Sophie woke slowly and a bit disoriented on the sofa. The sky was beginning to show hints of sunset. She wiped the sleep out of her eyes and propped herself up. Noticing Loki sitting in the chair she smiled a bit and said, "Oh hey there. I'm sorry I was asleep."
He looked up from his sketch. "No trouble at all darling, just drawing." Loki got up and knelt by the edge of the sofa and gave her a brief kiss. "I turned the monitors back on, and yes you were dressed before I did so."
"Thank you, dear." Sophie reached out and touched his face before pushing the blanket down and running her hand down the soft shirt she was wearing. Her eyes flicked back up to him and she chuckled. "Loki, this is YOUR shirt. Subtle."
He grinned and shrugged. "I am anything but subtle love." Loki stood and went back to his seat and continued with his sketch.
"Am I back to not moving? Or can I go get something to drink?" She asked, half-jokingly, half- seriously.
He paused his shading and arched an eyebrow at her. "I can get you a drink if you feel up to it, was considering getting one myself."
"Please? That would be nice." She laid her head back down. "Are you going for wine or tea?"
He set the sketch pad on the table. "Could go for either one, which would you prefer?"
"There's a Riesling in the fridge." Sophie arched her back and stretched.
Loki licked his lips while she stretched. "Wine it is." He stood and retrieved the wine and two glasses from the cabinet, popping the cork and pouring the wine. He brought the glasses as well as the bottle back to the living area and handed one to her. "Here you go." He went back to his seat and took a sip before returning to his sketch.
Sophie watched Loki as he worked on the paper. He made faces that let her know when he wasn't satisfied with something, but a beautiful slight smile would twitch across his lips every once in a while. "I should get used to being a lady of leisure, if this is what we are going to do with ourselves."
He gave her a boyish smile. "I do aim to please darling."
Taking a sip of the wine, she returned the smile. "I think I am going to upset you though and see what there is for dinner."
"I am not disappointed at all, dinner does sound good. Just call if you need any help." He took another sip of wine and turned the page on his sketch pad to start another drawing.
Sophie went into the kitchen, grateful for the fact that Loki had thought to put leggings on her, and tossed together a salad and put steaks under the broiler. In about 20 minutes she was putting plates out and calling Loki.
Loki dropped the pad on the table and went to the kitchen when he was called. "Smells good darling." He topped off their wine and tucked into his meal.
Sophie leaned over her plate toward Loki. "You said I could ask you anything, right? Your, uhhh, the scepter, what's the stone in it? What does it do?"
He swallowed the piece of meat he was chewing. "It is one of the Infinity Stones, the Mind Gem to be precise. It can be used to control the mind of those it is used on, bend them to the users will. It is what I used on Barton when I first arrived and one of the many reasons he despises me." Loki took a bite of his salad. "Why do you ask?"
"Seems like something useful to know about." She toyed with her salad. "Do you know what happened to it?"
"No, it was taken from me by S.H.I.E.L.D. when I was taken into custody. Last I saw of it, Romanov had possession of it." He paused and took a sip of wine. "It would be nice to have it back, sans the Gem of course, it was a nice staff."
"You seemed to handle it well." "She gave him a quick wink and flicked one of the buttons off the shirt with her steak knife. "Oops."
Loki almost choked on his bite of steak and coughed before whispering. "Bloody Hel." He coughed one last time and composed himself. "Yes I do know how to handle my staff."
Sophie laughed behind her wine glass. "OK. I'll be good." She changed the subject. "Did you finish your picture?"
"You behave?" He gave her an incredulous look. "But yes I did, started another actually. Would you like to see?"
"Of course. But you are going to make me vain, I have a feeling." She ate a bit of steak and watched Loki.
He got up and retrieved his pad, bring it to the table. "No problem being vain if it is true love. The picture does you no justice."
There was another drawing of someone that she was sure was just too beautiful. Sophie smiled wistfully at Loki and sighed. "It's gorgeous. Maybe you'll let me keep one? I'll hang it next to the mirror and call the glass a liar, dear."
"You are even more gorgeous than that picture shows and the mirror is a filthy liar." Loki grinned at her and winked. "You can keep whatever you wish."
"No. You tell me which one I can have. You don't have much right now that's yours. I know what that feels like." Sophie looked at him a bit sadly. "I don't want you to regret giving me something later."
"Sophie, everything in this book is a memory. Those can never be taken from me; I am giving you a piece of myself." Loki leaned over the counter and kissed her cheek and grasped her hand. "This pad is now yours, I will just add to it from time to time."
Sophie held Loki's hand tightly and looked deeply into his eyes before she spoke. "I'll take care of it. I'll love it."
"Thank you Sophie." He smiled fondly and leaned in for a kiss.
She rose to meet Loki's kiss, running her fingers lightly up his cheek and back through his hair "You seem different tonight." Sophie said quietly. "Less frantic maybe."
He sat back down but kept a hold of her hand. "Our earlier… Conversation helped sort out a few things. I would hope it worked for you as well."
Sophie clung onto his hand; half afraid he would pull it away when she spoke. "I know I was hiding. I'm not anymore. But it just raised the old playground question, I know what you are, but what am I?"
"You are the gorgeous and talented Sophie." Loki laced his fingers with hers." And my… Girlfriend? Is that the correct term or am I being presumptuous?"
Sophie's heart caught in her chest and she was sure her cheeks flushed pink. "I..ummm…I…no…" She stopped herself, shook her head and bit her lip as she looked back up at him and smiled, "No. You're right. And it's much better than whore."
He caught her hesitation right away. "Darling, if it frightens you then we do not need to label the issue. Honestly thought that is what it is called, or would friends with benefits be more appropriate? Anything is better than being called a whore." Loki brought her hand to his lips and kissed the knuckles.
"Loki. You were right. And remember? I'm not afraid of you? And I'm not a whore. I might have taken that money, but I don't think I have ever just fucked you." Her eyes dropped to the table. "It's just….it's embarrassing…"
"Never said you were afraid of me, the situation itself is quite frightening." His free hand tilted her head to meet his gaze. "What is embarrassing about this?"
"Not this. This would just be incredibly difficult to explain and explanations will be expected sooner or later." She closed her eyes and huffed out her nose. "ME. I'm embarrassing. Why I don't know what to say… I'm 27 and have never been anyone's Girlfriend before."
Loki's eyebrows shot up to his hair line. "Never?" He watched her nod. "Then the males of Midgard are more moronic than I had first thought." He gave her hand a tug. "Come here." Loki pulled a bit harder to get her to stand; when she finally did he made her straddle his lap. "You are not embarrassing darling; you are wonderful and if other men couldn't see that then it just makes me very lucky." He wrapped his arms around her waist. "Want to hear an embarrassing tidbit? I am over a thousand years old and did not have a serious relationship until I was almost 700, lost my virginity when I was 712. Most men of Asgard lose that when they are just over 200."
"You are adorable. I doubt I can make up 500 years of lost time there, but you seem to want to try." She held him around the shoulders and kissed his forehead before whispering in his ear. "Silly, I was never ALLOWED. Never knew who they worked for."
"The trying is the fun part." Loki smirked at her amused. "That makes more sense now darling, human males are still idiots."
"And human females?" She arched a brow at him.
"Cannot speak for all females but the one currently sitting in my lap is incredibly intelligent and beautiful." He gave her a toothy smile.
"You only say that because there are knives at the table." She smiled down at him. "You are insanely good-looking when you do that, you know."
"Do what? State the truth?" He kissed under her jaw.
Sophie laughed as Loki kissed her neck "Noooo. When you smile like that. You did that the other day. Just smiled at me like that to make me stutter. Don't tell me you didn't. I know you did it on purpose." She reached down and poked at his chest.
Loki's tongue poked from between his teeth while he laughed. "I did no such thing dearest, I swear." He batted his eyes and looked at her innocently.
Her fingers slid around to his sides and ticked at his ribs. "You are a very bad liar, for being such a good liar."
He flinched away from the fingers and started laughing, deep and long. Loki was able to bat her hands away long enough to attack her own sides. "The key is to always have an element of truth." He wheezed out.
"What was true there? That you swear?" She giggled at him and tried to keep her balance as he wiggled under her.
Loki hauled her up and plopped her on the open area of the island, pinning her hands above her head. "The truth being that you are my dearest one."
"Am I? Am I yours?" Sophie went along with Loki's moving her around smilingly and bobbed her head forward and kissed him quickly.
"You are mine as I am yours, You are stuck with me until you send me away." He moved her arm a bit so both wrists were pinned with one of his and attacked her ribcage again.
Sophie squealed again and wiggling and kicking, sputtered out, "Don't make me scream. They'll probably come in with bazookas."
"Thought by now you would have screamed your last, considering how vocal you usually get during our… Conversations." He waggled his eyebrows and gave her a lusty smirk.
She looked at him with wide eyes and a fake shocked expression and tried to wiggle her hands out of Loki's grasp. "The monitors are on," she hissed at him, trying not to laugh.
"What is so wrong about mentioning a previous conversation?" Loki smile was down right devious. "You do get rather vocal about things that make you passionate." He licked his lips.
"Nothings wrong at all with that. Now what was it that I was getting so passionate about? I can't quite remember." Sophie raised her eyebrows.
"I believe it was your view from the window, magnificent it was." He rose his own eyebrow.
"Impressive skyline." She tried to shrug her shoulders. Then she grinned at Loki. "Do you want dessert? I have ice cream."
"Why are you on the menu?" He whispered.
"Still hungry?" she winked. "Now, be a doll and let go of my hands please."
He winked right back. "Always." His hands released her wrists then moved to grab her waist, dragging her closer to the edge and helping her sit up before he leaned in and kissed her.
Holding onto Loki for a moment after the kiss, she just stared into his eyes. "Why do I just feel like laughing right now?"
He shrugged. "No idea, but you said something about dessert?"
Sophie slid off of the counter and down the front of Loki. "I don't have much, but there is ice cream in the freezer. I have black cherry and chocolate. I'm guessing you want chocolate."
"Whatever gave you that idea?" Loki groaned quietly.
"You're not subtle, remember?" Sophie ducked around his arm, making sure to rub her backside against him as she slid past. "Why don't you go light the fire? I'll bring it in."
"Minx." Loki grumbled under his breath. "Sounds like a plan." He spoke normally and went to light the fireplace, he also dragged all the pillows he could find and a couple of blankets. He laid them out and settled in.
Sophie came out with 2 bowls and the rest of the wine. The sun had gone down and left the room dark except for the light from the fire. "Well, this looks cozy."
Loki reached up to grab the bowls and wine from her while she sat down. "That was the plan darling, nice cozy spot to indulge in chocolate."
"I have cherry. The pink one." She smiled and stuck her finger in the bowl, then licked the ice cream off of it slowly. "Yep. That one's mine."
He bit his lip. "Saucy minx." Loki took a bite of his own ice cream and licked the spoon clean. "Oh, I am sorry, would you like some of mine?"
Sophie laughed when Loki bit his lip. "I'd love a bite of you…yours."
He arched a brow and held up a spoonful of his frozen treat. "I am sure you would, I would love to take another bite out of you."
Sophie leaned over and took the spoon in her mouth and slowly pulled back from it , sliding the ice cream off into her mouth. "We could do this all night, couldn't we? Do you want some of mine?"
"In a moment, you have some of mine on your chin." Loki set his bowl down and leaned forward, at this point he was sure she was expecting him to kiss her but he would hate to become predictable. Instead he licked the errant sauce off her chin and sat back down with a smirk.
Blinking at Loki, Sophie said, "Very smooth." Then she held out a spoon of her own.
He snickered and took the offered bite as well as the spoon. "Mine now." Using the stolen spoon he took another bite of his and grinned smugly at her.
"Ohhh you are evil aren't you?" Sophie huffed, but grinned back. "I suppose I have to eat without it, unless I can talk you into giving it back huh?" Then she stuck her tongue out and licked at the ice cream in the bowl.
"You might, but you look completely ridiculous and it is amusing." Loki used the pilfered spoon again then dangled it in front of her. "What will you give me for it?"
"I'll give you a dollar. Or a kiss. Which do you want? Unless I should keep amusing the Agents." She pointed up at the ceiling
"Do not really care about amusing them, I am being thoroughly entertained though." Loki finished the last of the ice cream and used his finger to scoop up some of the lingering chocolate. "I would take that kiss, darling." He pointed at her with the chocolate covered digit. "Kisses are always welcome."
Sophie took the bait and leaned in to close her mouth around his finger and lick it clean.
Loki's breath hitched. "I love it when you do that, just reminds me of other things you can do with that mouth."
"I'm sure it does." She crawled over to Loki's lap, tipped her face up to his and whispered "Can I have my spoon?"
"After I have received my reward." He tipped his own head down and captured her lips, tasting the combination of cherry and chocolate along with something that was uniquely Sophie.
Her eyes drifted closed and she leaned further into him. The bowl was set down as her arms slid around Loki's slim waist. She sighed when he broke the kiss and whispered. "Every single thing about this situation is terrible, except for the fact that it is wonderful."
"Quit thinking about it then." He kissed her again, leaning back until he was laying down with her on top, his fingers laced themselves in her hair.
"Yes, dear. I'll quit for now. We'll have to figure it out sometime though." Sophie braced her hands on either side of Loki's head, kissed his cheeks softly and ran her nose along his.
Loki rolled them so he was spooned against her back, his arm draped over her waist while they watched the fire from among the nest of pillows. "What is so terrible about it? Other than the obvious listeners."
She sighed. "Apart from what…. was discussed earlier? I basically can't leave here. You're a prisoner. The last time we talked about it, you were pretty convinced that you were going to die before anyone decided you could be free. That's not even counting on…. your Boss. But then you smile like that, and it's like Disneyland."
He tightened his grip. "That is because with you I can carve out a little slice of Valhalla out of a large piece of Hel. Who knows, I just might still die tomorrow or the Titan could show up. We just do not know."
Sophie squeezed Loki's arms against her. "Would you like to turn off the monitors or should I?"
"Oh? Did you have something interesting planned?" He grinned and kissed her shoulder softly.
"I think they know we are safely in for the night. Don't you?" Sophie murmured and rolled her head back.
"That would be a safe assumption." Loki pecked her on the lips. "I will get the monitors darling." He popped up and wandered back to her bedroom to shut off the equipment.
Sophie rolled over onto her stomach on the pillows and watched Loki cross the apartment. So fluid and almost graceful, even just walking. She couldn't help but smile.
He returned from his little excursion to see her laying on her stomach among the pillows with her eyes closed, just lounging in front of the fire like a cat. Loki's brow rose, and she called him a cat. Walking over and peeling his shirt off at the same time, he settled back down next to her and snaked his arm around her once again.
"Loki," she grinned over at him, 'Were you too warm or are you showing off again?" She rolled over on her back with her face beneath his and reached up and stroked his cheek with the back of her hand.
He tilted his head into her hand. "Bit of both."
"You're beautiful, showing off or not." Sophie pulled his face down to meet hers, her eyes growing dark and her lips soft. "And I don't want to believe that there's a tomorrow where you might die. I think I'll just believe in right now."
"Sounds like a plan." Loki pressed his lips to hers again, adding to the ever building heat between them. Lips insistent upon hers, he coaxed her tongue out to caress his, passion building while his hands wandered up under the shirt she wore to cup a breast.
Sophie moaned into his mouth at the touch of his hands on her skin. Opening to his kiss, she tasted and explored him. Her hands ran down his sides where she had been tickling him earlier, his muscles tightening and then relaxing again when no pokes came.
He wanted to squirm away from her wandering fingers but pressed on, his lips moved to her neck and jaw. Loki rose up to his knees and knelt over her, still ravishing her. His hands got impatient with the fabric in their way, grasping the edges and tearing the shirt open, buttons flying everywhere. Lips left her neck and traveled down her chest, stopping briefly to tease her nipples to hardened buds.
Her breathing becoming rapid, as Loki's tender lips traveled down her body, Sophie whispered Loki's name like a mantra. "You are so hard on clothes," she gasped as her drew the tip of her breast into his mouth. Then she reached for his hand and drew it up to her mouth, where she ran his long, slender index finger across her lips and sucked it slowly back into her mouth. It still tasted slightly of ice cream.
Loki looked up at her with her breast still between his lips, he released it with a loud pop. "And you make me hard, I would call that an even trade. Besides, it is my shirt." His mouth returned to the valley of her chest and continued southerly, nimble fingers finding the waistband of her leggings and peeling them down her legs.
"I got this shirt for you." she mumbled as she reached down the flat expanse of his stomach just a moment to late to reach the fastenings on his pants because he had shifted down her body. Instead, she ran her fingers through his hair, massaging into his scalp.
Loki managed to remove her leggings, her panties followed soon after, leaving her bare to his gaze. He looked back up her body and met her eye, slowly he crawled back up. Running every inch of his body against hers until he was finally eye level with her again. His pelvis arching into her center so she could feel his erection grind into her, he moaned into her neck.
Sophie's hip bucked up to press against Loki's pelvis. His obvious arousal spurring her on to reach again and unfasten his pants. As soon as they were undone, her legs wrapped around his, tipping herself up to press him against her, offering. "Loki," she asked, "Is this what it's like? The always wanting?"
"Yes, love." Loki replied simply against her neck. He reached down and worked his pants further off his legs, his free hand working its way behind her back to arch her off the floor. Once his pants were down far enough he kicked them off and slid his hand slowly up the inside of her thigh, he gripped his shaft and guided himself into her inch by glorious inch. His lips captured hers again and he groaned at the exquisite feeling of being buried to the hilt within her depths. "Valhalla, darling… You always feel so amazing." Loki panted into her lips, hips bucking gently.
Sophie inhaled sharply as he slowly sunk into her. He moved slowly enough this time that she just closed her eyes to feel him sliding against her, stretching gently. She eased her legs ups around his and slid her arms up to hold him. "Amazing," She whispered back. "I want to wrap around you. And hold you. And…" Her hips rocked to meet Loki's.
Loki's lips worked hers with an almost frenzied passion but his thrusts stayed slow, gentle, full bodied rocking. He had no desire to speed up or increase his force, enjoying the intenseness of taking his time. "You can do to me as you wish, darling."
"I do, dear. I do." As she whispered against his kisses, she rolled her body to meet his, slowly circling her hips. Sophie's hand stroked his back, along the scars, becoming more grasping as the depth of Loki's attentions caused a slow, tight warmth to build inside of her. "Look at me again." She gasped softly.
Loki dragged his eyes to Sophie's, the coil in his lower abdomen coiling tighter with every languid thrust of his hips. "Yes, my love?"
Sophie smiled as she looked into Loki's eyes, so deep and whispered throatily. "You weren't sure about Girlfriend. What word would you use?"
His hips stuttered as his release thundered closer. "I would call you my Queen." His nose brushed hers while he stared into her eyes.
"I was serious." Sophie shuddered as she felt his hips lose rhythm. Her hands slid down his back to cup him and pull him down into her. She moaned as he was as deep as she could take him and held him tightly. "Oh… Loki…."
"So… Was… I…" Loki released with a strangled growl, his cock embedded deeply within her.
Feeling the twitching and heat of Loki's orgasm inside of her, sent Sophie to her own. She grasped Loki's hand and slid it between them, touching his fingers to her clit while she began to quiver around him. At the touch, her eyes flew open widely.
Loki regained enough fine motor function to rub slow, firm circles around her nub. The clenching of her walls on his member drew out more of his own orgasm, his teeth clenched and he drew in a hissing breath. "Such a beautiful sight you are, coming undone before me."
"And you…you…" Sophie gasped, "You are… oh god… amazing." She pulled him down to rest against her chest, hands stroking and clutching at the small of his back.
Loki rested his forehead against her chest and his weight on his forearms, bodies still connected. After a few moments his head rose and he kissed under her jaw before whispering. "I love you, Sophie."
Sophie's head swam at Loki's words and her heart beat even harder than it had been. He had said the word love before, she hadn't missed it, she just didn't know how to respond. It felt so soon to say something that she couldn't take back. She hadn't expected how good it would feel to hear that though. She held him tightly and kissed his head while she squeezed her watery eyes closed. "I…I…Thank you."
Loki felt her heart thump in her ribcage; his head raised in time to see her close her shimmering eyes. He smiled and kissed her fully. "You are welcome." He couldn't stop his grin. "Was almost expecting an 'I Know.'" He let the fact she didn't say it slide, knowing what he did about her. It might have stung a bit but he understood. For Sophie it was a huge commitment.
She smiled into the kiss as well. "Again, you aren't subtle, dear. But it means everything." She kissed his cheek and chin and the end of his nose, before returning to his beautiful grin.
Loki chuckled. "Hard to be subtle when my cock is still buried in your cunt darling." He nipped at her chin.
"Exactly where it seems to belong. Like in your arms is exactly where I seem to belong." She looked him in the eyes again, letting him see the glistening in hers. Hoping that was enough for him right now.
"I would not have it any other way darling." He shifted his weight so his hand thumb could wipe away a tear that slipped from her eye. "Everything is right." Loki pecked her lips again, letting her know he understood. He shifted his weight again so they could lie on their side.
Sophie curled against him and idly asked, "If you could be anywhere else right now, where would you be?"
"I would not wish to be anywhere else but right here." Loki drew a lazy finger up her spine. "If you were with me I would say back at my stable to make sure everything was running smoothly in my absence, then I imagine we would return here to your apartment. Perhaps split our time between these places. Where would you go if you could go anywhere?"
"I would go with you." She blushed a bit, then sighed. "There was a cabin on the lake we used to go to when I was little. They let me sleep on the porch in a cot with a wool trader blanket. I could hear the waves on the shore and watch the lawn full of fireflies. Do you have fireflies?"
"I believe we have something similar, ours are larger and more beetle like. Their antennae glow instead of their bodies. We often used them to floating lanterns because of how strong they flew." Loki's hand caressed her hip and ran along her thigh. "I do have a small hunting lodge near a phosphorescent lake in Asgard, we could visit there. Those beetles also breed near there."
"Yes?" Sophie snuggled her cheek against Loki's shoulder. "Those still all sound so…. unreal. But then, so did the magic. We will, we'll get you through this. I'll take you up on that, and the stables."
He curled up closer to her and conjured a blanket to cover them up. "That's the plan darling."
Sophie sat up a bit and looked at Loki. "Really? There's a plan?"
"Of course." He smiled boyishly. "At some point I would wish you to come with me to Asgard for a visit, if not live there."
"Before I'm 80?" She cocked her head and grinned back and gave his shoulder a gentle shove. "I'm serious. We need to figure out exactly what hoops they want to see you jump through. Cause if S.H.I.E.L.D. can manage to convince Asgard that you're OK, they'll trade you back for tech."
"If S.H.I.E.L.D. deems me worthy enough to be 'redeemed' then my sentence will have ended, they could trade me back but no one can keep me where I do not want to be." Loki poked her in the ribs. "And I would only wait until you are 74."
Sophie giggled at the poke. "I can hardly wait. You, me, my walker…it'll be awesome. But really, you wanted to be here?"
"Here yes, with the children yes, even Sarah started to grow on me." Loki hitched her leg over his hip and stroked it lightly. "You, I found at first to be annoying, then you became fascinating and well, the rest they say is history. Right now I could leave, but I stay because you are here, darling."
"Me annoying?" She squeaked at Loki. "How? Because I didn't want to put up with YOU being so annoying?"
He laughed. "No, because you would not back down and that fascinated and yet annoyed me."
Trailing her fingers along his collarbone, she slightly shook her head. "Well, that's OK then," she conceded. Pausing a second to take in the fact that with his magic, he really could just leave, Sophie smiled at Loki. "And thank you. I think? Besides, just walking out of here would probably be a pretty bad move. They would just try to chase you down."
"It would not so much walking out the door as teleporting to another location, perks of being one of the most powerful sorcerers in the Nine realms." Loki's fingers tickled behind her knee.
"It was a metaphor." She grinned and wiggled at the tickle. "So, if I could figure out exactly what it is they want from you, would such a powerful sorcerer be willing to play along and give it to them? If only to keep two planets full of people from trying to kill you on sight?"
"Where is the fun in that?" His fingers abandoned her knee to rest idly on her hip. "It is my nature to cause chaos, to cease would be to cut out my still beating heart."
"Consider it a challenge. You don't want to think you aren't you anymore anyway." Sophie's hand left his shoulder to play with the fingers laying on her hip. "Chaos within boundaries."
"Consider the challenge accepted, I shall endeavor to behave and play the puppet." Loki's intense gaze met Sophie's. "But know this, if at any time I feel there is a threat to either of us, the deal is off and S.H.I.E.L.D. will not be able to stop me from exacting vengeance."
"I'm not saying you should let yourself get hurt. The last time you were with that guy Paul," Sophie sucked in her breath sharply. "That was inexcusable. Just don't … I don't know. Don't pull a full Loki."
"I worry more about you Sophie, the lone dolphin in a tank of sharks. If they catch on to what we are doing, then consider it the blood to start the frenzy." He drummed his fingers on her hip. "Paul was an isolated incident, I do not think they would allow that to happen again." Loki pursed his lips then grinned. "I will not pull a 'full Loki' as you call it, perhaps a half Nelson."
Sophie smiled. "Good. Just don't give them an excuse." She reached up and stroked his cheek. "And I'll be fine. As far as I can tell I am doing exactly what they want me to be doing, just not for their reasons. I'd probably be in a heap of trouble if they found out about the runes, but much less trouble than you would get in."
"Another thing to add to the list of reasons you will be the death of me." His hand flew to his chest in mock hurt as he grinned.
Laying her hands over his, she very seriously met his grin. "If they ever find out about that…I did it. It was me, my idea, you didn't even know until it was too late to stop me. I'll get yelled at. You… I don't know what they would do to you."
"They would do more than yell, they would separate us and most likely send you to Tahiti like they did Brittany. They would learn quickly what would happen, if it came to that." His grin sobered quickly.
"I still did it. I'm the one that took that risk. It's the truth." She leaned in and kissed his cheek. "And I'd walk away from any trouble I got into and you would find me."
"In less than a heartbeat." Loki turned his head and captured her lips in a brief kiss. "I do not know about you darling but I am getting tired."
Sophie flung her arms out wide. "Then take me to bed!" she laughed.
Loki laughed right along with her while he stood, once on his feet he bent down and picked her up, slinging her over his shoulder and marching into the bedroom. He tossed her on the bed and crawled in after her, gathering Sophie in his arms and curling against her back.
Sophie pulled Loki's hand up from around her waist and brought it to her lips, where she placed soft kisses on his fingers and knuckles. "You know," she said quietly, half to herself, "Todd said something like, he thought we were partners. I wonder if he had any idea this is what that meant."
He hummed deeply in his throat. "Most likely not darling, but I believe he would be pleased." Loki pressed his lips to the side of her neck. "Sleep now my darling, perhaps if we wake early enough, I can have you again before I leave." He was sure she could feel the naughty smirk he pressed to her shoulder.
Sophie closed her eyes, and curled her legs around his. Feeling Loki's smile against her, a grin almost split her own face and she silently mouthed the words 'Loves me' into the darkness.