AN: Alright guys so here's the next update. I'm a little free right now so yes that's the reason why I've been constantly uploading chapters and new stories. I've spent some time also thinking up new ideas for new stories you guys can read it when they come out :) For now read on guys and reviews are always nice :)
Chapter Nine
"Thor when you grow up, will you marry someone just like mum and dad?" Loki asked as they sat under the shade of a large willow tree.
"I guess," Thor said, they were about ten years old.
"What will the person you marry be like?" Loki asked.
"Someone like you I guess, someone I can talk to easily, someone who laughs as nicely as you."
"Me? Thor are you saying you'll marry me?" Loki asked, curiosity sparking.
"Maybe. But we're brothers…"
"So if we weren't brothers, then you'd marry me. Right?"
Thor smiled, nodding, "Yes, if we aren't brothers I would be the first to ask for your hand."
Loki awoke with a start, that memory from so long ago, a piece of his past. Thor. He remembered instantly the events that had happened. Thor was getting married to Athena in a week's time. The trickster struggled to sit, a slight dull ache causing him to clutch at the sheets as he pulled himself up.
"Whoa whoa not so fast there reindeer games, you're a god but you still suffered minor trauma from the shot," Tony said, sitting on the edge of the bed and offering the trickster a glass of cold water.
"Shot? You shot me?" Loki asked, taking the glass from Tony.
"You were destroying the central district. I had orders to put out the threat so I did. Therefore you got shot."
Loki glared at him fuming, "Where am I now?"
"My house. Duh. Stark Tower."
"How'd you find me?"
"Fury, gave me a call, he told me some monster was going on a rampage and destroying central district. Definitely not Hulk, so I guessed something new. Then Fury said something to do with magick and I thought, definitely an angry reindeer," Tony said, smirking when the other scowled further.
"I am not a reindeer!" Loki growled, handing the glass back to Tony.
"You sure looked like one with that helmet thingy that you were wearing," Tony said setting the glass down on the bedside table and imitating the horns on Loki's helmet.
Loki shook his head, trying to hide his laughter at the imitation, "Why'd you take me to your house if I was the one destroying your town? Shouldn't you be handing me over to this Fury man?"
"I knew why you did it. Stress relief, its good. But what you did isn't, you killed about 29 people injured another 257 and I don't even want to start on the cost of repair on the damage to building and infrastructure."
"They are just normal people, I can kill them if I want to. I am a god," Loki said, anger rising in his chest.
"No. You can't you go out there and kill people some more and I won't be able to cover your ass for much longer. Besides the point, it's wrong to just take lives because you're a god and you can't handle your older brother getting married to some cousin of yours."
Loki pounced onto Tony, grappling with the other man and pushing him to the floor, he held an orb of fire in his hand, "Don't you talk to me about that. What you witnessed on Asgard…" he murmured, the flames in his palm dying as they returned to nothing, "Don't talk about it at all. I don't want to deal with that right now," Loki said, getting up but before he did, Tony pulled him down, letting him lie atop him.
"I'm sorry about what you're going through okay. I know I can't do anything because I'm a puny human and what not, but I want you to know that I care okay? I care and I don't want you going and destroying the city and getting yourself into trouble. Whatever it is we can talk it out and we'll fix it okay?" Tony assured him, letting him up now.
The trickster took a deep, shaky breath and nodded as he moved to sit at the edge of the bed, he needed someone to help him and here he was that someone, Tony Stark. "What do you need me to do now?" he asked, studying the other's figure. The human man wasn't too bad after all, he was about the same height as Loki himself, scruffy good looks, chocolate brown eyes, hands, 'Nice and warm, callused when he held my hand,' Loki thought.
"Hello? Tony to Loki? I said I need you to lie and give a statement to Fury," Tony said, waving a hand in front of Loki's face.
"What? Yes. I can do that of course. So what do I tell him? I was practicing my magic on Midgard and I blew up the humans?" Loki asked, watching Tony as he went to the far side of the room, which he realized, must have been his bedroom, to put on a fresh change of clothes.
"Yes, something like that. It was an accident, push for that idea and use Earth instead of Midgard," Tony said, feeling a little conscious for once as he pulled off his shirt to change into another one, it felt as though the trickster's eyes were watching his every move.
Loki quickly turned away when Tony turned around, knowing the other must've caught him staring, "Earth. Alright. I'll remember that. Are we…going now?"
"If you're well enough, yes," Tony answered, smirking when he had guessed right, that Loki had been staring at him as he changed.
"Okay…then we should get going, you lead the way," Loki said, standing and following Tony out to where he kept his helmet and staff.
"Reindeer," Tony remarked once before he took off into the night in a flash of red and gold.
"Cheater!" Loki yelled after him as he too took to the sky, chasing after the iron suit.
After the night in the gardens Thor had not sought out Athena unless he was forced to see her and spend time with her under the orders of Odin. The days so far had been spent, going for fittings, planning for the wedding, more lessons about politics and fighting, everything one would need to know in order to be king. Thor had never been busier in his life and he hated it. He hadn't even been allowed a moment to himself. Thor was also worrying about Loki, when the whirl of the marriage and his kingly duties were put aside, the thunderer could only think of the one person that he truly missed. He wondered where the other was right now, he hadn't seen Loki ever since the other stormed off that night. He had no clue where or what Loki as doing and he didn't dare to enter the trickster's room, not when he was angry.
"Thor? I've brought you dinner, I thought you might be hungry, since you missed lunch. I asked the servants for extra bread, just in case you might want more," Athena said as she entered his room. It wasn't the fact that Thor hated women it was just…after getting back together with Loki he didn't really seem to want any other woman anymore, they didn't appeal to him like they used to.
"Leave it on the table, you may go," Thor said, voice gruff as he turned away from her, looking out the window of the palace.
"I…thought maybe tonight we could you know…talk?" Athena ventured, walking over to stand next to Thor. He towered over her even as a goddess, she could feel his intimidating presence.
"I have nothing to say to you and we have no common ground upon which we could talk about, so you may go," Thor said, walking away from the window and taking the tray out into the lounge that adjoined his and Loki's rooms, it had been quiet for so long, unused, just ghost of memories playing through his head as he looked around the room.
"Alright…maybe we can talk later? When I come back to collect your tray," Athena said.
"No. Send for a maid to pick up my tray. You should go and rest," Thor said just out of general kindness, not that he really cared, but it seemed to make her happy as she smiled.
"I will, see you tomorrow then?" she asked, hopeful.
Thor nodded and said no more, hearing the door close behind her. He wanted to smash the glassware that his food was served in. It would be another four days more before he got married to her and another four more days till he was king. An idea began to root itself in his mind. Go along with father's plans, act the scenes that his father had scripted for him and then when he was king, he could do whatever he pleased. Whatever he pleased and that meant finding Loki and getting married to him, because Loki was adopted.
AN: Even i'm getting feely when i type this! Oh my gods Thor! My heart aches for them. Review if yours does too. Haha :) next chapter will be up soon!
