As it turns out, Steven is mostly ready, and can also pretty trivially shoulder all of Strange's weight. The only challenge is his relative lack of size, and trying to keep Strange from just noodling over top of him - he puts his hands on either side of Strange's chest, trying to figure out how to deal with this.

Ultimately, he gets one hand behind Strange's back, and then tries to swoop the other one under his knees. This would work for anyone who wasn't incredibly short, but for Steven, it leaves Strange not far from touching the ground with his butt.

"Uh..." Dealing with the weight is trivial, but the balance is less so. Steven frowns and then considers another idea. "Let me try something... it might be kinda weird."

Steven then uses his magic to bubble Strange entirely, suspending him inside a large pink orb and hovering over Steven's head, braced with his hands. Strange will mostly find himself floating in the middle of the bubble rather than touching the outsides, so he better keep his limbs tucked in.

"There! Don't break it, okay?"