Twenty minutes into Lilo and Stitch the pizza order arrived. The elevator doors opened and Tony paused the movie. "Help me move some of this would ya?"
"Why would I do that. You're the one who decided we needed two of everything this eatery had to offer." Loki reached toward the remote that Tony had left on the couch and nearly pressed play when Tony came back with nothing in his hands.
"Exactly, I decided we needed two of everything because I remember the last time an Asgardian tried to eat me out of house and home. So if you want to actually eat any of this delicious food I suggest you help me get it out of the elevator." Tony snatched the remote out from under Loki's fingers and tossed it onto a chair across the room. "Now you at least have to get up."
Sighing Loki uncrossed his legs and stood. "Fine."
It took almost ten minutes of walking back and forth. Ten minutes of Loki carrying either an impossible quantity of boxes and bags or carrying the lightest of things. Ten minutes of Tony slightly regretting his decision to order an actual mountain of pizza and other nonhealthy foods that Pepper was certain to shame him for later.
Loki settled back on the couch. His legs folded once more so his feet were tucked under his legs. On his lap sat a box of pizza covered in spinach, broccoli, mushrooms, green peppers, and tomatoes.
Practically falling back onto the couch Tony reached out and grabbed the nearest pizza sized box and started devouring a pizza covered in meats.
As the movie continued Loki settled into calmly picking the tomatoes off of the pizza he had selected. Soon enough all the bits of red were off of his pizza and he started eating as he watched the little blue monstrosity dart across the screen. As long as he didn't look down at the red sauce he was fine.
They spent several hours eating or snacking yet barely making a dent in the mountainous pile of food. Stitch got a family. A mermaid who wished for legs. Some women apparently saved some place called China because she was a good warrior. Loki looked down at the remains of the fourth pizza he was eating. He didn't know why he felt the pressing need to cry as if any of these stories meant anything. Of course he could see the parallels between himself and 626. Perhaps Loki could see a bit of himself in Ariel but he could also see himself in Ursula, a monster cast out for one reason or another. It did sting a bit that some untrained warrior, let alone a mortal woman, was a better fighter than he was after how many hundreds of years of training.
Tony cleaned up some of the boxes as the end credits rolled for Mulan. "You're going to keep all of this food."
"Why would I do that. You ordered it."
"Which one of us is practically skin and bones wrapped in a burrito of sleep deprivation? Hint, I'm pretty sure it's you. Which means you win the feast of food. Also I don't really feel like moving it up to my floor so even if you don't want it it's staying here."
Loki placed the empty box on top of the others. "Fine. Though don't think you can get away with this."
Laughing Tony asked, "Get away with what?"
The end credits finally stopped and Loki stood up. He stretched a bit which caused a few loud pops and cracks to creak from his bones. He stepped up in front of Tony, "Get away with what you think you're doing. You think when you leave I'll eat all that you have left. That I'll get better with a bit of food and rest or whatever else. I might, I suppose it's rather difficult to determine what will pass. But you think I don't notice. I do. I do notice. I'm not...I'm not an invalid. I can take care of myself."
Tony took a step back. "I get that you can take care of yourself Reindeer Games. But you seem to have a problem with following through on that. That's why I'm here and Jarvis is here. Now if you don't mind I have some work to get done. Apparently Pepper can't run my entire company without me. Who would have thought."
Loki raised an eyebrow but before he could say anything Tony continued, "I know. I thought she could take care of everything but apparently I'm still needed for meetings. I'll be free for more movies later tonight. Though you could always have Jarvis pull some up for you or something."
Once Tony Left Loki settled back down on the couch and rewatched Lilo and Stitch with a bowl of garlic knots resting on one knee and a bowl of broccoli bites on the other. He was half way through the sequel when he realized that he had eaten almost a quarter of the food from the mountain that Tony had ordered. He had done it almost completely without meaning to. It had simply been there and he kept reaching. A mindless action. He pushed the boxes off of his lap and stood up. Carefully pushing the table away from the couch Loki made certain he wouldn't eat any more from the table. He didn't need Tony to come back and make a big deal out of mindless nothings.
Pausing the movie Loki walked to the kitchen to make a cup of tea. With a flick of his wrist Loki started the flame without turning the knob. He gathered his mug and tea bag with a smile on his face. His seidr was back or at least partly recharged. Everything would be alright now. He would have a cup of tea, finish the movie, and then continue on living. Though perhaps living would be at least slightly less difficult now than it had been.
