keydav asked: Lokane-#18: waking up with amnesia au :)
100 word drabble (which simply had to be 200 words) courtesy of the tumblr numbered AU prompt list. Embrace ALL the tropes!
Loki touches the frame on the mantle. "My brother?" he says uncertainly.
"Yes. Thor. He's on a business trip, but he'll be here soon." The hospital tried him first and got no answer, so it's Jane who had to collect Loki, bruised and bandaged, from the ER.
The next picture. "My parents?"
"Yes. Frigga died last year."
He nods without emotion, which eradicates the last of Jane's doubts. "Is my father dead, too?"
"Um, no."
"Is he coming?"
"No."
"I see." He clearly doesn't.
God, this is bizarre. The last time Loki stood in this room he and Thor came to blows. There's still indentations in the plaster.
"And you're my sister."
"Sister-in-law. Soon, anyway — wedding's next month."
"But we're friends."
Whenever you show up you make everyone miserable. You hurt Thor and you call me names. I hate you. "Not really," Jane hedges. "You, uh… don't like me very much."
Loki just blinks at her, green eyes completely guileless. Then, after a long moment— "No. I know that's not true."
She doesn't know how to respond, so Jane glances at the clock. Twelve more hours until Thor's flight lands. "Come on," she says. "Let's look for something you'll remember."