Patchwork Road
By Rey

Chapter summary: Of all things, openness is one thing that Loki is most unaccustomed to.

48. Naked

Everything feels… odd, and new, and open, in a drowsy, half-aware Loki's mind.

He feels no cloth-against-skin friction as he sluggishly shifts about to find a better position.

Then again, he cannot feel much of anything, while at the same time he feels too much of… something.

He abhors this openness, this vulnerability, and yet a part of him craves it – a visceral part that heeds no denial.

He feels free, and it frightens him.