High School AU.
It was Loki's first day at his new school. He'd never really fit in anywhere so when his step-dad decided to send him to the same school as Thor, he pretty much dreaded it straight away. Loki had decided to walk to school that day so he was quite relieved to get off his feet when he entered the classroom. First, it was registration. He had decided to come in early so he could meet his form teacher and get settled. After being assigned a place, he sat down quietly, got a book out and began to read while waiting for the rest of his new class to come in. Out of the corner of his eye, he could see them all staring, pointing and whispering as they noticed the new boy in the corner. "Hey, Tasha! New kid!" he heard someone shout. Loki looked up and saw it was a tall, mousey-blonde haired guy who was followed by a small red-haired girl whom Loki assumed was Natasha.
He was just about to carry on reading when he noticed the next person to walk into the room. He wasn't as tall as the other guy but he had dark brown messy hair and a little bit of well-trimmed stubble, un-usual for a high school student. Loki could tell that the brown-haired guy was looking at him just as much and noticed his brown eyes were looking directly at him. He quickly turned back to his book.
Tony Stark was the son of a billionaire. He was also incredibly handsome. He'd walk down the school corridor and the girls would just swoon. The thing with Tony though, was that despite the fact he loved the girls attention, he always found himself attracted more to guys. Not many people knew, only the couple of guys he'd slept with and his friend, Steve Rodgers. It was a Monday morning when he strode into the classroom with all his friends and noticed a tall, pale, black-haired boy sitting in the corner. He caught himself staring at him for a tad too long as the boy must've felt eyes on him and looked up and then quickly looked away.
Once the class had arrived, the form teacher stood up and announced that they had a new student starting today. "His name is Loki. Would you like to introduce yourself to us?" she smiled at him and gestured for him to come up in front of the class. Awkwardly, he pushed his chair back and shuffled over to the front of the room. "Um, my name's Loki. And I moved here from Birkwood-"
"Aren't you Thor's brother?" the mousey-blonde haired guy shouted out from the back of the class. "Clint, please put up your hand if you want to speak." The teacher scolded. Loki answered the question all the same, "I am, yes." He replied. "But you look nothin' like him?" Clint shouted out again. Loki noticed the brown-haired boy was sitting next to Clint and he caught his eye again before flitting away. "Oi Clint, that's rude." Natasha kicked the back of Clint's chair.
"Yes Clint, that's not how we make new students feel welcome. So far, you're not giving him a good impression, are you?" the teacher raised her voice. Clint went to answer but she cut him off, "That was rhetorical."
The bell went before Clint or anyone else could ask any more questions and Loki quickly packed up his book and headed off to his first lesson; Physics. Loki was all right at Science, but Chemistry was more his area of expertise. He was slightly late to class since he was new and couldn't find his way around the school. He opened the door and scanned the room for an empty seat. He felt his stomach drop as he realised the only seat left was next to the boy whose eye he kept catching in class. "Take a seat next to Tony please, Loki." His teacher instructed him. Loki nodded and placed his bag next to his desk and sat down next to Tony. "Hey." Tony whispered to Loki. He turned to look at the boy next to him only to realise his features where a lot more handsome up close. Then he stopped himself. What was he thinking? "Hi." He replied quietly.
"So you're the new kid." Tony smiled
"Yes, I am."
"Thor's brother, yeah?"
"Yes."
"Right. Well I'm Tony, Tony Stark."
"Nice to meet you, Tony."
"Mr Stark, I understand Loki is new to the school but you do not need to constantly talk to him. Understood?" The Physics teacher looked over at the two of them. "Got it." Tony nodded. Loki just silently nodded.
By the end of the lesson, Loki had learnt that the smart boy with the glasses was Bruce and the blonde haired boy who always smiled was Steve. He already knew Clint, Natasha and Thor. The bell went for the end of the lesson but before Loki could make a quick get away from the boy who made his stomach tie itself in knots, Tony called after him. "Hey Loki, what you got next?" he asked. Loki glanced at his timetable. "I've got Maths." He replied.
"Ah, so do I." Bruce replied, "Here, I'll show you where it is."
"Thank you." Loki said.
"Catch you lot at break!" Tony shouted back over his shoulder as he jogged out the room to catch up with Steve and Clint.
Maths went by pretty quickly and he avoided Tony's group at break. He managed to go for pretty much the rest of the day without talking to anyone apart from a few people who said hello. When the school day was over, Loki waited for Thor by the school gates as he'd been told to do so. "Brother!" Thor's loud voice boomed over the rabble of school kids. He was also quite tall so he wasn't hard to miss. Loki sighed as he realised that Thor was with the others. "Sup, Loki?" Tony smiled as he nudged him. "Nothing is 'sup'." Loki replied, a little harshly than intended. "Alright then grumpy." Tony laughed and turned to talk to Clint and Natasha.
They all walked a little further down the road when they said their good-byes, Loki's gaze lingering on Tony's for a bit longer than intended. "How did you find your first day, brother?" Thor inquired with a strong, firm pat on the back.
"It was alright." Loki replied, quieter.
"I see you've made yourself aquatinted with Stark and the others. They're good friends and I'm sure they'd be more than obliged to let you eat with us at lunch and break." Thor beamed. It annoyed Loki how happy his brother always was. He wasn't even his brother but that much was obvious. He wondered how long it would take for everyone else to find out that Loki is just Thor's adopted brother? It didn't take long for Clint to say something this morning, that's for sure.
All day, Loki had played on Tony's mind. There was no way he could deny that he found Loki somewhat attractive. He had really green eyes and black hair smoothed backwards. As he walked down the path to the bus stop with his friends, Steve called for him to linger back as everyone walked up ahead. "Hey Tony?" he questions.
"Yeah?"
"I'm going to try and be nice about this but if you want to keep your little secret, a little secret, you better stop mentally undressing that new kid with your eyes." Steve nudged Tony playfully. Tony rolled his eyes, "I wasn't /that/ obvious." He laughed. Steve raised his eyebrows. "Okay. Whatever." Tony laughed as they caught up with the rest of the group.
