Punished:
Thor was holding on to his brother, they were soon to arrive at the castle. The king must have found out by then that his youngest son was missing. "Loki, are you dreaming?" Thor whispered to his sleeping younger brother. Loki had passed back out again after a couple of hours on the horseback with Thor. Thor was pleased to have his brother in his lap as they were heading home, for he had always considered Loki to be more than his brother, even more than his lover. Loki was his life, and he didn't know what to do without the child beside him. Thor depended too much on Loki, he knew that, but there was something safe and innocent about Loki's eyes resting on him, Loki's laugh singing in his ears and Loki's being dancing before his eyes. Thor couldn't help but to love the beauty.
"No." Loki whispered back and opened his eyes slowly, not to be blinded by the rays of light from the sun. "Are we there soon?" Loki asked, making his voice sound even smaller and cuter as he cuddled up to Thor's torso. "Soon, only an hour or so, you just rest." Thor smiled when Loki yawned and nodded. "Do you think dad will be very mad?" Loki's actually sounded scared, something that upset Thor a little. "Maybe he will, but I won't let him harm you more than you deserve." Thor said half in truth and half as a joke. Loki mumbled some spells and bad words before he sighed deeply. "So you think he will send me to my room, and lock me in?" Loki asked, somehow hope grew in his voice. "Probably, how come?" Thor asked and smiled, he knew why his brother asked about if he would be locked in. "No, nothing." Thor laughed and whispered down to his brother. "A locked door won't stop me, love, you aren't gonna get away from me!" Loki played a little with his brother's hair. "How cute do I have to be to make you spear me?" He asked, giving Thor an ever so cute smile and puppy eyes. Thor chuckled before kissing Loki's cheek softly, without anyone seeing them. "Loki, I am only going to teach you a lesson… Not hurt you." Loki seemed to soften to Thor's words. "Not permanently at least." Thor added and laughed heartily when Loki whimpered and squirmed his body as small as he could. Thor whispered down again. "Don't you trust me?" Thor blushed from love when his slightly scared little brother nodded and silenced again. "Always." He whispered finally before he fell back to sleep.
Thor wondered how upset their father would be that Loki had ran away, it wasn't like he had gone too far with his mischiefs or anything, he had actually left the castle on his own. Olve came up on Thor's side and pointed out that they were soon home again. "I know." Thor nodded and watched as Loki moved seeking for comfort. "Do you think your father will be upset?" Olve asked the elder of the Odin sons. "I hope he won't take it too bad, I mean he has for sure noticed that Loki left… And probably concluded that he followed us… I just hope he remembers that Loki is only a child yet." Thor started getting nervous when they arrived Åsgard. "Every child needs to learn." Was the last thing Olve said to Thor as they rode through the gates leading to the castle. "My son, you have returned!" It was their mother. "And you have brought your brother back in safety!" Odin the Allfather was still standing by his throne. "Is he very upset, mother?" Thor whispered into her ear as he embraced her. "He wasn't too glad to find Loki's room empty, but you relax son, I have talked to him… He will be gentle." She smiled and kissed her youngest son's cheek, Loki was still sleeping. Olve was the one carrying Loki inside to the throne hall, as Thor walked up to the king. "My son, you have completed your mission successfully and you have brought all your men back unhurt… Even one I never sent with you in the first place. You did the right thing by not sending him back with one of your men, but also you should have made it clear that he wasn't to come with you in the first place." Odin sounded both proud and a little bitter. If there was one thing Odin didn't like, it was his sons not obeying him.
"I am truly sorry for that father, it wasn't until we were almost there we found out he followed us…" Thor looked over at his sleeping brother again before he continued. "But in all your respect, Loki did save our lives and he followed every order he was given. He didn't triumph in his quest make me proud though, he was meant to be at home, where he belongs." The words hurt Thor on the inside, for he was truly proud of his brother, not for following him… But, for saving him and solving the mystery of the spies. Odin nodded in approve before he walked down to his sleeping son. "He shall not be punished for leaving or for following you, only for not obeying me… So as always, he will be staying in his room for a week, not being allowed to practices magic in anyway." Then something Thor rarely saw happened, Odin gently kissed his son's hair before he ordered Olve to get him to his room.
"I wish to talk to you alone son." Odin said and led his son to a private room. "Thor, I need you to tell me if you could have done this without your brother?" Odin asked his eldest son. Thor sighed and sat down, knowing his answer would not please his father. "No, I couldn't have." Thor felt shame build in his chest, it was true, Thor couldn't have done it without his brother. Without Loki, Thor would still be running around trying to figure out where the intruders were hiding… And that only if the fire hadn't killed him first. "I am glad you are so honest about it, you will be trained well Thor, just keep patient!" Odin smiled to his son before leaving Thor alone in the room, though Thor was relived to find his brother would not be punished badly… He didn't know how to react to his father's mood, he hadn't been disappointed nor angry, he had just seemed silent.
Loki woke up in his bed, with Olve standing over him. "You're lucky, you are banned to your room for a week and you aren't allowed to use magic… That's your only punishment, from Odin." Olve covered the child with the green covers and was about to turn and leave. "Is Thor talking to father?" he asked, Olve nodded and stood by the door for a while. "Your brother still needs you Loki, and you still need him... Just promise me you won't use his need of you to pull back his crowning." Olve looked back at the child lying to sweetly in his bed. "I'd never… Is father mad at him?" Loki asked, concerned that he had hurt his brother's reputation too much.. Loki sat up in his bed, he couldn't live with himself if he had made life harder for his brother, the man he loved. "No Loki, everything is fine." A new voice pierced the harmony in the room, it was a much more familiar voice to Loki's heart. Thor. "I wish you good night." Olve said and left, giving Thor a pat on the shoulder. "You mean father isn't mad?" Loki asked as Thor approached him. "Well, not mad, just disappointed I guess." Thor sat down and covered up his brother again. "Lay down, you will get cold." Thor whispered. Loki swallowed and slid himself under the lids of his covers. "Are you mad at me?" Loki asked Thor, the God of Thunder.
Thor dressed of before his brother until he only had his underwear left, well aware of that his brother was watching his every move. "Will you make me room?" Thor asked, Loki moved to the side of his bed in less than a second. Thor had to laugh at him as he climbed into his bed, resting beside him. "Hold me." Thor said in a voice that Loki knew far too well… Thor was upset, confused and maybe even hurt. Loki embraced his brother and they just rested in each other's arms as the darkness surrounded them. "Thor, I love you." Loki whispered. "I love you too, dear Loki." With those words they both fell asleep in the embrace of their shared heath.
Loki was watching his brother through the small glimmers of sunlight that came from the dawn rising on the outside. Thor was still sleeping calmly, Loki couldn't remember ever having seen him so peaceful before. Loki smiled when Thor mumbled in his sleep and buried Loki beneath himself. "Good morning brother." Thor said, with a smile growing on his lips… Loki moved in a quirky way, trying to get away from under Thor. "Did you think you'd get away?" Loki laughed and then the room silenced for a few seconds. "Thor?" Loki whispered before he one last struggling time tried to break free of his brothers powerful grip on him. "Just relax, Loki… Breathe" Thor whispered into Loki's ear as he turned the younger one of them over on his belly. "You have a week to recover you know…" Thor punished his brother through the morning hours, with pure love. And Loki would live to thank him for the lesson learnt.
This part was not written on my phone by the way ;) This time I was babysitting, so I ended the chapter in a much more child friendly way (It felt wrong writing something dirty in near of children… hehe) than actually writing the 'punishment' but this is the way I do things, so now you can imagine your own punishment for Loki… Whilst I write the next chapter "Loved"
