No-One But You (The Star Child's Eclipse)
Chapter 26: The Futurist (Part 6)
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Donna Strange received an alert in the small hours of the morning, and she knew it could only be Surveillant Council related.
She looked over at that "good looking boy" sleeping beside her as she accepted the alert, and the content burned her eyes after it appeared in front of her.
"James" was a light sleeper, so he blinked his eyes open as soon as Donna moved around.
It took a friggen year for his eyes to settle onto the words in front of them, but he could see that Tony Stark was the one organizing a Surveillant Council meeting…. in the morning.
Oh?
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Jeepers, if the one and only Tony Stark wanted to form a meeting, then something was up.
That salty bastard was usually "too good" for those things called meetings, but his demeanor seemed to change over time.
The not-so-winter soldier noticed that a while ago, but deep down… he shrugged off the thought.
"Bucky" Barnes started reading over the specifics. So, Tony wanted to arrange a formal meeting for, what reason?
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It just said "Doom Bots" somewhere along all the information, so Bucky quietly looked over at his soon-to-be wife.
She just heard an earful from Sofia Strange that evening, because the little one in their crew explained that she kept finding "Doom Bots" all over the place.
That little Star Child was even spending the night, and it seemed like she was clinging to her aunt in order to deal with what was happening with her parents.
Bucky got to hear all about it, because the Strange siblings spoke about it before they all went their separate ways.
Stephen Strange remained in the Realm of Light, Victor went home to his bird boy boyfriend, and Donna went through the motions of having over a little guest.
She made space for Sofia in the guest bedroom, and Bucky thought it was cute.
He didn't say jack shit about it tho, cuz why would he?…
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Being supportive was his only plan with all that, so he took a moment to rub his hands over his eyes and face. It was kinda late, so what the fuck?
Bucky was detecting some Stark drama, and he briefly wondered how Steve was feeling.
The blonde dealt himself a handful with that one, for sure, and to this day that notion had never changed.
Anyway, the soon-to-be husband simply turned over on the bed, and he listened to Donna talk out another detail about the upcoming meeting.
At the bottom of the update, Tony made it clear that Ezekiel Stane's presence wasn't necessary.
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Oh?
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That was a little salty, so Bucky held in a gentle laugh. You can think of this "update" as a giant group email.
Donna could even see who was included in the message.
As expected, Charles Xavier was included, as well as Steve Rogers, Nick Fury, herself, Ezekiel Stane…. and…
Victor Von Doom's presence was listed as mandatory, and the notion of Tony Stark doing that was… interesting.
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"Tony's been opposed to Doom having a presence on the Surveillant Council all this time, and now he's treating him like he's part of it? How funny…"
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Donna just spoke out her first thought when she saw the update, then she glanced over at the time.
What friggen time was it? Ugh, it was too damn late in the evening to be processing all this shit.
Her attention returned to the point Tony was trying to make about "Doom Bots," because she wanted to know why her niece was finding them everywhere she went.
Was Victor Von Doom tailing Sofia? If so… that wasn't going to fly with the Strange family at all.
Donna closed the screen on that note, and she quietly looked over in her soon-to-be husband's direction.
They picked a date at some point, but they hadn't given anyone an update in a long time…
Chapter: END
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