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: It comes time for Loki and Tony to face the music.
OOO
Loki finally pulled away from Tony's chest and Tony could tell he was shaking.
"Hey, are you ok?" he asked softly and pulled his helmet off completely dropping it on the floor.
Loki didn't reply but he hugged himself and didn't feel like he could talk just now, he is blue, cold and the monster he had always tried to hide, Tony grabbed him firmly as Loki shuttered in his arms.
Loki nodded swiftly and heaved in a breath letting it back out.
"Don't let them see me! I don't want anyone to see me!" he croaked and covered his face in his hands.
Tony sighed and knew it would take more than words for Loki to accept his new appearance.
"Hey its going to be okay. We saved the world sure with a little hiccup but at least try to enjoy the moment." Tony replied and gently swiped his thumb across Loki's cheek, Loki took in another deep breath letting it out.
Tony had never seen him lose his cool like this, he always seemed to have it all together.
"I'm alright." He finally admitted after a few moments and nodded a little with another breath.
Loki looked up finally and put his cloths back in order.
"We need to take care of this mess." Tony stated and glanced about the room, The Casket was still sitting on the floor where Loki had set it, the windows were shattered and it was probably a good thing Loki had iced the place up.
The ice had kept the glass from shattering on the other floors where some hostages had been trapped.
Loki pulled away from Tony and cautiously glanced out of the window and saw the Avengers ushering people out of the door they had managed to melt the ice away from.
Loki sighed even if they would forgive him for taking the Casket because he spoiled his own plans, hostage situations are never easily forgotten, even if they are accidental.
Tony told Jarvis to dismantle his suit luckily he had worn the suitcase version of it this time, he wouldn't need it for a while with SHEILD's cleanup crew coming out.
It would seem Natasha had found a way to keep Thor outside, he was helping get the hostages to safety.
Loki turned and went back into the room as Tony set down the suitcase, Loki quietly approached the Casket.
"I need to make a few calls." Tony stated as he watched Loki stare at it then his own hands curiously. He nodded silently.
Tony pulled out his cell phone still watching Loki closely to call Phil.
"Hey Agent Coulson. We have a problem." He said as his greeting, Coulson knew already and had a crew coming out to start the cleanup process. Agent Romanov had probably given him a heads up.
"We'll be here, we have a lot we need to talk about." He admitted then hung up.
Loki leant down and picked The Casket up, it didn't matter anymore. He is Jotun more now than ever.
Tony watched him as Loki turned it in his hands.
He set it back down after a moment and looked at his hands again, as if he were trying to figure out what had happened.
"SHEILD is coming out to clean this up. We need to stay and tell them what happened. All of it." Tony stated, Loki nodded distractedly as he backed away from the Casket.
Loki lifted his hands and the shards of glass lifted into the air and began to take their place back in the window.
Tony watched in awe as Loki began to clean up his mess.
"You may want to leave some of the evidence, just so Phil can take a look at it." Tony said and Loki nodded finishing the one window before he dropped his hands and sat down on a nearby office chair, dropping his face into his hands in exhaustion.
Tony walked up to him and figured now would be a good time to take advantage of them being alone, when SHEILD arrives they wont have time to breath.
Tony knelt down in front of him and Loki moved his hands to look at him.
"How you doing?" he asked sweetly and took his hand in his, though cold he tried not to let it bother him, that would likely make Loki push him away.
"I am so exhausted." He admitted and rested his chin on his palm that was not being held by Tony. Tony nodded.
"Yeah, me too." He admitted Loki smiled slightly at him and allowed his eyes to close with a sigh.
"I couldn't sleep without you, I felt so alone." Loki admitted quietly, Tony brushed a thumb across his cheek softly.
"Yeah I know the feeling." He replied and Loki looked into his eyes.
"What will they do? Are they going to imprison me?" he asked and reached out to touch Tony's face softly with his cold fingers. "Without you?"
Tony frowned and really wished he knew the answer to that.
"I don't know." He replied and Loki nodded.
"I will stay no matter, I made a promise." Tony smiled softly and kissed him gently on the lips, he shivered against the cold but it was worth it.
"We'll do this, together." Tony assured him as he looked deep in his eyes.
"Okay." Loki replied and nodded taking in a deep breath and letting it out.
He would do anything for Tony if that meant leaving so he could have a normal life he would do it, if it meant staying and working through the hardship because Tony wanted him too. Well he'd do that too.
Tony begrudgingly pulled away and stood up running a hand through his hair as he looked around the room.
Soon Agent Romanov and Hawkeye came into the room and looked around.
Loki tensed some in his seat but stayed sitting down, he figured any swift movements would likely be a bad idea.
Clint stared at him a moment and his blue skin, Loki literally wanted to hide behind something.
"The Hell happened to you?" Clint asked and Natasha smacked him on the arm.
Loki pointed to the Casket and Clint turned to it in confusion.
Captain America and the others entered the room too, Thor finally pushing in through the crowed and towards Loki, Loki tensed when he was grabbed by the collar and forced to stand up. Thor was fuming.
"Why must you always cause destruction? Do you know how many people could have died?" Thor asked toughly and Tony made his way over setting a hand on Thor's shoulder.
"Come on let him go." Tony tried to pull him off, Thor shoved him off, Tony falling back onto his ass, Loki glanced at him a moment in concern.
"All of them would have died if not for me." Loki hissed back and Thor stared at him shaking him lightly.
Loki really wished he'd be staring at him like that because of his skin color but instead it was because of his disappointment.
"You caused this did you not?"
"Yes, but I stopped it as well, I saved your petty mortals." He spat back and Thor let him go.
"I thought you dead brother, and you talk to him?" he gestured roughly to Tony whom was still flat on his ass and Loki held his chin up proudly.
"He doesn't judge me." He replied and Thor wanted to punch his brother but knew violence only lead to more violence.
Thor let him go and stepped away, the other Avengers relaxing some as they stared at Loki.
Tony finally stood up and brushed his cloths off.
"Shouldn't we cuff him or something?" Clint asked as they looked at Loki.
"Cuff them both." Natasha begrudgingly ordered. "At least until SHEILD gets here and we receive orders from Director Fury." She added and turned away as Loki offered up his hands freely, Tony felt anger begin to boil but knew he'd have to co operate if there would be any getting out of this.
They cuffed them both and forced them to sit on the floor, Tony glanced at Loki and noticed him smile wryly, Tony didn't quite understand what he was finding amusing.
"What?" he asked and Loki turned to him.
"Its funny, the people who saved the world are chained and the people who showed up too late are cleaning up the mess." He replied and Tony laughed quietly, Loki joining in.
Agent Coulson finally showed up and made his way up to the top floor.
Phil approached Loki and Tony and looked down at them a moment before he squat in front of them.
"I'm only going to ask you this once. What happened?" he asked setting a heavy glare on Tony. Tony took in a deep breath.
"Alright. Long story short, Loki made a deal with Jotunheim that they could have earth and the Casket for the destruction of all mankind. Loki decided he didn't want to do that anymore when he found out I would be killed too. So he came up here and with my help we stopped world obliteration. I think this is the part where you give me a metal." He replied and Phil's lips barely quirked to that last part, however he remained unmoved by the statement.
"Alright, Loki anything you would like to add?" he asked and Loki glanced to Tony for a moment before he replied.
"Simply this, its true I did plan you're destruction. This is also true, I love Tony and will do anything necessary to save him… even turn blue." He added and dropped his gaze.
Well there was some proof to show what they would say is true. His blue skin.
"Alright fellas." He said as he stood up. "Director Fury will surely want a word with each of you." he said and nodded to the other SHEILD agents to take them in.
Loki and Tony went willingly to avoid anymore destruction, the more they fought the worse it would get.
Phil remained on site and took a few photos and prepared his report.
He gave Thor the responsibility of putting the Casket back where it belonged.
OOO
Director Fury entered the interrogation room where Tony was being held in, Loki was currently being held in another room separate of his.
To put it lightly, Tony was worried sick that they were brow beating him.
"What do you have to say for yourself?" Fury asked as he sat at the table a file of everything they had of the scene in his hand.
"I told you I wouldn't sit by and watch him die, you knew this was going to happen." He replied and Fury nodded as he flipped through the files.
"He had hostages with him, that doesn't sound like someone working against his will to me." He said toughly still flipping through the pages.
"It was an accident, ask him he'll tell you the same." He said back and Director Fury really wished he didn't like Tony so much.
Fury stood up and sighed as he paced the room.
"I am Iron Man, you know me. You know how I feel about this planet and the people on it, do you really believe I would go with someone that was truly trying to destroy it?" he asked and Nick really wanted to remind Tony that he was not allowed to ask questions.
Fury sighed again heavily and ran a hand down the side of his face. "Loki had to grab the Casket to turn it off, it turned him completely Jotun, just look at him. That's all the proof you need."
"I believe you, but do you realize what a mess you've made?" he asked and turned giving him that tough look.
"I know, but I swear it was for a good cause." He replied. Fury sat down in front of him and leaned closer.
"Listen carefully, I have to punish you to make an example for the others, here's what we're going to do. You will be suspended until further notice, you will be under house arrest for the foreseeable future, you're not allowed any visitors aside from the Avengers and I and you are not going to give me any trouble about it." He said firmly and Tony nodded, he could live with that.
"And Loki?" he pressed and Fury could really see the concern in his eyes.
OOO
Loki was currently sitting in the interrogation room avoiding having to see himself in the mirror. He really wished someone would turn the air conditioning down or pour a bowl of ice water on him. Something.
Phil was standing in the corner of the room staring at him as they waited for Fury to get done browbeating Tony.
Loki sighed and glanced up at him.
"Would you please, give me a glass of ice?" he asked desperately.
Phil looked at him confused for a second before he nodded but didn't move.
Loki dropped his gaze back to the table and a few moments passed, he heard the door open and glanced up.
Fury walked into the room with a glass of ice in his hand.
Nick sat down in front of him and slid the glass to him, Loki sighed in relief before he picked up the cup with cuffed wrists and put a couple cubes in his mouth. He was burning up under these lights.
"I talked with Tony, it seems your stories match up." He stated and laced his fingers together atop of the table, Loki nodded but still wasn't sure what that means.
"You will be placed under house arrest, no contact with the outside world and no talking to your little alien buddies." He stated firmly, Loki nodded and listened intently.
"You will be locked up with Stark in his city flat. You cannot leave his flat for the foreseeable future. Do I make myself clear?" he asked toughly, Loki nodded immediately and was more than grateful for this treatment. He was expecting death or lifelong imprisonment.
"If you escape or run away, I will initiate an immediate response, we will shoot on sight and you will not be allowed a defense do you understand?" he added.
Loki nodded swiftly. Run away from Tony's flat? Why on earth would he ever want to?
OOO
Tony moved Loki into his place giving him his own room and bathroom, Loki thought the band around his ankle was pretty uncomfortable but he could live with that, he had worse many times before.
Fury and Tony had come to an agreement, no Loki means no Tony.
Once the agents finished setting up the electronic barriers they finally left them alone.
Tony and Loki glanced at each other and smiled, Tony reached out and pulled Loki into him.
Loki nudged his face into his chest and wrapped his arms around him.
They stayed like that a few moments until Loki felt Tony shiver unintentionally against him.
Loki pulled back and was somewhat grateful, Tony felt burning hot.
"Excuse me." Loki whispered timidly and made his way into his room, Tony followed him and watched from the doorway as Loki peeled off each layer of clothing.
Tony cocked his head to the side.
"What are you doing?" he asked, Loki sighed as he tore his cloths off a little faster now.
"It is so hot in here! Are you not hot?" he asked ripping his underlining off that he wore beneath his armor.
"It feels pretty normal to me." He replied.
"Well, I feel like I'm in Hell." He complained and stripped his last shirt off then his pants.
Tony smirked as his eyes traveled his body and leant up against the door.
"Damn." Tony whispered to himself as he watched Loki's hard muscles rippling.
Tony glanced over at him and pulled his shirt up to cover his bottom half.
"Is there anyway you could turn the temperature down, it is so hot!" Loki complained again and Tony shook his head amused at his little heat tantrum.
"Sure." He replied and turned leaving the room.
OOO
Loki fell asleep that night finally completely naked with Tony curled up against his back wearing likely all of the winter cloths he owned.
Loki was hugging a hot water bag against his chest filled with iced water and the air was turned down so cold ice junks were falling out of the vents.
It's going to be a long night.
A/N: did anyone else think Tony wearing all of his winter junk and Loki burning up was kinda funny? Reminds me of old ladys and hot flashes. Think that may be some encouragement for the next piece lol hope you liked this.