this chapter is a bit shorter but the next one will be longer again.
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Sleep really didn´t come easy to Tony this night. It still was a bit chilly down here and the stone above him made strange crackling sounds.
Oh and did he mention the voice in his head?
Every time he closed his eyes and tried to get some sleep he heard a voice in his head. A cool but soft whisper coming out of dark blue lips. 'Loki' it said.
And every time the voice said this name again emerald green and ruby red started to fight for attention in his head along with some icy blue.

So, his name was Loki. And his father´s Laufey. Tony had heard of Laufey, of him being a ruthless and dangerous savage. But although he could neither deny nor support this theory he hadn´t heard of his son. When you look closely you could spot a certain similarity.

If I can call him Loki now?... Better not. Maybe it´s a trick. Giving me his name and then getting me killed for using it or something like that.
Better keep it at 'you'...

Tony found that his thoughts drifted back to the jotun prince whatever he tried to think about. There was something special about him. Different than the other frost giants. Well, Tony hadn´t seen many of them. Mostly guards who all were just big and muscular...Loki on the other hand seemed far more androgynous... fragile but at the same time dangerous and mischievous.
Like smiling at you innocently and when you turn around he stabs you in the back.

And there was the thing with the magic... if every frost giant could do magic? Or just him? Mh...
Either way it was pretty cool.

Sometime between picturing a glorious ass and the feeling of choking to death coming back into his mind, Tony finally drifted to sleep.

...

When someone knocked on the door Tony jumped up a little before falling down on the mattress again. A sleepy sigh escaped his mouth. Blinking and rubbing over his face with one hand he mumbled. "Mh? Come in... I´m up..."

Tony could hear the door opening and closing again but couldn´t see his guest. He was still sleepy and the damn magic light was far too bright suddenly so he pulled one of the furs over his head.

He suspected the intruder to be one of the guards. Maybe to bring him the food he´s been promised...
The person moved around a bit, footsteps barely audible... then something was placed on the table.
Just as Tony was about to drift back to sleep someone spoke: "I assume you slept well?"

Again Tony jumped a bit. He thought the visitor had left already. However he hadn´t heard the door again so... stupid Stark!
Peeking out from under the furs Tony's eyes widened in shock. On one of the chairs sat the prince, legs crossed and a smirk on his face.

"What the hell are you doing here?"
Loki pulled his eyebrows up. "You know it´s very rude to ask something before answering the question that is given to you first. But given that I´m in a good mood I´ll answer your question first. I bought you breakfast."
Glancing at the tablet with food standing on the table he added: "I had our cook make sure it´s not poisonous for humans."

Tony looked back suspiciously and sat up while wrapping on of the pelts around himself and sitting up. Then he nodded and cleared his throat. Awkward situation...
At least he had his clothes still on because of the damn cold.
"Well... thank you."

The jotun didn´t seem to have planned on moving anytime soon. Tony's stomach began to growl and he started moving slowly towards the other chair and sat down. Eyeing the food suspiciously he felt the jotun´s eyes boring into him. "Go on. Eat. You must be hungry."

Tony glanced up for a second and picked up a fruit (he suspected it´s a fruit). It looked like a red lemon and when he bit into it a sweet and pleasant taste exploded in his mouth. Getting food in his mouth made him even hungrier and soon he was stuffing himself full with the red fruits and some kind of black bread and some pieces that looked like chees but tasted like honey and something he never tasted before. Frost giants seem to have a sweet tooth…

Loki leaned back in the chair and eyed the human curiously.
"So?"
Looking up with his mouth full of food Tony tried to answer.
"O whaf?"

The jotun suppressed a chuckle.
"Did you sleep well?"
Tony´s eyes widened. He totally forgot about the question. Chewing once more he swallowed and cleared his throat. "Yeah. I mean except for the damn cold temperatures it was very comfy. So, sure..."

Lifting the glass of water next to the tablet to his mouth he drank before eating another of the honey cheese balls like he decided to call them.
"What am I even eating here? I mean it tastes amazing but-"
"Zgharr´ spawning"
Opening his mouth in shock Tony gasped. "What? Eww... couldn´t you tell me such things before I eat them."
A shiver ran down Tonys spine and he eyes the food disgusted. Or rather the oh-so-tasty-honey-chees-ball-whatever-spawning.

"Oh come on. Don´t be a sissy. You humans eat fish eggs too, don´t you. It´s the same just...bigger." That bastard looked far too amused for Tony´s liking.
"Yeah but not all of us eat it.
"You could have asked before eating it..." Loki shrugged and took one of the eggs and put it into his mouth.

Tony glared at him. "Is the other stuff something disgusting, too? What is this?" He pointed at the fruits "And the bread-thing... is it made out of baby blood or something?"

The jotun laught and looked down at himself for a second. "Don´t you think it would be another color if it was made out of our offsprings blood?", he asked raising one eyebrow.
"These are fire-fruits. They are one of the few things we can grow underneath the surface. Also they will warm you up from the inside. The bread is made out of crop and water. Nothing bad, little human." Loki smirked.

Tony nodded back. "Well, I guess it won´t kill me."
"It won´t. I already said that... howsoever. You should wash yourself and get dressed. There are clothes in the washing room. I will wait outside."
With that Loki stood up and walked to the door.

"Wait how did clothes get- ah never mind.", Tony said when he saw the green glimmer between Loki´s fingers.

Then he was alone in the room again and decided to listen to the prince. Whatever he had planned he was still standing outside. Better not let him wait too long.
After Tony had washed himself in the seemingly ever flowing (and most important hot) stream in the 'bathroom' he got dressed again. The tunic and pants looked old-fashioned like out of some fantasy movie but they were warm and definitely less wrecked than his clothes. Maybe they belonged to an asgardian warrior once or something... or Loki just conjured them out of thin air. But then he could have at least got his size right. They were a bit too big but who cares.

Wrapping the fur around his shoulders once more Tony made his way to the door and stepped outside. Loki eyed him from head to toe and back a few times. "Are you ready?" Not waiting for an answer he started walking.
"Sure. May I ask were we´re going, princess?"

Sharp red eyes glared at him. "Don´t call me that or I will behead you."
Slightly shocked Tony followed the jotun´s gaze down to a dagger attached at his hip.

"I gave you my name so use it." Grinning Tony answered: "Hey, who ´s the one calling me little human all the time, huh? I also could call you smurf if you´d like that better."

A blue hand placed itself on the dagger and red eyes glared at him from the side again. Tony gulped and raised his hand in surrender.
"Ok ok. Loki it was, right?" Of course it was. He remembered it perfectly... "So where are we going?"
"I´ll show you around, Tony." he answered, emphasizing Tony´s name. Said one nodded.

After that they walked in awkward silence for a while.
Then Loki turned his head and looked at Tony questioningly and a grin spread over the humans face after the jotun´s question.

"What´s a smurf?"


please tell me what you think... especially about the chapter titles because I´m not really sure about them...

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