Sorry it took some time, but I have all the chapters now so it will hopefully be updated dayly. ^^
Chapter 24
Loki was the first to wake up that morning, still curled up to his genius, feeling the boat rock in time with the water. He looked at the view the big windows displayed, the beach where Tony was going to build a cabin for them, their getaway cabin, where they could escape the world together. He sighed in contentment, planting a soft kiss to Tony's chest before carefully getting up and sneaks into the bathroom to take a shower. When he came back into the bedroom, his boyfriend had turned onto his side and still sleeping peacefully. Loki only put on a pair of shorts, thinking he could get some more colour after breakfast. He walked into the kitchen and sighed by the mess Tony had managed to create while doing their dinner. Even though it was annoying that he had to clean it up, he couldn't help but smile at the picture of seeing Tony creating the mess. He placed the dish in the small dishwasher and cleaned the pots that had been used. He also walked outside and took in the dishes from last night. When he was done, he put on the coffee maker, knowing his genius would want it when he wakes up and then made a sandwich to himself before going out on the deck again, pulling out his phone from him pocket. He hadn't looked at it since yesterday morning and made a frown when he saw 20 messages and 10 missed called, most from Thor and some from his publicist. He opened the first one from Thor to read what he wanted from the beginning before feeling worried for his little brother.
Could we have dinner? I have big news for you.
-Thor.
Loki sighed and replied a quick answer on where they were and why he hadn't answered. Also telling him that he would get back to him on the dinner thing after Tony woke up. The publicist was only asked for a meeting and at least 5 whole chapters from his book. Loki lay down on the front of the boat, loving the feeling of the sun showering over his body and the pleasant noise from the water making small splashes from smacking the boat. He heard the doors opened and smirked to himself, knowing that Tony would love the view.
"It is extremely hard for me to not go over there and fucking you senseless." The genius stated.
Loki propped himself up on his elbows and looked at his genius, watching him with hungry eyes. He smirked and tilted his head a bit. "What's stopping you?" He purred to Tony. He immediately had a billionaire over him, kissing him deeply and one of Loki's hands went to massage Tony's growing erection through the shorts he had on.
After having their little enjoyment on the front of the boat, outdoor sex didn't happen that often for the couple, but this lagoon sure made it possible and even better, they got inside to take another shower, dressed in shorts and shirts, cleaned the boat and then reluctantly left the lagoon, promising that next time they got back there, there would be a nice cabin waiting for them. Loki asked about the dinner and Tony simply shrugged his shoulder, telling him that he could decide for him. Loki rolled his eyes and typed into a message that they could have dinner to Thor.
Loki got up behind his genius, who was driving the boat. He wrapped his arms around his waist and rested his chin on his shoulder, the wind blowing through their hair. "I love you." He whispered into his billionaire's ear.
The genius smiled, released one hand from the rudder and took Loki's hand that had the ring on it and took it up to his lips, kissing every knuckle and then the ring. "I love you too." Tony said softly, holding the hand against his chest. Loki closed his eyes, letting his mind go blank as the wind washed over them, making the heat from the sun feel more pleasant, feeling his boyfriend breathe calmly and smell of expensive cologne and shampoo. "Hey, look." Tony said calmly, but a hint of excitement was heard. Loki opened his eyes and immediately saw what the genius wanted him to see. Dolphins swam along the boat, jumping playfully and cruising on the waves.
For a minute, Loki forgot that they were going home, back to the home where people could find them and make their life harder than it should be. "Do we have to go back?" He murmured into Tony's ear.
The genius sighed and nodded. "I wished that every day was as easy as yesterday, but we have a life to go back to." Tony answered and leaned his head on Loki's.
"Fine." Loki muttered and nuzzled his nose into the thick, brown hair.
Happy opened the car door for the couple, who got out hand in hand, wearing suits and shirts, but no tie since it was only a dinner with Thor and apparently his lady Jane. Tony and Loki walked into the restaurant and were met by a smiling headwaiter. "Mr. Stark, welcome. I'll show you to your table." The woman said and gave Loki a polite nod. "The rest of your party is already here." She added and walked into the dining room.
"Are we always late or is it them that is early?" Loki asked and felt the genius hand move from his and stop on his lower back.
"Could be because we had a really good make out and lost track of time." Tony said with a cocky smirk.
"Is it my fault that I was only buttoning my shirt when you walked into the closest?" Loki said with a wicked smirk and earned a squeeze on his butt, causing him to jump a bit.
"Brother!" Thor exclaimed and got up from the table they were assigned, a nice table for four in a secluded corner. The big blond man took Loki into a bone crushing hug, almost lifting him from the floor.
"Nice to see you too, brother." Loki gasped out and wriggled a bit to get some air. Thor let go of Loki and was just about to hug Tony when Loki placed a hand on his chest. "Don't crush my boyfriend." He said sarcastically and moved on to greet Jane, seeing in the corner of his eyes as Thor gave Tony an easy hug.
The genius moved to greet Jane with a handshake before sitting down next to his man, his hand immediately finding it's place on Loki's thigh and was glad to feel his boyfriend place his own hand on his, entwining their fingers together. They ordered to a nice waitress and then finally they could talk.
"Brother, where were you on your birthday? I had hoped to have dinner with you and celebrate." Thor asked with a kicked puppy look on his face, Jane giving him a cute smile as her hand stroked the big armed muscle.
Loki couldn't help the smile that appeared on his face when he thought about his birthday. "Tony took me out on an all-day date sort off." He answered and absently started to caress the hand he was holding with his thumb.
"Oh, where did you take him?" Jane asked curiously while Thor just nodded with a pout.
Tony gave her a cocky smile. "I took him to his birthday present." The billionaire answered. When Jane just gave him another curious nod for him to tell her what, he chuckled. "I bought Loki an island." He said with a huge grin on his face.
"You bought him an island?!" Jane exclaimed with wide eyes.
"Technically, it's our island, but it's named after him." Tony said and smiled warmly at his boyfriend, who was blushing.
"That must have been something, Loki." Jane said with a warm smile, looking at the tall man and noticed that he had gotten some colour on his skin for a change.
"It was." Loki answered her, but looked at his genius with a loving smile. Tony leaned closer and gave him a soft kiss.
"I didn't know you liked wearing jewellery, brother?" Thor asked, his gaze had moved away from the kissing couple and noticed the golden ring on his brother's right hand.
Loki looked down at his hand and his smile turned warm. "It's a promise ring that Tony gave me yesterday." He answered and let Jane take his hand when he noticed she was practically standing over the table to get a good look on it.
"'Until we are ready'?" She said with a questioning tone and let go of Loki's hand. "What does that mean?" She asked and looked at the genius, who looked at Loki with all the love in the world.
"For more than just a promise ring." Tony explained with a smile at her as he took Loki's hand again.
"I'm very happy for you, brother." Thor said with a proud smile.
Loki gave his brother a warm smile and nodded. He realized how fast time has gone, just four months ago he had no contact with his brother what so ever and now he is sitting here, telling him about his relationship with Tony, something he never thought would happen. "What is your news?" He asked and looked between his brother and Jane.
Thor straightened his back and takes Jane's hand. "It's big news, brother… Five days ago I asked Jane to marry me and four days ago she said 'yes'." Thor told them and Jane got a cute blush on her cheeks.
"That is great news, Thor." Loki said with a big smile and quiet shocked as well. He did know that Thor and Jane had been dating, but not for how long, apparently, long enough. "Congratulations." Loki said and got up to give the happy couple a hug each.
Tony congratulated the couple as well with a big grin and when they finally settled down and the food arrived they got into eat and talk about the ideas of the upcoming wedding.
"I do have a question for you two." Thor started after taking his last bite of the stake he had ordered. Tony and Loki looked up from their food with curious looks. "I wish for both of you to be my best men." He told them with a wide smile.
"I get why you want your brother to be your best man, but me?" Tony asked with a confused look.
"You were the one who listened to me even though I didn't give you a reason to do so and you helped me to get a chance to talk to my brother. You are the reason we sit here today." Thor said and, believe it or not, but a tear fell down his cheek.
"He's right." Loki said and squeezed his boyfriend's hand. "Thank you." He leaned in and gave Tony and soft kiss on the cheek.
"So, will you also be my best man?" Thor asked with his huge smile.
Tony looked between the two brothers and when his eyes locked with Loki's, his stomach fluttered. "I guess someone needs to make sure your bachelor party will be something to remember." Tony said with a cocky smile.
Thor laughed and grabbed his wine glass. "Let's have a toast then, for us." He said as everyone grabbed their glasses and raised them into the air.
"For us!" Everyone said at the same time and the sound of glasses clinking together was heard around them.
They settled down again, Tony ordered some coffee for everyone when the waitress came to get their empty plates. "Do you think mother can come?" Thor asked Loki, who stiffened by the bare thought of Odin.
"He won't let her go alone. And I'm sorry to say this, Thor, but if he comes, we won't" Loki said a bit stern, but sadness could be seen in his eyes. Tony only looked down, knowing that this was not something they could compromise with, that bastard wanted him dead and almost succeeded.
"I don't want him there either, but mother shouldn't be punished." Thor said with an equally stern voice. Jane tried to calm her fiancé down by taking his hand, her eyes glancing over to the billionaire, who was giving her a somewhat apologetic look.
"I agree, but if she chooses to stay with him, it's her choice." Loki said a bit coldly. Tony had learned during these months that when Loki talked like that it was because he tried to lie to himself that he couldn't do a shit about it or that he didn't want to show how much it hurt him to think about it.
"You know she doesn't have another choice." This time everyone around the table could hear the anger in Thor's voice even though he tried to hide it. Jane was smart enough to know that if she tried to calm Thor down with her voice, it wouldn't work, he was beyond that now.
"Yes, she has. But it is too much of a hassle for her to fight for her freedom." Loki voice was surprisingly silent even though you could hear the hissing. Loki felt Tony's hand squeeze his, but he was too focused on Thor to even try to calm himself down.
"She is scared but she is too pure hearted to do it to father." Thor's voice was louder now and the people seated at the tables closest to them turned to see the commotion.
"Too pure hearted to call the police and tell them about the monster beating me for years. She didn't even turn him in when he hit you, her own real son!" Loki hissed this time and the genius could feel his body shaking. "She probably has the proof that is needed to link him to the man who shot Tony!" His voice was dripping with poison. Loki didn't hate Frigga, he couldn't, but when thinking about all these years she could have stopped him, she didn't. "All she does is keeping secrets that shouldn't even be secrets!" Thor looked at his brother with wide, teary and angry eyes.
Tony couldn't let this go on anymore, so he took a deep breath and turned to Loki. "Babe, calm down. Now is not the time." Tony stated with a calm voice, making soothing circles on Loki's hand. Loki ripped his hand from the genius, got up from his chair and stormed out of the restaurant, muttering to a shocked waitress that 'the food was excellent'.
Tony watched him leave with wide, hurt eyes. He looked back at the newly engaged couple, seeing Jane, who was fully turned to Thor and whispered calming words to him. She gave him a sad, but understanding look. "Go, we'll take the check." She said with a small smile.
Tony gave her a small smile and got up, standing put for a second, trying to think of something to say to the broken man at the table. But when nothing came he just sighed and walked calmly out, giving the waitress a high tip for causing a scene. He got out and looked around, saw Happy and the car and his friend pointed towards and ally with a confused look. Tony just gave him a nod and walked over to the ally, hearing something hitting the dumpsters and cursing words that didn't sound that horrible when it came from Loki's mouth. When he turned the corner he saw Loki hitting the dumpsters hard, tears streaming down his face as he kept kicking it even though it lay on the ground. "Hey, calm down." Tony tried and walked slowly over to Loki, but got no reaction. So, he did the first thing that came to his mind. He walked over to his man determinedly and wrapped his arms around him. Loki struggled for a bit, trying to push Tony away, but realized he couldn't fight the man he loved and just broke down in his genius arms. Tony didn't say anything, he just held Loki tightly, letting him clutch to his suit jacket and feeling his shirt get damped by the tears.
"Dammit, dammit, dammit…" Loki kept repeating against Tony's shoulder, his fists in the genius' jacket grew tighter.
"Sh, breath, babe." Tony tried and stroked Loki's raven black hair.
Loki hands relaxing from the grip and lay flat on the muscled chest. "I'm sorry." He whispered, moving his head a bit so he could nuzzle his nose into the crock of Tony's neck, smelling the cologne that always calmed him down. "I ruined it, again." And new tears streaming down his cheeks, this time for angst and regret of what he had said about his mother and ruining his brother's good news.
Tony didn't know what to tell him. He couldn't say that he was right, but what could he say to make it all better? All the things Loki had said were true, just the wrong place and wrong time. But it had been brought up and Loki had, obviously, been thinking about this for a long time and it was torture for him to keep the truth inside and lie to himself. "I'm here… I love you… And I'm not going anywhere… I don't blame you for what you said in there and it was going to come out sooner or later." Tony pulled away slightly so he could look into teary, red, swollen, emerald eyes. "You spoke the truth even though it pained you to do so, but someone needed to do it." Tony said and placed his hands on either side of Loki's face, stroking his cheekbones with his thumbs. "Let's go home." Tony whispered calmly.
