Loki awoke the next morning knowing he had a purpose. He opened his eyes and found himself looking around the room to see if the coast was clear. No sign of Darcy. Good. Where to begin…

He realized he really didn't have a set plan yet on what to do. Everything had happened so quickly in the last few days he'd had hardly any time to think ahead. His initial idea was burning the lab down, destroying the entire building – possibly the town. He had nearly done so just days ago. But at the same time he was fighting with the idea. Darcy was turning out to be, it couldn't be, his friend? No. But all the same she wasn't deserving of death. Not yet. She was the only person feeding his ego, the only person who seemed to not want him dead. She actually liked being in his company, didn't she? No. she is nothing to you. Let her burn. Let her die. Why would you care? If you let her die her enchantments will stop affecting you. Let her die, do it. Now or never…

He raised his hand, closed his eyes and began concentrating on reciting the spell in his head. Nearly accomplished…

"Good morning! Or, good afternoon, I guess its way after twelve. Sorry, how long have you been up? I sleep too much."

Loki froze. His eyes flew wide open as he stared at her. Of all the fateful moments, this was just plain ironic. He thought for a second that Odin may have somehow woken her up just in time to unintentionally stop him from killing her. He was literally two words away from letting the place burn.

"Are you waving to me? Dude, you can talk to me. I mean I get that some people are really shy but you don't have to resort to sign language." She was evidently mocking him. Anger was making his veins pulse. He forced himself to calm down.

He sighed. Looks like he was doomed to another day of waiting for the end of her little world. Tonight. I will destroy this place and the entire dull town after she is in bed. Why haven't I already done so? Loki, you are losing your mind here. Whatever happened to your ability to act quickly?

"Ms. Darcy. Perhaps I forgot to explain customary procedures for greeting acquaintances on Asgard." He said as he lowered his hand to his side, curling his fingers into a fist behind his back. He couldn't remember ever having told such an atrociously bad lie. Even Darcy examined him skeptically. Why did she torment his ability to think straight all the time?

"I don't remember Thor doing that but whatever, I'm not an alien." She said as she awkwardly smiled and held up one of her hands in a Vulcan salute from Star Trek. He grimaced as she put on a decidedly smug face. He really wasn't in the mood for her humor.

"Hey! Lighten up, I'm not making fun of you. Jeez for being the god of mischief you're way too serious. I thought you were supposed to go around messing with people all the time or something. You're so angsty."

"I assure you I do live up to my reputation Darcy. For instance I'm sure you have heard of a monument called the Sphinx in the African continent Egypt-"

"Country."

"Country, yes, forgive my inadequate Midgardian education." He said sarcastically.

"Yeah, Napoleon blew off it's nose. Everybody knows that. What's so special about it?"

"Napoleon missed." He said smirking. Finally a hint of amusement in his eyes as she laughingly caught on.

"No way! You didn't! That is crazy, why did you do that though?"

"It was constructed in the ancient days of your realm as a tribute to the creature with a lion's body and a human's head. I have always found the creatures to be hideous. I thought blowing off the nose would improve the appearance."

"You are terrible! That's hilarious!" Darcy laughed for nearly a minute. Loki couldn't help but laugh with her. He looked into her eyes and she looked back. They gazed at one another for a moment before one of them finally spoke again.

"Tell me another." She said, her smile beaming up at him.

They both took a seat on the couch, their bodies nearly touching. Darcy's smile never left her face as Loki began another story of his prankster past.

Loki had been genuinely happy all day. Much like the night before when he impressed her. He was shocked to find he had caught her undivided attention for hours. She just couldn't look away from his eyes. They were so dazzlingly green. As the fading sunlight beamed in through the windows they were even greener. His smile was beautiful, radiant. How could he be a villain? Darcy didn't know much about him, she'd never studied up on the Old Norse mythology stories. But she certainly didn't agree with Jane's version of them.

"And that is why you celebrate April Fool's day." He said coming to a close of his last story.

Crap. She suddenly realized she hadn't heard a single word of this last account. Why did he have to be so damn distracting? Time to bullshit she thought.

"That's so crazy. I wish more people were like you. You're so funny and interesting. In a good way, believe me."

A shadow seemed to fall across his face as she spoke. The spark in his eyes turned glassy and distant again. "As flattering as your words are Darcy, I am afraid you are mistaken. Although I have some entertaining tales, I also have many that are regretful. Crimes I was punished for, accidents that should not have occurred. I have caused much unnecessary tension between realms. And I… should simply not speak of this to you."

"No," her eyes filled with concern as her voice took on a softer, yet more serious tone. He wasn't used to hearing her speak in a non-energetic way. It caught him off guard.

"You're not the bad guy. I won't believe it. Look, maybe I just don't know you that well, and maybe you really are the guy that I should be afraid of. But I don't want to believe it. And I won't hurt you. Every time I look at you I don't know if I'm going to see you smiling at me or frowning at something I can't see."

"What do you mean?"

"Look, I'm a political science major. I've spent hours for school reading about world leaders, personalities, and philosophy. And believe me when I say that there are much worse people out there than you. There are people who are filled with so much hate and cruelty that they'll go out and murder children and it won't even faze them. Loki, I don't know what sort of bad and terrible things you've done, but I don't think you've just waved it off. Even if you think you're the bad guy, I don't think you want to be. Seems like you just want to be appreciated."

Loki actually wasn't sure what to say. Had she really just said all that? His mouth hung open a little in utter disbelief as he attempted to find words. "You…are not the girl I thought you were Darcy Lewis." He was anxious to hear her next words. This girl, this somehow remarkable girl. All traces of his hatred and denial vanished as she was spilling out all of her deeply hidden emotions. And in them he could hear his own voice speaking the same thoughts time and time again from his past. She continued, speaking so earnestly.

"I know, I've heard it before. I open my big fat mouth and everybody thinks I'm some crazy person who goes around reciting pop culture references. And then when I say or do something that doesn't sound ridiculous they freak out like they don't know what to do with me. I get how you feel, really. We're like that yellow light on the stoplight, people don't know if they should keep going or stop. You and I are undervalued. I know I shouldn't say it because Jane is really my friend but sometimes she and Erik look at me like I'm not fit to scrape their shoes. Just because I'm not some super genius astrophysicist or whatever. I try to ignore it but it's hard when they look at you in disbelief when you say something brainy. You and me Loki, we're the same. We're both trying to prove we're not just waiting for something. We're both-"

She didn't get to finish her rambling train of thought as suddenly Loki leaned in slightly startling her, and kissed her. She closed her eyes as his hand slowly raised to cup her cheek. She could feel her heart racing again as their lips intertwined. It was all so much. She had kissed a few guys before but they were nothing like this. Loki was a god after all. She felt like she'd never been kissed before, certainly not like this. His lips were moist and so smooth and it was as if he had already traced every angle of her mouth. How long had they been kissing, seconds, minutes, days? It all felt like a beautiful daydream. The sunlight was playing with her hair as the sun was going down, filling the lab with a fiery red glow.

At last they broke apart, both of their lips still slightly agape as they gazed wide eyed at each other waiting for whatever would come next. Darcy couldn't hide her slight pant for air as they leaned back an inch. Did that really just happen?

They both were speechless for a moment as they searched each other's eyes. It was Darcy's turn to act on an impulse. She nearly flew at him. Both her hands tangling his black hair. She knocked him backwards so they were lying together on the couch. His hands crept up her back as she pressed her body against his. Their embrace was rougher than the first kiss but still just as perfect. The sun was sinking deeper and deeper behind the mountains as their lips grew more and more impatient for the next kiss. She straddled her legs bringing her knees to fold up beside his hips. She could feel he was hard beneath her but she knew better than to go that far too soon. She was going to find out his other best qualities first before the god of mischief made his finest entrance.

As they lay there together perfectly in each other's grasp, Loki realized his plan of destroying the lab was certainly not going to happen that night. Not while she was there laying with him.

So what did you think of my passionate ending there ;) I enjoyed myself a little too much while writing that haha. So I realize that things seem to be moving pretty quickly in their relationship but keep in mind they've hardly left each other's sight since they met. Also fear not! I have already basically laid out the entire storyline in my head so it has a definite ending prepared. I hope you will all like it. And again, review if you like it thus far! If you are craving for more physical fluff definitely let me know! You are my encouragement for continuing! Thank you to all who are reading :)