It had been awhile since Loki's fall and Thor was still mourning. Sure, he'd pretend that everything was fine and that he wasn't dying on the inside, and he'd even go on quests an spar with his friends, but his heart was never truly in it. No one seemed to understand how well Loki and Thor fit, they were like one complicated puzzle and now one of the pieces was lost forever.
The only one who took any notice was Frigga. She noticed that when Thor was sparring he would be slower to dodge. Frigga would have said that it didn't feel like Thor was trying anymore, or that he didn't see a reason to try anymore. Frigga remembered when Thor told Loki that whenever he felt weak he'd glance over at Loki and he'd feel this intense need to do better; to show that no matter what came their way, Thor would always be there to protect him. She frowned as she watched the training continue. They needed each other just like fire needs oxygen, and Frigga was worried what the outcome would be if Thor kept on this way.
Thor smiled and waved to his friends, it was time that he got back to his chambers. Although it wasn't his chambers he frequented, it was Loki's. He would always go into Loki's room and write to him. Ever since he had read Loki's letter, Thor had started to write to him and put the letter on his bed. The old letters would be put on Loki's desk. Thor had hoped that one day Loki would sneak in and see the letters, but no such luck. The letter was never moved or read.
Thor began to write.
Dearest Loki,
I wish I could tell you how long you have been away, but I stopped counting the days. Today it has his especially hard, I think it's because the Warrior's Three and I were in the forest and we noticed a snake. It was a beautiful green with gold patterns. Sif had made a comment that it was you, brother. You could have laughed had you seen the look Sif made after that comment, I, however, couldn't laugh. It was the first time anyone has mentioned your name in my presence since that day. Sif is still apologizing for it even though I have forgiven her. But she was correct. That snake did remind me of you.
I'll see animals that resemble you and think that you have returned. That you're just in animal form watching me, making sure that I am alright. If that is the case, please show yourself. Father and mother are no longer mad at you, they just want you back home and safe.
I heard one of the guards whispering about me early today, telling another guard that I was holding on to a false hope that you are still alive. But I feel it. I feel your magic, Loki, I know you're alive. No one seems to believe that though and have all given up the search. I just wish you'd come home. Things are so-
Thor stopped writing as he heard his mother and father outside the door.
"Frigga, we cannot tell him and that's final!"
"You are unbelievable! Odin, our son is hurting! We must tell him ... he's getting worse."
"You just think he's getting worse. What do you think he will? Do you think he would take kindly to knowing that Loki has taken control of that Selvig man and has harmed others?"
Thor had heard his mother respond, but he couldn't tell what she had said. Loki was alive? In Midgard? Thor stood up abruptly, knocking the chair over and searched frantically for one particular letter. Grabbing it, he opened Loki's chamber doors and stared at his mother and father.
"I must go see him."
"Thor, please, just li-"
"I must see him, father. I am doing this with or without your permission."
Odin sighed. How did he raise Thor and Loki? Nodding, Odin looked at his son.
"I wish you wouldn't go, and that you would let someone else fetch him, but come. I will show you where he is."
Frigga smiled, she had suspected Thor of being in Loki's chambers and had lured Odin here to have this talk.
"Bring him back, son."
It had all happened so quickly that most of it was a blur. Thor could only piece together ripping open some type of flying metal thing and seeing his brother. Thor would have stayed right there, just staring at Loki, if it wasn't for the other's in the flying machine Grabbing Loki and jumping out, Thor and Loki both landed safely on the ground. Pushing a letter into Loki's chest and sitting him on a rock, he stared down into his emerald eyes. Neither of them could believe what had just happened.
"Loki ... "
