Before Becoming A Sorcerer
By: kpron2008
What would happen if Dr. Stephen Vincent Strange Met Toni Stark before becoming a Sorcerer? And before the threat of Thanos?
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Dr. Stephen Vincent Strange was considered the top neurosurgeon in New York. However, some of his colleagues liked to set him up on blind dates; but little did he know that this blind date setup would be very interesting.
As he was getting ready for his blind date; he wondered what she would look like and if they would actually get along with each other.
Then when he was finally finished at getting ready for his blind date; he headed out the door to his car then drove off towards the restaurant that he was to meet his date.
Somewhere else...
Antonia Elizabeth Stark was in her hotel room getting ready for a blind date that Pepper set her with the help of someone named Christine Palmer. She couldn't help wonder who the guy was that she was being hooked up.
Toni assumed that she was probably being set up with someone that this Christine Palmer knew. Also, she wondered if her and this guy looked like as well as wondered if they would get along.
Toni finished getting ready just as her phone pinged to let her know that she had a text. She opened the text and read:
Toni,
Happy will drive you to the restaurant, so that you will still look amazing for your date tonight.
Pepper
P.S.
The guy's name is Dr. Stephen Vincent Strange.
Toni was shocked to learn that Pepper had set her up with Dr. Stephen Vincent Strange, a Neurosurgeon and he was considered the most eligible Bachelor in New York; like she was considered the most eligible Bachelorette in New York while on this business trip for Stark Industries.
She couldn't help but wonder what Dr. Stephen Strange would think once he learned that he had been set up on a blind date with her, Toni Stark, CEO of Stark Industries.
Moments Later...
Stephen arrived at the restaurant that Christine had made reservations for him and his date. He was amazed the elegance of the restaurant then he heard a car pull up and a man got out then opened the back passenger door.
He watched as a beautiful woman stepped of the car. He noticed the features of the woman were somehow familiar as she approached him.
"Hello, you must be Stephen Strange." The woman said.
"Yes and you must be Toni Stark." Stephen said.
Toni nodded and said, "Do you get this feeling that our friends worry about us too much?"
Stephen chuckled and said, "They're probably doing it because they care. So, shall we go inside and have dinner."
"Of course, Stephen." Toni said.
Inside the restaurant...
When Toni and Stephen entered the restaurant together; it felt like time had stopped.
"This is strange, no pun intended." Toni said softly to Stephen.
Stephen chuckled and said, "The feeling is mutual, Toni. However, I think that we've shocked them because we're the most eligible Bachelor and Bachelorette in New York coming to a elegant restaurant together."
Finally, a hostess said, "How may I help you?"
"Reservation for two and it's under Dr. Strange." Stephen said.
"Right this way, sir." The hostess said and showed them to their table.
Stephen and Toni followed the hostess. As they were following the hostess; other patrons of the restaurant were taking pictures of her and Stephen together.
Toni whispered to Stephen, "How much you wanna bet that our friends didn't realize the chaos that would ensue because they set us up with each other?"
Stephen chuckled softly and answered in a whisper, "I don't think they knew, Toni. So, why don't we play it up. Are you game?"
Toni answered Stephen with a smile then said, "I suppose this is going to be an interesting blind date."
"I agree." Stephen said.
When they got to their table; Stephen pulled out the chair for Toni to sit. Toni thanked him and sat down then Stephen sat down.
"A waitress will be with you shortly." the hostess said then walked off.
"So, while we wait for our menus and waitress; let's discuss how we will shock our friends." Toni said.
"No doubt that social media will start it off considering people have already taken our picture together." Stephen stated.
"True." Toni said.
Stephen and Toni were still talking when their waitress appeared and handed them their menus then asked what they would like to drink. Stephen order them both a glass of water with a lemon; which surprised Toni.
~ Time Skip to 2012 ~
Toni had just finished getting Stark Tower together when Phil Coulson called. She wasn't exactly happy with S.H.I.E.L.D. butting into her life; but at least she was able to keep them on their toes once in a while.
"Security Breach!" Toni said as she saw the elevator doors open and reveal Phil.
"Nice to see as well, Ms. Stark. However, I need you to look over this immediately." Phil said seriously.
Pepper knew that Toni hated things being handed to her; but she was surprised that Toni took the information from Phil.
Toni went over to her work desk and was going through the information and was shocked at what she was seeing. Then she turned to Phil and said, "So this is pretty bad."
Phil just nodded.
Toni had a really bad feeling all of the sudden and decided to text Stephen to see what he was doing.
At Metro-General Hospital...
Dr. Stephen Vincent Strange had just finished a surgery when his phone pinged letting him know that he had a text. He opened the text and read to himself:
Stephen,
You remember when I told you that I found out some things when it concerned my father? Well, something that he had been working on has fallen into the wrong hands.
Also, there's a chance that the hospitals may be put on standby so please be careful.
Toni
Stephen wasn't sure what to make of Toni's text but he realized that something had Toni very worried and so he texted her back assuring her that he would be careful.
Several hours later...
Metro-General Hospital was packed with injured people and Stephen heard several people muttering about aliens, the Avengers, and the Iron Maiden as well.
When Stephen heard, 'Iron Maiden' mentioned; he felt his heart nearly stop because he knew that it was Toni Stark out there fighting. He had recalled the text that he had received from Toni and now he knew what she had meant.
Suddenly, Stephen's phone alerted him that he had a voice mail. He played the voice mail and put his phone to his ear to hear it. As he heard the voice mail; his heart sank and ran out of the hospital in order to find Toni immediately.
Dr. Christine Palmer saw Stephen run out of hospital. She wondered what had Stephen with a worried look on his face.
"I have never seen Dr. Strange go pale suddenly." Dr. Weiss said.
"Why did Stephen run outside when they're telling everyone to stay inside?" Christine asked.
"It might have to do with the voice mail that he received on his phone." A nurse stated.
Outside...
Stephen wondered which way that he should go; when his cellphone pinged. He was shocked that it was Jarvis had hacked into his phone in order to lead him to Toni. So, he followed the path that would lead him to Toni with help of Jarvis.
When he got to the location; he saw Toni laying there unconscious and he walked towards the three men that was near his girlfriend.
Steve saw what appeared to be a doctor heading in their direction as did Thor. Then at that moment, the Hulk roared.
Toni's eyes opened and said, "Nobody kissed me, did they?"
Steve chuckled.
"They better not have, Toni." A male voice said.
Toni blinked to see Stephen standing there. She saw a look on his face and realized that he had been worried.
Steve and Thor wondered what the doctor meant by that. They watched as the doctor pulled Toni up well helped her up. Then he pulled her close and kissed Toni passionately.
The Hulk grunted and smiled.
Hawkeye and Natasha were stunned to see a doctor kissing Toni senseless.
"Did we miss something?" Clint questioned.
"I think we've all missed something." Steve said.
"Hulk not missed anything. Doctor loves metal woman." Hulk stated.
The other Avengers looked at Hulk in shock.
Stephen broke the kiss and Toni looked at him a little confused.
"I believe that you have to care of someone who did this mess, Toni." Stephen said quietly.
Toni nodded walking over to the others then they went inside Stark Tower to deal with Loki.
"I think I'll have that drink now." Loki said getting up out of the crater that the Hulk had made with him in the floor of Stark Tower.
Several months later...
Stephen was out with Toni after the cleanup after the fight well battle with Loki. He decided to take Toni to a Café that he was fond of. They had been date for almost three years according to the anniversary of their blind date which technically counted as their first date; and decided to continued dating each other. However, today was special and Stephen wanted everything to be perfect.
"Stephen, this is a beautiful Café." Toni said.
"It's one of my favorite Cafés in New York. They have best tea as well as the best coffee." Stephen said.
"Really?" Toni said.
Stephen nodded.
"Stephen, Is there a reason for..." Toni trailed off as she saw kneeling in front of on one knee.
"Antonia Elizabeth Stark, will you marry me?" Stephen said holding a beautiful and unique ring.
Toni hadn't expected this but she looked into Stephen's gorgeous bluish grey eyes and said, "Yes!"
Stephen put the ring on her finger and Toni kissed him. Then they heard wolf whistles and well wishers.
Apparently, they had an audience and people were taking pictures of the happy couple.
Toni whispered to Stephen, "I wonder what our friends will think."
"I don't know but I am sure that they'll be surprised." Stephen stated.
" Evidently, because this will probably be front page news tomorrow." Toni said.
"I wouldn't doubt it, Toni." Stephen stated.
Stephen and Toni ordered their and what they wanted from the Café menu to eat.
The next day...
Stephen showed up to work and his colleagues were whispering as he walked by. He knew that Toni was right about their engagement being on the front page of the news; he noticed that it had also made big news with some magazines as well.
Dr. Weiss walked up to him and asked, "Stephen, Is this some publicity stunt?"
"No, it's not some publicity stunt. Toni and I in fact engaged." Stephen stated.
Meanwhile, at S.H.I.E.L.D. ...
Agent Phil Coulson was in complete shock at the article that he was reading. He wondered how and when Dr. Stephen Strange and Toni Stark managed to get together without S.H.I.E.L.D. knowing.
He wondered if Fury had seen the article yet because S.H.I.E.L.D. assumed that Dr. Strange and Ms. Stark were friends. However, this put both Dr. Strange and Ms. Stark in grave danger since an agent overhead a Hydra Agent may be after the good doctor.
At Stark Industries...
Everyone was literally surprised by the news that their boss, Toni Stark was now engaged to the renowned neosurgeon, Dr. Stephen Vincent Strange.
Some were happy for her; others thought it was just a ruse to get the board members off her back.
However, it became the hugest gossip chain through the company.
At the Avengers Compound...
Captain Steve Rogers, Clint Barton, and several others were completely stunned to hear that Toni was engaged.
At that moment, Toni walked through the doors of the compound. She noticed that everyone was looking at her curiously.
It was Thor who spoke, "Lady of Iron, congratulations on your betrothal to Son of Strange."
"Thank you, Thor." was all Toni could say at the moment.
"So, how did this happen exactly?" Steve questioned curiously.
Toni hated it when Steve was trying to act like a big brother to her; because she wondered if he was acting like this because he wanted to be friends or was it because she was Howard Stark's only daughter.
~ Time Skip to Civil War ~
Toni was laying in a hospital bed in Germany recovering from the attack on herself done by none other than Captain Steve Rogers himself. She was completely upset that Steve had known that James Barnes aka Bucky had killed her parents and that he had kept it from her.
She knew that Steve had fled somewhere with Bucky and left her there to die. However, it bothered her that he seemed protective of her one minute then he turned against her.
Once she was released; she headed home to the states. Then things got out of hand once again and Toni found herself once again in the hospital recovering only this time; she was recovering from a fight with Captain Rogers and half of the Avengers.
"Toni?" A feminine voice said.
Toni turned to see Pepper and said, "Hi, Pepper."
"Hey, Toni. I contacted Dr. Strange to let him know what had happened."
"Something tells me that Stephen isn't exactly happy." Toni stated.
"He wasn't happy to hear what had happened, but that's not all, Toni." Pepper said.
"What is it, Pepper?" Toni questioned.
"Well, Dr. Strange was in a terrible car accident. He was on his way here to see you." Pepper said.
Toni was shocked to hear this and said, "Pepper, get me out of here! I have to go see him!"
Pepper understood.
Moments Later, Toni arrived at Metro-General Hospital and Pepper was behind her.
Dr. Christine Palmer saw Toni and immediately showed Toni to Stephen's room.
When Toni walked into Stephen's room, she was shocked to see him like this. Apparently, he had it worse than she did; but to her, he was still handsome.
Stephen felt eyes on him and he turned to see Toni standing there even after her fight with Steve Rogers. He softly said, "Toni?"
Toni walked over to his bedside and leaned down and kissed him passionately. Which it took Stephen by surprise because he hadn't expected it.
When they broke the kiss; Toni said, "Stephen, I'm so happy that you're okay."
"Toni, I am not going to be able to work as a doctor anymore." Stephen said.
"Stephen, I love you for you being you and whatever you want to do; I'll stay by your side like you've always been by mine and that's a promise, love." Toni said.
Stephen smiled weakly at Toni and Toni returned the smile.
