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Tony had not been expecting Thor to suddenly move out of the tower. Yeah, they had argued, but Tony and Steve argued all the time and they were fine.

Mostly.

But the next time they all met up to assemble against some enemy, he noticed the cold reception Thor was giving him. In fact, the whole team seemed icy towards him. Steve was cross with him. Natasha even more distant, even Clint seemed less inclined to joke with him. Bruce however remained his usually collected brilliant self.

It was Friday and Thor was discussing his new loft with Steve Rogers and Bucky Barnes who was on his way to becoming an Avenger himself. It was raining horribly outside and the skies were darkening ominously. Tony stood looking out the window, holding a can of sprite in his hand.

"It's getting nasty out there." He mused to Bruce who was sitting at the table reading. "Storms coming." He replied distractedly. "We could order pizza?" Clint suggested. "We always get pizza." Natasha stated from the couch. "I don't think anyone is going to want to deliver in this weather." Tony commented walking away from the window. He settled down beside Bruce leaning over his shoulder to look at what the man was reading. Brue snorted and nudged the billionaire.

"Where's Indries?" Clint asked, suddenly realizing she wasn't in the room. "Out getting coffee with her cousin." Tony replied with a shrug. "I think she'll be back soon if the weather keeps up."

"She has a cousin?"

"Yeah, he lives in Florida and came up to see her."

"Check to see when the weather will clear up." Steve suggested from beside Thor. Natasha took the remote turning the television on. Clicking through the channels she stopped on the News station and sat the remote down.

"Scattered showers throughout the day, highs in the low teens lows of three degrees, we cannot stress enough to dress warmly for this coming storm…." The television droned on and they lost interest until Loki's name was suddenly mentioned.

"After months of reclusiveness, Loki the adversary of the Avengers and ex flame of Iron an, was seen in the arms of another Avenger! That's right, our cameras caught Loki locking lips with Bucky Barnes outside of Central Park. At the moment, their relationship is unknown and the kiss was hardly worth a frenzy, but it seems that Loki has caught the eye and affection of another hero! Barnes was seen walking back to the Avenger's tower with a large smile on his face, while we lost sight of Loki…"

A picture popped up showing Loki kissing Bucky on the cheek, Bucky's hand resting on the God's waist. The silence that followed was tense. Natasha's eyes flickered to Tony, her lips quirking. "Well it's about time." She stated crossing her legs.

Steve sighed pinching the bridge of his nose and Bruce let out a sigh. Tony suddenly stood looking ashen. Turning on his heel he walked past Bucky without a word or glance. "So no pizza?" Clint called out snickering as Tony stalked out of the room.

Loki had been enjoying the perks of having a bathtub. Suds spilled over the side of the tub , steam rising into the air. His eyes were closed and Beethoven played lightly in the background. Humming Loki washed one leg and then the other. His voice echoed in the bathroom against the music. Thor was out for the day, so Loki decided to spoil himself. Loki lay back and closed his eyes. Slowly, holding his breath he submerged his head under the heated water, his ears clogging. He opened his eyes under the water, looking at the shimmering ceiling in wonder. The lights flickered under the water and a peaceful silence fell over him.

Suddenly a dark figure appeared overhead. Gasping under water Loki swiftly sat up choking and coughing, looking around wildly.

No one was there.

Loki's coughing subsided and he lent back against the edge of the tub frowning. No one was there…. Just as he began to relax again he heard footsteps outside the bathroom.

"Thor?" Loki called, voice coming out croaked. "Thor is that you?" No answer. Loki stepped from the tub, grabbing his towel off the wrack and wrapping it around himself. Still soaking wet he made his way out of the bathroom. His skin prickled at the cold air and he looked around the empty hallway. Suddenly, in a series of zaps, each light went out, one by one spraying sparks as they blew up.

Loki flinched back, eyes widening as the sparks fell towards him. The hallway was now dark and Loki groped for the wall. He made his way towards the stairs slowly. Outside the sky had darkened ominously and the windows rattled. Loki padded down the stairs. Water dripped onto the floor in a trail. No thing was moving in the shadows. Quickly Loki made his way to the kitchen, pulling a knife from its holder and holding it close.

"Loki?" A voice suddenly called out and the God turned swiftly and flung the knife as hard as he could. The knife sank into the door by Thor Odinson's head as the God dropped the groceries he was holding.

"Loki!" He yelped in shock as Loki stumbled back from him. "Thor!" Loki replied just as shocked. Thor yanked the knife from the door and stared at his sibling. "What in Valhalla is wrong with you?" He asked, his heart hammering in his chest. "I…I…"Loki was unable to answer and Thor's face softened. He approached his shaken sibling and put a hand on his shoulder. "What's wrong brother?" He questioned softly. "I thought I saw something…" Loki murmured. Thor frowned looking around the apartment. "Where?"

"The bathroom."

"We've lost power." Thor muttered. "The storm is worse than I had thought." He patted Loki's shoulder. "Be calm brother. There is nothing to be afraid of." He turned to pick up the food he had dropped when the lights flickered back to life. Loki looked up in relief.

"I'm sorry Thor, I could have sworn I saw something."

"That's fine Loki…it is good to see you up and about again." Thor replied. "I will certainly have a look around…it is a new home...perhaps you are just jumpy."

"Possibly, but either way I'd like to look around to ensure." He had turned to look back at Thor just in time to see his brother's decapitated head fall from his shoulders and thump to the ground with a great burst of crimson blood. For a moment Thor's headless body stood, before it too fell to the floor. Loki backed up with a cry, his eyes taking in his brother's severed head, Thor's expression in a shocked grimace. From the doorway loud footsteps sounded and Thanos appeared from the shadows, smiling at Loki, kicking the head aside. "I've found you my pet." Thanos cooed reaching for Loki, just as the God let out a blood-curdling scream; all the while Thor's blank eyes staring an endless blue.

Loki awoke with a jolt, his heart hammering in his chest. He quickly sat up, his breath coming out in mortified breaths. Gulping he lifted trembling hands, pushing his hair away from his face. His hair was damp with sweat and stuck to his skin.

He rolled out of his bed, landing ungracefully on the floor. Slowly he stumbled to his feet and made his way out of the room. The clock in the kitchen read 3:31 A.M. He grabbed a cup from the cupboard filling himself a glass of water. He managed to find the couch and sat down on one end sipping his water, his shaking had subsided, leaving him alert. He tucked his head under his chin and set his water down. He did not sleep all night.


Six Weeks Later

"Tony, it's beautiful." Indries murmured as Tony showed his fiancé the mink coat he had purchased her. She reached forward gently touched the soft fur. "C'mon, try it on." Tony urged, and smiling she allowed her lover to help her dress. Spinning around with her hands in the air she laughed.

"How do I look?" She murmured, eyes sparkling in pleasure.

"You look amazing." Tony stated softly, his dark eyes warm. Indries laughed. "Thank you." She whispered spinning into his arms and kissing him. Tony wrapped his arms around her waist holding her close and smiling. "I love you." He whispered kissing Indries on her forehead. Indries smiled back, stroking his cheek. "And I love you." She replied. Pulling back she looked at the clock. "Shit, I have to get to work." She muttered. She gave Tony a final kiss and thanked him again for the coat, before slipping out the door. Tony stared after her with a smile. He'd buy her the world if her could. Anything she could possibly desire, he would strive to give to her.

He wandered back to the bar and sat down. He, Rhodey and Pepper had finally gotten rid of the alcohol. Weaning Tony off of it. He hadn't drank in nearly a month. Not too impressive he supposed but it was a start. The Avengers all supported it and no longer drank in his presence. In July he and Indries would be married. Giving him about….Five months left until his I do's. The door of the elevator opened and he looked over greeting Clint who instantly slumped on the couch in exhaustion. "I'm sick of all these shit missions. Something fun needs to happen." He grumbled. "You got any soda?" He asked, sitting up and glancing at Tony who pulled up a bottle of Coke.

"Ahhh black wine. My old friend."

Tony poured the two of them a glass and they sat in comfortable silence drinking. Slowly, the rest of the team trickled in as usual on Fridays when they had no missions. Bucky and Thor arrived together with Steve as usually laughing and joking. Natasha arrived last, carrying the Starbucks order they had asked for. She handed out the drinks and sat down across from Bruce on the sofa.

"Fury said that Doom has been making threats. He suggests we keep an eye on him." She murmured. "Isn't that the Fabulous Four's job?" Clint griped while Tony rolled his eyes. "You were just bitching about being bored!"

"Well Doom's a boring villain! And technically he's Reed's villain."

"So each group has their own villain?"

"Yeah. X-Men have Magneto, The Fantastic Four have Doom and we have Loki." Clint replied with a shrug. "It's kind of like, yeah we fight other guys but we each have a villain that is ours." Tony raised an eyebrow.

"Loki hasn't exactly been active in the last few weeks." He muttered in annoyance.

"That's because he's too busy sucking face with Barnes. Speaking of…" Clint grabbed a paper off the table. "Have a gander at this Barnes, you and him were all over each other!"

Barnes looked at the paper laughing. It was a picture from their last week's date. They had gone to the club and Bucky had gotten drunk off his ass, they ended up smoking something they probably shouldn't have and soon enough, Loki was crawling into Bucky's lap and kissing him. The picture had captured the image of Loki, straddling Bucky's lap, holding his neck with both hands and deeply kissing him. The headlines read 'Hot and Bothered and Ready: Loki Laufeyson and Bucky Barnes Heat up The Cock Club in NYC.'

Ahhh the Cock…an odd name for a place but it was a gay club, so Bucky supposed it was well suited. He and Loki had gone on two more dates after the first one, and suddenly wonderfully they were together. Bucky had asked Loki while they were star gazing on the roof of Loki and Thor's loft.

"Loki?" Bucky murmured, his breath puffing in the cold winter air. "Hmmm?" Loki murmured from beside him. "What are we exactly?"

"Sentinel being capable of though and emotion."

"Not that brat, I mean…what are we."

"We…I suppose I do not know the literal term for our relationship." Loki admitted glancing at Bucky. Bucky smiled turning on his side to look at the God. "Well we're friends I think…we've kissed…lovers?"

"We have never lain together." Loki replied.

"I'm working on that." Bucky replied saucily. Loki snorted. "I guess we're just going to have to be boyfriends." Bucky sighed fluttering his eyelashes. Loki blinked. "As in you are officially courting me?" He asked. Bucky nodded.

"As in official."

Loki also turned onto his side, facing Bucky. "I believe I could do that." He murmured, watching as Bucky took his hand in his. Bucky smiled, brushing his lips against Loki's knuckles. "Good…" He lent forward pressing his lips against Loki's. Loki's eyes slowly fell shut and he kissed back. Bucky's hand traveled from Loki's hand to cupping his face in his hand, running his thumb down the God's cheek. Slowly, Bucky worked his mouth open against the kiss, coaxing Loki to do the same. Loki parted his lips allowing Bucky entry. Bucky ran his tongue over Loki's lips before deepening the kiss. Loki eagerly kissed back, his hands reaching to run through Bucky's hair.

Finally needing to breathe, Bucky pulled back from the kiss with a small pant. He beamed at the God and pressed their noses together. "Now to get you out of those clothes." He suggested while Loki let out a soft laugh and lightly shoved Bucky away.

"Not tonight James." He cooed standing up and offering his hand to the man who took it with a smile.

"I can wait."

The press had had a field day with the two, pictures were taken, lives were threatened, and somehow a reporter ended up hanging from a lamppost by his ankle. And of course the Avengers.

Thor of course was over the moon and seemed to have learned from last time, telling Bucky quite plainly to take care of Loki and that if he hurt his brother, he would die some awfully painful way. Steve, bless him had asked Bucky if he truly wanted to be with Loki, and on his friend's assurance he had given his blessing and support. Bruce had smiled at the news and congratulated Bucky on finding someone and cautioned him as he tended to do. Natasha had stared at Bucky for a long while before shaking her head with a small grimace/smile and wished Bucky luck. He had also cautioned Bucky rather loudly about having sex with his brother was greatly frowned upon and to keep his nasty hands to himself. Sweet guy, really. Clint had laughed long and loudly at the news and his laughter had gotten even louder when Tony had heard the news. Tony had gone blank. His eyes dark and thoughtful, his expression bland. He had shrugged it off and congratulated Buck as Bruce had done. Indries had smiled, stunningly beautiful and told Bucky they would make a lovely couple.

Bucky took the paper from Clint and scrutinized it. "He does look good in those pants." He mused, earning a snicker from Clint. "Just like old times." The archer mused earning a sharp glare from Steve, Tony's mouth becoming a thin line. Bucky had shifted, remembering Tony's and Loki's past. He really needed to learn what had happened with those two.

They had settled into watch a movie when several alarms went off at once. Popcorn went flying and curses wee spewed. What is that!?" Clint asked as Thor stood.

"Something is wrong." He stated, his eyes narrowed in concern.

"Obviously." Clint shot back picking popcorn off his chest.

Then from outside the window a large explosion sounded. Tony swiftly made his way to the window. "Where the hell did that come from?" He asked. "Sir, it seems to be coming from the Financial District." JARVIS piped up.

"Doesn't Indries work in that area?" Natasha asked looking towards Tony who was already sprinting for the elevator. A silence followed as everyone looked around at each other.

"We suit up?" Clint questioned. Steve nodded. "Yeah suit up. Something's happened."


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