this chapter is broken up into two sections because I love hearing Ton Hiddleston reciting Shakespeare and the ringtones were just too good to skip.

Sound

Jane deliberately ignored his baiting tone. "Well, since my book no longer interests me, a fact that is totally your fault, you should make it up to me." She moved to a spot on the floor close to his chair.

"You on your knees before me. My imagination is filled with the possibilities.''

Again, she ignored him. "I meant read to me, you perv."

"Your loss." Loki muttered. He thumbed through the pages til he found a sonnet ripe with potential.

Shall I compare thee to a summers day?

Thou art more lovely and more temperate:

Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,

And summer's lease hath all too short a date:

Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,

And often is his gold complexion dimmed

And every fair from fair sometime declines,

By chance, or nature's changing course, untrimmed

But thy eternal summer shall not fade

Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st;

Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade,

When in eternal lines to time thou grow'st;

So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,

So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.

He looked to Jane and was surprised to see her eyes shining with unshed tears. At his questioning look, she brushed them away, embarrassed.

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean..."

She put a finger to his lips. "It's nothing. I just wish that..."

He nipped her finger lightly. "You know that thought your having, Jane? Let it go."

She laughed. The simple sound was sweeter than any instrument to his ears.

It was several days later when he walked into the common room and found the Avengers sitting in a strained silence. That was never a good sign.

"Either this is an intervention about my growing army of fangirls or something is seriously wrong."

Pepper smiled at his attempt at humor and motioned to a slightly cracked smartphone lying in the center of the table. "Jane changed her ringtone, finally, and Thor isn't happy."

Loki rolled hi s eyes. Despite all the personal growth Thor had gone through, he was still the spoiled child in some ways. "So she changed it. What's the big deal?"

Tasha grinned and dialed a number. The phone made a distorted, but still audible sound.

But mama I'm in love with a criminal
And this type of love isn't rational, it's physical
Mama please don't cry, I will be alright
All reason aside I just can't deny, I love the guy

All eyes turned to him. "I wasn't aware she was a Britney fan. Ms. Romanoff, would you be so kind as to help me with something?"

She raised a single eyebrow and nodded. "Sure." As she stood, Clint caught her hand and squeezed. "I'll be fine. The day I can't beat pretty boy here, is the day I retire."

As they walked away, Loki heard Steve ask, "What was that about fangirls?"

Jane pressed her fingertips into her temples. Dealing with Thor's insecurities was giving her the mother of all headaches. "Thor, it's just a song. I happen to like it and you just happen to have a brother who's a bad guy. It's a coincidence."

Thor shook his head stubbornly. "It could give the others the wrong impression, Jane. It could give him the wrong impression. That's why your going to change it."

She looked at him like he had lobsters coming out of his ears. "What?"

He smiled triumphantly. "It's settled. You will change your phone sound and we will discuss it no more." At this, he turned and headed back towards the main room.

She"It is not settled! It is my phone, not yours! You have no right to dictate to me what I do with it!"

Jane was following so close behind him that she slammed her face into his back when he suddenly stopped. Rubbing her injured nose, she peered around him and saw all their friends watching them argue. After what felt like an hour of awkwardness, Loki spoke up. "On that note, has anyone seen mine? I seemed to have misplaced it.'

Tony, who was always willing to cause trouble, looked up at the ceiling. "Friday, call Reindeer Games for me."

A beat later, a sound started to come from the sectional in the living room.

Ooh, heaven is a place on earth
They say in heaven, love comes first
We'll make heaven a place on earth
Ooh, heaven is a place on earth

All eyes turned to Thor. He calmly watched Loki retrieve his phone before gripping his shoulder tightly and practically dragging him towards the training room. Jane sank into a chair and buried her face in her hands. "Great. I'm in the middle of a love triangle. 'As the Helicarrier turns'."

Natasha snorted. "Been there, done that." She muttered from where she sat between Clint and Bruce.

if anyone can think of a better song for Loki to use to express his feelings to Jane, please tell me! I went through four different options and still wasn't really happy with my final choice. And by the way, do I really need to say that I'm not Shakespeare, Britney Spears, or Belinda Carlisle?