AUTHOR'S NOTE:

Dedicated to Joy, who will appreciate the twist…

Loki is a big part of this story in more ways than one—not just the Chitauri story line—but I promise that all of the dark magic and the seducing Sharon parts will all make sense sooner rather than later. Not to mention, Bucky and Angel are about to become a pretty main part of the story line together as well, and not in the way I bet you're all thinking reading this sentence…

WARNINGS: Language, Blood, Angst, Innuendo, Dirty Thoughts, Sex

ENJOY!

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Steve was more nervous than Angel to see her that afternoon, and yet she was nervous too—there was a whole bunch of unanswered questions here. Besides, she had never sparred with the super soldier before and she was bound to make a complete fool of herself even though she had invited him to come to the exercise room that she and Tony had. It had a boxing ring and a punching bag and a weight bench and she and Tony worked out in there sometimes.

Now, she was going to share the space with Steve Rogers.

Smiling a bit at that, she fixed her tank top and short shorts, hitting the punching bag a little bit before Steve came in. He had gotten help finding the room from Jarvis and wanted to spend time with the woman—as much as possible because after this they'd shower and have lunch and he wanted this to be perfect. Steve wanted to learn about her and he wanted to make sure that she knew that he was just trying to be there for her.

The man was dressed in workout pants and a tight t-shirt, Angel swallowing as she saw that he was certainly muscled. She could see the contours of his muscles and she couldn't help but want to reach out and touch him…she wanted to pull him to her and let her fingertips traipse along his skin. Honestly, she couldn't believe that her childhood hero and the man that she and Phil Coulson liked to fangirl over was actually here…had actually kissed her more than once.

"Starting without me?" Steve asked her with a chuckle.

Angel blushed and walked over to the ring, getting into it. "I was just practicing…"

"You think that you need practice?" Steve asked her as he climbed into the ring too.

"I figure you're a super soldier and I don't want you to go easy on me," she replied honestly.

Steve smiled at her and chuckled, Angel feeling a bit hot and bothered at how sexy the sound rumbling out of his throat sounded and then she made sure that her hair was pulled back as they got into a good stance. Then they started, both of them starting off slow at first and talking about their pasts a bit. Tony and Angel sparred a lot and beat up on each other as kids and Steve was always getting into fights and getting beaten up by bullies.

"I don't understand why anyone would beat up someone with as beautiful a heart as yours," Angel told Steve, shaking her head and throwing a punch. "You're just…perfect…"

Steve paused a moment. "No one's ever really said something like that to me before."

"That you have a beautiful heart?" Angel asked him, blushing as he was. "Well, they should—all the time, Rogers. Now…"

Before Steve could say something else and make her blush more, she started to spar with him again, but since it caught him off guard, it got him in the face, Angel gasping. Her hands flew to her mouth, Steve swiping his leg under hers to make her land on her back, getting on top of her and smiling as she laughed a little—it was payback. He gently pushed some hair out of her face and looked her in the eye, Angel leaning up and crashing their lips together.

It had come out of nowhere and Steve hadn't been expecting it, but there was an attraction between them that they wanted to explore. They couldn't deny it if they tried and Steve found himself relaxing against her and cupping her face, letting her deepen the kiss, her tongue sliding along his lip, so he opened up his mouth for her. It was the most intense kiss that Steve had ever experienced and his whole body shivered pleasantly at the feel of her tongue sliding along his.

Arching up into him, Angel's hands slid along his body and as she started to run her nails along him, he felt feelings he'd never felt before run through him. Parts of his anatomy that had been unused were suddenly aware of what was happening and they both pulled apart. They tried to catch their breaths as Steve got off of her, holding out his hand to her and she took it, letting him pull her up, but her body collided with his and they both looked at each other, breathing heavily.

"I should…" Angel said gently, and just like that, she was off.

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Angela Stark wasn't the only one that could travel through time.

No, this man was determined to make sure that no mattered what happened, he changed the past and he fixed his future because the initial time travel had ruined all of it. He knew all about the time travel and he knew that Angel would understand and he knew her well enough to know that she would do everything in her power to stop this future from happening; he just had to master as much control as she had once. What he was determined to do was make his future a better place, and the only way to do that was to find Angela Stark.

Angela Stark was the key.

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Loki had never been sexually frustrated before, but he certainly was right now and he wanted the feeling to dissipate and quickly. More than ever he wanted to go to Earth and act on his feelings, but he had a job to do here and he had to just do it—especially since everyone in Asgard thought him to be dead. He admitted that perhaps what he had done hadn't been entirely his best idea yet, but he was going to redeem himself to his father and his brother by showing them that he could rule.

How could that possibly backfire?

So, he set to work on doing exactly what it was that he was training to do and he stayed focused for the next five months. Every little bit along the way he took some time out to visit Sharon in her dreams using his black magic, and Sharon always welcome him with open arms and open legs, but not once did they ever get as far in the dreams as she wanted them to get. She even had yet to really tell anyone but Angel about her dreams because the others would judge her and she certainly didn't want that.

Besides, she liked having Loki to herself.

In fact things had seemed to escalate every time and though Sharon always woke up feeling frustrated, it was almost worth it to have Loki touch her. Currently, he was running his tongue along her clavicle, nipping at the flesh of her sternum as he slipped her straps off of her shoulders and reached around to unzip her dress. He ran his fingers along her skin and kissed her neck, Sharon shivering at his touch and simply needing more from him.

Suddenly he was pinning her to the bed, one swift movement and she just let it happen, on her back and smiling at him as he slid the dress off and tossed it nonchalantly to the floor. She sat up a little bit and kissed him deeply, helping him to get his clothes off and gasping happily as she felt his lips on her skin. He pinned her there to the bed, straddling her, letting his lips travel down her body and making sure to breathe his hot breath on her skin.

She shivered in pleasure as he pushed open her legs, placing kisses and nips to her inner thighs and making her writhe under his touch. Sharon tilted her head back as her fingers wormed into his hair, mouth open when Loki placed a kiss between her legs and then she felt his tongue. When she moaned at the feel of his hot, wet tongue on her intimate parts, Loki smirked a little and continued to let his tongue trace and explore and taste as his hand went up to stimulate her nipples.

"Loki…" Sharon managed.

God, she couldn't handle this—the things that this demigod did to her body made her practically curl up and just give in and she gasped when he kept going. He was simply exploring her body and she was more than happy to let him do it, feeling his fingers and his mouth go to town on her body, leaving her completely unaware of the rest of the world. Her thoughts were far too scattered and she just wanted hi, to cut the foreplay and get right down to it.

Nothing would make her happier.

Loki could sense that and settled between her legs, Sharon running her hands along his strong arms as she felt him right there, poised and ready. He was teasing though, making sure she wanted him, half wanting her to beg for it a little bit so he knew this was what she really wanted. Never would he tell anyone the truth, but this was the most wanted that Loki had ever felt and he was enjoying making Sharon's body beg for him to push in…enjoying that she was pretty much on his side.

Just as he was about to push in though, Sharon found herself waking up, sweat covering her body and she wanted more than anything to turn over and have Loki there so she could ravage him. All she could think about was how his fingers and his tongue had felt along her skin and she knew she had to get up. So she headed for the bathroom and ran her fingers through her hair because she was a mess emotionally and she needed to find a way to get through this damn thing.

"I am going to die if this keeps up," Sharon said as she got up, slipping out of her clothes as she turned on the shower to wash her sweaty body. "God, I wonder if Loki ever dreams about me like this…"

Loki needed to see Sharon in the flesh because he was this close to making her his…

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When he landed in the future, he ran his fingers through his light brown hair and then he felt it—that trickle of blood. He reached up and he touched his nose, looking at the blood on his fingertips and nodding because he knew this was coming. Since there was only a limited amount of time he knew that he had to do this and quick because he has a lot to do and he knew that if he failed, he more than likely wouldn't be able come back.

"S.H.I.E.L.D. Headquarters?" he asked a random passerby.

The man raised an eyebrow. "The Avengers Tower is over that way…"

"Thank you," he said with a smile on his face. "And where are the Starks?"

"Doesn't everyone know where they are?" The man asked laughing.

He nodded a little bit and passed it off with a joke, deciding to look it up the old fashioned way and going to a phone book. Right now it was important to him to make sure that he got to where he was going and Angela Stark was the woman that he wanted to see. So right now he was going to make sure that he was doing his job as he felt his nose bleed a little bit.

'Now or never…' he thought to himself.

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In the last almost 6 months, Angel and Steve had been making it a point to talk to each other and even she and Bucky were getting along. Bucky thought that Steve and Angel were perfect for each other even though the two of them were keeping things casual because she was worried about future Angel and he was trying to take things slow. He didn't want to scare her, but he was definitely very into her and she was very into him and it was driving her crazy in places she knew shouldn't be on fire.

"Does it occur to you that maybe all of your worrying is stupid?" Andy asked Angel as they sat in the kitchen and drank some coffee with Sharon.

Bucky laughed as he entered. "I think it is. She and Steve are crazy about each other."

"I don't think that any of you get to talk," Angel said shrugging. "Steve and I are simply two people who live in the same space and are getting to know each other."

"Whatever you say," Sharon laughed, Andy heading for the front door. "Where is Tony taking you for lunch?"

"I don't know, but it's going to be a lot of fun," Andy said, winking at them all, Angel making a face. "What, Angel?"

Angel shrugged. "Just that I don't want to know about the dirty things you do to and with my brother."

Andy laughed loudly and nodded, Sharon and Bucky getting a kick out of it and then Sharon getting up and moving too because she had places to be. She had gotten called into S.H.I.E.L.D. by Clint and she needed to show her face, but first she was going to stop by hers and Andy's house and grab some things. Angel smiled and waved 'bye' to her, Bucky winking at her, and then turning to look at Angel, who just kind of laughed and shook her head.

"So…what do you want, Bucky?" Angel asked him.

Bucky shrugged a little. "I was hoping that you and I would get to talk because my best friend is head over heels for you and I just don't…look…"

"I am taking things slow because I want Steve to know me as me," Angel said instead of letting Bucky finish. "I am incredibly attracted to him and to his morals and his heart, but I'm just not the girl that he met, and I don't deserve him."

"He never loved her, you know," Bucky told Angel, smiling a bit as she was silence. "Yeah, they knew each other for a week. Steve was attracted to her and he wanted to get to know her, but you're the one he can't stop thinking about and talking about. Hell, you're the women he's talked the most to, ever—the only one he's ever really sat down with and gotten to know and he's interested in your heart…your vibrancy, your passion…so give him a shot."

"I…" Angel was saying, but she sighed a little and nodded. "I want to, but I don't deserve him, Bucky. I am not as good or moral or—"

"—I'm going to call your bluff there," Bucky said quickly, standing up. "From what I've seen these last five months, you're pretty amazing and I just wanted to speak my piece…"

Bucky and Angel both looked up when the doorbell was rung and Angel was surprised, going over to it and opening it up to see a teenager standing there. She wasn't sure who the young man was, but she cocked her head to one side and then his nose started to bleed and Bucky quickly let him in, Angel confused. It seemed like he was going to let her in on it all, but she was confused as Hell, frankly, and not sure what to do.

"You prone to nosebleeds, or are you from the future too?" Bucky asked the young man.

Angel's eyes widened. "What? Another time traveler? Are you kidding me?"

"This is the same thing that your nose did—well, the other Angel's nose did—and I just…maybe I shouldn't assume," Bucky said with a laugh.

"No, you're right, Uncle Bucky," the young man told him.

"What?" Bucky and Angel asked, both caught off guard.

"So you are from the future?" Angel asked timidly, moving to sit down. "Oh God…my life is just fifty thousand times more complicated now, isn't it?"

The young man laughed and held the tissue to his nose. "It's alright—I'll explain everything, Mom."

Note: Two major twists, huh? Next chapter is a lot of fun and really focuses on Bucky/Angel/Mini Rogers and Sharon/Loki and Andy/Tony.