Ch. 1: A falling star fell from your heart

Sigyn took a step back, bewildered. "What did you do to Theoric?"

"How did you-"

"What did you do to Theoric!?" She demanded, getting weird looks from the small gathering.

Theoric looked around and then stared at Sigyn blankly. She shook her head and placed one finger on his chest. A bright golden light emerged from it, engulfing her new husband, only for a few seconds.

Odin's groan was loud in the small room. "Loki."

The murmur grew louder, but Loki kept staring at Sigyn, looking for any reaction from her. He got none.

"This must be reversed!" Sigyn's mother spoke. "I won't have my daughter married to- him!"

Odin snapped. "Him? He's a prince, you peasant! If all, you should be grateful." Odin straightened his robes. "And in any case, they are already married. That cannot be so easily unmade."

Sigyn knew her mother was piling up every curse in the universe to throw at Odin and Loki. She could feel the static from her mother's magic starting to boil.

"In any case is still my choice." Sigyn stated breaking her mom's imminent explosion. Loki smirked.

"I knew-"

"Shut the Hel up." Sigyn took a deep breath, and looked at Odin. "All-father, I married your son unwillingly and unknowingly. He tricked me into doing it because he didn't have the courage to ask properly from the beginning."

Odin sighed and rolled his eyes at his son. Loki knew he was in for a long, long lecture back in the palace.

"But in the end, Loki always gets what he wants, doesn't he?" She said bitterly. "I will need time to talk to him first."

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Silence.

Silence on the streets of Asgard.

Silence through the endless hallways of the palace.

Silence when they reached Loki's chambers.

Silence as Sigyn stood in the middle of the room, gazing around. Her belongings dropped unceremoniously on the floor, she sighed, and with a flick of her hand, they disappeared.

"Are you going to say anything at all?" Loki was leaning against the wall right beside the door, tired of waiting for her to talk. Sigyn looked at him blankly, he wished he could read her mind, but she had learned to block him out ages ago.

"Why?"

"Why? Because I'm just here standing like an idiot-"

"No…" She shook her head. "Why did you do it?"

Loki smirked. Although there was something off about it. "You of all people should know that." Sigyn rolled her eyes at her new husband.

"Loki, you had every chance and all the time in the universe to ask me. I was there, I was always right there!" She spat in frustration. "And yet just when I decided to move on-"

"When you decided to move on I panicked." Loki didn't know exactly what to do with his hands, so he crossed his arms on his chest. His feet picked up the fidgeting.

Sigyn scoffed. "So, I was supposed to just keep playing whatever game you were playing? Stay just at the reach of your arm for the rest of time!"

"No…" He hesitated.

"If you were ever scared of the answer…"

"I was scared of everything!" He tried to keep his tone even, but all his emotions were bubbling up, filling a space too small to contain them. "I was scared of telling anyone about wanting to get married, of being with someone, of that someone being- you. I was scared of being told that I was-"

"...doing something that was not in place with your status?" She offered. "Or were you actually scared of people realizing you aren't everything they peg you to be?" Loki stared at the floor, Sigyn almost smiled at the sight of him looking like a little boy who was being scolded by his mother. "Is it that bad to show that you actually care?"

"Yes."

"Then why now?"

"Because I realized I was more scared of losing you." His tone didn't match his eyes, so full of uncertainty as he looked at Sigyn.

She held his gaze as she closed the space between them. "Why?"

"Sigyn-"

She untangled his hands and held them in her own, staring him down. "Why?

Loki opened his mouth, but no sound came out. She wordlessly insisted, and his defenses were already cracking. "As I said, you of all people should know." His voice was quivering a bit now, as hard as he tried to hide it. Was there anything he could hide from her anymore?

"I know exactly what you're going to say, but I need to hear you say it." Her expression was softer now, as if she was reaching for something inside Loki that no one ever tried to reach. "Loki." She nearly whispered, placing a hand on his chest. "Why?"

"Because I love you." He choked out.

"You're an idiot." She smiled.

"You're the one married to an idiot."

"Yeah, against my will, I haven't forgotten about that." Sigyn took a step back, smile fading from her face.

"We still haven't- you know." Consummated our marriage was the unspoken phrase. Sigyn still had a way out of it and Loki was out of ideas. "I know what I did was wrong..."

"Are you apologizing? Ragnarok has come sooner than I thought." She half smiled, taking a few steps back and away from him.

Loki shook his head. "I'm trying- yes, but-" He reached out for her hand, holding her in place. "I cannot say I'm sorry, because I'm not. This is what I wanted." Subtly, he rubbed the wedding band in her finger. "I am an idiot for doing it the way I did it, but-"

"But you haven't won yet." Sigyn lifted her head suddenly, letting go of Loki's hand. "Someone's coming. Your father isn't happy."

Loki groaned. "When is he ever happy with me?" He said bitterly, right when three loud knocks boomed on the door.

Sigyn walked away from Loki as a guard irrupted into his chambers. "Your majesties." He greeted, with a small nod. "King Odin demands your presence in the throne room as soon as possible." He stated. "Both of you."

The door closed behind him and Loki stared at Sigyn, fear built up on his chest again.

"He will ask for my decision."

"And what is that you have decided?" He stopped trying to hide the panic in his voice. Or the hopefulness.

"You of all people should know." She mocked him, smiling at the confusion on his face. She took his hands and pulled him close, his forehead falling on hers. "I love you, you idiot."