Tony's blog:
So...
Fury wants us to go on a bloody camping trip for some "teammate bonding time". What the hell? He wants us to go to some part of West America somewhere in the wilds or whatever. Why would I even want to go there? The worst part is that we're still on duty even though he's having us go there. So we've got to lug our equipment along with us. That asshole. At least we've got.. horses. Seriously? There's something called cars these days, you know.
Anyway, I don't want to leave Loki by himself in the mansion even if it's just for a couple of days. Yes, I know he can take care of himself, but no I still don't want to.
He makes me worried all the time.
So Loki, if you're seeing this, I'm sorry. I'd really rather be at home with you, I promise to make you those omelets you love so much when I'm back home. I'll see you in a couple of days, alright?
You can text and call me, I promise I'll do my best to answer but I can't guarantee anything with the shitty connection I'm probably going to have.
Loki:
The Avengers all arrived via helicopters to their destination, a large horse ranch where they would rent out their steeds and be off with their journey on friendship. Or so it was supposed to be but with all of them looking pissed and dishevelled, minus Steve, it was starting to look grim.
Loki though had his own plans. He had followed Tony straight from home, in the form of a magpie, to the Avengers tower and then followed their helicopters. Loki noticed the ranch and flew down into a large tree on the property and transformed into a large black horse. He was not about to allow some foreign beast bob between Tony's legs. That was HIS job. He shook his head and snorted, time to win over Tony. Hopefully he wasn't death afraid of horses. Loki was so wrong.
Thor had emerged from the cramped helicopter, shaking the machine as he exited, and smiled at the sight of horses. He was proud to say he was quite skilled in taming and riding a horse and promised to shop everyone the ropes. Sarcasm filled the air but Thor was oblivious to it all. Natasha just sighed and Hawkeye started to make Brokeback Mountain jokes to Tony. Banner looked calm but they all knew something was going to go wrong eventually.
Loki quickly cantered over to the fence to try and get Tony's attention by neighing. All of the Avengers were collecting their gear and following the ranch owner.
Tony:
"Fucking horses!" Tony had sworn for probably about the hundredth time ever since they had left their headquarters. "Why does it have to be horses? I fucking hate horses."
"Do not fear, Tony Stark! Horses are friends!" Thor declared as he clapped powerfully onto Tony's back which made Tony wince and say, "I hate horses", and it wasn't that Tony had an irrational fear of horses.
He almost got his hand chewed off once when he tried to feed a horse as a child.
He never looked back.
When they arrived at the stables, he eyed all of the horses angrily and stood a huge distance away from them because he really, really didn't want to go any closer to them.
"Stop being such a pussy," Clint teased from behind him before he walked over to one of the horses, already deciding.
Stripped of his wit for once, Tony glared angrily at the horses. He knew he was going to have to go through this, but he really didn't want to- well that horse is a pretty one…
Loki:
Loki tries to keep getting Tony's attention, averting all other Avengers in the process. Thor immediately heads towards him with a smile.
Damn.
"This horse allow me to ride you, black steed!" Thor immediately climbed the fence to get on top of Loki. Loki resisted, but wait…
Thor was handed a saddle and bridle. Loki was a civil horse and obeyed, allowing his brother to saddle up, it wasn't until the Thunderer sat upon his brothers back did Loki's eyes flare. All of the Avenger's turned as a wild black horse started to buck and thrash Thor off his back, who was smiling a wide grin and holding on for dear life. Loki rammed himself into the fence to try and jostle Thor, but he forgot Thor was built for this. Every tactic in the horse book of being unmountable and yet Thor still held strong.
This worked opposite to Loki's wishes and was actually scaring Tony more. Thor reigned in the beast and blinked. Something felt familiar. Loki glanced back and glared.
"Brother…?"
Tony:
It was an amusing sight watching the horse thrash about as Thor held on tightly to it, unyielding.
"Thank god I didn't go near any of them," Tony said to Steve who had walked up to them to watch with wide eyes. The other Avengers came up and stared too, all amazed by what was going on until…
"Brother…?"
And everyone went simultaneously, "What?"
Then Tony knew after this trip that he was never going to be able to look at horses the same way, ever again.
Loki:
Loki finally managed to down Thor and throw him off with a loud thud. The trickster immediately gated the fence and cantered over to Tony and nuzzled him in a familiar way. Clint just stared, mouth open, not able to make a smug comment.
Loki neighed and nudged Tony repeatedly. A familiar voice filled everyone's ears.
"I was not about to let some trollop be your mount and protector on this trip. So I took it upon myself to fly here and join you."
Loki nudged Tony again and snorted. His big dark eyes looking at Tony with anticipation.
Tony:
When Thor fell rather ungracefully onto the floor, there were giggles from some of the Avengers, but not Natasha, she never giggled. Tony, still a bit afraid of horses, reached slowly to pet Loki on the head after he was nudged several times. It always felt weird when Loki spoke to him through his head, but he didn't mind. Tony trusted Loki enough to let him do that. He couldn't say it was the same for the other Avengers though, apart from Thor.
Eventually, after more nudging and neighing from his sweetheart, Tony gave in and settled his backpacks on Loki and slowly climbed onto him.
"Are you sure about this, love? My suit's really heavy…" Tony asked as they set off from the stable.
Loki:
Loki rolled his eyes and head dramatically as he started off to follow the rest of the Avengers. He snorted and only let Tony hear his voice.
"Darling, I can handle Thor. You and your suit feel like pebbles in comparison to the massive boulder that is my stupid brother."
The black steed made a proud pose and look at Tony to prove he could handle it. With the rest of the Avengers saddled and mounted up they started on their epic bonding experience. This lead to much cursing and swearing with in the first half hour.
"Darling, did I mention you might be a bit bow legged by the end of this?"
Loki chuckled to himself and whinnied as he lead the pack of horses up the steep mountain path. Clint started to complain loudly because of Tony's strange one sided conversations with Loki.
"Stop talking in his head. It makes it seem like you two are crazy."
Loki purposely made Clint's horse slip.
"JESUS FUC—"
The black horse chuckled and continued on his merry way.
Tony:
If Loki was proud of himself for being able to carry Tony and his things like that, Tony could only be more proud because Loki was his love and Loki would never fail to amaze him with all the things he could do.
Not that it was helping, because he was getting a raging hard-on.
"I hate this, I feel like I'm some fucking…"
..person into bestiality, but he doesn't say that.
He laughed as Clint fell, because it's always hilarious when anyone does anything like that to him, and because it's Loki, his God of Mischief, who's doing it.
The group arrived at the campsite eventually, and Tony is annoyed because he had to set up his own camp and he really liked doing things like that. He always had his girl, Pep, to get someone to do that for him. The only things he liked getting his hands on were anything in his workshop, cars, and, of course, Loki. He'd say women, but he was way past that, and Loki would cut him.
When the camp was set up, much to Tony's disbelief that he actually made himself do it, each Avenger were assigned roles to gather things that they were going to require by Steve.
While Loki was allowed to rest, Thor was to gather wood together with Bruce. Natasha and Clint were to go hunting for food. Steve, being Steve, and not trusting anyone else to take care of the camp, had himself do just that while he helped further unpack everyone's things.
And Tony… was to fetch water.
"Yeah, because I'm totally useless!" He clipped at them, who rolled their eyes at him and ignored him, as he stomped away and made his way to the river.
Loki:
[Loki followed behind Tony, not wanting to stays with the rest of the horses. He neighed and nudged Tony when he leaned down to get water. With everyone going off in their own directions Loki had a plan that made his lips curl, if he could smile like that as a horse. Loki nudged Tony again but suddenly a wind whipped past Tony. He slowly turned and looked at Loki who was sitting on his heels, naked and obviously a bit bushed.]
"You are not useless darling. Just a bit slow when it comes to….normal Midgardian activities."
Tony:
Tony gulped as he saw the naked Loki sitting by the side of the river. He scowled as Loki made that remark, saying that "I'll have you know that I'm a genius, thank you very much." He made his way to Loki anyway, dropping the bucket on the bank, and set himself next to his lover. He smiled softly as he brought his hands to Loki's shoulders and started threading into the tight muscles. He knows it was probably hard on Loki since that wasn't a short journey even though with Loki's pride.
"Thank you, darling." He whispered as he kissed Loki on the neck and curled his arms around Loki's waist once he was done giving Loki a massage.
Loki:
[Loki laid back and pulled Tony on top of him gently. The cold rushing water hit his feet, legs and lower back and it was glorious for is tired muscles. A light moan escaped his lips as he relaxed against the smooth pebbles and rocks. He could feel Tony's hot breath ghosting over his neck.]
"I feel like you rode me very poorly getting here. Prove me wrong, darling, riding me harder."
[He gave Tony a half lidded gaze and smiled. He slowly spread his creamy legs, beats of sweat rolling down his thighs.]
Tony:
[Tony laughed into Loki's neck where he left a very visible red mark that he made sure was going to stay for at least a week even with Loki's ability to heal. He wasted no time hastily preparing Loki before he pushed himself into his lover, groaning Loki's name as he does so. Tony was gentle because he knew Loki was slightly worn from the trip to the campsite, and even though Loki had asked him to ride him hard, he did it with deliberate slowness but with well-angled thrusts.]
Loki:
[Loki moaned and his toes curled in the cold water. One of his legs rubbed against Tony's back and he bucked his hips in desperate movements for more friction. His hands laced with Tony's worn fingers and he squeezed when Tony hit his sweet spot, except he could only manage a feeble whine for more. He forgot to mention to Tony he wouldn't be able to turn back into a horse till tomorrow, but details shmetails. Loki felt precum drip onto his chest. He would have been embarrassed but he was too tired.]
Tony:
[Tony smiled as Loki laced their fingers together, and wondered if Loki knew that he loved it. He loved how it felt so intimate even if it were supposedly just a small gesture to an outsider's eye. He still took his time with the thrusting, it was unhurried and measured, the way he trusted was best for his lover then. With the river water lazily streaming against his calves and the way Loki's leg was rubbing against his back was tantalizing him. He could feel the tension build up in his stomach, and like Loki, he was not embarrassed to show it with his moans and sighs into the kisses he pressed on Loki's lips.]
Loki:
[Loki uses his free hand to tug on Tony's shirt. He rolled his hips like the water rushing over the rocks. He felt himself clench around Tony and he let out a desperate whimper as he came. A bit faster than usual, but Tony would have to forgive him, after all he did haul his ass up a mountain trail.]
" I am sorry darling….I am more tired than anticipated….you might have to take me back to camp like this…
[Like this? Loki, tired, limp, naked and obviously just sexed to his energy capacity and he wanted Tony to take him back to camp? Where everyone was? Where THOR was?]
Tony:
[Tony came just a few minutes after Loki does, and he didn't mind, he never would that today their time together was shorter. He was always happy with whatever he had with Loki, and he kissed Loki on the forehead because he knew Loki was silly to be so prideful about coming faster than usual and wanted Tony's forgiveness. Tony knew that Loki had worked very hard today.]
…oh god.
[He pouted at Loki, knowing that the trickster knew this was going to happen. Well since Thor was gathering wood, he thought that maybe he would arrive back at camp faster than the rest, but he would still have to deal with Steve who would definitely be there.
…but Loki's always worth any trouble going through.
So Tony braced himself as he used all his strength to pick the tired god up (first covering Loki up with his shirt because Loki was naked and had no clothes), along with the buckets of water and made way back to camp.]
Loki:
[Loki groaned as Tony managed to take both him and the water back. He would have to reward Tony later while simultaneously bothering everyone in camp. It was mentally decided. Thankfully Steve had gone off to talk with Thor who had his arms full of large branches, not small sticks. Proceeding to go Boy Scout on Thor about proper sticks needed to start a fire. Loki closed his eyes and started to drift off against Tony's chest, then a pillow as Tony placed him in the tent to rest.]
"I love you….Tony…"
[Loki barely mumbled his sentence as he started to snore silently, curling around the pillow like a cat.]
Tony:
[Stardust]
While Loki slept away in the tent, the Avengers busied themselves with finishing up with making dinner outside. They had decided to eat first since it didn't seem like Loki was going to bother himself in waking up anytime soon.
When they had had their fill, they set by the campfire, actually have some bonding time while they chatted (and it's something they already always do at the headquarters during their breaks).
"So," Steve started a little louder than his normal voice which everyone gave his attention to. "Fury wanted me to tell you-"
"I knew it!" Clint half-yelled which he got shushed for by Thor because his brother was sleeping.
"Yeah, so. He wanted me to tell you all that we're supposed to be looking for an artefact here that's been giving off strange signals to our radars."
Tony rolled his eyes because he expected something like that too, and because no one honestly bought that team bonding bullshit.
"And what are we supposed to be looking for?" Bruce mused in his own quiet way which he received a shake of head from Steve who said, "That's the problem."
"Oh fuck it! Since we're already here, let's do whatever the hell we want until we chance upon it or whatever," declared Tony.
Natasha groaned, "Typical."
Loki:
The sound of the tent flapping open made some of the chatting Avenger's turn. Loki emerged, tired, nowhere near lucid and holding his head. He was in one of Tony's large shirts and a pair of short-shorts. He slowly stumbled over towards the light of the fire while groaning.
"Why must you all annoy me by singing? I was trying to sleep you insolent curs."
"We were not singing, brother, merely speaking about an assignment." Thor gave his brother a confused look as the trickster took his place on Tony's lap with a grunt. Static electricity like magic flares shot off Loki. He groaned and held his head.
"Stop the singing!" He buried his head hard into Tony's chest, his shoulders brought together to show he was in pain and annoyed.
Bruce looked over Loki from a distance. Magical discharge? Hearing sounds no one else was hearing? He looked over to Natasha who looked at Thor who looked at Clint who looked at Tony.
"Brother, where do you hear this singing? What does it sound like?"
Loki paused and slowly raised a limp arm and pointed in the direction of a tall mountain but wasn't necessarily pointing to the top, just in the general direction. He said the singing sounded like small children. Lots of small children. He smiled but then a frown appeared on his face and a large spark of magic popped off of Loki's shoulder.
Something was wrong with Loki as they packed some essentials and went walking. As soon as Thor asked him where it was Loki started getting fidgety and insisted they go. He refused to put on proper foot ware and headed off by himself only to be stopped by Tony. The trickster's eyes were turning a pale milk green as they got closer to the singing.
"Are you sure this isn't one of his tricks Thor?" Clint looked over to the large god who shrugged. Loki was holding both Thor and Tony's hands for his own protection since he seemed to wander off. The singing got louder and Loki was sweating and in pain. As soon as they reached the edge of a forest his head split and the singing turned into screaming.
"S-Stop! Stop the screaming! Please! STOP SCREAMING!"
Tony:
Tony looked up in surprise as Loki grumbled at them for singing and waking him up. He was definitely not the only one with the confused look as Thor tried to explain that they had merely been singing while Loki settled himself onto Tony's lap, who in turn instinctively wrapped his arms around Loki's waist (much to Clint and a bit of Thor's disdain).
When Loki started to bury his head and cry out in aggravation, Tony wrapped his arms around Loki's head, trying to cover his ears to block out whatever noise that was causing Loki to be upset. He hated that he was unable to source it out.
As Clint looked over at him, he could only shrug and frown before Thor asked his question and gotten his reply from Loki. Tony was somewhat freaked out because he was thinking about those typical supernatural movies with children's voices and all that jazz. He held on tightly onto Loki's hand once they've packed and had Loki leading them to the voices. He never noticed how the god's eyes were changing as they supposedly came closer and closer to the source of it.
Tony took Loki into his arms protectively when Loki begged for the screaming to stop, and signalled for the other Avengers to go forward and check out what was ahead of them now that they were at the edge of the forest. He tried to carry Loki up to bring him back to camp first, which was when he noticed Loki's glazed eyes that made him panic.
"Loki, your eyes! Love, talk to me. What's wrong?"
Loki:
His clamped his eyes shut and saw people. People not there. Small children. He escaped from Tony's hold and ran into the forest. Leading the Avengers to his destination by the tendril like wisps of magic he left behind. Clint and Natasha quickly followed after, follow by Thor, Bruce and Tony. They all came to a clearing, a large open field surrounded by tall trees that arched over a tall stone pillar stuck straight in the middle. Loki was already slowly approaching it. One hand was reached out while the other clutched at his shirt.
"Stop. Stop screaming. Why are you screaming? Tell me, loves, why? Why?"
The trickster mumbled to himself as Thor quickly moved to his brother's side and looked over the stone.
"This is not of Midgardian origin, but Asgardian. Was this possibly what Fury was—"
Thor's sentence was cut short when a blast wave of magic throttled him back towards the rest of the Avengers. Loki's right arm had bones cracked and shattered by the sheer force of the blast as soon as he and his brother touched the stone. Ripples of magic fanned out and astral projections of children appeared. All of them were laughing and smiling. They were dancing around the stone like a May pole. The sight was strange and fascinating for the Avengers except for Tony who watched as Loki slowly fell to his knees unable to stand. They could not approach though under Thor's mighty command for he was unsure what this was in origin and purpose.
The waves of magic forced their way into Loki's body as he fell to the ground. His body went limp, right arm contorted in an ugly position, his eyes were blank and his chest refused to rise and fall. The astral projections vanished in a thin sparkling dust that peppered the tall grass. Thor hesitated but it seemed it was all over and they all rushed over.
Tony:
Tony had watched, scared for Loki's dear life, as Loki's arm had split and broke right before his eyes while he was unable to do anything. He had tears running down the side of his cheeks as he felt completely and utterly useless for being unable to do anything as the love of his life was hurt in front of him. As soon as he was able to rush to Loki's side, he did just that, gathering the now lifeless Loki into his arms. He shook Loki hard, ignoring the splatters of blood from Loki's right arm that hit him, desperate to get a response from the sleeping god.
"Jesus fucking Christ, don't fucking. Don't. Please don't- Oh Christ." He broke down, rocking Loki in his arms as he wailed loudly without shame even as Steve and Thor tried to pry Tony away from Loki. Clint was quiet for once, and Natasha was leaning pressing her eyes shut on Bruce's shoulder, because. Tony held on relentlessly, not wanting to part from Loki, and still not believing that all this was really happening.
Loki:
A blanket of fog suddenly settled upon the open area and Natasha had chills up her spine as she looked around. Steve, Clint and Bruce also looked around unsure about this feeling but Thor stood up and knew this familiar feeling. Rock crags jutted out of the ground behind them and dark tentacles of energy shot out into the dark sky. A little girl emerged, her face half rotted like a corpse with the other side beautiful and sculpted from pristine marble. Her one good eye was a dark green and her other was a milky dead sphere. Her tiny rotting feet paled in comparison to her small, beautiful hands as she sat on a rock crag, hands open and resting on her knees holding some glowing object. It looked like a star.
"Lady Hella! What are you doing here on Midgard?" inquired Thor. The rest of the Avengers, minus Tony, all looked in confusion as the little girl smiled and hopped off the rock, her airy chiffon dress floating around her as she landed.
"Mommy shouldn't be here yet. Mommy is supposed to stay longer here so I came back to see Mommy." the little dead girl smiled up at Thor who nodded slowly. It seemed to register as he let her walk towards Tony.
"Mommy? What the fuck? Who here is a mommy?" Clint scratched his head in confusion as Hella walked towards Tony and moved to look at Loki. Tony would not part with Loki's dead corpse but Thor managed to wrench the other away to lay his brother on the ground. Hella sat down next to Loki and smiled.
"Mommy, don't cry. I came here to give you this back because you can't come down there now. Not yet." She lifted her small hands and let the bright star like object drop onto Loki's chest. It was instantly absorbed and Loki's eyes shot open as he violently gasped for air, arching his back off the ground. He clawed for something to home onto, grabbing Tony's hand and squeezing as he felt the life return to his limbs. The Avengers watched awestruck, still confused, but awestruck as Loki sat up and looked at the little girl.
"Mommy is happy you came by, darling." He lifted the little dead girl onto his lap and held her close, kissing her on the temple and nuzzling her.
Tony:
Tony didn't even notice the fog or the little girl, far too busy mourning over his lover. He continued crying, not wanting Loki to leave him still, even as he's roughly pulled apart. He sobbed even louder, broken as a man could be from watching his lover die. He finally noticed Hella only when she dropped the glowing object into Loki's chest and Loki came back to life, grabbing onto his arm like it's the first thing that matters, but Tony kept crying because he was still thoroughly by the events of what had just happened. He cried maybe, possibly, just a little harder from the relief he was feeling that he didn't actually lose Loki. He had been so scared.
Loki:
Loki turned to Tony who was crying and wiped away the tears and kissed his gently. He kissed him again and again. He cupped his heroes face and smiled.
"Do not cry love, I am all right now. You won't lose me again. And…meet my daughter, Hella." Loki introduced his small baby daughter to everyone. Clint almost said something about zombies but as soon as Loki mentioned she was in charge of Nifleheim, the land of the dead, he shut up instantly. Loki stood up with Tony and kissed him again with his daughter in his arms and they all walked back to camp. The stone pillar was what was giving off strange vibes, but it was a summoning stone for the dead apparently, according to Hella, as Loki continued to hug and kiss his baby girl.
Hella tried to move to Tony's arms, much to Loki's surprise, but warned his daughter not to steal Tony's soul.
Tony:
Eventually, Tony stopped crying as he started to become giddy with laughter as Loki kissed him over and over. He wiped the blood away from his face with his sleeve later, not wanting to think who it belonged to, while Loki introduced Hella to everyone else, and despite her looks, Tony thought she was still pretty, and still liked her.
She climbed into his arms after Loki warned her enough, and she was warm like human and cold like death at the same time, but he found he didn't mind. He promised he'd love all of Loki's children as his own regardless of what they might be. He only wanted Loki to be happy, and Tony knew his children made him happy, so.
"Hello, Hella," he said for the first time, winking at her. "In charge of Nifleheim, eh? You're pretty badass."
Loki:
"Darling, I am surprised you have not tried to steal everyone's soul yet." Loki laughed to himself but Thor had a very grim look on his face that told the Avengers otherwise. Hella looked up at Tony with a sparkling eye and started to go on and on about Mummy and stuff in Nifleheim and dead people and what they did and stuff little girls shouldn't really talk about. She was starting to freak out the rest of the Avengers who were still trying to come to grips with Loki being a mother, let alone being able to get pregnant.
They all got back to camp and Loki finally cracked his arm back into place as he sat down by Tony. Hella climbed around the camp onto every Avenger's lap. After several awkward introductions Hella climbed back to her mother's lap and laid down in between Loki and Tony. Loki followed suit, laying down with his daughter and resting next to Tony under the stars, the crackling of the fire fading into the back of his mind as he tried to filter through the sounds he heard before.
Tony:
Tony made faces as Hella told him stories about Nifleheim and her mother, it was endearing listening to her speak about them. He was proud himself for being so much resilient to the idea of Hella being half-dead, or half-alive. He could feel the air of awkwardness around the rest of the Avengers as they made their way to camp, and even when they arrived there.
It was funny the way Clint almost fainted from the way Hella had climbed onto his lap first. A soft smile from the ever kind Cap even though he was clearly uncomfortable, an attempt of study from Bruce, the biting of lip from Natasha. Hella had made her way back to Tony and Loki afterwards, nestling between the both of them as they all stretched out under the night sky filled with millions and millions of stars. It felt right for Tony, that.
Loki:
Loki looked down at his little girl and blinked back tears. He gently shook to wake her and Hella stirred to look at her mother. Loki gave a sad smile and ran a hand through her hair.
"You have to go back now darling…"
"I know mummy…I love you." The little girl hug her mother tightly. Loki bite back some tears and she vanished in a cloud of black smoke. The trickster coughed and ran a hand through his own hair before announcing he was going to retire for the evening. He dragged Tony with him to the tent, closed the flap violently, got comfy next to Tony then proceeded to cry himself to sleep. This seemed to be a normal ritual for Loki he loved and despised. Seeing his children, loving them, having to see them go, it was painful for him. At least Tony was here. Without Tony he probably would have been holed up in a room for weeks before emerging, emaciated and depressed. Tony made everything better…no matter the situation.
Tony:
Tony felt a sad when Hella had to leave. She was starting to grow on him, and he shot a glare to Thor because he knew it was Thor's fault that Loki was parted from his own children. Thor had looked away from the little display, like he was ashamed of himself, but no one noticed this, just Tony.
He smiled sadly and bade Hella goodbye as she left them in the forest. Tony followed Loki into the tent, knowing what was to come since it happened before with Jormundgr. He hugged Loki as closely as he could, rubbing his lover's back in circles trying to soothe him. He pressed his lips to Loki's forehead all the while, reminding that he was here for Loki, and that he loved Loki and would always be there for him. After much sobbing, Loki had fallen asleep, and Tony soon followed suit, still cuddled to the god.