ORIGINAL IMAGINE:

Imagine you start receiving books with erotic poems out of nowhere, anonymously. At first you're a little hesitant to go with it. You don't know what to think of it. Eventually, you start reading and looking forward to receiving a new book. You have no idea who is behind all this, but you find yourself being oddly intrigued by it all. After days of wondering who it is, he finally reveals himself. It's Loki.

RATING: general.

NOTES/WARNINGS: none.

It all started out as a normal day. Faye woke up before the alarm went off and got ready for her day. Washing up, she looked at herself in the mirror. Green eyes quickly scanned her face and body. Her long raven black hair got completely messed up at night. As always. Luckily, it was a quick fix. Back in her room she picked out her outfit and got dressed. Jeans, t-shirt, hoodie, socks. Comfy. Walking into the kitchen, she turned on the radio and had breakfast. Looking outside, she smiled. She loved sunny days like this. While listening to the news and weather report, she finished having breakfast and started preparing lunch. Filling up her bag with lunch, a snack and her water bottle, she was ready to leave. Putting on her sneakers, she grabbed her bag, turned off the radio and went on her way to work. Parking her car, she looked at the building she would be spending her day at. An outsider would think it was just an normal office building. To Faye it was a place where she and her colleagues created a window to the world for people. 'Live it! Magazine.' was made for dreamers, by dreamers. Walking in, she took an elevator and waited for it to take her to the fifth floor. Getting out, she started making the trip to her office. Sitting down at her desk, she scanned the other offices. Sensing the excited atmosphere, she smiled. New month, new issue to put together. They would start with a meeting to listen to everyone's ideas and to plan everything. After that they would be spending the next weeks writing and editing their articles to get everything ready for the release. A last meeting to check if everyone did their tasks and that was it. A new issue of 'Live it! Magazine.' would reach readers from all different kinds of places. Faye loved her job.

As the editor of the Trip & Travel Department, Faye got to go on trips and travel the world. Every month, she would go on a daytrip in the city, a national weekend trip and an international week trip. She loved discovering new places, meeting new people and trying new foods. In the few years she had been part of this team, she had seen so many interesting places and met so many amazing people, making her excited to pick new trips every month. Faye had three maps hanging on the wall of her office. She always started with adding pins to places she was interested in visiting. She would end up with three options per map, going with one option and leaving the other two for the next months. From then on, she would start planning her trips. She would start researching by reading travel guides, visiting websites and contacting people. After that, she would go on her trips. Getting pictures, taking notes all day long, gathering information. In between trips, she would spend days at her office writing and editing her articles. She would have meetings to evaluate her progress and make long days. It was exhausting, but it was worth it. She would end up with articles that made people dream of making these trips themselves. That's all she wanted. That's all she ever wanted. She loved to travel and wanted to share her experiences. After starting a travel blog and posting little articles of her trips on it, she knew this is what she wanted to do in the future. That's why she studied tourism and journalism. Her years at college weren't easy. Long days, sleepless nights and a lot of stress made her wanting to quit many times, but she didn't. And she was happy she didn't. She got an internship at 'Live it! Magazine' and gave it her all. She wanted this job.

And here she was. Sitting in her office, ready to get started on a new issue. All she had to do was wait for the meetings to start. Luckily, she didn't have to wait long. Meetings like this always took a few hours. By the time everyone shared their ideas, it was time for lunch. Faye loved having a little talk with her colleagues. They didn't get to talk a lot while writing and editing articles, so lunch was a perfect time to do that. After lunch, it was time to pick her trips for that month. Looking at her maps, Faye started adding pins. She still had a pin on every map, so it was time to add new pins to them. She always found new things she wanted to do and new places she wanted to visit in different ways. Reading newspapers, watching television, listening to the radio, having a little talk with friends and family. It was easy that way. As she was finished with adding new pins, she started picking which options she would go with this month. This was the hardest part. She had to think of tickets she would need to buy, bookings that had to be made, preparations that needed to be done. If she ended up being too late or not prepared, there would be no articles. Luckily, she knew where to check all these things. A few quick searches on websites and phone calls later, Faye knew which options she was going with. By the time she was done with that, it was time for their next meeting. As everything was planned, everyone knew what to do and got started. For Faye, this was the end of her day at work.

She wasn't done for the day, though. First thing to do was to visit the travel agency. Faye needed to know what they had to offer for her weekend trip and week trip. Flight, hotel, excursions. She would have a look at it at home before making any decisions. As a travel reviewer, Faye had travelled with a lot of different agencies, so she knew which one to pick for which trip. She would want cheap flights and hotels, but she wanted comfort and quality too. This is what her readers wanted. Since they knew Faye, they knew what she was looking for. Visits always took up quite a long time, as Faye needed information on a few trips. They would plan her trips in different ways, giving her a few options. They would give her catalogues with tips, pictures, descriptions and plenty of information. Faye always travelled by plane as it was the fastest way to get there, but she provided information on different ways of travel in her articles too. Boat, train, car, bus. Faye loved nature, architecture and food. She would always do things that interested her, but she knew that not everyone liked these things. That's why she had catalogues with plenty of information on different interesting things. It was a lot of work, but if she wanted all of her readers to find the information they needed, she would have to do it.

Next thing to do was to visit the library. Faye loved this part of her job. If you wanted to find information on any topic, this was the place to be. Faye was a frequent visitor, and not just because of her job. She loved books. She loved to read. It was a perfect way to escape reality. She loved scanning through shelves to find new writers and series to read. Faye's genre of choice was detective/mystery and fantasy. She had read plenty of books like this and was always looking for new writers in this genre. If she found a series she really liked, she would want to have it. Luckily, there was still plenty of space in her book shelves for that. Faye would always start her visit by checking the informative books section. Scanning through the shelves, she picked out a few travel guides and books on the cities she would visit on her trips. Travel guides always had maps, lists with things to visit and do, a little history on the city and random information. Books were perfect to find information on history and culture. Sitting down at a desk, she started her research. Flipping pages in books, she scanned through the texts. Faye loved discovering new facts she never knew. This is what made doing research fun. Writing down interesting things on a notebook, Faye gathered all the information she wanted to put in her article. Having picked out a few books, she wanted the information she found to check out. If not, she wouldn't use it. Putting the books back after checking them, Faye had a quick look at the travel guides. She would check the publishing date, since she wanted the most recent information and maps. Travel guides needed to be easy to find things in. Travelers of all kinds would use them, so that's why Faye checked this. She always recommended a few of them in her articles.

Putting a few travel guides back, she put everything in her bag and went on her way to the novels section. Scanning through the shelves, Faye quickly found an interesting book. Reading the back cover, she smiled. Having read plenty of books like this, she loved finding writers who came up with a completely new story that didn't remind her of anything she had read before. This was a book like this. As she started reading it on her way to a check-out desk, Faye got completely lost in its story. She wasn't looking where she was going at all and didn't see him. Bumping into this stranger, Faye yelped and dropped her book. Snapping out of it, she finally noticed him. He didn't say a word as he looked at her. Looking at him, Faye started apologizing. "I'm so sorry! I wasn't looking where I was going and I didn't notice you." she said. "It's okay. This my fault too." he said with a smile. "I'm so sorry." Faye whispered as she started blushing. Picking up their books, he handed her the book she dropped. Taking it from him, she looked at him with a little smile. Going their separate ways, Faye made it to the check-out desk. On her way home, she realized she was still blushing. She didn't know why. She had bumped into strangers before and it always ended like this. She would never see him again and she would forget that it ever happened.

Little did she know that this would end differently.