Cryptic Hush - Chapter Ten -Loki's eyes were closed but he still heard the faint ocean waves as they rolled onto the shore. As a shadow fell across him, he tensed and opened his eyes with a gasp, but immediately relaxed when he saw Tony leaning over him. "Don't scare me like that!" Loki said as he sat up, rubbing at his eyes. Tony smirked. "You know you love it. Hey, let's go in the water!" Loki glanced up and raised an eyebrow. "The water?" he glanced warily at the waves then back up at Tony. Tony smiled kindly and squatted down so he was eye level with Loki. He brought a hand up to Loki's face and gently stroked his cheek. Loki blushed as his eyes widened but Tony just chuckled softy. "You're so cute. C'mon, I'll be right here with you. I thought you wanted to see me with my shirt off?" Before Loki could answer, Tony stood up and pulled his shirt over his head. Loki's eyes widened as his eyes ran all over Tony's chest and abs, subconsciously licking his lips which made Tony smirk at the reaction gained. He pulled his jeans down to reveal a pair of long, red swimming trunks then stood with his hands on his hips as he gazed at Loki. "Well? You coming or what?" Loki gulped and tentatively pulled his shirt over his head to reveal his pale scarred chest. He paused and waited for Tony to comment but moments passed and the words never came. Loki looked up in surprise but all he got was a raised eyebrow. With the new found confidence, he pulled off his own trousers and saw that he too was wearing his swimming trunks. His were dark green. As soon as he stood, Tony grabbed his arm and started to pull him over to the waters edge. Loki panicked as they neared the water and tried to pull back. Tony let go off his hand and turned around to face him, giving him a confused look before smiling and walking close to him. "It's okay. I'm here with you. Nothings gonna happen Loki." He said as he brought his face mere inches from Loki's. They stayed like that for a moment, gazing into the others eyes, like they did after working on the poems, before Tony shut his eyes and closed the gap. Loki squeaked in surprise but they his eyes too slid shut and he kissed Tony back. Tony's hands went to Loki's hips as his tongue entered his mouth, distracting him enough to pull him into the water. When Loki opened his eyes again, he was knee deep in the water with Tony standing close, hands still on Loki's hip. He smiled then let go and playfully splashed Loki who gasped at the temperature then watched with an open mouth as Tony floated on his back, grinning cheekily at him as he placed his hands behind his head. "Very funny." Loki said, unable to keep the smile off his face. Tony grinned and brought himself upright, starting to make him way back over to Loki. Loki smiled but shut his eyes for a moment as he felt a cool summer's breeze drift past him, but when he opened his eyes, his mouth dropped. The ocean had turned from a brilliant blue to a blood red, and the sky had darkened too. A bitter wind blew across the ocean of blood in stead of the refreshing summer's one, which caused Loki to shiver as he turned on the spot. "Tony?" He asked in a worried voice, a feeling of panic starting to rise within him as he couldn't see his friend. "Tony? Where are you?" No answer. "Stark, you're scaring me, where are you?!" He jumped when he heard a loud splash behind him. He turned around sharply then gasped as he saw Tony splashing around a few metres away, as if he something was pulling him under... "Lo...ki..." Tony moaned, struggling to keep his head above water. Loki tried to take a step forward, and then another as he tried to get to where Tony was. The closer he tried to get, the further away Tony seemed to get, which only made Loki try to hurry up. He was crawling towards Tony, using all his strength against an invisible force and shouting his name out but it couldn't be heard over the violent wind and crashing blood waves. He thrashed against the waves, ignoring the salty yet strangely metallic tasting water that was spraying and sloshing around him. "TONY!" He cried as he saw Tony be completely submerged by the water, and everything went still. The wind stopped and the water stilled, leaving Loki standing waist deep in a never ending sea of red. He breathed heavily as he stared disbelievingly into the distance. "Tony..." Suddenly, a hand grabbed his leg. Loki cried out and tried to jerk away from it but he toppled over into the water. He screamed as multiple hands grabbed him and dragged him down; pulling him into a never ending abyss of red...
Loki awoke with a small cry, his body jerking into a sitting position as he came back to reality from the nightmare. He sighed and rubbed his eyes tiredly, not at all surprised to find sweat dripping from his brow.
He got up and crept into the bathroom, leaning over the sink to splash cold water on his face. He rubbed some onto the back of his neck then looked at himself in the mirror.
He sighed then slowly made his way back to bed, with two thoughts in his head. One, trying to forget the dream he just had, and the other thinking that maybe he liked Tony more than he thought, which did not bode good for him at all.
Dark: Okay, if I've said there was going to be a double update today, I'm sorry, I lied. I can't find the file for the next chapter although I have a pretty good idea where I saved it (on a different computer which I won't be able to access until later this week) So sorry :/ On the plus side, the next chapter is slightly longer and it's one of the reasons why this fic is rated M and not T. Also, it's what Tony did that Rhodey heard two chapters ago. I'm surprised no-one commented on that bit yet... Until the next chapter ;D and thank you to every who had reviewed/fav'd/followed and read this fic :D ~don't forget to leave a review ;D