Authors note: This chapter contains what can be classed as "Pseudo Incest" so I have rated it M to be on the safe side. Once again, thanks so much to everyone who read, reviewed, followed and favourited. I appreciate it!

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Chapter 3

Loki entered The Great Hall, named rightly so as everything in the room was oversized. Starting with the room itself which was the biggest in the Castle by almost double. It had an excessively long table which was always boasting a large feast of meat, fruit, vegetables and pastries regardless of what hour it was. He found his brother sat at the head of the table accompanied by The Lady Sif, The large and ginger bearded Volstagg, polite and timid Fandral and Hogun the Vanir. All of them have known each other since childhood. Once the group spotted him walking towards them, they all went quiet and looked nervously at each other. Something Loki noted.

"Whispers tell lies." Loki said satirically, he clasped his hands together, disappearing and reappearing behind Thor's seat. Loki leaned in and put his lips close to Thor's ear, his hands on either of Thor's shoulders. "Tell me Brother you weren't discussing such a matter without me?"

"Brother I would never-" Thor began.

He was cut short by the headstrong and beautiful Sif, who felt obliged to defend him. "No. We were talking about you. How much of a pain your becoming. Besides, if you hadn't locked yourself away in your room for the hundredth time, we wouldn't have to begin without you. One day Thor will be king of Asgard, If your brother asks you for your counsel, it is rude to leave him waiting on you. " She sat back in her chair and drank an impressive mouthful of ale.

"Is that right?" Loki hissed. "Though, how could I best you? You've always been a bit keen, always first to show up and volunteer your services. I can almost smell the desperation on you now." He could see he'd hit a nerve, Sif shot Loki a look of fury and she clenched her fists at her side. Her mouth opened and closed but no words came out. "Oh." Loki said a look of mocking pity upon his face. "And here he sits, a confused look on his face. Do you know why he stares blankly? It's because he still has no clue that you're deeply in love with him - So tragic."

At that Sif snapped, standing up she pushed her chair back so hard that it fell to the floor and shook the table. However before she had chance to react to the slight she had just suffered, Volstagg broke the tension. "Careful woman! Almost knocked my plate clean across the floor!" he said as half chewed food fell from his mouth.

"Stop acting like insufferable children." Thor's voice had an air of authority. Everyone stopped bickering, seated themselves and looked to him. "Now that my brother has been so kind as to grace us with his presence, we can begin. As I'm sure you've heard the legend of Álfheimr and it's incomprehensible beauty. The light Elves call Álfheimr their home and they can see into the future. I mean to travel there. The journey will be tough and ruthless, we can make it. I am sure."

"My turn." Loki interrupted standing from his seat. "I will say to you all now what I said to my dear brother when he came and spoke to me last night of this plan; It's ridiculous. Not only is Álfheimr so far and distant, no one still living has made this trip but Light Elves are fickle creatures. It is known and even if they did decide to reveal themselves to us, they are notorious for playing tricks and telling people false." Loki turns to look at Thor, his eyes sympathetic. "Brother I love you but this is just a children's bed time story."

"See there you go again!" Thor roared. "Acting as if I am an idiot." Thor took a moment to calm himself before speaking again. "I am aware we will probably not achieve our goals, though what if we did? We'd be the stuff of legend! If we don't - no great loss. We'll have a memorable journey and stories of the travel."

'A waste of precious time.' Loki thought to himself, then his mind went back to this morning, his brother's finely sculpted virgin body... 'Play nice.' Loki strums his fingers on the table a few times to give the illusion he is mulling over the argument. "When you put it that way, fair enough brother. It would seem I'd lost my sense of adventure for moment and as long as you don't have a sour face when we arrive back in Asgard emptied handed... I won't complain."

"Deal. So long as you never say that you told me so." Thor laughed heartily.

"I doubt he'd be able to promise that." Lady Sif jested, her tone one of annoyance.

"No." Loki smiled brushing it off. "Though I will certainly do my best."

"So then, if I have managed to provoke the logical Loki into it... You best all be up for it to!" Thor shouted raising his goblet of wine. "Let's show everyone we are the most fearsome lot in the nine realms!" Everyone's look shifted to one another before they lifted their own wine and replied with a loud chorus of 'For Asgard!', all of them chattered excitedly over the adventure they were to embark on. "Now however..." Thor said clearing his throat to silence them. "I beg you leave so that I may talk to my brother alone." Volstagg, Fandral and Hogun the Vanir left the table one by one respectfully.

Although The Lady Sif did not, on her way out she grabs one of Loki's arms and pulls him downward so that she can whisper into his ear. "If you ever mock in front of our friends again, I'll castrate you myself."

"You mean in front of Thor?" Loki hissed back, he breathes into her ear slightly before speaking loud enough for everyone to hear. "I do hope you'll accept my apologies, I shouldn't have spoken to you in such a manner - My Lady."

"I accept." Sif shrugs and takes her leave. She can't pin point what exactly but she had always had a feeling Loki was trouble, he always had been an outsider, never quite fitting in. She loved Thor though and Thor adored Loki.

Thor waited until the room was completely empty before he spoke. "Loki, I want to say thank you for bowing out and taking my side with this one. I know you lied and you do not wish to do this - but you've done it for me."

"What can I say?" Loki smiled warmly. "You're my big brother. I'd follow you to the edge of the universe. Besides, it's good for the people to at least think we have a united front and common opinion. Our sentimental talk yesterday made me realise that."

Thor grinned to himself before blurting out. "How nostalgic are you feeling?"

"What do you mean?" Loki asked taken aback.

"Let's go swim in the fountain."

"Are you crazy? Father will kill us!"

"It never stopped you before!" Thor joked. "Just don't get caught this time!"

The fountain wasn't actually a fountain at all, it was a nest of caves behind a huge waterfall. If it had been particularly rainy the caves would swell with water and you could swim through them. When Thor and Loki were children they were told how dangerous it was to play there because if something bad happened it would take forever to find them. Of course, boys being boys they did it anyway. Loki used to be the one who insisted they should go, he could never bare to be told anything was off limits. Thor always felt he had to come, to protect Loki as knew he'd do it anyway. However now here they were, the sun was beating down on them and all the memories of childhood left goosebumps on their skin. Loki stood on the water's edge, his eyes closed as he breathed in familiar smells of his youth. "It hasn't changed any." opening his eyes, Loki smiled and shook out his hair, letting the wind take it.

"No. Seldom anything does." Thor sighed removing his tunic and pulling of his breeches. He shamelessly entered the water to about waist deep, walking toward the waterfall, the gateway to the hidden caves.

"Oh, so you're naked now." Loki said shocked, averting his eyes out of politeness.

"I'm not getting my clothes wet that's for sure!" Thor laughed turning around, leaving his iliac furrow exposed and the top of his pubeline just over the water. "We've seen each other before as children. Dear Loki, you have nothing to feel shy of."

"What makes you assume I'm shy?" Loki said, a mischievous half smile playing across his lips. He tore his clothes off quickly and followed his golden haired brother into the water, nude as the day they were born. Together they both braced themselves as the went through the waterfall, the rapids from above tumbled over the cliff's edge and poured over them with such force, it takes their breath. Blinded as water gets in their eyes, their first instinct is to find each other once they are through.

"Are you okay brother?" Thor asks, grasping onto Loki's arms, the river now coming up to their necks.

"Yeah." Loki splutters, spitting out a mouthful of water. "I am sure it was less of an ordeal when we were kids."

"Perhaps it's the same, you are just old now."

"Perhaps you should hold your tongue!" Loki laughed, rubbing his eyes. His raven hair dripping wet, clinging to his slender face.

They swam further into the depths of the foundation, the water got deeper and you couldn't see the bottom, but the cave's interior was much prettier at the back. The rock walls were encrusted with beautiful fuchsia crystals that were found nowhere else in the universe. Wedged deep in the walls and almost impossible to mine. Some small stone sized ones occasionally broke off and as a child, Thor had been like a magpie, collecting as many as he could each time. After a particularly bad storm, he found one the size of his fist which must of become dislodged due to the harsh weather. He'd been so excited he'd rushed straight home to add it to his collection, it's still there in his bedroom displayed proudly. After that however none of the smaller crystals took his fancy any more... as he and Loki had grown up and apart, he'd stopped coming here altogether.

"I forgot how breathtaking this cave truly is." Thor smiled, his eyes wide and full of wonder. He ran his fingers across the wall, feeling the rough edges. "Is it as you remembered brother?"

"It's smaller." Loki sighed. "Or I was. Everything used to be such an adventure."

"Everything is still an adventure to me." Thor shrugged.

"Therein lies your problem and our difference." Loki smiled warmly. "You'd have all these bright ideas, reluctantly I'd join you and inevitably end up hurt. Little wonder we parted as we grew."

"I wish we didn't have to grow. You used to be my best friend, my little shadow." Thor frowned.

"Battle called for you whereas books called for me." Loki winked. "You are like father and I am more like Mother. We are who we are and there is little point trying to fight it. We just have to accept each other."

"You're right. We're are here now and we will always be brothers, that's the importance." Thor laughed, splashing a huge wave into an unimpressed Loki's face. "We're bound by blood."

Feeling brave, Loki swam over to his brother and held Thor's chiselled jaw in his own nimble fingers. Loki stroked Thor's beard hair and moved his thumb softly over Thor's bottom lip. Even through the water, they could feel the heat of each other bodies. Thor watched as droplets of water fell from his golden mane and onto Loki's pale wrists. Their eyes locked with one another's, Thor's stomach in knots and Loki's heart pounded in his chest. Lost in Thor's piercing blue eyes, Loki thought to himself how his brother had 'won the gene lottery' and taken all typically Asgardian traits for himself. 'He's too perfect.' Timidly he leans towards his brother, pressing his lips tenderly onto Thor's. Thor doesn't reciprocate Loki's kiss, although he doesn't stop him, he just stands there frozen letting it play out. Feeling the tension Loki breaks away from the kiss, his eyes shift nervously across his brother's face waiting for a reaction - but Thor just remains there, his mouth moving without making a sound. "Uh, Thor-" Loki begins.

"I do not know why you just did that." Thor's face confused as he wipes his mouth roughly with the back of his hand.

"Oh please get a hold of yourself. Everyone does it." Loki sneered.

"Kissing, yes but-"

"But nothing Thor. Many guys our age have... shall we say practised on each other." Loki shrugged.

"We are brothers Loki!"

''We're also best friends. Besides, I heard The Bardorson twins have even performed fellatio on one another. I mean what with battling, being prince of the Eternal Land of Asgard and whatever else it is you do... have you ever kissed a girl? Anyone even? The Lady Sif is the only girl you keep in your company and it is clear nothing has happened there." Loki smiled mischievously.

"Well no, I haven't." Thor looked awkward. "I'm still a young man, I'll wait."

"And when the time comes, you don't want to be terrible do you?" Loki manipulated. "Aren't you even slightly curious. I mean what have you got to be afraid of?" He parts his lips and lightly closes his eyes, daring his brother to kiss him again. Loki waits, he doesn't quite know exactly what for, maybe that his brother will actually do it or reject him or perhaps he was just out for an argument. He hadn't decided himself yet.

Seconds feel like minutes, but finally Thor's warm breath hovers over Loki's mouth. "We tell no one." Thor whispers.

"Ha! Like I'd want to." Loki murmurs, forcefully grabbing a handful of Thor's hair and pushing his face into his own. They kissed opened mouth for a while before frustrated with just that, Loki rams his tongue into Thor's mouth. He accepts it greedily, Thor's technique is sloppy but he is indeed eager. 'He'll need some training and encouragement' Loki thought to himself as he manoeuvred around Thor's wildly thrusting tongue. Loki could feel himself getting harder as he tasted and explored his brother, he wondered if Thor was erect too. He didn't want to push Thor by touching him just yet, however only kissing is torturing him so he breaks it off. "There." Loki breathes. "Hardly anything to make a big deal out of... but you do need to work on it." Loki laughs, swimming off towards the mouth of the cave.

"Hey!" Thor calls out after his brother. "What do you mean by that?!"

Loki doesn't turn back, he merely responds with. "Just that you'll be needing some more practise."