They sat in front of the fire wrapped in sheets. Loki sat lounging on the sofa. Chloe with her back against his chest. She had never felt closer to anyone in her life. Before she could even really decide whether she wanted to tell him her heart spoke for her. She turned over on her stomach and propped herself up. "I wasn't orphaned as a baby. My mom was 17 when she had me. My dad was a few years older. He was an asshole to her. Always blowing her off to party. She was so dumb and in love. They argued all the time and my dad quit talking to her as much. My mom couldn't stand him sleeping around so she purposely got pregnant with me thinking it would change him. Of course it didn't but they married anyways. They argued even worse. He would drink and come home and take his anger out on her. One night it got really bad and he beat the shit out of her. I remember coming downstairs and seeing her lying on the floor bleeding. I screamed at him and kicked him. He shoved me down and said he was never coming back. My mother...She wasn't angry at my dad...She blamed me for him leaving. So the next day she dropped me off at my nanas and I never saw her again. I was grateful honestly. My nana loved me and gave me the life a kid deserved." Loki felt a sadness in his heart for her. This is why she found it so hard to trust...to love. He could relate. Blaming themselves for their parents feelings towards them. Loki saw the quiet tears rolling down her face and brushed them away. "Thank you for sharing that with me. For allowing me to see why you are who you are. I'm so sorry your parents couldn't see the perfection that is you. You really are perfection. The most beautiful thing I have ever laid my eyes upon. Why your patents couldn't love you the way you deserve is beyond me. To not love you is impossible. Chloe...I promise to never hurt you the way they did. I promise to make you feel loved every day." Chloe flung her arms around his neck. Clinging to him. He wrapped his arms around her and held her till she regained her composure.
With her vulnerability Loki felt he wanted to show Chloe a side of him he allowed no one to see. But he was scared she would be afraid or run away from him. "Chloe I want to show you something. But please promise me you won't turn away in disgust. Something I have never willingly showed to anyone." She nodded. Loki stood and slowly his skin began to turn blue. Chloe watched as he became someone different. "This is who I really am. A frost giant from Jotenheim. I was a runt. So they cast me aside. After a great battle Odin found me and brought me home with him." Loki eagerly watched Chloe as she stood and stepped towards him. His eyes were red, no longer his brilliant shade of green. She looked him up and down. Intricate patterns covered his skin. She traced the pattern on his cheek and brought his lips down to hers. "Beautiful" she whispered before kissing him. Loki returned to his normal self and shed a single tear. Her love for him was his undoing. Never had anyone made him feel so normal...yet so special. Chloe wiped his tear away. Then the lovemaking began.
As they lay in bed entangled with one another Chloe wondered. "Loki what really happened to Odin?" He knew it was a matter of time before he had to tell her. "Odin is alive and well. I have him hidden away in a dungeon. I have two of my guards on post constantly." Chloe knew in her heart he hadn't killed his father. "What will you do with him?" "Honestly love I have no idea. If I let him go I'm afraid he will have me executed." Chloe did not want to think about that...Loki dead. "We'll figure it out." And she meant it. She would never allow anyone to hurt him. "Maybe if you talked to Thor he would understand and help you. We could throw a party in your honor? Odin could give his blessing. Then maybe everyone could forgive." "Maybe is a big word love. Now sleep beautiful. Don't worry about anything." And she didn't so long as she was in his arms. Loki thought about what she said. If he wanted to keep Chloe in his life he had to give up being Odin. And he was willing to do that to live happily with her. Maybe a party was a smart idea. It solved his charade problem and would allow him to be free with Chloe. But what would he do with Odin?
