Pairing: Thor/Loki (duh)
Rating: T (for now, but will be M later)
Word Count: Don't know and don't care
Summary: During a war, Thor meets slave boy!Loki who's hurt and takes him to Asgard because he can't fix broken bones. After he's healed, he doesn't wanna take him back, so he keeps him in his room to try and hide him from Odin and…other peeps. Other stuff happens too. AU, Mpreg, umm…yuss.
Warnings: Um…craptastic descriptions because I'm better at dialogue?
Don't own Thor movie obviously. If I did…yeah, let's not go there.
Chapter 1: First Meeting
The golden-haired God of Thunder was in his tent, looking over various maps and battle plans that had been spread out on the table. There was a large bowl with some fruits in it that had been forgotten some time ago, but not too long that the food was no longer fresh. He would occasionally take a short break to refill his goblet with mead from the jar near his feet, then continue with his work. He didn't drink so much as to cloud his judgment, but it was enough that he didn't feel quite as stressed.
He was bringing the goblet towards his mouth when he heard a loud commotion outside. Worried that they were being attacked, he set down the goblet and reached for Mjolnir. He froze when two soldiers entered his tent and tossed what looked like a human body on the ground.
"What is the meaning of this?" Thor bellowed, gesturing to the body that seemed to be curling in on itself.
"We caught this slave boy trying to break into our storage sheds and steal food," the one on the left answered.
"So you beat him to near death for it? Just give him food and let him go."
"But sir, we did not harm him. He was already like this."
"Alright, leave him here. Send Sif, Hogun, Fandral, and Volstagg here to give me a status report."
The two soldiers clenched their right hands into fists, placed them over their hearts, then turned and exited the tent. Once they were gone, Thor turned his attention to the figure on the ground, which was now laying on its side.
He couldn't have been older than mid-twenties, and his black bangs were stuck to his forehead with dried blood. There were dark shadows under his eyes, which were bloodshot, possibly from lack of sleep. He had his arms wrapped around his abdomen and his breaths were coming out in ragged gasps.
"Boy, what is your name?"
"Loki," he bit out. It obviously caused him a lot of pain to speak.
"Can you stand, Loki?" Thor was taken aback when the other male sat up and slowly got to his feet. He pressed his hand against his ribs and bit his bottom lip, looking down at the ground. "You mustn't force yourself if you're in this much pain."
"But you asked me to."
Thor sighed and got out of his chair. He opened a sack and pulled out some ointments, bandages, and any other medical supplies he could find. He walked back to the table and turned the other chair towards Loki.
"Sit." Loki scurried over and sat in the chair, lowering his arms to his sides and gripping the edges with his hands. "Can you remove your shirt?"
He raised his skinny arms and pulled at the back of his muddy gray shirt until it was pulled over his head. He folded it twice and placed it on his lap, then returned his arms to his sides. Thor had seen bodily injuries many times, but this was completely different from battle wounds. There were deep cuts and scrapes that were still fairly fresh adorning the boy's torso, and a purple bruise the size of a large fist covered the area over the left side of his ribcage.
Thor slowly reached out and brought his right hand towards the bruise, barely touching it before Loki reeled back with a hiss of pain. Even though it had been a short moment, Thor was able to feel a faint bulge under the skin.
"I am sorry. I do not have experience with tending to broken bones. And until my friends arrive, I cannot get you proper medical treatment."
"If it's any consolation, I can't heal broken bones either." Thor smiled.
"You can go ahead and put your shirt back on," Thor said, which the boy did almost immediately as if he had no broken ribs at all. "In the mean time, eat."
Loki looked hesitantly from the fruit bowl, to the blonde man, then back to the fruit. Thor had returned to his seat and continued looking over his papers. Loki didn't want to seem greedy, so he picked three grapes and chewed them slowly and tried not to make any noise. After he had eaten them, he looked down at the ground and held his hands in his lap.
"Go on, eat," Thor said, glancing up from his work.
"You mean…I can have more?"
"Yes, of course. You can have as much as you want."
Loki's gaze lingered on Thor a few seconds more before he reached for another grape. He was startled when loud voices flooded the tent. A woman and three men entered the tent and stood lined up next to each other. They clenched their right hands into fists and placed them over their hearts. The woman opened her mouth to speak.
"We've come to deliver a status report, as you requested." Her face hardened when she saw Loki hunched over on the chair. "Who's he?" She asked harshly.
"No one you need to concern yourself with," Thor answered, rising from his chair. He glanced down at the boy to see what his reaction was, but he just seemed nervous more than anything because of all the people in such a cramped space. "I am sorry, Sif, but it will have to wait."
"What?"
"He is badly wounded and has a broken rib. I must take him to Asgard so the Healers can treat him."
"But he's-! But-! You can't just take him to Asgard! What if he's a spy?"
"He can hardly move without being in pain. I highly doubt he will be assassinating me any time soon," the blonde said dismissively. "I trust you all will handle things while I'm gone."
"Yes, of course," Fandral said, cutting off Sif's next remark.
"I shall return as soon as I can. You are dismissed." After the four warriors exited the tent, Thor heaved a long sigh. "I thought Sif was about to dismember me." He looked over at Loki, whose expression was similar to that of a terrified rabbit. "Can you stand?"
Loki pushed himself up off the chair and stumbled a little bit, but quickly regained his footing. There wasn't really that much of a height difference between the two men; the top of Loki's head reached Thor's jaw line. The size of everything else pretty much ruined that aspect and made it irrelevant. Thor looked like a bear compared to Loki's thin, lanky body.
"Think you can walk?" Loki nodded wordlessly. "Good. Stay close to me."
The pair had been walking for what felt like hours, but it had only been a few minutes. Loki was starting to get worried when they had left the camp and kept walking towards the cliffs. He began having a mental panic attack and thought that he wasn't going to get medical treatment at all. This man had pretended to be kind to him to gain his trust, only to lure him into a trap to murder him. It's not his fault he's a slave. He didn't choose this life.
He hadn't noticed Thor had stopped and collided with his broad back. He rubbed at his nose, which he had crushed against the man's armor, and thanked the powers that be that it wasn't bleeding or broken. Thor looked over his shoulder at him and smiled.
"You don't have to stay that close to me." Loki's cheeks darkened and he looked down in embarrassment. His eyes widened when he saw that they were standing in the middle of a circle that had been carved into the ground, filled with intricate designs that Loki could only dream of understanding. Thor's booming voice startled him. "Heimdall, open the Bifrost!"
For a moment, nothing happened, and although Loki hated to admit it, it was quite funny to watch this giant man shouting at the sky. Then, a bright light made Loki look up, and he could not believe what he was seeing. The clouds were separating above them and the sky shone with numerous colors that Loki couldn't put a name to. He yelped when he was pulled flush against the other man's torso, the armor crushing his ribs.
"Hold onto me."
Before Loki could blink, he was enveloped by a warm light and being pulled towards the clouds.
Just an FYI: I'll probably update this on weekends; I already have the next two chapters done and I'm working on chapter four right now, but I don't wanna just post everything at once.
