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Chapter 18

"I can't believe we are doing this." Loki said when they got into the car Happy had drove up in front of the tower, fixing the suit he had decided on after allot of changing.

Tony closed the door, faced Loki and took his hand. "You need to see her and she needs to see you." The genius said and kissed Loki's still wrapped in bandages hand.

"Tell me the plan again." Loki said and leaned closer to Tony.

Tony sighed. This was the third time he would tell it to him. "Frigga will tell Odin that she is meeting friends for dinner, she even has a friend that knows about this and is ready to confirm the lie. Thor will pick her up at the hotel and drive her to the secluded restaurant on the other side of the city and that is where we meet her." Tony explained and massaged the long fingers he was holding. Loki nodded and let out a shaking breath. "Hey, it going to be fine." Tony tried to calm him and planted a soft kiss on Loki's head.

"But what if he finds us?" Loki asked. His voice was shaking a bit and Tony could feel how tense and nervous he was.

"I have body guards on standby." He said and felt the body he was holding relax a bit. The genius lifted Loki's chin so that he was looking into his eyes. "I won't let him hurt you or your mother." He said seriously and then leaned down and kissed him lovingly.

After 15 minutes of driving through the city Happy stopped in front of a fancy restaurant, near the docks that Pepper had taken him to on one of their dates. Happy opened the door for them and the genius got out first and then Loki got out behind him, taking his hand as they walked into the restaurant. "Hello, we have booked a table for four." Tony said and watched Loki look around nervously.

"Of course, Mr. Stark. Your guests are already here and we have made sure that you have a secluded table." The waitress said with a warm smile as she led them into the restaurant. She led them into a small room and in there was a nice view of the sea and by the dinner table sat Thor and a woman with curly, golden hair that stopped by the waist and she had a warm glow all around her like a goddess.

"My son, what has happened to you?" The woman asked when she saw the patch and bandage. She got up and embraced Loki, who embraced her back, a tear escaping his eyes.

"I'll tell you later." Loki said and nuzzled his nose into the golden hair.

Thor got up as well and shook Tony's hand. "Thank you, Stark. This means allot to us." The big, blond man said to the genius who nodded.

"So, this is the man who makes you so happy." The woman said and released Loki to look up and down on Tony.

"He makes me equally happy." The genius said with a big smile. He took the woman's hand and kissed it like a real gentlemen. Loki smiled happily and led his mom to the seat she had been sitting on.

"What would you like to drink, Mr. Stark?" The waitress asked carefully, not wanting to ruin a moment.

"I think red wine will be fine." Tony said to her and sat down beside Loki, close to the door in case something would happen and noticed that Thor had been thinking the same. "So, Frigga, right?" The genius asked and lay a hand on his boyfriend's thigh under the table.

"Yes, Mr. Stark." She said with a warm smile as she saw her youngest son look at the billionaire with all the love in the world.

"Please, Frigga, call me Tony." The genius said and felt Loki's hand being placed on his and they entwined their fingers. They looked through the menu and decided fairly quickly on what they wanted and ordered it.

"Tony, how did you two meet?" Frigga asked and thanked the waitress, who poured wine into her glass.

Tony looked at Loki, who understood that he had no idea what to tell the lady. "We met at one of his parties." Loki answered for him and felt the genius squeeze his hand.

"I see, and you took him to the aquarium for your first date?" She then asked and hoped that the billionaire would answer.

"Actually, I count from the first time we decided to get a coffee, even though it wasn't really a date." Tony answered with a smirk. "Or maybe I count the romantic dinner I invited him to where we decided to start dating." He continued with a cocky smirk.

"Then I would say the dinner." Frigga said kindly and found the cocky smirk charming. "How is Natasha?" She then asked and looked at Loki.

"She is happily married to Clint Barton and is now living in the apartment we lived in." Loki said with a warm smile.

"My congratulations to her, hope they will have a great marriage. But where are you living now, if I may ask?" She asked and looked worriedly at her son.

"I moved in with Tony three weeks ago." Loki answered with a loving smile in place as he felt the genius thumb caress his hand.

"And how has that been going? And may I know now what has happened to you?" She asked seriously and eyed the patch on Loki's throat.

Loki's jaw tensed a bit and looked down at the fancy folded napkin in front of him. "It's my fault really." The genius started and Loki looked up at him with sadness. "I had an enemy I didn't think would come after me and I was simply wrong. He threatened to kill Loki if I didn't give him what he wanted." Tony explained and the woman could see the regret, angst and sorrow in the billionaire's eyes. "He was caught yesterday by the police and is now in jail." Tony told the brother and mother.

"What did he want?" Frigga asked and looked at Tony, hoping he didn't have something that would attract more enemies.

"My heart." Tony said and tapped his finger on the reactor that was covered with a black tank top and the red shirt he was wearing.

"Oh, yes, I've read about your arc reactor." Frigga said and looked curiously at the place on the genius chest that he had tapped his finger. "I'm fascinated that you managed to create a new element." She then said and took another sip of her wine. Two waitresses walked in carrying plates with fancy placed food on them and placed the plates in front of the right person. "Are both your injuries from the attack?" Frigga asked as she took a bite from the fish she had ordered.

"No, my hand got cut when I accidently crushed a cup." Loki answered and tried to focus on the juicy meat he had ordered, the same as Tony.

"Oh, Loki. Did you have one of your panic attacks again?" Frigga asked sadly. Loki swallowed his meat and noticed how his boyfriend had stopped eating and looked at Loki with confusion. "You didn't tell him?" Frigga asked with a stern voice.

"No, because I haven't had a panic attack in years." Loki explained and took a sip from his wine. "I didn't think I would get one, but that day had been quite stressful with being threatened, watching my boyfriend getting into cardiac arrest and almost died and then get the news that the monster that almost ruined my life was coming over here." Loki said with a stern voice.

"Don't give me that tone, Loki." Frigga said and the genius could see both brothers flinch by the stern voice she used. "You two had been dating for more than two months, so you had plenty of time to mention your panic attacks that you had quiet frequently in your senior year." Frigga said and narrowed her eyes at Loki, who was biting his lower lip. Both Thor and Tony stayed quiet and ate their food, feeling that it was not their place to interrupt the scowling mother, especially not Thor since he was sometimes the cause of those panic attacks. "Clearly, you weren't the only one that day that had it stressful, imagine if you had been in Tony's shoes instead." She said and took another bite from her fish.

Loki closed his eyes and let out a breath. It had been a long time since his mother had been angry at him and he had forgotten how small he felt when she used that tone on him. But when he did think about how the day had been for his boyfriend he wanted to sink through the floor. "Tony." He whispered and saw in the corner of his eyes that the genius looked up at him. "I'm so sorry, I didn't mean…" He stopped talking when Tony cupped his cheek.

"Sh, I love you and I'm just glad that you are okay." He said and smiled warmly at Loki.

Loki let out a breath of relieve and gave Tony a soft kiss. "Not in front of mother." Thor grunted and shifted awkwardly.

"It's okay, Thor. It's just real love. Your father and I used to be the same." She said and Loki could see in her eyes the sadness. "That reminds me, how is Mrs. Foster?" Frigga asked and turned to Thor, who was actually blushing.

"She is well, mother. Please, don't tell father about her." Thor said almost pleading.

Frigga shook her head. "It is sad that Odin will not let you love whoever you choose. I won't tell him." She reassured her oldest son. "But let's not discuss him. I want to hear what you have been doing lately." Frigga said with her warm smile in place. They talked about allot of stuff that had happened, but talked mostly of fun stuff, leaving out bad dreams and the hangover in Vegas. They ate dessert and drank coffee when Frigga's phone started to ring. "Be quiet everyone." She said after looking at the screen. "Hello, love." She said warmly.

"Frigga, I know where you are and who you are with. I can't believe you lied to me!" Odin's growling voice was loud enough for everyone around the table to hear. "I'm on my way now to get you and we will talk back at the hotel." The man in the phone said and hanged up.

Frigga puts her phone down and looked at her youngest son and his lover with sadness. "You have to go, now." She said and managed a small smile.

"No, he will hurt you." Loki said with panic.

"I'll make sure that won't happen, brother." Thor said and straightened his back.

Tony got up and opened the door. He made a motion for one of the guys that stood outside to come into the room. "Make sure these two won't come to harm." He said determinedly to the big man, who nodded as understanding his new mission.

"Loki, I'll be in New York for a few more days, so we can meet again." Frigga said calmly and stood up together with Loki and hugged him tightly. "Go now, I don't know how far away he is." She said and released Loki and turned to Tony. "Take good care of him and it was a pleasure to meet you, Tony." She said warmly.

She surprised the genius by hugging him warmly as well, such a surprise that he forgot how to speak. When she released him Loki took his hand and led him out, Tony was quick on paying the waitress, who seemed to know that they needed to leave quickly because Tony had never paid a dinner this fast. They got into the car Happy had ready in front of the restaurant and took off. When they turned the corner, they met a black limo that was in a hurry, but Happy was quick on prevent a crash and only cursed the driver, flipping him off as well. Loki knew that the only one that could be in that limo was none other than the monster, so he leaned close to his genius, who wrapped his arm around him, whispering soothing words into his hair.

They got home quickly and Loki looked out over the city absently, thinking of the worst case scenario that could happen to his mother and… brother. Maybe he could forgive him after all. Thor was young, stupid and thought of Odin as a king. But now he knew better and realized how Odin's world view was out of date and simply wrong, too wrong to be a politician's view.

"Babe, are you okay?" Tony asked worriedly and wrapped his arms around the tall man's waist.

Loki sighed and shook his head. "I'm worried." He said truthfully and rested his forehead on the genius.

"I am too." Tony said and stroked his boyfriend's back soothingly. "Your mother is kind of awesome." He said with a smirk and got a chuckle from Loki.

"Yes, she is." Loki said and kissed Tony lovingly. The genius pulled his boyfriend closer and deepened the kiss, lips moving synchronized, but still slowly.

Loki pushed the genius against the wall and heard an animalistic growl from Tony and Loki started to attack the billionaire's neck with nips and kisses. Tony's hands tried to get the shirt up from its entrapment in the tall man's pants, but they were interrupted by Loki's phone. The tall man growled and stepped away from his genius as he answered the phone.

"Hello." He said with a low voice.

"Loki, I need you to go to the hospital. Thor is on his way there now." His mother cried in the phone.

"Mother, calm down. What happened?" Loki asked and tried to keep his own panic back.

"He tried to get Odin to stop screaming, but when he started to yell bad things about you and Tony, Thor got angry and yelled back, it ended with Odin hitting Thor so hard that he fell and hit his head against the wall." Frigga explained with a shaking voice. "I have to go or Odin will be suspicious. Please, go to Thor." Frigga begged.