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"Do you believe that what the guards did to you was justified." She leaned forward closing the gap between her patient and herself.

"I-I don't." Loki replied, resisting the urge to stare at the floor.

"With more confidence this time." The chitauri disguised as a human therapist urged Loki to say it again.

"I don't."

"We, mortals as you call us, do not condone torture. Besides given the time we have spent together I have assessed that you have harmed to such a high degree that I'm surprised you didn't lose control earlier. My goal is for you to regain that control."

"I would very much like that."

Loki mused at the thought. He had been used, betrayed,and been under mind control. It was only fair that upper hand now. He wanted to tell this psychiatrist that he was not himself, but the other Loki discouraged this. The Avengers would believe this was all a sham. If the Avengers were to find out the unfortunate truth, then they should do so during their own investigation of him. Loki felt more confident each day, Dr. Langdon sides with him, consistently reminded him of the grievances his not-family had caused for him. She was the first to believe his words, she trusted him and he trusted her wholeheartedly. The Avengers had noticed a shift as well. Loki's snide remarks tempered down a great deal, and they were slightly being civil. Clint had stopped

punching him so that was an added bonus.

"Our session is up, remember what I've been telling you." She smiled warmly. The smile was a most hideous lie. It was all part of the plan to get Loki to betray the ones who are so desperately trying to be his friends.

"It's not my fault, it's their fault." Loki replied in a much more confident tone.

"Perfect." She stood up, and slowly extended her hand and waited patiently for Loki to shake it. That had also greatly improved, he was more accepting of touch. Thor he allowed physical contact and on the rare occasion even Tony Stark. Loki courteously shook her hand. Shortly after she took her leave, Tony prodded Loki with questions.

"How'd it go with the Doc, didn't throw her out a window did yah?" Loki smirked.

"No, you're the only one who gets that treatment."

"Remind me to always have my suit on around you. Seriously though is she helpful?"

" Yes, quite so. I wish we had psychiatrists on Asgard. I would have benefited from this treatment years ago."

" Probably. Surprised to hear you say that considering how strongly objected to this months ago."

"I considered you all my enemies months ago, I believed this was a setup of some sort."

"You're a very paranoid guy."

"I have reason to be." Loki replied sharply at that losing his playful tone. He sighed heavily and turned away to stare out the window. I still have reason to be paranoid, I know how this will end. You will betray me soon enough. Like everyone else does. Loki knew in his heart that this could not end well. Loki wrapped his arms around his torso trying to repress his body from trembling. Tony of course caught the gesture and moved closer.

"What happened during the invasion was devastating, but I firmly believe in second chances. You're not well,

clearly you have deep issues that need to be dealt with, one day when you are ready you could even be an

Avenger if you so desired." Tony delivered this hopeful idea is his most winning tone.

"See I told you, they just want to use you. They get you cleared mentally fit and use your godly strength to their advantage. Not only that, but Shield would certainly be praised for rehabilitating the severely damaged norse god. Their funding would improve drastically, and so would their fame. The media would lap that story right up. They think we are stupid, they will certainly pay for that mistake." The hallucination sneered in Loki's ear. Loki was torn at this point. He knew logically that these humans were playing him, but a part of him desperately wanted to trust them. Tears filled his eyes, he couldn't suppress his sob.

Tony stepped closer and gently put his arm on Loki's back, rubbing it slowly when Loki didn't pull away. This had become more and more frequent. Tony believed his sincerity and kindness was reaching Loki, and thus Loki was more willing to cry in front of him.

"It's okay Reindeer games, everything will be okay.' Tony said soothingly. Tony was about to say something else when Clint entered the room.

"Hey Tony-oh, sorry... Jarvis said you were in here it can wait." Clint turned to leave when Loki spoke up.

"No, I'll take my leave. Tony is all yours." Loki hastily wiped the tears from his eyes and moved towards the door trying to brush past Clint. Clint reached out and clasped Loki's wrist, who flinch but didn't scream this time.

"You don't have to leave the room, just because I'm here. I saw you were having a moment with Tony and I did not mean to interrupt. Stay if you want." Clint hesitated for a moment, unsure how he should phrase his next question."How did the session go? Feeling any better?" Clint let go of Loki's arm.

" Not sure why that would concern you." Loki replied refusing to look at Clint's face.

"I'm not a heartless bastard. You're not in a good mental state, you have not been well for a long time. I'm trying to be civil. We can't hope to work together if we can't be in the same room."

"Work together? You too would be willing to have me as a member of the Avengers?" Loki was shocked by this, he was certain that Agent Barton loathed him completely.

" In time, yeah I would be. You have demonstrated extraordinary insight and intellect. Last week you gave us information about the Tesseract, helped Tony develop a new suit, somehow managed to stop Thor from eating all the bloody pop tarts, so clearly you're not too bad of a guy. You did this all without being asked, and don't think I haven't heard you screaming from nightmares in the middle of the night. I don't know all the details of your life, but you've be fucked over pretty badly, so what I'm saying is I've found compassion for you. However, if you ever mind control me gain, I will drop you so fast, got it?" By this point Loki had turned to face Clint, a look of pure astonishment was on Loki's face.

"Roger that." Loki replied shakily, Clint smiled since he believed he had managed to reach Loki.

"Someone call me?" Captain Rogers stepped into the room," Hey Loki. How'd the session go? Clint you better be behaving." Rogers said sternly, not liking how close Clint was to Loki.

" You have such little faith in me, Steve." Clint raised his eyebrows in annoyance.

"Clint was behaving, he and Loki actually had a heart to heart."

"Really? Alright then." Steve was pleasantly surprised

"Yes it was...very nice. Where's Thor?" Loki asked, wanting to get off of this topic.

"Out with Jane, why need him for something?" Steve asked

"No, just curious." Loki lied. The hallucination clenched his fists and snarled.

"Of course he's out with that whore. He claims to love you, wants to be there for you. Then abandons you for an easy lay, typical. This is a repeating pattern. This words sound sweet but his actions show the lie."

"It seems you're more then just curious." Stark could pick up on the slight difference in Loki's tone when he was upset." You were probably hoping he would be around to talk to right? I mean you two don't really talk, but just the idea that he is here bring comfort yes?"

"You know nothing of my relationship with that oaf." Loki snarled.

"I would know more if you would open up to me more. You can't go through life not trusting anyone. You're relationship with him is more transparent than you think. You both love and hate him, you want him to be here, yet you push him away. Although you've allowed more physical affection with him, you aren't opening up to him. He clearly wants to understand you, you're making it very difficult. You are afraid he'll hurt you again, which I'm assuming is what led to your self harm. Am I even remotely close here?" Tony, although understanding that Loki was battling a lot of negative emotions, was tired of Loki stalling his relationship with his brother. In order for Loki to heal Loki needed to fix his relationship with Thor.

" I think this conversation is over." Loki turned on his heels and hastily tried to leave the living room when Thor appeared. The brothers crashed into one another causing Loki to yell." Oh for fuck sakes!"

"Loki, I'm sorry." Thor looked flabbergasted as he gently grabbed Loki's wrist, who forcefully pulled away.

"Save your apologies for someone who cares." Loki snarled then bolted. Thor being Thor, followed his brother.

"Loki, talk to me."

"Piss off." Loki kept moving forward. Thor grabbed Loki again forcing him to halt.

"No, we are talking."

"Fuck you, I don't want to talk now. I wanted to talk years ago, but that has long since passed."

"I thought you were giving me a chance. You has no problem leaning against me on the couch yesterday."

"A momentary lapse in judgement."

"Loki, come on. Stop lying to yourself. You want us to be brothers again."

"I'm not your brother! I never was!"

"Because you're a Jotun? Loki, blood matters not to me. You are and will always be my brother. Let me help you, talk to me-"

"I did! I came to for years! Crying and what did you say to me? 'Warriors don't cry Loki,' I'm a worthless weak piece of shit, a shadow and nothing more. My illusions proved my cowardice,a true warrior would fight like you did! I never wanted the throne, I only ever wanted to be your equal! You made it perfectly clear on Bodenheim, that I was below you. My place was supposed to be beside you!" Tears once again cascaded down Loki's cheeks.

"It is beside me."

"Liar!"

"I do not lie." Thor reached out his hand to gently grab the back of Loki's neck." I love you, and will continue to do so." Loki wanted to yell again, but was in such a desperate need for physical affection, he craved it more than anything so he leaned into the touch and allowed himself to sob into Thor's chest.

Thor understood that they had a long way to go, but it was worth the suffering. Loki would fight beside him in battle once more, he would get his brother back. No matter what it took.

Back in the living room the Avengers conversed.

" Good Job Tony, way to push his buttons." Steve frowned crossing his arms over his chest.

" I had to say something! I wasn't wrong... If Loki is ever going to get better he need to lean on Thor. He would be really helpful to get Frigga involved. So much for helping her son, she hasn't been back here."

" That is very disappointing. You're right about Thor, we need to help them rekindle." Steve sighed.

"That will require extraneous effort." Clint added to the conversation, sometimes he questioned whether all this effort was worth it, but then hearing Loki's wails in the middle of the night, reminded him why he was doing this. That, and he had that look, the same one he saw in Natasha, he couldn't ignore it. There was also something else about Loki's eyes that bothered him, but every time he tried to think about it, his mind go hazy.

"Yeah, don't disagree with you on that one, Clint." Tony then brushed past him to grab a drink.

"We have a long road ahead of us that for sure." Clint sighed heavily, this was going to be a challenge indeed.