Thor always arrived home early.

It was a known fact that he would always come home in the wee hours of the mornings. Usually he would be at work or school, so he would get home, eat half of the fridge and then pass out on the couch downstairs.

But Loki knew it wouldn't always be so simple. Not when Darcy was a sleeping guest, temporarily. The author stirred in his sleep, naturally a light sleeper. He opened one emerald eye to see the sun beginning to rise by how the sky was a light blue and would only progress until the entire town was basked in sunshine. Wonderful.

He almost forgot all the things that transpired last night until he got a reminder when another body moved to get comfortable beside him. Not seeing any reason to fall back into the cozy sleep he once had, Loki sat up and stretched his muscles before swinging his long legs over the side of the bed and standing up. Should he make the girl something? He guessed she would be hungry, after all she hasn't eaten since she arrived here. Loki was about to set off to the kitchen when his cell phone buzzed on his beside table. He thanked the heavenly gods he decided not to put a ringtone like Thor advised.

Looking over, pressing the circular button, the screen lit along with the shimmering words 'unlock'. It was from Fandral? Shaking off the confusion, Loki picked up the phone and pressed answer, convinced that Fandral must have called his phone by mistake.

"What do you want, fool?" Loki sighed out.

"You didn't tell me you had a book out!" The blonde man said over the line with amusement in his tone, along with unmistakable surprise.

Loki felt his entire being run cold. How did he know? immediately, he started sorting out all the people he let into his room recently. If one of these oafs came into his room, it would be by barging in.

"I..Uh.." Was all he could really say.

"Ahhh, humble are we? The nine tricks! Sif introduced me to the book just a few days ago. There's no reason to be embarrassed, Loki! I meant to call you sooner to congratulate you but there was this par-"

"How in the hell did Sif get it!?" Loki interrupted loudly. But he froze once he heard the soft sounds of the sleeping young woman in his bed. Thankfully she must be a heavy sleeper, what the contrast.

"She borrowed it from this girl at school. By the way, why don't you go to school?" Fandral wondered randomly.

With that, Loki clicked the 'end call' button and set the phone back on the dark wooden table with a heavy sigh. The publishers told him specifically that the book wouldn't be released to that many people. In a nutshell, he expected the book to be related to one of those indie movies that went straight to DVD, or released in other countries. Hell, Loki didn't think anyone would actually read it and enjoy his words. Never mind that now, what he had to focus on at the moment was making sure this creep on his bed was fed and on her way.

The college student was greeted with biting cold once she woke up.

Opening her eyes instantly, Darcy looked around the house she soon remembered she crashed in last night. Sighing, she pulled the comfortable and soft covers tighter around herself. She was used to waking up in the content warmth of the flat. With Jane turning the heat up and making them both some hot chocolate, even though it wasnt even close to winter yet. Her eyes found that the strange, but extremely attractive man was nowhere to be found and she almost felt disappointed, she wanted to maybe draw a mustache on his face with a sharpie.

This was yet another time she wished she brought her blue snuggie with her and explore more of this house, it was beginning to get boring staring at all the same things and simply waiting for him to come back. Picking up the covers and taking them with her, Darcy padded across the wooden floor and towards the door, opening it slightly and glancing down the hallway, noticing that there was another room across from the one she was in.

Seeing the coast was clear, Darcy opened the door all the way and stepped out with a bounce in her step down the hallway.

Oh shit.

He had a spiral staircase!?

It's bad news if a robber tried to run down those.

The smell of bacon and eggs, along with the smell of toast hit Darcy's nose and set her brain to food heaven. But before she could go downstairs and see what was all the bacon-goodness. She backed up and decided to go explore the room that was across from Loki's.

But she stopped herself. Would it be considered rude if she would just go in there without asking? Hearing her mothers scolding words in her head, Darcy sighed and turned back around to go (carefully) down the black spiral staircase, her palms sweating at the very idea of her tripping down them one day.

The living room was just as beautiful as the upstairs!

Except for the fact that there was a sleeping blonde and incredibly handsome guy sleeping on the black, leather couch with his arm laid lazily over his head. He could pass for australian easily. The living room floor was covered in white carpet and there was another huge, black wide-screen TV that was playing on a low volume. Not to mention it was in HD. The walls were white, the curtains being black with made the contrast oddly beautiful. The walk in kitchen where Loki was spotted had black marble counters, dark wood cabinets, a stainless steel fridge along with a grey colored microwave. Over the marble white sink (where there was no dirty dishes in sight) there was a nice, big window that had a fairly nice view of the London world outside.

Currently, it was an amazing day. No rain in sight, the sun was shining and people walked about on their daily lives. Darcy turned her attention back on the guy she was forced to share a room with, he was still cooking so to speak, not even acknowledging her presence.

"What's cookin good lookin'?" She greeted cheerfully, strolling in the kitchen and decided to open the heavily stocked fridge. Loki turned sharply at the sound of her voice and scoffed, taking out a piece of toast and preparing to spread the jelly on it. Darcy was nearly convinced he wasn't going to answer her question when she heard him take a breath, answering in a surprisingly kind tone.

"I've made you some toast, eggs and bacon. The bacon and eggs are already done."

Darcy nodded and took out a pitcher of orange juice, closing the fridge with a 'bloop' sound that made the corners of Loki's mouth tug into a smile in amusement.

"Hot damn, he's a heavy sleeper." She pointed out incredulously as she looked over at the blonde man still heavily napping on the couch. But Darcy had no room to talk, she could sleep through a house being caught in a tornado and asked what happened if she woke up in the aftermath. After finishing spreading the jelly, Loki set the two pieces of toast on the plate and handed it to the brunette, a chuckle sounding from him.

Come to think of it, this is the first time she's ever heard him chuckle or laugh before.

"If I were to throw him out of the window, he would still be sound asleep." He grinned this time, gesturing towards the window. Darcy covered her mouth to stifle her loud laughing at the image of Thor being flung out of the window and landing ontop of a truck, snoring like a small baby.

"So, he's like your older brother, right?" Darcy asks once Loki took her into the dining room area. Well, one of them. Since it was a nice day, they both thought it was a good idea if they ate outside this time on the patio. Loki could use the 'vitamin D' Thor's always pestering him about these days.

"Yes. Though I suppose it's quite obvious that I'm adopted." Loki said, pushing around his own eggs around the plate with his fork before he takes a bite. In a different world where he did look like Thor, he wouldn't feel the need to answer her question for the simple reason he didn't wish to. But then again, Loki had become accustomed to looking and acting differently. Darcy chewed her own food, tilting her head slightly in agreement to that.

"Yeah. Do you play any gigs?"

"Of course. I'm playing tonight at the local café tomorrow night." Why would you tell her that? You don't even know if you can trust her you fool!

Darcy's face lit up at that information. "Really? Okay, maybe you're not so creepy after all. What songs are you playing? Well, I mean if you want me there. I did just drop in out of nowhere."

At least she acknowledged it.

Loki bit his bottom lip briefly. He would assume she gets around town with that friend of hers, so it would be no surprise if she knew the café. "Well," he began a little hesitantly. "I'm playing with my band of course. We're still in the midst of picking out a song. You can come if you'd like. It's not everyday a stranger drops into your room in the dead of night."

Darcy smiled and picked up her toast, taking a bite. "We're not strangers. We know each other's name, duh."

Loki smiled a bit at her answer before taking a drink of his orange juice. "Strangers who don't know a thing about each other."

"I know you're an author and play guitar, have a brother named Thor and have a voice that could melt caramel."

His cheeks nearly flushed at the last bit of her...Compliment?

"What about you, then?" He asked, quickly changing the subject to focus on her. "You're American, obviously."

"American...I like how you guys say that." Darcy laughed before answering. "I'm a college student, have a best friend named Jane, I love blogging, pizza and doughnuts, sleeping, and that's...Really about it." She said in a long breath, feeling pretty damn accomplished.

"I assume Jane is the one who left you yesterday?"

"And who I'm going to murder, yes."

"I'll look in the papers to see if I see your mug shot."

"Would you bail me out?"

"No." Loki answered, taking a bite of his own toast.

"Grump." Darcy mumbled, but a smile played on her lips as she took her glass of orange juice to drink.

Loki dug in his pockets and checked the time, it was almost 1 in the afternoon and almost time for Thor to wake up by now.

"Well this has been...Strange. I do think it's time for you to leave right about now, Darcy."

The college girl was, admittedly, disappointed she couldn't spend enough time here. So Loki was a complete ass before, but now he's...A lesser one. Maybe early mornings calmed him down.

"Fine, I'll split." She mumbled and grabbed a napkin, wiping off her mouth free of any crumbs. She stood up and downed her last couple of drops of orange juice, reaching up and taking her hair down. It had resulted in beach waves from how long it's been kept tied up, but she didn't mind it.

"It was great meeting you, Loki!" She called over her shoulder at him. The guitarist rolled his eyes, waving his hand in response before standing up as well and gathering up their empty plates.

"What the fuck was that!?" Darcy yelled once she slammed the door open to the flat. Jane had been in the midst of watching some reality show, blanket wrapped around her and hair pulled up in a messy ponytail. She quickly turned to the sight of her friend and smiled nervously.

"What do you mean?"

Darcy calmly took off her coat and set it on the clean table, then proceeded to take off her shoes and Jane immediately got the hint, starting to take off running.

Not only did Darcy chase Jane around the flat with a crowbar, they had also got a lovely noise complaint from the fellow neighbors.