AN: Hello all.
First of, I just want to say a big THANK YOU, to all who read this story.

Comments has been so kind, in spite of spelling mistakes and so on. I am so glad you guys liked it.

These chapters I post now, is just a short telling of what happened in the secondary timeline after Thor saved the universe but the two timelines hasn't caught up to each other yet so the melt has yet to happen. Kind of just a bit of bonus fluff of these two knuckleheads figuring stuff out.

I just kind of thought... Why not? This is what fanfiction is about isn't it? Just doing it because you can, and well I felt like it... I am stuck in bed with a cold... It sucks...

Also, if you liked this story. I would like to take the opportunity to inform I have written others centered around Loki, and I am of course ALWAYS looking for feedback. Your praise makes me feel good about myself lol.

Anywho, thank you again, to all who read this far. Hope you enjoy this little bonus thing. Lots of love from Denmark. Moonbird.


And then… there was nothing.

In a blink, light was turned on. Bright sun light as Thor was sitting on the floor clutching the person in front of him, his gasps could be heard, echoing in the chamber.

He was not the only one though, the person Thor was clutching was gasping as well.

They were sitting there, gasping… Breathing… it was the only sound there.

Thors eyes were squinted shut, then slowly… He opened them, to see the vault, perfectly visible… It was a mess, things had been knocked down, some items had shattered.

Thor glanced down and next to him saw a golden gauntlet except… The stones were gone. "Lo… Loki." Thor gasped.

Slowly Loki lifted his head, his ruby red eyes looking at Thor, then he to looked around, gasping for air.

"What… What's happening?" Thor asked, then he hissed as a bolt of pain went through his arm and he grabbed it.

Loki gasped as he grabbed Thor wide-eyed looking at his arm. "Tho-Thor." he gasped holding it.

Slowly Thor looked up. "I think…. We did it." he finally stated.

Loki gasped, for a few moments they looked at each other.

Then, tears appeared in Lokis eyes. The same happened for Thor, and then, they both let out a giant shout, almost a scream as they embraced each other tightly.

Neither of them cared, they were crying in hysterics and they didn't care! They just bawled, cried and clinging on to each other like a couple of children.

Just then a bunch of foot steps came running, a group of Einherjers bursting in. "Ha-halt!" The front one shouted.

Thor and Loki didn't care they had an audience, not at all, they were both just bawling their eyes out clinging unto each other.

"What in the?" An Einherjar finally asked.

Finally, finally Thor managed to look up to reveal his face.

The Einherjar gasped. "Prince Thor!"

Thor couldn't respond, he just sniffed, tears rolling down his face.

"What… What happened?" An einherjar asked. "People broke into the vault, and then it was darkness and… And then we were back. Your highness, what's happening?" he asked.

"It.. It's okay." Thor gasped, finally letting slightly go of Loki. "Things are okay now." he assured, slowly trying to stand up only to scream in pain as the pain shot through his arm.

"BROTHER!" Loki grabbed his arm, supporting him.

A big gasp sounded.

"Pr-Prince Loki?" Someone finally asked.

There was stunned silence, Lokis head was lowered, his black hair slightly obscuring his blue face, his eyes now closed to hide their red, then finally Loki looked up, the red of his eyes revealed. "Thor is hurt! He needs a healer!" Loki stated as he grabbed Thors good arm and pulled him up, then put the good arm over his shoulder. "MOVE!" he demanded of the guards who were in the way.

At last the people seemed to get the message as they stepped aside and allowed Thor and Loki passage, finally though as Loki had made it over to them someone dared stepping forward.

"Your highness, we can support Prince Thor for you if..." The Einherjar didn't get any longer when Loki send him a sneer.

Now with red eyes and blue skin accompanying it, it did look extra dangerous and the poor soldier stepped back.

It was a long… Long and tiresome journey towards the healers room.

One, Thor could barely stand up on his own and was heavily leaning on Loki. Two… Loki was also at his limits and struggled taking steps.

Three… People started to come running and would wide-eyed look at the spectacle.

Look at Loki, now all blue and with ridges dragging Thor with him, while Loki himself looked like he was about to buckle under any second. Yet every time someone tried to approach him to help, Loki would sneer and outright show teethes.

Finally guards seemed to get the right idea of what to do and cleared a path for them, standing up pushing people back, demanding the passage between the vault and the healers room be cleared. Demanding all the shouting people that they stay quiet.

Didn't help… People were still talking and shouting, trying to find answers. But at least the path was clear.

Finally… Finally Loki reached the healers room with Thor, healers were wide-eyed looking at them as Loki just dropped Thor down on a bed then looked up. "Help him." he finally asked, and then… Loki dropped himself.

Or would have if a healer hadn't run to catch him before he touched the ground. "SIR!" she shouted.

Finally Eir their main healer stepped forward. "Get him to bed! NOW!" she demanded.

"It.. It's a Jotnar." A healer gasped wide-eyed looking at Loki. "Jotnars are the enemy of..."

"You fool." Thor hissed from his bed. "Don't you have eyes? That's my brother! Your prince. Loki."

Wide-eyed all now looked at Loki, only semi conscious held up by the healer, then they went to work.

Loki was placed on a bed, thankfully next to Thor.

Next both of them were stripped down and it got apparent, both were filled with scrapes and brushes… They were from their escape back at Midgard, their fighting in Thanos's keep, and finally their fight against Thanos himself.

No wonder Thors body felt so sore, there was barely a patch that wasn't black and blue… As it turned out Jotnar brushed in black.

Thors eyes were on Loki and his body which had large angry black marks all over it that definitely didn't look natural... But also there were those ridges, the markings. They weren't just on his face, they ran all across his body. Down the arms to his wrists, down his chest and... Loki was right now laying on his back, but it looked down they ran down his back as well.
Thor couldn't help but be utterly fascinated by the patterns, they looked elegant... Out right regal. No wonder the Jotnar walked bare chested to showcase their markings, they were kind of amazing.

If it hadn't been from all the wounds and cuts across Lokis body.

From his cuts oozed a black substance.. Jotnar blood.

This entire thing was more than just skin deep, clearly… Thor really didn't care, he reached out a hand towards Loki, Loki glanced at him then he reached back and their hands grabbed while all the healers were swarming around them.

Then… A woman with golden hair and mature features ran inside, pushed anyone who dared to stand in her way aside. "MY CHILDREN!" Frigga screamed running then stopped as she saw them, both looking up at her with barely conscious eyes, then her eyes fell on their hands which were still holding each other and she looked up, tears in her eyes. "My children." she cried softly, for a moment she seemed to struggle, clearly not knowing who to go for.

Finally Frigga settled on Loki as the first one, Thor was grateful, it was better she'd do that.

Frigga moved towards Lokis head, then gently ran a hand through his black hair as tears ran down her face. "Oh… My son. Forgive me." she asked.

"Mother." Loki spoke.

"This is the first time I even got to glance at your true face, so I never knew how handsome you truly are." Frigga stated as she bowed over and kissed Loki on the forehead. "Thank you for showing me, my beloved son." she breathed and sat back, Lokis red eyes on her then Frigga moved along to Thor. "My sweet darling." she fingered with his hair.

Thor swallowed. "Mother."

"Forgive me..." Frigga asked. "I know you are not the same Thor as the Thor whom were named to be Odins successor, you are a Thor whom has been through so much."

Thors eyes widened slightly.

"I wished to talk to you but… It was Lokis help you desired, not mine. And I saw no reason to rob Loki of the opportunity to aid his brother in his hour of need. Nor rob you of the opportunity to find common ground with your brother" Frigga informed, then she bowed and kissed Thors forehead as well before standing up.

Both Loki and Thor was looking at her, both slightly stunned.

"You both seem like you have been through so much." Frigga swallowed. "I hope you will tell me… When you have healed that is. Please for now, you must rest." she asked.

Thor did feel the drowsiness overwhelm him, clearly he wasn't alone, Loki was clearly struggling to keep his eyes open.

Why struggle though? Thor could feel Lokis hand in his own, his mother was standing next to him… The universe was fine. He could finally rest.

And so, Thor allowed himself to slip away.


As Thor woke again, he was beyond hungry. Food was served to him, but as it turned out, he couldn't even lift his right arm without an incredible pain shooting all the way through his body, just by attempting to move his arm the slightest bit did it hurt.

The healers looked worried at him, they offered to feed Thor, Thor just rolled his eyes and shifted the fork over this his other hand. Though... Shortly after he did have to politely ask if someone would mind cutting up the food for him.

As it turned out, eating with your left hand is awkward when you are not used to it, Thor couldn't say he was proud of having bits of food stuck in his beard so quick.

Loki didn't say anything, just calmly ate his own food in his own bed, finally Eir came.

"Prince Thor… When you are ready, I wish to talk to you about your arm." she informed.

"I am ready." Thor stated putting a piece of meat into his mouth. "Tell me now."

Eir hesitated. "Are you sure sir? We can take you into another room, where none can listen in." she glanced at Loki.

"Loki stays." Thor stated., not even looking at her but kept concentrating on his food "Tell me now."

Eir swallowed. "Prince Thor… the truth of the matter is. It's not just a shattered bone or sprained muscles, the nerve endings themselves has been completely destroyed, the muscles has been basically shredded your arm its… "

Thor was sitting still, absolutely still. "And this means?" he asked.

"We can't heal it." Eir admitted. "And it is unlikely we ever will. The pain you feel now will diminish but it is most probably never going to go away. And your use of your arm will be… Very limited."

Thor was sitting still, in quiet, then slowly he put another piece of meat into his mouth.

"My prince?" Eir asked.

"That's okay." Thor informed. "It was a fair price to pay, in fact… extremely fair. There is nothing to regret."

Thor could feel Lokis eyes on him, Loki was sitting still. Then he turned to meet Lokis eyes.

"It's not like I am the only one who had to pay a price in this endeavor is it?" Thor asked.

Loki turned his head away. His cheeks turning a darker shade of blue.

"Erhm, my prince." Eir now addressed Loki. "Forgive me, but none of us healers has expertise in healing Jotnar. You are a natural shapeshifter though right? It is none of my business but… It would be easier to heal you if you were in a Aisir body." she admitted.

Loki sighed. "Sorry, I can't change into Aisir." he informed. "Nor a Midgardian appearance."

"You tried huh?" Thor asked.

"Couldn't help myself." Loki shrugged. "I can cast a glamour but… It's really hard to maintain. Much harder than it used to be."

"What about your animal forms?" Thor asked.

"Hmm, haven't tried yet. Let me see." Loki closed his eyes, his body changed shape, into that of a black cat, then the cat opened his eyes and Thor blinked. Usually all of Lokis animal forms had green eyes like his Aisir self, now the cat had red eyes.

Thor tilted his head as Loki turned back.

"That seemed to work like it used to." Loki informed in a light smile.

"Well, for the most part." Thor scratched his cheek.

Loki looked questioning at him.

"Your eyes Loki." Thor informed. "They were red."

"Ah." Loki nodded. "I see." he hung his head.

"We'll figure it out." Thor assured. "You help me figuring out how I need to handle things with this arm, and I help you figure out what you can or can't do as a Jotnar."

Loki wrapped his arms around himself. "There's no going back..." he stated, his eyes closed.

"Loki." Thor breathed.

Loki didn't reply, didn't look at him, just had his head turned down and his eyes closed.

"Look, I am not saying it is going to be easy. And I am definitely not saying you can just get over it in a day. Nor just move on or act like nothing is different. Things are different, to deny that will only cause even more pain.." Thor stated. "I am just saying, I'm here." he stated. "And together, with time… We'll figure it out. I mean, how to… Live with these things, you know."

A small smile appeared on Lokis face. "You really have gotten a way with words in your old age." he commented.

"I'll take that as a compliment." Thor smiled lightly. "How do you feel Loki?" he asked.

Loki shrugged. "Like I don't belong here." he admitted. "I was always kind of different from everybody else here, now it's just more obvious."

"Well… Aye." Thor admitted. "You were always smarter than everybody else here so." he shrugged.

Loki smirked, then his smile faltered. "How do you feel Thor?" he asked.

"Like my arm is on fire and my brother is in pain." Thor sighed deeply. "But do me a favor, let's not make this into a competition of who has it worse."

Loki smirked slightly, shaking his head. "We're really messed up, aren't we?" he asked. "We were kind of always a little bit messed up, but this has to be the peak."

Thor shrugged. "Dunno, you could also say we've never been so in tune before either so." he stated. "I'll say it's a mixed bag of better and worse."

"Huh… Maybe." Loki admitted.

Thor quieted, he looked down.

"You got something else on your mind." Loki commented.

Thor swallowed. "I have not shifted after we saved the universe but… What about the other timeline? I promised them as well."

Loki quieted. "You had the stones… The universe was yours to undo or re-create to your own liking, what did you desire then?"

"For everyone to be saved." Thor admitted.

"Then.." Loki caught Thors eyes. "The other timeline must be doing just fine."

Thor blinked, he didn't know why, but somehow, the way Loki said it, it just felt right, and Thor somehow just knew… It was fine. They were doing fine.