A/n: I honestly had this chapter done, but then I didn't like it at all...

So I re-did it~. Also sorry for the shortness...I'm kind of getting stuck on what to do. Ideas would be helpful!

This chapter has been BETA'd by Daiya Amaya

Metallic Heart 11

I Need You; You Need Me

Many people believed Tony Stark not to have a heart. Slowly, he himself began to believe it when he found himself pushing away the other Avengers...just as his father did to him. But is there one man out there that can change his mind? FrosIron.

"Anthony..." Rogers looked at the man, his eyes were closed, and he hadn't made a single sound since Loki had been there. They had seen what had happened from JARVIS's data. It was not that pretty... He didn't blame the man for being so upset. Loki had snapped, and that was clear, but taking it out like he did... Rogers sighed and shook his head some before he got up. The Avengers had been called in for something. He was probably better off going right now and not waiting for Tony at the moment. He was the leader as well, he needed to be there. "I'll be back soon, I promise." He said before grabbing his shield and leaving silently. Tony didn't look up; he was silent, thinking about it all.

"I told you I would be back." He didn't move to the sound of Loki's voice or to the arms that wrapped around his neck. "I want answers now Stark and I'm going to get them. You're little buddies are all off fighting a creature I summoned, and they will not be back anytime soon...and in that time-" Loki was caught off guard as he was suddenly under Tony, the said man looking down at him. "What are you-"

"-No one wants us together Loki." Tony whispered, choking on his words. "No one accepts that I need you and you need me." His fist clenched in the clothing that Loki was wearing. "They accept Rogers, they don't accept you...I...I don't want to be with him. I don't want to love him. I want to love you, to be with you. " He tried to make sure his voice was steady as he spoke, but he was not sure on that.

Loki looked up at him and then took a deep breath. He leaned up and connected his lips with Tony's. The smaller man groaned as he was flipped around to be on the bottom, but holding onto the god tightly still. Loki groaned and kissed the man roughly on the lips, pressing their bodies close together. "You say that...then I want to know for sure." He hissed and nipped at the other's neck then. He took a deep breath and then took the smaller man into his arms. He took a deep breath and held him close. "Come back with me...come with me." He whispered.

"They will just find us again..." Tony replied softly. "They won't rest until we are found again...there is no safe place Loki...there is no place that we can truly hide..." He closed his eyes. "As much as we want it, so many things will push us away. As many things that we want to go right, it will still happen. We need one another, but we won't get each other like this..." He looked away. "We...might be better off without one another."

Loki seemed...hurt, rejected? He bit his lip and gripped the other's shoulders tightly. He was scared of being pushed away like this. He then leaned in and kissed Tony softly. "Stark...no matter what, I do not want to leave you. I push all away, but you...don't push me away now. Please." He was begging, seeking the one man that truly looked at him like he was no monster. "I am the thing that parents tell their children to be afraid of…I don't want to lose the one that sees me like a normal being!"

Tony stared up at him before sighing. He took Loki's face into his hands and kissed him on the lips, closing his eyes slowly. "I don't want to push you away, but what is best for us here?" He asked softly and Loki's eyes darkened. He paused before taking a breath, thinking about that as well. He nodded a bit and leaned on Tony silently then, thinking.

"How about…" Loki paused and closed his eyes, thinking it over again. "We just admit it to them all?" He asked. Tony blinked and looked at Loki like he was crazy. "Yes, I know it is out there Stark, but there is no other way that I see it." He sighed some and shook his head. "It is that or we are without one another…" He bit his lip and frowned. Tony took a deep breath and wrapped his arms around the god's waist and held onto him. He was unaware that the battle that was supposed to take more time than it did was over, and Rogers was heading back to the room at that moment. "Stark…"

They kissed, and Loki's hand trailed up the sides of Tony slowly. He groaned and moved his head to kiss the other at a better angle, pressing close to him. Tony took a deep breath and shivered as he felt Loki's tongue on his neck. "My marks are still here…" Loki breathed and Tony nodded a little. He could tell the god was smirking and it made him shudder again. Loki took a breath before biting down, leaving another mark for Tony to have on his body that told everyone he was his.

"Tony you doin-holly…LOKI?" The crashing of the shield on the ground...and that voice...

Loki growled possessively. He kept a hold of Tony as he gazed at Rogers, clearly not having expected the fight to be over so soon. He had put a lot of effort into creating that beast, and he was beaten already? Damn it. He had to be careful now didn't he? Rogers stared at them for a long moment before sighing some. "Alright, I want an explanation now. First off, Tony, you aren't supposed to be near Loki. Next, Loki you had just hurt Tony by yelling at him and now you are here like this. Then, this isn't logical at all." Rogers crossed his arms and huffed.

"…I…need him." Tony said softly, looking at Rogers. "Listen, I do need him. He understands me unlike you and the rest of the people that you think understand me! No one has ever really understood what I feel!" He snapped and Rogers stood there for a long moment before his eyes closed. He clenched his fists and took a deep breath.

"Loki understands you. A god that is said to lie, cheat, trick, and you think he has not lied to you?" Rogers asked then and clenched his fists. He was wondering just how the other expected him to feel about this. He wasn't even in the place to think about being near Loki! Not after what had happened… Loki had hurt Tony like he did and yet…what was happening here? Rogers didn't understand it. He then took a deep breath. "Loki… Thor wants to speak with you; you may want to go do that…while we figure things out here." He muttered.

"…fine." Loki stood up, kissing Tony once more before leaving the room, tracking his brother down by his magic that flowed through his veins. Tony sighed and crossed his arms, better to get those over now right? He watched Rogers for a moment before the other sat down by him.

"This is going to be a long chat isn't it?"