He came home smelling of every dead animal possible. The hunt had gone on longer than expected and Loki ended up leaving early. He just wanted to go to his room, clean himself up, tease Tia a little while longer then enjoy the feast with a few glasses of strong mead.. of course the only thing he came back to was a cold, dark room. It looked like nobody had been there in hours. Loki notices the bed is still unmade, the curtains are half open and the strong fire that was burning this morning was now a pile of ashes in the corner. Where is Tia?

Tia had decided to go for a long walk through Asgard when Loki had left this morning. She needed to clear her head and just think of her current Loki teasing situation for a few minutes. A few minutes turned into hours and Asgard turned into a deep forest that she couldn't find her way back out of.

So caught up in her bubble of thoughts she accidentally walks into a trap. A trap she wouldn't even wish upon her worst enemy.

After getting cleaned up Loki made his way to the feast. He was still worried about Tia but thought maybe she was busy organising this so that would explain her disappearance.

"Prince Loki welcome to the feast." A young servant boy says as Loki walks through the golden doors leading into the Grand Hall. "Congratulations on you and Thor's latest victory."

Loki takes in the young servant. His brown hair and brown eyes are a stark contrast to his pale skin. He's short, fat and looks a bit like someone Loki could easily ignore.. so that's what he does. With a quick flurry of his cape he strides away from the servant. Leaving the boy more confused than ever. Spotting Thor he quickens his pace until he is by his brothers side. "Do you know where Tia is?"

Thor turns to face him with furrowed brows. "Tia?"

"Yes Tia!" Loki replies, his voice rising as the guests slow their pace of talking so they can try to listen into the brothers conversation. "You know.. my chambermaid from this morning."

Suddenly Thor's face lifts. "Oh the pretty brunette.. I don't know how you can keep your hands off that one." Thor whispers, winking at Loki before strolling away.

With a sigh Loki turns towards the drinks table only to be stopped by Brenya and the short servant boy he had ignored earlier. "What?"

"S-She went for a walk earlier.. nobody has seen her since." Brenya whispers, he can hear the tremble in her voice. Clear concern for her friend written all over her small face.

"You didn't think to report it?" Loki replies, his hands shaking as he holds the bubble of anger in his chest back.

"She normally comes back.. but she told me about what happened between you two this morning so I thought she was just staying out of people's way."

"Where does she normally walk?"

Two hours later Loki rides through the deep forest. His large horse too big to fit through some of the gaps in the trees. He gets off to walk the rest of the path.

"Tia?"

"Tia?" He repeats, pulling a few branches out of the way to reveal a small clearing. "Are you here?"

"Loki?" He hears from afar. Looking around all he can see are trees so unless she is hiding then he has no clue where she is. "Up here Loki."

Looking up he finds Tia huddled up on one of the thicker branches above him. She's a good few feet up. Out of reaching distance for sure. "How in Hel did you get up there?" Loki asks, his voice barely a whisper as he voices his thoughts. "Why are you up there?"

Suddenly he hears growling. Turning he faces an angry grey wolf. It's teeth as sharp as daggers, it's claws in similar shape. Teleporting up the tree he finds himself sitting beside a shaking Tia. "They just appeared out of nowhere when I was walking.. I've been up here hours." He hears her whisper as he watches a few more wolves emerge from the thick forest. Thankfully the large beasts can't climb these kind of trees.

"That's why I came looking." Loki replies, he looks up locking eyes with the brown haired woman. He notices her face has goose pimples. "Are you cold?"

"A little." His eyes focus on her lips, her small chapped lips.

His tongue automatically darts out to wet his lips as he takes off his cloak. "Here." He says, putting the cloak over her shoulders. She seems reluctant but eventually lets him when he keeps his arm wrapped around her too. "Don't worry about me.. Frost Giant and all that."

Loki feels her head rest on his shoulder. He can smell her lavender shampoo which causes him to freeze before relaxing into her touch again. He presses his cheek into her hair, enjoying the peaceful moment. "Do you think we will ever get back?"

"They will get bored soon enough."

"You could teleport us." Tia suddenly exclaims after a few minutes silence. She lifts her head and looks him straight in the eyes. "You could!"

"I can't." Loki replies, his gaze glancing towards the wolves again. "I have only ever teleported myself longer distances."

"Try it."

"And what? Leave half of you here." Loki didn't want to risk using his teleportation skills for longer distances when he had only ever practiced teleporting multiple people across a room. What if he does actually leave half of Tia here because he hasn't gotten this far in his training yet?

"Or get us both to your horse safely.." He hears Tia whisper, he can hear the hope in her voice.

"I can't." Loki simply states, taking his arm away from around her shoulders.

After what feels like hours Loki finally relents. He can't stand Tia's constant prodding anymore. "Fine!" He shouts, startling the wolves below them. "I'll teleport us.. but don't blame me if your foot gets left behind." He asks Tia to hold onto him tight and close her eyes. A split second later they land on their feet in front of a restless horse. Loki opens his eyes, examining every part of her before smiling. "I knew I could do it."

"Alright Mr cocky."

"I could easily leave you back there.." He replies, reaching out to grab her again.

He watches Tia shy away. "No no.. I'm perfectly fine here."

Loki nods towards his large brown horse. "Get on the horse then." He says, a smirk playing on his lips when she sighs.

It had been a long day and all Loki could think about doing was climbing into bed and sleeping for hours. Tia had other ideas though as he feels her snuggle into him. It was going to be a long ride back to the Palace too then.

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