Prompt: YAY! Lokane! Jane getting lost on her way back to her room in the Asgard Imperial and walking in on Loki in a wonderful state of undress.
(eheheh :])
note: for the purpose of this drabble…this is set before Thor 2 and Thor takes Jane to visit Asgard and Loki is more so on house arrest than in the prison.
Diclaimer: I do not own these characters
"Lost"
Jane Foster…astrophysicist and creator of the Foster theory…was lost.
All within her first day in Asgard, she managed to lose the map given to her by Thor, leaving it in the banquet hall after dinner ended. She realized her mistake after Thor bid her goodnight. Jane assumed she could find her way back to her quarters without any assistance.
She was wrong.
Jane felt too embarrassed to ask guards who passed her for directions…and she was too stubborn to give up.
She knew truthfully she was nowhere closer to her room as she was two hours ago when she began. She felt like stomping on the ground like a five year old. Darcy would be banging her head against the walls by now.
"Alright…stay calm," Jane mumbled, "It's getting dark…but you can do this…if you can hit the Norse god of thunder with your RV twice…you can get back to your damn room on your own."
Turning the corner of what seemed like the twentieth hallway…Jane stopped herself short. Odin, deep in thought, was walking in the direction where she stood.
Jane panicked and back tracked her steps before he could see her. Perhaps it was her pride or her exhaustion finally getting to her, but Jane did not want to have to admit her lost state to the king.
Jane looked around for a hiding place. She would have hidden behind the columns, but there were none in sight. Rushing to the closest door in the hall, she pulled on its brass handle, slipped inside, and closed the door as quietly as she could.
She leaned her forehead on the door, allowing herself a moment of rest and to slow her breathing.
"It is impolite to enter one's chamber unannounced," a baritone voice spoke from behind her.
Jane's eyes snapped open.
A collection of colorful words came to her mind.
The other presence in the room stood in silence, waiting for her to face him.
Biting her lip, Jane turned around from the comfort of looking at the door.
Her mouth dropped and her lips formed the shape of an "o."
Loki was leaning against one of the columns of his four poster bed….nude from the waist up. He had to have come from a bath because he held a washcloth and his hair was still wet. His pants hung low below his hip bones, allowing Jane could observe the full view of his torso. She imagined him to have a sickly form…but she was very mistaken. Although Loki was not a match to the physique of his brother…his pale skin was cut and defined giving him a toned, athletic look. Even the dimmed torchlight, she could see him observing her intently. His look and state of dress made the moment feel far too intimate for Jane.
He smirked. "Like what you see?" He said, tossing the towel to his bed.
Jane felt her face redden to the shade of a tomato, and she suddenly found the marbled floor to be very fascinating. "U-um..sorry…I..I didn't know…t-this was your room."
"Hmm…Looking for my brother then?" He asked suggestively. "At this hour of the night?"
The innuendo he was hinting at came across loud and clear. She glared at him. "I got lost after dinner, and I can't find my way back to my room."
"How awful," He replied with his words laced in sarcasm.
"You concern is so heart warming," Jane countered.
"You could always stay here until you recall your way…" He suggested inching his way closer to her. His eyes raked over her, making her skin crawl and tingle at the same time.
Jane's blush returned and she crossed her arms over her chest. "I'll pass."
They stared at each other, waiting for the one of them to make the next move.
His smile shone brightly in torch light, and he broke the silence. "Then…pray tell me…why are you still here?"
Jane opened her mouth but nothing but air came out. She reached blindly behind her back for the door handle. With a tug, the door popped open.
"Sweet dreams, Miss Foster." Loki said with a small bow and the same brash smile.
Jane managed a nod and slipped through the door back into the corridor.
She thought she could hear his chuckle as she walked away from his room with her flushed cheeks and racing heart.
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