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Katie rolled over, frowning at the empty bed. She sat up and looked around the room, she spotted a note on the bedside table. She picked it up and flicked it open. Her eyes flew across the page and grinned.
I have some business to attend to. Don't get dressed and don't get out of bed, I'll be back soon.
Loki, x
"Cheeky fucker," she muttered, laying back down with a huge smile on her face. Someone knocked on the door, she sat up and pulled the cover over herself, calling out for them to come in. Tony stumbled in, rubbing his eyes, still in his pajamas.
"Morning sunshine." she grinned as he groaned and collapsed on the end of the bed, head on her legs. She stifled a laugh and roughly rubbed his hair.
"Aw baby, what's wrong?" she cooed as he moaned again burying his head in the sheets.
"They've all gone to the training grounds and fuck that I'm shattered." he mumbled, turning over to look at her. She pulled a mocking frown and laughed.
"I wasn't too bad yesterday was I?" he asked her, she bit her lip, pretending to consider his answer.
"Apart from our horrendous rendition of You Shook Me All Night Long, kissing me in front of Loki and falling all over the place, you were fine. And I was only there intermittently." she grinned as he covered his face in shame.
"I kissed you? In front of Loki? How am I not dead yet?" he asked incredulously, she threw her head back and laughed.
"Well, I can't promise he's not planning your demise." she teased him, he laughed, throwing an arm across his forehead and clucking his tongue.
"Why did I even kiss you?" he asked, she hadn't realized just how drunk he'd been. Not that there wasn't enough warning signs.
"You were asking if we could be BFF's and making sure I wouldn't forget about you." she told him laughing at his rolling eyes. The door swung open and Loki came in, stopping dead in his tracks when he saw Tony.
"Hey Loki-baby." Katie called out with a smile. He looked from her to Tony before moving over to his desk.
"Hello." he replied tersely. Tony raised his eyebrows and pulled an 'oh shit' face. She smiled and winked at him.
"Where'd you go?" she asked, Loki looked up at her, to Tony again and back at her.
"Sorting a few things out for the wedding, Odin and Frigga require our presence soon." he told her, clearly not too happy.
"I'm not trying to steal your girl, pal, I've got my own at home." he told Loki. "No need to get all green-eyed monster on us." Tony grumbled. Loki's eyes narrowed.
"Excuse me?" he asked, his voice laced with danger.
"It's an expression, it means you're jealous." Katie interrupted quickly, knowing his train of thought. Monster was a sore word for him.
"Oh I see. Well as lovely as having you draped over my fiancé in my bed is, I'm afraid I need to speak with her." Loki told him coldly. Tony sat up and stretched, groaning and standing up.
"Yeah well, I'll see you around." Tony said awkwardly. Katie smiled up at him.
"Okay, I'll probably see you at dinner." she smiled as he winked at her and saluted Loki before leaving the room. Loki watched the door shut before turning to her, an angry and questioning look on his face as he advanced.
"What was that all about?" he asked dangerously. She sighed and slipped out of bed, she walked to him, wrapping her arms round his torso, looking up at him.
"He just came in to see me is all, I don't appreciate the double standards. You're allowed to be best friends with Sigyn, who's going to be here forever, but I can't talk to Tony who is leaving in a couple of days?" she frowned at him, Loki pursed his lips. She raised her eyebrows expectantly at him and he sighed.
"Point taken." he said, clearly not taking the point as he rubbed her shoulders, smiling weakly. She sighed and kissed him.
"Where did you really go?" she asked him. He smiled, how could she see through his lies?
"Talk to Heimdall about bringing Farbauti here. He said we can use to Bifrost to bring her back, but I have to hide her magically. He also tried to talk me out of bringing her to the wedding." he told her, sliding his arms around her waist and pulling her closer to him. She could tell he was apprehensive.
"Well, she's coming. It'll be fine, I promise. I'll say that I invited her as I thought it'd be a nice surprise." she told him, he scowled.
"They'll skin you alive." he told her seriously "I'll take the blame." she shook her head furiously.
"No, no I'm a naïve little mortal who has no idea what the consequences of my actions are. If you say it was you they will kill you." she reasoned with him. He pursed his lips, obviously seeing her point, not liking the idea of her getting into trouble.
"Fine." he sighed, kissing her "Come on, as beautiful as this is, you need to get dressed." he told her, tugging on her chemise. She grinned and moved to get dressed. He sat on the bed and watched her as she changed. She plaited her hair and he smiled.
They walked down to the throne room, a quite frankly terrifyingly big room, shining in the sun, the ridiculously big throne occupied by the relatively small Odin. People were running around, decorating the room, carrying large amounts of food around. Loki led them straight over to Odin.
"The florist is over there. She needs to know what flowers she wants." he told them, nodding to a woman standing near the pillars, addressing Loki, referring to Katie. They wandered over there. The woman smiled weakly, clearly nervous.
"Lady Katherine, Prince Loki," she dropped to one knee, one arm over her chest. Katie looked down at the woman, disgust written plainly on her face, at the woman's show of submission. Loki smirked.
"Rise. What have you to offer?" he asked, the woman shakily got up and gestured to the flowers next to her. Each bouquet was beautiful, an array of different colors. One with both deep purple and dark green flowers caught Katie's eye. Loki looked expectantly at her, she looked up at him unsurely. She wasn't sure what they were for.
"Hurry up and choose, we have a lot to get through." Loki sighed, pretending to be annoyed.
"Or what? Are you going to dangle me off the side of the building again?" she teased, he grinned, a mischievous glint in his eyes. Katie immediately regretted brining it up.
"Yes." he shrugged as he picked her up by her underarms as one would a child. She kicked and wriggled.
"No, Loki, no, no, no!" she squealed as he held her out over the side of the building. They were much further up than before, she looked down and immediately regretted it. He watched her, a predatory grin on his face. He'd mess with her, she'd know he was not one to toy with, and she certainly wouldn't let that egotistical little man anywhere near her again.
"Please Loki, just, just put me down." she pleaded with him, great heights were one of her least favorite things, a close second to falling from great heights. He carried on grinning at her, she was so cute when she was terrified. He dropped her and caught her. She screamed and breathed deeply as he caught her. He laughed, repeating the action.
"Loki please!" she screamed after the third time. "Just let me go!" she demanded in a panic. He cocked his head to the side and laughed.
"As you wish." he grinned as he let her go. She desperately reached out for him, screaming as she plunged to her death. He watched her fall with a huge grin on his face. She was sure she was in for it, her lungs burned as she screamed, not aware she could produce such an inhuman sound, surprised at how fast one actually falls when dropped off a balcony. Suddenly, she was frozen, suspended in mid air. She tried to move, but couldn't. She started falling again only to fall into something, or rather someone. She looked up at Loki who was grinning at her. She managed to jump out of his arms."You bastard!" she yelled, punching his chests as much as she could in her shaky state. He looked so surprised she'd have found it cute if she wasn't so furious. She sank to the floor, knees to her chest, shaking. Loki stood in shock.
"You're not going to start laughing again are you?" he asked cautiously. She sniffed and scowled at him.
"No, no I think this time I'm going to cry." she choked out before sobbing hysterically into her knees. Loki watched her, unsure what to do. It was only a joke, he was never going to actually let her die. He was in control the whole time. He crouched in front of her, placing a hand on her shoulder. She shrugged it off and got up.
"Just get away from me." she growled, tears still streaming down her face, sobbing as she stormed back into the castle. He stood up slowly, watching her go. At least he now knew what was too far.
They'd spent the rest of the day organizing all the necessary details, the conversation tense and limited between them.
"Cream or gold? I don't know but I assume the cream would match your dress." he asked her, gesturing to the table cloths. She looked down at them and back at him.
"Gold." she answered, turning her attention back to the menu's in front of her, ignoring his sigh. A while later he wandered over to her.
"Where do you want the mortals to sit? On our table or a separate one?" he questioned her, going to tuck her hair behind her ear. She pulled away from him without looking at him.
"Not that it matters, but on our table." she answered tersely, her lips pressed tightly together, her jaw clenched.
"If that's what my little princess wants." he whispered to her, she raised her eyebrows at the pile of invitations and walked away.
She stormed into the dinner hall angrily, Loki trailing dejectedly behind her.
"Oh, trouble in paradise." Tony said to Bruce who smiled weakly, looking back at his plate quickly as Katie gave them a death glare. Loki sat next to her, resting his hand on his hand, sighing heavily. He'd tried, Valhalla knows he tried. He couldn't care less what color the plates were and didn't see a difference between cream and stone. He'd really screwed up. Katie looked over at Natasha and Barton. Natasha raised her eyebrows, not wavering under Katie's glare. Barton looked back at his plate. Their staring contest was broken as Loki poured Katie a drink.
"Thanks." she mumbled, taking a long sip before helping herself to some food.
"I really am sorry." Loki muttered to her. She turned and stared at him for a while before turning back to her food.
"Yeah well maybe you could have started with that instead of 'you're not going to start laughing again.'" she told him dryly, dropping the bowl of roast potatoes back on the table with a crash, causing many to look at her. She glanced around and looked back at her plate.
"I know, and I apologize for that too. It was only a joke." he explained slowly. She swallowed her mouthful and looked at him reproachfully.
"I understand, but sometimes you go a little far." she scolded him, he nodded.
"I know, can you forgive me?" he asked shyly, she looked at him, not wanting to, but he just looked so sweet. She heaved a sigh.
"Maybe." she told him, he grinned in relief "I said maybe!" she smiled, he held his hands up and nodded, taking a sip of his drink.
"Understood." he said as they smiled at each other. Tony and Bruce watched them with amazement.
"How is it that's he's killed hundreds if not thousands of people, yet that woman is his punishment?" Tony asked Bruce in amazement. The older man shook his head, shrugging. It puzzled him too.
Loki was sat cross legged on the floor, Katie laying on her front opposite him, their plan spread out between them.
"We go get Farbauti tonight, we hide her in one of the spare guest rooms, you hide it with magic, send her a signal when we need her to arrive and then if it ends badly, I take the blame, if they don't mind, we're fucked but at least Farbauti is safe." She reeled off, checking the plan as she went, Loki nodding with each point.
"Perfect." he said, twisting his fingers. She slid onto her knees, and crawled over to him, taking hold of his hands and smoothing them out.
"Calm down." she told him, he sighed and nodded. "She will love you, it will go smoothly, she will be safe and what better way to prove you have redeemed yourself than marrying a mortal and saving your Jotun mother?" she smiled up at him. He forced a smile back.
"I guess so." he replied quietly, flipping their hands round so he was stroking hers. She leaned up and kissed him, forcefully yet gentle.
"You ready to go?" she asked, he nodded.
"You'll need something warmer than that." he gestured to her outfit. She went to the wardrobe and retrieved her fur coat she'd worn on her arrival. He looked at it for a while.
"Is that real fur?" he asked, she stared at him like he was an idiot.
"When was the last time you saw a pale pink animal with fur that goes in swirls?" she answered him more aggressively than she intended. He held his hands up.
"Sorry for asking." he smirked at her. She took his hand and gave it a reassuring squeeze.
"Let's go save mummy Loki." she grinned at him.
Yay, off to Jotunheim they go! xox