Notes: Thanks to my beta faeleverte who, as always, was a great help in getting this done, and thanks to Vivienne and Nancy, who stepped in at last minute to help me as well.
Disclaimer: Unfortunately I don't own the Avengers or any of the characters, I just borrow them for some fun
Tony stumbles up from the workshop in the middle of the night, exhausted after working for way too long on his latest project. He can barely keep his eyes open, but when he turns toward the bed with the intention of just dropping onto it he stops dead. Loki is there, sleeping, the sheets a tangled mess that's doing nothing to hide his naked body from Tony's gaze. Tony has to smile, and lets his eyes wander over the sleeping form of the man - no, the god - in his bed.
It's been two months since the team found out about him and Loki, since Fury tried to interfere. In that short time so much has changed, because they don't have to hide their relationship any more. More often than not he and Loki spend the night together, but this here is new. Loki sleeping in Tony's bed even when Tony isn't there, when they have not had sex first, that is a surprise - though definitely not an unpleasant one.
And the way he and Loki interact is not the only thing that has changed, after the confrontation with Fury the rest of the Avengers seem to have accepted - or at least tolerated - Loki much more easily than Tony would have imagined. By now he is just another part of the team during battle, and even at the Tower most of Tony's friends accept Loki's presence without a problem.
Tony smiles again, then quickly strips out of his grease stained clothes and slips under the covers, smiling when Loki turns into his embrace without waking up. Tony closes his eyes and almost immediately falls asleep.