A/N: Two chapters in one day! That's pretty good for me. I don't usually update that often.

Just a little warning... This chapter gets kinda intense. It's definitely not a humorous chapter and there's some strong language. Because of this chapter and probably some future ones, I've added Hurt/Comfort as a genre. Humor is still the first one because it's still funny most of the time, but I think anyone reading this chapter will feel bad for poor Loki.

Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I do not own any characters from Avengers. They belong to Marvel.


Loki was still sitting in the cell, shivering and softly crying. He was getting pretty sick, but he knew that no one cared. They wouldn't even care if he died. Loki was truly becoming afraid of them. At first it just seemed like a childish game, but now he thought they might even be trying to kill him. He wished he could be back home in Asgard where he was safe. But then again, everyone there hated him too. And it wasn't his real home. His real home was Jotunheim.

Thor had come out of his room. He hadn't known of Loki's condition because he was in his room the whole time. He didn't hear Loki when he was yelling and pounding on the glass because he had headphones in his ears. Clint had lent him his iPod, and Thor found it such an amazing Midgardian device that he listened to it for hours. But his entertainment ended when the battery died just a few moments ago, so he decided to come and check on his brother. He was horrified when he saw him.

"Loki?" He asked in a worried tone.

Loki looked up when he heard Thor's voice. He had tears running down his face and he looked like a scared little child. Anyone looking at him would become instantly heartbroken, which was exactly how Thor felt.

"Loki, what's happened to you? What have those monsters done?" Thor asked with anger in his voice.

Loki was a little surprised at Thor's reaction. He knew he still had a little love for him, but he didn't think he would care so much. And he actually called the other Avengers monsters when he was friends with them! Loki didn't really know what to say though, so he just kept quiet. But then he started sneezing again.

"You're sick! And you're shivering!" Thor stated as he looked at Loki with concern all over his face. "Why is there no heat in your cell?"

"Why do you think? They hate me, Thor! They all hate me! And they'd be happy if I was dead! They like to see me suffer! That's why they won't turn the heat on in here or give me a blanket!" Another flood of tears poured from Loki's eyes after he yelled. He cried even louder and shook violently.

Thor felt tears coming to his own eyes. It pained him terribly to see Loki so upset. He loved Loki to death, even if he wasn't really related to him, and even after all the terrible things he had done. Thor didn't believe that Loki was really evil. He was just misunderstood and was put under pressure by Thanos and the Chitauri. He knew that Loki regretted his actions.

He couldn't stand to watch Loki suffer another minute, so he decided to do something about it. "I'll be right back," he said before walking off.


Thor made his way to the control room. He had only been there once before, but he remembered the way. There was a control panel right outside of Loki's cell, but that had limited controls. The one for controlling temperature was in this certain room, and Thor was just about to open the door to it.

When he went inside, he saw Clint sitting there laughing. He looked up when he saw Thor enter the room.

"Hey Thor! Have you been enjoying the iPod?" Thor glared dangerously at Clint. Then he took the iPod out of his pocket and threw it down on the ground. The glass screen shattered into a bunch of pieces.

"WHY THE HELL DID YOU DO THAT?! THAT THING COST ME OVER $200!" Clint yelled.

Thor grabbed the top of Clint's shirt and pulled him close to his face.

"How could you do this to my brother? HOW?!" Thor demanded.

"I don't know what you're talking about!" Clint said as he struggled to get out of Thor's grasp.

"Do you realize how sick he is? He could be in critical condition all because you think it's so funny to fuck around with the temperature!" Thor roared.

"Whoa dude calm down! I didn't mean any harm!" Clint said a little scared now.

"DIDN'T MEAN ANY HARM?! HE'S VERY COLD AND SICK RIGHT NOW AND YOU THINK IT'S SO FUCKING HILARIOUS!"

Clint was completely shocked. He had seen Thor angry before and knew that he had a bad temper, but he had never heard him use such language before. And he was never mad at him.

"I'm sorry Thor! I didn't realize he was so bad off. I just wanted to mess with him a little," Clint tried to explain.

Thor's face got even angrier. Clint realized that he made a mistake when he saw Thor grip Mijolnir really tightly in his hand. Thor growled and brought the hammer up, but then let go of Clint and went over to the controls. He turned the knob for the temperature far over to the right. Then he went over to the door, but before he left, he turned to Clint one last time.

"If you ever cause my brother harm again, you will be sorry!"


Loki suddenly felt an immense amount of heat. After just a couple of minutes, he wasn't cold anymore. He saw Thor go over to the control panel by the cell and press a button. The door to the cell opened and Thor walked in.

"Loki, I am so sorry for what they've done to you. I thought they were my friends, but now I realize that they're heartless creatures." Then Thor did something that he hadn't done in a long time. He wrapped his arms around Loki and hugged him.

"I love you Loki. You'll always be my little brother no matter what, and I promise I won't let anyone hurt you ever again."

Loki felt more tears come to his eyes, but this time they were tears of happiness.

"I love you too Thor."


A/N: *wipes away a tear* That was so sweet! I've never written something that emotional before.

I know in the last chapter I said that this would be quite a bit longer, but now that I've written this chapter I'm not so sure. Since Thor is being so overprotective of Loki now, I don't think it would make much sense for everyone to keep being mean to him. I am for sure writing at least two more chapters though. The next one will have some Loki teasing in it, but it's nothing bad. In fact, Loki himself will find it amusing.

So anyway, please review and tell me what you think!