a/N" i really wanted to adress this question before we get started again because if you were having that same one then after i explain it, this next chapter will make more sense.

BeatrixRosier 10/2/12 . chapter 20

Unhappy? I'm more than unhappy with it. Why can't Tony be a man and say, in front of everyone including Loki, that Thor left him to the torture?

Ok so to answer your question. Loki has gone through a vast amount of trauma and is in a very delicate state (even if he doesn't show it most of the time). Right now the only thing stopping him from breaking own, is the hope that he will be able to find his brother again. Keep in mind that Loki does love Thor, as more than just a brother, and then think about how you would feel if you found out that someone you love was responsible for your repeated rape and torture... Tony is smart enough to no that telling Loki is not the best course of action right now. Sometimes it is better to be cautious than 'manly'.

I hope that resolves you question.

When Thor had put down his hammer, Tony hadn't known what to do. The room had be dead quiet as he slowly lowered his arm. Loki was standing, still in his disguise, arms outstretched between them. Natasha, Clint, an Steve stood with varying looks of relief on their faces.

No one moved or spoke, and it seemed to Tony as if the world had frozen. Had just stopped to preserve his anger and confusion in a grim tableaux .

Before anyone could stop him, he took off, flying through the destroyed window out into the clear afternoon air. He silently regretted the fact that he couldn't have smashed it again.

It would have been so much more dramatic, but oh well. You win some you lose some.

The main reason for his sudden departure out of a 103rd story window was extremely simple. The billionaire just didn't trust himself to stay around Thor for one more second. He needed to calm down and gather his thoughts, before he did anything really stupid.

The thunder god was up to something; you didn't need to be a genius to figure that out.

He sat in a tiny diner on the outskirts of queen, still wearing his suit.

He had gotten a couple of strange looks from people, but one of the waitresses who appeared to be in her late forties had shoed them away. She had bleached blonde hair, which was pinned up in a beehive-bouffant thing that reminded him of pepper. The frilly pink apron she had tied around her waist was stained and tattered, but it still looked good on her, Tony thought it somehow made the diner more homey. The place just seemed so alien compared to the sterile Starbucks he had visited earlier, there was a noticeable absence of plexi glass and hipsters tapping away at their Mac book pros. Diane (that was her name) kept him warm with never ending cups of coffee and some delicious "choco-chip pancakes."

Back at the apartment Tony had walked upstairs looking for a fight, Hell! He would have sold his soul for a reason to blast a hole through the blonde god's head.

If Thor had attacked than he would have had a perfect reason…but then again no. The largest problem in this shitty equation was, you guessed it, Loki. There was literally no way to kick Thor's ass or exspose him for the bastard he was with out making Loki hate him (Tony) or destroy another city block or a tentative voice suggested, trying to kill himself.

Tony shuddered. Obadia's betrayal had been terrible, but if it had been someone who loved as dearly as a brother.. Best not to think about it too much.

back to the issue.

Challenging Thor to a fight had been stupid, yes but how the hell could he tell Loki the truth? "Oh hey! Guess what? I'm in love with you and by the way your brother is a fucking asshole who left you to be tortured for almost half a year! Lets go get coffee!" After all that the poor guy had been through… rape, torture… there was no way he was going to add trauma to that toxic cocktail of unpleasantness. God knows Loki was temperamental enough already.

Progress with Loki would be like pulling teeth, but with Thor...

It might take more...

finesse

Ok. This chapter is really a transition to what i guess you could call part 2 of this fic. In the first part, tony was trying to get loki back and in this part he is trying to get Thor the hell out. I spent a very long time sitting in starbucks trying to work out what would happen, and i now have a rather concrete plan. Soo... I hope you like where this is going, because if you like snarky tony who is in love but refuses to admit it (mostly because he doesn't know how) than you are in for a whole lot of it. Dark Thor is here to stay, he's not under a spell or anything. Loki is emotionally crippled and steve is just so nice that its painful. As usual keep reading and reviewing, I want you guys to know that I am so happy that you have stuck with me for so long. I have really only begun writing and the fact that you guys actually like my work always makes me teary eyed. I just want to let you know that i write this more for you than for myself. Love you all 3