[ all it takes is six words — six simple words to alarm tony enough to push the impartial problem-solving part of him aside and give way to genuine concern. stephen, like him, isn't a man who would easily concede to something like that, especially not to someone else. it isn't just a matter of pride but stubbornness and determination too. so for him to reach a point where he's not only admitting it once but repeating it a second time is extremely worrying.
he was afraid that this would happen, to be honest. they had an entire spat over it not too long ago and they never got past it, yet it isn't the time to think that he should have done more or regret not doing enough now. ]
just take a deep breath, stephen i'm here with you ok?
[ he needs to get to him. fortunately, he knows where his physical body is. one of the first things on his to-do list was to check up on him at red wings when he first awoke from the simulation. he found him in his office, safe and sound; so it's now where he's headed. ]
we're going to work through this together so do me a quick favor and just take a couple of minutes to focus on your breathing
[ he's distracting him, yeah; but he doesn't need stephen strange getting a panic attack on him before he manages to reach the bar. the good thing is that the journey will be a short one. he was near the area anyway, so it won't be long before he has entered the premises and accessed stephen's office.
walking over to where his frozen body is, he takes a deep breath as he tries to get himself ready for what's inevitably to come. man, he seriously isn't ready. ]
Here goes nothing... [ pulling the glove off of his hand, he tucks it into the backpocket of his pants as he wraps his fingers around the doctor's wrist. ]
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he was afraid that this would happen, to be honest. they had an entire spat over it not too long ago and they never got past it, yet it isn't the time to think that he should have done more or regret not doing enough now. ]
just take a deep breath, stephen
i'm here with you ok?
[ he needs to get to him. fortunately, he knows where his physical body is. one of the first things on his to-do list was to check up on him at red wings when he first awoke from the simulation. he found him in his office, safe and sound; so it's now where he's headed. ]
we're going to work through this together
so do me a quick favor and just take a couple of minutes to focus on your breathing
[ he's distracting him, yeah; but he doesn't need stephen strange getting a panic attack on him before he manages to reach the bar. the good thing is that the journey will be a short one. he was near the area anyway, so it won't be long before he has entered the premises and accessed stephen's office.
walking over to where his frozen body is, he takes a deep breath as he tries to get himself ready for what's inevitably to come. man, he seriously isn't ready. ]
Here goes nothing... [ pulling the glove off of his hand, he tucks it into the backpocket of his pants as he wraps his fingers around the doctor's wrist. ]