A/N: I have this problem where I like to make some characters uncomfortable... I'm not seeking help for it. :)

The Avengers, Loki, Iron Man, or anything of the like. Just the thoughts inside my head. And taking some personal freedoms with mythology and lore.


"How will knowing who's in Hel going to help you?" Balder asked as he looked at Loki.

"Well, that really still depends on who's in Hel," Loki answered unhelpfully. "If it's our sister-"

"Sister?" Thor sounded surprised at the words. "We don't have a sister."

"Oh joy," Loki mumbled under his breath. "It's That kind of dimension." Gabby raised an eyebrow at him. "It's my,... daughter, isn't it?"

"You forgot you had a daughter down there?" Balder raised an eyebrow. "Didn't you say you have children back in your dimension?"

"Unless he's lying," Thor murmured.

"I do have, and I have two daughters, but they are not Hela. My children are with my Midgardian partner." That shocked Thor and Balder. "And where I'm from, Hela is our sister, not my daughter."

"Thank god for that," Gabby snorted out.

"I need to ask her if there is someone down in her realm, for they Might be able to help us," Loki admitted. "I'm not sure how things would have played out in this dimension, since obviously I have not followed the same path as I have back home."

"Obviously not, if you married someone from Midgard." Gabby let out a snort at Balder's words and he looked over at her. Loki put a hand on her shoulder and she just wrinkled up her nose a little.

"Who are you looking for?" Thor asked Loki before Gabby or Balder could say anything else.

"A Fae by the name of Gauton," Loki said, and if they detected venom in his voice the didn't comment on it.

"He is not in Hel then," Thor told him. "As much as the rest of us wish he would be. He is still undetectable in the forest of Alfheim." Loki closed his eyes, rubbing the bridge of his nose. "Why would you seem him out though? It does not sound as though you hold any love for him." Well, no one other than Thor had commented on the tone of Loki's voice.

"No, much the opposite," Loki grumbled out and Gabby watched him. "And it is actually by one of his spells that we find ourselves here. I can't reverse the spell, and get the rest of our family back, without knowing exactly what he had cast."

"Isn't that going to be a little hard?" Loki glanced at Balder. "Well, it's not the same Fae so would he still have the same spells in his arsenal?"

"Yes, just as I have have the same spells as my counterpart here," Loki informed them. "The only difference is that I don't use those spells to try and wipe you and the rest of your heroes off of this realm. A tragedy, really."

"Really?" Gabby looked at him, crossing her arms a little.

"Sometimes I miss when I would strike fear into the very souls of others," Loki seemed to sigh wistfully. Gabby snorted and shook her head.

"That sounds more like the Loki we know," Thor commented.

"Yes, well, thank you for your information. If you'll excuse us we'll be leaving to go back home-" He had looped Gabby's arm with his but she looked at him.

"We can't even stay for ten more minutes so that I can get something to eat?" Loki blinked a little. "I Am a pregnant woman, I need something to eat." Loki could see straight through her flimsy excuse. He could practically feel the curiosity on her, wanting to see the Steve Rogers of this time. He looked at her and she stared back evenly.

Yes, she knew it was a bad idea, no, she didn't care. She knew that it would be her own doing for whatever she saw or felt. Loki let out a sigh and nodded once, slipping back into his disguise but not letting go of her arm. "I can assume that you'll allow us this before we leave?" He asked Balder and Thor. Loki held up two glowing fingers. "I swear on my blood that I shall not cause any mischief to spoil this day for the wedded couple." The two Asgardians didn't stop them as they walked back into the reception hall.

Gabby had gotten a refill on her water and Loki grabbed a flute of champagne. He deserved this drink now. He let Gabby go and snag a couple of appetizers from the trays that were floating around the room before she came back over. They didn't have to wait long for the cew husband and wife to enter the room.

Loki glanced at the Steve and Tony of this dimension for a moment before turning his attention back to his niece. All her attention was focused on Stark and Rogers. They were of course in their armor, because he honestly couldn't even imagine a female Tony Stark going shopping for a wedding dress, but their faces were uncovered. They were beaming, arms around each other. The crowd gave a cheer, some whistles, and they couldn't help but please everyone with a kiss.

Loki put a hand on Gabby's back and she took a breath. "We should go," he said quietly, and she nodded. He started to lead her out of the room, weaving between the people who were too busy looking at the newly married couple.

Loki was able to get them out of the building from the side door, slipping past the guards that were stationed there to make sure no one else got inside that didn't have an invitation. Loki need to find a spot where he could access a path out of Midgard and to Alfheim.

"It doesn't bother you?" Gabby asked him quietly as they walked. "Seeing them like that? You didn't feel anything?"

Loki let out a little sigh. "Yes and no. Are you sure you want to hear this?" He looked over at her and she nodded. "Was I bothered? Yes, but it's not the first time I've encountered the feeling. If I'm honest I didn't think that Tony and I were actually very serious in our relationship until just before I started to carry Kaia." Gabby frowned a little as she listened. "It was obvious, before we got together, that Tony was clearly attracted Steve."

"What?" Gabby's eyes had widened a little. Loki just shrugged a little.

"It's not all that surprising to me now. His father was instrumental into making Steve how he looks today, and so would have raised his son on stories of the brave Captain," Loki told her. "He had idolized him as a child, didn't know that there was a chance he could actually come back, but when he did all those feelings and emotions came back. I was rather uncomfortable with my first tastes of jealousy back then, but not so much anymore."

Gabby blinked slowly, taking it all in. "So," she started after a minute, "seeing them back there..."

"Was just a natural progression into what Tony would have done, had the option been available to him. I obviously am beyond redemption in this dimension and thus have never gotten to know Stark." Loki stopped and took her hands, looking at her. "You can't let this get to you, it is just another dimension, and one that we do not live in. All paths are different everywhere, and what we have in our home is exactly what is supposed to happen. We are with the ones that we were meant to be with."

She squeezed his hands and nodded. "Thank you, Uncle." He kissed the top of her head and pulled her into a quick hug.