This was originally going to be a PWP but it soon turned to something with a plot and not much details of sex. Seriously, there's just mentions of touching and naked bodies. No mention of the lower area, it's basically foreplay and I'm a huuuuge sucker for foreplay.

This was beta read by wordonawing and I can't thank her enough for her help because she did a wonderful job. So a big hug goes to you, wordonawing :D

(Hopefully this site formatted it right since I had to fix some paragraphs and some linebreaks. Ugh, such a pain.)

Edit June 22 '12: Fixed some mistakes that I forgot to correct after wordonawing sent the corrections. Sorry about that! -blushes-

Disclaimer: Marvel owns the characters, I just write fanfiction without making a profit.

Underneath the Moonlight

Waves crashed loudly against the rocks and cliffs with the moon barely seen, giving a dim light down to the night below. The wind blew while the waves rolled, thundering upon the shore like a landing aircraft. Jane was sitting by the shore, wearing a blanket to keep he warm. Her breath was like puffs of smoke as she looked around for a sign of the one she was waiting for.

Picking up the long stick beside her, she poked the fire to adjust the wood that was in the fire in front of her. The fire crackled, as if to laugh and tease her that he would not come.

She had been waiting for three and a half hours now. There were water bottles and snacks near her in a plastic bag that was tied to a broken log. However, she wasn't going to leave. He always loved to make her wait. It angered her too since she barely manages to see him while he was out trying to rule the world.

A sudden crack ahead of her jolted out of her memories of the times when he would come with tattered clothing and severe wounds. As much as she was excited to see him again, she had to be sure it was him and not recklessly run to whoever it was that arrived. A figure walked out of the sea, completely drenched from head to toe, and headed towards her with his clothing billowing behind him. The only sign of telling her he was the one Jane was waiting for was the long wispy hair.

Jane got up and barely needed to walk two steps before he was there in front of her, grasping her neck, checking to see if it was her. Jane saw him smirk, the action alone causing her to submit to him immediately by putting her hands underneath his shoulder pads and around his back. He kissed her roughly, making her feel his cold wet lips and the wet droplets from the sea on his body. Jane shuddered while he pushed the blanket off of her shoulders but she didn't back down. Instead, she grasped his wavy locks and kissed him back heatedly, offering her warmth to his cold body.

"Loki," she whispered against his lips while he nipped her and started to run a hand down her right thigh. Jane, however, grabbed his hands and pushed them away as she glared up at him, "For making me wait close to four hours this time, you're going to have to wait as well."

She managed to make Loki blink before he gave her an arrogant smile. He leaned his head towards hers, his wavy hair dangling a little bit, a movement she knew well.

"I'm afraid patience isn't in my nature." His voice was silky and deep, almost a whisper while he looked into her soul with his piercing emerald eyes. It was their game. Loki makes her wait, she gets all excited and then tells him he will wait when he arrives several hours later. In the end, they both can't wait any longer. Loki's lips locked with hers again, breathing in his cold breath into her warm throat while their teeth clashed against each other. Jane adjusted her head while she peeled off the outer layer of his leather armor, Loki doing the same with her jacket.

"Only the top part, my dear. I will have no time for dressing."

Jane lifted an eyebrow at him. "Funny. Use your powers."

Loki chuckled lightly but didn't do as commanded. He never did, and Jane knew that too. In fact, his cold, wet armor felt fantastic against her now warm body, despite the chill in the sea air. She loved how his damp clothed body felt while she pressed against it and wanted - no, needed to feel it without any clothing on. Anxious, and finding his handiwork too slow for her liking, she undressed quickly kicking off her shoes, pushing her trousers and underwear down. Jane stepped out of them before flinging them away with her left foot.

Jane took off her shirt with practiced speed gained through their previous encounters and immediately pressed herself against him, kissing his throat. Her breasts tingled from the water droplets and the cold before they hardened at the peaks. She wrapped her arms around Loki's neck. Moving her right hand, she grasped his wet hair again and pulled.

"You have a very odd fascination with my hair, dear Jane."

"You have an odd fascination with speaking the obvious, Loki." Jane had gotten a bit of spitfire during the events that led to where they were now.

Loki laughed, amused greatly of her words, and slid his hands upon her back and butt, giving a little squeeze before sliding them down her thigh. He moved his head to give her a sharp bite on her neck, but didn't draw any blood. Jane was used to this too since Loki had aggressive urges ever since that dreadful day of his when he found out he was a Frost Giant and what Odin was planning for him. She accepted it and even though she appeared fragile, she could take a bite out of her skin. Jane had gotten far worse wounds in the past, and not only because of her career field.

Letting out a growl, Loki kissed her neck roughly while Jane moved her to head, giving him more access to her neck, and running her hand over his lean, muscled tone drenched body. Loki picked her up easily, wrapping one of her legs over his waist as he licked a trail to her breasts, biting upon the skin of the left one.

Jane shivered at the touch of his tongue and teeth while he latched his mouth upon her skin, wrapping her other leg around his waist. He now had all of her weight and was doing wicked things to her stomach with his tongue. Jane moaned while she grasped his collar and hair, pulling and moving her body as she felt delicious, pleasurable friction on her abdomen mixed with nibbles and bites.

The hot trails made from his tongue seemed to burn and tingle as if he tickled her while she felt herself getting wet. Jane tugged his hair hard so that he would look at her and let her drop to the ground before pushing her down upon the now adjusted blanket.

Clearly he could multitask while he was pleasuring her. Jane was very thankful for having the blanket underneath her since the last time they had sex on dirt, she had a rash and a bit of a sore on her back.

Loki loomed over her, his armor still on while she was completely naked underneath him. Her body was burning and aching.

Aching for him.

Jane brushed her leg up against him, watching him react by narrowing his eyes and pushing himself on her. His wet body against her own burning one made her hiss in surprise and in content. Loki moved his head to kiss her and Jane met his halfway, gasping at the contact while he hissed.

Loki moved his hand over her right cheek and neck. Some of his bangs fell upon her eyes and their noses, causing the water droplets to drip off.

She could never get tired of his were possessive, heated, and rough. It made her feel wanted and, as she dared to hope, loved. They were very different from Thor's, which were gentle, slow, and blissful. But Loki's made her feel...alive. It was wrong of her to think of Loki in this way. It could get her hurt - but in all honesty, when she had the first taste of his kisses and his pleasuring, she was already gone.

Jane pulled away from the kiss, putting her hands on his cheeks and gazing into his eyes. They bore into her with no emotion, but she still had...feelings for him. Jane moved in to kiss him slow and gently while wrapping her right arm over his back, her left going up and down over his chest. She felt him tense but she kept kissing him.

So what if he found out? She had been mocked before with her research.

Loki pulled away from her with a confused expression. He stared at her as if wondering what she had just done and what it meant. It was like he had forgotten what it was, the warmth that she had given him. It warmed his entire body. Feeling her hands pulling him gently and slowly down towards her, he almost became lost before wrenching himself away.

"What are you doing?" Loki started to get up to his feet, while moving away from her. "What was that you did? Why do I..." He looked at his hands, but saw no answers there, and turned to look at Jane. "What did you do," he asked in a threatening whisper.

Jane sighed. It was now or never really... "I was...um...kissing you."

"That wasn't - you've never done it like that before. What were you thinking of?" It all started to make sense. Thor had the ability get everything while he was left in the shadows. He leered at her now. "Or should I say who?"

Jane blinked. "What? What are you talking about? I wasn't-"

"Were you thinking of him? Were you thinking of - "

"No, just listen-"

"Were you?"

Great, now she had to calm him down. Jane got up from the blanket and brought it up to wrap it around her shoulders. "No, I wasn't. I wasn't even thinking of Thor. I was thinking of..." Why was she so afraid? She could do this...even if it could - No, she had to tell him. Taking in a deep breath, she closed her eyes to clear her thoughts before looking back at him. Jane walked towards him without hesitation and moved her hands to his face, looking at him with an expression that she once sent Thor's way. "I was thinking of you." She moved her hands to caress his cheek to brush it along with his jaw.

Loki made no movement as he stared down at her. Jane continued by wrapping her arms around his neck and pulling his head down to her so that she could whisper three sacred yet terrifying words: "I love you."

Jane felt him flinch but she didn't move and continued looking up at him with love shining in her eyes. Her foolish, silly love.

"Love...?" A weak emotion. It made Thor soft. He would not become soft! Loki grabbed her shoulders roughly and before he could shove her away in anger and fright, he felt her arms wrap around him entirely.

Jane was hugging him. She didn't seem to care what he would do to her. The warmth of that thought engulfed him. He hadn't felt it in years. Loki closed his eyes as Jane continued to hold him and didn't let go. After what seemed like eternity, his own arms came up and wrapped around her slowly. When he felt her squeeze him tighter in response and whispered, "I love you" again, he completely lost his control. His emotions were a mess - hatred was the one above all, but the warmth that Jane gave him numbed it.

"I love you, Loki," she whispered again.

"No..., a monster cannot - "

Jane looked up to gaze into his eyes. "Monster, God, I don't care what you are, Loki. I love you."

Loki hissed but not in a threatening way. His arms trembled around her, as if fighting something inside him, and before she knew it, he gripped her tight and kissed her with white hot fiery passion. Gasping, Jane grabbed onto his shoulders since she hadn't expected him to respond with such a kiss. She moaned into his mouth, whispering his name like a prayer. She couldn't believe what was happening.

The armor upon his arms and the vest wrap shattered away into pieces that disappeared before they hit the ground. Loki breathed into her mouth while his hands roamed over her with haste as if she would disappear any second. They were gentle and felt like caresses and Jane couldn't stop herself from moaning. In fact, she didn't wish to. His touches seemed to melt her, unlike the ones before that had burned like fire.

The two went down to the sand and Jane felt something softer than the blanket. It felt like fur and she couldn't help but moan in content. Arching herself up, she nudged Loki back so that she could sit up with him and broke the kiss. All that Loki had on left was the lower armor and pants and she couldn't help but run her fingers of her right hand over the slim plate that curved over his chest beneath his collarbone. It was smooth like it seemed beneath the pads of her fingers.

When she looked up to see Loki, his emerald eyes that were once so unreadable and piercing actually held emotion.

Loki took the time to study her properly. She wasn't like the women in Asgard, but she was... He moved one of his slender and large hands through her hair. It was soft against his fingers, showing that she took care of it and didn't let it go wild. The same went for her skin – sunkissed, not too pale or too tanned, with freckles dotted here and there like stars in a night sky. Those eyes of hers were observant and were looking at him with warmth. Loki gritted his teeth and before he could pull away, she gently took the hand that was in her hair and rubbed it between her own smaller ones.

Jane massaged his hand gently while holding his gaze. She couldn't help but smile at him as she did so and just continued before moving it higher up his arm to his elbow and back down. Jane was random with the movements, but still gentle, and once she got all the way to his shoulder, he pulled away from her. Loki got up quickly and walked a few feet away from her, looking out at the sea trying to regain his former self. Jane watched his back, watching him breathe in and out before noticing his hands. They were shaking - no, they were trembling.

"Loki, are you-"

"We will end this. Now."

Jane blinked and felt the dreaded clench in her chest. However, she ignored it just like when her theories were mocked and people called her insane. "What? Why?"

"Do not question me. It's done. Finished."

Jane was about to reply, when the clouds above them spun around, with lightning crackling. She knew what that meant and quickly grabbed her clothing and blankets, and went to hide before dressing herself. They had agreed earlier on that when Thor would come upon them, she would hide. Jane had asked why, but Loki wouldn't give her an explanation. Just like now. She really wished that Thor hadn't come. Jane was about done buttoning up her sweater when she saw bright light flash by three feet in front of her, blowing some of the boulders away to bits. Peeking around the collection of palm trees that hid her, she saw Loki had attacked Thor.

"Please, Loki. Come home."

Loki sneered at Thor, "Why? So that you can save this pathetic world from someone like me?"

Jane clenched her teeth, keeping her mouth shut, while she watched and listened to the two brothers.

Thor looked at his brother with sadness. "No... No, stop thinking it like that, brother."

Loki took in a deep angry breath and shouted, "I am not your brother! I never will be!" He sent another wave of attack at Thor, who met it with Mjolnir's thunder.

"You are! We grew up together! You are my brother!" Thor dropped the hammer and walked towards Loki. He took hold of Loki's shoulders and looked into his eyes while giving him a gentle "wake up and see" shake.

Jane had to hold her breath since she knew firsthand how unpredictable Loki could be.

Thor finally noticed that Loki was stripped down and looked him over Loki with worry. "What happened to you, brother?"

"Nothing," Loki hissed, and pushed Thor away. "Now leave."

"No, something happened. I can see it-"

"Just. Leave," threatened Loki. His emotions were going haywire and his mood swings weren't only confusing to Jane but to Thor as well. Loki rubbed his forehead while Thor tried to put a comforting hand on his shoulder. Loki lashed out at Thor with his daggers, sending one right into Thor's side. Jane covered her mouth with her hand to stop herself from shouting out. As much as she still cared for Thor, she didn't want to let him know she had been with Loki, despite Thor and she broken up a couple months back.

Thor cried out in pain before Loki swiftly wrenched out the dagger, not even caring if it hurt him. It was nothing close to the pain that Loki had felt the passed years being in his shadow. "Go now," Loki hissed and pushed Thor back towards the magic circle that formed in the sand when Thor landed.

"Reconsider brother, come back home with-"

Loki let out a frustrated shout and sent a huge shock-wave of power at Thor, causing the mighty God of Thunder to stumble. "Do you have a problem listening? I am not your brother and I will not go back to Asgard! I will also not stop taking rule over Midgard. I will be King! I will be far greater than you and that fool father of yours."

Thor shook his head at Loki. "No. You must stop this. Stop this madness and this poisonous dream you're having, brother."

Jane could feel the love that Thor had for his brother. Tears pricked her eyes as Thor continued.

"Can't you see what it's doing to you? It's making you killing innocent people - "

"Haven't you forgotten what I am?" The ground below Loki froze and spread out like a flower, the noise crackling in the air like bones being snapped.

"Brother...just come home. Please," begged Thor while he pressed his hand to the wound on his hip. "We thought you were dead - "

"Did you mourn?"

"We all did," said Thor with his voice breaking. "Mother especially. It's not the same without you, brother."

Jane blinked back her tears as she turned her attention back to Loki. The expression on his face was nothing like she'd ever seen. Thor went forward and hugged Loki, catching Jane and Loki both off guard, but Loki especially.

Loki felt completely numb while Thor hugged him. His brother didn't really embrace him much when they were young and growing up together. It caused a sharp pain to shoot through him, but something was still gnawing at the back of his mind. Something he had to know.

"What about Father?"

"He tried to hide it, but Mother and I saw right through him. He misses you greatly and how you always pulled pranks on the servants." Thor couldn't help but laugh at the memory of the time when Loki tricked the servants by using magic to create clones, turn wine into snakes, caused goblets to grow wings and fly away, and making the trays of food float. "You are so talented." Thor pulled away and noticed that Loki was reacting to his words by showing the same exact expression he had when Odin told him of his origins and the reason he took Loki.

Thor put a comforting hand on Loki's shoulder and the two brothers looked at each other silently. It was very obvious how much Thor loved Loki as a brother despite them not being related to each other at all. "Please..." Thor searched Loki's eyes while giving his brother's shoulder a squeeze.

Jane gripped the blanket in her lap so hard while she watched Loki look at Thor with such a heartbreaking expression.

Loki swallowed before pulling away from Thor once more and started to walk away as if to regain himself, but it didn't work. "Why do you come to me now and say those words?" He turned around to look at Thor angrily, the action causing his long hair to whip against his face. "Why wait till now? Is it because I'm so close to ruling this world that you have to be the hero again?"

"No!" Thor's voice boomed out like a ship's horn. "We want you back home, brother. To Asgard. What do I have to do for you to realize that?"

"I'm not going back home. Asgard was never my home. I will be a prisoner if I go back."

"You won't-"

"Do not lie," shouted Loki in rage. "I know what happens if I go back there. Locked up, like some blasted relic and never been seen again!"

Thor sighed and shook his head slowly. "You're so fixated on what you are, brother."

"I am not your brother," hissed Loki through gritted teeth. "I never was. When will you see that?"

"And when will you see that you are my brother! We grew up together - "

"I grew up in your shadow." Loki saw Thor shake his head and before Thor could reply, he cut him off, "Do not try to deny it! Remember the day of the coronation? What you said when I saved our lives with the veil of smoke? You blatantly put yourself and your friends in danger at that time, you were too arrogant to realize that what I did really saved our lives that day. Do you remember what else you said? Do you?"

"Brother-"

"Do you?"

Thor clenched his jaw and nodded. Slowly, as if in shame.

Loki started to walk up to him gradually. "You said I was incapable of being sincere."

"I was wrong! You are capable of it!"

"Too late now," said Loki in a half shout, half hiss as he turned around and started to walk again.

"Brother, I was wrong. Please, forgive me."

"I said it's too late."

"No, it's not too late. Please, brother. Come back to Asgard, to Mother and Father."

"Leave!" Loki's voice echoed against the cliffs, causing some rocks to crumble and fall down into the ocean.

Thor summoned Mjolnir and before Loki and Jane thought he would attack, he looked up at the sky. "Heimdall." His voice as he spoke. "Open the bridge!"

Jane clutched the blanket to her chest while the three of them watched the clouds swirl around them before a shaft of light suddenly shot down like lightning. Thor was grabbed into the light and was gone, just as Loki requested.

Loki stared up at the sky, looking at the moon. It had moved, causing it to reflect even more on the ocean. Jane took this chance to stand up from her hiding spot and started to head towards her van. However, she couldn't help but stop to look at Loki, noticing his posture slump. She bit her lip, deciding what to do. Should she go talk to him or leave him to think? Jane was worried for him and couldn't stop wondering if he was all right after what she saw between him and Thor.

Jane's expression turned sad before she looked down at the blanket in her arms. Taking in a deep breath, she turned to silently head towards him.

Loki was too busy in his thoughts that he didn't even feel Jane coming up to him until she was close enough to reach out and touch him with her fingertips. "You need to leave as well," he bit out, but Jane noticed his voice was wavering just slightly.

"I know but...I can't," confessed Jane. "Something is telling me to stay here. With you."

Loki didn't even look at her as he took in a breath and looked out at the horizon. The sea was the only thing breaking the silence, washing upon the sand, rocks, and the cliff nearby as it rolled back out. The wind blew against them, causing some of Jane's hair and Loki's armor flaps to wave in the wind while his shoulder length hair moved slightly back and forth.

Jane stepped closer to him, noticing how he didn't react and just kept staring out into the sea. She might not be a mind reader but she had a good enough guess as to what Loki was thinking about. Yet, she couldn't leave him despite knowing that she needed too. Jane tried to think of something, anything, to console him, but her mind came up blank.

When Loki turned towards her, Jane was surprised, but didn't flinch. The expression on his face made him look like a hollow shell. However, she didn't say anything and waited.

Loki stepped past her towards the cliffs with his armor getting back into place like it was a puzzle. Something told her to follow him. She did so and he allowed her. Loki led them into a cave with a bright blue light flickering inside. Jane's eyes widened in surprise and shock before she came to a halt. He had the Cube! It was here all along! Noticing that Loki was walking farther, she jogged to catch up with him, yet still didn't say anything, despite all the questions running through her head. Why did he have it? Why was it here? And what did this mean?

Jane watched him pick it up from the stand it rested in and shoved it inside the suitcase that SHIELD had made for it before clipping it shut. He grabbed the handle and stood up, walking towards Jane. Jane looked at him and before she could wonder what he was doing, he touched her shoulder with his free hand and transported them to her van. Jane looked at the van before looking back at Loki with a confused expression and soon, she got her answer.

"You will take this. Summon Thor. Give it to him." Loki handed her the suitcase.

Jane glanced at it before staring back up at him, "But what about-"

"Take it. You cannot summon him here. I will transport you back."

"Wait, that's not what I was asking. What about you, Loki? What are you going to do? Wasn't this cube all part of your plan?"

Loki stared at her with an unreadable expression. "It was."

Jane heard a silent "before" in there, and waited with a lifted eyebrow, but Loki remained silent. Jane shook her head, "You need to be the one to give it back, Loki."

"I cannot."

"Yes you can." Jane didn't care if Loki was glaring at her. "If you give it back, it'll show that you realized that what you were doing was wrong and they'll forgive you."

Loki narrowed his eyes at her but Jane continued.

"It doesn't belong to SHIELD, it belongs to Asgard and, despite wanting to make some tests and see what it's capable of, I really don't want it to be here. You can do this, I know you can, Loki."

"Do not pretend to know me."

Jane rolled her eyes. "Oh please, would you stop with that facade and realize that you're still part of a family? I would give anything to have a family like you have again. And before you go off on how you're not their actual son, they raised you. They love you and you know what I think, Loki? I think you played all sorts of tricks to get Odin to notice you, to show that you too can be someone great. Anyone can have strength, but magic is like science. You have to discover it and understand it. You've shown that magic but you can show something far more greater than that and that's what taking the Cube back to Asgard yourself is."

Loki's eyes widened, only a little, but Jane saw it.

"That's why I know you can give the cube back." Jane's voice got softer. "It's okay to be afraid. It's okay that you overreacted. They'll still forgive you and love you."

Loki looked at the suitcase that she was holding out for him to take, while repeating her words she told him in his mind.

In the darkness from the shadow that was cast over him, someone in the crowd finally noticed him and shouted out to him. Telling him that they knew him and saw him great as his brother. It wasn't his father, but his wish that someone, anyone, would notice him was granted. The rage and jealousy that coursed within Loki cooled down a little from the knowledge of being seen as an equal. With his left hand, Loki took the suitcase from Jane.

Jane smiled at him.

Loki started to turn away from her but stopped and turned back to give her a passionate kiss that took her breath away. Jane grasped his arms, letting the blanket fall to the ground, and kissed him back with pure love. Instead of feeling his cold breaths from before, it was warm and it ironically made her shiver in response.

When he pulled away, panting as she was, he showed her his true self. Gone was the rage, the jealousy, and the desire to be King and in its place was a mischievous grinning Loki ready to create some fun for amusement. It made her fall in love with him all over again and she couldn't help but kiss him once more, grasping his hair as she did so.

They broke apart for a short while before meeting each other in another kiss. Loki dropped the suitcase to wrap his arms around her waist and pull her closer towards him. The kiss was like before, white hot passion, but with a gentleness. It made her want to cry since he was putting his entire being into the kiss.

Loki pulled away and Jane smiled up at him. She was rewarded with his own smile before he took a step back to get the forgotten suitcase. Touching her shoulder and the van, they teleported to Puente Antiguo, New Mexico.

Jane realized what he was doing when he started to head toward the magic circle and grabbed his free arm. Loki turned his head to look at her, seeing her worried expression.

"I...I just..." Her voice was shaking as she looked down. She had no idea what to say.

Loki's gaze was soft as he watched her. "You may or may not see me when I leave."

Jane nodded slowly but still didn't look up at him. "I know..."

Loki moved his arm up so that he could touch her cheek, feeling her warm skin underneath his own. Jane moved her head up finally to look at him as she continued to hold his arm in her hand as if she was afraid to let him go. She was afraid to let him go.

Jane didn't realize she was crying until she felt Loki's fingers beside her eyes. "Sorry, I thought I could...stop the...uh." Loki just smiled at her before giving one last wipe of her tears and pulling his arm away gently. Jane let him go before brushing her own eyes with the sleeve of her jacket and watched as he vanished after a couple of steps.

She hugged herself and tried to remember his touch, his smile, his voice, his everything, but it just made her sadder. With heavy footsteps, she went to her trailer.

Loki stood near the circle and looked up, surveying the clouds moving softly in the sky. With a deep breath, he closed his eyes to clear his mind of the mortal he had just left and opened them again. The rage and jealousy inside him towards Thor and Odin threatened to unleash, but he had a calm and firm hold over it. However, he did allow some of it to leak out.

He brought up his left hand and summoned blue fire in his palm. Loki let it gather and build up before slinging it into the magic circle, causing the fire to explode a little on impact. The action would signal Heimdall his presence and, just as he predicted, Thor shot down in beam of light.

"Loki," breathed Thor as the smoke cleared from the wormhole. He noticed the suitcase and looked back at his brother's face curiously. It was unreadable, yet Thor knew what Loki had just done. "You...brought the Tesseract?"

Loki tilted his head back before looking down at the suitcase and then back at Thor as if thinking. He was doing it all for show, but Thor didn't know that. "Seems like I have." Loki's eyebrows went up as he said, "Surprise."

Thor was cautious. "I hope this isn't a trick, brother."

Loki couldn't help but smirk. "Trick? Why would I signal Heimdall to where I was out here in the open with no staff so that you can come forth?"

Thor thought about it for a bit, putting the pieces of the puzzle together. "Is that why you didn't come with me earlier? To get the Tesseract?"

"Does it matter? I have it here and now."

Thor walked some steps towards his brother while asking, "Does that mean you will come back home?"

Loki's expression remained unreadable before a smirk appeared. However, it was an old smile he used when playing tricks on a servant like he did before Thor's coronation. Thor hadn't seen it in so long that he didn't notice it at first.

"Asgard is my home, is it not?"

That's when Thor noticed Loki's eyes softening. He went up to Loki and hugged him tight. He didn't even think to take the cube from his brother and just held him tight while clapping his back a couple of times.

It made Loki see realize that Thor did really see him as a brother. He didn't demand the cube back and just hugged him. Really hugged him, like he missed him.

"My brother," whispered Thor.

Loki couldn't move. How could he? He was frozen in shock.

Moving to look up at the clouds as he held onto Loki with his left arm, Thor called upon Heimdall. The gatekeeper had seen the exchange and despite what one may think, he saw something other than a threat in Loki. Something that made Heimdall allow him to come back through the wormhole.

Light engulfed the two brothers and they disappeared. Thor and Loki reappeared in the rebuilt dome of the BiFrost as the magic cannon slowed to a stop. Heimdall stared at Loki, but didn't make a move to attack him. Thor led Loki out, not even bothering to take the suitcase since he trusted his brother completely. Loki held Heimdall's stare with his own until he had to cross the rainbow bridge.

Memories flashed in his mind, but only one cut him deep: The reminder of the mortal. The cut severed the veil he usually had in his mind that kept out Heimdall, but the gatekeeper saw it. Loki quickly repaired the veil and followed Thor to the gates of Asgard.

Thor was beside his brother in the throne room where his father and mother stood. Frigga couldn't help herself and ran to Loki, throwing her arms around him in a hug.

"Loki, my son," she said, sobbing as she hugged him tight. Thor watched his father, willing him to do something, but Odin didn't budge. He felt anger surge up but didn't let it loose with a shout or something else reckless.

Frigga pulled away from Loki before fixing up a lock of hair that had fallen into his eyes. "There, now you look presentable," she said with a smile before turning to her husband. Odin nodded at her and Frigga moved to the side of her sons after putting a reassuring hand on Loki's arm.

"I have brought the Tesseract," announced Loki, his voice echoing in the large room.

"Yes, you have," said Odin, putting his hands behind his back. "Why though?"

Loki looked at Odin, fighting to keep his anger in check. "Because I have no need of it and its rightful place is in Asgard." Loki clenched his teeth a little before relaxing his jaw to continue. "Locked up in the vault."

"Mmm." Odin nodded his head as he paced around the top of the small stairway.

Thor and Frigga both watched the AllFather with very different expressions in their eyes: Thor's gaze was hard, while Frigga's was filled with hope. No doubt she was wishing that he wouldn't mess this up. Again. Loki stared at Odin without emotion on his face, but his emotions were chaotic in the inside.

"Heimdall wouldn't have let you come if he deemed you a threat to Asgard."

Loki felt the words cut into him. Threat. That's what he was before.

"However, you have also betrayed those in Asgard and have threatened, as well as taken, lives in Midgard."

Thor was about to say something but with one look from Frigga, he kept his mouth shut and looked at his brother in silence.

"Yes, I did," said Loki plainly. It was so hard to contain the rage in him, but he kept it at bay. He didn't know how long he could dampen the cold side that wanted to freeze him entirely.

"You also know the punishment that will fall upon you?" Both Thor and Frigga turned to look at Odin.

"Yes," said Loki, in almost a hiss.

"Guards, please take the Cosmic Cube to the vault." The guards started to walk towards Loki as Odin stepped to the very top of the stairway. The guards took the suitcase from Loki and headed out of the throne room.

"As for you, Loki." Loki closed his eyes, knowing what was to come. He'd expected it and feared it. It was why he wanted Jane to bring it to Thor.

"I, Odin AllFather, King of Asgard," - Loki wished he could freeze time - "have heard that you have admitted to know that you caused harm to others, killed innocents, and tried to take rule of Midgard." His voice grew louder as he spoke the next words, "You've also acknowledged punishment that would come forth upon you when you came back to Asgard with the Cosmic Cube despite your actions."

Frigga gripped her own hands while Thor put a hand on Loki's shoulder and squeezed it.

"Loki, God of Mischief, the King has decided that you should be sentenced to the punishment most fitting for your actions."

Before Frigga could go up to him to try and talk him out of it, Odin held up his hand. as Thor boomed out, "No, father!" Odin raised his other hand at Thor, looking at Loki.

Loki felt numb before the anger inside of him raised its ugly head. He knew this would happen, and yet that mortal, that foolish mortal...that woman!

"However, the father sees that the King needs to give his other son a second chance for it was his fault for not telling him the truth."

Frigga covered her mouth as tears spilled from her eyes. Thor trapped his brother with his arm, giving him a half hug while shaking him.

Loki looked at Odin like he couldn't believe what he was hearing. Odin stepped down the stairs towards Loki. "You have always been, and will always be our son, Loki."

Loki stared at Odin like a little boy shocked at being forgiven, and suddenly found himself in a tight hug from Odin. "You are...my...son," said Odin as tears ran down his cheeks despite the patch covering his right eye. "My son!" Odin's voice echoed in the room as if yelling to the other worlds to let them know that Loki was his son despite him being a Frost Giant.

It felt like it had been more than a million years since Loki cried as he wrapped his arms tight around his father. Thor was still squeezing his shoulder with some of his own tears while Frigga had walked over to put hands on her husband and Loki as she too wept in joy.

Odin pulled away gently to look at Loki, dried tear trails shining on both their faces, and held onto his son's elbows. "My boy, you have shown how you can give up something so powerful and return back to the place you have betrayed. You know the truth of your lineage, but you are my son and I have always deemed you worthy of being King. You and Thor have come around and have admitted your mistakes, and that's what makes a King. Not just a good King, but a great one. I am proud of both of you. My sons."

Odin hugged Thor and Loki together while Frigga looked on with a happy and tearful gaze.

Finally...finally!

Loki's wish was fulfilled, as was Frigga's.

...ooo...

It had been a week while Loki was accepted back into Asgard. Frigga walked with him a few times around the garden and courtyard while Thor spent time with his brother, wanting to practice a new move. Thor's friends were cautious of Loki and a bit suspicious, considering what he did, despite his sincere apologies.

Odin was the same as ever but he had a tough decision now of who he had to choose to be King since the sleep was getting stronger. He was stroking his beard when the idea hit him and he called out to the guards, "Send for my sons immediately."

Loki was nearing the BiFrost right at that moment, Heimdall looking at him.

"Is there somewhere you wish to go?" Heimdall asked in a wise voice as Loki got closer although still kept careful watch on the young prince.

"There is," said Loki, dressed in full armor except for the helmet.

Heimdall knew that Odin called for him and Thor, but he saw right into Loki's heart and saw the deep love for the mortal woman that had changed the God of Mischief. "Where to?"

Loki stared at him, wondering how he could say this without causing suspicion, even though he wasn't up to anything for once. He didn't want to be King anymore. Not when...

"I have...left some business down in Midgard." It was mostly true, if you switched out the words. While the old Loki would smile after trying to persuade someone, this one kept a straight face.

Heimdall gripped the hilt of his sword. "What business do you have there?" The gatekeeper couldn't help from getting back at Loki after what he did.

"Nothing threatening, I assure you." Loki couldn't help a small smile this time.

"Hmmm."

Hemdall waited for a couple minutes to make Loki suffer before turning around and walked into the dome of the BiFrost. "If you cover yourself from my eyes, I will send someone down to get you."

Loki almost froze in step while he walked past Heimdall towards the area where the funnel-like cannon would suck him in. He had no idea what to do now - he hadn't thought this through at all. Should he go and see Jane while Heimdall saw it all? What if Heimdall told Thor?

No, Jane wasn't with his brother anymore. The thought eased his mind and calmed himself down. "I have nothing to hide," he finally said right as Heimdall pushed in the sword. The gears underneath started to turn, creating sparks of magic. The BiFrost swiveled around and around while the cannon moved downward.

Lightning crackled inside the BiFrost as it gained momentum and enough magic to suck in Loki into its wormhole, and shot him towards Midgard.

...ooo...

"It's been a week and there has been no sign of the God," said Steve. "We need to find him and fast. He must be planning something," said Steve.

"We know this. But, as you said, there's been no sign of him," replied Fury.

"How about doing one of those searches of every electronic device," suggested Tony, moving around boxes on the monitors he was standing in front of.

"We already did that," drawled Fury. "No sign at all. Not even of the cube."

"He couldn't have just vanished," started Steve before realizing how stupid he sounded. "Right...sure he could. God and all."

"Jane Foster has experience with Gods - she did find Thor. Maybe she has some information that we don't have," said Tony.

"We've also contacted her. She says she's seen nothing the past week."

"She may be lying." Everyone looked at Natasha.

"That's crazy," said Steve.

"I agree," piped up Bruce.

"It's not crazy, it could be possible."

"Yeah, sure. She would go for the God of Mischief after being with the God of Thunder," Tony rolled his eyes.

"Happens a lot in movies," commented Bruce before looking up to see everyone staring at him. "What?"

"You watch those type of movies?" Tony couldn't help but grin.

"Not like I have a choice. I turn it on for the patients."

"Uh huh," said Tony shoved another candy inside his mouth.

"Let's focus." Everyone turned to Fury. "I already sent men to where Jane Foster is located, and they found nothing."

"Are they keeping track?" asked Tony as he chewed.

"Of course they are. They're on strict orders to alert me when they see any sign of a wormhole touching the ground."

...ooo...

Since the BiFrost was repaired, the landing point was on the other side of town, that was where Loki appeared. The circle beneath his feet was different than the one that appeared when Thor's friends came to help him. Loki looked at the circle in the darkness before switching his gaze to the small town that gave off just enough light for him to see.

Cloaking himself, knowing that SHIELD would be here since he had disappeared without a trace, he teleported to the last place he saw Jane, only to find himself near SHIELD crew. Of course, they couldn't see him, but he had to be careful.

"Look, I've told you all before - there hasn't been any signs of wormholes," said a familiar voice. Loki carefully walked around the agents and was grateful that he had Midgardian clothes and not his armor and cape.

Loki saw Jane speaking with an agent, clearly the head of the group, and she didn't seem very pleased. Her arms were crossed despite being exhausted with dark little bags bellow her eyes.

"That doesn't mean he won't show up here soon," said Coulson.

"Why would he here come here? He has Erik," replied Jane.

Loki knew he was forgetting something. Mind controlling. The spear. He had left it that night. He tried to remember why, but was pulled from his thoughts.

"Scouts found another circle on the other side of town!"

Coulson nodded before looking at Jane. "See? Just as we thought."

Jane rolled her eyes. "How are you going to catch a God then?"

"Easy." One of Coulson's men pulled out a weapon that Jane hadn't seen before. "We've been working on these for a while and now's a good time as any to try it out."

"You mean...to blast him?" Jane was dumbfounded.

"It packs a sick punch," Coulson smiled widely at her.

Jane shook her head before sighing. They just didn't get it. She'd seen what Loki could do, but she kept it to herself since she knew they would interrogate her more.

"That's not going to do anything to him. He's a God. A God! Who knows what other magic abilities he can do. Maybe he's here right now, nearby, and you don't even know it." Jane started to go into the lab since she was getting tired of SHIELD and also from not sleeping as much.

"Let's move out," announced Coulson before looking back at Jane, who was pulling the door and walking inside the lab.

Loki watched Jane as the crew headed out to the circle he had landed on arrival. He had to be quick, yet careful. He watched Jane closely as she talked with the woman inside for a while. She really needed some rest.

"All I'm saying is that you need to sleep. It's been three days now since you've slept good. You're starting to like a panda," said Darcy while typing up something up on her laptop.

"I just...wish they stopped coming here. Every time they do I worry that they'll take the equipment back and..." Jane sighed as she paced around the room.

"Look, you need to go sleep. It's okay to take a break every now and then, but you need something longer, like a hibernation."

Jane rolled her eyes as she crossed her arms before yawning a little bit. "I can't."

"Why not? You're still not trying to find Thor, are you?"

"What? No. No, I'm not searching for him at all," said Jane in immediate defense. "I just want to continue on my research and they keep..." Jane groaned while bringing her hands to her face to compose herself and took a deep breath.

"Sleep, honey," said Darcy as she closed the laptop shut. "There's a reason why we sleep Jane. We can rest, recover, and dream."

Jane was about to say something back to Darcy but her friend beat her to the punch, "Different dreams. Like hot guys walking around in their underwear."

"Just go sleep," groaned Jane as she turned away from Darcy to look at the clock that hung on the kitchen wall. It was 1:34 in the morning and yet she couldn't bring herself to sleep. Not yet.

However, her body started to catch up with her and she felt her eyes begin to droop and she teetered and leaned. Jane grabbed hold of a nearby kitchen chair and tried to keep herself up. Green eyes flashed in her mind before wet hair dripping with water and armor made of the finest leather replaced it.

She had missed him so much and she couldn't sleep. The dreams didn't bother her until four days ago when she had a terrible nightmare. The images that her brain conjured up scared her. Even while she napped, it came back again and again.

Jane gripped the sides of the chair tight as she tried to push down the images. She thought of the time spent with Loki for the first time and how she wasn't even scared of the God.

"So, you're Loki. Thor's brother," said Jane, crossing her arms. "The one that tried to kill him and the entire town?"

Loki smirked darkly while he walked towards her slowly, passing by the fallen soldiers that tried to stop him from entering the safe base. "And you must be that mortal woman."

"I have a name," she countered, not even budging. "You should already know it, it's not so hard to say."

Loki chuckled softly as he continued to eat up the large space between them with each passing second.

"I don't see what's so funny." Jane stared hard at Loki. "You've killed a lot of people and you almost did the same to your own brother. You're doing all of this so just you can rule us?"

"Exactly it," said Loki as he winked at her.

Jane shivered at the memory. Loki's wink didn't affect her then but remembering it now made her shudder. He had come to her and said he needed her assistance. Whether she accepted or not, he would force her to help him. Well, he did manage to do just that by teleporting her out and back to his hideout.

"Ugh." Jane didn't want to remember that time when she had seen Erik under his control. Rubbing her hand over her head, she decided she needed to rest. The couch was close but it was covered with papers, photos, and small containers. Letting out a breath, Jane walked to the door to head to her trailer.

Loki followed her, sensing that there were some SHIELD members nearby to keep a watch. It was different now though since before, he would just attack them.

Jane pulled open the trailer door, but as she tried to step up, she felt someone help her in. Surprised, and panicked, she backed away and the unknown force shut the door until Loki appeared before her eyes.

A wave of emotions coursed through her and she couldn't help but gasp at the sight of him. "You...you're..."

"I do have a name," he said with a smile.

Jane looked at him like she hadn't seen him years, her own smile lighting up her face. She couldn't hold herself back any longer and hugged him, loving the feel of him against her once more. His soft coat tickled her nose and warmed her up. "Loki...I've missed you so much." Tears escaped from the corners of her eyes and she rubbed her face into his coat as he ran a hand through her hair.

After a minute passed of Loki comforting her as she cried softly, Jane pulled back only a little to look up at him. "Were you here the whole time?" She moved her hands up and down his back slowly.

"Just got back today," he said softly.

"So you were hiding." Jane blinked her eyes to stay awake. "How did it go in Asgard?"

Loki took a long breath in before letting it out softly. "Quite well."

"Details," she urged him as she sneaked her right hand up to tug a lock of hair.

Loki chuckled, a deep sound that Jane felt rumble in his chest. "You were right," he said in a soft voice. "I was accepted back in because I was granted a second chance." Loki looked at her with a gentle expression as he allowed his feelings for her to show. Taking her left hand with his, he put his palm against her own. "If you hadn't pushed me...to get me to take it back, I don't know what I..."

Jane squeezed his hand, letting him know that she understood what he was saying. "You're an amazing man, Loki. I love you."

Loki moved his head closer to hers and whispered, "Would you allow me to love you?"

It was Jane's turn to giggle now. "That's what I always wanted when I fell in love with you."

A smile was her answer before Loki kissed her. It was soft, just like before, and yet still made her feel so alive. Jane moaned softly - it had been so long since they kissed. It didn't even seem like it had been only a week since they were last together.

Loki gently pushed her towards the bed as he broke the kiss. "You need to rest," he said in a whisper, which was quite seductive in Jane's books.

"Stop seducing me and I will." A chuckle was her answer. Loki helped her take off her jacket, shoes, socks, and pants and climb into the bed. He took off his scarf and jacket before summoning away his shoes and socks. Loki got into bed with her just as he switched the door's latch to lock.

Jane snuggled up to him on her side as she gathered the blankets over them. Resting her head on his shoulder, she made random designs on his chest with her fingers and closed her eyes. Loki moved the locks of hair that had fallen over her face and slid his fingers upon her cheek. Jane smiled at his touch upon her skin and let out a content sound.

Loki smiled down at her before looking at the lamp that was providing some light in the trailer. With a soft snap, it shut off, leaving them in the darkness. It was a different darkness now for the two of them.

"Jane," he said nervously.

"Hmm?" Jane continued to glide her fingers over his chest.

"Would you...in time that is, since you had a life here first… consider being my wife?"

Jane stopped drawing on his chest and opened her eyes, despite not being able to see Loki clearly. "Your...your wife?"

Loki swallowed. Was...she rejecting him? He still had no idea about mortals. "Yes. My wife. You will be able to visit Asgard and Midgard freely, of course."

"That...sounds...absolutely wonderful!" Jane wanted to throw her arms around him but they wouldn't move.

"Whenever you're ready, of course."

"I...wow. So I'm going to be a God's wife. That's...a lot of pressure." Jane was excited even though sleep was dragging her in even deeper.

"Only if you believe it will be," whispered Loki in her ear, making her smile and give a breathy and faint laugh. "Rest now." The demand was in a whisper. Far from the Loki she had met the first time. He had changed so much, yet he was still the same as he was before.

"I do have a name." Jane's voice was soft and low, but Loki managed to hear it.

Just as she surrendered to sleep, she heard him speak softly in her ear. "I love you, my Jane."

I know what you're thinking, "what about the agents that went to check on the circle Loki made?" or all the other questions that are going on in your head right now. Your questions will be answered since I am in the process of writing more because this little verse just won't stop.

So the next (and last) chapter will be posted whenever I type it out and get it beta read.

Until then, PLEASE review! I don't mind favorites but really, I would love to hear your thoughts on this because it was really challenging for me to write (the emotional scenes in particular) so please do let me know what you thought :D