A/N: Post-avengers. Odin is kind of a troll here. I don't know where this random little ficlet came from - sorry!
Loki Season
"Loki." Odin's voice was heavy. "The evil you have done cannot be forgiven. You deserve to die - that is justice." He sighed. "However. You are my son, and I find I don't wish to kill you myself. Nor to order it done."
He stepped back and raised his voice, so that it echoed all through the hall. "I now strip from this man his station, and the protection of my name," he declared. "He is under sentence of death. Any Asgardian who wishes to carry out that sentence may do so. From this moment forward, so be it."
He rapped Gungnir on the ground and said, without looking: "Loki: run."
For once in his life Loki seemed slow to grasp the situation - he wasted a moment staring with his mouth open, and when he finally did take action, it was only to lurch gracelessly towards the door.
The warriors of Asgard moved with more purpose; someone roared "Kill him!" and suddenly Loki's way was barred. He threw the first attackers back with a powerful blast of magic and drew his knives, but he was being forced back, and before long would be trapped full in a corner.
"Father. This is no different than if you executed him yourself," Thor said, desperately. "You must do something."
"You don't think your brother is capable of defending himself against all the warriors of Asgard at once?" Odin asked mildly.
"Are you-? No!"
"Then perhaps you had better help him."
The End. Like I said: random.