Notes: posted this on AO3 for Xmas and kind of forgot to do the same here. Sorry if it's unseasonal?
Set in a not-so-far-future when Loki has started making and receiving amends my wish for the New Year and the future movies. The part about "extravagant clothes" refers to people from Clint's and Natasha's past (the circus, the ballet and espionage) - I had to google a bit because I don't know Clint and Nat very well.
Please accept this humble Christmas gift, fandom. I love you :)
(English isn't my first language. If you spot any mistakes and have time, please point them out!)
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Yule
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Night of memories, night of joy.
In the soft light of the Tower, Rogers and his soldier dance with Peggy Carter to the tune of old songs. Banner toasts with a woman who resembles him, and the Hawk and the Widow stay close to shadows who wear extravagant clothes. Stark is speaking with his father and his mother beside the fir tree, gently guided by Pepper.
They all have wet cheeks and a smile on their faces. They're with ghosts of the past, their memories' ephemeral gift.
And Loki... Loki doesn't need to create any more of them. Frigga has already danced in her gardens. All he wants this Yule (forever) is alive, shoulder against his shoulder on the terrace, and is looking at him with hope in his eyes.
And all Thor wants is him.
Miracles of fate.
While the party continues beyond the glass doors, Thor smiles and kisses him, holding him tight in pure cold of the night.
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Nothing is ever really lost, and joy can always be found again.
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