an: this little drabble takes place after "Epilogue 5" in The Cosmic Disturbance Indication. fluff, fluff, fluff for everyone! nah just kidding, enjoy the read C:

The Darkness Hummed

The snoring from her roommates would probably wake the dead.

They had originally stolen her away from going off to celebrate their king's coronation in private, hours ago now, telling him it was bad luck for him to see the bride before their wedding the next day. And she had let them take her away too, knowing they were right by Midgardian standards, shooting her dear king an apologetic grin as he had watched them whisk her off with a somewhat-puzzled look on his face.

The women –which it was just them three, really, considering none of the other Asgardians knew her as well as Roslynn did— had their makeshift bachelorette party that lasted well into the late hours. They talked of a myriad of things, most of the time circling around previous romantic escapades they had had in the past.

Brunnhilde (as Evelyn had learned was her true name) had the most entertaining stories of their trio, predominantly of her booze-influenced adventures… Roslynn had judged as such, anyway, considering her stories paled in comparison.

Both Valkyries were sleeping off the booze now, leaving her to her thoughts at last.

Evelyn rolled her eyes when her pillow was taken by the blonde, who was grumbling something in her dreams about a certain captain, seeing the mentioned woman spoon the pillow none too loosely. She smiled as it didn't take a genius to know the Valkyrie missed said man, and she scooted away to lie on her back and sigh comfortably. Sleep didn't come, ironically, and as the minutes passed, she lifted her ring-wearing hand to look up at the trinket in the dim lighting of the room.

Her mother had told her that one day she would marry, yeah, when the time was right, and she was with the man she loved, but she didn't ever tell her what it would be like to try and sleep only hours before the actual ceremony. Not to mention that Thor wasn't a mortal man like her mother had expected for her to find, either, he was the god of thunder who was better than any man, kinder and sweeter and good…

Evelyn smiled to herself as thinking of him helped her drift off to sleep, and she would've let herself fall into it if her heightened mind didn't sense a familiar distress coming from said god. She sat up alertly, looking about to see her roommates were still asleep, and she straightened as quietly as possible to make her way to the door. Once out in the dark corridor, she tapped her temple on habit to cloak herself and raced to his room. She came to the corner of the corridor that led to the left and looked past the railing of the walkway to the set of doors parallel from hers, backing up a bit before making the short leap to the parallel set, landing expertly and glancing around to see she remained unnoticed. Keeping herself invisible, she jogged down the short walkway to his room at the end and opened the door with her free hand.

Thor had been left to his own tonight, and she half-wondered if Bruce and Loki had wanted to do a makeshift bachelor party for said groom too, but judging by his tossing and turning and groaning, that wasn't such a good idea.

"… Spare them…!" He half-groaned and half-commanded in his sleep, sweat trickling down his brow and glistening on his neck, stiffening when her slender hand touched his cheek in the gentle way of hers. His good eye opened wide to look on her familiar face with her green eyes watching him concernedly, before he closed it to pull her to him with both arms, fingers clawing at her sleep shirt. A relieved groan escaped the blonde before he looked up at his fiancé, voice somewhat rough with sleep as he asked, "Weren't you having one of those 'slumber parties' with the girls?" He reluctantly let her go and watched her shuffle only to crawl into bed with him, turning to face her.

"I was, but I couldn't sleep… And then I felt that you were in distress. They don't know I'm gone, anyway; Hildie got Ros into a drinking game and now they're both sleeping it off." The brunette answered pensively, ring-wearing hand having lifted to stroke the marred skin of his right cheek where she saw a thin scar forming, letting him lower her hand only to press his lips to the back of her palm.

A soft chuckle came from him at the image of the Valkyries, looking up from her new ring to her soft gaze, "Sounds about right… Rosie knows how to put away a keg or two." He mused, seeing an amused smile curve her lips before she laughed quietly.

"Was this one the same as the ones you've had, about Ragnarok?" She wondered softly, sobering as she thought again of his earlier distress, watching his eye darken and his head bob in a nod, lifting her hand to his cheek again. "Hey, I'm here, I'll always be here, you know that." She reminded in the same soft voice, letting him keep her hand, looking on him with hope.

"Even when I tell you to run, you stay at my side… I often wonder if that isn't because of our closeness or because of Athena." Thor mused, seeing her ears redden slightly despite the proud gleam in her eyes, and he added more to himself as he shuffled to let her lay on his chest, "the girls can have you in the morning."

Evelyn smiled knowingly and shook her head, "Thor…"

"I do need you… you know that." Thor reminded in the same tone, gently brushing locks from her face.

Feeling his hand on her lower back give a squeeze, Evelyn agreed with a brief kiss to his lips, "then go to sleep. Knowing you you'll wake up earlier than me in the morning…" She tilted her head to the side as their eyes met again.

Thor allowed a pout, earning a pleased grin from his better half, and he nodded. "I haven't heard a complaint yet…" He chuckled when she gently whacked his chest. "Ow."

an: honestly i have no regrets with this chap, albeit its not like the previous chap. sorry i haven't updated this either, guys, i've been busy.

* 'In the Woods Somewhere' by Hozier *