Yeah, this story is done and over with so I'll just post a chapter a day if my internet cooperates.
Both men looked up at the sound of keys jangling just outside the door. They waited expectantly for their beautiful girlfriend to enter the apartment and greet them in her usual manner but she didn't even notice them even though they were both in full view of the front door. Janna looked bedraggled as she dropped her keys into the bowl on a table near the door and her bag on the floor. She trudged into her bedroom still wearing her scrubs, something they both knew she hated doing. Janna didn't like coming home wearing her uniform, she preferred changing out of them before leaving the hospital. She didn't even bother closing the bedroom door as she let herself fall onto the bed with a tired groan.
"I'll run her a bath," Steve volunteered as Tony put the kettle on. They had planned a movie night just for the three of them but it seemed as if they would have to put that on hold. While Steve was in the bathroom, Tony entered the bedroom to look fondly at their girlfriend who was lying on her stomach not even fully on the bed. Her feet were hanging off the edge of the mattress and her arms were squished underneath her body as she lay face down on her sheets. .
"Janna?" Tony called out to her as he walked closer to the bed. She just mumbled unintelligibly at him. He took off her shoes and then rolled her over so she was lying face up. "Long day at work?" he asked as he helped remove her blouse leaving her in a plain white tank top over a pink lacy bra.
"Tony?" her almond-shaped eyes fluttered open and she gazed at him sleepily.
"It's me." he affirmed as he tugged on her pants.
"Wh're you doin'?" she slurred even when she raised her hips to help him ease her pants off.
"Steve's running you a bath." he informed her, torn between helping her in her time of need and the desire that was quickly overtaking him at the sight of her nearly-naked body. Tony shook his head to clear his dirty thoughts away just in time for Steve to come get them.
"Tony? Her bath's ready." the blond watched as Tony struggled to stop himself from ravishing their exhausted girlfriend. "Tony." he said in warning knowing his partner had a more difficult time controlling himself than Steve did. "I'll help Janna with her bath." he strode over to the bed and pulled Tony into a fiercely passionate kiss. "Soon Tony." he promised as he picked Janna up from the bed. Tony watched in dismay as the pair left the room. He hated himself for his reactions but at the same time he was proud of himself for not giving into the temptation Janna presented. He'd never gone so long without sleeping with the person he wanted - even he and Steve had fallen into bed the same day they confessed their feelings to each other - and yet here he was, three months after meeting Janna still with no action. It wasn't as if he and Steve hadn't had sex since they met her, it was just that he felt as if something was missing every time they did and he was pretty sure that it was Janna. They really needed to hurry up wooing her - if the hard-on tenting his pants were any indication.
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"Steve, have you spoken with Janna lately?" Tony asked his partner. They were lying on their shared bed in the tower and Tony was wondering about the woman they were courting.
"No, why?"
"She's been pulling double shifts."
"Tony," Steve pulled him closer.
"I know we promised not to spy on her but I'm getting worried." he explained. "She's pulled double shifts every day she went to work this week."
"Do you know why?"
"No, that's why I'm asking you if she spoke to you. I was hoping she'd talked to you about it."
"She hasn't."
"Can we please ask her why she's been getting over time?"
"Fine," Steve conceded. "We'll ask her the next time we go to see her."
"Great! No time like the present! She's coming off of her shift now."
"Tony..."
"Steve, please," Tony looked up at his partner just as the blond looked down at him. "I'm really worried about her."
"Alright, let's go pick her up." he could never say no when Tony begged so prettily. They both dressed up in something more presentable than their sleep clothes.
"Jarvis, have the car be waiting downstairs."
"Of course Sir."
"Is anyone else awake?" Steve asked.
"Master Thor is in the living room watching television."
"Right, we'll take the elevators down to the garage then."
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She was exhausted, they could see that through the way she trudged out of the ER doors. She was checking her surroundings as if she was expecting someone to be there.
"There seems to be more trouble than we thought." Steve whispered to Tony. They were sitting in the car watching Janna closely in an attempt to figure out what was wrong with her.
"I told you." he couldn't watch her scare herself anymore. Tony disembarked from the car without another word and walked straight to her - making sure he was walking under streetlights so that he was fully visible to their girlfriend. "Janna, love?" the endearment slipped without his notice and the woman spun around, her tense body relaxing completely when she saw him.
"Tony!" she ran forward in relief, a sigh escaping her lips as soon as she was in his warm arms.
"Are you okay?"
"I'm fine now," she murmured into his chest, not even bothered by the fact that his arc reactor was digging into her face.
"Let's get you home, huh?"
"I..." she pulled back from him and he could sense her unease.
"Steve and I will stay with you," she nodded and he kissed her forehead. "Come on, Steve's waiting in the car." Tony drove them to Janna's apartment complex while Steve sat at the back with Janna. He cuddled with her inwardly frowning at her trembling body. In the months since they've known her, they hadn't seen her this terrified. Despite all the trembling, the three of them were able to get up to her apartment with Steve practically carrying Janna while Tony opened doors for them.
"Janna?" it took her a few moments before she responded to Steve's call.
"Steve?"
"Janna, what's going on? What's got you so scared?"
"I..." she shook her head. "It feels like someone's watching me." she finally confessed.
"How long has this been going on?"
"Almost two weeks?" she sounded unsure.
"Is this why you've been taking double shifts at the hospital?" Tony asked as Steve wrapped his arms tighter around her. They were lying on the bed with Janna in the middle. "Jarvis..."
"Accessing security cameras at the hospital Sir."
"Find anyone who keeps appearing when Janna is there." Tony ordered.
"Why didn't you tell us?" Steve asked.
"I thought I could handle it." she whispered onto Steve's broad chest. "I'm scared Steve."
"We'll figure this out hun." he promised her.
"Sir, I've identified the intruder."
"Who is it Jarvis?"
"It's Loki Sir."
"That bastard!" Tony growled. "He will not get away with this."
"Tony, he's here." she whispered into the dark.
"Where?"
"He's on the balcony, listening to us."
"How do you know that?"
"I can feel him."
"Janna?" Steve asked. "Are you sure you don't have any powers?"
"I don't think so Steve."
"What exactly has been happening to you this past few weeks?"
"It's... Strange," Janna said. "Why is he watching me? I cannot concentrate when he's around. It feels like he's trying to get into my head!" she held her head in her hands and curled up in Steve's arms.
"Loki!" Tony roared as he got up from the bed. He rushed out onto the balcony already decked in a suit but Loki was already gone. All he could hear was the trickster God's maniacal laughter as he disappeared into the night.
"Tony!" Steve's voice called him back into the apartment before he could chase after the mischievous God. "Pack everything up. I just finished reviewing the footage that Jarvis hacked into. Both her boss and her landlord have been making sexual advances towards Janna."
"Is it Loki?"
"I'm not sure." Steve shook his head as he watched Tony unfold another suit and direct it to take everything of value within the room. "Check the walls and under the floors, she might've some things hidden."
"Steve," Janna whispered. "I don't think I'm human." she said before she fully succumbed to the exhaustion of the past two weeks.
"We need Thor."
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"I cannot believe you've found her," Thor stared at the woman lying on the bed. Her long blonde hair splayed behind her while she slept. Tony had changed her out of her scrubs while Steve had gone to speak to Thor.
"She doesn't seem to have any memories of being a Goddess," Steve informed him.
"By what name do you address her?"
"Janna Saunders."
"But she does remember, even if it is just her name." he smiled at the sleeping woman as he approached the bed. He sat next to her and the two men were shocked by the similarities they could see in the pair.
"Who is she, Thor?" Tony finally asked.
"She is my half-sister, Jagna. She was born to Odin and my mother Frigg's closest companion - Eir. She was born about three centuries after my father adopted Loki." Thor informed them as he tucked the blankets closer around her. "You see Frigg could not bare any daughters and so she and Odin sought Eir's help. But Eir was of no help to Frigg, instead she fell into bed with Odin which resulted into Jagna."
"Why is Loki messing with her head?"
"Loki became very jealous of Jagna when we began to dote on her. Eir became an even more permanent fixture in our home making Frigg envious of the attention Odin gave them. My mother ordered Loki to remove Jagna from the palace when she was a mere child. I have been searching for her ever since."
"How old was she when Loki too her away?"
"She was only a hundred and twelve." Tony resisted the urge to gape at the beautiful woman he had already and most definitely fallen in love with. "If only I had realized sooner that Loki had hidden her here."
"And her memories?"
"Perhaps they've been sealed somehow," Thor theorized. "Loki could never get into her mind so he would confound others around her and scare her that way. But I must ask, how did you find her?" neither one answered especially when they realized that they were speaking to their girlfriend's big brother. "Perhaps we shall speak of this another time, once we have all rested." Tony breathed a sigh of relief as he watched Thor leave the room.
"We are so fucked!"
"Tony."
"She's his fucking baby sister!"
"Tony."
"We're dating Thor's baby sister!"
"Tony!" Steve strode over to him and captured him in his strong arms. "We are not fucked. It's going to be alright."
"She's his sister!"
"I know Tony. But she doesn't know that yet."
"We are so fucked?"
"It's alright Tony. We'll be alright." Steve swore.
"Steve?"
"Yeah?"
"I love her already."
"I know love, I know. I do too." he pulled Tony closer and captured his lips in a sweet kiss. " I love you Tony."
"I love you too Steve."
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Bright green eyes opened to an unfamiliar room. Janna had no idea where she was and she was getting confused at the sudden influx of memories that had long since been buried in her head. She turned her head to the right and saw Tony slumped on the side of the bed, asleep. She stared at the sleeping man wondering how long he'd been in that position when he stirred awake. Dark brown eyes fluttered open to fall on her still drowsy visage.
"Janna, you're awake!"
"Hey Tony!" she greeted as she watched him stretch from the obviously uncomfortable position he was in. "What happened last night?" Tony groaned at the crick in his neck and missed the question. "Tony are you okay?"
"My neck just hurts," Janna sat up on the bed and beckoned to him.
"Come here. Sit with your back to me." he quickly did as told and once more groaned as she began to massage his tense muscles. "Did you sleep there all night?"
"Mmhmm."
"Why didn't you just join me on the bed?"
"I didn't think I was welcome." Tony replied, even though in the back of his mind he was actually thinking about Janna being Thor's baby sister.
"It wouldn't have been the first time I've fallen asleep with you or Steve." she whispered and he turned to look at her in surprise.
"How do you~?"
"Don't think I didn't notice that the both of you would sleep next to me whenever I couldn't sleep. I actually hated that you would leave before I woke up."
"Why didn't you say anything?"
"Why didn't you?" she was quiet for a while, her hands stopped their movements. She wrapped her arms around his neck and placed her forehead on his nape. "I'm new to all of this Tony. You, Steve... Your... This... Our relationship is the longest I've had."
"Since college?"
"No, for as long as I can remember. Sure I've gone on dates before but I've never had a relationship as serious as the one we have."
"Why?" this time Tony pulled her into his arms and lay down. Before she could answer Steve entered the room carrying a tray of breakfast.
"I made breakfast." Steve said cheerfully only to stop short at the sight of his two lovers lying on the bed looking like they were having a serious talk. "What happened?"
"We were just talking about my past relationship - or the lack thereof." Janna broke free from Tony's embrace and sat up. "Thank you for making breakfast." Steve brought the tray to the bed and sat on Janna's other side.
"What were you saying, Tony?" Janna asked as the brunet also sat up.
"How come you've never had a serious boyfriend before us?"
"I don't really know." she shrugged as she tore a small piece of bread and fed it to him. "One way or another they always end up finding something wrong with me." she turned to Steve and fed him the same way she did Tony.
"Like what?" Tony continued to ask.
"It's kinda stupid." she sighed, tearing up the french toast into smaller bits due to her anxiety. Steve still her hands, making her look up into his warm brown eyes.
"It doesn't matter what they saw in you or what they thought they saw in you that was wrong. You are perfect for me and for Tony."
"But you don't even know all of me."
"We've got time," Tony said as he embraced her from behind. "Besides, you also have a lot to learn about us."
"Sir, sorry to interrupt but Master Thor is requesting an audience with you."
"Right," Steve sighed. He leaned forward to plant a kiss on her forehead and a chaste one on her lips. He then did the same to Tony. "Get ready. He wants to speak to all of us."
"What's going on Tony?" Janna asked as Steve left the room.
"I guess we'll find out." he shrugged as he pulled her close and kissed her the same way Steve did. "I'll leave you to get ready." then he too was gone. They left Janna sitting on the bed, a half-eaten tray of food across her lap as she touched her lips with a small blush suffusing her cheeks. It had been the first time they'd ever kissed her and somehow it felt so intimate. She had no idea what was going on, all she knew was that she was very happy and she was very close to falling in love with them - if she wasn't already.
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Janna walked towards the conference room with Jarvis directing her where to go. She had realized she was in the Avengers Tower the moment the AI's voice sounded to tell them about Thor. Once Tony had left, she then realized that she had no clothes so she rummaged in the large walk-in closet only to find her whole wardrobe already there folded neatly next to Steve's clothes. On the other side of the closet she could see Tony's own set of clothes. She'd been so touched at finding her things neatly placed alongside theirs that she decided she would do something for them both - especially since they had both kind of claimed her that morning. She now walked through the halls of the tower wearing a shirt that said "Iron Lady" on the back and a pair of Steve's pants.
"The conference room is the one on your right Miss Saunders."
"Thank you Jarvis."
"You are welcome." he replied just as the door opened and she came face to face with Tony who looked downtrodden.
"What's wrong Tony?"
"Janna, we need you in here." Steve said from inside the room.
"Okay..." she watched as Tony stood aside to let her in then Janna stood still waiting for Tony to escort her towards the other end of the room where Steve stood with Thor. While waiting for him she looked around to find Dr. Banner and Black Widow sitting next to each other on one side of the long table. Her gaze fell upon Steve whose eyes were widening by the second but took her attention back to Tony when it took him too long to come to her. "Tony?" she turned fully to face him and was met with laughter from the Black Widow when she revealed that the pants she wore had Captain America's shield printed right on her ass.
"What are you wearing?" she smirked at Tony who was openly gaping at the arc reactor printed on the front of her shirt. Both men had no idea where she got those clothes but they liked the idea of it.
"Come on Tony," she took his hand and was the one to lead the engineer into the room towards Steve and Thor.
"Janna, what are you wearing?" Steve echoed Tony's question but she just smiled at the blond.
"Clothes, Steve. I'm wearing clothes." Tony groaned openly at the image she presented and was sure that if they had been the only people in the room, he would have ravished her already. "Now what did you want to talk to me about?"
"Jagna," Thor called out to her in a way that was familiar but one she had forgotten.
"Thor?"
"Do you remember this?" he jangled a necklace in front of her. It was a symbol, something that she recognized but didn't know how.
"That's my thundercross," Janna whispered as she reached for the necklace that looked somehow like a swastika. Sparks flashed through her fingers at the first touch and she collapsed as hazy memories became clearer to her. One by one, memories of her past life flashed before her eyes - a life she'd been made to forget by those who had envied her. She remembered being Thor's little sister and the favored princess of Odin. She also recalled being taught the arts of healing by her own mother, Eir. Jade eyes fluttered open to find that she was in Tony's arms with Steve and Thor hovering above her. "I'm sorry." she raised a hand to stroke Steve's cheek, the other wrapping around Tony's wrist. "I'm sorry I lied to you. I would've told you if I just remembered."
"You have nothing to apologize for." Steve told her. She smiled at him then looked up to Tony to do the same. She then looked at Thor who was quietly watching the scene with furrowed brows.
"I'm going to kill Loki." she announced. "Do you know where he is?" Steve pulled her and Tony up.
"We haven't found him yet," Tony shook his head.
"That's okay. I can track him." she grinned rather maliciously as she stretched her hand towards then vent above the center of the table. The window fell open as Hawkeye fell through.
"Clint!" Black Widow jumped up to protect her friend who was groaning from the shock of the fall and clutching at his numbed left leg. There was a senbon needle sticking through his armor and his quiver and bow were slung on his back. "What are you doing to him?"
"He has traces of Loki's magic in him." Janna explained. True to her word they all recognized the blue haze in Barton's eyes that he fought valiantly against.
"This isn't the first time he's been controlled by Loki, is it?" she asked as the blue haze cleared before it was back in the man's eyes.
"No." Thor replied watching as his little sister approached the struggling man. She held his head in both hands and then pulled his face to hers - so close that they all thought she was going to kiss him - but all she did was to look into his eyes. After a few moments she laid Hawkeye more comfortably on the table and soothed the pain in his head with magic she just recently rediscovered.
"He has strong willpower. How did he break free from Loki's control the first time?" she asked Black Widow who was watching her rather warily.
"I knocked him on the head really hard."
"That explains why there's still some part of Loki's magic in him."
"Janna, what did you do to Barton?" Steve asked, worried for both his teammate and his girlfriend.
"I just erased Loki's magic in his head and set up a protective barrier so he wouldn't be able to control him anymore."
"Why didn't you just do that to yourself?" Tony asked.
"Because I didn't know something had even happened to me. Besides, I was immune to Loki's powers because of my mother so I'm sure it wasn't him who erased my memories."
"Did you find him?" Thor asked.
"Yes, I know exactly where he is." she smirked.
"Then tell us so we can go." Tony demanded.
"If it's alright with you, I'd like to get revenge on him on my own pace. I'd rather see him humiliated and defeated than simply beaten up." at her words Tony matched her smirk with one of his own but they all turned to look at Steve who was still team leader.
"Finding Loki isn't just about you Janna. He's a danger to everyone."
"Don't worry Steve. Hawkeye can keep tabs on him through their connection but Loki won't be able to control him anymore."
"How were you able to do that?" Tony questioned her. "You just got your powers back."
"The difference between Loki and I is that he likes to gain power. He has a lot of tricks up his sleeve but he hasn't mastered all of them. I, on the other hand, choose to perfect what I've been taught before I move on to the next lesson." she boasted rather loudly making Black Widow snort at her. "Please Steve? I promise I'll help Hawkeye with the mind control thing."
"Fine," he succumbed way too easily to her flashing green eyes but the dazzling smile he received in turn was well worth the teasing sure to come from Tony. Steve's only reprieve was that Barton was still passed out - at least that was one person less to tease him about it.
You can find an image of the thundercross online, just search it on google. The part where she is Thor's half-sister is all mine and I don't think I've ever found a story with that particular plot in it.
To those who read and reviewed, thank you so much.
aLy0:)
