"Jane?" Thor knocked on the door and waited.
"Who is it?" He could hear her rushing around inside her apartment. It had taken him a long time to find her, he'd left her a few months ago and hadn't been able to return. She had moved since and he had had some trouble finding her, Darcy had helped him though. She had been in the same apartment as last time, and had told him where to go.
"Thor." He waited outside and listened as the shuffling suddenly stopped.
"Ha ha, very funny Darcy. Don't hurt me like that. Now leave me, I've got a date." She opened the door a couple of seconds' later and clicked the door shut, locking it and checking it was shut. Turning around, she bumped straight into him. She stepped back and looked up at who it was. "Oh my God…it is you!" She opened the door again and stepped in, inviting him to follow.
"A date?" He hung his hammer on the key rack and walked over to her.
"Yeah. I guy from work asked me if I want to get some dinner, but lots of other people are going, it's like a work party." She took off her coat and took out her phone. "One second." She walked into the another room, he listened as she cancelled her appearance at the party. He looked around her apartment at all her little trinkets and belongings. He even came across a picture of himself and her on the bedside table. He sat down gently on the bed and looked at the picture. It was one she had taken on her phone when they were in Asgard. She came in and leaned on the door frame, watching him as he replaced the picture where it was. "Do you make a habit of wandering into girls bedrooms after surprising them and looking through all their things?" She laughed and walked over to him.
"No. Actually yours is the first women's bed-chambers I have ever entered. I am sorry for intruding." He hugged her gently and held her for a long time. "And, I am sorry for not returning sooner." He looked into her eyes and pecked her lips gently. She pulled his head back down and kissed him again.
"Why do you stay away for so long?" She eventually broke it off and pulled him through to the living room. Sitting down on the sofa she handed him a glass of wine.
"I have responsibilities in Asgard. But there is one main reason I came here tonight." She turned to face him fully. "My father wants me to rule Asgard, and he says the people of Asgard are worried because they know I keep coming to Earth to see you and I'm not settled down, that they want me to settle down. He also says, the people are more accepting if I have been married." He saw the expression on her face and watched as her shoulders fell.
"So…so it's over then? That's why you're here?" She shuffled uncomfortably on the sofa.
"No. Quite the opposite. I want you to come to Asgard with me, and rule Asgard alongside me." She choked on her wine and coughed into the cup.
"You want me…to be Queen of Asgard?!"
"Yes. I also want you to be my wife. If you accept then-" She jumped onto him and kissed him passionately.
"I accept." She looked into his eyes and saw the worry. "What?"
"There is something I don't think you understand Jane. Well, two things." He sat up straight and placed the wine glass on the floor. "You would have to move to Asgard, and undergo a lot of training. Must know how to fight, defend yourselves, and understand a lot about the cosmos. Normally it is taught when they are young, but not for you. You will also have to undergo a special process."
She placed her cup on the floor to and sat up on the sofa, crossing her legs. "I'm okay with everything Thor, I would do anything to be with you, but what kind of process?" She looked over herself quickly, then back up to him.
"You have to undergo an aging process, or anti-aging process. It ensures you will grow older with me." He sighed heavily.
"Okay." Her reply was quick, short and unexpected.
"Okay?" He looked at her suspiciously.
"Okay. I'll go through with the process, and I'll move to Asgard." She leaned into his warm embrace. "And…I'll marry you." He kissed the top of her head and nudged her away gently.
"This is probably rather cold and uncomfortable." He slipped the metal plating off over his head and laid it on the floor. "I believe..." Thor patted around and pulled a small wooden box out of a pocket in his undershirt. "That it is a mid-gardian tradition that each suitor would wear a ring." He lifted her hand and slipped a small golden ring onto her finger. She took the other from his hand and placed it on his finger. "I love you Jane Foster."
"I love you too." She leaned further into him and he wrapped his arm around her. "And can I ask you something?"
"Of course." He replied, lifting his wine back up from the floor.
"Do I take…do Asgardians…take each other's last name or not? Am I going to become Jane Odinson?"
"If you wish. It is not required of you if you don't want to."
"I do, I want to." She turned on the TV and covered the two of them in a warm blanket.
"You're WHAT?!" Darcy stood up and paced around the table.
"I'm moving." Jane walked around to her kitchen counter and poured her friend a new cup of coffee and grabbed her a biscuit, walking over to meet her.
"Where to?!" Jane pressed the new coffee and biscuit into Darcy's hands as a peace offering.
"Asgard." She muttered it under her breath and walked back over to Thor.
"Where?"
"Asgard." She spoke a little more clearly.
"ASGARD!?" The peace offering was slammed down on the table. "My best-friend is moving to somewhere in space where I'll never see her again?" Darcy now looked more upset than angry.
"I assure you Darcy, I will bring Jane back to visit your planet, often." Thor spoke up, trying to help the situation.
"You promise, you don't just say that, you really will?" Darcy pressed, walking over to the pair.
"I will, I swear on my honour." He heard Darcy and Jane both breathe out a sigh of relief. Then start crying. They hugged each other and cried into each other's shoulders.
"I'm gonna miss you!" Jane sobbed, wiping her eyes.
"I'm…I'm…I'm gonna miss you more!" Darcy handed her a tissue and took one for herself. After a while they had both stopped crying, and were recovering from their sad ordeal. "I have to go Jane, I got to get to work. When are you leaving?" Darcy pulled on her coat and grabbed her bag. Jane looked up at Thor for the answer.
"Oh…err…I must take Jane to Asgard and meet my father. We must sort living arrangements and Jane must undergo a certain process, but we will be back in around two weeks." He looked down at her and she nodded to Darcy.
"Okay, well, I'll see you in two weeks." She opened the door and Jane stepped out, Darcy pulled her keys from the kitchen counter. "Thor, your hammer is over-" He cut her off by summoning it to himself as it flew through the air. The trio exited the small apartment and headed towards the front of the building. Thor walked in silence while observing the chit-chat between his fiancée and her best-friend. Once reaching the door of the building, Darcy headed left for her job, and Thor and Jane walked hand in hand back towards her flat, which was to the right.
"I think my friend Sif will really like you, there isn't many women in my friendship group… In fact, she is the only one, it will be a welcome relief for her." Thor laughed and squeezed her hand.
"Actually, I was wondering who your friends were, do you think they will like me?"
"I think they will. Do you want to get a small bag with some belongings? I will provide you with clothes when we reach Asgard." Thor held her close and flew the two back to the main lobby of her soon to be unowned rental. They walked up to the door and stepped inside. "I will see you tomorrow, I must visit S.H.I.E.L.D Head Quarters, is that okay?" He asked tentatively.
"Yeah, may I come with you though?" She closed the door behind him.
"Of course, but why?"
"I would like to visit some friends there. Remember in Mexico when S.H.I.E.L.D gave me my research and equipment back, they asked me to work for them a few days later. I was still missing you and all your Avenger friends were very nice. I haven't seen them in a while." Thor hugged her close after she finished.
"Of course. Do you want to pack, I'm going to look around the town. I'll meet you back here in four hours?"
"Sounds great."
"Thor?" Jane walked over to the door and answered it to someone who came as a surprise. "Err…hi. Please…step in." She watched as the man stepped in.
"Hi Tony, what are you doing here?" She looked down the corridor worriedly before she clicked it shut.
"I thought I'd come see how you were doing, since you cancelled last night. Why have you got boxes everywhere?" He moved in closer to her but she backed away.
"I'm…I'm moving." She walked through to the kitchen. He followed her through and placed his hands on her hips from behind. Thor walked into the room and closed the door quietly, and neither of the two in the kitchen heard.
"Maybe I can help you." He whispered in her ear as she squirmed about, trying to escape his arms.
"Tony…Tony get off me." Jane tried to push him away but he held her tightly. "TONY! Get off."
"Aww, come on Janey…I know you want-" Thor punched him hard in his face and lifted him off the floor by his shirt.
"Don't ever touch MY Jane again." Thor roared, punching him again. Putting him down roughly he backed away. "Jane, are you okay?" The worry in his voice warmed her heart.
"I'm your Jane, am I?" She raised her eyebrows and squeezed out a cold cloth.
"I am sorry, I did not mean it in that way. I do not think I own you or anything related. You are your own person." He stammered out, trying not to offend her.
"No, I like it. Thank you for defending me." She leaned up and kissed him before walking over to the man her fiancée had just punched and handed him the cloth, he held it over his busted lip and smoothed out his shirt. Walking past Jane, he stared daggers at Thor, who slipped his foot out so the man almost fell. Jane smirked as he stumbled across the floor and left.
"Ready to go?" He walked out of the kitchen and held open the door.
"Yep." She pulled her bag onto her back and grabbed her keys as they left. Once reaching the street, after a few people had passed by, she wrapped her arms around him and he held her around her waist, pulling her tight, he launched the two of them up into the sky, landing only a few seconds later at S.H.I.E.L.D Head Quarters. "Oh my God, I love doing that." She laughed and he pecked her cheek as they walked across the fields towards the main doors.