~ Condemnation of a God: 50 Years ~

By: Monkan

Pairing: Thor/Loki
Warning: M/M, implied Rape, implied Ragnarök,
Copyrights: I own nothing; all credit goes to Marvel and the mythology.

Full Summary: Set after the final chapter of 'Condemnation of a God'. With Loki reborn as a human on Midgard his time will be limited, but that doesn't stop Thor from appearing in his life again. Can Thor forgive himself for the events that happened 50 years ago?

A/N: Other than this I do not have any plans on makeing a sequel. If I ever do it will come on its own time. I'm moving on to other stories so you will have to fill in the rest with your own imagination. Enjoy!

~ One Month Later ~

"If you are going to just sit there and mold you can at least peal these." said Loki before dropping a basket of peas in Thor's lap.

"And if I don't?" Thor asked with a teasing smirk.

Loki's green eyes gave the blonde man a long look and in a dead serious tone said, "Then you don't get any food."

"I yield my case." Thor said in playful defeat as he began to pick up the pea pods and started to shell them.

"It's good to know you know your place." Loki said with a smile before going back to his laundry. He picked up one of his white shirts, shook it out, before hanging it up to dry.

Thor laughed at the comment because it took him back to the past. A past they no longer shared. The ruler of Asgard looked up at the scene.

Never would he have thought he would see Loki hang up his laundry by a small house in a field of green grass, shining sun, and the sound of horses from the paddock close to the house. But in a way it suited Loki. It was completely different from what had happened to him in Asgard.

As much as it pained Thor that Loki didn't remember him, it was also a blessing for him not to remember what happened in the dungeons and the end of old Asgard. This time he wouldn't touch Loki. He wouldn't ruin Loki.

This time... he would let Loki live his own life.

The sound of someone coming up the hill stopped them both in their work. Thor didn't know who the woman was that jumped out of the car and frankly he didn't care, but apparently Loki did from the smile on his face and the kiss on the cheek when they reached each other.

It was a stab in his lonely heart.

Loki talked to the woman in a familiar way before they walked toward the paddock. Left on the porch was Thor and the gut wrenching feeling inside him. He couldn't stand the sight so he turned away from it.

This was worse than the fifty years he spent alone in Asgard. All the guilt and all the remorse couldn't measure up to this agony.

Despite having taken on the throne of Asgard and now its rightful King, his feelings for Loki had not dimmed in the least. Because of that, or maybe thanks to that, he had rejected any advanced the women in Asgard had made to him. While the throne needed an heir, he wasn't ready to leave behind the past. No matter how horrible it was.

And he had missed Loki. The way his adopted brother had talked to him. How he had treated him. His laughter. His smile. His odd ways that had never truly been Asgardian ways. He missed everything, and it had been he who destroyed it.

In his despicable way he had turned that smile to tears, turned laughter to screams.

That was why even if he longed to touch Loki. Even if he longed for their first true kiss. He wouldn't give in to his desires. Even if Loki showed an interest in another. In a woman.

Thor bit his lower lip as he lifted his head to see Loki waving good bye to the woman who were riding away on one of his horses.

Loki turned around and came back to the house, to his laundry, and Thor. "What's wrong?" he asked. "You look like you've bitten in a bad lemon." the hint of a smile on his lips.

"You seem close to her." Thor said, hiding behind a fake smile.

"Linda? Yeah. I guess you can say that. We sort of grew up together. There are not so many children in this town and even if I were three years older it was better than nothing." Loki said fondly.

Loki watched as Thor nodded his head in silent understanding. He couldn't quite figure out this man. For the last month he had come and gone as he pleased with no hints to what his real purpose was. He had asked around and there were no new arrivals in town, and there were no house for miles from the direction Thor always came from.

The man was truly a mystery.

"The peas won't shell themselves." he pointed out and Thor returned to busying himself.

Loki gave him a curious look before turning back to his laundry.

Was he interested in Linda? He had acted strangely when she had come to get one of the horses. But that didn't make sense. If he fancied Linda then he wouldn't spend all his time here with him. Normally he was good at figuring out what people wanted. It was part of his trade to find the best horse for the human.

But Thor was impossible.

He looked a few years older than Loki, but didn't act his age. He acted like some of the older people did. Like he had years upon years of experience and knew how the world worked.

When he finished hanging up his laundry he took the basket and turned around. To his surprise Thor had gotten pretty far through the peas.

"You are pretty good at this." He commented impressed.

"Yeah," Thor smiled at him. "I used to shell peas with my brother." as if catching himself, Thor looked away as if that would erase what he had just said.

"You have a brother?" Loki felt happy now that he knew something about Thor. "What's he like?"

Thor breathed deeply through his mouth before answering. "He was a bright kid. Always up to no good with his tricks and pranks. There were never a dull moment with him around."

"Was?" Loki felt a bad feeling coming on.

"He's dead." Thor said softly.

Immediately Loki felt bad for digging into Thor's past. He should have known there were something like this if someone never spoke about themselves. "I'm sorry."

The strained smile he received was both sad and something else he couldn't place. "It was a long time ago."

This he hadn't planned on. His heart truly went out to Thor. He might not know what it was to lose a brother but he knew what it was to lose someone close. Death never became easier no matter how many times you faced it.

The blond man stood up with the basket in his hands. "I think that we have enough for dinner." He turned to walk inside but Loki called out to him.

"Thor."

The other stopped walking but didn't turn around. "What?" he asked softly.

Only footsteps of Loki coming closer was his only warning before a hand was placed on his shoulder and a kiss placed on his cheek.

Thor blinked several times before turning to Loki with a stunned expression.

"I'm sure your brother is watching over you proudly." Loki said with a warm smile. He patted Thor's shoulder before walking inside his house to start the next on his lips of chores, but also to hide the tiny blush on his face.

Thor stayed behind. He couldn't understand that had just happened. He reached up to touch his cheek and his heart made back flips of joy. It might just be a simple way to comfort but to Thor it helped his heart to heal a little faster. Both the words and the action.

He didn't know how long he could stay with Loki before the difference in their existence started to show, but he hoped that he could stay for a long time and share this life with Loki.

The End.