Emma was currently drowning her sorrows in a dingy bar, she couldn't believe what she had walked in on. She had gone to surprise her boyfriend, she had gone to his apartment and let herself in while he was supposedly at work and what did she find, her best friend screwing him. So of course the only way to get over this heartbreak was to go to the nearest bar and order a load of shots. Would anyone expect anything less of Tony Starks daughter?

After spending hours at the bar, Emma wasn't sure how but she had managed to get hold of a cab and get dropped off back at the headquarters. She could feel herself stumbling with every step she took, so of course it seemed like a good idea to sit outside against the compound. She closed her eyes for a moment,cleaning her against the wall. The coldness of the night felt good against her skin. The images of her now ex boyfriend and ex best friend flooded through her mind,

Bastards

"Why are you sleeping out here?" A familiar voice asked as Emma heard footsteps approaching her, she opened her eyes to see Loki staring down at her looking all nigh and mighty.

"I'm not sleeping!" She snapped at him the emotions from tonight finally getting the better of her, "I'm waiting for everything to stop moving so I can get myself into my room" Emma scowled at him before closing her eyes, she couldn't keep looking at him because he kept moving too quickly. "Will you stop bloody moving too"

Loki chuckled at her comment, "excuse me, I'm standing perfectly still." He told her, Emma chose to ignore him. She wanted him to leave her alone, all he did was act as if he was some mighty being and he wasn't. "Come on" he told her, she could feel his hand on her arm trying to pull her up. "Let's get you inside"

When Emma refused to budge, he sighed and picked her up bridal style. She wanted to protest but she actually felt comforted in his arms. She wasn't sure what happened but next thing she knew, she was sitting in the common room alone with him with a cup of coffee in front her. "Drink this" he told her, when she didn't respond and just scowled, he pushed it closer to her, "now" he demanded.

Emma could tell right now not listening to Loki wasn't a option, so she just picked up the coffee and started taking sips of it. After a while, she could feel it starting to sober her up slightly. She still felt tipsy but now the room had stopped spinning. She looked over towards Loki who was looking rather annoyed and bored,

"What's your problem?" Emma didn't realize she had said it out loud, she had originally only thought it.

"Well it's not like I asked to spend my night babysitting some drunk child" he told her,

"It's not like I asked you to do this" Emma could feel herself getting annoyed, it was making perfect sense to her at this time. She should be annoyed, she was quite comfortable sitting outside until he had come along. "I would have been fine sitting out there"

Loki let out a chuckle, "oh yes and letting you freeze would have really done me any favors." Loki paused, "you know I would have expected this from my brother and even stark, but from you it's very unladylike"

"Yeah well you wanna know what's unladylike, walking in on your boyfriend fucking your so called best friend" she shouted at him, now trying to stand up. She could feel fresh tears starting to form and she was not going to cry in front of him. Emma could feel herself almost fall when she stood up, but she suddenly feel Loki's hands on her arm propping her up.

"Let me escort you back to your room" he told her, not even giving her a chance to respond as he started leading her out of the common room. They walked in silence as Emma tried to keep her tears from falling from her eyes, anger radiating from her body. Once they had arrived to the door of her room, Loki loosened his grip. "Im sorry about your boyfriend"

"Ex" Emma interrupted, opening the door of her room and making her way into her room. She could hear Loki start walking away, she now suddenly felt bad. She turned around to face him, but he had already starting walking away. "Hey Loki," she called out after him, he turned to face her, she couldn't read any emotion on his face, "thanks" she told him now closing the door.

Emma woke up the next morning feeling like a freight train had hit her in the night. Her head was pounding, Emma groaned and looked to the side of her bed hoping that she had some sense with all her drunkness to have left out some water.

Thank god

There stood a large glass of water placed on the side at her bedside table, she had even written a note to herself 'love drunk Emma' she slowly sat herself up, ignoring the pounding of her head. She began to guzzle the water to try and get rid of the sandy feeling of dryness in her mouth, next thing she started choking and spitting it out.

Drunk Emma is an ass

She soon realized it wasn't water she had left out for herself, it was vodka. Emma wanted to be sick, she rushed up out of bed and ran the taps in the bathroom and started scooping water into her mouth frantically trying to get rid of the taste of neat vodka in the morning.

Emma checked the clock, she needed to get into the lab in the next fifteen minutes. She quickly showered, brushing her teeth in the shower to save him and grabbed some clothes including her sunglasses and hurried down to the lab. She kept her sunglasses on inside, getting a few odd looks from other people walking around the compound.

Emma had finally made it into the lab, she thought she was the first one in but she soon spotted Loki, her mind suddenly remembering what an ass she had been to him when he was trying to help her.

He looked up from his book briefly, obviously checking to see who it was and then returned his attention back to reading. Emma wanted the ground to swallow her as she now walked towards the desk he was sat on. She stood awkwardly on the other side of the desk, trying to find the right words. When he didn't look up, she decided it was now and never. "Loki, I'm really sorry about last night. I was a complete ass, I know you were trying to help and I shouldn't have taken it out on you."

Before he could even say anything Tony had now entered the lab, "Em, why are you wearing sunglasses in the lab?" Tony asked looking concerned, Emma could tell he was trying to hide some of his concern. It would look quite weird for him to be this worried over an employee.

"Hangover" Emma told him, now moving away from the work station and getting everything ready for further testing. She walked past Tony briefly to get to a cupboard.

"Have you been drinking vodka this morning?" Tony asked scrunching his face up,

"Yeah" Emma said with a long pause, "drunk Emma is a bitch"

"You leave vodka out again instead of water?" Tony asked chuckling, and Emma nodded.

Loki

Loki watched amused as Emma and Tony would interact, he found it quite strange at how close they seemed. She had been introduced to him as an employee, but he knew there was something else. He wasn't quite sure but he knew something was going on.

His thoughts drifted off to when he saw Emma sitting against the compound, he had gone out for a walk that evening to clear his head. He was fed up of being scrutinized by everyone within the compound, no one trusted him. Even Thor was showing his doubts, he even after he had fought with his brother, he still doubted his intentions. Then he saw Emma, he thought she was dead to begin with but as he approached her he could smell the alcohol on her.

He knew helping her would win her trust, so that's what he did. He knew he made her nervous, it was obvious with that time in the lab when he had caught her from falling. If he was to be completely honest with himself, he was intrigued by her but of course he would never admit it about a mere mortal. She was something to toy with for his entertainment, just because he was trying to turn a new leaf didn't mean he had to be all too good.

Well that was what he thought this morning, after last night and how incredibly unthankful she had been he had decided he was going to mess around, but when she came in this morning apologizing, it had changed everything. He hadn't really known anyone to apologize for their actions and to then give him the benefit of the doubt that he was just trying to help.