title: A Day in the Life

notes: As mentioned, Freaky Friday AU between Thor and Loki. This is a scene/snippet for a fic I've been planning to write, based on a prompt from the magic-n-science-prompts tumblr. Just something my mind threw up.

disclaimer: I own nothing.

Jane squirmed uncomfortably in her seat, adjusting the ice pack she held to her head. "So."

"Yes."

"You mean to tell me you boys switched bodies?"

Loki – in Thor's body – snapped at her, "An astrophysicist with three degrees should have heard and understood this the first four times we said it."

"Oh my god," Jane's eyes were four times their original size. "I still can't believe this. Are you sure you guys aren't drunk?"

Loki turned to his brother and grimaced when he saw himself. This gave a whole new meaning to seeing someone in a whole different light. "There are moments when I deeply question your logic. This is one of them."

Thor frowned at his brother in his body. "You kissed her last night. We had some explaining to do," he shrugs, "Besides, she's one of the smartest people I know. Jane can help us out."

"I must have hit my head really hard last night. Or I'm still really really drunk," Jane stood up and was patting "Loki's" face. "You don't feel any different."

"Please stop," Thor – no, Loki, if their body swap story was to be believed. "As much as I enjoy our proximity to each other, I'd prefer that you stop manhandling me." Jane ignored him and proceeded to poke Loki – no, Thor, just in Loki's body.

"You really don't feel any different," Jane concluded. She looks skeptically at "Loki." "This isn't some trick isn't it?"

"Loki" put his hands on her shoulders and stared straight into her eyes. "Jane, I swear on my honor, we are telling the truth," he glances towards his brother. "I am Thor, in Loki's body, and that is Loki in my body. We woke up like this three days ago, and we have no idea why."

Green eyes bored into her and she shivered. This was not the time to be distracted by beautiful green eyes. Jane's gaze slid over to the blonde brother staring at them with his eyebrow raised. Well, to be honest, she had never seen that particular look of annoyance on Thor's face before. That look was decidedly…Loki, actually.

"Do you need to go to the psych ward?" Jane asked. She was promptly met with groans and exasperated face palms from both brothers.

She breathed deeply, enjoying the smell of the warm mug of coffee in her hand. She missed the premium imported coffee that only the Odinson kitchen could afford. Now that she had some caffeine in her system, maybe she would be able to make some sense out of the brothers' story.

"So let me get this straight," she sat across the brothers at their breakfast stable, looking straight into their eyes. "You woke up three days ago in each other's bodies?"

"Yes, we've already told you many times," Loki huffed, running his hand on his now-blonde head. "We don't know how this happened. Do you need more proof that this is Thor sitting beside me?" He jerked his hand towards the Loki body – Thor, Thor in Loki's body – who grinned at her.

Jane flushed red. "No," she vehemently answered. She didn't need to recall the many – ah – intimacies she and Thor shared back in the day, when they were still together. And it was spouted in Loki's voice no less! Having her clandestine adventures spoken in Loki's voice – though technically it was Thor narrating – made a shiver run down her spine and she's frustrated that she doesn't know if it was a good or bad thing. Add an extra dash of embarrassment as Loki – in Thor's body – listened with his mouth agape. That was enough proof for her that it was indeed her ex-boyfriend in his brother's body.

She took a huge gulp from her mug. "Okay. Why don't we retrace your steps? Maybe you encountered something inconsequential that caused this."

The brothers looked at each other and sighed. "Might as well," Loki mutters.

"That's the spirit," Thor said, thumping his brother's back. Jane shook her head. Seeing "Loki" thump Thor's back in an enthusiastic manner is something you don't see every day.

"Oh wait," Jane cleared her throat. "Can we just establish that I did not kiss my ex-boyfriend, who's about to get married in a few days, last night? I'm still not a cheating skank, right?" She looked expectantly at Loki.

"No, that was all me," Loki grit his teeth. "And I'm sorry for pushing your boundaries and kissing you as Thor, making you think that you're a…cheating skank." He looked balefully at her. "But I don't regret it. The kiss, I mean."

Loki's currently blue eyes were sincere and Jane wished that she could talk to him in his own body – she had so many questions and so many things to say – but she just nodded. "Let's just save that discussion for another day. So?"

Thor coughed and leaned back on his chair. "So three days ago, I woke up to this weird French song ringing on my phone – and I found it weird because it was still dark and I definitely do not have French songs on my phone. Turns out I was in Loki's room and it was his ring tone…"

Loki took a sip of his own coffee. He meant what he'd said and he wasn't sure if he should be happy or disappointed at Jane's response, but he'd let it rest. For now.

First, he needed to get back to his body. This was going to be a long day.

notes 2: Thoughts? I know it's vague (lots of questions and mysteries) but it's just a little snippet from what I've got planned. Is it interesting? Should I push through with it? Do you have any ideas you'd like to add? TBH I'm not fully satisfied with this snippet but I decided to post this anyway since you won't hear from me in a while. Gonna be a hermit for a few weeks because of life stuff. Boo.