Thor and Fandral felt as though they were intruding on something incredibly personal as Sigyn and Loki interacted for the first time since they were forced apart. They watched as the pair looked at one another as though terrified to blink would wake them from a dream.

'I didn't think I would see you again.' Loki confessed.

'I never stopped looking for ways to get to you.' Sigyn swore, looking into his rich green eyes. 'I am so sorry.'

'It was never your fault though.'

'But I have not stopped thinking...if I had been stronger….'

Loki cupped her face in her hands. 'I have never met anyone as strong as you. I was told of all you have endured since our separation, you are so much stronger than you realise, Sigyn.'

'You have too. Ana told me that you have them.'

'They are safe and so wonderful.' Her pain was clear in her eyes. 'I need to show you something.' He leant forward, kissing her for a moment before taking her hand and leading her out of the room.

Sigyn was going to question him for a moment but instead, she paused before looking at him. 'They…'

'Ana said you could sense them from them being in contact with her.' Sigyn's breath was shallow as she thought of her children. Loki held her hand tightly. 'Are you ready?'

With tears in her eyes and a feeling in her throat that was too tight to say anything, Sigyn nodded. Loki gave a small pull of her hand and the pair entered the next room.

Sigyn inhaled deep and looked in front of her. She bit her lips together as she looked at the large crib in the middle of the room. Part of her wanted to rush over, but her body would not work as she wanted to, and every step was slow and every moment was like a hundred hours to her as she walked over. As soon as she looked into the crib, she sobbed into her hand as she smiled.

Inside the crib, the two boys were sleeping, their hands touching as they did so. Even though both adults were silent on their entering the room, both boys started to stir, and wake. When the one with hair like their father opened his eyes, tears fell from hers. 'Hello.' He frowned for a second before sticking out his little tongue and kicking his legs. 'Hi.' she leant into the crib and took him gently into her arms, being careful of his little head as she brought him up and put him against her, kissing his head, gently rocking as she did. 'My beautiful baby boy.' She looked at Loki, who was just as emotional as she was. 'Which…?'

'Vali.'

'Vali.' She repeated in a whisper, kissing his head again. Vali, knowing his name, pushed himself slightly from her chest so to look at her. 'Hello, beautiful boy. I am so sorry I took so long, I have done nothing but think of you all, I promise, I swear I wanted nothing more than to be here with you.' She rambled, not wanted to let go of him.

Loki walked over and held out his arms to take Vali from her. For a moment, Sigyn looked like she did not want to let him take their son, but as she looked at Narfi, who seemed to realise he was being left out of something interesting, she unwillingly handed her son to his father and reached into the cot and took out their second son, who immediately reached out to touch his mother's face. 'And Narfi, of course.' Loki commented, his voice tight as he watched the interaction between mother and son.

'Hello, my handsome Narfi.' Sigyn wept, looking at her son, who gurgled and smiled at her, causing fresh tears to fall. Cuddling him close, she swayed a little again, kissing him lovingly. 'My babies.'

'You are natural at this.' Loki noted. 'I took a few days to get used to it.'

'I have been readying for this for months. I swore to myself I would get to my family or die trying, those were the only options for me.' She looked at him in a manner that showed him the sincerity of her words.

Loki swallowed at the mention of "my family" confirming, even more, the words from Anastasia that to Sigyn, there was only him and their children. He leant in and kissed her, leading to Narfi giving a little noise and babbled at his father. 'I get to kiss her too.' He chuckled. Both twins gurgled at his words. 'I knew her before you two terrors.' Vali joined in and banged his little fist onto his father's chest. 'Am I being forced to step back?'

'I think so.'

'Five minutes, just five minutes and they are their mother's little boys.' Loki smiled.

Sigyn could not stop herself from smiling back. 'I had your full attention in about five seconds.'

'That is very true.' Loki conceded with a smile. 'How did you get out?'

'A lot of work on Thor's behalf, and apparently Auntie Ana.'

'She did not tell me about this, she just told me to bring the boys to come here, she said it was important.' He looked at his sons, who were seemingly able to realise who was there with them. 'So he helped you, after everything…?'

'Thor!' Sigyn remembered her brother and smiled. She turned and went to the door, walking out of the room with Narfi in her arms, Loki following after with Vali in his. They went back to the room where Ana and Loki had been waiting for her arrival. On their arrival, Thor standing there alone with no sign of Fandral. As soon as she entered the room, Thor turned to look at them, his eyes focused on the contents of arms, his eyes brightening and a large smile immediately coming to his face. 'Where…?'

'Ana didn't know if it was right to add anyone else to this, so…' Thor looked at the two little boys, unable to focus on anything but them. 'I cannot believe you made two little babies at once.' He smiled as he walked over.

'"Little", there was nothing "Little" about them. I was as big as a carriage.' Sigyn laughed. 'Thor, this is Narfi, and that one is Vali.' She showed her sons to her brother.

Thor leant down so he was face to face with Narfi, the small child staring at him with interest. Thor smiled and the small boy decided to investigate his beard. As soon as his hand touched the bristly facial hair, he made a small noise before giggling and doing it again. 'I have this uncle thing down.' Thor declared proudly, putting out his hands and elated when Narfi made to get over to him.

Loki looked analytically at the future monarch. By Aesir standards, Loki was lithe but tall, but he was startled to see just how tall Thor was in comparison to him. Thor, for his part, was sussing out Loki too. 'You know, I should hand your ass to you for what you did with my sister, but I think you two have endured enough.' He smiled. 'There is no expressing my gratitude for your standing by her side through this and for fighting on behalf of my nephews.'

'There is no expressing mine at how you have helped Sigyn and myself, as well as our sons.'

Thor grinned, eyeing the other man. 'What Norn did you piss off to say you got caught up with my sister?'

Loki, seeing that it as a jestful comment, chuckled. 'I am not sure what sin I committed in a past life, but I find myself grateful for whatever it was.'

Thor laughed in response. 'You,' He pointed to Loki. 'Are well suited to my sister.' The sound of little laughs caused him to look down at the boy in Loki's arms. 'We meet again, Little Man.' Vali gurgled and bounced his legs happily at him. Thor handed Narfi back to his sister and extended his arms, elated to see Vali reach out to him. 'You have grown considerably since the last time I held you.'

You held him?' Loki asked curiously.

'Yes, when I was birthing, it was Thor that came to my assistance, he took Vali from my room, he is the first person to hold him.

'So we know that Vali was the older one?'

'Yes, he was born first.' Thor confirmed. 'His skin and hair, I will never forget it.'

'And you held him?'

'Yes.' Thor looked fondly at his nephew. 'He was a quiet little thing when I had him settled. He fell right to sleep.' Loki nodded his head slightly as he absorbed the information given to him. Thor did not dwell on it and instead looked at Vali. 'Do you remember me? I bet you do, you are your mother's son, you know who I am.' Vali, like his brother, reached out for Thor's beard, fascinated by the odd feeling hair. 'He may have more Jotnar skin, but I think he looks more like our side, except the hair, of course.'

Sigyn looked at both of her children, kissing Narfi's head as she did. 'Maybe.'

'They are perfect.' Thor smiled.

'Because you know so much about babies.' Sigyn scoffed, though she agreed completely.

'I know more now than I ever learned before they were born.' Sigyn looked at her brother, startled. 'I read about them, I wanted to be ready to meet my nephews properly.' He explained with a shrug.

'How much interaction were you planning with them?' Sigyn asked.

The proud look on Thor's face fell. 'But….they are my family too.'

'But you never liked babies?'

'Yes I do, I think they are cute and fascinating, they see the realms so differently to us, they live in the now.'

'Wait, I am still at the part where you think them "cute" I am not near ready to go into your philosophical idea as to their thoughts.' Sigyn scoffed. She watched as Narfi began to cuddle in against her.

'He is getting hungry.' Loki informed her.

Sigyn looked sadly at her son, remembering the agony she suffered as she was forced to not allow her body to deal with the milk it had produced. For the first few days, it seemed to know there were two babies that should need feeding, but with the lack of feeding, they engorged before the milk was forced to no longer be made. She felt bitter over that, even now. She wanted to feed her babies, to feel the connection she had read extensively on that occurred as a result, but it never happened.

'Sig?' She looked sadly at Thor. 'Are you alright?'

'I need...I don't know.' She conceded.

Thor rubbed his sister's arm, seeing the utter conflict on her face. It was clear, the joy, relief and sense of being that she had from being with her children again was clashing with the anger and heartbreak she had from not being with her children from the start. 'Whatever you feel, Sig. We are here.'

She gave a small sad smile back. 'Yes, I just...my mind is every direction.' Narfi seemed to sense his mother's distress and cuddled into her causing her to look at him and frown. 'Is it so strong already?' Sigyn pondered. A moment later, her hand began to glow blue before his did a little in green.

'Oh, Norns.' Thor chuckled. 'Trouble ahead.'

Loki looked between the siblings worriedly, not understanding what Thor was implying. 'Is something wrong?'

'Narfi's seidr is reacting to Sig's, you are not going to have it easy with these two.' Thor explained as he watched his sister play with her son through her magic. 'Sig was a terror as a child, nothing was safe with her. It was endearing when she could not control it, but when we were a little older, she was a right pain. There was this one time, when we were young, she turned herself into a snake, and she knew I love snakes, so I picked up this wonderful-looking snake so I could inspect it and she just turned back into herself and yelled "Ahh, it's me", and proceeded to kick me between the legs, hard. We were young enough at the time, not yet teenagers.'

Loki frowned and looked at Sigyn, who was smiling fondly at the memory, uncertain of what to say in response to such a thing. He was about to say something when the door opened and a blonde haired man came in.

'If we want to get back before anyone gets suspicious, we need…' He ceased speaking and looked between the three adults before looking at the two infants. 'What's with the children?' He asked Thor before looking at them. 'And why have they purple eyes?'