Patchwork Road

by Virodeil

Through interconnected drabbles and dribbles with prompts from 100 words randomly generated, sprinkled with some crossovers: a journey of discovery, understanding, acceptance and, maybe, healing and reconcilliation, between members of a team that should have been a ticking timebomb. *(AU after Avengers 1.)

1. Gaunt

Patchwork Road
By Rey

Through interconnected drabbles and dribbles with prompts from 100 words randomly generated, sprinkled with some crossovers: a journey of discovery, understanding, acceptance and, maybe, healing and reconcilliation, between members of a team that should have been a ticking timebomb.

Story Tags: Alternate Universe - Avengers (Marvel Movies), Character Study, Character Introspection, Character development

Chapter summary: Steve does the unplanned and unthinkable, and finds out.

Chapter tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Mild Hurt/Comfort

1. Gaunt

The slap echoes hollowly in the destroyed penthouse.

Loki doesn't flinch. Steve the slapper does.

There is something wrong when hand met cheek. Visual appraisal doesn't match tactile information.

The cheek – Loki's cheek – is sunken.