Prose Alchemist

Title: Metamorphosis
Author: jordannamorgan
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Rating/Warnings: Mild PG.
Characters: Christine, Stephen, Wong.
Setting: Sometime after Doctor Strange.
Summary: Christine could appreciate better than anyone what Stephen became, because she knew what he had been.
Disclaimer: They belong to Marvel. I’m just playing with them.
Notes: I wrote most of this story in 2017. In the years since I have soured on the MCU’s direction, but I still have a soft spot for Doctor Strange. In 2022 I was inspired to finish this after a rewatch of his original solo film, but somehow it took me another ten months to finalize and post it.
This fic fills the prompt “The Cost of Magic” at genprompt_bingo. Over the course of the movie, Stephen’s character arc from self-centeredness to self-sacrifice is really an amazing thing to behold. Christine’s perspective is ideal for examining just how dramatic that change is, considering she never got to see the actual steps of that long process.

( It was a summons that made Doctor Christine Palmer’s heart jump every time. )

Title: Ring Off
Author: jordannamorgan
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Rating/Warnings: G.
Characters: Wong and Stephen Strange.
Setting: During Stephen’s studies of magic at Kamar-Taj.
Summary: Doctor Strange returns the astral-projection books he illicitly borrowed.
Disclaimer: They belong to Marvel. I’m just playing with them.
Notes: A gift for yeomanrand in the 2018 chocolateboxcomm. It also fills the prompt of “Librarian” at genprompt_bingo.

( Just dropping in to return these. I’m finished with them. )

Title: Priorities
Author: jordannamorgan
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Rating/Warnings: G.
Characters: Stephen Strange.
Setting: During and after the events of Doctor Strange.
Summary: The shifting of Stephen’s priorities was not an easy process.
Disclaimer: They belong to Marvel. I’m just playing with them.
Notes: Originally written for the prompt “Fool’s Gold” at fandomweekly. (Trivia: at the time of writing, the particular watch I based my description on was priced at over one-hundred-eighty thousand dollars.)

( The one thing he once sought to fix about himself was the one thing that hadn’t changed at all. )

Title: Flustered
Author: jordannamorgan
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Rating/Warnings: G. Canon character death referenced.
Characters: Gamora, Nebula, mentions of others.
Setting: A missing scene late in Volume 2.
Summary: A small moment between Gamora and Nebula.
Disclaimer: They belong to Marvel. I’m just playing with them.
Notes: Written for sholio as a little treat (or maybe a trick topped off with a treat?) in the 2017 trickortreatex. I apologize if the initial inclusion of loss-of-Yondu stuff is a bit of a downer. It’s kind of important to the dynamics of Gamora’s feelings and motivations afterward, so I hope the result is ultimately enjoyable.

( Gamora found Nebula in a storage bay, rummaging through a crate of prosthetic hands. )

Title: Proper Names
Author: jordannamorgan
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Rating/Warnings: G.
Characters: Stephen Strange.
Setting: General.
Summary: Sorcerers are very particular in their words.
Disclaimer: They belong to Marvel. I’m just playing with them.
Notes: A little bit of introspection for the prompt word “Name” at fan_flashworks. I actually had the idea weeks before the prompt, so this was a perfect opportunity to write it.

( The key to magic was knowing the proper names for things. )

Title: Sticky Inspiration
Author: jordannamorgan
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Rating/Warnings: G.
Characters: Peter Parker and Ned Leeds.
Setting: Pre-canon, before Peter gained his powers.
Summary: Peter discovered his webbing before he had spider-powers… and not surprisingly, that was an accident too.
Disclaimer: They belong to Marvel. I’m just playing with them.
Notes: Written for the fan_flashworks prompt of “Glue”, because Peter’s webbing was the first thing it made me think of.

( Just a little bit farther… )

Title: Masquerade
Author: jordannamorgan
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Rating/Warnings: G.
Characters: Christine Palmer and Stephen Strange.
Setting: Sometime after the movie.
Summary: When Stephen has sorcerer business at a Halloween party, Christine’s night is not at all what she planned.
Disclaimer: They belong to Marvel. I’m just playing with them.
Notes: Written for the prompt word “Disguise” at fan_flashworks.

( I need a favor. )

Title: Your Fault
Author: jordannamorgan
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Rating/Warnings: Slight PG for Aunt May’s mouth.
Characters: Tony Stark and May Parker. (With Peter and Happy in the background, literally.)
Setting: Follows Spider-Man: Homecoming.
Summary: Tony faces the wrath of May.
Disclaimer: They belong to Marvel. I’m just playing with them.
Notes: Later movies will probably negate this little fic, but in the wake of Spider-Man: Homecoming, here is my take on what could follow Peter’s movie-ending slip-up. It is loosely inspired by Tony’s usually-humorous penchant for deflecting blame to other people. Fills the prompts of “Glass” at fan_flashworks (because glass office walls), and “A Truth Is Revealed” at genprompt_bingo.

( Clearly, the kid was lousy at the whole secret-identity thing. )