This is an AU story pairing Loki/Tony. It takes place in the real world where Loki lives alone and is trying to "get better" from a past experience. Loki begins to look online for friends, and meets a strange man whom he has to admit is quite interesting.

Warnings: will contain some explicit content in later chapters. will have some trigger content. mentions of rape. also my first story, so please forgive me if I make a mistake... ^^; But please give me some tips as well!

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Sighing loudly Loki walks into his room after a hard day at work. Flopping down on his bed he pulls out his laptop begins to browse the web. Reading random articles and playing pointless games he often finds himself in this state. looking at the side of the article he sees an ad for a website.

EASY GAY CHAT

it's never been so easy to chat with other men and get to know them! Make new friends and maybe find your special someone!

He bites his lip in contemplation before clicking the add. It brings him to a page asking for a username. After thinking a bit he enters Obscuro(1). Clicking the big button labeled connect Loki's eyes widen as he sees all the names appear on the screen. Gasping Loki closes the laptop momentarily. Thinking to himself 'I can't believe I'm about to do this!' Slowly breathing out he opens it again and notices that he has a new message. Blinking a couple of times he moves the cursor over the flashing message icon and clicks.

The name of the sender was Iron man. Loki couldn't help but think that it was a strange name. "Hi there, why such a depressing name?" Was what the stranger had written. Smiling a bit Loki begins to type a replying message. "Wow I'm impressed not many know Latin." After sending the message Loki leans back and waits with bated breath.

To Loki it felt like one of the longest waits in his life. Clicking the icon as soon as it starts to flash he reads the message. "I'm pretty smart. I happen to know a lot of things. So what brings you here?" squinting his eyes a bit at the mans cockiness he looks at his age. 26. 2 years older the Loki was. "Are you really so sure of yourself? I'm here looking for friends. I find myself lonely lately." Loki replies after a bit of waiting.

"Yes I'm sure of myself! Why would you say such a thing! And I'm here for the same reasons." The stranger replies almost immediately. Smiling almost giddily Loki types up his reply quickly.

Throughout the entirety of the night Loki chatted with the stranger. Eventually he looked at the time realized how late it had become. 'OH CRAP!' Loki thought to himself. 'I have work tomorrow.' Quickly typing a message to the stranger saying, "I hadn't realized how late it had gotten, I need to at least try to get some rest for a couple of hours I have work at 7:30. Hope to talk to you soon." As Loki was about to close his laptop he noticed the man had replied. "Hey wait you can't spend all night talking to me and then not give me a name! Mines Tony."

Pausing after he read it he bites his lip pondering whether this would be a good idea. Finally deciding why not he answers.

"Loki, Good night Tony."

The next day Loki rushes to the school where he teaches. He could not believe how late he had woken up! School didn't start till 8:15, but he needed to clock in by 7:45. He had never been late in the past, and he was determined to keep his perfect record.

He had to walk to the building because he figured he was close enough that it would just be a waste of gas. Now regretting his decision to go onto the gay chat site and stay up late talking to a stranger. Well not a complete stranger now. No now it was Tony. He begins to run down the hill.

Running in he looks at his watch and sighs with relief. He'd made it. Walking down the hall, albeit quickly, he goes and puts in his time card. Before he could walk out of the room he was stopped by a fellow teacher. " Well, well, well what have we here? Mr. Odinson, Late?" says the gym teacher Couch Barton. "No Barton I'm here on time..." Loki says a bit out of breath.

"Barely, but for now I guess you are on time." Smiling at Loki he begins to walk out of the room. "Oh and Odinson, Watch yourself." Barton says cryptically.

"Well that was slightly weird..." Loki whispers to himself. Looking down at his watch he sighs and walks to his classroom to prepare for the day.

Sighing as he walked home Loki thinks to himself, 'I couldn't stop thinking about Tony all day... There must be something wrong with me.' But even with these thoughts Loki was walking home a bit faster, eager to get on his laptop and check for tony. He scolds himself a bit for being so excited to chat again.

Sighing he signs in and looks for Tony's username. Seeing the words iron man Loki couldn't help himself from getting excited. He hurriedly types him a message. "Hey Mr. Tony I hope you've had a good day."

This, decided Loki, was the worst part. Waiting for the reply, But finally he did get the reply. The flashing icon was all that was needed for Loki to get excited. He immediately clicked on it. "Hey loks, hope you don't mind me calling you that, and don't call me mister I get enough of that throughout the day. And how could I have had a good day when all I could think about was you?"

Blushing brightly Loki looks away from the screen. 'I can't tell if he's serious...' Loki thinks to himself. Biting his lip he begins to reply. "Loks? really? It's the same length as my name so it's not even lazy..." pausing for a moment he thinks hard about what he types next. " And how do you know that I wasn't thinking about you all day, I mean I had a fantastic day." Blushing bright red he clicks send before he can second guess himself.

After notes

(1) Dark in Latin.

After the after notes :P

I guess that's chapter one done! Please let me know if you liked it, and please let me know what I can do better! Thanks for reading! (^o^)/

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