Hey! So this is the first part to a new story, I think I know where its going, but its me, so anything could happen aha! Just the usual, I own nothing, blagh, blagh, blagh... And all mistakes are my own, so aside from that, enjoy and please review, I love you all!
Looking back, Thor supposed it must have happened sometime during childhood; when brotherly love turned into something more. Perhaps during the nights they shared together, upset after one or both had been punished by their father and clung together for comfort. Maybe it was their shared looks across the table at feasts, or perhaps it was simply day after day of playing and fighting together that had forged a bond so strong neither could doubt its true meaning. Whatever the cause however, the end result was the same.
Thor loved Loki, and knew in return Loki loved Thor every bit as much as the other.
Even, Thor conceded if Loki was an idiot at times.
For example at present, although Thor couldn't help but laugh a little. They were both young men now, and had long put away their toys and games and were out on a hunting trip together. Both on the brink of manhood, they had taken the chance to escape Asgard for a while and its eyes that seemed to follow them into the most secluded corner. They could be alone, and themselves at last.
"Loki!" Thor laughed wearily for the hundredth time today "Loki stop now, I would like to spend some time with you if you could draw yourself away from your magic" Thor laughed again despite himself as Loki re-appeared feet from him, making trees rustle in a nonexistent breeze, and flower buds bloom instantly.
Thor caught himself from gasping. The younger had a free, careless look on his face that suited him; his eyes flickered with uncontained excitement at being able to freely use his magic now that whispers didn't follow him about magic being un-heroic and untrustworthy.
Thor had never seen his brother look so happy, and, well, so wild.
"What is this? The mighty Thor can't keep up with the evil trickster?" Loki joked, yet couldn't totally hide the hurt in his voice, Thor knew other's insults played on Loki's mind, despite how hard he tried to brush them off.
"Don't call yourself that," Thor mumbled into his ear as he caught up with the younger, winding his hands around his neck, kissing him softly.
Loki leaned into the kiss "why not? Everyone else does" his green eyes only showing the slightest hint of hurt, he was safe in Thor's arms. Asgard could mock all they wanted.
"They dare not in front of me, and you shall always be by my side" Thor grinned triumphantly "so you shall never hear their words to be hurt by them. Aaaand I can keep you at my side forever. See my plan brother?" the laughter between them was easy now. Nothing was taboo when they were alone.
Loki could have sighed at Thor's innocence, but knew it was good natured
"A glorious plan, if I do say so myself" he kissed Thor again before yelping as the elder threw him over his shoulder and set off at a running pace.
"THOOOOOOOOR! Put me doooooooown!" Loki laughed, pounding his brother's back half-heartedly.
Thor merely laughed in return.
Well, it was a welcome rest to his feet Loki supposed.
That night, the two led together by the fire and looked at the stars.
"On earth, they say you can learn much from the stars, of the past and of the future" Loki mumbled, his head on Thor's chest as the latter played with a strand of his dark hair lazily.
"Mmhmm?" Thor urged Loki to continue
"In truth, they are great tools, for navigation and story telling, although I for one, put no store in their ability to predict the future. However, I cannot deny their beauty." Loki grinned, meeting Thor's eyes.
"I can name one who outshines them all" Thor wrapped an arm tighter around Loki as his features danced attractively in the firelight "Midgardians must not see each other clearly as we do Loki, for they would know nothing can match the beauty of love" It was rare or Thor to speak like this, and Loki was slightly taken aback.
"They simply don't exist long enough to appreciate all they have in each other" he wrapped an arm around the blond tightly "we are lucky Thor, in that our lives are stretched out ahead of us, whereas theirs are finite, their bodies wilt and their memories fade. You can't blame them for looking up at the stars with such reverence."
Thor mused on what he was hearing, looking deeply into the fire.
"Perhaps you underestimate their power Loki, they may see things in the stars that us, with out infinite lives miss" they looked at each other now, open and raw in front of each other "do you remember out first kiss?"
Loki smiled warmly "of course" he traced Thor's jaw with a finger "how could I forget?" the pair laughed softly at the memory.
"It was winter, there was ice outside and we were talking about our next birthday and you said to me, you said-"
"There's nothing I want brother that isn't in this room," Thor recited as if the memory was a day old instead of years.
Loki smiled "and I remember feeling the happiest I had ever felt. No one had ever made me feel special before that Thor, I had never felt wanted."
"Shhh" Thor held Loki tighter "you were, and always will be wanted" the pair smiled warmly, comforted in their closeness.
"So I took your hand, and kissed you. I was so nervous" Loki laughed honestly.
"Loki, Prince of Mischief? Nervous? Surely not" Thor boomed, then was quiet again.
"I was nervous too" he confessed "I could remember knowing I had never held something so dear to me before, and I knew then I wanted to kiss you every day of forever" silence hang comfortably around the pair, lost in memories.
"Well, you were always a possessive brat after all" Loki joked, nudging Thor in the ribs; Thor stuck out his tongue at him.
"Loki, why do we keep out relationship a secret? Surely you know, in Asgard a relationship like ours wouldn't be strange." Thor finally asked the question that had been on his tongue for a while now.
"Because it feels more special having our secret, besides why should they know our business?" Loki grew defensive, before sighing, "Besides, you know father already has plans for our marriages" a mixture of feelings passed Loki's face, anger, hurt, jealousy.
"Father would want me to marry the person I love, be that you, Hogan, Sif, or an old insane maid" Thor's words were exactly what Loki wanted to hear "I love you Loki, and when your ready to tell people I will gladly sing if from every rooftop" he kissed the dark haired man.
"You don't want to marry Sif though do you? Truly?" Loki spoke of his deepest insecurity.
"Truly. I wasn't joking when I said all I ever wanted was in that room Loki" Thor pulled him closer, tight enough to physically push any doubt out of his brother's mind "I love you"
Loki's face split into a grin, resting back against Thor's solid form and began to drift asleep.
"I love you too Thor."
Their limbs entwines, as the brothers slept beneath the stars, smiles on their faces knowing whatever the future might bring, they would face it together.
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