Something for you to read on this fine Saturday ^^
Chapter 12
Tony sat on his couch, a lot of papers to go through splayed in front of him on the coffee table, wishing for them to go away so he could go and cuddle with his boyfriend, who had decided to sleep in today after a very active night. But he had promised Pepper to send the papers back tonight. He was also forced to go through some plans for his birthday party that was being held this weekend.
'I'm sorry to interrupt, sir, but there is a Mr. Odinson that wants to talk to you.' His Ai informed him.
Tony grunted, resisting saying 'fuck it' and going back to bed. "Tell Loki I really need to work." Tony said, feeling his heart clench by saying it.
'Sir, it's not Loki Odinson, but Thor Odinson that wants to gain access.' The AI said almost annoyingly.
Tony felt himself tense up by the information. Should he tell Jarvis to call the police? Then he remembered what Bruce had told him. Confused, lost, stressed and probably lonely. He couldn't help but feel sorry for the man that had pushed him up against a wall. "Let him up." Tony told his AI and got up to get the gun that Rhodey had given him for security measures. He put the gun at the back of his jeans and stood so the man couldn't see it, leaning against the back of a couch, waiting. "And tell Loki not to come out and no, he can't know why." Tony then ordered, feeling very protective.
'Mr. Odinson is very worried, sir.' Jarvis told him after few minutes.
"Tell him that everything is fine and that he can go back to sleep." Even though he knew that Loki wouldn't. The elevator doors opened and the blond, huge guy walked into the room, looking like a sad puppy. "Are you here for me or for Loki? And before you answer you must know that either answer will leave you with just me anyway." Tony said with a small smirk.
Thor looked at him with a frown. "I'm only here to apologies to both of you." Thor said. His posture was smaller than the first time they had met. "I don't know what came over me, but it was wrong of me to take out my anger on you." The big man looked down at the floor, looking like a child.
Tony nodded, still on his guard thought. "And why do you want to apologies to Loki?" He asked him with a stern voice.
The man tensed and looked at the genius with narrowed eyes. "That does not concern you?" he said with a stern voice. Tony could practically see the muscles on the blond dude go bigger.
But he wasn't scared of the man. He was actually pissed off at his statement. "It does concern me because I love him and want to protect him." Tony growled back and saw the huge man's eyes go wide.
"You love my brother?" Thor asked with a small voice, still in shock.
Tony calmed down a bit, but kept eyes on the man's body language. "Yes, I do. Very much, actually." Tony said and couldn't help the smile that appeared on his lips.
A smile actually appears on Thor's face. "It gladdens me that my brother has someone that cares for him that much." He says and his body becomes relaxed.
"You are? Then what was all the fuzz about last time?" Tony asked a bit confused.
"I don't know. I guess our father has poisoned my mind." Thor said with the saddest look Tony had ever seen on a man.
"What made you realize that?" Tony just had to ask. Looking at the big man that was used to confident and being a leader, to suddenly show how broken he was.
"Last night. I went to a friend's home and we talked more than we ever had before and she made me see the truth." Thor said and looked like he was shaking and on the verge of crying.
Tony felt nervous. How could he comfort this man? "Come in and sit down. I'll go get Loki." Tony said and moved away from the couch. Thor looked up with glazy eyes and looked almost scared. "I think you two need each other the most right now." Tony said truthfully and walked over to the bureau to put the gun away and then walked to his bedroom. He knocked gently and then looked inside to see Loki sitting on the bed, dressed in jeans and one of his band t-shirts.
"Tony, what is going on?" Loki asked and stood up from the bed, looking worried, but yet relieved to see his boyfriend safe.
Tony walked over to him and took his hands in his. "Thor is here." He said calmly and saw Loki tense up.
"Are you okay?" Loki asked and looked at Tony to find any signs of wounds. Tony nodded and smiled. "Why is he here?" Loki then said with a frown.
"He wants to apologies." Tony answered and made soothing circles with his thumbs on Loki's hands.
"I don't want to talk to him." Loki said and tried to move away from Tony, but felt the grip on his hands hardened.
"I know you don't, but he knows now that he was wrong and he seems really confused. He needs you." Tony tried to convince him, but seeing his face it didn't seem to go very well.
"Where was he when I needed him?" Loki hissed and this time got out of Tony's grip and walked over to the windows.
Tony sighed and dragged a hand through his hair. "He was happy to hear that I love you." He told him and looked over at Loki. "He also said that Odin has poisoned his mind." This time Loki turned around, looking confused, yet curious. "Please, talk to him. He looked like he was going to break down when he showed up here." Tony said with sad eyes.
Loki let out a shaky breath. "Only if you are there with me." He said and moved over to Tony again and felt Tony's hands place on his hips.
"Always." Tony answered and moved up to plant a soft kiss on Loki's lips. Then Tony took his hand and led him into the living room. Thor had sat down on a couch and currently hid his face in his hands. Tony and Loki sat down on the couch opposite of him, still holding hands.
"Thor." Loki said and held Tony's hand tight.
The man in front of them looked up with teary eyes. "Brother, I am so sorry for what I have done to you." He said with all honesty he could show and broke down, shaking and more tears streaming down his cheeks as he looked down at the floor to hide himself.
Loki looked at Tony with wide eyes, not knowing what to do. Could he forgive him? After all that he has done. But it could be true that Odin had poisoned his mind. He is that stupid after all and only wants to please. Tony motioned for him to do something and let go of his hand. Loki stood up and hesitantly walked over to the man he once called brother and sat down beside him. He laid a hand on the man's back and immediately had the huge brute pressed to his chest and arms wrapped around him, hearing him sob against his shoulder. "Please, forgive me." Thor begged him. Loki was at a loss of words and didn't know what to say, he could only wrap his own arms around Thor and squeeze lightly. Tony smiled at them and then stood up to leave them alone, but Thor shot up and looked at the genius. "I must warn you. Odin is not happy about this and he will find a way to break you apart." He said with a shaky voice, his hair covering his face.
Loki pulled the hair away and gave him a small smile. Tony walked up to them and stood by Loki's side. "I know, but as I said to Loki. I like to see him try." He said with a cocky smile and his hand ran through Loki's raven black hair lovingly.
Thor smiled at the words and to see Loki smile and lean into the genius touch. "Well, I'm happy for you at least and so is mother." He said with a smile and dried away his tears.
"Thank you, Thor." Loki said and gave him a small smile. It has still happened a lot between them so he wasn't forgiven completely, but it was a beginning. "Would you like something to drink?" He asked carefully, not really sure if he wanted him to stay.
"I guess some water would be nice." Thor said and his whole demeanor changed to something of a childish boy.
"I'll go get it. You want something, babe?" Tony asked and kept stroking Loki's hair.
Loki looked up at his boyfriend with a warm smile. "Tea would be nice." He said and took the hand that was in his hair and kissed it before Tony left for the kitchen. Loki watched him leave before turning back to Thor. "So, what made you change your mind?" He asked carefully and let go of Thor's hand and leaned back on the couch.
"I went to visit Jane Foster yesterday. She is the only one who dares to disagree with me and make me see reason." Thor told his brother and sighed. "You have to believe me, Loki, when I say that I only did all those things because I thought I was doing the right thing for you. I see now that I have only caused you more pain." He said and tears threatened to come again.
Loki grabbed a napkin that almost disappeared under one of all the papers on the coffee table and gave it to Thor. He leaned back, the words Thor just said going through his mind. "You do know that it's not just going to be okay right away." Loki said with a calm voice.
Thor nodded. "I know, but I was hoping that we could maybe work on it and become brothers again someday." He said a bit hopeful.
Loki managed a smile. "Yeah, maybe." He answered and looked at the notebook that lay on the coffee table.
Thor eyes followed Loki's, he saw the notebook and remembered Loki hiding it at his apartment. "For green/blue eyes only?" He asked curiously and wanted to look closer, but didn't dare to touch it.
"Tony gave it to me on our third date. It's a notebook where I keep my novel ideas." He explained with a warm smile. Thor recognized that smile from seeing it on his father's face whenever he spoke of his mother, he had always associated that smile with true love and to see it on Loki made him feel warm and proud of his brother.
"I would like to hear how you met and about your dates?" He said with a small smile, hoping he wasn't asking for too much.
Loki leaned an arm on the couch back and had to bite one of his fingers to not smile like a love struck idiot. "We met at one of his parties." He started when he took out his finger. Thinking that Thor wouldn't like to hear what actually happened, he rearranged the story a little. "We talked a lot and had a great time. I never thought that I would see him again, but then we accidently met in the park and he asked me to join him for coffee sometime." Loki continued, feeling safe to tell him the rest truthfully. "It was Natasha who convinced me to keep meeting him. Tony invited me for a dinner here, wanting to show me his romantic skills and I guess it really started from there." Loki said with a warm smile, thinking of their real first kiss that they shared on the couch opposite of them.
"I feel that I have succeeded on the romantic department." Tony's voice was heard and the man looked over and saw the man actually carrying a tray, on it was two cups, a glass with water and a few sandwiches he managed the genius managed to make and placed it on top of all the papers. Tony sat down sort of behind Loki since he was turned to Thor and gave him his cup of tea.
"Thanks, love." Loki said and gave Tony a kiss on the cheek. Tony took his cup that contained coffee. "And yes, you did, a bit too cliché, but it was good." Loki then said with a wicked smile, feeling Tony place a hand on his hip.
"So, I saw on the news that you took Loki to the aquarium. Good move, because he likes animals." Thor said with a warm smile.
Loki only chuckled and nodded. "I noticed." Tony said with a grin. "It's not just animals he likes." Tony pointed out with a cocky smirk and felt Loki elbow him in the stomach. "Ouch." Tony said and rubbed the spot that was hit.
Thor only laughed, remembering Loki doing the same to him when he said something embarrassing. "I saw the picture of you Stark and that woman. Was it true?" Thor then asked with stern voice.
"No, Thor. It was just some blond bitch that thought she could take Tony away from me." Loki muttered and felt a hand place on his and entwined their fingers.
"That's good to know that you don't have any intentions to betray my brother." Thor said with a brotherly voice.
"I would never and now I wouldn't dare either." Tony said with a smirk and rested his chin on Loki's shoulder.
They sat for some minutes talking about Tony and Loki's dates, but then Thor's glass was empty and when he looked at his watch, he noticed he was late to meet Jane. "I'm sorry, but I have to leave." He said and stood up from the couch. "I'm really happy that we talked, brother." Thor said and smiled at Loki, who had stood up as well to follow him to the elevator.
"Me too." Loki answered him.
"Would you like to come to my birthday party?" Tony asked and stood up as well and placed his hand on Loki's lower back.
Thor's eyes started to shine. "Can I bring a friend?" He asked with a huge smile.
"Sure." Tony said and shook Thor's hand, feeling it getting crushed in the huge hand. "I'll send an invite to you." Tony said and got his hand back.
"I'll see you then. Goodbye, brother, Stark." Thor walked into the elevator and was gone.
