(A/N): Sorry for the long...long wait. ~ I'm also sorry it's a little short this update. I have been seriously busy and I'm finally getting back into my writing. I had made sure that when I had the chance to write again, Adopting Ice will be the first to update. I hope you all enjoy. X) Happy Holidays and I hope you had a wonderful Christmas.
"…Are you babysitting someone's kids?" Thor asked before taking another sip of his beer before setting it down on the counter behind him.
I hesitated, but I knew Thor wouldn't have realized fast enough to know something was actually going on. "Temporally, yes. For a few weeks…maybe a month, if not." I answered while lowering my trusty key.
"Who's kids?"
"An old colleague…you don't know them. They went to college with me and they trusted me with their kids out of all their contacts."
Thor nods. "What's their name?"
"Why do you care so much?"
Thor raised his eyebrows with his hands. "I was only trying to make conversation, geez."
"The conversation I would like to have is how did you break into my apartment?"
"…I know where you put the spare key."
Shit. This is the four hiding spot, I thought before hearing Jack struggle in his sleep. Thor and I both glanced over at him and waited for what he would do, but he finally relaxed.
"Well, I should let you handle those two. I will bring you breakfast in the morning." Thor says as he started to head for the front door, but paused and reminded himself he had a beer behind him. He took it and headed out. I opened the door for him, making sure I wasn't showing an impatient expression. Then, Thor said his goodnight and allowed me to close the door.
I glanced over at Elsa and Jack and found Elsa on the floor. "Oh shit!" I muttered and jogged over to pick her up.
Sadly, I didn't have enough room on my bed for all three of us, so I improvised and had two covers laid out for them to lay on with a thin cover for them to cover up in on the floor in the living room. I took Jack's sweater and Elsa's dress off and carried them both back into my bedroom to find a thin t-shirt for them to wear as a nightgown for now until tomorrow. At some point looking for a t-shirt for Jack, I had realized I would have to cut one into a small size and that took me half an hour while going through two shirts. Finally, I untied Elsa's braid, combed it with one of my own combs, and finally had them back under the cover. It would have been best for them to sleep on the couch, but I didn't want neither of them to roll off while I'm sleeping myself and scare the crap out of me.
Nervous of what the kids would do if I was asleep kept me up most of the night. Though that wasn't the only person that did. I suddenly started thinking about Sif again and I thought I finally got that behind me. I honestly wish I could have gotten another chance to prove to her that I didn't kiss that woman on purpose; that I didn't cheat. I knew I was getting wasted that night, but I couldn't remember what I even did after I took my first three shots of vodka.
I sighed. "I'm a piece of shit." I said to the ceiling. I turned over to face the kids and had found Elsa wide awake. I almost jerked back from being startled by her big eyes. "It's still night out, Elsa. Go back to sleep."
"Loki?" She called, softly.
"Yes?"
"You're not a piece of shit."
I was too tired to be taken aback from her cursing and only scoffed. "You can't say that bad word, Darling."
"Sorry, but you're not. You adopted me and Jack, so now we can be brother and sister forever."
I felt something crack in my chest, but I didn't want to admit it was my heart. So, I smiled at her. "…You're welcome."
Elsa pushed herself out of her covers and headed over towards me and I already knew she wanted to lay with me. I opened my cover to her and she climbed in. Suddenly, it was quiet for only a moment before I heard her whisper: "Thank-you, Loki."
Then, we both finally fell asleep.
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