A Brothers Cry:

Thor woke from his slumber hearing his brothers'cry; he jumped out of his bed, not bothering with a shirt, raising his hand he summoned his hammer, before sprinting to Loki's room.

When he reached his brothers door he found Desiree, the maids' assistant, disparately trying to pick the lock on the door. The girls' eyes, usually full of joy, were wide with panic.

"What happened?" Thor asked as the screams continued to sound from the other side of the door.

"I...I...I don't know" the poor girl stammered, as she fiddled with two tools made for picking locks.

"Move aside." Thor ordered, giving the girl mere seconds to move before he rammed the door open. Once the door was open Desiree ran straight passed Thor to Loki's side, Thor closely following on her heals.

"Loki, Loki! Wake up! Loki!" Desiree shacked Loki desperately trying to wake him from the hell that was within his mind, but to no avail. Loki just kept on screaming as if he was being attached by the…

Thor's thoughts trailed off as realisation hit him. "Quickly, hold him down!" He ordered the girl, she did so without question. Loki squirmed in her grip, trying to free himself, continuing to scream but still not waking up. Thor forced his head to stay still as he leaned forward enough to speak into Loki's ear, "Loki, I know you can hear me! Focus, you're not twelve any more you are a fierce warrior, not a child. Now wake up!" as Thor repeated his words the screams slowlyfaded until they were no more. And finally Loki's eyes fluttered open. Thor sighed a breath of relief, though he was shaken and out of breath Loki was fine.

What Thor didn't see coming though was Desiree throwing her arms around his brother in relief with tears in her eyes. What was even more surprising was when, rather than pulling away, Loki held her closer.

"Umm…" Thor wasn't sure what to do or say so he stood there in an awkward silence. As if only just remembering he was there Desiree jumped out of the embrace, looking down in embarrassment. Loki lay back down and breathed deeply and slowly.

"I'll go and get you some water, my prince." Desiree said with a hint of regret. Loki just nodded, and though he was lying down he watched her until she reached the door, where she paused to look back quickly at him and smile.

"So… was the dream about the ungsigh?" Thor asked slowly. Loki didn't need to answer for Thor saw his sudden intake of breath, but he still nodded. Though he had never said so, Thor knew that Loki had never fully gotten over the attack. Once during battle practice Thor had tried to question him on what he remembered, a haunted look had crept into his eyes and rather than answering he continued the practice fight in silence.

The same look now showed in Loki's eyes, so Thor decided to change topics. He sat down on the side of his bed. "So, when did you and Desiry hook up?"

"Desiree," Loki pronounced slowly, before hurriedly adding "And we have NOT hooked up!" Thor just laughed at his brothers discomfort, it wasn't often Loki looked as uncomfortable as he did now and Thor found it amusing.

"But seriously, when did the whole try to pick the lock to get in, massive freak out, hug you as if her life depended on it thing start?"

Loki smiled, lost in thoughts, "Well it started on…"