*Thoghts *

Rays of sunshine woke her up, the warmth tickling her face.

She felt refreshed and started to stretch her limbs, looking around in her room.

After getting out of the comforts of her bed, she walked to the bathroom to get ready for the day.

When she reached the door, that let to the bathroom, she halted, Lokis bed had been empty and there was no noise coming out of the bathroom.

Not wanting to disturb him, Milli glanced inside the closet on noticing it was empty, she decided to pick her clothes first, letting Loki have his peace a little bit more.

Content with changing her morning routine, to make this whole thing easier on both of them, she turned around, nearly bumping in a leather covered chest.

Jumping back in alarm (and because she was scared shittless in the sudden appearance- she blamed her just woken up state of mind) she lost her footing and stumbled backwards.

But the anticipated land on the floor never came, instead a strong arm sneaked around her waist and steadied her.

She must have looked like a dear in headlights, because she looked at Loki´s grinning face.

Where did he come from?

"Uhm-Thanks for the catch I guess." She mumbled blushing on the situation.

He was clearly amused by the situation.

"We don´t want you to get hurt, do we?" He said with a big smirk on his face.

"Wasn´t my intention-no." She said with a small stutter in her voice.

"Then what were your intentions, my Love?" He still hat his arm around her back, his green eyes were staring into hers waiting for an answer.

Damn, that's green.

"You surprised me, and I lost my footing." She answered short, not trusting her voice at the moment.

"That's not want I meant. And I am sure you are well aware of that." He said.

It´s to early for my poker face, pretty sure it won´t work again on him.

"I thought you were in the bathroom and didn´t want to disturb you. I wanted to get my clothes settled in the meantime." She explained him sincere.

"Afraid of me?"

"No" This time her voice was firm. She had never been afraid of him. Sure, he attacked the earth and nearly caused the destruction of NY. But she has always been sure there was more to it then everybody thought. He wasn´t the monster everybody (and maybe he himself) thought he was.

And the knowledge, that the spell would protect her (should her appraisement be wrong), helped as well.

She thought he saw astonishment flicker in his eyes, it was gone so fast that it could have been her imagination.

"I new what I signed up to, well most of it. I was prepared to be around you 24/7. You did not. I wanted to give you some time alone, before you are stuck with me again for the day. I figured you were in there, because you weren´t in your bed anymore and I couldn´t see you elsewhere in the room." Milli couldn´t stand the stare combined with the silence anymore and looked away. She would have tried to step back as well, but she knew his grip was to strong, not using any force.

They were quiet for a few more seconds.

"Very thoughtful of you. But I was on the balcony. You may have the bath to yourself. I advise you to hurry, mother doesn´t like to be waiting."

Loki let go of her and returned back towards the seating area and began reading in one of her books.

Well, let´s get ready then.

It took her merely twenty minutes to leave for breakfast, using the sink, to wash her hair.

Not bothering with drying her hair, she put it in a simple braid. The weather on Asgard was warm enough, she wouldn´t fetch a cold.

She wore a simple pair of black trousers, with a lose shirt and her comfortable chucks.

"I am ready to go." She exclaimed exiting the bath.

Quickly he looked her over, laid the book aside and sauntered over to her.

"Do you have anything you want to do?" She asked her husband on their way to the royal dining hall.

He only lifted an eyebrow in question, glancing at her from the side.

"I mean. You just sat in a jail-cell for nearly five years, there must have been something you missed. I on the other hand, just want to look around the city and maybe relax a bit later. God knows that's a rare occurrence for me to be able to do that." Milli smiled.

He had not time to answer, they had just entered the dining hall, where the rest of the Family was already seated.

"Brother! Sister! Good to see you this morning." The god of thunder boomed with a happy voice.

"Good morning to you too Thor. How was the rest of the feast?" She asked him politely.

"Good morning to you as well, Lady Frigga, Allfather, Jane."

Loki only nodded as a greeting.

"It was good. I hope you didn´t left this early because of those bilge snipes." Anger still in his voice.

"I forgot them as soon as they left. I was just tired that's all." She answered him with a smile.

She saw Loki look in her direction.

"Why, what happened." Jane wanted to know.

"When I was on the balcony, I overheard a group of soldiers expressing their displeasure about the feast and other things. I asked them to leave and they did."

Milli answered her with a shrug.

"Nonsense. You gave them a piece of your mind. You did good."

"I blame it on the mead I drank." The young woman answered, starting to feel uncomfortable with being the centre of attention.

"What are your plans for today my dear?" The queen asked her, sensing she didn´t like the current situation.

Not better.

"Library and a tour around Asgard." Her Husband answered for her and she only nodded in agreement biting down on her breakfast.

Knew he would choose that.

For the rest of the meal, the others were talking about their plans.

"Library huh?" She whispered, leaning a bit towards the dark haired man.

"Unlike others I like to keep my mind occupied."

Assbutt

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"This is awesome. Loki. I never saw a room like this." She awed.

They had entered the private library and Loki strode straight towards one of the bookshelves, his wife was forgotten.

It reminded her on the library of the Harry Potter movies- old wooden shelves stood in rows on one side of the room was a little alcove, with two big ottoman and an armchair in front of an fire place.

Lady Frigga´s colours were predominant, giving it a homely and warm atmosphere.

I could get used to this.

"Do you think, your mother would mind me taking a look at one or two of these?"

Milli had found a lovely looking book, with illustrations of different animals on the cover.

This looks interesting.

Her Husband didn´t even bother to look at her, or give any indication that he had heard her.

But she knew, he had only decided that he simply couldn´t be bothered with giving an answer.

"I take this as a ´No, she doesn´t mind.` If I am wrong, that's on you." She informed him with an innocent smile.

She took a seat in the armchair, opposite to the ottoman Loki had taken residence in.

Careful, not wanting to ruin the book she had chosen, she opened it and gasped in awe.

The first side was a beautiful illustration of the Asgardian palace in front of a changing night sky.

Wow. That's magical.

The next pages showed different landscapes, all lovely illustrated and she was sure magic was used, because they were moving in a way that made them look animated.

Turning another page, her eyes fell on the picture of something she always wanted to see.

A huge black wolf grinned at her.

Next to his fury body was the sketch of a humanoid (probably an Asgardian) body.

The shoulders of the canine and those of the Asgardian were on one high, indicating the wolf was the same high as a big horse. It seemed to have the body proportions of a draft horse.

Hell yeah!

"Typical for a Midgardian to get excited over a children's book." Loki's monotone voice brought her out of the excitement.

"Well, this is all new to me. So, excuse me that I get excited by a magical picture of a wolf with the proportions of a draft horse."

He cocked an eyebrow at her.

His eyes were still looking at her, an amused glimmer in them.

"Glad I am of your amusement." (y/n) mumbled.

That caused his lips to turn into a smirk.

It seemed like he was smiling about something only he knew before returning back to the book he was reading.

Two hours later, a growling sound interrupted the peace again resulting in the young woman blushing, it happened from time to time, that she forgot to eat because she was engulfed in work.

When she looked up, her eyes met those of her husband.

"Sorry."

"It seems, I need to feed you." He sighted.

"I am not a pet, you know."

Loki only rolled his eyes and put the book he was reading aside.

"There should be food served in the dining toom."

Loki was right, the table was filled with different kind of food.

"Eat."

-.-.-.-..-.-.-..-.-.-.-.-.

After a quick lunch, Milli decided to eat a salat, that had a wonderful fruity dressing and fresh breadsticks, Loki held word and they wandered around the palace grounds.

Their first stop was a wonderful garden, that could be found in a concluded area.

Flowers of different colours and heights were in full bloom. Birds and other small animals (like bunnies and she thought she saw the glimmer of a snake) were bathing in the warm sunlight.

"This isn´t like anything I saw before."

"It is quite beautiful." He hummed in agreement and Milli thought he saw him relax a bit.

Once or twice a group of three soldiers passed them of their patrol without any incident but when the third patrol passed, things were different.

It consisted of three of the soldiers, Thor had described as bilge snipes earlier this day, and they still seemed to be pissed at her.

"They let him roam free. What a disgrace." One of them whispered to his fellow comrades, thinking she wasn´t able to hear them, but she was, and her husband was able as well.

His whole posture stiffed, and his eyes got darker.

He tried to stay calm and to look like he wasn´t bothered at all my that comment, but the young woman knew he was.

"I won´t tell if you won´t." She whispered towards her husband, looking around.

But he had a confused looked on his face.

Really?

"I mean. You still can use magic right? You are the god of mischief, why don´t you cause a little bit of it? Odin knows they deserve it." The last part was said with anger in her voice.

"You are even duller than the green goblin. The spell hinders me from using my abilities."

"He hinders you from causing harm with them. But I am sure there is still something you can do with them?" She said with an eyeroll- fed up with his behaviour towards her.

Her words seem to land on fertile soil, Loki´s face lost a bit of the annoyed look.

"I mean, a little illusion never hurt anyone, right?"

The god of mischief didn´t bother to answer her. But it wasn´t necessary, just a few seconds later a shrill scream was heard from the soldiers, who only stood fifty meters away.

They were jumping and shaking, in a manner like they tried to get something out of their armour.

Milli started giggling and soon was laughing out loud.

After a long minute, the guards seemed to get a hold on what was moving inside their uniforms. One of them threw something that looked like a snake, before it dissolved into green smoke.

With a furious look on their faces they stomped over towards the pair.

"You! That was your doing, wasn´t it?" One of them growled.

Loki´s demeanour changed immediately. His eyes darkened and jaw tensed, fist clenched so powerful, they durned white.

"Who do you think you are? Talking to me in such a manner?" Her Husband growled. "I still am a prince of Asgard. You shall not speak like this to me."

"You are nothing else than a monster. Odin should have never listen to Lady Frigga and killed you instead of letting you roam free, only under the supervision of a puny mortal."

They where face to face now, Loki still a few centimetres taller than the soldier.

"This puny mortal is a princess of Asgard. You better get your head out of your ass and leave." Milli told them calm, but with anger in her voice. She wouldn´t mind, should one of them get hurt, but she didn´t want her husband to lose his temper and the spell to kick in. He had tried to keep calm, and she told him to cause a little mischief.

"I don´t listen to a whore that willingly marries a monster. I told you that yesterday." He steered towards her and pushed her away.

Asgardians were a lot stronger than Midgardians resulting in the young woman flying a few metres and landing in the middle of a flower- beet.

Shiiit. That hurt.

After a short check for major injuries, she stood up.

Loki and the guards were surrounded by newly arrived soldiers.

The scream must have attracted them.

He was trembling in anger and his look was murderous.

One of the newly arrived soldiers stepped forward.

"M´Lady. What happened."

"Your comrades over there insulted me and my husband and then pushed me. Just because some insect was lost in his uniform." Milli told him with an professional voice.

"We will escort them to our superior. We apologise. M´lord." He nodded towards Loki and then pushed the suspects towards the palace, other soldiers following him, leaving her husband and her alone in the garden.

"Too quote my favourite TV Angel, that guy was an Assbutt." She tried to ease the tension.

But he was still staring angry at nothing. His eyes still filled with green fire (and a glimmer of red?).

"Loki. You alright?"

His only answer was a pointed look in her direction.

"I will sit down. Just tell me when you want to leave." She told him with a sight.

Her shoulder and back hurt, probably bruised and the head had started to ache as well.

Damn. He looked pissed. Why couldn´t I get the body strength of an Asgardian? That Asshole could have broken my shoulder!

Around half an hour later, the God of Mischief turned towards her and held a hand out, to help his wife back to her feet.

Oh- Gentleman.

"Thank you. Can we get back in hour room? I think I have flowers and dirt in my hair." And my body hurts, need to check for bruises. She smiled at him.

He bowed his head in approval.

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Back in their room, Milli excused herself to grab a change of clothes and head towards the bath to get dirt out of her hair.

Getting out of the clothes was complicated then anticipated, her shoulder gave her problems.

Only wearing her underwear, she turned around to take a look in the mirror, to check on her back.

Her shoulder was already black where he pushed her and the back wasn´t really better. Where her body had connected to the ground it was starting to turn black as well.

She remembered, Natasha had given her a ointment, she always used when she was hurt on missions.

Just in case She had said. You never know what will happen!

And of course, the ex-assassin had to be right. Just take a warm bath or a hot shower and then put that on overnight. It doesn´t smell the best but it works.

Following Natasha´s tip, she was staring to let water flow into the pool, before poking her head out of the door, not wanting to be seen by Loki, only wearing her underwear.

He is probably on the balcony.

Quick and as silent as possible, she ran to the little trunk in front of her bed and pulled a little tube out, before returning to the bath.

"What´s that on your back?" Loki´s voice stopped her dead in the tracks.

"Bruises." She answered silent. "Got them when I fell."

No need to lie to him.

"Do they hurt?" His voice was closer now.

What do you think?

"A bit. I just wanted to take a warm bath and then put this on them." She showed him the tube." Natasha gave it to me."

His fingertips brushed over them, causing her to shiver and to hiss in pain.

"Take your bath. I will send a message, that we will not attempt the dinner because you are not feeling well." Loki said, nearly ordered, with a gentle tone in his voice.

"Thank you, Loki."

AN: Thank you all for reading. Please let me know what you think :)