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A New Beginning Chapter Three

Tony sees held back tears in Loki's eyes and sighs, pulling him close. "Loki..."

Loki sighs and curses himself for ever letting himself get so weak. A few tears escape his eyes and that's all it takes to make him a near sniveling mess in Tony's arms.

Tony feels Loki shudder against him and runs a rand over Loki's soft hair. He murmurs comforting things and after letting Loki cry on him for a minute he lowers them off to the side of the trail and onto the ground.

Loki sits there, head buried in his arms with his knees raised and pulled to his chest. He feels Tony's hand on his back, moving in slow circles, trying to soothe him. Which, surprisingly, it has some affect of the soothing kind. Loki stops crying so hard, only a few tears falling every now and again.

Tony feels Loki calming down and looked at him seriously. "Loki, I swear, I'm going to find whoever did this to you and make them feel worse than you do." He hugged him again. "I don't care how long it takes or how hard it'll be."

Loki shakes his head. He wants nothing more to do with the man. "No. I won't feel better unless I cause him pain. But the only thing I can do here is magic. I'm not strong like I used to be. He cornered me and beat me till I could barely stand. Then he raped me, beat me even more, and left me in a pile of trash. I couldn't even use my damn magic I am so weak."

Tony sighs heavily and rubs Loki's shoulder. "Well, I'm going to do what I have to make sure you get that guy back." He looks over at Loki and smiles tightly.

Loki lifts his head and looks at Tony. He nods and smiles slightly in return. "Thank you…Stark."

Tony smiles at him. "I'm still Stark?" He asks lightly.

Loki looks down slightly before looking back up and meeting his eyes. "Anthony?"

Tony smiles at him. "That's a little better." He looks out across the park and to where the sun is setting and smiles contentedly. "I'm glad you told me, Loki. I'm happy to help you."

Loki follows Tony's line of sight, catching the setting sun. "I'm glad I had someone to tell…"

"I'm here anytime you need to talk." Tony says quietly and wipes a few tears off of Loki's face using his thumb.

Loki doesn't know he's doing it, but he leans into Tony's touch. Still unused to kind touches, but slowly becoming accustomed.

Tony turns his head to look at Loki who is looking at the sun set and wraps an arm around his shoulders, hugging him into his side. "You about ready to head back to the Tower?" He asks.

Loki nods slightly, standing up with Tony. He walks beside him all the way back to the car. Once he's in and buckled, he looks over to Tony. "I…I'm sorry I snotted on your shirt."

Tony glanced down at his Black Sabbath tee and shrugs. "It no big deal, just a little wash and it'll be good as new." He smiles a Loki and puts the keys in the ignition.

Loki nods and looks out the window, for once not beating himself up for being weak.

Tony cranks the car and pulls out of the lot, turning left in the direction of Stark Tower. Right away he pulls into heavy traffic and he groans. "Really?" He whines.

Loki looks over to Tony, raising a brow slightly, before looking out at all the cars. "I could move them if you are in a hurry."

Tony looks at Loki perplexed but says "As much as I would love to see that, I'm not in that much of a hurry." He smiles then asks, "Where would you move them?"

Loki shrugs. He never knew where he moved things. Just knew that he could. "I could lift them up and put them back down after you've made your way."

After thinking for a moment Tony smiles and bites his lip. "You're making it really hard for me to be the responsible adult here." He looks at the long line of traffic and then back at Loki. "Let's do it."

Loki just lifts his hands, picking up the whole row of cars in front of them, setting them down gently after Tony moves them forward in his car.

Tony laughs like a madman the entire time he drives under everyone's cars and once they're fully past he gasps for air. "That was so cool." He says as they pull up to Stark Tower. He cuts the engine an opens his door.

Loki smiles slightly at Tony's laugh, getting out when they stop. He looks up at the tower he once destroyed, and starts feeling…Remorseful. What a horrid feeling. "A-Anthony." Loki clears his throat, this whole being mortal/having feelings thing is getting old fast. "I…I apologize for destroying your home. And for putting you and your… Friends in danger."

Tony pauses slightly at the unexpected apology. He nods and says, "Its okay, Loki. You're changing and weren't... right... when you did it." He puts his hand on Loki's shoulder and smiles at him.

Loki nods, accepting Tony's acceptance and just stands there, not knowing what to do. He looks around then back at Tony. "What now?"

Tony glances up at the tower then at Loki and responds. "I guess we should go inside, it's getting dark out here." He leads Loki through the entrance and to the elevator.