The days that followed Tony's fight with his nest were so peaceful that Loki at times believed they almost couldn't be real.
Loki woke slowly, blinking away sleep, and smiled as he saw Tony's sleeping face. He felt the demon's arms wrapped tightly around his waist and his wings were draped over the both of them, keeping them warm now that fall was almost ending.
He touched his demon's cheek gently – the marks on Loki's hand and neck truly confirming that Loki belonged to Tony in the same way that Tony belonged to Loki. He tried not to think about the marks on the others, telling himself that Tony was with him at this moment. He was holding Loki, not them.
Loki leaned forward slowly and pressed a soft peck to his lips. He pulled away quickly and buried his face in Tony's chest, his cheeks growing red from the embarrassment and his heart beating hard in his chest at the prospect that Tony might wake up. It wasn't the first kiss he stole from the demon while he slept, but it wasn't getting any easier to do it.
The flush on his cheeks went away as he felt anger at himself bubble up at the pit of his stomach, thinking of how easy it was for the others that Tony had claimed to be with him in every way, yet Loki couldn't get past a simple kiss.
He tensed as his phone buzzed on the night stand and pulled away from Tony roughly, not wanting him to wake. Thor's name flashed on the screen - because of course the moron would call so early even though Loki had ignored his last dozen calls. He was the only thing left that kept pulling Loki back to his reality, reminding him of his job and what he had to do to Tony.
Loki grabbed the phone to throw it against the nearest wall but froze as Tony's tail wrapped around his wrist. "Hey." Tony mumbled, his hands rubbing the sleep out of eyes. "It's fine, I'm awake." he said and tugged Loki into his chest and ran his hands over his sides, feeling him relax in his arms as soon as the buzzing stopped. "Not up to speaking to your brother yet?" He asked and pressed kisses to his head.
Loki shook his head. He had lied to Tony, knowing the other would notice how he refused to answer his brother, and told him that he had just gotten into a fight with Thor. "I don't want to talk to him for a long time." He mumbled quietly and pressed close to him, wrapping his arms around Tony's neck and burying his face in Tony's strong chest.
"That's okay." He smiled softly and ran his hands down Loki's back soothingly. "You don't have to right now." He wished they would just give Loki up for dead, but he knew it was unlikely. "Ever rethink what I said about becoming a demon?" He asked with a smirk, more joking this time. "I mean, they'd stop searching for you." He grinned.
"No, they'd still look for me, but this time to kill me." Loki said and looked up at him. "Have you given more thought to becoming an angel again?" He asked with a similar grin. "We could be together, and no one would try to pull us away because you'd be an angel." He didn't add that it would also mean that Tony would leave behind his other claimed ones.
Tony rolled his eyes. "I told you, I'm not going back." He said. "Besides, I've realized something." He said and turned Loki over a bit so he was on his back next to him. "You like who I am." He said and his tail wrapped around Loki's hands and held them over his head. "Admit it." He said with a grin and his hands came down and traced patterns on his stomach as Loki's shirt rose up. "You, an angel," he purred at him "Like a demon." He felt Loki shudder under his fingers. He had just done this to tease, his tail not wrapped around his hands tight in case Loki asked to stop again, but he didn't expect for Loki to close his eyes and blinked when Loki's legs spread open slowly. He smiled softly as his surprise melted away and he leaned down to kiss the mark on his neck. "Do you?" He asked quietly. "Tell me, Loki." He whispered, needing to hear it before he went too far and the angel regretted it.
Loki bit his lip at the soft kisses to his neck and squirmed a bit. "I d-" his phone buzzed loudly with a text and just as fast as Tony's hands were on him, they were gone. Loki scrambled for the phone, his cheeks red and he crossed his legs a bit so Tony wouldn't notice how much he had affected him. "It's Thor." He said to Tony. "He said, that I need to go to this location in a few hours, otherwise they'll send in scouts to look for me. He thinks I'm in danger." He sighed.
Tony shrugged. "So let them come; Natasha should be able to take care of them easily." He pointed out but flinched when Loki glared at him. "Alright, my bad. No killing the angels got it." He sighed. "I'll go with you then, in case anything happens, and in case you don't have enough power to get back." Loki bit his lips, weighing the options. He knew Tony could take care of himself, he'd seen him do it, even if there were a hundred scouts waiting for him, but he still worried.
"Alright, but you have to hide no matter what.." He said and Tony nodded.
They had gotten ready and Tony held his hand out for Loki to grab. "We'll teleport and I'll hide right away." He told him so Loki would stop worrying.
"Maybe you should stay here." Loki sighed. "I don't like the feel of this." He admitted but sighed when Tony wouldn't let him go.
"You're not going alone." He told him sternly. "If shit hits the fan, I'll disappear and come for you later." He smiled. "Besides the place is close enough to New York that I'll still be more powerful than any angel you have." He said proudly and Loki sighed with a fond smile.
"Alright." He said. "Let's go then." They disappeared and when they reappeared his eyes widened as Tony dropped to the ground with a heavy thud. "Tony!" He said and knelt down by him. "What's wrong?" he flipped him over and only pulled away when he heard the other angels' cheers. He stood and looked at them. "What did you so to him?" He asked, trying to sound impressed rather than show the fear that he felt.
Thor ran to him and wrapped an arm around his shoulders. "It's thanks to you." he told him. "But I'll explain when we get home." He smiled as a few grunt angels picked Tony up and disappeared with him. "I'm glad you're safe." Thor said and pat Loki's back.
"He's been on my tail for weeks, that's why I couldn't contact you." He lied and smiled back at Thor as well as he could, his panic rising now that Tony was gone and he pulled his jacket tighter around himself.
"That's what the General Fury figured too." He said and Loki looked at him with confusion. "I showed the picture of the letter you sent to the general. He knew Rhodes, who went by War Machine, and he knew about the Iron Man, who was someone only Rhodes had contact with when we wanted weapons. There was no word of him since Rhodes died but we tracked down the last things he made for Rhodes…" Thor kept talking but Loki wasn't listening, his heart beating fast in his chest as he thought about what they could be doing to Tony.
"Where is the demon?" He cut Thor off and the blonde blinked.
"Where all the other prisoners go, heaven. Fury wants to take a look at this one though, from your reports, he's not like other demons." Loki tensed and grabbed Thor's arm.
"Take me there. There was something I need to ask him." He said and glared when Thor looked confused. "Now, Thor!" He barked and smirked a bit when Thor jumped at his loud tone and grabbed his hand to take him there.
Hey guys, please review! This chapter took a little longer than usual, despite being so short, because I'm not really getting feedback and losing the motivation to write. So if you could review that would be great :)
