asked!” Stephen said defensively.
“Has anyone ever told you that you’re a shrimp gremlin?” Tony asked.
Stephen hummed, lazily draping himself across the mechanic’s body. “I believe only you have, my darling. I don’t think the title is going to stick.”
“Why not?” Tony asked, pouting exaggeratedly at his equally dramatic partner. “It’s catchy.”
“It’s too general,” Stephen replied, leaning up to kiss him. “I’d rather be known as the Coconut Shrimp Gremlin. That’s my favorite food after all. That way when I magically strip someone of their very life and soul, the coroner can say, ‘cause of death: the Coconut Shrimp Gremlin,’ and everyone will know it was me.”
Tony was quiet for a minute.
“Did you fall asleep on me?” Stephen asked, a gentleness in his voice that was normal yet still unexpected.
“I’m still up, I’m just mentally unpacking everything you said,” Tony replied. He began to brush through Stephen’s hair. “I don’t know how a sweetheart like you could strip someone of their life and soul. You’re almost too gentle.”
“I’m only like this with people I love,” Stephen said, leaning into Tony’s caress. “I have no need to be evil towards you, unless we’re on the battlefield.”
“We both know that you aren’t evil, just a minor to moderate inconvenience at best,” Tony teased.
“Oh please, you haven’t seen all I’m capable of. I AM Sorcerer Supreme after all,” Stephen scoffed. Had the sentence ended there, Tony would have been intimidated or maybe a bit threatened. The sorcerer was merely threatening his lunch when he continued, “You haven’t seen all the shrimp tempura I can eat, Anthony.”
Tony just hummed, kissing the crown of Stephen’s hair and closing his eyes. “I probably haven’t seen even half of all the shrimp you can eat, regardless of how it’s cooked.”
“What can I say? I love shrimp, you, and chaos in no particular order,” Stephen said.
“Love you too,” Tony murmured, his voice gravely as he began to fall asleep.
Stephen settled in Tony’s arms and smiled. The stubborn bastard always needed to have the last word, so as he himself drifted off he whispered his final nonsensical words of the night. “Maybe when it comes to cuddling with you, I’m an octopus gremlin… maybe an affection goblin.”
A soft snore was the only reply he received, along with Tony subconsciously pulling him closer.
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