I was inspired to write this after watching the Avengers today. This has a lot of Thor and Loki, but the rest of the Avengers play a part throughout the story. I will post the next chapter of my Hunger Games story at some point soon for those interested in it… The rating may or may not go up in a later chapter depending on if I post any smut as a different story. Please enjoy!
Summary: (College AU) Thor and his brother Loki go to different colleges relatively close to each other. One day Thor decides to surprise Loki by going to visit him, but it is Thor who ends up surprised when he meets Loki's roommate, an attractive young novelist getting a degree in genetics named Alexander. After Thor visiting a few times, Loki decides it is high-time he played match-maker and get the two together. He isn't working alone on this though because Natasha and Tony tag along to make sure this goes right. Eventually Loki convinces Thor to ask Alexander out, to which Alexander agrees. Loki, Natasha, Tony, and, since he was forced to go by Tony, Steve follow them to ensure things don't fall apart.
Surprisingly the date goes well and Alexander even agrees to several dates later on. He steadily becomes friends with everyone in Thor and Loki's circle of friends, who jokingly call themselves the Avengers based on an old inside joke. The downside to this happiness? Alexander's past starts catching up to him. How will the group react and deal with all the issues that arise? Or will they even deal with them instead of abandoning Alexander? Read to find out.
Thor glanced around his dorm room, sighing heavily. He was bored nearly to tears and wanted some excitement, but there was none to be found near him. An idea popped into his head and Thor grabbed his keys, phone, and wallet then ran out of his dorm. He went down to the parking lot and got in his car, driving to another college thirty-minutes north of his own college. When he arrived, Thor parked in front of an apartment building his brother Loki lived in and quietly ran up to the apartment his brother lived in, hoping to surprise his Loki. He pulled out his keys and unlocked the apartment then walked inside, yelling,
"Brother! I have come to visit you!"
Instead of Loki coming out to yell at Thor for not calling ahead, as Thor expected, a short red haired young man with black frame glasses walked in the main room where Thor was,
"Um…are you looking for Loki?"
Thor nodded,
"Indeed I am. I did not know Loki was having company over…"
Loki strolled into the room from his bedroom, sneering slightly,
"Alexander isn't company, he lives here. He is my roommate. I should introduce you two, shouldn't I? Thor, this is my roommate Alexander. Alexander, this is my empty-headed brother Thor."
Thor gave his brother a glare then looked back at Alexander,
"It is nice to meet you, Alexander. I hope my brother is not too obnoxious for you."
Loki rolled his eyes, but Alexander chuckled,
"He's alright, except when he tries to get me to go out and socialize with random people at bars…"
Loki smirked, a bit of a sarcastic-motherly tone in his voice,
"If you never go out, you'll never meet people and make friends."
Alexander laughed,
"You have a point, but I don't like bars."
He turned to Thor,
"So, did you come here for something?"
Thor shook his head,
"I came here to see if there was anything going on more interesting than watching dust collect."
Loki sighed, pinching the bridge of his nose in annoyance,
"Why here? You could have gone to see if Tony and Bruce were having a robot-fighting contest again. Or gone to one of those lectures Steve keeps trying to drag everyone to."
Thor shrugged,
"I wanted to surprise my brother, is that such a bad thing?"
Loki folded his arms,
"Normally no, but I was in the middle of an enjoyable book and I believe Alexander was writing the next chapter of his book."
Thor looked at Alexander,
"You're a writer?"
Alexander laughed nervously, rubbing the back of his neck awkwardly,
"Yeah… What I'm working on is just a first draft though…"
Thor nodded, looking back to Loki,
"So nothing particularly exciting is going on here?"
Loki shook his head, but Alexander spoke before Loki could tell Thor to leave,
"If you're looking for something to do, we could play some video games. I have a small collection over by the television."
A small smile formed on Thor's lips as he followed Alexander over to the couch then sat down, waiting for Alexander to set everything up. Loki watched them, an idea forming in his mind. He walked back into his bedroom and sat down on his bed, picking up his book again. Loki lay back down to continue reading. Back out in the living room, Alexander handed Thor a controller,
"Okay, have you ever played Mario Party 7?"
Thor laughed,
"Of course I have! It was one of the best games when I was younger."
Alexander smiled,
"Good, because that's the only multiplayer game I have."
He sat down next to Thor, starting the game up. Thor, being Player One, chose his character first,
"Which should I be…? Mario is the hero, but Yoshi is pretty awesome…"
Alexander thought for a moment then answered,
"Close your eyes and select one randomly. That's how I usually choose."
Thor raised an eyebrow curiously, but did not question the shorter man. He closed his eyes and randomly selected Yoshi. When he opened his eyes again, Thor chuckled slightly then waited for Alexander to choose, going into a full-blown laugh when Alexander selected Princess Peach,
"Really? She isn't much of a character. I mean she always gets kidnapped in the actual Mario games…"
Alexander smirked,
"Or she lets Bowser kidnap her. Perhaps she has a diabolical plan to permanently get rid of Bowser and Mario shows up before she can actually go through with the plan."
Thor blinked slowly,
"I've never thought about that…"
Alexander laughed and hit start. The two played for a couple hours, ending up with a tie of wins. Alexander set his controller down,
"I should go make dinner before Loki tries to cook something… He's a rather hopeless cook…"
Loki yelled from his bedroom,
"I can hear you!"
Alexander chuckled softly,
"Good!"
He walked into the kitchen just as Loki walked into the living room. Thor sighed softly, a light blush coming to his cheeks. Loki walked over, sneering,
"You've developed a crush on him."
Thor glared at Loki,
"Keep your voice down."
A bastardly smirk grew on Loki's face,
"I wouldn't spill your secret, dear brother. That would be awful of me."
Thor frowned, standing up,
"It would not be the first."
Loki crossed his arms,
"If you are referring to the little incident where I drug you kicking and screaming out of the preverbal closet in high school, I did it with your best interest at heart."
Thor grumbled angrily.
"You certainly enjoyed yourself while you did that, especially when mother and father learned of it..."
Loki smirked and shrugged his shoulders,
"Seeing you wiggle with discomfort when our parents found out was just a bonus. I had less competition for the lovely girls at our school after you were kicked out of the closet."
Thor elbowed Loki in the ribs, walking into the kitchen and getting a beer out of the fridge. He opened it with one quick jerk, taking a sip and wincing at the unpleasant taste. Thor looked down and rolled his eyes, seeing it was one of Loki's expensive nasty beers. Alexander looked over at Thor,
"There are better beers in the bottom drawer of the fridge."
Thor nodded, pouring the beer down the sink before getting one from the bottom drawer. He opened it and took a drink, glad that his one tasted normal. Thor wasn't a particularly big fan of wasting beer, even if it was disgusting tasting. He walked back into the living room and frowned to see Loki on his phone. Loki smirked,
"I put Alexander's number in your phone."
Thor internally groaned, not looking forward to how Loki had labeled the contact. He took his phone from Loki, instantly relieved to see that it was normal. Loki held up Alexander's phone, which had Thor's contact listed as "Loki's Gay Brother". Thor tried to take the phone, but Loki moved out of Thor's reach, laughing evilly. Thor chased Loki around the apartment, eventually catching Loki. Loki threw Alexander's phone, it breaking when it hit the wooden floor. Alexander walked into the room to let them know dinner was ready, but stopped when he noticed the broken phone on the floor and Loki being held down by Thor. He chuckled faintly,
"I can see that nothing is going to be normal from now on…"
Alexander picked up his broken phone and put it in his bedroom. Thor let go of Loki, going towards Alexander,
"I apologize for Loki breaking your phone. I will get you a new one."
Alexander shook his head,
"It's fine, you don't need to do that. I can get one at Wal-Mart for pretty cheap."
Thor shook his head right back,
"I am not taking "no" for an answer."
Alexander sighed and nodded. Thor sat back down on the couch, glaring at Loki as he sat next to Thor. Alexander walked back into the kitchen and brought them both bowls of chili before getting a bowl for himself. He sat down on the other side of Thor and switched the television over to some boring sitcom. The only sounds in the apartment were of the clink of spoons against bowls and drab TV actors until Alexander asked Thor,
"So do you go to college nearby?"
Thor nodded, swallowing a mouthful of chili,
"Yes, I go to the college thirty minutes south of here."
Alexander chuckled,
"What are you majoring in?"
Thor smiled,
"I am majoring in business so I can take over my father's corporation when he retires."
Alexander nodded, stretching slightly and yawning. He looked at the time, sighing that is was so late,
"I should go to bed… I have early classes tomorrow. Loki, could you clean up the kitchen?"
Loki sighed dramatically,
"If I must, I will clean it up."
Alexander smiled,
"Thanks. Good night, Thor. It was nice to meet you."
Thor waved awkwardly at Alexander,
"It was nice to meet you as well…"
Alexander walked into his bedroom, closing the door without a sound. Thor decided to help Loki clean up since it would be disastrous if he didn't. Loki put the leftover chili in the fridge, a smirk painting his face which made Thor uncomfortable,
"What are you planning, you mischievous bastard?"
Loki turned to Thor, a mocking tone in his voice,
"Nothing at the moment, I am just reflecting on how adorable you two would be together."
Thor frowned,
"Don't try anything."
Loki sighed,
"Fine, brother, I will not interfere yet."
Thor frowned more, but was too tired to bother arguing. He told Loki goodbye then walked out to his car, driving home as quickly as the speed limit would allow him. Once back in his dorm room, Thor stripped down to his underwear and flopped onto his bed. He almost instantly passed out. Today had been tiring and Thor was quite certain that more tiring days were ahead of him. Meeting Alexander would only be the beginning of this long adventure for him and his friends.
