disclaimer: I don't own the canon.

author's note: yeah, no particular reason for this.

summary: they are the monsters Asgard fears/lokixdarcy, 'welcome to the family'


/hel/

The other goddesses are unkind, and she hides her skeletal hand beneath the table in shame.

"Oh look," a voice drawls. "It's the bitch-parade."

The strange mortal, Darcy, sits beside her and chatters endlessly for hours. Hel is enamoured with her strange tales and the queer lenses she wears upon her brow. She is Lady Jane's friend, and a confident of her father (who is looking less irate and more alarmed now that they are seated together). They drink too much wine, discuss reincarnations and braid each others' hair – Jane has never laughed so much and Thor beams widely at his niece.

(hel knows darcy is wary of her)

(darcy's never much cared for what others think)

(loki is forever confused when he sees them together, painting their nails and giggling)

/fenrir/

The first time he notices it, it is at breakfast. He is running behind and catches sight of his son's tail wisping around a corner. Curious, Loki follows.

Fenrir whines low in his throat and nudges an offering closer to Darcy's feet. She wears a scowl on her face and is unimpressed.

"Yeah, no dice Fluffy," she says. "You're a complete menace, y'know – they were my only pair of shoes!"

Loki's son looks up at her with large pleading eyes. She rolls her eyes. This appears to be a routine, Loki notes with surprise.

"Fine, but only one piece!" Fenrir bounces off with a large toothy grin, chasing after the dead rabbit he offered. She has a strong arm and good aim, her shout carries after the wolf: "You're still in trouble young man!"

(later, he catches them playing together with a large muli-coloured ball)

(he's never seen his son so ecstatic over a child's game before)

/Jormungandr/

She's late and the evening has fallen into a downpour outside of the office. Loki has come to bring her an umbrella when he catches her at her desk, asleep. The strange contraption, her eye-pod, is still lit up. Underneath her hand, her fingers are still wrapped around her stylus -

dry-food: looks gross, fairly cheap though

worms: eeeeeeew

live-food: whales?

Darcy shifts, sighs and her hand moves across the page: what to feed a world serpent