Loki's arm shifted from under her hands, and for a moment Darcy felt a flash of anger. After all, he was the reason she felt light headed and about to revisit her breakfast all over the back of Thor's cape. Then his hand came to rest on her shoulder and Loki was urging her to a halt just outside the golden dome. It didn't take all that much urging.
"We will catch you up," Loki said. "Darcy feels poorly."
Rather than having the pair leading continue, his words only had Jane rushing back. "No, I'm fine," Darcy said to her worrying. "Just a little sea sick. Car sick. Bridge sick. Whatever." She sat heavily, ignoring Mr. Intimidating Bridge Guard who might have been giving her a look. Or maybe that was his face. Jane and Loki knelt with her, while Thor hovered in the background both worried and eager to continue. With all the eyes on her, Darcy swallowed thickly and decided it was probably time to play her part. She leaned her head against Loki's shoulder. She was surprised he didn't stiffen at the contact, but then again he would be a brilliant actor. Actually, the leather and bits of metal were cool and felt nice in her current nauseous state.
Loki lifted a hand and pressed two fingers to her forehead. The spinning feeling faded slowly, reducing the urge to upchuck onto the shifting colors below her butt. He brushed her hair from her face as he removed his hand - tucking the curls gently behind her ear.
"Better?" The concern in his voice might have been real enough. She could hardly play at being madly in love if she couldn't do much more than sit there feeling miserable.
"Much. Not eager for a repeat, but I think I'm alright." She leaned forward and kissed his nose, and caught the frown he was quick to hide. "Thanks, babe."
Loki stood swiftly, offering her a hand up. "Come. Mother and Father will be waiting." Their was a grit to his teeth when he named his parents that made Darcy fiercely glad this whole thing was just pretend. Loki had serious issues. That as far as she could tell tended to end in explosions.
She let him pull her to her feet, then almost dropped back down when she saw Thor lifting Jane onto a huge - emphasis on extremely freakin huge - horse. "Ah… no one mentioned horses."
Loki swung into his own saddle, and at least his horse was slightly smaller than Thor's. "Afraid I'll let you fall?" There was a mocking note, or maybe dangerous amusement, to the words. And Darcy wasn't fooled, because he totally would let her fall. If he didn't need her.
"No." Darcy approached the animal cautiously. "Just… the biggest animal I've ever been this close to was a golden retriever."
Loki leaned down and lifted her onto the horse as easily as he'd pulled her to her feet. "Then consider this a learning experience." His voice was a bit sharper, now that Thor had moved ahead, and Darcy might have smacked him if she hadn't needed to grab onto him when the horse leapt forward.
