Second Chances - Chapter Twenty One -
(ugh, this chapter was a pain to write. I forgot to add in a chapter where Matt and Fury find out, so... Uh... Here. I think it's an extra long one too... So enjoy ;) )
In the week following everyone finding out, Loki and Tony discussed what they were to do about their current living and work situations. Because Tony wanted Loki close to him, they decided it was best that he moved onto his floor with him at Stark [Avengers] Tower.
He didn't want to put his little flat on the market, but he also wanted to be with Tony to look after him, so he begrudgingly put it on the market and moved all of his possessions over to the tower.
As for his work, it turns out the tower was actually closer to the bookshop than his flat was - only slightly though. He still wanted to work there but he thought he could try and get a few less shifts, so that he'd be there for Tony more. Tony told him that he didn't have to work, because he was a billionaire, but Loki liked it there so felt as if he wanted to continue it for a bit as the work was fun.
He knew he had to tell Matt about him and Tony though, because it was something big and he hadn't seen him in a while. He felt like he owed it to him to tell him who he really was.
Loki took a breath to calm himself as he stood outside the shop. Yes, he was nervous about telling him, but he felt it was necessary. As he entered the shop, he saw his blonde friend behind the counter and waved as he waved back. Because it was early the shop was fairly quiet, so it gave Loki a chance to get it over and done with.
"Hey, uh, could I talk to you about something?" He said when they had a moment free on the tills. Matt smiled and him then folded his arms and frowned while smirking.
"Wow Len, you sound so serious! But sure, what up? Not that guy giving you trouble again is it?"
Loki snorted but shook his head. "Quite the opposite actually. Although could we talk in private? There's something I need to tell you."
Matt looked at his watch then back to Loki. "We can take our break now if you like for a few minutes?"
Loki smiled thinly then nodded.
After leaving some other guy on the tills, the two of them went into the staff room to talk. Matt raised his eyebrow when Loki locked the door.
"You're not planning on killing me are you?" he said with a laugh, leaning against the table behind him.
Loki shook his head. "No, it's just I don't want people hearing our conversation." he said with a sigh, which made Matt's eyebrows furrow.
"Okay, so what's up?"
Loki took in a deep breath. "I... I've lied to you. About who I really am. My name isn't Leonard Oakley."
Matt raised an eyebrow. "Uh, okay? So, what's your real name?"
"Loki, the god of Mischief and Lies." He smirked slightly as Matt's eyes widened in slight recognition. "Heard of me?"
"Wait, you mean to tell me that you're the psycho God that tried to take over the world over a year ago?!"
Loki's smirk faded and he nodded. "I am, although in my defence, I was being mind controlled."
"You were? Yikes, that must've sucked. But uh... If you are... Then why are you on earth now and working in a book store of all places?" he folded his arms defensively and frowned. 'Well at least he's not taking this angrily...' Loki thought before answering.
"It's part of my punishment. I am to remain here on Midgar- I mean, Earth, without powers until I can 'prove myself' a changed man." he said, miming quote marks with his fingers. Matt nodded thoughtfully.
"I... Right... Okay... I guess it's a little weird... But how come you haven't been taken away or anything? How are you free at the moment? Are you on the run? Do the Avengers know...?"
Loki smiled at his questions and shook his head lightly, unsure of which to answer first.
"The Avengers know. I've currently just moved into the tower-"
"-By force? Did they find you?" Matt cut in, earning him an impassive glance.
"If I may continue," Loki said, holding his hands together behind his back and looking up. "I moved in with one of the Avengers whom I happen to be close to now."
"You mean your brother Thor?" He asked a little unsurely. Loki shook his head and glanced away from his general direction completely.
"No... I... You remember I said about that man I liked who kissed me?" Matt nodded. "Well uhh... That was Tony Stark."
Matt's eyes widened considerably and he choked on the water that he had picked up to drink. "Tony Stark's gay?!"
"Uhh... Well he's with me right now so, yeah."
"Okay, I guess he could also be bi though, I can't really imagine a total ladies man like him suddenly changing his orientation completely for one guy... No offence. It's just... Wow, okay."
Loki paused and licked his lips, unsure whether he should mention the baby or not. It wasn't exactly a regular occurrence in a Midgardian's life that a man would get pregnant, and while he liked Matt, he wasn't sure whether how he would take that news. He decided against it, figuring that he should talk to Tony about it first before telling him, and just keeping the fact that they were together as the main topic of discussion.
"Are you... Mad at me? For lying to you about who I am?" Loki asked slowly. Matt frowned momentarily then shrugged.
"Nah not really. I mean, you're a good guy Len- Loki. The man I've treated as a friend these past few months has been totally unlike how you acted last year, so it's not difficult to see you've changed a bit. I just hope we can still be friends." He said with a smile, that Loki felt himself reciprocate.
"Thank you Matt." he said, and then the two of them leaned forward and hugged the other. They patted their backs and pulled apart then smiled at each other before coughing and blushing slightly.
"We'd better get back to work, those books won't sell themselves." Matt said in a voice deeper than usual, in an attempt to regain his manliness before he shook his head and smiled which made Loki laugh.
"Yes, of course. Although I will ask that you keep calling me Leonard. At least at work here, because if the word gets out that I'm... Me, then it won't be good."
Matt nodded. "Of course." he paused then gave smirked at Loki. "Only if you introduce me to the Avengers sometime. Especially your little boyfriend."
Loki rolled his eyes, but couldn't stop smiling. "Okay, it is a deal."
The two of them shook hands then nodded to each other before returning back to work. Loki was glad that went so well, and was also looking forward to returning home to his love and unborn child.
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"So what, is so important that you had to hold a one on one video conference from your own home that you couldn't just fly up to the Helicarrier and tell me yourself?" Fury asked in no-nonsense tone.
Tony sat on a table, holding a jar of Nutella which he kept dipping his fingers into now and again, as he gave the screen Fury's face was on a peeved look. He had been nagged for a few days that Fury had to be told soon or he was going to get furious (pun intended) that Tony withheld this information.
"Technically it's not one on one if she's behind you." He pointed and the screen where Maria Hill stood just behind Fury then shrugged. "But I don't mind, its better that you both hear this." he paused and took in a deep breath. "I'm pregnant."
There was a moments silence over the line before both Hill and Fury started to laugh. Tony had expected there to be some form of disbelief, so he gave them a second to compose themselves before adding, "It's true. You want proof? I got proof. Jarvis, send the most recent scan footage."
"Yes sir." The AI responded then sent the files. Fury's eyebrow rose as he opened the video footage, as did Hills, but he still didn't believe him.
"How do I know that this isn't just some girl you knocked up?"
Tony rolled his eyes. Of course he didn't believe him. He pulled up his t shirt and stood, turning to the side so that the director and agent could see his slightly plump stomach. "Here. More proof."
Tony heard a faint snort of further disbelief.
"You could just be getting fat after knocking someone up."
Tony's eyes narrowed but he didn't comment. He paused, thinking up another argument, but was saved as Fury went on to ask him something.
"Even if you were... pregnant... How did it even happen?"
Tony sighed then started to say in a tone that sounded like a children storyteller, "Well you see nick, when a man and a woman, or in this case two men, love each other very much, they do have this special method called sex where-"
"Alright! Spare me the details please, I need to sleep still." He said rudely with earned him another eye narrow. Tony then shrugged and was about to explain further when the elevator doors opened and Loki stepped out. 'Well, this makes it easier to explain...' Tony thought as he put the jar down and beckoned Loki over. Loki didn't see the screen at first until he was next to Tony.
"Director Fury, agent Hill, meet the father." Tony said, wrapping an arm around Loki's middle and grinning widely at the screen. Loki tried to smile back but he suddenly felt a little uncomfortable. He knew Tony would be telling Fury but he didn't realize it would be this soon.
Fury's eyes widened in disbelief before he slammed his fists down on the table and glared at them through the screen. "And what the hell is he doing there? Surely he should be rotting away in an Asgardian prison or in some way repenting."
"Good to see you again too Director." Loki said sarcastically with an uninterested expression. "And for your information, I did my time. A year of it in the prisons of Asgard. I am here on Midgard to prove myself a changed man."
"Also, when he came last year, it wasn't his doing, he was being mind controlled by... The Chitauri?" Tony added then Loki nodded before they turned their gazes back to the screen.
"How do I know it's not you being mind controlled?" Fury deadpanned.
'That question seems to come up a lot when telling people about Loki...' Tony thought. He was about to answer, but was surprised when he heard another voice.
"Trust me sir, it's not mind control, and I should know, being the only person here besides Loki that was under such influence."
Loki and Tony turned around and their eyebrows rose in surprise when they saw Clint and Steve walk out of the elevator.
"You two knew about this?" Fury spat in a disgusted tone. They both nodded.
"All of us did sir, and we trust Thor and Tony's judgement. Loki's been here for about 6 months, and they say he's changed, so we trust our two good friends on the matter." Steve said, standing with his back straight as Clint just hung back slightly.
Fury gave them a disbelieving look. "You mean to tell me... That he's been here on earth for half a year, and NO ONE thought it was a wise idea to tell me?"
"Well..." Tony shrugged. "He wasn't doing anything harmful; he was helping out in a book shop when I met him again. I saw no reason to tell you, until now that is... If I wasn't pregnant, then I'd still probably see no reason to tell you that he's here."
Fury sighed heavily then raised both hands in defeat. "Alright, I think you're mad for sleeping with the enemy, but I can see I won't win here. He stays but only on the condition that he behaves himself. One wrong move and we'll be down there arresting his ass faster than you can say the full name of S.H.I.E.L.D. Transmission end." and with that, the screen went dead, and everyone I the room sighed with relief.
"So what're you guys doing here?" Tony asked, turning to face Steve and Clint.
"We thought to could use a hand explaining... And I owe a kind of apology..." Clint said, rubbing the back of his neck and avoiding their gazes. Tony's eyebrow rose.
"Oh?"
"Yeah... I'm sorry about the way I've handled this. You should know that I'm still not 100% trustworthy of this guy yet," He pointed to Loki, "But you're my friend and I want to be here for you because pregnancy is a scary thing, especially for a guy like you..."
Both of Tony's eyebrows rose in surprise but he smiled soon after. "Thanks Clint. It's not all scary though, I've kinda gotten used to the feeling..." He glanced down and rubbed his belly fondly. Loki smiled then came up behind him to kiss his shoulder as he too rubbed his stomach.
"Yes. Thank you Barton. I understand it won't be easy for you..." Loki said with a smile, then leaned up to whisper suggestively into Tony's ear. Neither Steve nor Clint heard what he said, but upon hearing the hungry moan from Tony afterwards, they both decided they didn't want to know.
"We'll see you guys later then." Steve said before turning and walking quickly to the elevator. Clint bowed then ran after him, leaving the two lovers alone who both chuckled then kissed each other softly.
"How was work?" Tony asked, inwardly grimacing at how cute-sy that phrase sounded coming out of him. He sounded like a housewife talking to her husband as he returned from work... Or something to that effect.
"It was fine. I told Matt about us, but he doesn't know about the little one." Tony nodded. Loki had told him about Matt and they had agreed that Loki should tell him about who he dealt was and about them. "He wants to meet you sometime though... Maybe we could invite him here and tell him about our baby then sometime?" Loki added, to which Tony responded by shrugging.
"Sure, that should be fine." he said as he moved to sit down on a sofa. He rubbed his hands over his face tiredly before yawning.
"Have you been working?" Loki asked, narrowing his eyes as he sat down next to Tony and linked their hands together. Tony flinched and looked away suspiciously.
"Er... Maybe?"
Loki rolled his eyes the sighed. "I told you I don't like the idea of you messing around in the lab... What if you hurt yourself? Or our child?"
Tony looked back and smiled before kissing him reassuringly. "It's fine. I'm not doing anything too strenuous... Besides, there's nothing else to do around here when you aren't." His smile turned into a seductive grin as he let go of Loki's hand and turned to kneel next to him of the sofa. Loki raised an eyebrow at him, but felt himself grinning back as Tony leaned forward to kiss him again.
As their lips moved together, tongues touching and hands moving to feel the other's body, they moved into a lying position so that Tony was on his back with Loki towering over him.
"Loki..." Tony found himself moaning as the ex god started to kiss down his neck fervidly. He blushed as he felt Loki pull his t shirt's collar down and his hot mouth sucking on his collar bone.
"If you... You keep this up... Mmmh, although I think that's your plan?" Tony said breathlessly. He could already feel the effect Loki's sucking was having on him, and it didn't help that he was feeling him up through his trousers either. Loki pulled back and smirked.
"You got me, now what do you say we take this somewhere comfier?" He said in a lust ridden tone which just made Tony moan again. He nodded as Loki picked him up carefully then carried him off to their bedroom.
Dark: Well... Fury was mentioned at the beginning of the next chapter but I thought he should have a whole bit. It was actually Matt that I'd forgotten about completely :S ah well, this should suffice? For any Tumblr users out there, my friends and I have made a cosplay video for a parody song called 'Tumblr Fandom Style.' it'd be great if you guys could go watch/like/comment and stuff :) also, watch the Tony and Loki show if you want :) we need some more comments on those :p Until the next chapter! ;D
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