A/N:

The Avengers, Loki, Iron Man, or anything of the like. Just the thoughts inside my head. And taking some personal freedoms with mythology and lore.


Kasir walked into the hospital room and Gabby glanced over, making a face at the mess that he was. "See, what did I tell you? They come in covered in whatever work they were doing." Anya chuckled from the bed, looking exhausted. Gabby was sitting on one side of the bed, Steve on the other, looking down at the bundle in his arms. "Although the difference is he's a little later than Steve usually is."

Kasir waved his hand over his face and all the blood and grime disappeared. He still sported his battle wounds, but he was at least clean. "I missed it?"

"Only by about twenty minutes," Steve spoke up. Kasir walked over and kissed Anya lightly, looking over at the baby in his arms. "It's a little girl, perfectly healthy." Kasir grinned and Anya took his hand. "You now have to wait until I'm done holding her."

"Steve," Gabby poked his shoulder. "You'll get to hold her later, he's the new father." Anya smiled watching them.

Steve got up and walked over to Kasir and waited for the man to shake his nerves out. He gently took his daughter from Steve's arms and let out a breath, smiling. She blinked up at him, eyes gold like his against her mocha colors skin. He slowly sat down in the empty chair next to the bed by Anya.

"She's going to be a Seer," Kasir smiled, unable to look away from the little girl. "She's going to be as beautiful as her mother though."

"Last time you used flattery like that, this happened," Anya snorted a little. "Do you need to go back? I felt when the fighting stopped."

Kasir shook his head. "No, we'll be fine to stay here for a little bit." He looked up at her and smiled slightly as she rubbed his arm. "Everything is being handled right now, I'm fairly sure."

"You're not inspiring confidence," Gabby frowned. "What happened?"


Loki took a breath in through his nose as he gently woke up. Fingers were running through his hair softly and he turned his head a little. He hummed a little and slowly opened his eyes. Tony was next to him and he smiled a little.

"Hey Sleeping beauty," Tony said softly. "Been waiting to see those sweet greens again." Loki swallowed and reached up to rub his cheek then frowned when he saw the bandage on his hand. "Yeah, you're still sporting those bandages, even though you've been asleep for three days."

Loki blinked then tried to sit up and groaned. "Slow down, your shoulder is probably killing you right now, and you're probably all sore."

"How did they find us so quickly?" Loki asked, voice rough. "After the fight, they couldn't have shown up so quickly."

"Now don't freak out, but I can answer that one." Loki looked at him and blinked. Tony moved in his chair a little to show Tomas and Sander sleeping in the bed behind him. "I guess someone went for them at the Tower, but Bruce, Clint and Lee got them out. They got scared and had grabbed onto the pendants, and it actually brought them here to Asgard." Loki sat up a little and Tony put his hands on his arms. "Hey, it's okay, they don't show up in the middle of a battlefield. Heimdall found them first, and I'm sure that freaked them out a little, but they helped the others find us. They're okay though, they're fine."

Loki let out a breath and relaxed against the pillows again. He looked around and spotted Eindride a couple beds away talking to Chris who sitting at the edge of the bed. "He woke up yesterday, a little shaken and quiet. The girls told me what he did." Loki looked at Tony. "How far back did it go? He did it to me once, too."

Loki licked his lips a little and Tony took his hand. "Back to right after he was born," he said quietly. "I can only imagine that it was him that stopped it."

"I guess, I was out of it," Tony shrugged a little.

"What about everyone else?" Loki looked at Tony. He smiled a little and nodded his head down the other way. Loki looked over and saw Steve and Heimdall crowded around Kasir, a bundled baby in his arms. Gabby was sitting with Anya while they watched, Andrew in Gabby's lap, Bry on the closest bed.

"Whenever Kasir looks like he's about to put the baby down, Steve is there. He's a proud Granpa, that's for sure." Tony snorted a little as they watched. "And Heimdall has just gotten back from resetting the defenses, and Gabby told him to hover if he wants a chance of holding her before Steve grabs her."

"It is sometimes amazing that he leads one of the most feared groups of heroes," Loki shook his head a little.

"Gives him complexity, and character," Tony snorted. He rubbed Loki's hand a little as they sat in a soft silence. "So, there's still a lot that needs to be done. Kasir said he was going to wait until you were awake to officially deal with Gauton."

"Where is he now?" Loki raised an eyebrow.

"Trapped in a time loop at the moment, no chance of escape." Loki nodded at Tony's words. "And we'll have to go back to Jotunheim for a bit I would assume, and Thor and Balder were waiting for you to wake up. Tonight will be the funeral," Tony said quietly. Loki nodded a little more sedately, not letting go of Tony's hand. He looked at Tony and saw him playing with the edges of Loki's blanket with his other hand. Loki leaned over and put his forehead against Tony's, gently dropping a kiss along his nose.

Chris had managed to get Eindride to take a short walk with him outside of the Healer's hall, to get him to stretch his legs and to avoid Heimdall and Steve hovering over the new baby. "Have you held her yet?" Eindride asked his cousin. "It's your first niece."

"Are you kidding? With Dad around? No one gets to hold her." Eindride snorted. "Little Iria is going to be so spoiled with attention." Chris watched his cousin a little as they walked. "So, how are you feeling now?"

"Just a little tired," he shrugged a little. He saw the way Chris looked at him. "My powers are a pain sometimes, that's all."

"Yeah, I figured that's what happened. Listen, I can't even imagine what went down, and what you saw, but you gotta know that what you did, it saved a lot of people, including your dads." Eindride nodded, smiling a little. "And-"

"Chris!" They both stopped and turned at the voice that called out. Eindride's eyes went up in surprise when someone suddenly slammed into Chris, an arm hugging him and a mouth kissing him suddenly. "What are you doing here?"

Chris blinked and waited for his brain to catch up to what just happened. "Alex?"

"Oh, this just got extremely interesting," Eindride grinned. "You're right Chris, coming out for this walk is really helping me feel better." They were both able to look at Alex and saw that he was dressed in the non-duty clothes given to the guards. He had a few healing cuts on his cheek. Eindride was able to get a good first look at the man that Chris had been talking about. He was about the same height as Chris and had sandy brown hair that went well with Chris's lighter blonde, and had stormy teal colored eyes. Eindride nodded a little, seeing the physical appeal of the man.

Alex turned to see Eindride and blinked then pulled one arm away from Chris and bowed a little. "Forgive me, your Highness, I did not see you there at first."

"Oh ew, titles, no thank you," Eindride shook his hand a little. "I spend most of my time on Midgard and I'm not royalty down there, so please be casual with me."

"What exactly are You doing here?" Chris asked as he brushed at the skin under the cuts, drawing Alex's attention back to them. "Were you here fighting?"

"Yes, I am part of the Guard here," Alex nodded, admitting. "I would have told you had I known that you knew the royal family, or about Asgard in general. The King had given me leave to pursue studies on Midgard, and that I only need to report back once a year, or in emergencies." Alex took his hand and rubbed his thumb a little. "You still haven't answered my question."

Eindride was grinning and Chris wanted nothing but to shove him. "Well, I guess it'll make a little awkward when I say this douche here," he jabbed his other thumb towards Eindride who frowned dramatically at the name, "is my cousin."

"Oo! Oo! Can I tell him!" Chris let out a long sigh and Eindride didn't wait. "Yes, we're cousins, awesome cousins, and his Uncles are my Dads, Tony Stark and Loki, and his grandfather is Balder, and his Dad is Steve Rogers, Captain America, and his mom is Gabby. This is exciting now."

Alex looked at Chris with wide eyes. "You're of the royal family as well?"

"You know, it really shouldn't be as hard as it is to spot an Asgardian anymore, I feel like we should have known this," Chris told him. "Yeah, I guess I'm technically royal, but luckily I'll never see any throne. Like Anders, I'm pretty good with chilling down on earth, very casual like."

"This is really surprising to say the least." Eindride could hear Alex meld back into the more relaxed earth tone, much less formal that the Asgardian tones. Chris snorted a little and smiled Alex. He could also see the way that Chris seemed to light up a little around him.

"There you are," another voice called out and Eindride bit back a sigh. They were never going to walk again. "I thought that you two would want a chance at holding Iria." Gabby walked over to them and blinked when she saw how close Chris and Alex were. "Kasir and Anya managed to get her to fall asleep, and I forbid your father from holding her again until we get home. Hello." She faced Alex with a smile and a sleeping baby.

Alex bowed at the waist. He went to talk and both Chris and Eindride shook their heads. "Apparently I should not formally address you by your title, but I'm Alexi."

"Flattery is the best way to get on a woman's side, Alexi, and don't let these two tell you otherwise." She smiled at him then looked at Chris and Eindride. "You let him flatter your mother." Chris jaw had dropped a little and Eindride took a step back. "Now, here's your niece." Chris blinked a little and took her gently, not waking her up.

Alex moved a little to Chris's side to look down at the sleeping infant. Gabby caught the way that he glanced at Chris's face and tilted her head a little then glanced over at Eindride. He pressed his lips together, taking another step back from his Aunt. She crooked a finger at him to have him come closer and he just shook his head.

"Mom?" They looked over and saw Chris and Alex both watching them, attention off of the baby. "What are you doing?" She put her hand down. "You and Dad are so weird."

"You came out relatively normal," Alex commented and Chris snorted.

"My twin sister is married to Heimdall's son, and they both rule over Helheim," he said glancing back at Alex, who just blinked. "And she didn't tell us she was pregnant until she was already in labor."

"Normal is a relative term," Eindride commented.