This story is based in an AU where the events of New york occured but not exactly the way they did in the Avengers film, Loki is king but we are unsure of how he got the throne. both Odin and frigga are dead as assumed in the end of TDW.
i do not own any of these characters except for Jude and Melanie, they are of my own creation. Marvel owns the rest. The story is also of my own creation.
I hope that you enjoy :)
"My king. How may I serve you?" I said as I kneeled, crossing my right arm over my chest. King Loki had summoned me to the throne room saying he needed to discuss something urgent.
"Hello, Melanie. How are you today?" he asked me. He was sitting in his throne, staff in hand like always. He was dressed in a fancy green and gold tunic along with black leather pants; he wore knee high black and green boots. His hair was long and slightly curly. His emerald green eyes looked even more green than usual.
"I'm fine, my king. How are you today?" I stood and flattened my skirt. I was wearing one of my favourite outfits today; a maroon and black corset, a short maroon skirt and black leggings. Like Loki, I too wore black knee high boots.
"I'm fine, thank you. Let's cut the act shall we? It is just us in here after all. Come here, I've missed you." I walked up to him, sat on his lap and kissed him. We had been secretly dating for four months now. I had been away fighting with Lady Sif for the last two weeks, we had just gotten back last night and this was the first time I had seen Loki.
"I missed you too, love. Loki, I have a question."
"Yes? What is it?" he said as he ran his hand through my long brown hair.
"How long are we going to keep this, us, a secret? What are we hiding from? If you're worried about what Thor will think, he likes me. He trusts me even."
"I'm worried about what the kingdom will think. You're not royalty….you don't even have a tittle. I love you Melanie, I do. But I have duties to the kingdom. I have to think of them as well. I'm sorry love. 'He leaned in and kissed me. There was a hunger in his kiss, a hunger that I had missed.
"The kingdom wants to see you happy. And if I make you happy then they will accept it. But if you are not ready to tell them yet, I will wait." Suddenly the doors to the throne room burst open. Thor and his warriors came rushing in. I quickly jumped off of Loki's lap; I stood next to his throne facing the group. They all kneeled and crossed their chest with their right arm. Thor was the first to stand. He was slightly shocked to see me still standing next to Loki.
"Melanie? What are you doing here?" he asked me. He wasn't asking to be mean, he truly was curious as to my reason for being with Loki. A common warrior usually has no reason to be with the king.
"I…uh…we were just talking. Catching up on a few things. Discussing a few ideas on battle techniques. I could go if you need me to." I started down the stairs from the throne. Sif looked at me and gave me a knowing smile. She was the only one besides Thor that knew that Loki and I were together. She was my best friends so of course she would know.
"No, you may stay. Loki, there have been rumors flying about of eminent attack on Midgard." Thor said.
"What do you mean? Where have you heard such madness?" Loki said, sitting up straighter in the throne. Midgard was Loki's favourite realm, besides Asgard. He loved the technologies of their world. He loved telling me things about his time spent there. He could happily talk about Midgard for hours.
"The rumors have been circulating within the warriors, I hear them during training. Lady Sif and the warriors three, and I, we are worried." Thor truly sounded worried. We were all standing, facing Loki now.
"Thor, I have not heard such things when I am with the warriors. Perhaps you may have misheard them?" I lived with the warriors; I usually heard all of the silly rumors that were spread. But this, this I had not heard. Granted Sif and I had been gone for the past two weeks.
"I heard it while you and the Lady Sif were away.' He explained.
"I want the four of you to go talk to Heimdall, see what he knows. Then report back to me. Depending on what he says, you all might be going to Midgard." Thor and his friends nodded and began to leave. I started to follow but Loki stopped me, "Melanie, you sta. we are not finished with our conversation." There was an edge to his voice, he needed me. He needed me to comfort him.
"Yes, sir." I said, turning and headed back to his throne. I waited for Thor and his gang to leave before I said anything else. "Are you all right, Loki?" I took hold of his hand and gave it a gentle squeeze.
"No, I have tried so hard to protect Midgard ever since I attacked it so many years ago. I'll have failed as a king if I let them get attacked." He pulled me closer to him, close enough to hug me while still sitting. He was visibly upset.
"Loki, as much you love Midgard, they are not your responsibility. Asgard is." I leaned into his neck, inhaling his scent. He somehow always smelled of mint and leather.
"I know they are not my responsibility but I feel like I owe them because of my past. I have friends there. Tony, Jane, Selvig-okay maybe not Selvig, Clint, Darcy and Jude. I have to protect them at least. As king, it's my job to protect people."
"And you do a wonderful job, Loki. Everything will be alright. Thor knows you care about those people, hell he loves Jane. He won't let anything happen to them. Now, it is time to eat lunch. Will you dine with me?" I stood back up, holding onto his hand.
"I love you Melanie. Yes, I would love to dine with you." He said. He got up and we both headed for the dining hall.
I purposely made the chapters short because it was originally going to be posted on my instagram account but then the story grew too long to post on there but i kept the format of the short chapters.