Something In The Water

by mairwenarkwrightchamberlain

Malekith will find his muse of the Aether at any cost. MalekithxOC OOC Malekith

10. Chapter 10

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dt class="fandom tags" style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-width: 10.5em; width: auto; float: none; clear: left;"span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"Fandoms:/span/dt
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li style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: auto; padding: 0px 0.25em 0px 0px; display: inline;"a class="tag" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-style: dotted; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; cursor: pointer;" href=" /tags/Thor%20(Movies)/works"Thor (Movies)/a/li
li class="last" style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: auto; padding: 0px 0.25em; display: inline;"a class="tag" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-style: dotted; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; cursor: pointer;" href=" /tags/The%20Avengers%20(Marvel%20Movies)/works"The Avengers (Marvel Movies)/a/li
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dt class="relationship tags" style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-width: 10.5em; width: auto; float: none; clear: left;"span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"Relationship:/span/dt
dd class="relationship tags" style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.643em 1em; padding: 0px; width: auto; float: none;"
ul class="commas" style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"
li class="last" style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: auto; padding: 0px 0.25em 0px 0px; display: inline;"a class="tag" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-style: dotted; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; cursor: pointer; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" href=" /tags/Malekith*s*Original%20Female%20Character/works"Malekith/Original Female Character/a/li
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dt class="character tags" style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-width: 10.5em; width: auto; float: none; clear: left;"span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"Characters:/span/dt
dd class="character tags" style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.643em 1em; padding: 0px; width: auto; float: none;"span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"
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li style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: auto; padding: 0px 0.25em 0px 0px; display: inline;"a class="tag" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-style: dotted; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; cursor: pointer;" href=" /tags/Malekith%20(Marvel)/works"Malekith (Marvel)/a/li
li style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: auto; padding: 0px 0.25em; display: inline;"a class="tag" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-style: dotted; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; cursor: pointer;" href=" /tags/Tony%20Stark/works"Tony Stark/a/li
li style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: auto; padding: 0px 0.25em; display: inline;"a class="tag" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-style: dotted; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; cursor: pointer;" href=" /tags/Natasha%20Romanov/works"Natasha Romanov/a/li
li style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: auto; padding: 0px 0.25em; display: inline;"a class="tag" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-style: dotted; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; cursor: pointer;" href=" /tags/Steve%20Rogers/works"Steve Rogers/a/li
li style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: auto; padding: 0px 0.25em; display: inline;"a class="tag" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-style: dotted; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; cursor: pointer;" href=" /tags/Thor%20(Marvel)/works"Thor (Marvel)/a/li
li style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: auto; padding: 0px 0.25em; display: inline;"a class="tag" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-style: dotted; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; cursor: pointer;" href=" /tags/(Loki%20-%20see%20if%20you%20can%20find%20him)/works"(Loki - see if you can find him)/a/li
li style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: auto; padding: 0px 0.25em; display: inline;"a class="tag" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-style: dotted; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; cursor: pointer;" href=" /tags/Nick%20Fury/works"Nick Fury/a/li
li style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: auto; padding: 0px 0.25em; display: inline;"a class="tag" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-style: dotted; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; cursor: pointer;" href=" /tags/Bruce%20Banner/works"Bruce Banner/a/li
li class="last" style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: auto; padding: 0px 0.25em; display: inline;"a class="tag" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-style: dotted; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; cursor: pointer;" href=" /tags/Clint%20Barton/works"Clint Barton/a/li
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dt class="freeform tags" style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-width: 10.5em; width: auto; float: none; clear: left;"span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"Additional Tags:/span/dt
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li style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: auto; padding: 0px 0.25em 0px 0px; display: inline;"a class="tag" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-style: dotted; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; cursor: pointer;" href=" /tags/Romance/works"Romance/a/li
li style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: auto; padding: 0px 0.25em; display: inline;"a class="tag" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-style: dotted; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; cursor: pointer;" href=" /tags/Adventure/works"Adventure/a/li
li style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: auto; padding: 0px 0.25em; display: inline;"a class="tag" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-style: dotted; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; cursor: pointer;" href=" /tags/Dark%20Elves/works"Dark Elves/a/li
li class="last" style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: auto; padding: 0px 0.25em; display: inline;"a class="tag" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-style: dotted; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; cursor: pointer;" href=" /tags/Svart%C3%A1lfaheimr%20%7C%20Svartalfheim/works"Svartálfaheimr | Svartalfheim/a/li
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dt class="language" style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-width: 10.5em; width: auto; float: none; clear: left;"span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"Language:/span/dt
dd class="language" style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.643em 1em; padding: 0px; width: auto; float: none;"span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"English/span/dd
dt class="series" style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-width: 10.5em; width: auto; float: none; clear: left;"span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"Series:/span/dt
dd class="series" style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.643em 1em; padding: 0px; width: auto; float: none;"span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"Part 1 of the a style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-style: dashed; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; cursor: pointer;" href=" /series/66126"How I met your... Malekith.../a seriesa style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-style: dashed; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; cursor: pointer;" href=" /works/1106569" »/a/span/dd
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dt style="text-align: start; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0.375em auto 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline; min-width: 0px; width: auto; float: left; clear: none; background-image: none;"span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"Published:/span/dt
dd style="text-align: start; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0.375em auto 0px; padding: 0px 0.5em 0px 0.25em; display: inline; width: auto; float: left; background-image: none; min-width: 0px; clear: none;"span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"2013-12-19/span/dd
dt style="text-align: start; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0.375em auto 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.25em; display: inline; min-width: 0px; width: auto; float: left; clear: none; background-image: none;"span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"Completed:/span/dt
dd style="text-align: start; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0.375em auto 0px; padding: 0px 0.5em 0px 0.25em; display: inline; width: auto; float: left; background-image: none; min-width: 0px; clear: none;"span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"2013-12-28/span/dd
dt style="text-align: start; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0.375em auto 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.25em; display: inline; min-width: 0px; width: auto; float: left; clear: none; background-image: none;"span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"Words:/span/dt
dd style="text-align: start; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0.375em auto 0px; padding: 0px 0.5em 0px 0.25em; display: inline; width: auto; float: left; background-image: none; min-width: 0px; clear: none;"span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"17813/span/dd
dt style="text-align: start; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0.375em auto 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.25em; display: inline; min-width: 0px; width: auto; float: left; clear: none; background-image: none;"span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"Chapters:/span/dt
dd style="text-align: start; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0.375em auto 0px; padding: 0px 0.5em 0px 0.25em; display: inline; width: auto; float: left; background-image: none; min-width: 0px; clear: none;"span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"11/11/span/dd
dt style="text-align: start; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0.375em auto 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.25em; display: inline; min-width: 0px; width: auto; float: left; clear: none; background-image: none;"span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"Comments:/span/dt
dd style="text-align: start; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0.375em auto 0px; padding: 0px 0.5em 0px 0.25em; display: inline; width: auto; float: left; background-image: none; min-width: 0px; clear: none;"span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"5/span/dd
dt style="text-align: start; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0.375em auto 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.25em; display: inline; min-width: 0px; width: auto; float: left; clear: none; background-image: none;"span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"Kudos:/span/dt
dd style="text-align: start; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0.375em auto 0px; padding: 0px 0.5em 0px 0.25em; display: inline; width: auto; float: left; background-image: none; min-width: 0px; clear: none;"span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"29/span/dd
dt style="text-align: start; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0.375em auto 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.25em; display: inline; min-width: 0px; width: auto; float: left; clear: none; background-image: none;"span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"Bookmarks:/span/dt
dd style="text-align: start; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0.375em auto 0px; padding: 0px 0.5em 0px 0.25em; display: inline; width: auto; float: left; background-image: none; min-width: 0px; clear: none;"a style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-style: dashed; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; cursor: pointer; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" href=" /works/1089608/bookmarks"span style="color: #000000;"3/span/a/dd
dt style="text-align: start; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0.375em auto 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.25em; display: inline; min-width: 0px; width: auto; float: left; clear: none; background-image: none;"span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"Hits:/span/dt
dd style="text-align: start; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0.375em auto 0px; padding: 0px 0.5em 0px 0.25em; display: inline; width: auto; float: left; background-image: none; min-width: 0px; clear: none;"span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"494/span/dd
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div class="preface group" style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.5em 3em; padding: 0.643em 0.643em 0px; float: none;"
h2 class="title heading" style="text-align: start; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: 400; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0.429em 0px; padding: 0px; text-shadow: #ffffff -1px -1px 2px; word-break: break-all; clear: right;"span style="font-size: 12px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"How I met your... Malekith.../span/h2
h3 class="byline heading" style="text-align: start; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: 400; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0.5375em 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-all;"a class="login author" style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; cursor: pointer; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" href=" /users/Alfdis/pseuds/Alfdis" rel="author"span style="color: #000000;"Alfdis/span/a/h3
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h3 class="title" style="text-align: start; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: 400; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0.5375em 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-all;"span style="color: #000000;"span style="font-size: 12px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"a style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-style: dashed; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; cursor: pointer;" href=" /works/1089608/chapters/2222679"Chapter 10/a: Falling for Malekith/span/span/h3
div id="notes" class="notes module" style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.643em; position: relative; width: auto; float: none; clear: right; min-height: 5em;"
h3 class="heading" style="border-width: 0px 0px 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; outline: 0px; font-weight: 400; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0.5375em 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-all;"span style="font-size: 12px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"Notes:/span/h3
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0.643em 0px; padding: 0px;"span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"(See the end of the chapter for a style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-style: dashed; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; cursor: pointer;" href=" /works/1089608/chapters/2222679#chapter_10_endnotes"notes/a.)/span/p
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h3 id="work" class="landmark heading" style="border-width: 0px 0px 0.25em; border-bottom-style: double; border-bottom-color: #333333; outline: 0px; font-weight: 500; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0.125em; word-break: break-all; opacity: 0; height: 0px; clear: both;"span style="font-size: 12px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"Chapter Text/span/h3
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px;"span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"We returned to the ballroom but I didn't let Malekith go nor did he seem very insisting in losing my company. The clock stroke eleven and we danced. At midnight we were still on the dance floor slipping in and out among the other couples. I almost fell asleep in Malekith's arms while my legs were repeating the same patterns over and over again, so it came as quite a surprised when he pulled me hard to the right, seemingly to already know of my half sleeping state, scooping me into his arms and heading out of the ballroom./span/p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px;"span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" "He got her!" I heard Natasha almost shout in the earpiece./span/p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px;"span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" "I see them." Steve replied./span/p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px;"span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" Tony burped – he had probably been going hard on the champagne again - and Thor hadn't been saying anything for a suspiciously long time./span/p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px;"span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" Malekith dodged two servants around a corner and swooped out of a door. Leaving us at yet another balcony on which he lowered me down. I laughed. It was not as fancy as the other. Actually it was quite tiny and one part of the balustrade had been broken off and laid on the graveled path about ten meters further down. But that had been the funniest escape ever./span/p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px;"span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" "I have not seen thy sunny face, nor heard thy silver laughter. No thought of me shall find a place in thy young life's hereafter. Enough that now thou wilt not fail to listen to my fairy tale."/span/p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px;"span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" I had stopped laughing looking into Malekith's eyes. I found myself once again speechless over seeing or rather hearing such an uncruel non-bad-ass thing coming out his mouth. Poetry. For some reason that didn't exist in the same world as Malekith in my head./span/p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px;"span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" "Oh my," I breathed./span/p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px;"span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" "He is hitting on her again." Natasha said not surprised./span/p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px;"span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" "I can see them. They are at the east balcony." Thor's voice seemed out of breath./span/p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px;"span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" "Thor where the hell have you been?" hissed Natasha./span/p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px;"span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" "I thought I saw someone." He mumbled not specifying it further./span/p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px;"span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" "Though the night is still young, I fear I must part from you." He held me possessively./span/p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px;"span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" "So soon." I untangled myself a bit and found I was once again standing on my bare feet carrying my own weight./span/p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px;"span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" "I had hoped I could steal a kiss before I leave." He said mischievously tracing the line of my chin with a single finger./span/p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px;"span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" "Malekith!" I covered my mouth./span/p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px;"span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" "Bummer." Tony commented./span/p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px;"span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" "So you do know who I am." His voice was cruel and playful. "You are not as dumb as you wish to appear Lady Malu. It might be your undoing." The thought seemed to appeal to him./span/p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px;"span style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: oblique; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"Apparently he strong style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"still/strong didn't know who I was./span/p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px;"span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" "But my feelings for you are true." I looked him into the eyes - hopefully he could see I wasn't lying./span/p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px;"span style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: oblique; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"I hated the bastard! He was a high society aristocratic moron who loved being licked a certain place and I hadn't forgiven him for smacking me insane on the icy planet or how he handled me over to Orusula. Oh those feelings were strong style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"so true/strong./span/p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px;"span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" "Then perhaps my last request will not be me denied?" He stepped close to me again./span/p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px;"span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" "Malekith Mister Festiciusa is right it is not suitable for a lady to give away her innocence to any man." I twisted my hands loathing what I realized I had to do. "But for you I will make an exception." I whispered letting Malekith lead me to the edge of the balcony. His arms enclosed me and I placed both my hands on his chest pretending we danced slowly and intimately. His mask started to dissolve from the chin and up waving away like mist. I let my hands slide down his torso as I watched his lips getting closer./span/p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px;"span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" "One little word Gaia and I will blow his brains out." I heard Natasha reassure me knowing she was somewhere probably in a tree having Malekith fixed with a sniper gun./span/p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px;"span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" The fabric of his undershirt caressed the tips of my fingers as they traced down his torso. I closed my eyes and felt his lips on mine. I felt the cold, thin line of the gold chain and grabbed hard around Malekith's waist slipping one finger into the loop. Malekith deepened the kiss and I got to the really scary part that made me shiver thus enhancing Malekith's impression of me liking his kiss. My toes found the missing piece of the balustrade slowly moving closer and with a half choked scream of horror my foot lost hold and we both lost balance. I stretched out my arms, as if to find something to hold on to. My finger clutching the chain, pulling the pendant out of his pocket, letting it go in mid air. I saw Malekith's eyes shift from me to the gemstone flying away. He reached out for it already having found his balance I however saw how I slipped between the two broken pieces. Falling./span/p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px;"span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" "Malekith!" I cried out and everything caught up in speed again. I was yanked back onto the balcony crying like a baby from pure fright. Malekith left me there without further ado and I couldn't blame him. The necklace had landed in the grass just down in front of a bench and he was going to go for it. It wouldn't take him long to reach the garden but hopefully long enough for Tony to pull whatever his plan was off./span/p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px;"span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" "He's on his way." I sobbed into the microphone./span/p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px;"span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" I didn't wait on the balcony for Malekith to return. I rubbed my eyes got up and ran towards nearest exit on jelly legs meeting Steve on the stairs on my way down. We ran to the meeting point him never letting go of me./span/p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px;"span style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: oblique; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"Thanks Steve./span/p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px;"span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" "Okay let's go!" Tony shouted and shortly after we were swallowed by the Bifrost./span/p
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p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 0px auto 1.286em; padding: 0px;"span style="color: #000000;"span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"The poetry Malekith quotes is from Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Caroll. I do not think Dark Elves quote Human poetry though I have no doubt they quote lines of love when wooing. I was tempted to use both first and second verse but since the quoting happens trigged by Gaia's laughter hidden behind the mask and the fact he had to leave her I settled for second verse because it seemed more random as such notions usually are. Here is the entire poem - enjoy ^_^/span/span/p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px;"span style="color: #000000;"span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"Child of the pure unclouded browbr /And dreaming eyes of wonder!br /Though time be fleet, and I and thoubr /Are half a life asunder,br /Thy loving smile will surely hailbr /The love-gift of a fairy-tale./span/span/p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px;"span style="color: #000000;"span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"I have not seen thy sunny face,br /Nor heard thy silver laughter:br /No thought of me shall find a placebr /In thy young life's hereafter –br /Enough that now thou wilt not failbr /To listen to my fairy-tale./span/span/p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px;"span style="color: #000000;"span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"A tale begun in other days,When summer suns were glowing –br /A simple chime, that served to timebr /The rhythm of our rowing –br /Whose echoes live in memory yet,br /Though envious years would say 'forget.'/span/span/p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px;"span style="color: #000000;"span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"Come, hearken then, ere voice of dread,With bitter tidings laden,br /Shall summon to unwelcome bedbr /A melancholy maiden!br /We are but older children, dear,br /Who fret to find our bedtime near./span/span/p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px;"span style="color: #000000;"span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"Without, the frost, the blinding snow,br /The storm-wind's moody madness –br /Within, the firelight's ruddy glow,br /And childhood's nest of /The magic words shall hold thee fast:br /Thou shalt not heed the raving blast./span/span/p
p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px;"span style="color: #000000;"span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"And though the shadow of a sighbr /May tremble through the story,br /For 'happy summer days' gone by,br /And vanish'd summer glory –br /It shall not touch with, breath of bale,br /The pleasance of our fairy-tale./span/span/p
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