Avengers X Reader: Surprises pt.4

"ONII-CHAN!" I jerk up in bed and scream. 'It was just a nightmare, no need to worry.' I tell myself. My bedroom door flies open, and Loki, Tony, Clint, and Steve rush in. Loki's by my side first. He sits on my bed and pulls on to his lap and does what he did at the graveyard. Somehow, I found being held by the ex-criminal comforting. Don't ask me why because I've not a clue.

"Did you have a nightmare _?" Tony asks softly. I nod into Loki's shirt. Clint had sat down by Loki and was rubbing my back too.

"You want to tell us about it?" Clint asks softly. I shake my head at Loki's chest this time.

"You know, even I have nightmares. Mostly about the war I was in." Steve reassures me. "You want to tell us about your nightmare now?"

I shake my head again. I don't want them to know about it. It's mainly a nightmare of guilt. 'You didn't protect our son' 'you should be dead, not him' 'you didn't save me. I thought you loved me'. I couldn't tell them my guilt. "Could you sing me a lullaby?"

"Um… sure. What lullaby?" Tony asks.

"It's one my mom and dad used sing to me. It goes 'Go to sleep 'a little baby, go to 'a little baby, momma's not home and daddy's out working, and it leaves nobody but the baby. Go to sleep 'a little baby, go to sleep 'a little baby, Lay your bones on the alabaster stones, and it leaves nobody but the baby. Go to sleep 'a little baby, go to sleep 'a little baby, you me plus the devil makes three and leaves nobody but the baby'." I tell him.

"Go to sleep 'a little baby, go to sleep 'a little baby, Momma's not home, and daddy's out working, leaves nobody but the baby-" Tony sings, getting cut off by Steve.

"Go to sleep 'a little baby, go to sleep 'a little baby, lay your bones on the alabaster stones, and it leaves nobody but the baby-" Steve gets cut off by Clint.

"Go to sleep 'a little baby, go to sleep 'a little baby," Loki joins in with Clint, singing in harmony, they continue, "You, Me, plus the devil makes three, and leaves nobody but the baby." I barely stay awake long enough to feel the vibrations of Loki's voice stop, and to snuggle into the nook of his elbow, where I clutch wrapping my arms tightly around his.

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I feel _ tighten her grip on my arm. Normally I wouldn't mind, but I was beginning to lose feeling in that arm. Making sure _'s asleep, I gently try to peel her arms off of my own. The opposite of what I wanted happened, her grip tighten even more, if that's possible.

"Ahem, can someone help me, please?" I ask gesturing to _'s sleeping form. They all chuckle when they see my predicament. Soon, they stop chuckling, because they too can't seem to budge _'s arm either. They all frown and ponder what to do next. Meanwhile I'm beginning to blush from the continued contact with _, and because she subconscieniously didn't want me to leave. "Go get Thor, and tell him to be very quiet."

Tony nods and runs off to find Thor. I hear them coming before they're even outside _'s door. I wonder how she sleeps through such noise. Then Thor booms into the room, _ shifts in her sleep, scrunching her eyes tight, and clinging tighter to my rapidly numbing arm, which to my surprise, isn't completely numb yet. Thor laughs when he sees my pathetic situation.

"I am glad my dear brother has decided to come to me for help!" Thor thunders. Every one winces, even _ in her sleep.

"SSSSSSSSSHHHHHH!" We all shush Thor. He smiles embarrassedly. Then he comes over to us and gently pries her fingers off my arm, only to realize that that's not working. So he pries harder, practically ripping her fingers off. I jump off the bed and is on the other side of the room in a split second. They all look at me like I'm crazy for my sudden action, until they see _ reaching for where I used to be, nearly catching Thor before he leaps away. _ groans in her sleep, and Tony, used to getting away for screaming fans and his one night stands, grabs a throw pillow from the couch and slips it in _'s arms and she grabs it and slowly tightens her grip on it, like the boa constrictors on the channel of discovery. She sighs contently in her sleep and rolls over. We all exit her room quietly, then we say goodnight to each other, and head off to bed. That night I dream of _. I wanted feeling in my arm, yet I didn't want her to ever let me go. This must be the feeling Thor feels when he is with Jane, this must be love. But in love with a mortal? Impossible. Maybe. Great, I'm such a God of lies that I'm lying to myself!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Time Skip To Readers P.O.V. (Brought To You By Doctor Who)~~~~~~~~~~~~

When I wake up and go down stairs I'm painfully aware of the curious stares I'm getting from Tony, Steve, Clint, Thor, and Loki. Loki's stare is the worst though. It feels like he's trying to read my mind. I don't like it.

"So _, what was with all the commotion last night?" Banner asks. "I was up late in the lab and when I came up to bed Tony, Thor, Steve, Clint, and Loki, were coming out of your room."

"It's nothing." I dead pan, hoping to get him off my case about it. The guys look pained when I say this, because they know that it wasn't nothing. It was bad enough to make me cry out and request a lullaby.

"_ had a nightmare." Loki says. All heads turn to him, I glare at him. He shrugs at me, saying 'They'd find out sooner or later, Tony can't keep quiet about anything'. I continue to glare at him. "She had cried out, screamed really, and we all came to see what was wrong. We comforted her, trying to find out what scared her so bad. She refused to tell us and requested a lullaby. She's apparently a snuggler when she sleeps, because she latched on to my arm and refused to let go. We called Thor in because none of us could remove her grip, and he could barely to it."

I go red at this, I sooo didn't remember this. Loki smirks at me, like he won some invisible battle. I glare some more. He just smiles smugly.

"I'm going to go train." I say. The guys all look at me with worry. I hadn't touched my breakfast. I left it there to get soggy.

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I watched her leave, knowing I had upset her. My heart ached and felt as though it had been stabbed. I look at her unfinished breakfast and feel worry. She didn't even touch it. All of us guys noticed this and began to worry for _'s welfare.