Summary: Loki didn't realize he had been starved nearly to death of simple touch, until Mr. Stark shows him. [Loki is super deprived of affection and doesn't know it until he feels it.]
Rated:M
Genre: Romance, angst and a little Humor.
Pairing: Loki/Tony
Chapter Summary: Tony and Loki deal with the separation in their own way. Loki has to pay up on his bargain and it doesn't go quite as planned.
A/N: just for kicks the Casket from Thor can also be used as a transport thing like the Tesseract in the Avengers and no I don't know how SHIELD got a hold of it, Agent Coulson doesn't tell me these things. (Casket being the blue thing the Jotun's wanted in Thor.) Read on.
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Loki hadn't seen Tony in a few days after leaving him and it kept getting worse.
It had gotten to the point where he couldn't sleep but a few hours a night and when he could sleep it was with ManaTony held to his chest in a desperate hope for comfort.
Comfort. Wasn't this the exact reason he had been drawn to Tony in the first place? Now Tony was all he wanted.
Loki cried every night when he thought about him and everyday he considered going to him and giving up this charade of having it all together.
He is a selfish God and wants Tony for himself, no matter the cost.
However, Loki knew Tony and knew without a task he would not be happy. Without the task of inventing new things for his team or preventing world domination he would soon be bored and blame Loki for all of it.
Eventually he would despise him for coming into his life and tearing it apart.
Loki had been sitting in his living room when he got an invitation. One he could not refuse.
Time was up and he had no choice, without Tony and without the help of the Avengers he would have to pay up now and live with the costs. He had wanted to trade with The Jotun's, The Casket for earth and the death of all Avengers, but Tony had come into his life and ruined that plan. Now he had renegotiated for something he may be able to live with.
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Fury ran as fast as possible to the holding cell the Casket had been put in, the alarm was screaming In the room and he really wondered who it was that had the guts to try in take it.
When he turned the corner he saw a few of his agents laid out on the floor and the others had scattered and were proving how useless they were.
Fury wasn't sure he could believe his eyes when he saw Loki holding the Casket with his bare hands.
Loki turned and grinned menacingly at him.
"Put it down Loki." Fury demanded calmly when he pulled his pistol out and pointed it at him.
Loki laughed against all the anguish in his heart, used the Casket to fire at him.
Fury jumped to the side narrowly avoiding death.
Once he gathered himself back up Loki was gone, the Casket in hand.
OOO
Tony didn't join back with the Avengers and had no plan too, sure Loki was gone and he could come back.
That didn't mean they would all trust him again, it didn't mean it would be alright without Loki in his life.
No matter how much Tony liked being an Avenger, he loved Loki more.
He knew Loki was in danger and with everything that happened he knew only the Avengers could help.
He never even had the chance to ask Loki what it was he had gotten himself into.
Tony had locked himself away and refused to accept any calls. He knew what they would say.
Fury had called him a few times likely to know what decision he had made but Tony didn't answer.
He didn't want anything to do with SHEILD.
Tony was laying in bed still at twelve in the afternoon when his doorbell rang.
'I'm aware you're currently wallowing in self pity; however Dr. Banner is at the door.' Jarvis alarmed and Tony was really regretting that he had made Jarvis such a smartass.
"Shut up Jarvis." He replied and Jarvis did so.
Tony drug himself out of bed leaving the empty whiskey bottle on the nightstand and made his way to the door.
Once he got there he pulled his robe closed and tied it.
"What do you want?" Tony asked when Bruce looked up at him, Bruce hesitated before he replied.
"Whoa, you look like Hell." Banner stated, Tony wasn't finding that very amusing just now.
"Look Tony, I came to see if you were alright. I'm sorry for how I reacted, I was just in shock I suppose." He replied and Tony deflated somewhat.
He was really not alright, worse than he had been in a long time actually.
"It doesn't matter anymore." Tony said sadly and turned back into the house, Bruce followed him and closed the door behind him.
Tony sat down on his couch and really didn't care he was still in his pajamas.
"What happened? Are you not coming back to the tower?" Bruce asked and Tony shook his head.
"No, I'm not." He replied and Bruce frowned.
"We're not a team without you Tony, everybody makes mistakes…" But Tony interrupted him.
"I have made many mistakes in my life, Loki was not one of them." He snapped and Bruce stepped back a little.
"I didn't realize how you felt about him." Bruce replied hesitantly and Tony shook his head dropping his face in his hands.
"Look I'm not supposed to tell you this, but I think you need to know." Bruce added and Tony was interested now, he lifted his head to listen.
"What?"
"Loki attacked SHIELD yesterday and took the Casket of Jotunhem." He replied and Tony sat up and stared at him.
"He what?" Bruce knew he had heard him but just nodded to confirm it.
"Look it was the first thing we have heard from him in months and I cant help thinking it has something to do with you. Is something going on?" he replied and Tony frowned heavily
"I haven't seen him in a week, he left so I could stay an Avenger." He replied and it was like a light bulb came on in Bruce's head.
"Did you want that?"
"Of course not." Tony replied standing this time.
"Is there anything you can tell us? why he would take the Casket or why he would do it now?" Bruce asked and Tony shook his head.
"He was in trouble, he mentioned he had made a bargain with someone. He said he didn't know how to get out of it." He replied and turned immediately heading to his bedroom to get dressed, Banner followed him.
"What does that mean? Where are you going?" Bruce asked, Tony stripped off his robe once they made it to his room and pulled a suit out of his closet.
"Loki is working against his will, he couldn't find a way out." He replied leaving out important details like he often did when in a hurry.
"What are you talking about?" Bruce finally asked a little stronger in his tone.
"He asked me for help a few weeks ago and I didn't help him, I didn't even ask how I could." Tony replied and Bruce could see the regret in his eyes, Tony shook his head sadly.
"I'm going to help him now before its too late. I need to talk to Fury."
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"This better be damn good Stark. Do you have any idea what I'm dealing with today?" Fury asked as he made his way into his office where Tony was waiting for him.
"Yeah I know exactly what you're dealing with." He replied and stood up to face him. "Loki came to me for help a few weeks ago, said he couldn't back out of a bargain he had made without consequences." He replied ferociously, Fury nodded.
"What are you not telling me?" Fury asked and Tony hesitated.
"It had something to do with the destruction of the Avengers. Earth possibly, that's all I know." He replied and Fury shook his head.
"That doesn't help me." He replied and turned to leave the office so he could over see what everyone was working on in the bridge.
"Listen to me, if you'll help me we can stop him now before its too late, I know you don't understand this but…" Tony stopped and shook his head running a hand through his hair.
Fury finally stopped and turned to listen.
"I love him no matter what all of you think and I wont stand by and watch him die." He added.
Fury sighed heavily and rubbed his face with a hand. "And if you wont do anything to help him. I damn sure will."
Fury wished there was something he could do but he had to think for all of the Avengers not just the feelings of one.
"Tony, you're too close to this, you're suspended until further notice."
Tony frowned and nodded. "I see how it is." He replied angrily and stomped out of the office.
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Tony got in his car and headed straight to Loki's apartment, he had to see if he was okay.
Tony pulled up and parked outside his building and got out running up the steps past Angela whom was sitting at the bottom smoking a cigarette and to Loki's apartment door.
He knocked heavily on it and waited a few minutes.
"Loki open up! I need to see you!" Tony declared a few moments later and rested his head against the wood still with no reply.
Angela climbed the steps up to him and rubbed his shoulder with her free hand.
"You lookin' for Charles? He moved out a day or two ago wouldn't tell anyone where he was going either." She stated and Tony moved away from the door to look at her.
"Oh." Was all he said and sighed in exasperation then started on his way down the stairs.
"Sorry hun." She added last minute Tony only nodded.
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The Avengers got a call of some kind of hostile force in New York, without even having to guess they knew who it was.
Their searching for Loki had gone void when he showed up in broad daylight and really didn't care to hide.
Natasha and Clint flew the jet towards the building he had taken over, some hostages left inside.
The police force were there surrounding the building already but they likely wouldn't do much good.
The building was coated with ice from the bottom to the top floor where they believed Loki was hiding.
The entrances and exits were barricaded in ice and it was obvious Loki's usual finesse was somewhat lacking with his blatant attack scheme.
Captain America, Bruce and Thor were seated in the back of the jet when they circled the skyscraper and Thor stared out of the window to look.
Natasha put on her headset and turned on the intercom.
"Loki surrender now and give up the Casket." She demanded and Loki stepped onto the balcony on the top floor he studied the plane and realized Tony was not among them. Tony was no longer an Avenger so he really had no qualms with killing any of them.
He pointed his staff in their direction from the balcony firing upon them with a blue laser like beam.
Clint swerved the Jet dodging it before another fire was made hitting the left wing.
The plane spun out and headed straight for the ground but was caught last minute by someone in a bright red and gold suit.
"Tony!" Natasha declared in relief, Bruce stood up and headed to the front of the plane and smiled in relief.
The plane was lowered to the ground and Tony finally looked up at Loki.
The look on Loki's face was one of immediate regret he had almost hit Tony while firing upon the jet.
The Avengers started climbing out of the jet getting in their usual positions.
Tony barely gave them a glance before flying up to the top floor.
"Hey you're suspended!" Captain America yelled out as Tony flew off.
"I'm not fighting for you." he mumbled to himself and found himself face level with Loki, Loki's eyes widened and all he wanted to do is tear Tony's helmet off so he could see his face.
"Loki! You don't have to do this." Tony shouted over the sound of the jets of his suit that kept him floating level.
"Yes, I do." Loki replied and turned going back inside.
Tony noted the wreck he was looking, hair in disarray and his typical armor hiding his naturally soft reserve.
Tony without fear flew inside and landed in front of Loki, he opened his mask and grabbed him by the arms.
"I came to help you, you idiot." He replied and Loki really didn't think he could handle seeing Tony anymore as long as he couldn't be his.
"Then help me take the earth. They said if I give them earth and the Casket they shall spare you. Only you." he replied referring to the Jotuns he had bargained with months ago, Tony's heart twisted in his chest.
"There has to be another way." He said adamantly and Loki furrowed his brows.
"Please accept this offer Anthony, I cannot watch you die. Come with me to Jotunheim. They promised me my rightful throne, come and rule beside me." Loki practically begged and grabbed his head in his hands kissing him hard on the mouth.
Tony pulled him into himself unable to deny himself the desire to touch Loki. He pulled back from the desperate kiss.
"You know I cant do that." He replied and Loki's head dropped.
"I know." However really wished Tony would.
"But we can defeat them. Together." Loki turned up and stared into his eyes.
"You have no idea what we're up against. I do." Tony pulled away to see what Loki had been working on. The Casket was on a stand and was glowing a lot brighter than usual. "The portal opens in 2 minutes and there will be no stopping them." Loki added and Tony stared at it trying to find a way to disable it.
"Have you ever been stood up?" Tony asked and a playful smile marked his lips. Loki furrowed his brows confused.
"No." and that was exactly Tony's plan, he has had a number of coyote dates and knew exactly how to get rid of them. Never show up.
Tony turned to the machine and tried to disable it but nothing worked it was pure energy.
"Loki, this is Jotun. You can control it like no one else here can." Tony stated and grabbed him by the hands.
"What do you want me to do?" he asked and Tony brushed a metal finger over his cheek carefully wishing he didn't have his gloves on.
"You have to grab it Loki, tell it what you want it to do."
"I cant…" Loki stuttered.
"You can. You have to believe in yourself." He replied and looked him steadily in the eyes. "I believe in you." After a few more moments Loki nodded and pulled away.
"Tony.." he breathed as he stared into the blue light a fear he hadn't known in a long time filling his chest. "If something happens to me, I want you to know I did it for you. I only tried to save you." Loki admitted and Tony grabbed his hand.
"I know." Loki took in a deep breath begrudgingly pulling his hand from Tony's and reached forward his hands shaking in anticipation, he grabbed the cube with his fingertips and he let out a startled breath.
Blue skin raced up his arms washing him until it came up to his eyes, they glazed over red and Tony really hoped he wasn't about to witness the death of the love of his life.
Loki pulled it out of its stand and a huge flash of light followed.
Tony fell back on his ass as pressure from the Casket washed over him like an invisible explosion breaking the glass windows of the building.
Tony blocked his eyes and reached out blindly for Loki. He didn't find anything and panic struck him.
He blinked a few times until his vision cleared the light faded out. Loki was standing there with the Casket in his hands and surprise on his face.
Tony's eyes traveled his body as he took in the sight of a solid blue Loki, darker blue lines made figures on his skin and it really was a strange sight.
His helmet had fallen off in the force of the cube.
Loki breathed in and out heavily as the Casket calmed down until it landed in its normal calm state
"It worked!" Loki declared and his face was washed with relief, there was an army of disappointed aliens somewhere far away and they would have to deal with them at some point, once their eternity long trip to earth was over.
Tony looked up and down Loki's body, which remained blue even after he set the Casket down shakily.
Loki began to panic, had it changed his DNA that much from the blast? He studied his hands and realized it had spread to his entire body.
His cloths felt too hot and he'd really like to be somewhere cold right about now.
"That is so… Badass." Tony gasped when Loki turned to look at him wide eyed and in fear.
"I- don't look at me." Loki squealed and turned away pulling his cape up to try in cover himself.
Tony stood up with some difficulty and approached him.
Tony turned him around with a hand and pressed his lips to Loki's cold blue ones.
Loki shuttered into the kiss and it really was true. Tony would always want him, no matter what.
Tony pulled back and could see his breath coming out when he let it out.
Loki's eyes dropped and he pulled his collar up to try in hide his skin, Tony grabbed his hands and smiled.
"Don't, you look beautiful." He breathed and Loki really couldn't believe his ears.
"I-Tony you cannot be here, we cannot be together you must go." He tried to push Tony away but he would not have it.
"We can be together Loki, stop trying to run away. We can work through this as long as we're together." Tony replied stubbornly.
Loki broke down in his arms and collapsed against him, blue and full of heartache, that is exactly what he wanted to hear. No one had ever fought for him, they simply fought to make him behave.
"After everything I've done…" Loki breathed against him and Tony could feel the coldness of his body begin to soak through his suit.
"It doesn't matter, promise me you'll stay and try to work this out." Tony replied and Loki nodded swiftly against him, his hands coming up to feel his own face.
Cold hard skin his panic started anew.
"I'm hideous, help me Tony." He pleaded against him.
Tony grabbed his face in his hands and tilted his chin up to look into his eyes, what were an ocean green turned to a violent red.
"Did I ever tell you red is my favorite color?" Tony cooed and Loki blinked rapidly but no tears could fall, they would turn to ice.
"I- no…" he stammered and would've blushed if his blood ran warm.
"Well it is." He replied and pressed forward, Loki kissed him back and his mouth felt like a furnace, Tony was actually enjoying the coolness of Loki's mouth.
Tony pulled back. "I love you Loki, don't you ever leave me again." Tony added all joking aside.
Loki nodded swiftly and set a hand on Tony's cheek.
"I have never loved anyone like I love you, I will never leave you." he replied and it had to be the most honest thing Tony had ever heard him say.
"Good."
They continued to make out for another 5 minutes before Natasha, Clint and Banner had finally made it to the top floor. It had taken a good amount of time to get through the thick layer of ice.
"We're doing this now?" Clint sighed irritated and Tony heard it so flew them the bird, Loki pulled back from the kiss and turned away shyly to hide his blue face against Tony's chest.
"Come on guys, we'll come back later." Natasha said and ushered them out of the room, they turned to leave and stopped Captain America in the hallway before he was scarred for life. Also needed to find some way to keep Thor downstairs.
A/N: First off can I say OH MY GOD THANKS FOR ALL OF YOUR REVIEWS YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW!
Anyways yay! I hope I worked this out. Now that the cat is outa the bag of course the following chapters are dealing with the Avengers taking in Loki, Thor's over protective nature, Loki freaking out cause he's blue. Tony totally digging that Loki is blue and a whole lotta other BS getting the feeling this story is far from over. Gawd I hope yall think this chappy is worth it.
I wanted to work in the Avengers seeing how shipwrecked Tony and Loki were without each other but was difficult with Tony not living in the tower anymore. Maybe when Tony has to go on a business trip? Wink wink.
I feel like this story has gone fucking insane! Is that just me? I feel like I epic failed on this chapter… do I need to rewrite completely? Do something else entirely. God I don't like this chapter at all… D:
PS as of right now both Starbucks and One Touch are at 121 reviews. How trippy is that?