Summary: (Takes place after the events of the first Avengers movie) Loki gets imprisoned in the dungeons of Asgard for his war crimes and Y/n gets sent home, only to reunite with him after Thor notices he is losing his brother slowly, and believes that Y/n is the only one who can help Loki.
"Loki..." Frigga said as she watched her son walk up towards the throne that Odin sat upon. "Hello mother. Have I made you proud?" He responded, raising his eyebrows in sarcasm. Frigga looked at her son in sadness and pity, her hands cupped below her stomach. "Please," she pleaded. "don't make this any worse." Loki had no emotion in his eyes as he spoke. "Define worse."
You watched from beside Frigga, your eyes locking with Loki's as he moved his gaze from his adoptive mother to you. "Y/n." he greeted, a fake smile forming on his face. "Loki, why...?" you questioned, eyes accusing and sad as the young God smirked at you. "Always so serious, Y/n." Loki smiled sadly. "Enough!" Odin's voice boomed throughout the throne room, bouncing off the walls slightly. You jumped in surprise, everyone directing their attention towards the Allfather. "I will speak to the prisoner alone." Odin said, the pit in your stomach growing deeper. You obliged, following Frigga out of the throne room to await Loki's sentence.
It had been months since that day. You had to return to Midguard as you still had a life there. You were not from Asguard. Like Jane, you were from Earth. You met Loki by accident when he fled in order to hide from Thor and the rest of the Avengers after destroying New York. He ended up choosing your house as a suitable hiding place one night when you were at work, being discovered by you when you returned home around three in the morning, sitting on your couch watching TV eating a packet of chips.
He ended up moving in with you, despite you disagreeing with the ide at first, however he soon grew on you. One thing led to another, and the two of you became a thing. Now here you are, sitting alone at home, on the couch eating a bag of chips and watching TV. Life got boring after Loki was taken prisoner and transported back to Asguard. You hadn't seen him since, but Thor was still around.
He came around every so often whenever Earth seemed to be in danger and needed protecting, but Loki was never with him. You missed that raven haired man with his stupid magic tricks. You were deep into the program on TV, when a loud knock on your door brought you back to reality. "Who is it?" you yelled, not wanting to move from your current position on the couch.
"Thor. Open up." The booming voice was like a wave of relief coming over you as you shot up and rushed to open the front door, welcoming the God into your home. "What brings you here Thor?" You asked, watching as the large brute went straight for the kitchen pantry, pulling out a box of pop tarts. "I came to bring you back to Asguard. It was by Frigga's request that you should return. Also, pop tarts."
You giggled as he poured the pop tarts into his mouth, chucking the now empty box and packaging into the bin. Then what he said registered in your head. "Wait, Asguard? Will I get to see Loki again?" you questioned, walking up to the God as he wrapped an arm around your waist. "All will be explained when you get there. Now hang on." Thor said as a familiar cylinder surrounded the two of you and blasted you to Asguard.
As soon as you were inside the castle, Thor led you towards Queen Frigga's chambers. She sat at her desk in her large room, the curtains drawn, darkness enveloping the room. As soon as you entered, she stood up and walked over to you, embracing you in a hug. "Thank goodness you came. It's Loki, he won't eat or sleep, and he doesn't want to talk to anyone. I fear he has taken a turn for the worst, Y/n." Frigga had a pleading look on her face as she spoke, and you could only tear up at the news. "Take me to him." you said , tears running down your face as Frigga nodded to Thor, who gestured for you to follow him.
The walk to the dungeon where Loki was kept was uncomfortably awkward, until Thor decided to brake the silence. "We tried everything, Y/n. Nothing is working. It's like he isn't the same after you left for Midguard." His heavy footsteps against the marble tiling echoed off the halls, you attempting to stay close to the blonde. "So you think that by bringing me back here, he will go back to normal?" "Hopefully, yes. He may be adopted Y/n, but I still think of him as my brother. I love him nevertheless, despite all of the shitty things he has done to so many."
The two of you continued to walk in silence after that, finally reaching the dungeon. Thor led you inside, until he stopped at the bottom of the staircase. "Go ahead. He is the first cell on the left. You nodded, going ahead into the dungeon. It wasn't dark and dank like you had imagined, quite the opposite in fact. The walls were stone and the cells looked rather futuristic. They were light with white walls and flooring, but instead of having bars they had some sort of yellow force field.
You looked around and your eyes landed on a familiar raven-haired green-eyed man. He was sitting in a chair reading a book, his eyes glued intently on the white pages. "Loki...?" You whispered, barley audible. It must have been loud enough though as he whipped his head around and his green eyes met your e/c ones. His face was unchanging as he sauntered casually up to the yellow barrier, but you knew his appearance was no more than a mask. After all, this was Loki, the God of Mischief and Lies. "Hello there, Y/n." he said, placing his hands behind his back and leaning back on his heels.
"Drop the illusion, Loki. I want to talk to the real you." you softly said. The illusion disintegrated, and was replaced by a scene in which horrified you. Before you was a broken man, sitting against the white wall of his cell. His raven hair was no longer in its original glory, now just an unkempt, curly mess. His green and gold plated armor was replaced with what looked to be a sweat shirt and trackies. He had lost most of the colour in his already pale face and his once green eyes now turned pale had dark bags underneath them.
His furniture was upturned and the white wall had what looked to be black stains on it, almost as if an explosion had gone off in the room. He was an utter mess. "Loki what happened to you?" you asked, worry filling your voice. The God just looked at you and gave a sad smile. "You did this to me, Y/n. You put me into this state." Guilt overwhelmed you, before you took a step closer to his cell.
"Loki, what are you talking about?" "You know exactly what I'm talking about, Y/n." Loki replied, rolling his eyes and leaning his head back against the wall. "No, I really don't. You did this to yourself Loki. You put yourself in here." Loki stood up now, rage filling his pale eyes as they became a rich shade of green. He marched angrily over towards you, until he was inches away from the force field, his hands pressed against it. "When you left me here to rot, Y/n! You put me into this state when you walked away from me, when you gave up on me just like everybody else had!"
Tears brimmed in his green eyes, one silently rolling down his cheek. You took a step back, realizing he was right. But you had never intended it to seem that way. You had never given up on him. Had he forgotten you had a life as well? "Loki, I never gave up on you. I missed you like crazy but I couldn't return to you. If I had known that you were in this state, I would have gone to the Avengers tower and demanded that Thor take me to you." You looked into his rich green eyes and searched for any sign of the man you once knew.
"Prove it, then. Get me out of here Y/n, and I'll believe you." Loki had folded his arms, gazing right back into your eyes. "Alright then. I'll do it." you said as you marched up the staircase, confronting Thor at the very top. "Thor, I need to get him out. Please I know you don't want to but-" "No Y/n. It's too dangerous. He stays in there. I love him, but I can't put all of Asguard and Midguard in danger just because you miss him." Thor refused, placing his hands on your shoulders.
You pushed him off of you, rage building up inside of you. It was all lies. "You never loved him, Thor. No matter how much he wanted to be noticed, to be accepted, no matter how much of a brute towards him you were... He still looked up to you." You stormed off to find Frigga, only for a loud bang to sound from the dungeons. You turned your head around, only to look on in horror as beasts of all sorts stormed towards you.
You began to run, however you were too slow and soon enough the monsters caught up to you. It was a stampede of beasts, and you were in the middle of it. In an attempt to escape, you tried to run faster, but just as you were about to be crushed, you were teleported into Loki's old chambers.
You felt a pair of strong arms around you, and cool breath on your neck. You didn't need to turn around to know who's arms you were. "Loki Odinson, you had better start explaining yourself right now." Loki chuckled, spinning you around and kissing the top of your head. "Missed you too, love." You only growled in response, and Loki immediately began explaining.
"Well I could go into detail about my grand escape but I'll spare you the details. Long story short there was a security breach and all the prisoners escaped. I teleported you here before you became a squashed pancake and now here we are." You smiled, looking into his eyes and hugging him tightly. "I forgive you, reindeer games. So, where to first?" Loki chuckled once more as his lips met yours, braking the kiss only for air.
"Anywhere you want, darling. Just say the word."
Authors Note: Okay so yes the ending was pretty rushed but I might come back and edit the ending. Thanks for reading!
