"Okay Thor, you could come with me if you like." Loki smiled softly. He could already feel the pain that was so come.
"Thank you Loki, I am glad I was able to meet such a kind soul here. I promise once I'm crowned king you will be rewarded greatly" Thor beamed. 'If I live that long' Loki though to himself. All he could do was smile at Thor. How was he going to pull this off with the least amount of damage done to him.
Slowly they walked the dark streets, Thor walking a feet or two behind Loki. After about 10 minutes, Loki finally stops in front of a metal gate belonging to a small, light blue, two-story house. It was a lot smaller than what Thor was use to, but he was in no place to complain.
"Are we going to go in?" Thor asked when Loki didn't make any sort of moves to enter through the gate. Loki had his back to Thor as he stared ahead at the white door.
"Umm….yeah" he said in a shaky voice. Taking a deep breath he turn to face Thor. " It's just…I'm currently living with my…ugh" Loki paused searching for the correct word to use " Partner…?" He said softly. "let me go in and warn him first. He doesn't like surprises." Thor simply nodded as he watched Loki go through the gate and towards the white-painted wooden door. Turning around, Loki whispered "give me a minute" and slowly made his way into the house.
Loki silently closed the door behind him as he tried his best to look relaxed. He walked through his small hallway towards the kitchen that opened up into the living room. Closing his eyes he took a deep breath and walked through the doorway that led into the kitchen. He sighed happily as he found the kitchen and the living room empty.
He put down his paper bag, hurrying to put away the items he bought so he could go and get Thor. He began placing the things in the cabinet above his head as silently as he could, leaving the six-pack of beer, he was requested to buy, on the counter top in front of him. Suddenly he felt someone creep up behind him, and his heart stopped. Quickly he shut his eyelids already feeling the tingling sensation of tears well up, as he tried his best to push them down. Slowly turning around and he looked upon at the distorted, angry face of his "partner."
"James" Loki spoke softly, bracing himself against the counter. James was fuming, his eyes were blood-shot, his face puffy and red, and his breathing was heavy. Loki could smell the alcohol on his breath. He knew this was going to end badly. The more drunk he was the quicker he was to anger.
"Where were you" he sneered, his voice full of venom.
""I was getting your beers," Loki tried to explain quickly, his words coming out in a jumbled mess. "But I met this man..."
"So you out there talking to other fucking men behind my back! Are you fucking cheating on me!?" he screamed, tiny bits of saliva landing on Loki's face. He closed his eyes and he felt James grabbed him by the collar of his black dress shirt.
Suddenly his body was being roughly slammed against the kitchen wall, knocking the wind out of him. His body was lifted, his feet no longer touching the floor, and he hung there helplessly in James grasp. He his hands instantly went and grabbed on to James arm, struggling to catch his breath his, his thoughts where racing.
" I'm not cheating, I promise. He needed a place to stay and I offered him to stay with us." Loki squealed out the information, only seeming to make James more angry. He felt his body being lifted and suddenly slammed against the wall again. This time with much more force, Loki gasped as he tried to fill his lungs with air, his hand still grabbing and holding on to James. He knew better than to struggle, he knew where that would lead and he didn't want to go down that path.
"So you offered a random stranger our home!" Loki shut his eyes as he felt the pain start to flow his senses. He felt his body being slammed again, and again, this time his head repeatedly colliding forcefully with the concrete kitchen wall. His eyes squeezed tightly together as he tried his best to block out James screaming and the pain.
He tried to imagine a happy time, when he and James were happy together. A time where they could smile truthfully at each other. A time where Loki felt safe. It all was a distant memory to him. Like a dream, he couldn't remember exactly when James started to change and he didn't know why. What he did know is now, he was in intense pain as he felt the air knocked out of his lungs, with every slam his body received, his head made painful contact with the wall behind him.
Just as quickly as it started, it ended. Loki felt his body being dropped to the ground as he landed with a soft thump. He opened his tear-stained eyes and saw James standing over him. Kneeling down, James grabbed a hand full of Loki's hair and roughly brought Loki's face to his, leaving only a few inches of space between them.
"Remember" James spat angrily. " Your broken, your damaged goods. You have no one but me. You hear that, no matter who you try to make friends with, at the end of the day you will always be stuck with me. And if you dare breathe a word of this to anyone, I'll make you wish you were never alive." To late, Loki thought, he wished that everyday of his life. He simply nodded towards the man he once found comfort in.
Suddenly the bottom of James boots step down firmly on Loki's thigh, and he had to use all his strength to suppress the blood curling scream that threaten to escape his lips, tiny whimper of pain taking its place. James grip on his hair was released as he made his way into the living room. Waiting until he heard the familiar sound of the TV turning on was when Loki finally allowed himself to release a few of his tears. His head was pulsing with a terrible ache, and his leg felt as if it were broken.
He silently thanked and cursed the man who made this home out of concrete, Noise didn't travel to well so he was sure no one could hear James screaming but at the same time, concrete was painful.
Using the wall as support, Loki slowly lifted himself from the floor. The room was spinning and he felt weak as he tried to put as little weight as possible to his leg. Slowly, he made his way towards Thor, trying his best to calm down his physical features, so Thor wouldn't notice his pain. So much for that.
Thor couldn't exactly tell how long he has waited there. "Time sure does pass by in Midgard" He remembered thinking, but it was a very long time until Loki finally made his appearance again.
His face was sweaty and his skin was flushed. He wore a pained expression on his face and Thor couldn't help but take a worried step forward.
"Loki, what has happened? You look like you are in pain" Thor asked. Loki tried his best to smile at Thor, but he was finding it rather difficult. He slowly and carefully made his way towards the gate and opened it for Thor to enter.
"Its nothing really…" Loki began " I just…umm hit my knee on the way out. Believe it or not, these long legs make me rather clumsy." He chuckled nervously as he led Thor through the door of his home. Closing the door behind him, Loki took a deep breath before slowly being to walk. "Follow me to the living room " he stated.
Thor made his way towards Loki, following him through a small hallway which, Thor guess, opened up to what Loki called a living room. It was rather large compared to the size of the house.
"Thor" Loki began to speak "This is my partner James, James…this is the guy I told you about" He said softly. He felt strange, talking to him as if nothing had just occur, and as if he wasn't in pain right now. He grabbed on to the counter for support, as he felt the pain in his leg began to become unbearable.
James stood up from his place on the leather couch and faced Thor, while turning off the television. They matched each other in height but Thor was much larger in comparison when it came to muscle tone. James was a very well-built man, but not as much as Thor. James had dark brown hair and eyes, he face was rather scruffy and he gave up a demeaning cold vibe. Despite it all, Thor forced a small smile on his face and he stuck his large hand out.
" Hello, James, I am Thor" his loud voice bellowed through the room, "Son of Odin, and future kind of -"
"Sausage!" Loki interjected. "He is the future sausage king, his father owns a small sausage business and he is going to take it over some day. He was on his way to a promoting event, which is why he's dressed like that. Isn't that correct Thor?" Loki smiled nervously, while hoping Thor plays along. All Thor could do was nod in agreement to Loki's statement, he didn't even know what a sausage was. His eyes once again gaze up on James. He stood there and eyed them suspiciously, Loki worried that he didn't believe his little lie, he held is breath awaiting James reaction.
Finally after what felt like forever, James grunted and pushed pass them, he grabbed the 6 pack that was still on the counter besides Loki, and walked out the living room. Loki finally allowed himself to take a deep breath as he tried to calm down his nerves. Thor glanced at him questioningly
"Sausage?" He asked confused,
"It was the best thing I could come up with." He replied casually.
"Why not just speak the truth?"
"Not everyone is as understanding Thor, You can't go around telling people you from this random planet no one has heard of. Now come on, let's go find something you could sleep in." Loki smiled as he slowly made his way out of the kitchen. Turning the corner, he groaned as he remembered he had to climb stairs to reach the bedrooms. Slowly he made his way up, one stair at a time and Thor stood at the bottom watching with a concern face.
"I can help you if your knee hurts so badly" Thor called out.
"No, it's okay, I get hurt all the time, I'm use to this." Loki said sadly, his words meaning more than what Thor suspects. As he finally reaches the top of the stair case he called down to Thor. "Well come on, its been a long night, I'm sure we all need a break." Thor nodded as he made it up the stairs with ease, following Loki into another room.
"This is the spare room, you can sleep here." Thor walked into the room and glanced around. There was one large bed in the middle of the room, and not much else besides a wooden black box on a table and a closet. The walls were painted a simple white color matching the bed sheets.
Loki made his way towards the closet, pulling out a pair of James's old, large sweat pants and a T-shirt. He threw them on the bed for Thor to change into.
"The bathroom in right outside down the hall, if you need to wash up and my room is right next door so don't hesitant to call if you need something."
"Thank you so much Loki you have been so kind to me, I am very grateful." Thor smiled at Loki , and Loki couldn't help but return a small sad smile back and nod. Right before he turned and left the room, Thor grabbed on to his wrist. On instinct Loki flinched away, closing his eyes and awaited a hit. When none came he opened his eyes and stared at Thor. His face flushed red as he realized how strange he must have looked and he quickly averted his gaze.
"I'm sorry I didn't mean to frighten you Loki, I just wanted to make sure you were okay." Thor said concern filling his voice as he let go of Loki. He only shook his head at Thor, proceeding to make his way towards the door. Right before leaving he whispered
"It's not your fault. Good night Thor." Before softly closing the door behind him.
"Good night" Thor whispered softly.
End of Chapter 3
So I had a difficult time with this chapter, mainly because I didn't know who I would make Loki's abuser. I decided to do a little research on all the characters in the Thor comic books and I don't know, I couldn't pick anyone. So to make it easier on myself I decided to come up with a random character. I hope this is okay with everyone. :/
Thank you so much for all the reviews, my heart stops every time I get a new one. Everyone is expecting the story to be so good, and I'm such a crappy writer that I feel like I'm disappointing everyone.
Really I'm sorry if I do disappoint you, I'm sorry I suck at describing things, I'm sorry if this chapter sucks, I try, I really do..
It's almost three in the morning. Gahh I'm tired but its been a week since I've updated so I felt like I had to load this chapter now. Its longer then the last two chapters combined. But I kinda feel like I sped through this chapter...
Please review and tell me what you think, what I should add or take away, or whatever, all feed back is welcome.
Okay, I'll go now. Good night everyone…or morning. Thanks again for reading, your awesome :)