Loki flipped through some pages of his magazine and sighed. "Okay, what about this?" He asked and leaned over so that the man in the coma could be able to see if he woke up. "It's a gray suit with a light green tie." He told him and then went back to his position, stretched out next to him and resting back on the headboard as the man slept. "I think it'll go well with my eyes." He told him and flipped through a few more pages. "Hopefully Tony notices," he hummed and then looked at the man again "though between you and I, I'm pretty sure he's more of the clothes snob." He smiled sadly and sighed when the man didn't move.

"Just keep at it." Bruce said as he heard the sigh and changed the bandages of a patient who wasn't too far away. He'd woken up after a few weeks when a little female demon had come to talk to him. ""Don't get discouraged." Loki nodded and looked back at their John Doe, wishing he had someone that he cared for come for him; maybe it would wake him up.

"I'm going to call Tony tonight." He told him and flipped through a few more pages of his magazine. "It's been four days now since he left, so I hope he found Wanda." He told him and sighed again. "I'm worried about him." He breathed honestly and frowned when he thought he saw the man's finger twitch. "Bruce-"

Their heads shot up as there was a loud thud as something hit the ground and Loki stood. The demon that stood there was large and tall, his mouth set into a permanent scowl and looking down, Loki saw that he had dropped a young man down by his feet. "Someone get this swine some help." He said, his dark voice sending shivers down Loki's spine. "I want him fully conscious when I kill him."

Loki frowned, looking around to see if any of the others were going to do something about him. When no one moved he walked to him. "You can't just come into the hospital wing, making demands." He hissed and leaned down by the boy, pushing his dirty blonde hair out of his face. His nose and lip had been broken but Loki more worried about the wings that were almost broken past recognition. "And if you think we're letting you touch him again, you're wrong."

"Insolent fool." The man's lip curled up in amusement and contempt and he pulled his hand back to strike at Loki's face. Loki's rage spiked and he wrapped his arms around the boy as his magic lashed out at the larger man, tossing him against the wall like a rag doll.

The man stood and glared at Loki, charging towards him, ready to fight until the medics came to him. "Stop this!' Bruce hissed, though Loki could tell he was nervous. "You won't fight in this ward. Not if you want us to ever take care of your soldiers again." It was an empty threat, Loki knew that Bruce could never turn away someone in need, but it got the man's attention. The man's dark eyes met Loki's.

"We'll meet again." He said quietly and walked out. Loki scoffed and picked the boy up, setting him down on the free bed near where Bruce was working.

"He's so young." He said sadly and began to clean up the blood off his face with a wet rag. "Why would he do this?" He asked as Bruce came close. "Who was that man?" He felt his anger rise again.

"That was Thanos." Bruce said, frowning at him. "And you were stupid to stand up to him, he could have killed you, and now you have a target on your back." Loki blinked and then frowned.

"And what was I supposed to do?" He asked. "Just let the kid die on the ground while none of you moved?" He demanded. Bruce sighed and shook his head in disapproval but Loki didn't care. He watched over the boy as Bruce fixed him up and carefully realigned his wings.

"He's new." Bruce told Loki as he bandaged him up. "This is Peter, he was always running after Gamora, I'm guessing that's why he even tried to pick a fight with Thanos." He said as Loki began to clean his cuts. "He's always getting injured for stealing from other demons or sleeping with people's wives, but it's never this bad." He sighed.

Loki listened and thought he sounded interesting. "You'll keep him safe right?" He asked and Bruce nodded. "I'm going to go home, I want to call Tony." Bruce nodded and waved him away.

Loki vanished and sighed when he got home, plopping down on the bed and rolled over to Tony's side. He buried his face in the pillow, sad that Tony's smell was slowly being replaced by his own. He got his phone from his back pocket and waited as the phone rang, hoping Tony would pick it up.

"Hey babe." Loki smiled when he heard the voice and let out a breath he hadn't known he was holding.

"'Hey' nothing." Loki said and pouted. "You haven't called me in two days." He muttered. He heard Tony sigh softly.

"Sorry babe." He said honestly. "I had trouble trying to get into Wanda's place and since I got in, I've been just catching up with her." He sighed.

Loki smiled. "She's talking to you then?" He asked, happy for him. "She's not aggressive?" He asked, still worried about him.

"No, she's fine." He smiled. "I felt a bit unwanted when I caught her putting holy water into her humidifier" Loki heard a laugh somewhere in the room "but I can't blame her for trying to experiment, even if it doesn't do anything. We've been talking about the others and I'm going to see them tomorrow." He said.

Loki frowned. "Tony, you can't go to heaven. That's suicide!" He said and bit his lip. "I don't care if your friend has magic, so do I, but we barely managed to get out alive."

"Hey, calm down baby." Tony said and Loki forced himself to take a breath. "They're coming down." He told him. "Wanda went up by herself to call them and they're off the grid enough that no one will notice." He promised Loki, who let out a breath of relief.

They talked for an hour, just talking about how they missed each other. "Are you still uneasy?" Loki asked and stretched out over the bed, remembering how Tony had mentioned how he had had a bad feeling lately.

Tony sighed and nodded. "Yeah." He told him honestly. "I got a text from Pepper yesterday." He told him. "But I haven't heard from Happy or Steve in a while." Loki frowned, knowing that he was still talking to them. "I know this is asking a lot, but can you go check up on them?"

Loki sighed. "Tony…" He whined.

"Please, baby." He sighed. "I just... they're my friends."

Loki sighed and ran his hand through his hair. "Fine." He sighed. "I'll go see them today and text you." He told him.

"Thank you," he sighed softly. "I love you." Loki smiled softly.

"Love you too." He breathed softly. "Come back home to me soon." He said and hung up.

Short chapter, the next one is going to be longer I promise. I just don't like when too much happens at the same time.

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