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Sequel to 'Stolen', Post 'Endgame'. Kass is living in Georgia with baby Morgan, trying her best in the wake of Tony's death in the changed world and in her new role as Head of Stark Industries. When ally Dr. Strange comes to her telling her about the Multiverse and his new friend with the powers to traverse it, will Kass be able to unite with another Tony? Could their family be whole? Or will it do more damage than good? (Tom Cruise TonyXOC)
The unplanned sequel to 'Stolen' that I NEED to write! This is an AU where Tony is played by Tom Cruise which was a possibility before RDJ was cast in the role!
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1.
Fairburn, Georgia
New 2018
"Hey Ms. Konstantin."
"Hey Mr. Stark."
Sometimes she just listened to the messages, and other times she spoke back to them, like she and Tony were having a conversation, the closest thing to a conversation she could have with him now.
She sat on her bed - on their bed - in the Georgia house, his suit helmet before her, replaying his last messages to her, his last messages to everyone. The first was one he had done when they had been stranded in the deep, dark depths of space following the failed battle on Titan, after Thanos had succeeded. Tony had been dying at that point, while Kass has been fine, for some reason, the reason now being she was part of Lady Infinity's Infinity Gauntlet plot. But that was a whole other story.
"This thing on? Hey Ms. Konstantin. When you find this recording, don't post in on any social media. It's going to be a real tear-jerker. Don't feel bad about this, please. And please don't feel guilty - this is in no way your fault. I probably should have listened to you and not gotten on that donut ship all those weeks ago. If I hadn't been my usual stubborn self, maybe then we wouldn't be in this mess. But then who knows what kind of mess we'd be in?
I don't even know if you're okay - God I hope so. You seem okay, better than I am, that's for sure. Not sure how, but bottom line is, you're doing okay, that's what matters.
Today is day twenty-one - no, twenty-two. You know, if it wasn't for the terror of staring into the literal void of space, I'd say I'm doing better today. But, oxygen is running out - not sure how much longer it will last. And we're still about a thousand lightyears from, well, anything it seems.
I know I said no more surprises, but I gotta say, I was really hoping to pull off one last one. But now it looks like - well, you know what it looks like.
Please know that I'm fine, I'm totally fine. I'm going to go lie down, and when I drift off, I will be dreaming about you. It's always you. I love you."
"Three-thousand," she finished. This message had been done before they had come up with their sweet 'I love you three-thousand' back-and-forth.
Then there was the message he had recorded five years later, before their time travel mission, the one they played at his funeral.
"Everybody wants a happy ending, right? But it doesn't always roll that way. Maybe this time. I'm hoping if you play this back, it's in celebration. Know what? You'd better throw a party, a big one! With music and dancing and all that. Just celebrate! Throw a big victory party! If all works out and all goes well, we're gonna need it.
I hope families and friends are reunited. I hope we get it all back and something like a normal version of the planet has been restored. If there ever was such a thing. God, what a world. Universe now. If you'd told me ten years ago that we weren't alone let not alone to this extent, I mean, I wouldn't have been surprised, but come on, who knew? I certainly didn't. I think few of us did. The epic forces of darkness and light that have come into play, and for better or worse, that's the reality Morgan's going to have to find a way to grow up in. So I thought I'd better record a little greeting in the case of an untimely death. On my part. Not that death at any time isn't untimely. This time travel thing that we're going to try and pull off tomorrow it's got me scratching my head about the survivability of it all. That's the thing. Then again, that's the hero gig, right? Part of the journey is the end. Ah, what am I even tripping for? Everything's going to work out exactly the way it's supposed to. I love you three-thousand."
There it was. "Three thousand," she returned.
A sudden cry broke her out of her trance, making her jump - Morgan in her nursery next door.
"Hey, hey Maguna, Mummy's here." Kass scooped up the wailing, flailing baby girl, snuggling her close. The baby's cries did not subside. "I know, baby, I know," she murmured. "I miss him too. So much. So, so much."
Sorry to start out on such a sad note, but that's exactly how Kass is feeling!
SO EXCITED for this story! :D Can't wait! Get ready for more Multiverse shenanigans!
Thank you so much for reading and I hope you enjoyed this little tease! :)