HET (Human Equivalent To)
Thor: HET 13
Loki: HET 11
Thor ran down the halls calling Loki's name, Mother wanted to see them about getting some new clothes fitted and she'd tasked Thor with tracking him down.
He heard muffled cries coming from their parents' chambers and stopped. It couldn't be their Mother – he'd just been speaking to her not five minutes ago – but it was too high to be their Father. Besides, Odin didn't cry.
The young prince nudged the door open slightly and saw Loki knelt on the floor with his back to him, his shoulders shaking with suppressed sobs.
"Loki?"
As soon as Thor spoke his name Loki jumped to his feet in surprise, a look of shock and slight fear on his face.
"Thor! Hello…"
Thor tried to see round his brother suspiciously but Loki side-stepped in the way of whatever he was previously crouched over, blocking it from Thor's view.
"Are you alright, little brother?" Thor stepped closer to him and Loki stiffened and talked hurriedly.
"Yes, yes, I'm fine. Nothing to worry about," He smile would have been convincing if it weren't for the tear tracks still not yet dried against his pale cheeks.
Thor jumped forward suddenly, pushing Loki out of the way and onto their parents' bed to see what he was guarding and gasped.
On the floor, in many pieces, was one of their Mother's perfume bottles, made of a special type of glass Loki probably knew but Thor could never remember. It was very unique.
"Loki, what happened?" He turned and saw Loki sat on the floor against the bed with his knees drawn up to his chest, fresh tears covering the half-dried ones.
"Father told me to retrieve his staff and it was leaning against the vanity table and when I picked it up it knocked the bottle off and I can't remember a spell to put it back together!" Loki sniffed and hid his face against his knees.
Thor stood in front of the bed and pulled Loki's ankles so his legs fell away from his face to show Loki's pouting face. He wiped his brother's tears away with the pad of his thumb and pushed a few stray strands of hair away from Loki's forehead to press a light kiss to it.
"Don't worry, brother, we'll fix it," He smiled at him and told him to go get his spell book while Thor stayed there to make sure no one saw. The older boy briefly wondered how they were going to explain the overwhelming smell of perfume but decided they'd cross that bridge when they got to it and smiled as Loki ran back in with a heavy leather book clutched close to his chest.
Loki handed Thor the book and they both sat cross-legged on the floor flicking through the pages, Thor had a permanent confused look on his face while Loki understood it all easily after spending many hours reading through it in the past. The dark haired child put his hand over Thor's larger one to stop him from turning any more pages.
"That one," He pointed to a pretty basic looking spell and Thor nodded and gave Loki the book.
"Okay, go ahead," He smiled encouragingly at his little brother, who bit his lip nervously. He was never allowed to practice his magic without a parent or guard present.
After taking a deep breath, Loki began muttering the spell holding his open palm out towards the mess on the floor. Thor grinned in wonder as the liquid began to float a few inches from the floor and the glass began to raise and form around the liquid, locking in place and connecting seamlessly until it was just like new.
The blonde quickly caught it before it fell to the floor again and held it up to the light to inspect it. "Loki, this is perfect!"
He looked over to his brother and saw him lying on his side unconscious. After leaving the perfume on the bed, Thor quickly went over to crouch beside Loki. Once he was confident he had merely tired himself out with the magic as well as the crying he lifted the small boy into his arms bridal style and carried his down the corridor to his room.
Thor laid Loki down carefully and pulled the dark green comforter up over his slight frame before kissing his forehead. "Goodnight, brother. I love you,"
He snuck back out of the room, careful not to wake Loki, and shut the door quietly.
"Thor,"
The future Thunderer spun round suddenly and saw his Mother tapping her foot with her arms crossed. "I sent you to get Loki fifteen minutes ago, what's taking so long?"
Thor hesitated for a second. "Loki isn't feeling well, I was staying with him until he was asleep. I didn't want him to suffer alone…"
Frigga's expression softened at that. "What's the matter with him?"
Thor shrugged. "Just a stomach bug, I think. Or it could be the sun. Summer is just starting and we know how the heat gets to him,"
Frigga nodded. "Poor thing. Alright, we'll do the fittings when he's feeling a little better."
The queen quickly checked in on Loki and saw him fast asleep, so she closed the door and turned to Thor who was still stood there. "You can run along and play now, Darling," She smiled and left.
Thor debated going to see if his friends were in the city before looking back at Loki's bedroom door. He bit his lip, still worried about Loki's sudden loss of consciousness and opened the door, slipping into the room quietly once their mother was gone.
The older brother pulled the covers back a little to climb in and the younger automatically turned into him, snuggling against his side.
"Thank you, Thor…" Loki muttered against his brother's shoulder.
"You're welcome, Loki. Are you okay?" He left him nod against him and Thor wrapped an arm around Loki's shoulder, tugging him closer to him.
"Just tired…" Loki yawned as if to punctuate his point and Thor kissed his forehead once more.
"Get some sleep, brother, I'll be here when you awake,"
Loki smiled at the last bit and buried his face in Thor's side, quickly falling asleep, knowing his brother will always keep his word.
Thor will always be there when he awakes.
