My brother fell in love with a girl, one of the kitchen servants, on Titan. They kept it a secret from everyone, but I found them in bed together. I told him not to see her anymore, I knew no good would come from it, but he didn't listen. His head was clouded by love. One day he was called into see Thanos. Thanos said to him that he needed to choose between the girl or the family, that he couldn't be loyal to both. Ben needed to make a choice, and when he chose the girl, Thanos told him to go to her, to marry her. Ben was ecstatic as he left to find her. When he came into the kitchen, he found her on the floor, dead. Thanos had her killed long before he asked Ben where his loyalties lie. There was never any choice. Thanos just wanted to see what Ben would do, to see if he was truly loyal.
Ben ran away, and Thanos made it my job to go get him back. He was heartbroken, but he came back. When he did, he made it clear that he only came back because of me, that he was going to be loyal to me. I thought my father would be angry at this, but instead he was proud. He said it was time I started gaining my own followers if I was ever going to inherit his kingdom.
It was late into the night when Kara decided to leave her room at the Stark tower. Tony's plan was to brief the group on the new mission after dinner, but as the evening went on, they all had too much to drink and realized work probably wouldn't be getting done that night. Kara slept over in the tower, ready for the intel briefing in the morning. She was given her old room to sleep in, but she knew she wouldn't spend the night there. She knew what she had to do.
She walked through the dark hallway and went to the next floor up, straight to Thor's door. She paused before knocking, her fist hovering near the metal door. Why was she feeling so uneasy, so hesitant? She closed her eyes and brushed all her feelings away from her. The mission should be the only thing on her mind. Before she could knock, the door swung open. Thor stood there, and they looked at each other surprised.
"Um, where are you going?" Kara's eyes were wide.
"Oh, nowhere." Thor answered, embarrassed. Then he gave a small smile to Kara, "Would you like to come in?"
Kara smiled. Her stomach leapt as she walked into his room. It was huge, with windows looking out on to the city. Kara went to them, taking in the view of the city lights shining like stars in the dark of night. Without a word, Thor walked over and stood behind her. He looked down at her and put his hands on her shoulders. Kara spun around and in a second she was standing on her tip toes, kissing him. He leaned down and into her kiss, wrapping his arms around her waist and pulling her in close to him. She felt her body being lifted and pushed against the glass windows. Kara wrapped her legs around him, and she could feel a hand on her thigh. All of the sudden she panicked. She pulled her head back from him and they looked at each other.
"I'm sorry…" Kara whispered.
Thor took a step back and Kara stood on her own, her hands still wrapped around Thor's neck. She shook her head slowly and looked down at the ground.
Thor leaned down and kissed her cheek, lingering for a moment before he pulled away. Catching her eyes, he whispered back, "You have nothing to apologize for. I'm glad you came here."
He smiled at Kara, and she smiled back, "Do you mind… do you mind if we just talk."
Kara and Thor talked almost all night. They laughed and they whispered as they laid on Thor's bed. He fell asleep around 3am and Kara watched as he breathed beside her, still holding her hand. She was surprised by how the night had gone. Kara had gone to Thor's room with the intention to bed him. She had learned long ago that women held power in sex, the power to get what they wanted, and Kara wanted Thor to be on her side. She wanted his trust and loyalty. But when it came time to actually do it, something deep within her stopped her. She couldn't sleep with him, and she didn't know why. Was she scared? Why? She knew Thor posed no physical threat to her; even his powers of lightning and thunder couldn't have harmed her. And decades of hardening herself from love or relationships meant she could never be hurt emotionally, right? She didn't know. She didn't know if she was strong enough for this. Could she sleep with him and not love him? Could she love him and still be loyal to her father? Doubts of her ability to complete the mission crept into her mind. She closed eyes and leaned her head on to Thor's chest. Though her mind filled with doubts, there in that moment, Kara wondered if the feeling she was feeling now was what warmth felt like.
Thor awoke with the sunrise and, annoyed, tried to wave the sunlight away from his eyes—with no avail. He looked down on what was weighing on his chest. In a wave, memories of last night flooded his mind as he realized a sleeping Kara was in his bed. He wrapped his arms around her and pulled her gently closer, hoping not to wake her. He wanted to be as close as he possible could be to her. He no longer felt like he wanted her, but rather that he needed her. The night before, felt like he had to see her, and he had planned to go to her room. To his surprise, she had come to him, and he felt like their minds and hearts were inexplicably linked. Maybe, Kara was the woman he was always supposed to be with. Thor had loved many, many, women. Only one had ever broken his heart. He thought he was mean to be with Jane, he thought they would be together forever. But there were too many differences, him being a god from another planet while she was simply a human. But still, she was beautiful to him, smart and driven. But Kara was all of those things too! She was smart, she was passionate, she was beautiful. And they connected on their similarities, instead of being driven apart by their differences like him and Jane. Jane had been frightened by everything he was and everything he could become; Kara embraced it. She made him want to be stronger. And their kiss was fire! Hot, passionate, alien flames. Remembering it, Thor felt the pain of his and Jane's breakup melting away.