August
Loki drank heavily and watched all the shows he'd seen on her shelves. Sometimes he'd stare at her number on his phone before rubbing his thumb over her name and clicking his phone shut.
Wondered what she was doing.
September
He stopped drinking so he could teach his classes during the days. Tried to lose himself in his science research at night instead. Called himself a fool for never taking pictures of her. Tried to draw her face from memory. He kept every drawing in a box in his closet. It was a big box.
Wondered what she was doing.
October
Had insomnia. Couldn't sleep, so one night he ended up calling his brother. They talked for a long time- about the past, about the future. Loki told him all about Darcy. He had a feeling that he'd actually said a lot more than he meant to, but couldn't bring himself to care too much. Thor was going to try and get some time off of work to come see him.
Wrote some poetry about her. Decided it was terrible and threw it away in disgust. Dug it up moments later and smoothed the pages. Cursed himself for a lovesick sot and put the poems in the box with the drawings.
Wondered what she was doing.
November
Thor made it out to see him and they spent a week together. It felt good, mending their relationship after so many years. He hadn't realized quite how much it had bothered him that he and Thor hadn't been speaking.
Went out with some colleagues from work to try and be social. Didn't like it, so he took up jogging. Usually at night.
His spirits lifted only slightly as winter approached. He wondered if Darcy would have liked the winter. And what would she look like, all wrapped up in mittens, and scarves and hats? Adorable, probably...
Finally broke down and called her, not having any clue what he would say. But it was just a recorded voice saying the number he reached was unavailable.
Wondered what she was doing.
December
Got invited to speak at a conference in Virginia. He felt trapped in Boston, so he accepted- though mostly because Darcy's home state was Virginia. As if by some crazy chance he would run into her at an ice-skating rink and she would invite him home to meet her family.
Wondered what she was doing.
December twenty-second
Ran into Darcy by some crazy chance at an ice-skating rink and she invited him home to meet her family.