The team doesn't relax as much as they used to, since Thanos and the Infinity Gauntlet, and the added stress of the unknown puts them all on high alert.
All of them, of course, except Loki.
He strolls around Stark Tower like he owns it, completely unafraid of whatever may lie ahead, waiting to lash out at the opportune moment. No one really ever understood why Loki, of all people, would feel so at ease, with the threat of certain death hanging over his head all the time.
Whenever anyone asked about it, he simply shrugged half-heartedly, glancing over at Sigyn with a smirk.
"Live, and if you die, then so be it," he'd explain casually, and Bruce would give a disbelieving glance at Steve, and the whole crowd of people in the living room would shake their heads and go about their business.
But not today.
Today, Tony just won't accept Loki's answer, and he stands up, a drink oddly absent from his grasp, with Pepper in tow, striding over to where Loki is comfortably splayed out on the couch. He leans over the back of the sofa with a smirk, and the god eyes him with disinterest before turning his attention back to the glowing TV screen before him.
"But if the Other comes after you, you'll be screwed, and everyone's real tired today. What will you do if we can't save you?" Tony drawls questioningly, gazing down the back of Loki's dark haired head with expectance, before Loki turns, sighing inwardly.
"The Other would never come for me, not when Thanos isn't alive to torture me. Do you honestly think henchmen go on after their masters have vanished?"
He turns back around sharply, huffing with indignation at the very idea of Tony coming up with a rebuttal to that, but the billionaire opens his mouth to say something just before Pepper slaps her hand over his mouth, shaking her head with a teasing smile as she pulls him back over to the bar.
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Prompt: Hardly (by krikanalo)