This is for a 25 day Christmas challenge.

This is set in the universe of my one shot "The tall tale of Lucas", though it's not necessary for you to read that. The only thing you have to know is that they have a son name Lucas.

thanks goes to hiddlesforchristmas for bringing it up.

Fingers crossed that I will actually finish this.


1-Mistletoe

Lucas had a funny little habit of crinkling his nose when he saw something he liked.

He crinkled his nose the first time they took him to Asgard, he had been just four months old and Darcy had been expecting him to be upset for their way of travel but instead he had looked around in wonder before crinkling his nose. Crinkling of the nose continued for their rest of their visit, drawing one too many coos from one too many people.

Lucas also crinkled his nose at her stomach, touching it and poking at it, Darcy was glad Lucas already seemed to accept the sister he would be getting in five months. She let him touch it every day, showing him how it grew little by little, her bump wasn't big enough to show yet but her jeans were already fitting a little tight and her cravings for cold things were getting higher by the minute.

Lucas crinkled his nose now, as she pulled Christmas decorations out of a box giving to her by her mom.

"Mistletoe? Really?" She crinkled her nose herself in confusion and Lucas giggled at her imitation.

Lucas reached for the mistletoe and Darcy hesitantly held it out to him, he smelled it as soon as he had it in his chubby hands and then crinkled his nose again as he studied the plant.

"You know what this means don't you?" Lucas settled his bright, green eyes on her and she puckered up her lips to him.

" 'issy." Lucas told her before he extended his hands to be picked up, one hand clutching the mistletoe tightly.

"It's Christmas tradition, one day, post pubescent you will be very glad it exists." Darcy told him with a wide grin before she showered his face with sloppy kisses, Lucas laughed and trashed against her in glee.

"I see I am late to the party." She stopped her assault on Lucas to see Loki entering their living room, Lucas squealed in joy and crinkled his nose.

Darcy liked the way Lucas crinkled his nose when he noticed Loki was coming, it was cute and she knew Loki appreciated the physical evidence of his son's pleasure to see him.

"Daddy 'issy." Lucas fought to slip her hold and Darcy let him walk sloppily towards her husband, he bumped into the end of the couch but held his balance long enough to reach Loki.

Darcy's heart sped up a little, just like it always did, when Loki picked up Lucas and gave him a kiss on the forehead before smiling at Lucas and telling him about his day.

She didn't interrupt them, just kissed Loki hard on the mouth before moving to the kitchen to clean up all her work papers knowing she wasn't going to get anything done now that Loki was home.

"Busy today?" Loki asked her, once she entered the living room.

"Work for a little this morning, Luke was helping me unpack the Christmas decorations my mom sent me before you came home." She sat down next to him and put her head on his shoulder, Loki took the chance to put one hand to her stomach.

"Is that why he is holding a piece of mistletoe?" Loki gave her a look full of amusement, that annoying little look he got when he knew something he found funny but she didn't know why.

"He likes it." She told him defensively. Lucas gave a little shout of pleasure from Loki's lap as he smelled the mistletoe again, as if to prove her statement.

"I am more than sure he does." Loki took the mistletoe from Lucas before smelling him himself, he gave a little nod of approval before giving it back to Lucas.

"Fresh cut, your mother has outdone herself."

She gave a snort because her mom was always going to try to go overboard, Darcy was half surprised her mom hadn't decided to do the decorations herself.

"What's so special about mistletoe anyway?" She knew the story about Baldr and the mistletoe but she also knew it wasn't true.

"It is a rare magical plant from Asgard. Brought here by some of our soldiers at some point or another, it now grows abundant here but it is endangered in Asgard. In my younger days I always sough it, rarely found it." Loki's voice was full of disbelieve, Darcy patted the hand on her stomach in sympathy.

"Well I guess Earth just has it in for you." She bit her lip trying not to laugh.

"What I am trying to say, however, is that Lucas likes it because it is magical." His voice was smug now, no disbelieve in sight.

"Magical, that's why he likes it." She accepted that, Lucas was very magical even with a non-magical mom and she was proud of him for that.

"Perhaps..." Loki looked at Lucas intensely before standing up, Lucas still in his arms.

"Darcy love, if you will excuse us, your son and I have pressing matters to attend to. Do we not son?" Lucas noticed the intense look on his father's face and nodded solemnly back.

"Matters." Disbelieve now in her voice instead.

"Indeed, there are many spells I have not yet been able to perform for my lack of mistletoe. Lucas we shall start by creating a potion to turn Uncle Clint into his namesake and then... the world."

"Loki!"

"I jest! Just the world then."