Loki lay in bed with his arm wrapped protectively around Amelia. He lay there, silent, watching her breath softly in and out. She was so beautiful and peaceful when she slept. She was not plagued with the nightmares that he was. The only time he slept soundly was when she was in his arms. He scooted in close to her and pressed his lips to her ear. Her long brown hair smelled like apples and he loved the feeling of it in his fingers.
"Amelia", he gently whispered. She didn't respond so he moved her hair out of the way and tried again. "Amelia?", he whispered a little louder this time. She stirred underneath him. "Amelia, my love, Its time to get up"
She groaned and pulled the blankets tighter around her. He pulled the blankets off and got on top of her and began to tickle her.
Amelia began to laugh and giggle, "Oh my god, Loki, stop", she said between giggle fits.
He smiled, he could never get tired of hearing her laugh. He continued to playfully tickle her and she kept playfully begging him to stop.
"Loki, stop, stop" She laughed but then stopped and got serious "Oh wait, oh god, Loki stop for real, oh god"
He froze. "Amelia? I'm so sorry. What's wrong?"
She pushed him off her and ran for the bathroom. Loki was right behind her but she closed the bathroom door. Amelia began to throw up. Where did this come from? She was fine a minute ago. 'I cannot afford to get sick right now' she thought to herself. She stayed there on the floor for a minute to see if she was done.
"Amelia?" Loki asked from the other side of the door. "Are you alright?"
"Yeah just give me a second" Loki paced outside the door, he was not good at this kind of thing. He hated feeling powerless.
Amelia tried standing up. She wavered at first but managed to stand her ground. She washed out her mouth and brushed her teeth. Amelia opened the door to an anxious Loki. He saw how pale her face was and it frightened him.
"Here let me help you sit down." He led her to the couch and sat her down on it. "Are you okay?"
"Yeah I think I'm done for now" she sighed.
"Do you want me to get you anything?" he said putting his hands on her arms.
"No Im just really warm"
"Here I can help with that." He sat down on the couch next to her and pulled her head into his lap.
He put his hands on her neck and let the cool seep out of him. Amelia had seen him in his blue form before but this was the first time she was feeling and experiencing it. She sighed at the relief of his cool hands on her body. They stayed like that for about twenty minutes, until Amelia started to feel better.
"Okay I think I am alright now."
He looked at her "Are you sure?"
She looked at the clock, "Yeah and I gotta go or I am going to be late for work"
"Are you sure you are feeling up to it?"
"Yeah I feel fine now. I'm not really sure what that was all about." She reassured him.
Loki sat her up "Okay you go get dressed and I will pack a breakfast for you to take with you."
She kissed him "Thank you".
Loki had her breakfast all ready to go when he realized she had been gone for a while. He went into their bedroom to check on her.
"Amelia?" he called coming into the room. She didn't answer. He walked into their closet and saw Amelia passed out on the floor. He ran to her "Amelia? Amelia wake up." She wasn't responding. He even tried to wake her up with his ice and nothing was working. Loki began to panic, his only other option was to call 911. He sat with Amelia trying to wake her up until the paramedics got there. The whole ride to the hospital they tried to get her to wake up.
Loki sat in the waiting room fuming. He didn't know what to do. How had he been reduced to this? He thought about the time when he had ruled Asgard and the time when the humans had trembled beneath him. How far he had fallen, to be sitting in a hospital waiting room worrying about a mere human. But she was not just any human, she was his Amelia. She had changed his entire existence. After his defeat in New York he had been taken back to Asgard. His punishment had been banishment. He had come to Earth alone and without purpose. Amelia had changed everything when he stepped into his life. She accepted him for who he was and what he had done and he loved her for it. Amelia had made the monster in him silent. He paced back and forth worrying about the only thing in his life that mattered to him.