"Why on earth do you need to talk to me?" Darcy questioned wearily. The day had just been too draining for her to be her usual self. Sam, he didn't deserve it. Best friends since… well she couldn't even remember. He was funny, kind and brave. For a while Darcy liked him more than a best friend, and he felt the same and that was why they started dating but after a while, those feelings faded back to what they used to be. Best friends. They broke up, on good terms, they didn't talk for a while, they had decided to give it time until things got less awkward and then they agreed they would go back to being best buddies. But that never got to happen, he was kidnapped and killed. God knows what happened to him while he was imprisoned. Darcy almost started crying again but she forced herself to focus on Nick Fury in front of her.
"I need to talk to you because Odin, from Asgard spoke to me a day ago. Turned up straight on my lawn." He paused and raised his eyebrows at her. She just looked at him, clueless, she knew he was trying to get something across to her, but she had no clue. "He gave me an insight to a certain relationship" he stated.
"Wha—" Darcy spluttered.
"He knows I would not allow it, so he came to me and forbid me from doing anything to stop the two of you" Fury shook his head. "I hope you know what you are getting into, Loki is dangerous, although I really don't have to tell you that do i?"
She shook her head "You don't have to tell me that"
Fury let out a long sigh. He looked at her with true concern in his eyes. "I see the way he looks at you. He—" But Fury didn't finish, he merely furrowed his brow, probably trying to find the right way to explain what he wanted to say. "He seems to care for you, which I find odd, and disturbing"
"You almost seemed concerned" Darcy joked but he answered with a serious answer.
"I am, this is dangerous. He is a murderer Darcy. He is from another world and from what the world saw a year or so ago, he can be completely insane. I know that Thor changed when he found love. But Loki is different, Thor changed from arrogance but Loki, he is a killer, and I would rather not have to answer a call saying that you were dead."
"We all die someday" Darcy said offhandedly.
"Darcy, how incredibly deep"
"Thanks" she laughed and heard a loud yell come from the other room "Was that all, because I can practically smell the tension in the next room."
"You are right; I should not trust them all in a room together. I doubt you would be happy if some of your belongings got broken"
"Hell no!" She said, as she started walking quickly to the door. Her hand rested on the handle when Fury spoke again.
"Darcy" He paused, looking down at her. "I am truly sorry about Sam, these people will be caught, and S.H.E.I.L.D will protect you"
She didn't say anything but nodded and smiled sadly. Was scary, swearing Nick Fury, becoming a sort of friend? Weird. She opened the door and everyone was talking loudly on top of each other. Loki looked scary, and ready to get up and kill someone with his bare hands. For the millionth time she was so glad he had no magic, if he did, she knew that someone would have been in trouble.
"SHUT THE FUCK UP" Nick shouted from beside her. Concerned Nick had now been replaced by motherfucking angry Nick. The room quieted but before anyone could say anything else Darcy noticed the pile of shattered glass on the floor.
"Seriously, who broke the glass, because whoever it was, they are cleaning it up" Darcy said pointing at it. Everyone turned their attention from Nick to her. "I am just so glad it wasn't my favourite glass"
"You have a favourite glass?" Tony asked, eyebrows raised.
"Are you telling me YOU don't?" Darcy asked disbelievingly. Everyone had a favourite glass, right?
Tony thought for a moment and nodded. "Thinking about it, I'm fond of the glass with my face on it"
"Why am I not surprised." Darcy muttered.
"And" continued Tony, "Natasha broke it"
"Hey" Natasha protested. "Thanks for that"
"Actually, no one likes a tell-tale" Darcy smirked. "Tony I think you should clear it up"
"What… I'm Iron Man, if anything I should be ironing, not sweeping!" Tony spluttered and everyone laughed at his wounded expression, even Nick laughed, well actually everyone except Loki who seemed to be glaring at Fury, obviously not happy that she and him had, had a private talk. She bet it must be driving him crazy not to know what the chit chat was about.
"Dustpan and brush is in the cupboard under the sink" Jane said, innocently. Tony got up and sulked out of the room, leaving bursts of laughter in his wake. There was nothing like teasing Iron Man to make her feel a little better. When Tony arrived, he swept up the glass and Clint snapped a picture. When the cleaning was complete, Fury spoke again.
"Now, we are done here. I think I have discussed everything. You will all be informed when new information arises. And all of you keep a look out for anything out of the ordinary. And be careful, these people said they wouldn't stop. They would continue to take others, just make sure it isn't one of you. Obviously some of you are more susceptible to be capture than the rest but the point still stands… for everyone"
Everyone nodded; the mood had just gone from more light-hearted back to solemn and full of tension. No one spoke for a good few minutes. Obviously the more susceptible people in the room was her and Jane.
"That lightened the mood" Tony muttered, putting his hands behind his head and leaning back in his chair.
"Serious matters cause for serious moods" Fury commented. "Now I will be off, I will be in contact" And with that he walked out the door and got into a separate car that pulled up outside their residence.
"Do you guys want to stay for dinner?" Jane question, from beside Thor. "We can order take out, if everyone pitches in of course" Everyone around the room agreed they would stay. Some friendly company would be nice, take her mind of stuff. Darcy looked up to find Loki tensely walking out of the room and probably into his own room. She felt sorry for him, he obviously didn't want to sit around with people who hated him. Maybe he should try and bond with them. He seemed like he was actually really trying to change and that would be a start. No one noticed Loki's departure, so she got up and silently followed him. His door was shut and she knocked quietly. It opened and Loki grabbed her hand and pulled her in, shutting the door behind them.
"Not so happy they are staying eh?"
"What do you think?"
"I think you are delighted that they are staying" she said enthusiastically, which earned her a small smile.
"I am afraid you would be wrong"
"Damn, so close" she laughed perching on the edge of his bed. He raised his eyebrows and Darcy knew exactly what he was thinking. "I do choose the furniture sometimes Loki"
He sat beside her and asked seriously. "Why did you run off earlier?"
"I don't know" she said truthfully. "I guess I just wanted to get away from it all, life is a bit complicated. I mean before I became Jane's assistant for college credits, I had a pretty normal life. The most complicated thing that had ever happened to me was my parents divorcing. Other than that, I was used to normal." She paused and thought about earlier. "And by the way, I think I already established this, but I shall say it again, I didn't actually mean it when I said it was your fault when I found out Sam had—" She trailed off, still unable to come to terms with the fact that he was gone.
"I understand that you were distressed by it" he said, placing a hand on her shoulder. She leaned into him, relaxing. It was so strange to think who she was so relaxed with. She liked him, like really liked him and it was ridiculous. Stupid feelings for the god of mischief, every moment she was in his company, her feelings grew and grew. And Odin seemed to think he felt similar emotions and so did Fury. Maybe he did like her, he had sort of said he did, he showed that he did, and expressed it in different ways. It occurred to her that maybe he could be her future but then she came to the stark realisation that she was mortal and he was a god. Granted at that moment in time, he wasn't a god but he would become one again someday, she knew it. His 'Father' wouldn't leave him like that, once he had learned his lesson then he would probably be accepted back into Asgard. It was a while before either one of them spoke again. They both just seemed content with the moment. Every now and then a yell could be heard from down the hall, it sounded like they were playing cards. If it wasn't for her present company, she would be off down the hall in a shot, even if she was saying so herself, she was a bad ass poker player.
"What did Odin" Loki scowled at the name "and Fury want?"
"Odin said that he does not object to us" she said motioning to the two of them "and Fury said that Odin had ordered him not to stop us" she motion to them both again. She knew she didn't need to motion at them but it gave her something to do with her hands that did not involve groping the man beside her.
Loki laughed, but it wasn't the kindest laugh. "Do they think that if they had not of 'agreed'" he sneered at the word "That I would have stopped what I have with you"
"Nope, I really don't think, but maybe Odin was making an effort and that Fury was being all concerned."
"Odin, was not making an effort, he wants to destroy all that I hold deer"
"Wait" she stopped him. She wanted to try and get him to open up a little bit but she was still stuck on his last words. "Does that mean you hold me deer?"
Loki was silent before he quietly admitted "Yes it does, I hate that I feel the way I do about you Darcy, but no matter what, I am not giving you up"
"Good, because you would have a hell of time trying to get rid of me" she paused "well unless you had your powers because then you could just 'poof' away from me… but that is getting away from the point"
"I do not 'poof'"
"Oh, I bet you do"
He sighed as quiet knock sounded on his door. "Enter"
Jane slowly opened the door. "What do you what for dinner, we have decided on Chinese?"
"YES" Darcy fist pumped the air. "My favourite, erm chicken satay and dry ribs, if you please. Oh also, are you playing cards?"
"Right, and yes we are playing cards. Well at this moment in time Tony is teaching Thor the aim of spoons, and Loki?"
"The same as Darcy" he said.
Just as Jane was shutting the door Darcy called out. "Hey Jane"
"Yeah?" Jane said re-opening the door.
"If you start playing poker—" Darcy started to say but Jane finished for her.
"I will come and get you right away, I will admit you are a great poker player, you would beat everyone"
"Thank you!" Darcy called, Jane just knew her so well. And she hoped at some point they would play poker because, as cocky as it may sound, she would love to beat Tony stark.
"But I do not 'poof'"
"From what I heard, its poofing. I suppose it would be cooler if I said apparate. You know like in Harry Potter"
"Not this Harry Potter again?"
"Read them" She begged. "Seriously you have been on earth for months and months, like almost a year and you still haven't read or seen it, you will love it. Thinking about it, you might root for Voldemort but still…"
"Voldemort is the bad guy, yes?"
"Yes, but I still feel bad for him. I mean he wasn't always Voldemort, he was Tom Riddle and he just needed a better upbringing. Maybe less of an orphanage and shit like that"
"I have no idea what you are on about" he sighed.
"Well you will" He opened his mouth to protest but she held up her hand. "Nope"
"You are infuriating"
"Yeah, well what you gonna do about it?" she taunted.
"There is nothing I can do" he answered and she smiled triumphantly.
"If you had your powers I would be squished, wouldn't i?" she asked.
"When I first met you, yes" he answered honestly. "Now… I don't think I could"
"Yay, because come on I'm cool." He didn't answer so she continued. "Come on admit it, im the best person ever, right?"
Instead of answering he leaned down and placed a soft kiss on her lips.
"I am so taking that as a yes" She said and he replied with a chuckle. "And completely understandable that you wanted to squish me when I first met you."
"Completely understandable indeed" he said. "You were not afraid, you just didn't care when I threatened you. You just swore at me and got on with whatever you were doing. The first time I spoke to you, it was almost as if you were threatening me."
Darcy laughed remembering. "Oh yeah…well you didn't have any magic to follow through with most of the threats but …I have a tiny confession."
"Mmm"
"Once when you threatened me I was scared shitless. Only once though. All the other times it was just like 'oh no' but just the one time when you threatened to dye all my clothes pink." She shuddered. "It was just terrifying"
Loki let out a loud laugh and Darcy smiled. He had a lovely laugh, so full of life. "I once threaten to kill you. I threatened to turn you into an ant and step on you, I threatened you with a great number of things and yet the only thing you feared was the colour pink?"
"I HATE pink" She giggled. "A lot, seriously, it's so …. Pink"
"What is your favourite colour?" he asked suddenly, curiosity lacing his tone. "I realize that I have never asked"
"Turquoise" She replied. It was an annoying colour to love. Not many things came in turquoise. Well not reasonably priced stuff you could buy in shops anyway. She had once seen some beautiful designer clothing in turquoise when she was searching on the internet though. Obviously way out of her price range. Like way, way out. "I used to love blue and green so much when I was younger." She explained. "And when people used to ask my one favourite colour, I could never decide, so when I was about six, my mum said that I should just say turquoise. You have no idea how long it took me to be able to spell it"
"Green huh?" he asked amused.
"Oh god" she face palmed. "I forgot about a certain fetish"
He chuckled again and pulled her close. "You know, I think you are the one being in the whole universe that I allow to tease me"
"I feel special" she smiled up at him, then rested her head on his chest. She would never admit it but whenever he said something like that, her heart flipped 360 and it made her hopeful. Hopeful about what, she wasn't actually sure. But it was definitely hopeful.
"You should" he said quietly, thinking about something.
After a few minutes of silence she asked "What are you thinking 'bout?"
Loki seemed to break out of some deep in thought trance at her words. "Nothing" he muttered. But she could tell that, that wasn't true. She was about to press further when once again a knock sounded on the door. "Come in" he said loudly and the door opened, again revealing Jane. She took in their position with some hesitation.
"Dinner is here and" she paused then smiled at Darcy "We are about to start poker"
"Yes" Darcy squealed, making Jane jump a little in surprise. "I will be there in a second and I will beat you all so bad, you will cry for days" Ok maybe a slight exaggeration, about the crying part. But the beating part was true. She knew she sounded awfully and annoying cocky but her dad had taught her well. No one could ever tell when she was bluffing, and that often lead to her winning.
"Alright, I will tell everyone to beware of your ass kicking skills"
"You do that" Darcy called as Jane shut the door.
"You will go play with them?" he asked with a guarded expression. She realized that he could feel a little hurt by that. And she completely understood why, but Loki needed to try and make friends. I mean she knew they tried to kill him and all but still.
"And so will you" she got up and tried to pull him up off of the bed. But he wouldn't budge. She dramatically fell to the floor. "Please" she begged. "Please, please, please. Come on, it will be fun" He still just stared at her, with the same expression, then she had an idea. "Unless you're too scared that im gonna beat yo' ass!"
He let out a loud sigh, looking slightly frustrated. "Fine" he snapped "but if I kill any of them, I will not be held responsible"
"Woooo!" She flew up off of the floor and grabbed his hand and tugged him out of his bedroom. Yes Darcy knew this could end badly, very badly but Loki needed to lighten up, maybe find some friends. Sure that was difficult and it probably needed a miracle for him to bond with any of the avengers but she had hope. Crazy, stupid hope. And if there was the starting of danger then she was sure if she started screaming at the top of her lungs about unicorns or something then everyone would pause enough for the danger to be averted and the problem would be solved.
That was ick! Sorry, anyway…
Also I updated early, its normally every Tuesday that I update, if it's possible anyway. But today is Saturday… well where I am its Saturday aha :D So hopefully that is good news that it's an early update? :S aha.
I REACHED PASSED 100 REVIEWS! I ACTUALLY WENT AND BROUGHT A CAKE IN CELEBRATION. Ok that cake was only a chocolate éclair but a cake all the same. Seriously I want to say a big, big thank you to all my followers and reviews and stuff because I started smiling like an idiot every time I got an email. And I really needed that the past week because my mum was in hospital for some of it. All is good now though (:
And I know this is boring but I just want to answer a few queries that I got via reviews. I know I should reply to reviews by PM but I just don't have the time and for that I am really, really sorry.
I forgot to answer this in the last chapter but no my name isn't Sophia (: Its Jasmine.
And to Le Hiddleslover I am really glad I could get you into the whole Loki/Darcy ship (:
Literally there are so many things I want to say to you all but I don't want to bore you with that in this authors note. And if I did thank people, I would be sure to miss people out, and that wouldn't be nice. So just THANK YOU!
Ok sorry, long boring authors note. Anyway please review to see what is about to happen.
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