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When Tony woke, he kept his eyes closed, keeping his breathing even as he felt the soft fingers in his hair.
It reminded him of Pepper, when he would work too hard and ended up falling asleep on the couch and would end up waking up to her hands running through his hair like this. He wanted to believe it was that but it wasn't the same, the hands were more careful, softer, with short nails running over his scalp. The scent that filled his nose didn't remind him of roses and coffee, like Pepper usually would, but like mint and plain soap, clean and crisp.
He opened his eyes slowly and looked up at Loki with a soft smile. "Hey" he breathed softly as the hand stopped. He wanted to ask for him to keep going but saw the worry in his eyes. "I'm okay." he said softly.
Loki frowned at him, his hand at the nape of Tony's neck. "You didn't look okay." he scolded "I thought you were dying." He muttered. Tony smiled and reached up to grab his hand and held it, resting their hands on his chest.
"It's okay." he said. "I don't die that easily." he promised. He looked into Loki's eyes and felt his chest tighten at the genuine look of concern, like Loki was scared to lose him.
"I'll try to remember that." Loki said softly and felt the vibrations in Tony's chest travel up his arm. "What is this?" he asked softly and tapped at the thing through Tony's shirt.
Tony smiled "It's a secret." he said and smirked as Loki pouted.
"Don't you trust me?" he asked, offended and was tempted to push Tony's head off his lap if the other hadn't been hurt. Tony chuckled.
"I do... Fine I'll tell you." He said and gestured for him to come close and smiled and Loki bent down to hear him. Tony smiled and turned Loki's head before the other could react and kissed him deeply. Loki's eyes widened and he froze for a second before he began to respond, tentative and slow as their breathing began to get heavier, their eyes closing to savor this small moment of bliss.
They pulled apart slowly after a bit, their eyes opening to look at each other. "...That wasn't an answer." Loki said softly, his cheeks red, and Tony laughed.
"Sorry" he said and brought up Loki's hand from his chest to press a soft kiss to it. Loki smiled softly as Tony began to talk "I got hurt." he said softly and arched his back a bit to raise his shirt. It had been days since his last "session" but there were still some marks and bites that were clearly fresh on his skin. "A friend helped me make this" he tapped the arc and then clicked it out of place and took it out. "It's my heart, the arc reactor." he smiled and looked up at Loki, seeing his eyes weren't on the arc in his hand but the cuts and bites that got worse as they disappeared under his pants. Tony snapped it back into place and pulled his short down roughly. "It's nothing." He said but Loki grabbed his hand, perhaps a bit too tight as Tony flinched.
"Who did that to you?" he asked and Tony held back the shudder, as Loki's harsh green eyes bore through him.
"...The guards." he breathed softly, knowing better than to lie when Loki was close to blowing up. "Don't do anything." he said and held his hand. "Loki, it's more important that you try to remember, get us out of here, save us!" he said as Loki pulled away from him and paced in front of him.
"You're not a hero, Tony!" he screamed at him "you're a sick man! I can't save you from here because this is where you should be." he kept yelling and felt his stomach turn as Tony flinched but couldn't stop, needing both of them to understand that Tony was sick before they got more involved. "I can only save you from this" he lifted Tony's shirt and pressed on one of the cuts with his thumb. "This is real!" he yelled at him. Loki looked at his eyes and felt Tony shaking under him and realized what position they were in, with Loki holding him and forced between his legs. Loki pulled back quickly. "I'm sorry, I shouldn't ha-"
"Get out." Tony cut in and turned away from him. He curled on the bed, holding himself. "Get out!" he said with more force, his nails digging into his sides as he shook. Loki felt his chest ache and walked towards the door slowly.
"I... I really..." he choked on the words and bit down on his lip, refusing to cry and walked out. He held his head high as he walked towards the others. "He's fine." he smiled at them as they began to ask. "He just needs rest." he promised them.
Something was wrong. Thor could feel it. He watched Loki, his brother's wide smile becoming more and more forced as the day went on. He finally knew when Loki went for lunch and didn't come back. "He got sick." A guard informed them. "Go to your rooms, we don't want to deal with you right now." He sneered.
Thor stood to help Natasha but she shook her head. "I'm going to help Clint comfort Bruce. I'll be by before bed" she said softly, having her wits back now that the inital dose of the medicine was mostly worn off. He nodded and helped Steve up, holding him close as they walked back to the room.
"Are you okay?" Steve asked as they closed the door and sat down on their connected beds. Thor sighed and lay down in his usual spot at the center of the bed.
"I'm worried." he said honestly. "For my brother." Steve looked at him and gently lowered himself to press against Thor's side, his head on the larger man's arm and he put his arn around him carefully. They could never let themselves get so intimate without the excuse of night but, without Natasha, it seemed much easier now. Thor turned onto his side to look at him and pulled him close by his waist and they lay together. "Thank you." he breathed into his hair after a while. "You calm me." His eyes were closed.
Steve looked at him lovingly and squirmed up a bit on the bed to press his lips to Thor's gently, his hand at the nape of the man's neck. Thor's eyes opened, looking at the sweet determination in Steve's face as he kissed him. He smiled and responded, his hand traveling up and down Steve's spine as they kissed. "You're welcome." Steve said softly as they pulled away for air and smiled at him. "Loki, will be okay." He said softly "He has you protecting him." Thor smiled at him sadly and nodded.
"I want to protect him" he said "but it's hard." he breathed, knowing that he would have to leave them behind. "I'd have to-" Steve put a hand on his lips.
"Don't psych yourself out." he said "we're still alive so there is always hope." He told him. "Just... Make use of the best of what we have." he whispered and pulled his hand off his lips and kissed him again, deeper this time. Thor wanted to protest but he got lost in the kiss, feeling Steve get more rushed the more they kissed and feeling the same type of rush, knowing it would probably be their only time. He felt the smaller man's hand wander down his chest and caught it before it slipped into his pants.
"Not here, Steve" He said softly but bit his lip when he saw the sadness in the other man's face.
"When then?" He asked him. "When will we have time to do this?" he breathed. "I...Thor, I need this, with you." he said and brought Thor's hand to touch his face. "Before anything bad happens, I want to know I have you." he said.
Thor looked over his face and kissed him deeply, knowing he was right. "Okay." he breathed and kissed down Steve's jaw to his neck as the other's hand went down to his hospital pants again and slipped in. He gave a soft grunt as Steve's cold hand wrapped around his length but kept kissing and marking his neck lightly where he could still cover it with the hospital shirt.
Steve shuddered softly at the kissing and soft bites and began to stroke slowly, not surprised at how fast Thor hardened in his hand. He shuddered as the length was hot and heavy in his hand, slowly covering his hand in pre-come as he stroked him from head to base. "Is it good?" he asked softly as he shuddered from how Thor bit down on his shoulder.
"Yes." Thor breathed and couldn't help thrusting into the hand lightly. "It's very good." Steve whined at the soft breath tickling his neck and then gasped as Thor began to stroke him through his pants, the friction of his soft cotton underwear and the heat from Thor's hand was enough to turn him into a trembling mess.
Thor smiled as Steve's hand became clumsier, sometimes forgetting to stroke as he enjoyed the sensations. Thor pulled back and pressed Steve down gently, looking down at him with gentle eyes. "Lift your hips." he said and pulled down Steve's pants slowly, tossing them to the edge of the bed and settled between his legs when Steve opened them cautiously, blushing as he did. Thor smiled fondly and leaned down to kiss him slowly and wrapped his hand around both their lengths and stroked them slowly, occasionally thrusting to add to the friction. He watched Steve's every expression, smiling as the other began to lose himself under his touches and kisses.
Steve's arms and legs wrapped around Thor to hold him close and he whimpered into the bigger man's neck when he saw how the other's eyes drank him in. "Stop" he breathed "don't look at me, it's embarrasing." he said and whined as Thor sped up.
"Let me hear you then." The bigger man whispered. "Say my name." he breathed. "Forget this place, forget everything, just focus on me." His breathing became heavy as he felt closer.
Steve closed his eyes tight, whimpering as Thor spoke and Steve fell over the edge as he cried out his name. He panted, shuddering at the friction on his sensitive length as Thor kept stroking him and thrusting against him before he felt the other come as well, their come combining on Steve stomach. "Hold me." Steve said softly as Thor lay down next to him. "Please... Just-" he didn't finish as Thor wrapped his arms around him and kissed him deeply.
"I have you" he breathed "for as long as I can." he stroked Steve's hair, smiling as the other fell asleep in his arms. Thor smiled sadly and nuzzled him as he slept. He'd have to leave him behind. He knew this and now he believed that Steve knew it too, it hurt as he thought of letting him go, but Thor needed to take care of his brother, like Steve said.
Ugh done! I know most people are here for Frostiron but shit is about to go down and this was important. Thanks for reading!