Welcome my loyal readers to chapter 19 of Key To Redemption! I know I've been gone for forever but I had very valid personnel reasons for that….and by that I mean I was slacking off. _ Please forgive me everyone! The first part of this chapter will be different viewpoints of the rest of the team to get a little more insight into the festivities surrounding Christmas. So without further ado, let the chapter begin! But first the disclaimer from Diana.
Diana: 666Silvermoon is in no way, shape or form the owner of anything in the Marvel Universe or Norse Mythology. The only things in here she owns are me, my animals, my family, and any other future OC's or places she makes that are not in the Marvel universe. She is not making any money from writing this story; it is purely for her own amusement and to entertain others. Enjoy Chapter 19!
LokixDiana(Explicit)
Chapter 19
Third Person P.O.V, Christmas Day
"Lady Diana, this is a wonderful bounty of food you and your mother have set out for us!" Thor said in his jovial voice with a hand raised in salute with a mini mince pie in it. His plate had already been filled twice with food, and he didn't seem to be slowing down anytime soon.
Diana smiled back, chewing and swallowing her bite of goose before replying. "I'm glad you like our cooking Thor. Most of it is from old family recipes."
"Although they have been a bit tweaked now and again." Corrine supplied. "Unfortunately the tweaking normally needs to be re-tweaked."
Aiden laughed out loud and nudged Lucas. "Remember the year mom tried to substitute the sugar in her scones with molasses?"
"And she ended up dropping the tin and it got all over the kitchen floor?" Lucas added, "And then Diana toddled up to it once mom left to get the mop and got covered in it too?"
At this Diana blushed and face palmed as the people around her laughed harder. "I was four years old, guys!"
"And then dad called her sticky fingers for the next year!" Aiden got out before dodging the swipe from Diana as the laughter grew to a roar. Diana knew it was just in jest, which is why she was laughing along at her past antics.
"Oh, don't even get me started on some of the embarrassing things you two got up to when we were growing up. Remember the hair dye incident?" Diana said with a smug smile and a laugh. She was happy to see her two brothers blanch at that.
"What was the hair dye incident?" Tony asked with a wide grin. He was enjoying this just as much as everyone else, if not more so. Growing up with no siblings of his own, it was nice to see Diana interact with her brothers. He almost felt included in this family dynamic. It felt...normal.
"Oh, these two had the bright idea to dye their hair the same color so they could go to their freshman Halloween dance in the same court jester costume to confuse everyone. Only they got permanent hair dye instead of temporary." Diana said to the eager audience before they started laughing. "So their hair was bright purple for a week before my dad would allow them to change it back."
Aiden and Lucas blushed as everyone laughed harder, with Tony laughing hard enough he fell out of his chair onto the floor.
"They were called the Barney twins for weeks after that." Diana said as a final shot, causing those who got the reference to need to explain to Steve, Thor, Frigga, and Loki who 'Barney' was.
Rather difficult to do with tears streaming down their faces from laughing so hard.
"Okay everyone, time to open presents!" Corrine announced as everyone gathered around the Christmas tree in the living room. Thor, Clint, Tony, and Loki still had small plates of brownies with strawberry Santa hats, snowflake shaped peppermint bark, Christmas tree sugar cookies, reindeer themed cupcakes, and decorated gingerbread men and women in their hands, since they had the biggest appetite for sweets. Even Frigga was nibbling on a gingerbread woman with a red icing apron with white trim and green buttons.
"Steven, would you be a dear and help me pass out the presents?" Corrine asked Steve, and being the gentleman that he was he readily agreed.
The first present that was opened went to Emily and Lucas, and it was two tickets for a four day vacation to the Bahamas for their fifth wedding anniversary in the summer.
"Oh Diana, this is too much." Emily protested as she saw that the tickets came from her sister-in-law.
"Nonsense," Diana replied as she waved away Emily's protests. "I know you two have been dying to go to the Bahamas for years. And I know you both have vacation time saved up and I'll be more than happy to look after Lizzy, so you can't say no."
Emily and Lucas smiled lovingly and hugged Diana tightly before setting the tickets aside.
The next present went to Natasha from Tony. She opened the box to find new and enhanced Widow Stings, now able to project an electric current up to a yard away.
"Thank you Tony, this is very thoughtful of you." Natasha said with a small smile. Tony shrugged her thanks away, but secretly he smiled back.
The next present was from Steve to Coulson, and Coulson smiled as he saw that he had been gifted the same Captain America cards Fury had splattered with his blood the year before to bring the Avengers together, but in mint condition and signed.
"I figured it was the least I could do, after everything you've done for us." Steve said with a sheepish smile.
The present after that was from Frigga to Loki. As he opened the small wooden chest in his lap, his eyes widened as he saw that it was filled with advanced tomes on magic use. He looked at his mother in confusion, and she smiled back.
"I thought you might enjoy them, even if you couldn't perform magic anymore." She said with slight hesitation. Her hesitation was unfounded though, for Loki set the chest aside so he could stand and give her a hug.
"Thank you mother," He whispered to her and blinked his eyes to dispel the slight sting of tears.
She warmly embraced him back, a happy smile on her face. "You're very welcome my son."
The next present was from Thor to Diana, surprisingly enough. She opened the wooden box, and nestled in a bed of black velvet was a pair of sheathed fighting daggers about a foot in length. Diana slowly picked one up and unsheathed it from its leather covering.
Doubled edged, the thin blade tapered to a sharp point with a thin gold stripe up the side of it. The handle was an expertly crafted ebony horn shaft with a perfect balance for Diana. It almost seemed to form perfectly to her grip.
The space where the handle and blade met was decorated with that of a striking Norse wolf below the rune Sowilo, and the sheaths were decorated with incredibly intricate knot work stamped into the leather. There was even a matching belt Diana could strap them to and a whetstone to help keep them sharp.
"I had them made so that you may learn to fight with them, in case one day your powers fail you so that you may have something to fall back on." Thor said with a smile. "I hope the balance is correct, it was not easy making sure they were not too heavy."
"This is very thoughtful of you Thor, thank you." Diana said with a warm smile and a hug. She tried to ignore the cracks in her spine as Thor hugged a bit too tightly. "They're perfect."
"I am glad you find them so!" Thor said when he finally released her. "Maybe Loki can teach you to use them. He's rather good with throwing knives."
"I'll keep that in mind." She said in reply as she put them away.
The following present contained a dark purple sweater made of soft wool, and it was from Corrine to Clint.
"I asked Natasha what your measurements and your favorite color were, Mr. Barton, a couple of weeks ago when my daughter told me about the idea for this party of hers. I felt it appropriate." Corrine said to Clint's confused expression.
Clint looked down at the sweater; his expression conflicted before pulling it over his head. He found it incredibly hard to dislike Corrine Sullivan, despite not liking Diana very much. However that was mostly from Diana holding a relationship with Loki.
"Thank you, Mrs. Sullivan." He said softly. Corrine sent him a small smile before handing the next present to Steve.
Steve opened it once he saw it was to him. He couldn't help but laugh as he saw the DVD sets lying in his lap. "You got me all of the Abbot and Costello movies? I didn't know you were paying attention when I was talking about these guys, Bruce."
"Well when you said that you listened to their first rundown of 'Who's on first?' routine I knew I had to get it for you. I thought you'd enjoy it, especially since so many of their movies came about after World War 2." Bruce said with an easy smile and a shrug, looking down sheepishly as Steve sent a wide smile to the scientist.
The next present to be given was from Loki to Tony. The billionaire raised an eyebrow at the red and gold Gryffindor scarf before winding it around his neck without a word. Diana would swear that he had a pleased little smile on his lips under the scarf, but she kept it to herself.
From Pepper to Frigga, a gorgeous set of yellow gold and blue sapphire teardrop earrings with diamond accents. She thought them lovely and promised to wear them next time she visited Midgard.
From Lucas to his mother, a simple yet elegant silver necklace with a heart shaped pendant. A matching ring was a gift to Corrine from Lizzy, which went over swimmingly.
From Aiden to Lucas, a set of books by his favorite author, and to Aiden from Emily a ten year aged bottle of whiskey that Aiden couldn't wait to take home and taste.
The final gift of the morning went to Bruce, from Clint. The complete works of Johann Sebastian Bach seemed a fitting gift for Bruce, who did enjoy classical music very much. Other gifts were given to be opened once the night was over and everyone went home, except for Diana's current tenants.
Over all, the gift giving was a success.
Diana sighed thankfully as she managed to get alone time a few days after New Year's. As much as she loved her family and had grown to care about the Avengers (most of them anyways) it was nice to have some time with just Apollo in the paddock.
She looked over the jumps she had set up around the bare of snow paddock, and tightened the strap on her helmet. The brightly colored mish mash of jump types were arranged evenly throughout the paddock. Diana would have done a vaulting routine, but without a partner it would've been too dangerous. So jumping would do for now.
"Ok Apollo, let's get started." She said as she tightened her hands around the reins and nudged Apollo into a light canter towards the first vertical jump. Apollo cleared it easily, before moving to the next one, a double oxer. Again, Apollo jumped this easily while barely breaking a sweat. Diana nudged him a bit faster as he cleared the hogsback and another vertical jump.
Diana clenched her teeth as Apollo knocked a brick off the wall with his back hooves and stumbled into knocking a pole off of the next vertical jump. "It's ok boy, just a simple mistake." Diana cooed as Apollo neighed in frustration.
It won't happen again. Apollo snorted to himself, before clearing the triple bars with room to spare. Diana pulled back on the reins a bit, knowing that Apollo was pushing himself too hard as he cleared the next two vertical jumps and then the last oxer.
"Easy boy, come on now." Diana said as she slowed him down into a light trot. "I know it's easy to get worked up when you make a mistake, Apollo, but this is just a practice run. We have a few months before the next competition. We have time."
Apollo knew she had a point, so he settled down as they started the next run of the jumps. This time, he set his paces and went through each jump smoothly and without a single mistake.
"That's my good boy." Diana said to Apollo, who seemed to be preening himself for a job well done.
Soon though, the jumping time was cut short as the wind started picking up. Diana sighed, but rode Apollo back to his stable before taking down the jumps. That done, she un-tacked Apollo and brushed him down before checking up on her other horses.
All were fine, but Commander still had a bad cough and Mörk had developed a runny nose. She made sure that their stalls were warm enough and she gave them an extra portion of vitamins to help stave off any infection.
After doing that, she made sure everyone had clean straw and water before heading back to the house to check on the firewood supply. She sighed as she noticed it was getting low. She knew she'd have to cut some new wood soon, but a snow storm was heading this way within the next few days. She looked up at the sky, and saw the clouds were gray and fluffy. She bit her lip before heading inside.
"I'm gonna need to go cut down a tree in order to bulk up our firewood supply. We need it in order to get through the incoming snow storm." Diana let the guys convened in the living room know as she took off her riding boots.
"Will you need any help?" Loki asked, and Steve nodded.
"I wouldn't say no to it, but it'll mostly be Ox and me doing the work. Me cutting the right tree and him towing the log back here." She said with a shrug. "But if some of you guys wanna join me that is your choice."
"I think I'd feel better going with you." Loki said as he stood up before heading up to their shared room to change into some warmer clothing. Steve assured Diana that he and Bruce would be fine at the house by themselves. Coulson had gone back to S.H.I.E.L.D the day before for an assignment from Fury, and Tony, Natasha and Clint weren't scheduled for another visit until the next day.
Diana soon joined Loki in their shared room and took off her helmet and tossed it to the foot of the bed. Her gloves soon followed and then Loki's arms wrapped around her waist, preventing her from undressing further.
"Well hello." She said with a slight smile, looking at him with a raised eyebrow. "Can I help you?"
"I would think so." He said with a lusty look in his emerald eyes. "I've never seen such sport as what you were doing in the training paddock, darling. You look incredibly arousing in this tight outfit, and the way you were riding Apollo was poetry in motion."
Loki nuzzled his face against the side of Diana's neck not covered by the high collar of her competition shirt and her stock tie. Her cheeks tinted red as she felt his interest poking her in the side of her hip.
"Loki, as much as I would love to explore your body again and have mine explored in return, we do have a job to do." She said, but her voice then developed a slight purr. "The sooner we get the firewood, the sooner we can come back."
He sighed before acquiescing. "Very well my darling, you do have a point." He gave her one final kiss, making sure to put all of his impatience and lust into it, before grabbing his clothes and claiming the bathroom.
Diana stared at the door, her clothes feeling a bit too tight before huffing in exasperation and stripping her body of her jumping uniform. "Typical of him, the old Silvertongue…makes me wet and wanting simply because he can't get it now." She mutters to herself, though she can't stop a smile from forming on her lips. "I'll be making him pay for that later…"
Diana hurriedly dressed in new panties, jeans, and a tank top under a tan wool sweater. Throwing thick socks on her feet, she grabbed her worn leather work gloves and then moved downstairs to put on her good winter boots. Just as she pulled them on Loki joined her. He was smartly dressed in black jeans, a charcoal gray sweater, and his emerald green scarf.
"I hope you realize I'm going to get you back for what you did earlier." She let him know quietly as he pulled on his own winter boots.
"Hehehe and how do you expect to do that, darling?" He asked her with a wide smile, before it was wiped off his face as he looked up at Diana.
She looked down at him, her pupils' thin slits as she leaned down and gently dragged one nail up his neck. Halfway up, it turned into a sharp claw and Loki took in a sharp breath as it stopped right under his jaw, over his carotid artery.
Diana lightly smirked as she saw his pupils were blown out and she could feel his heartbeat quicken under her claw. She could smell his arousal and see the outline of his cock in his jeans.
"I think I just did." She purred, before turning to grab her coat and walking outside. Loki blinked, his mind stalling on the fact that his pants now felt too tight. He soon snapped out of it though as he softly growled and followed after Diana. Granted he had the forethought to grab his own coat and lock the door behind him. He adjusted himself in his jeans before moving across the lawn towards the stables.
He found Diana hitching up Ox to his logging harness, the axe leaning up against the closed door of the stables with her coat on. She smirked at Loki before tightening the last strap and then used her arm muscles to pull herself up and onto Ox's back.
"Show-off." Loki told her with a smirk, before passing her the axe and then pulling himself up in front of her, with Diana's help of course. Normally he would've sat behind her, but he didn't like the idea of that axe hitting him in the face. He quickly put on his coat before Diana wrapped her arm around his waist.
Clicking her tongue against the roof of her mouth Diana gently nudges Ox with her heels into a light trot, his hooves leaving a visible pattern in the snow. Loki, being the one in front, steered Ox into one of the western trails. Diana had no objections to voice against his direction.
It didn't take long to find a suitable tree to cut down. A large and slightly leaning hickory tree, Diana would guess off the top of her head, stood strong but not too tall. She estimated it to be about 40 years old. She checked to make sure no birds had nested in the tree, and that no other animal was hibernating in a hollow in it.
"It looks like the perfect tree, and if it is hickory than the logs will burn for a while." She lets Loki know before dismounting and taking off her coat. She hands it to Loki before putting the axe on her shoulder and approaching the tree. Snow crunches under her boots as she takes a wide stance and lifts the axe, before swinging it with all her might.
The metal head of it digs deep into the wood before it is pulled out and swung again, and again. Soon enough she was deep enough into the tree to lift the axe above her head and swinging it down at an angle, intending to cut a notch on the side she wanted it to fall.
"Why not just use your powers, darling? Surely it would be easier." Loki said as she moved around to the other side of the tree and started cutting it that way.
"Because this way I'll stay in shape, maybe even pack on a bit more muscle." She told him. "I'd hate to go soft, after all the hard work I put into staying fit. Plus it helps my endurance, which helps my bending."
"Are your powers really so closely linked with the condition of your body?" He asked as she swung the axe into the tree.
"Both my body and my mind." Diana corrects, before swinging the axe into the tree one last time and then steps back. "Timber!"
The tree falls right where she hoped it would, with little fuss as it landed on a patch of barren trail. Ox barely twitched an ear towards the sound. He was an old hand at pulling trees that Diana had felled, so this wasn't the first time he had heard the crash of a falling tree.
Diana got to chopping off all the smaller branches in order to make sure they didn't catch as Ox was hauling the tree. Luckily the tree was mostly trunk with only a dozen or so branches.
She paused to wipe some sweat from her brow before stripping off her tan sweater and tossing it to Loki. He swallowed a bit as he saw the way the white tank underneath stretched across her chest and showed off the muscles in her arms bulging as she swung the axe over and over. The topmost branches of her tree of life tattoo edged up above the fabric of her top.
He shifted on top of Ox as his cock hardened in his pants. He couldn't ignore the undeniable way he reacted whenever Diana did something physical; whether it was riding her horses over a jump, exercising in the barn loft or yard or chopping wood as she was now. There was just something arousing about her physicality that Loki couldn't deny.
It certainly wasn't similar to the women of Asgard. Most were too dainty to compare to Diana's above average height, and none besides maybe Sif and the Valkyries could compare to her physique. The Vanir and the Light elves also were mostly too lean to compare to Diana, though a few of the Light elves were close in height to her. Sigyn herself had been a rather perfect example of Asgardian beauty.
Eyes as blue as the sky, with hair as shiny and black as a raven's wing and skin pale and unblemished; she was a beauty of an Asgardian, with a quick wit and a cursory talent with seidr. He had been terrified when she became pregnant, thinking that her body was too petite for childbirth. He had to admit he had been a bit overprotective of her during that time, and he had all but forced her to remain in bed for the last month of her pregnancy. She had put up a minor fuss, but she had understood his intentions.
Vali and Narfi had been beautiful boys, both gaining their parents midnight locks but with Vali gaining his mother's blue eyes and Narfi his father's green. Both boys had been incredibly playful and intelligent for children their age. He felt the slight ache in his chest he always got as he thought of them, but he gently brushed it away.
However, compared to the women of Jotunheim and Muspelheim Diana would be considered dainty. Most denizens of those worlds were well over seven feet tall on average, some being almost eight or taller. Glut was infinitely curvy, with hair alive with fire and every shade of red, yellow, and orange imaginable and eyes as yellow as a sun. Her dusky brown skin had been incredibly exotic to Loki when he was just a young princeling, no older than Glut herself. She had been his first real love, and he had enjoyed their time together immensely before they had drifted apart and he soon departed for home.
She had sent him letters, ones he didn't get until after she had already given birth to the twins, Eisa and Einmyria. Oh, how pretty they had sounded when she described them. Eisa was a bright child in every way, with hair the warm glow of an ember with black strands scattered throughout, while Einmyria was dark, with silver hair and warm grey skin. Both had inherited Glut's eye color. Loki had wanted to visit them so badly, but just as he had gotten permission from Odin a Dark elf raid had occurred in Glut's village, and all three were lost to him after Odin had gone back on his word. He had never even set eyes on them. It was nearly a century before he plucked up the courage to start courting Sigyn, and it was nearly two after they divorced that Loki met Agroboda.
Agroboda had stood out among the Jotun of the Iron Wood. Most of the females there had their hair decorated with beads and baubles to show off to potential suitors, but Agroboda's pale mane had been undecorated. Unlike the frost giants of the north and south poles of their realm, the giants of the places like the Iron Wood looked like regular Asgardians or Midgardians or Vanir, except much taller and wilder.
Agroboda herself had been a prime example of how wild and primitive the Jotun were, with her full figured body and amount of scars to show off how many battles she had taken part in. Her tanned skin had made her scars, pale hair and amber eyes stand out even more. She was so untamable, so fierce that he couldn't help but be drawn to her when he visited the Iron Wood.
He had honestly thought it would only be a minor dalliance, but it turned into so much more. She became his third wife, if only for a small amount of time and in secret from most people. Jörmungandr, Fenrir, and Hel had come one after the other, but soon all three were taken once Odin learned of their monstrous visages. They were so young, and had to grow up so fast in order to survive…
Loki is shaken out of his thoughts as he hears a chain rattling. He looks around and sees Diana hitching up the log leftover from chopping off the branches.
"Are you alright? You seemed lost in thought, sweetheart." She said as she straightened and gently placed a hand on his thigh. Loki shook his head with a smile as he looked down at her. A lock of hair had escaped her braid and hung in her face, which had sweat beading down it. Loki wondered how she could sweat in this cold, but chopping down a tree would probably do that.
"I'm fine darling. I was simply thinking about the past." He told her, seeing her smile up at him before she takes hold of his hand and gently kisses the knuckles of it. Loki marveled at the slight roughness of her hands but the softness of her lips against his skin. He also slightly blushed at her kissing his knuckles when normally it would be the other way around.
"Can you steer Ox on ahead towards the house?" She asked him with an easygoing smile. "I'm gonna clear these branches off the trail." Loki thought it strange that she wouldn't ask for help, but didn't question Diana as he nudged his heels against Ox's ribs. The horse moves into a steady walk, his muscles bunching under his skin as he pulls the log behind him.
Diana watches until they disappear around a slight bend in the trail before her smile drops from her face and she turns to face the trees.
"Stop skulking in the shadows Creed, I know you're there." She said with a neutral expression.
A deep chuckle sounded from behind a bare oak tree before Victor Creed, the mutant himself, stepped out into the light of the trail. His wild mane of blonde hair was ever the same, as were his black as pitch eyes.
"I can't say I'm not flattered that you remember me, Diana." Creed said with a smug smile, showing off his sharp canines.
"It would be kinda hard to forget one of Magneto's bodyguards." She replied. "What do you want Creed? I stay out of mutant politics, you know that."
"Relax dollface. I'm just passing through." He said with a deep chuckle. "Thought I'd pop in to see how much you've grown since I last saw you."
In Diana's senior year Magneto and a few of his followers had shown up at her house, to try and intimidate her into joining them. The joke had been on them though, due to her still slightly chaotic powers she had been more than a match for Magneto. She had spared his life, only after he vowed to leave her alone as long as she didn't try to stop his agenda.
She crossed her arms over her chest. "You've seen me, now you can go." She was on the defense, not liking how he had just shown up on her property. She had to admit she had been a bit attracted to the idea of not having to hide her powers when Magneto had come around, and to Creed himself. However, she had thought about it more extensively and then she realized how destructive Magneto's plans had sounded, along with how bad of a choice pursuing Creed would be.
"Oh I have seen you, and I have to admit you've grown up very nice, dollface." He said with a lecherous smile as his eyes roved up and down her frame. "Though from what I saw you seem to be taken. Who knew that a nice girl like you would go for someone who tried to take over the planet?"
Diana felt like someone had just dumped a bucket of ice water over her back, but she tried to play it off. "You need to get your eyes checked Creed, cuz I think you're seeing things."
"No no, I don't think I am. Seems like you went and got yourself a villain for a beau, though he doesn't look very villain-like right now does he?" Creed asked, his smile turning dangerous. "In fact, he doesn't look like he could put up much of a fight. Maybe all it'd take would be a little accident and he'd-"He didn't get to finish his sentence.
Diana had swung the axe at his head, forcing him to duck away and his face went right where her foot had swung out. He howled as his nose broke with a wet crunch under her boot, and he pounced to try and tackle her to the ground, but Diana used his momentum and flipped them to pin him. As he hit the ground, he seemed to sink into it as rock reached up and encased his legs and arms.
He snarled up at Diana, who growled back at him; no white showing on her eyes and her teeth morphed into fangs as she bared them at him.
"He's MINE, Creed! If you touch a single hair on his head, there will be nothing left of you once I finish tearing you apart." She said as she leaned down to snarl in his face, her face morphing into its muzzle-like form that had appeared when the Hulk last came out. Fury coursed through her veins as she looked down at the fellow mutant, mixing with a powerful need to protect and to assert her dominance.
Creed looked up at Diana, and saw the anger and power blazing in her eyes. He could smell her exuding pheremones to put him into submission, and he was shocked at how strong they were. His growls softened, turning almost placating as he turned his eyes away from her.
"I hear you, dollface, and I'll listen." He got out through his clenched teeth. He hated rolling over like this, but right now he couldn't afford to take her on. Especially since he was on her territory; she had the advantage and they both knew it. Plus, there was something about the scent she was putting out, something that screamed danger lying just under the surface. He didn't want to risk that danger coming out.
Diana growled once more, making sure he remembered that she was in charge here, before she got up and stepped back. The rock melted away, releasing Creed from its embrace.
"Leave Creed, I don't want to see your face on my turf any time soon." She told him coldly, watching as he got up and made his way back to the shadows of the trees. He bared his teeth to her one last time, but turned his back to her and disappeared between the trees and brush. She waited till she could no longer hear his steps, before grabbing her axe and heading down the trail towards home. A strong gust of wind was enough to move the branches on the trail behind her off the path, and by the time she made it around the bend in the trail she was calm and had collected herself.
"Sorry about the wait Loki, I had to scare off an annoying critter on the trail." She said as she approached him as he was unhitching Ox in front of the house.
"Oh?" He said with a grin. "You do enjoy protecting your territory don't you?"
"Mhm, that and everything in it that's mine." She replied, reaching up slightly to nuzzle her nose against Loki's neck.
"So you're saying I'm yours?" He said with a smile that was a little too sharp. He didn't like the sound of being owned like a pet or a piece of furniture. He loved his independence too much, he needed it too badly.
Diana sighed softly before setting down the axe and taking both of his hands into hers. "Loki, I'd never be stupid enough to think that I could fully own you. That would be like trying to tame the west wind, it just isn't done. I love how free you are, how no one can ever truly own you.
"But there are people in this world who would try to hurt us, or break us apart. And the only way I can protect you is by making sure they know you're my lover. My consort to use more archaic terms." She told him, looking him the eye. "Feral mutants always become protective of their lovers. It's our animal side coming out and wanting to protect those we love. It's in our D.N.A."
Loki still felt constricted, but he understood where Diana was coming from. Plus, he admitted to himself that it was nice to feel wanted and protected like this. "You are right, beloved. I jumped to conclusions about your intentions and I am sorry. Forgive me?" He pleaded to her, his emerald eyes wide and sparkling to show he was sorry. Diana never could say no when his eyes sparkled like that.
"Oh stop it, there's nothing to forgive." She said with a laugh, before leaning up and kissing his lips. Loki hums in surprise as he feels just how warm her lips are as he kisses back, his tongue moving to brush against them.
Her mouth opens and her own tongue entwines with his as she softly moans at how cooler his is compared to hers. He moans back as her hand snakes up to clutch the back of his neck and his hand settles on her hip.
Reluctantly Diana breaks the kiss and softly pants, her hot breath steaming in the cold air. She looks at him hungrily before gently caressing her thumb over his slightly reddened lips.
"Go inside and get ready for me?" She asks him, her blood pumping and her lower stomach heating up in want for him. He doesn't need to ask what he'd be getting ready for. He can see it plain as daylight in the lust in her eyes.
"How long will I have to wait?" He asks, his own pants tightening as blood rushed to his groin.
"Give me ten minutes to split the log and to untack and rub down Ox, and I'll be right up." She told him, and without further ado they separated.
Loki went inside and up to the master bedroom. He stripped himself of everything but his pants and underwear. He put his clothes away, along with Diana's sweater and coat that she had stripped off earlier, and soon laid down on the bed. As he shifted positions a time or two, the inside of his jeans rubbed against his straining cock. He softly moaned before unzipping his fly and opening his jeans.
Diana untacked and brushed down Ox in record time before using her bending to conjure a water whip to slice the log up into firewood pieces. Using air currents, she moved the firewood to where the older pieces were. She had to admit that her bending was more controlled now than ever. Those finer movements would have been too advanced for her years ago, but practice made perfect after she leaned the ax against the split logs.
She wasn't too far gone in her lust to notice that thankfully Bruce and Steve were occupied in the living room as she silently moved through the house. As she climbed the stairs, she released her hair from its braid, letting it flow down her back.
The sight that greeted her when she opened the door made something inside her purr like a pleased cat. Loki had brought his pants and underwear slightly down his hip, putting his cock on full display as one long-fingered hand gently stroked it. His eyes were closed and his head was pushed back as he slowly pumped his cock, his other hand holding his pants in place and clawing the material.
His soft moans broke Diana's control, and she stripped off her own clothing before stalking towards the bed in nothing but her bra and panties. Luckily she locked the door behind her, she certainly wouldn't want anyone to interupt her and Loki.
Loki's eyes opened as the bed dipped with her weight as she crouched over him. He moaned at the sight of her in nothing but a white lace bra and panty set, with her pupils blown out in lust and her hair in a wild halo around her.
"I do believe I said you were supposed to wait for me before you started the fun." She chastised him, raising one hand to gently caress down his body and ending with wrapping around his cock. She runs her hand over the erect member, causing his breath to hitch as her hand shifted over the head of his cock.
"Ahh…I'm terribly sorry darling, but you got me so riled up that I couldn't help but give myself a hand at relieving it." He said with a wide grin, giggling softly as Diana snorted at his bad pun.
"You are such a silly goose." She told him with a shake of the head before she kisses him. Their tongues entwine and retract as Diana explores Loki's mouth. As she does, she pushes down Loki's jeans and underwear till he's bare under her and in return he pushes down her panties and unhooks her bra. The articles of clothing join the ones already on the floor.
Diana's breaks the kiss and moves her lips down, kissing and sucking and licking as much skin as she can. She made a slight stop at Loki's nipples, licking and nibbling them until they were small peaks of sensitized flesh. By the time she was at his cock Loki's entire body was thrumming in pleasure.
She licks the source of the pre-come that's begun to leak out of him, her tongue lapping against the slit in his cock. "You've changed me so much over the past six months, Loki." Her voice is soft as she alternates between running her tongue along the length of his cock and speaking. "I want to do things to you that I've never thought of doing before." She sucks on one of his testicles as her hand gently strokes the flesh of his cock. "Things that bring pleasure-" She swallows down half of his cock, swirling her tongue around his head. "And a little bit of pain." She reaches her hand up and drags her nails down his chest, causing Loki to gasp as he arches up into her hand.
He gasps in pleasure as she sucks the flesh of his cock and repeats the act of dragging her nails over his chest. "Ah! Darling, I need-"
"What do you need Loki?" She asks with a small smile on her lips as she continues playing with his cock.
"I need you Darling; I need to be inside you!" Loki gasps out, squeezing her shoulders with his nails slightly scratching her skin. "Please love, let me fuck you."
She kissed him, all teeth and passion as she got a condom from the nightstand and rolled it onto his cock. She broke the kiss, positioned herself, and slowly speared herself on his cock. They both moaned at the sensation before she started to ride him.
She starts out slow, moving her hips back and forth as his hands come up and settle on her thighs. Soon though, her own excitement and want urged her on, causing her to ride Loki faster. He moaned, thrusting up to meet her and moving one hand to the space connecting them.
Diana groaned as Loki played with her clit with his thumb. "Fuck, you are talented aren't you? Just like that, babe." She almost pleaded as every nerve in her body lit up in pleasure as he kept playing with her clit.
"As long as you keep riding me, I'll keep playing with your pearl." Loki breathed out, causing her to start riding him faster as her climax started to approach.
"Loki, I'm so close baby!" She gasped out, and Loki could tell as her pussy started tightening up. Not wanting to be left behind, Loki started thrusting up to meet Diana in greater ferocity.
She loudly moaned at the harder thrusting, her walls tightening around his cock as she got closer. "Gonna cum…" She bit out before tightening up like a coiled spring as she came, a hand moving down and grabbing onto Loki's wrist with bruising strength.
The painful grip and the tightened walls around his cock finally threw him over the edge. He cried out, thrusting up as his semen spurted inside the condom before collapsing. Diana followed suite, falling next to Loki like a limp rag.
"That…" She panted with a blissed out look on her face, "was incredible."
Loki hummed in agreement before tiredly taking the condom from around his cock, tying a knot in it, and tossing it in the trash. He then got up to clean off the fluids and use the toilet before cuddling back up to Diana on the bed. Soon enough he was fast asleep, with Diana following him into a light snooze.
She didn't see the harm in a short nap before dinner, especially with Loki and her entwined on the bed. The wood was cut, there was plenty of food stored in the house, and everyone was safe. So Diana napped with a light heart and stress free mind.
"Remind me why I'm doing this again?" Diana grumbled as she and Loki sat in the back of a limo the next day.
Tony grins from his seat across the limo and pours himself a Scotch on the rocks from the fully stocked mini bar. "Because I'm just too adorable to refuse?" He scowled as Diana snorted. "Alright, you're doing it because I begged you."
"And because Andi invited me to a gallery exhibit tonight. You were just an easy ride into the city." She retorted with a smirk as she looked over the liquors Tony kept in the mini bar. She decided what the hell and made herself a Cosmo, ignoring the look Tony threw at her. "So why exactly do you need me again?"
He sighed as Loki poured himself a Scotch like Tony's. "Because I need someone to help me test my latest suit against water pressure and high temperatures. So since going to the bottom of the sea or flying into a volcano is out, you were my only option."
"And why shoud she be doing this for you again Stark?" Loki asked with a raised eyebrow as he sipped his drink. The burning liquid felt good on his tongue, and he could taste the subtle hints of orange and honey.
"Because I made a deal with her that I'd pay for a trail ride and that I'd help fund the care of the dogs she rescued from the last fighting ring she busted up." Tony said.
"And to think I thought you didn't like dogs. Why the sudden change of heart, Stark?" Loki asked with a smug grin.
"What are you talking about? I'm still the same arrogant billionaire I always was. I just needed to get her to agree to my deal." Tony said with a sniff, putting his nose to the air.
Diana and Loki snickered at Tony's act but decided against commenting. They knew Tony was just a ball of squishy emotions underneath a iron tough shell. Besides, they had just entered the city and Loki got distracted by the sights.
The city was beautiful, despite still recovering from the Chitauri invasion the year before. Granted it was not the same as the magnificence of Asgard, but for a major city it was rather impressive. However he coud do without the trash lining some streets, the dirty snow piles, or the pollution lingering in the air, but he would endure it while they were there. After all, it was only one day.
Soon enough, they were pulling into Tony's underground garage in Avengers Tower. Loki and Diana finished their drinks before exiting the limo, Loki grabbing his and Diana's overnight bags before heading to the elevator.
The doors closed behind them, and then they were moving up the floors.
"Wecome back sir, and welcome Ms. Sullivan and Mr. Laufeyson." JARVIS said, causing Diana to flinch and look up at the ceiling.
"Who's that?" She asked, causing Tony to grin.
"That my dear, is JARVIS. He's the AI I created years ago, and he watches over Avengers tower and my house in Malibu." He said. "Just think of him as a vitual butler."
"Laufeyson, huh?" Loki said with a frown, a foul taste in his mouth.
"Yeah, Thor told us the whole adoption story and how you tried to take over the realm you were born in. We had a whole night of gossiping by the fire a few weeks after you tried taking over Earth." Tony said as the doors pinged open to reveal the main Avengers floor.
Loki felt self-loathing and anger coiling in his stomach. Self-loathing for being a jotun and for how he took it and anger at himself and at Thor for telling his story.
Tony was oblivious as he stepped out and onto the floor, but Diana could sense the unease in Loki.
"Love? Are you ok?" She softly asked, gently grabbing his hand.
Loki tried to rein in his emotions, and forced a smirk onto his face. "I'll be fine love, let's just get this over with."
Without waiting for her, he exited the elevator. She soon followed, frowning the whole way.
"Alrighty, this room will be yours and Diana's for tonight." Tony said. "Drop your bags and follow me to the training area."
Diana caught the back of Tony's collar, stopping him from continuing to walk.
"Slow your roll, playboy." She said as Tony squawked in complaint. "You're gonna have to wait till I'm better dressed for combat."
"Why? It's not like we'll actually be fighting." Tony said after he straightened out his collar.
"Pfft, that's what you think. Get outta that suit and tie, Stark, and I'll show you a real workout." Diana said with a smirk.
"Is that an invitation? Cuz I don't think Loki would be up to having a threeway." Tony said.
"If we were gonna have one, it certainly wouldn't be with you, Stark." Loki said as Diana facepalmed.
"Why not? I'm loads of fun." Tony said affronted, before meeping as Loki and Diana both sandwiched him between them both. Loki in front of him leaning in and Diana against his back, her hands on his shoulders.
"Because you couldn't handle us both Stark." Diana said in his ear, her lips touching the shell of it and causing him to flinch away slightly.
"And because you'd take too much attention away from us spending it on each other." Loki said as he leaned into his face, his lips dangerously close to kissing Tony's nose.
Before Tony could reply, they both retreated inside their room and shut the door behind them. Leaving Tony to look down at the slight tenting of his pants.
"Damn you." He said with a grumble. "JARVIS?"
"Already deleting the last part of the conversation from the security footage, sir."
"You know me so well buddy."
A half hour later found Loki sitting on a chair on the far side of the training area, watching as Diana and Tony faced off.
Tony was dressed in a hoodie, sweatpants, and athletic shoes. Diana was dressed in her old MMA outfit, her loose black shorts and green sports bra fitting just like they did almost two years before. Her hair was also swept back into a tight french braid. Her feet were bare, and both of them were wearing MMA fight gloves, foam headgear, and mouth guards.
"Alright, Mother Nature. Let's see what you got." Tony said past his mouth guard.
Diana smirked, before tossing a punch. He blocked, but didn't see her other hand going towards his stomach. He grunted as it made impact.
"I see you're not going easy on me. Alright, then I won't go easy on you." Tony said, before tossing a punch at her unprotected face.
Instead of blocking, Diana dodged and feinted left before punching him in the ribs with a right hook. He grunted and kicked out, aiming for her pelvis.
She sidestepped and sent a left hook to his face. Despite her pulling her punch, the impact still jarred Tony rather badly before he elbowed her in the solar plexus.
The wind was knocked out of her lungs as she retreated, coughing a few times before Tony pushed his advantage.
He got off a left hook to her chin and a right hook to her ribs before she kicked him in the stomach hard enough to send him on his ass.
As Tony lay on the mat wondering how he got down there, Diana coughed as she tried to get the air back into her lungs.
She finally succeeded right before Tony popped back up onto his feet.
"That the best you got, Red?" He asked with a grin.
Diana narrowed her eyes as her pupils turned to slits. She brought her right hand down close to her side, extended her left out, brought her left foot forward, and turned her right foot ninety degrees while bending her knees.
It was at this moment that Tony started rethinking his decision to ask her to help him, but before he could do much else Diana moved her weight from her right foot to her left as she sprung forward and attacked.
In a matter of a few moves, Tony was flat on his back wondering what the hell happened and why he couldn't move.
Diana took her mouth guard out, then leaned down and waved her hand in front of his face. "How many fingers am I holding up, Stark?"
It took Tony some time to focus, and for his body to respond to him before he could answer. "Three."
She smiled as she brought her hand back down. "Good, I didn't damage anything important. Now, you might not want to move for another minute or so. I just hit a pressure point on your body that temporarily paralyses your opponent. But you'll be right as rain in no time once you get the feeling back."
Loki came up next to her, smirking down at Tony's prone body. "I rather like him like this. On his back and helpless."
"You like everyone like that love." Diana said with a roll of her eyes.
"Well, is that a bad thing?" He replied with a wide grin, causing her to smirk.
"No, but more often than not that's not how this ends up." She quipped back.
Tony groaned as they went back and forth. His nerves were finally listening to him again as he sat up.
"Ok, memo to me:never challenge you to a fight again. They do not bode well for my health." He said as he tore his head guard and gloves off and spit out his mouth guard. Diana did likewise, but at a slower pace.
"Alright, I admit I went a little overboard." Diana said sheepishly. "I'll try to hold back next time, Tony."
"I think my doctor and I would both agree that there shouldn't be a next time." He quipped as she helped him stand up.
"If you say so." Diana said as she patted him on the back. "Come on, let's get to what we came here for."
With that, and once Tony fully regained control of his limbs, they set off for Tony's lab.
"Alrighty Big Red, let's get cracking." Tony said inside his latest Iron Man suit as they stood by the tower's indoor pool. Loki seated himself on one of the sunning chairs and leaned back, fully ready to enjoy the show.
Diana, still dressed in her MMA uniform, stood a few feet away from Tony, facing him and parallel to the pool. She looked over at the water, and then back at Tony.
"You sure about this Tony?" She asked the billionaire, and rapidly growing friend. She couldn't help but admit that Stark had started growing on her. His quirks and rapid fire wit had an endearing quality to it, even if he could be annoying at times. But then again, so could anyone.
"I'll be fine, mother hen. Stop worrying so much and get on with it." Tony said with a huff and an impatient tilt to his hips. It looked rather comical with him in his suit.
Diana sighed but got into stance and called her power to her. It came easily as she went through her forms, causing the pool water to ripple and move to her whim. The water spun as she moved her arms, and with an upwards sweeping motion a large amount arced over her head. With a forward thrust of her arm it headed towards Tony, who got into a better stance.
The water moved around Tony as Diana moved her arms, forming a solid sphere around him. More and more water joined the sphere as Diana made it tighter and tighter, upping the pressure being put on the suit.
"Is Tony ok JARVIS?" Diana asked the AI as she kept moving the water around the suit.
"Sir would like me to relay that 'The suit is holding up Big Red. Keep upping the pressure.' "
Diana huffed out a laugh. "Fine, but he better let me know if it gets too much. I don't want to crush his suit like a tin can." She moved her arms in smaller and smaller circles, making the water tighter around Tony.
They started having dificulties soon after the pool ran out of water. Diana had to concentrate harder, and she was beginning to waver as she kept up the pressure. Sweat ran down her face as she tried to stay focused, and soon her arms started shaking from the muscle strain.
Loki noticed, and he sat up to try and put a stop to this.
"Diana, you're pushing yourself too hard." He called out to her, the worry in his voice easily noticed. "I think that's enough."
"No, I have to keep it up." She gritted out, her teeth clenched as she pushed harder. "If I can't push past my limits, I can't get better."
"Sir would like me to relay that 'The suit seems to be holding up, but the air supply is running low. Start dialing it back, Red.' " JARVIS put in helpfully.
Diana felt a whine escape her throat, mostly because she felt her muscles start locking up. She quickly took a sidestep and thrust her arms to the empty pool, taking the water, and Tony, with it.
With a thunderous sound the sphere exploded at the bottom of the pool, sending water rushing to fill the once empty space. Tony climbed out of the pool, the suit a little dented but still functioning.
Diana collapsed to her knees, her arms shaking as the muscles in them locked up. She clenched her teeth as they spasmed, causing unrelenting pain. A whine escaped her throat as Loki crouched next to her.
He had seen this happen to her once before, one day when she went too hard on her punching bag. He had helped stretch out her muscles, and he started doing that now.
He grabbed one wrist, and helped her flex her arm. She groaned, her eyes tightly clenched as the muscles tensed and flexed, before they finally relaxed. He did the same to her other arm, and soon she collapsed against him, breathing heavily as she was finally able to rest.
"Are you ok love?" He asked her, his arm wrapped around her shoulders.
Diana nodded against his collarbone, still panting as her body shook from exertion. "I'll be ok. I just need to rest."
"I just got the readings back from Jarvis. The pressure you were putting the suit under was the same as if I had swam 2,000 feet under an ocean." Tony said in excitement, his faceplate flipping up to show off his eyes sparking. He gave out a laugh, before he noticed Diana's condition. "You ok Big Red?"
"I'll be fine." Diana said shortly. She honestly wanted them to drop it, and she just wanted to eat something and take a nap. She always felt short-tempered after expending that much energy.
"You sure? Cuz you sure don't look fine. You look like a single breeze could blow you over." Tony said in response.
She glared up at him. "Tony,drop it."
He stepped back, bringing up his armored hands in defeat. "Ok, ok. Sheesh, no need to bite my head off."
She huffed out a growl, but said nothing. She knew he was trying to help, but it wasn't really helping.
"Maybe a short lunch break would be a good idea? After expending that much energy, Diana is normally starving." Loki said. Her stomach growling gave truth to his statement.
"Yeah, ok. Lunch break!" Tony said, just before turning and heading to the elevator.
Loki sighed and shook his head as he helped Diana stand and follow after Tony.
Tony had already had Chinese delivered by the time they made it back to the Avengers floors, so they didn't have to wait. Soon enough, they were all digging into the mish mash of food, with Diana having thirds of everything.
Tony was watching her eat with a weirded out fascination on his face.
"I haven't seen anyone chow down that much since the last time Cap and Thor got into an eating contest." He said, half awe and half disgust in his voice.
Diana rolled her eyes as she swallowed the dumpling she had just chewed up.
"You'd eat this much too if you expended as many calories as I did just now." She told him, before lifting up more noodles with her chopsticks and continuing her meal.
"She has a point. Her powers are a lot like my magic is. Or...was." Loki said, his eyebrows furrowing at that thought. "Either way, I remember whenever I would expend a large amount of magic during a battle that I could rival even Thor's appetite."
"That's would be a sight!" Tony said with a laugh. "Skinny Loki here eating enough to rival Thor!"
Loki scowled, opening his mouth to strike him back but Diana beat him to it.
She flicked a dumpling at Tony, making him yelp as it hit his forehead with deadly accuracy.
"Don't make fun Tony. There's nothing wrong with Loki's physique. He may not be as brawny as Thor but he is far from being a beanpole." She chastised as he rubbed his forehead, sending a glare at her.
"Yeah yeah, whatever." He huffed, pouting as he went back to his food.
Diana winked at Loki, who sent a grateful smile her way.
"God damn it Tony, I told you it was too hot!" Diana said, healing the first degree burns on the genius's face. Her hair made a frizzy halo around her head, and her braid looked like a freshly scared cat's tail.
He grumbled and moved to get up, but she pulled him back down with a glare.
"I thought it would hold, this suit has more titanium in it. But apparently your fire is able to melt it." Tony said, the burns already fading from his face. "I just need to run a few more calculations and up the alloy intake. Maybe add another metal to it."
"And next time listen to me! I told you the suit was melting around the edges, but you didn't listen." She chastised, pointing to the floor of the workshop.
A puddle of cooled metal, which was once red and gold, now mixed together in a tie-dye like striping. The now ruined Iron Man armor stood next to the puddle, several parts showing signs of melting, with exposed wires and electrical panels in others.
"Well how was I suppose to know you could get your fire over three thousand degrees?!" He shouted.
"Well I certainly didn't know!" Diana yelled. "It was much as a surprise to me as it was to you!"
"Sir?" JARVIS interjected.
"WHAT?" They both yelled, turning to glare up at the ceiling.
"Mr. Laufeyson would like to remind Ms. Sullivan that it is almost 7 O'clock and that the gallery opening is at 8." JARVIS calmly stated.
Tony and Diana glared at eachother once more before going their separate ways. Tony to the communal living room, and Diana to her room to get showered and dressed.
The shower helped soothe her frayed nerves, and she felt better once she stepped out to get dressed. She dried off, and swept her hair up into a simple plaited bun after brushing out the tangles but a few curls managed to escape. She added a gold colored hair comb with celtic knotwork, and then slapped on some mascara, a smoky eye, and a pale coral lip stain.
She shimmied into a navy blue dress with a sheer cap sleeve and a hemline that stopped just above her knee. A three row champagne pearl choker complemented the sweetheart neckline, with black tights and a heeled black bootie completing the look.
Just as she was loading her wallet, some cash, and her cell phone into her metallic gold clutch, Loki entered the bedroom and stopped in his tracks.
He stood in awe of her, causing Diana to blush as she noticed his staring. She tugged an errant curl behind her ear and brought her arms over herself.
"I guess I look ok then?" She said with a smile at the floor.
"Absolutely beautiful." Loki said, approaching her to steal a kiss, which soon turned deeper as she wrapped her arms around his neck.
"Mmm you're lucky I'm wearing a lip stain. Otherwise I would've have to redo my lips." Diana purred as she broke it. She actually had to look down on him, as her heels put her two inches above his 6'2 frame.
"It is a shame you must be going." Loki said with a pout.
Diana let out a small laugh, before rubbing her thumb over his bottom lip. "Don't worry love, I'll be back soon enough. In the mean time, try not to rile Tony up much."
"Oh I think you did enough of that yourself." He said, a mischievous grin on his face.
"Do behave love, otherwise I might actually have to punish you tonight." She said sternly, but the smile on her face gave away her intentions.
"Promises, promises." Loki sing-songed, causing Diana to pinch his buttock. He stepped back with a laugh before she could offer up anymore retribution.
They had started exploring a new corner of their relationship one night after Loki had been bored and had stumbled across BDSM porn. He had confessed to Diana that Agroboda had done something similar with him, that it had helped him deal with the guilt of his children being taken from him. Diana had been a little confused, asking hadn't Thanos done something similar?
Loki had shaken his head and explained how with Thanos there was no consent, no aftercare. Thanos was the one with all the power, and how Loki was nothing but an object to play with and torture. With Agroboda, there was always consent beforehand, how if Loki didn't want to do anything he could back out of it. He held all the power, even with being tied up, and Agroboda always made sure to tend to his wounds afterwards.
Diana agreed that it was something she was interested in as well, and so they soon started experimenting with and without various toys.
Loki followed Diana down the elevator, and to the front lobby where she called a cab, gave him one last kiss, and then rode off into the night.
Ok! I hope everyone enjoyed this chapter, and I am once again sorry it took so long. The plot bunnies just wouldn't come. I'll get started on the next chapter soon as I can people, and I'm kinda thinking of Diana joining the Avengers. If she does, what should her superhero name be? If anyone has any ideas, just leave me a review guys, gals, and everyone in between and neither! They make me happy.