Janna awoke, stretched slightly and looked over to see Loki sitting and staring at nothing in a chair. Thinking probably and that was good. She was a bit sad that he was sitting in a chair and not next to her on the bed. Victor would have laid next to her...
Loki looked up to see Janna awake.
He felt that she was troubled over something, but waited for her to speak.
"So what are you doing over there? This bed is probably a lot more comfortable than that chair." Janna said still laying down.
Catching the hint, Loki stood from the chair, and sauntered over to the bed.
From the foot of the bed, he climbed over the sheets until he was face level with Janna.
"You seemed you wanted no disturbances."
He referred to her falling asleep on him.
"You were warm..." Janna said, seemingly surprised by that. "And I was very tired..."
She merely turned her head to keep an eye on him, but otherwise, she did not move much.
Loki laid onto the covers and glanced at Janna.
He was warm? He'd never noticed...
Janna scooted closer to Loki. It bugged her that he was on top of the covers, and she was under them. It made it so she could only get so close.
She tilted her head to lean close enough to be touching his shoulder.
Loki was oblivious to the covers situation.
He allowed Janna to put her head on his shoulder, and tilted his head so it was touching hers slightly.
Janna smiled and closed her eyes again.
Loki laid on the bed, trying not to focus too much on what needed to be done.
At the moment, he wanted to be relaxed and enjoy this time with Janna.
It was highly probable he would screw up again in the future.
Loki looked at Janna.
"You're anxious. What troubles you?"
He wasn't sure if she would actually answer, but it was worth a shot.
She still had her eyes closed and an arm wrapped around him.
"So...what now?" She was asking about what to do now between them personally, or even about what the next plans for the villainous activities were.
"We need to retrieve Doom and the Tesseract."
Loki hoped mentioning the Tesseract wouldn't spark anger in Janna.
"Then finding Osborn is the next part of the plan."
The mention of the Tesseract only angered Janna slightly; she was more saddened by what he said. She squeezed her arm around him tightly, though she did not mean to.
"Why? It won't be easy."
Loki searched the ceiling for the right words, but for once his silver tongue was useless.
"Because I must."
He shifted so he faced her, and brought his hand to Janna's cheek.
"That's no answer. You never HAVE to do anything." Janna frowned and watched him.
Loki gently touched Janna's cheek.
"It seemed appropriate."
His eyes stared into hers, and searched for something.
Janna looked down, the eye contact too much for her at the moment.
"And how do you plan on retrieving it then?"
Loki still looked at Janna's face; his eyes roaming her features.
"By taking it."
Janna looked back up at him.
"And you think it will be that easy?"
Loki shrugged.
"It won't be difficult."
"They'll be expecting you. They'll have more security. And who knows where they will have moved the Tesseract."
"Not to mention that the heroes will probably be back."
"Doom and Osborn will be on the ship."
Loki stated that as fact.
"And probably under more security than the Tesseract."
Janna finally got sick and tired of the covers. Besides, they were making her hot. She kicked them away and was now able to get as close to Loki as she had wanted.
Her mind started to wander and she wondered whether she could get him to make any emotional progress without him getting angry and taking off on her...
Loki didn't seem to be concerned.
He moved his hand around Janna, and traced circles on her shoulder.
Loki's hand on her made her shiver in what could only be described as pleasure. She wanted moreā¦.
Janna sat up slightly. She scanned his face to see if he might protest, she highly doubted it, and bent down to kiss his bottom lip.
Loki was curious at what Janna was doing when she kissed him.
He thought the timing of the kiss was odd, but he didn't protest it.
Janna pulled back for a moment and watched him. She hoped what she was trying might actually work...
"Will you ever forgive them?...Thor?...Odin?"
She hadn't pulled back that far, and once she was finished speaking she attempted to kiss him again.
Loki wanted to frown, and was going to say something sarcastic when Janna kissed him again.
His thoughts temporarily scrambled, and the hand on her arm moved to her back.
He wasn't sure if his feelings for Thor would ever not be based around hate, but Odin...
That look his father gave him...it made Loki sad; though he considered the sorrowful pain in his chest more of one of anger.
Janna smiled and looked at him after her second kiss. She gave him a moment to say something. She moved on of her hands to rest on his chest.
Loki thought of Odin and parts of his childhood.
He did feel like Odin was more fond of Thor, but he believed his father loved him as well.
Could he forgive Odin?
And Thor?
Loki made a face similar to the one he wore when he confronted Odin about his parentage.
Janna kissed him again.
"Can you?"
"It depends..."
Loki played with the hem of Janna's shirt, but didn't move it else wise.
He liked where this may or may not be going.
Janna smiled and moved to his ear. She nibbled it lightly then whispered.
"On what?"
Loki closed his eyes and sighed in pleasure.
"I think you know."
"And if I don't?" She continued her work before saying more.
"Tell me."
Loki's manly desires were clouding his thoughts, and he was the God of Lies; he decided he would humor Janna.
"Maybe."
He would never forgive Thor, but Odin...someday, so technically it was partially true.
Janna pulled away and looked at Loki. Her look said, 'Maybe? What's that supposed to mean?'
Janna's hand moved up to Loki's open collar and she teased the exposed skin.
Loki was slowly figuring out that Janna wasn't new at this game, and he was quickly deciding he didn't care.
Not wanting to talk anymore, he caved in.
"Yes."
Janna continued to play with his collar, and moved a bit closer to his neck.
"So you can forgive them? Before it's too late?" Her breath tickled his ear. She may have learned a bit from Victor...
"Yes." he growled.
Loki's fingers gripped the fabric of Janna's shirt, and threatened to tear it from her body.
The other hand weaved itself into her hair; only a tiny bit more gentle than the last time he grabbed her hair.
Janna smirked. "Doesn't exactly sound like you mean it."
She began to nibble his ear again.
It was increasingly becoming hard for Loki to focus.
"Yes, yes, yes, yes."
He wasn't sure if he was saying that as an answer to Janna's question, or if he was asking her to keep doing what she was doing.
If the god wasn't so deep within his manly urges, he would have been somewhat abash as the fact he was moaning like an Asgardian courtesan.
Janna decided to have some fun and see what he would do. She lightly tugged on the lobe of his ear as she pulled away from him. She slowly moved away from his body towards the edge of the bed.
"Nevermind." She smiled mischievously.
Loki's eyes were hazed in lust, and he wasn't going to let her just stop now.
He grabbed her shirt, and pulled on it; his way of telling her to come back.
Janna quietly laughed when she felt his hand on her shirt.
"I'm sorry. I just can't forgive you for what you did..." She grabbed the hand he had on her shirt and smiled at him as she continued to slowly move away.
Loki pulled on her shirt, hoping to use his strength to pull her forward.
The hand that was in Janna's hair was used to balance Loki as he leaned up on the bed.
Loki was strong, and Janna tried to resist, but she was still pulled towards him.
Her smile grew as she turned invisible.
Loki frowned when Janna turned invisible, but he felt her shirt in his grasp.
"Interesting trick, but you cannot fool the God of Trickery."
He continued to pull the invisible Janna to him.
"I did it once. Who's to say I can't again?"
She realized her attempts to beat him with pure strength were futile, so Janna relaxed and was pulled against him.
She was still invisible, and she waited to see what his next moves were before she did anything.
"You won't."
Loki's voice sounded confident, but he knew not to underestimate Janna.
He pulled her so close, that his hand was the only thing keeping her from being flush against his chest.
He moved his other hand where he assumed her back would be.
"Is that a lie?" Well Loki was sometimes called the God of Lies...
Janna moved an invisible hand and ran it through his long hair. 'He could use a haircut...' She decided.
She wanted to kiss him again, but she also wanted to mess with him a bit longer.
Loki smiled when he felt something in his hair.
"I haven't decided yet."
He wanted to kiss Janna, but he wasn't exactly sure where her mouth was.
"You haven't?"
She saw his smile and it was too much for her. She kissed him, but she was still invisible.
Loki was going to say something when he felt Janna, or he hoped it was, press against his lips.
He released her shirt in favor of wrapping his arms around her.
This whole situation wasn't awkward to Loki at all.
If she wasn't too into the taste of Loki's lips, she may have found it amusing that he did not seem to mind her being invisible at all.
Then she felt his arms wrap around her and thought that maybe now she was even more trapped than she was before.
Loki twisted them, so that Janna was laying on the bed with him towering over her.
His earlier thoughts were coming back, but the plan included the bed now and not the wall.
Janna finally gave in.
'Screw this, I'll mess with him later.'
She became visible again and placed both her hands in his hair.
Loki crashed his lips on Janna's and kissed her full force.
He wasn't exactly gentle, and he licked her bottom lip; his tongue impatient to explore her mouth.
Loki's tongue explored every inch of Janna's mouth; no place was left unexamined.
He moved his hands to her hips, and firmly gripped her waist.
His manly needs were begging to take over, and his plan, that now did not included the wall, was looking very appealing.
Janna continued to kiss him. When she felt his hands move to her waist she moved one of her own hands down to his face.
Loki stopped the kiss to get a breath of air, and then kissed Janna again.
It was then he noticed that she was visible.
He moved his leg between her knees so that she straddled him, and moved his hands so they were placed on either side of her head.
Janna could not even believe where she was at that moment. She may have wanted it, but she never expected it to happen.
Tony was wrong. There was one version of this where Loki did come out on top.
In the back of her mind she hoped he was doing this for more than just physical reasons. At the moment, she didn't care.
She smiled at him, and may have even blushed slightly.
Loki held himself over Janna with one hand, and began to trail down her side with the other.
When he reached the hem of her shirt, his hand moved under her shirt and began trailing upwards, slowly bringing her shirt with it.
Janna's breathing was shallow, and her heart was racing. She moved a hand to stop Loki's, one last moment of resistance, but then she moved her other arm and actually helped him get her shirt off.
She wanted his awesome tunic off of him, but she had no idea how it worked...
Loki moved the resisting hand away, and ripped off Janna's shirt with her help.
He smirked as he practically read her mind, and snapped his fingers.
His armor and clothing dissipated in waves of green and gold smoke, and the God of Mischief was almost completely naked.
"Better?"
Janna answered his question by pulling him close to kiss him.
Janna had at some point made her way back under the covers. She didn't know why, they made her even warmer than she already was...
Loki moved under the covers when Janna did, just to feel closer to her.
He wasn't a sentimental person by nature, but after what they did together, he couldn't help himself.
He had probably released his entire life's worth of stress just now, and if he had to apologize to Thor and his hammer to be able to do that with Janna, then he would.
Janna's eyes were closed and her smile grew when she felt Loki move closer to her. That made her feel better than if he had just got up and left after he got what he wanted.
"Now you've got me. So don't hurt me." She said quietly.
Loki heard her words and hummed.
That was a pretty ironic statement since Loki always seemed to hurt Janna in one way or another.
"Never."
Janna opened her eyes and turned to him to leave a kiss on his cheek.
She prayed he would stick to his word for once.
Loki's smile widened when he felt Janna's kiss, and he moved to kiss her in return.
She belonged to him now, and Loki was like Stark in the respect when it came to things that were his; he didn't like it when others touched his stuff.
He just hoped he didn't go back on his own word and screw up again.
Janna wasn't sure how long she had laid there with Loki before she finally decided to get up.
It was slightly ironic, how in movies and such, people usually covered themselves when getting up to leave their partner after sleeping with them. Janna had it easy though with her power.
Janna slowly made her way away from Loki towards the edge of the bed. As she slid out from under the covers she became invisible. She decided a shower was in order, so she walked over to the bathroom and shut the door. She didn't shut the door completely, however, as it did not latch.
Once in the bathroom she allowed herself to be visible again and turned on the water for a shower.
Loki felt Janna move away from him, but he didn't see her leave the bed.
Leaning up, he heard the shower running, and a beam of light from the unclosed bathroom door shown across the bed.
He pushed himself from the bed, and moved to the bathroom.
Janna waited a moment for the temperature to warm and saw her face in the mirror. The bruise on her face was almost completely gone. It was slightly darker than the rest of her skin. If you hadn't known it was there you wouldn't have thought anything of it.
She checked how warm the shower was and was pleased with the temperature. She stepped in.
Opening the door, Loki stepped into the bathroom and saw Janna's silhouette against the shower curtain.
He pushed the edge of the curtain back slightly, and peeked into the shower.
Janna almost jumped when the shower curtain moved. It startled her because she wasn't expecting it.
"Don't you knock?" Janna laughed. Like she was one to talk.
Loki stepped in the shower with Janna, not caring if she protested or not. Janna didn't mind Loki joining her in the shower.
She thought of words he had used against others before and came up with the perfect one as she began to wash her hair.
"Becoming a bit sentimental are we?" She smiled.
Loki moved closer to Janna.
"Perhaps."
Janna seemed to notice Loki's sentences getting shorter when she asked him questions. She thought it was funny, but it did bug her a bit.
Loki smirked; he could tell his simple answers were slightly bothering her.
Janna attempted to put some soap in Loki's hair and run her hands through it.
"It's gotten long hasn't it?" She was thinking about somehow having him get it cut.
He kissed her neck as Janna's hands went through his hair.
Talking about his hair made him think about his earlier thoughts of getting it cut.
"Annoyingly so. It's beginning to get as womanish as Thor's."
She enjoyed his kiss but continued brushing the soap through his hair then down his shoulders before turning around and finished washing her own hair.
Janna was amazed, and rather happy that Loki actually said Thor's name without getting pissy. She giggled at his comment.
"Then maybe, not only should you get your hair cut, we should shave Thor's head."
Loki didn't realize his slip, but assumed she laughed at what he said.
He ran his fingers through his hair, all the while enjoying the mist created by the shower.
Chuckling at Janna's comment, he tried to imagine Thor bald.
It was harder than he thought.
Janna smiled. They had talked about Thor and Loki didn't get angry. Such an improvement. They weren't even talking about killing Thor...
Janna finished washing up and stood partly in the stream of warm water. She waited for Loki to finish.
Loki let part of the stream run through his hair, and then over his body.
As much as he didn't want to leave, he rung out his hair, and stepped out of the shower.
Janna climbed out after Loki and turned off the water. She grabbed a nearby towel and dried off.
She saw the uniform Stark had made her hanging up on a hook. The maids had had it cleaned for her. She reached for it to put it on.
Loki had used a towel to dry off, but he threw it somewhere and stood in the bedroom naked.
He searched for his clothes, and found his pants, but was taking his sweet time moving to get it.
Janna stayed in the bathroom to dress herself, but couldn't help admiring Loki through the doorway.
Once dressed she tried drying her hair further, then pulled it back in a rubber band to keep it out of her face. Just in case Loki still had plans to visit SHIELD again...
Loki could feel eyes on his body, and he smirked to himself.
His physique wasn't exactly preferred by women in Asgard; he secretly liked being admired.
He found some clothing in the closet, and figured it was Victor's.
Deciding to wear the clothes he found, he first pulled the black slacks on his long legs, and buttoned the sliver clasp.
Next he slid the white shirt over his arms, and began to button it up.
The Asgardian felt a little ridiculous wearing this outfit without his petticoat and scarf on, but at the moment, it was more comfy than his armor.
Janna left the bathroom and almost wanted to laugh at the clothes Loki had decided to wear.
Loki buttoned the last button on the shirt, and brushed his wet hair out of his face.
He sat in silence for a moment, his thoughts on what to do next jumbling around in his head.
"Do you truly prefer my hair short?"
Janna walked over to Loki and raised her hands to the top buttons of his shirt.
"Yes. You look like some sort of punk rocker with it that long."
She didn't know if he would understand that, "And that is NOT a good thing."
Loki didn't have a clue what a punk rocker was, but from the sound of Janna's voice at mentioning whatever it was, it wasn't a good thing.
She slowly unbuttoned the top three buttons of his shirt. If you aren't wearing a coat over a button up shirt, you should not button it all the way...
He ran a hand through his hair, and hummed.
Where could he find someone willing to cut his hair, and not attempt to slit his throat as well?
Janna unbuttoning his shirt brought him out of his thoughts.
Where did she get this energy?
He was an Asgardian god, and even he was tired from they're strenuous, but pleasurable activities from earlier.
Loki didn't realize that she was making him look more presentable.
Janna patted down Loki's collar and fixed the shirt. She stepped back and smiled. She was a bit more pleased by his appearance now.
She sucked at cutting hair, and they were in Latveria...
"I know some places in the states that would cut your hair." She said and tilted her head to the side.
Loki looked up at her and gave her a look.
"You do?"
He wasn't sure if Janna was joking or not.
"Where?"
Janna laughed. "Yeah."
"Almost any hair salon not located in New York."
No one would recognize him. And if she chose a privately owned salon, SHIELD wouldn't catch him on their radar again through security cameras.
He thought of asking Janna if she could cut it, but rethought that.
She was known to be a trickster...he'd choose the salon.
"When do we leave?"
"Depends. How are we getting there?"
Janna headed back to the bathroom to quickly change into some clothes that wouldn't draw second looks. She changed to match the style Loki was wearing right now.
Loki thought about using magic...but that would cause a stir in a bad way.
He knew Doom had a private jet, but was it still here?
He decided that he'd find out when Janna came out of the bathroom.
Janna returned and walked up next to Loki.
"If we flew there it would probably be too late and the salons closed." Because of the time difference. "If you have the energy to teleport, then they could still be open."
Loki could get them there, but it was a matter of having the energy to get them back home.
"It would benefit us more if we flew."
He didn't like the idea of flying in Victor's plane, but he really didn't have many other options.
"Alright then. Once we get there we could stay at my place until they open." Janna smiled.
She missed her own bed, and her animals. She figured her family was still on vacation. Wouldn't that be a conversation...bringing Loki home to meet her parents. She was old enough to do what she wanted, but her parents still treated her as if she were twelve.
And besides, she needed some money to pay for Loki's haircut...she didn't want this to turn into Bonny and Clyde. That was overdone.
Janna started to leave the room to head for the jet.
Loki thought of the apartment he trashed up, and where it was located.
He was slightly confused.
Following Janna to the jet, he voiced his concerns.
"I thought your lodgings were relatively close to Stark Tower."
"My parents keep threatening to turn my room into a guest bedroom. But they can't bring themselves to do it." Janna laughed.
Loki bristled at Janna's mention of parental sentimentality.
He wondered what Odin had done with his old belongings; his books, his scribblings on old and new magic, his novice sorcerers robes...
"And this place, nowhere near Stark's."
"Hm? Good."
She saw a nice jet and climbed inside. The pilot running to meet them, a bit peeved about not getting to finish his coffee.
Loki climbed onto the plane.
Janna headed to the front of the plane to tell the pilot where they were headed.
She was pretty sure there was enough room to land the plane in the neighbor's backyard. And everyone who lived nearby were old and would be asleep when they got there, and too deaf to hear them.
Janna returned to the back of the plane and sat down.
Loki walked in and sat down.
He wondered about Janna's childhood and her home.
What was her family like?
How would they respond to him?
Loki was glad that Janna didn't sit across from him, and opted to sit next to him now. Janna looked deep in thought, and Loki couldn't help but stare at her; he himself was wondering if her thoughts were similar to his. Loki wrapped an arm around Janna.
He hated planes, but holding her made the ride a bit more tolerable.
Author's Notes: Same note about the 'lemon' issue as before. :) If you want to write one and message me, I'll add it to this chapter if I like it. :)
