Hey guys,'sup?

Sorry, I had several ideas on how to continue this but I was waiting for reviews (I rarely got any for this story & I'm not sure if I'm doing an adequate job) so I concentrated on My Life In A Team. Let's forget all the deadlines I provided last chapter, shall we? ;) Reviews would be greatly appreciated as I have no idea if this story is interesting or super boring. A friendly advice: I would use a different font to read this chapter.

P.S. Thanks to the 3 who reviewed, 12 the who favorite this story and the 15 who followed this c:

Disclaimer: I don't own any characters, any themes, and any places/scenes.

I sat next to the window sill of the Avengers Tower's big, wide living room space. I was well aware that this was the place I had previously thrown Anthony Stark, better known as Tony Stark on Midgard, out of the window, and that's the same place I got smashed into the concrete floor by the beast known as Hulk. To be honest, I've never gotten over that encounter. But that's not the reason I'm sitting here today. I'm not going to wail about my failures unlike another someone I know, "cough" my "brother" (cough).

I've been banned from my land by my "father" and I've been sent to this state of all places to find shelter and food to live with Thor. The other Avengers already know that, but Mr Stark doesn't because he's been avoiding the team and the helicarrier for almost a week.

Since I'm not inside the tower (I'm physically in the helicarrier but I've cloned myself to spy on Stark; clever is it not?), Jarvis and Stark can't detect me spying on them. But I'm pretty sure Stark suspects something, he keeps looking up from his book and glances around before continuing to write in it. Its not like him to be paranoid - right?

I randomly walked by this hall one day last week and I saw Stark - I'll call that Mortal Tony - Tony was curled up on the sofa and was writing something intently. He didn't even look up from his book even once, and I noticed that he was using a notebook that can be locked.

A fact that humored me was, I didn't expect him to be writing on hard paper. I thought Midgardians usually like to type stuff on the computer or mobiles due to convenience. So I assumed and inferred he was using paper to write something informal and something secret, something so confidential that he didn't want any records of it in Jarvis' banks. And that's how I became very curious and I started snooping around his books.

I have decided to wait for him to finish writing today's entry so that I can see what his latest entry in the book is all about. The first entry he wrote is something about his own characteristics and what other Midgardian's views on him were. It seemed like the captain had angered him, he might have insulted Stark during the invasion (my glorious invasion 3 months ago). His writing sounded whiny at first, but when I re read the entry, I came across that fine print in the top of the page.

"Hi there, I am Anthony Edward Stark. And this is one of my rarest moments when I start writing down on real paper. The reason I'm doing this is because someone told me this will help me calm down. I have built a fair amount of suits and stuff. Ok so I'm gonna take a deep breath and start penning down about thoughts about myself. I need to know who I am."

He sounded very lonely and lost. Almost as if he was yearning for some non-digital company that he could talk to for a while. After that entry, he scripted a lot about his past and how his parents weren't there for him - talk about deja-vu (talk about sibling rivalry like between Thor and me). Then he started mentioning on how his father kept comparing him to another person, someone who seemed more perfect than he himself.

Reading that sparked up a sorrowful sensation within me. I later realised that Tony was being compared to Howard's super soldier creation, which meant one thing: the foolish Captain Steve Grant Rogers. So that's why he was feeling so bitter and down when he was teamed up with Rogers! No wonder I was able to break their team that easily that night in the park.

Reading just those two entries prompted me to continue reading his book. I realised that both of us could be similar in a few ways. It's disappointing that both of us had a lot of family issues. What's good is that he has Pepper to pull him through his struggles, I have none.

This man seems to have self-confidence issues as well. He seems to think that he is an incompetent civilian amongst the Avengers. He needs to know that he is an equal to the others (and personally, he should stop whining and take action! Why wouldn't he do anything about this?)

I could help him by giving him classes in psychology (what? don't judge me! I'm good at reading and interacting with people from all kinds of backgrounds) Maybe, if he gives me a chance, we can get along and we can share our troubles together.

But in the meantime, I shall wait for him to finish writing so that I can pry into his book. (mischievous glint)

Do not mistake me for a psychologist.

Let it never be forgotten.

I am Loki, the prankster.

Around 900 words, I hope this is okay for you guys. Please, please give feedback okay? And look forward to the next update!

Good day/night

-thewriterstory
(first published on 2 March 2014)