Kolr is missing.
Which, really, isn't too big of a problem, as he's gone missing a number of times before, but Loki is beginning to worry. It has been over two hours, and while there is only so much distance Kolr can cover in the Avengers Tower, some of that distance might include one of the labs, and Loki shudders (or would have shuddered, had he been any man other than himself) to think of what could happen to a kitten surrounded by various acidic concoctions.
After some (most certainly not frantic, ahem) searching, he comes across a most peculiar sight -
Natasha, sitting cross-legged on the floor, leaning forward so that her hair dangles enticingly in front of Kolr before she leans away, pulling her hair out of his reach.
Loki debates walking into the room and interrupting them, but when he has just decided to walk away, Natasha calls out without looking up, "I sort of kidnapped him for a while, hope you don't mind."
Loki clears his throat and steps into the room. "Please, feel free to do it more often. In fact, keep him if you like. I've been needing an excuse to get rid of him for weeks, and Darcy will hardly protest if you take him."
"Very funny," she replies, lifting Kolr in the air above her head and humming something that sounds suspiciously like "The Circle of Life".
Loki bites back a smile, and when Natasha puts Kolr down and chases him around the room on all fours, complete with sound effects and dramatic faked deaths, he quietly asks JARVIS to take a video.
AAGH sorry this took so long, guys!
i mostly end up writing these when i'm procrastinating on writing another fic i'm working on, and vice versa, so...