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Loki awoke with a groan at the loud banging on the door and while Thor didn't relish it either, had to chuckle as he opened his eyes and took in the other man. He looked completely wrung out. The words 'rode hard and put up wet' definitely came to mind. His hair was wild and disheveled, one arm dangling off the side of the bed, the sheets barely covering his still bare ass as though he didn't have the strength to pull them over him any further. Thor definitely took smug satisfaction at the sight.
"Enzo! Enzo, are you up man!" The voice shouted from the other side of the door
"NO!,"Loki called back angrily.
"Come on man, we need you!"
Loki cursed as he rubbed his eyes and rolled out of bed. Snatching his pants off the floor and jerking them on unceremoniously.
"Fucking riceburners," He grumbled as he slicked back his hair with one hand and approached the door.
Yanking it open he glared st the shorter man now standing on the other side.
"WHAT?!" He growled, glaring at the other man who merely laughed at his antics.
Thor chuckled himself as he carefully slid into his own pants just out of sight of the now open door. Loki was definitely not a morning person.
"It's my friend's car," The neatly kempt man continued. "It's running like shit,man. You think you could look at it?"
Loki glared across the parking lot towards the aforementioned vehicle, now sitting quietly with it's hood opened.
"Looks like a flat tire to me," Loki responded cynically with a shrug as he moved to close the door.
The other stopping it with one hand before he succeeded.
"Ha,ha. Very funny.," The short man with the equally short haircut argued. "Come on,man You owe me."
"Clint Barton," Loki snapped a bit taken aback. "I most certainly do not.."
"Alice's...out in Woodside," Clint supplied knowingly. "Ring a bell?"
"Fuck," Loki cursed bowing his head in recollection.
Thor was sure there was a good story behind this one,but opted to ask for details some other time. Loki slipped his feet inside his unlaced boots and followed Clint out to where his friend was waiting expectantly, the hood up exposing the little Mazda's pristine brisk morning air biting at his skin made him immediately wish he had bothered to also grab his shirt. He approached the car and only briefly took in the red headed female behind the wheel.
"Your friend, huh?" Loki questioned,raising an eyebrow to the shorter man.
"Shut up," Clint chided back, staring over the engine dumbfounded.
"Okay," Loki called to the driver. "Fire it up,let's see what you got."
The engine roared to life,but it was clear by the stumbling pace of it that something was amiss. Something that Loki spotted immediately.
"Ok, shut it down," He called with a sigh. "Here's your problem," he announced reaching forward and pulling on a large black wire feeding into the engine. "Your spark plug's come out."
"Oh awesome!" Clint exclaimed in sudden glee.
"Oh yes," Loki retorted sarcastically rolling his eyes. "Because it's always good when that happens."
He waited until Clint had fully deflated before holding his hand out expectantly. "Get me a socket wrench."
Clint bounced to the toolkit in the back of the car to fish out the supplies as Thor approached. He tossed Loki his tee shirt, knowing his partner must have been uncomfortable in this crisp air.
"Thanks," he shrugged on the shirt quickly and passed his partner a warm smile.
"I'm going to order us some breakfast," Thor informed, pointing towards the restaurant. "See you in a bit."
"Sure," Loki agreed turning back the the little Mazda's engine as Clint finally returned with the tool he needed.
Thor headed towards the diner, leaving his beloved to do what he did best. He had thought briefly about adding a kiss to the shirt delivery, not really caring what the two in the Mazda thought, he didn't know them and likely wouldn't see them again anytime soon, but was as of yet unsure how Loki would take such PDA. Instead he turned to get them breakfast with a small perma-grin plastered to his face. He couldn't help it really, he finally knew what he wanted and he actually had possession of it.
Loki joined him shortly after, surprising the large blond with a brusque kiss before sitting himself in the chair next to him and regarding the coffee and eggs before him with some trepidation. Thor quickly recovered and pulled Loki's chair closer to his own so he could wrap his arm around the leaner mans trim waist. Who cared who saw , he was happy and that was all that currently mattered.
"Did you get them all fixed up," Thor asked, more for idle conversation than anything. He had seen the Mazda pull out, the petite redhead still behind the wheel and Clint beside her riding shot gun as they sped off.
"mmmm," Loki hummed in reply.
He had his head propped up with one hand and was currently staring wearily into his coffee. Opting to forgo the eggs for now and nibble at the toast, chasing it quickly with the hot Java.
"HEEEYYYY ENZOOOO!" Volstagg greeted loudly as he entered the diner, followed closely by Hogun.
Loki groaned at their enthusiasm and allowed his head to fall forward onto his forearm. Volstagg took a brief moment to take in Thor's current position and turned questioningly to Hogun who merely shrugged indifferently in response. Volstagg shrugged himself then chuckled at Loki's bedraggled shape. Sif entered soon after and took a harder stare at the apparent couple before grimacing in distaste and finally joining the group at the little table.
"Hey, Enzo" Volstagg started,noticing his untouched plate. "You gonna eat those?"
Loki didn't even lift his head as he sighed and slid the plate to his eager friend.
"Did you get Clint all figured out," Hogun asked conversationally.
"Obviously," Came Loki's muffled reply.
Hogun just chuckled as the waitress brought the rest of the group coffee.
"Rough nite?" Sif asked far too snidely.
To which Loki awarded her his middle finger in answer. Thor couldn't help but smile at his handiwork.
"What time do we have to be out?" Thor asked Hogun as he sipped his own cup.
"Check out's 11:00," Hogun replied smoothly.
"Oh shit," Loki exclaimed, his head suddenly popping up to regard the large blond. "Your job."
"Relax," Thor soothed " I called them from the restaurant's land line while you where fixing the mazda. Told them I was stuck out of town with car troubles."
"I hate it when that happens,"Volstagg replied, causing the group to erupt into laughter. All but Loki who merely let his head flop back down onto his arm now that the crisis was diverted.
"Thor, you are the man," Hogun announced holding up his hand palm out towards the large blond. "I must get a high five from you."
Thor complied,but eyed the shorter man questioningly. "What ever for?"
"Anyone who can render Enzo here this speechless is definitely a force to be reckoned with." Hogun supplied, which even got Sif laughing. "The guy never shuts up."
"Man, fuck you guys," Loki announced getting unsteadily to his feet. "I'm going back to bed."
They all shared a good laugh at his antics as he slipped out the door to return to their room. Thor watched him go a bit wistfully, especially now that the chair next to him was empty. But he soon fell into easy conversation with the rest of the group.
Afterwards he decided to take the Charger for one more spin up the twisty road to the lake overlook. He had the road to himself this morning, everyone else was either already at work or heading back home. He leaned against the massive car's hood and reflected on the previous evening when he had come up here with Loki. A wide smile painting his lips at the fond memory, still so fresh it even made his groin twitch slightly as he recalled the experience.
With a deep breath he sucked in the still crisp air. The leaves where already beginning to change up here. Winter came fast in these parts and wouldn't be far behind. It was certainly different from Miami, but it was nice. He was tired of one season all the time. Change was good. Maybe some snow would be nice.
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