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-R-&-E-

Months after Thora joined their bizarre family Darcy found herself in a office being yelled at by Nick Fury for her and Loki's most recent prank. They had decided to update Nick's wardrobe to all pink clothes, it had everyone laughing for hours and he was extremely angry with Darcy and Loki. So here Darcy was in Nicks office being told off, now Darcy wasn't paying attention to Nick as he yelled, she was thinking up a new idea for a prank. However when Nick stopped yelling Darcy finally payed attention and as she looked at Nick she saw that he was frozen. That was odd. Darcy turned around in her chair to see Loki smiling mischievously at her.

"Are you ready to go?" Loki asked. His smile had grown as he watched Darcy's surprised face. Her mouth had formed a little 'O' shape and he found himself thinking it was cute. Cute was a new thing for Loki, he had not understood what it meant but after watching hundreds of videos of animals with Darcy he now understood the meaning and with the understanding he was aware increasingly that he found Darcy as cute as the creatures she so adored.

"I dont think he's done yelling yet." Darcy said frowning at Loki, he had his daydreaming look on his face again. Loki seemed to regain focus and laughing he reached out and grabbed Darcy's arm, picking her up from her chair. "Come on Kitten, lets go on an adventure." Darcy tried not to flush at the use of his new nickname for her. He had heard Pepper referring to Tony as Rocket Man and Loki had become interested in the concept of pet names. Darcy had explained that they were typically terms of endearment based on something you find appealing about the other person or something you associate with that person. Loki had then proceeded to spend a week going through a lengthy list of names for Darcy. Some were sweet like when he called her 'taser', some odd like when he called her 'Procurer of pop tarts' and some just inappropriate like when he called her 'Sweet lips' in front of ALL the avengers. She had been mortified, although secretly slightly pleased. Which he had sensed and proceeded to declare in front of a very confused group of superheroes.

For the last few hours he had started to call her Kitten which he claimed was due to her being like a pet to him. Darcy was not pleased about this as she had hoped that by now he viewed her as something more than a pet. She knew they were friends but she was hoping for maybe something more however he just did not seem interested. But that was fine she would get over him. It helped that at least there was a new avenger in town who was catching her eye. The new avenger was Bucky Barnes the Winter Solider himself. He was dark and moody and exactly Darcy's type, metal arm and all.

They had met him the other week. Darcy had been in the shared kitchen in the Avengers tower, making cookies and having a very serious debate. "Darcy I don't know why you keep arguing with me about this, it is clear that I am a Hufflepuff." Loki said exasperatedly. Darcy was feeling exasperated herself. "Loki, how can you not see how ridiculous that is? You are clearly a Slytherin!" They had just finished watching all of the Harry Potter films and Loki had almost finished all of the books and for some strange reason (that Darcy couldn't fathom) Loki had identified strongly with the House of Badgers. "Darcy, honestly just because I wear a lot of green does not mean I am a Slyther-" Loki had stopped speaking and Darcy had noticed he was looking across the kitchen island at the sitting room area. A man was stood awkwardly in the doorway watching the two of them. He was about 5 foot 11 with shoulder length brown hair and a metal arm that had fascinated Darcy. All of him fascinated her. The man had stood there for a minute until Steve appeared and introduced the stranger as his friend Bucky. Darcy had offered them all cookies and they got to know each other whilst they ate. Now that Darcy thought about it Loki hadn't spoken much after Steve and Bucky's arrival. Darcy had bumped into Bucky a few times since then but every time she started to a have an in depth conversation Loki would appear with some mischievous plan he needed her help with.

Darcy was brought back to the present by a hand waving in front of her face. Loki was trying to get her attention. Darcy quickly shook the thoughts of the handsome Winter Soldier out of her mind. She noticed Loki's smile had faded and instead he bore a frown. Little did Darcy know that the frown had been caused by her. Loki could sense her emotions and he could tell she was thinking about that damned Bucky Barnes. He knew because her heart had sped up the same way it had when they had met the aforementioned Winter Soldier the other day and he could sense excitement and a hint of arousal coming from her. It infuriated him, that the broken soldier had such a hold over Darcy. He knew that they were probably better suited as they were both mortal but he couldn't help feeling she would be better with him. This thought had been consuming him recently and he found his old temper coming back whenever he saw the soldier or Darcy mentioned him. This new feeling of jealousy was also driving him mad as he had always felt such mortal emotions were beneath him. Currently he found himself drowning in feelings.

Darcy watched Loki's face as his frown deepened, whatever had caused the initial frown seemed to be troubling him as he now looked angry. Darcy had been working so hard to convince everyone that Loki was a good man and this seemed to slowly be working however that was based on him not going on a murderous rampage and currently his face looked like he was seriously considering one. Darcy knew she needed to distract him from whatever he was thinking about.

"Hey, Loki," She said, waving her own hand in his face. His beautiful emerald eyes focused back on her. "I had an idea for a prank," Darcy moved towards the door and Loki started to follow. The frown melted from his face. "And what was your idea kitten?" Darcy smiled at her nickname. "Well Loki, I was thinking that we should continue with your education in human pop culture and we should do this by exploring Aqua." Loki looked confused, "Do you mean water? I have not seen or heard anything about water in mortal pop culture." Loki really didn't understand humans sometimes. Darcy gently giggled at his response, "Ah Loki," she said whilst reaching for his arm to link with hers, "You still have so much to learn."

A few hours later they were running down the corridors in the Avenger tower, laughing their heads off. Tony was chasing them down the hall screaming at them for what they had done. They had programmed Tony's suit to play Aqua's Barbie Girl and Darcy had gone a bit overboard with a bedazzler. Tony's suits now looked like giant pink disco balls, glittering with thousands of rhinestones. Loki had helped with the bedazzling and his magic had made the work go by much quicker than Darcy had planned so she had time to convince a fellow avenger to help her hack into Tony's system and make every piece of electrical equipment he owned play the 90's hit. It turned out Tony really wasn't a fan of Aqua.

Darcy was starting to feel worn out by the run and was going to ask Loki to teleport them away however she saw her second accomplice The Vision walking towards them and she had to stop to watch his reaction. Loki seemed to have the same thoughts as he stopped too. They both nodded at The Vision, smiling like maniacs. He gave them a grin in return and as he walked past Tony he proceeded to start singing Barbie Girl. Tony flew into another fit of embarrassment and rage which made them all laugh. Darcy wrapped herself in Loki's arms. "You see Tony, I told you I would get you back for making me walk around this tower for hours!" and with one last mischievous laugh Darcy and Loki teleported away whilst Iron Man vowed to get his revenge.

After their encounter with Tony the troublesome twosome had carried on making mischief around the complex. It was now late evening and Darcy and Loki were heading to her room to eat some Chinese takeout and watch films. They had both had a great day but Darcy was now exhausted and starving and she really needed to refuel. As she got to her room she almost fell over in shock at the person stood outside of her bedroom.

Bucky Barnes was standing there with flowers. He looked great, his long hair loosely tied at the nape of his neck, he was wearing the usual slacks and tank that showed he had recently been working out or that he was on his way to do so. Darcy didn't normally like a man so dressed down but on him it worked, the outfit showed off his incredible biceps and Darcy had a weakness for men with great arms. Darcy focused on the flowers to stop herself from blushing. Oh god they were orchids. Those were Darcy's favourite flowers. She looked back at his face and he smiled at her. Darcy's legs turned to jelly. She slowly walked towards him. Once she reached him her head started to feel really light. She wished she had eaten.

Darcy didn't know what to say. Luckily she didn't have to worry about this for long as Loki suddenly appeared between them. "Can we help you?" he asked. Darcy frowned at Loki, his face was impassive but there was no mistaking the coldness of his tone. Bucky looked between Darcy and Loki and he looked slightly crestfallen. "Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't realise. Steve never said that you two were-" Darcy found her voice again. "Us two?" She motioned between her and Loki and laughed nervously, "we're just friends." Darcy had said the truth but for Loki it was like a stab in the heart. He knew that if he just told her the truth then all this could be avoided. He started to speak, "Darcy-" however Darcy cut him off.

"Are those for me?" she asked, motioning towards the flowers. She really wanted to talk to him but her light headedness kept increasing and Loki's weird behaviour wasn't helping. Bucky nodded, his smile returned. As he handed them over to her he spoke in his low husky voice. "Would you like to go out with me on Friday?" Darcy was startled by the bluntness of his request. Her light headedness increased and she noticed Loki's murderous face was back. She didn't know what to do so Darcy did what she did best and she fainted.

When Darcy came to there was a concerned Bucky standing over her and a worried looking Loki. "Are you OK?" They asked simultaneously. "I'm fine, just tired." Her stomach growled, "and hungry." She ignored both of their outstretched hands and stood up. She was slightly shaking and so she leaned on the wall. Looking at Bucky she quickly added "Yes I will go out with you Bucky." She avoided looking at Loki and instead kept her eyes focused on Bucky and watched as he smiled at her before asking once again if she was OK. She said she was fine and then he left her with Loki. She chanced a glance at the god of mischief. He was looking at her with so many emotions on his face. She didn't know what to say. What felt like an hour stretched between them but really it was only a few seconds. The awkward moment was shattered suddenly by The Vision walking past and humming Barbie Girl. Darcy and Loki looked at each other and the tension seemed to burst as they broke out into gales of laughter.

Once their laughter subsided Darcy looked at Loki, "Can we please eat now, I am so hungry!" Loki smiled although it didn't quite reach his eyes. He suddenly pulled her towards him and hugged her, this random display of affection startled Darcy. "Are you sure?" his question was barely a whisper and Darcy wasn't sure if he had meant to ask her but she knew it wasn't about the Chinese food. She leant back slightly from him and looking at him she nodded her head. He sighed and let go of her. She instantly missed his touch but put a smile on her face. Loki opened her door. She walked into her room but noticed that he didn't follow. "I thought we were going to watch a movie together and eat?" Loki didn't respond to her, he just regarded her for a moment. He started to smile and Darcy couldn't help noticing that there was a determined look in his eyes. "Of course, what kind of owner would I be if I didn't feed my pet?" he asked with an air of mock innocence although the mischievous glint in his eye gave him away. Darcy rolled her eyes at him, "I am not your pet." He chuckled and she started to laugh to. She was relieved that he was back to normal. Little did she know that Loki was changed forever. The thought of another person having Darcy's heart had ignited something in him and he now knew that he and Darcy were no longer just friends. All he had to do now was show her.

-IronGirls-

AN:

Emerald: Hi everyone, so we surprised ourselves by writing more to this story. We had honestly just planned on writing this as a one shot but something about it made us want to write more. We hope you liked it and if you did you know the drill, favourite, follow and review As always thank you to our loyal followers for their continued patience with us. We are working hard to update more often.

Ruby: Hello.

So Emerald wrote most of this and this was for some reason a struggle for us to write.

Anyway here is chapter 2 of Thora!

Surprise!

Look out for the next instalment.

Cheerio 3,

Ruby.