Chapter Six

"Is this it?"

"Yeah," Loki said as Tony went to knock on the door. Loki stopped him and said "Please promise me you would do anything stupid."

"I'm a genius." Tony snorted.

"A stupid genius," Loki said under his breath as Tony knocked on the door.

"Coming," Victor accent laced voice said through the door. Tony waited, his foot tapping impatiently. Victor came to the door shirtless in a pair of black jeans and said "Can I he-?"

"Are you Victor?" Tony interrupted.

"Yes," Victor said "And you are?"

"Tony." He then punched the other full on in the face.

Loki then shouted "Tony! What the hell!?"

Tony turned on Loki. "I don't know, Loki?! Why the fuck don't you tell me?!" His eyes flashed dangerously. "Are you really that surprised that I reacted this way?! After all that's happened and I just found out about?!"

Loki practically shrink in on himself and said "Sorry . . . just don't hurt him." Victor, for his part after being punched, started shouting in a different language entirely, before stumbling inside his loft.

Tony's eyes sparked even more darkly. "Now you're worried about him too?!"

"Yes Tony!" Loki yelled rushing after Victor, who was dabbing his bloody nose "I'm worried about him!"

"Why?! Because you love him don't you?!" Tony's voice cracked with hurt.

"Tony," Loki said "No I don't love him, I love you it's just…"

"Fucking hell," Victor said "I think your husband just broke my nose…"

"Just what?!" Tony snapped before turning to Victor. "Like you didn't fucking deserve it!"

"Tony!" Loki shouted.

"Hey maybe I did deserve it," Victor said glaring at the billionaire "Either way I screwed your husband to oblivion."

Tony's eyes widened before they narrowed dangerously. "Oh, that's it." He then tackled Victor to the ground, punching him again.

"Tony stop it!" Loki said grabbing Tony and pulling him off of Victor, who was now sporting a bruise on his right cheek. Victor rolled on his side and spit out blood on his palm. "Damn, so the genius can fight, and has a mean left hook apparently."

"Victor, stop," Loki said rushing to Victor's side "Tony didn't mean to . . ."

"Didn't mean to my ass!" Tony snapped. "I will take responsibility for my actions and right now, I would do it again!"

"Tony, stop," Loki said "You hurt him."

"Good! Now he at least he gets a general idea of how much pain I feel!"

"He's joking right?" Victor said getting up "This nothing compared to the pain you've made Loki feel."

"Victor, shut up," Loki said "I don't want you to be more bruised than you are."

"Loki, I don't know if you were paying any attention to my body when we were screwing but I've taken worst hits in my life trust me," Victor said.

Tony took a shaky breath. "That's it. I'm done. Forget everything. Obviously I can't do anything right. Of course, not that dear Vicki had both sides of the story. I'm sure it doesn't matter as long as he gets a good fuck in the process." He turned. "You know what? Loki, I'm glad you didn't commit suicide. Now you can be with dear Victor while I go kill myself instead. I'm sure that will make your happy ending come true." He started to walk away.

"Tony please," Loki cried to him.

Victor, for his part, rolled his eyes before scooping Tony up, throwing him over his shoulder, and proceed to carry him to his couch with Tony hitting his back… "Get your hands off of me!" Tony snarled.

"No," Victor said depositing him on his couch "We are all going to talk this out like civilized adults." Loki wandered into the room and stood off to the side, but Victor snapped his fingers. "No, sit next to him." Loki sat next to Tony but left some space in case Tony was going to snap at him again. "Alright then," Victor said "Tony is there anything you'd like to say out of anger before we get started."

"Oh, I'm sure it'll come when the time is right." Tony retorted. "Of course, I take a lot longer to climax than you, I'm sure." He gave a smirk.

Victor shrugged. "Loki, anything you'd like to say, at all?"

"No." Loki whispered.

"Shocking." Tony said scathingly.

"Okay, that's enough out of both of you," Victor said reperminding the two like children "Now here's how I see this: both of you two love each other to no end, but, Loki, you have so many insecurity issues it's like you're a breakdown waiting to happen."

Loki looked up at Victor with a gaping mouth. "I am not insecure!"

"Loki, from the way you let me screw you, you're insecure as hell," Victor said.

"Can we maybe not talk about how you screwed him? Thanks." Tony drawled.

"And you?!" Victor said rounding on him "I can understand you love your husband to bits, and you stopped him from committing suicide, but you are so fucking insensitive! Honestly, you should have noticed Loki was so insecure about every little thing he does, and I can understand if you're joking, but the man is fragile as hell. You should have more patience with him and be a little more understanding of his little rants and dilemmas."

"You don't think I tried?!" Tony hissed. "You don't think I fucking tried to get him to talk all the fucking time? You don't think I listened to every single rant and dilemma that he actually managed to talk to me about?!" His voice turned to a snarl.

"You listened but did you ever really understand why he would bite your head for ever little thing you did," Victor said "And when you were trying to talk was it gentle or confrontational, and before you ask there is a difference."

"It was gentle!" Victor raised an eyebrow before looking over to Loki who gave him a half and half sign. Tony looked scandalized. "Are you fucking kidding me?!" He snarled.

"Tony, it's called the calm before the storm," Victor said "You try a gentle approach, then give up and get irritated. That is not a way to do things."

"Thank you," Loki said.

"Loki, you're not safe yet," Victor said "You need to be more open with Tony; It's obvious he's trying his hardest to get you to open up to him and I find it very disturbing that you would open up easily to me and not Tony; Don't you think he deserves to know what's going on with you?"

"I have walls," Loki said simply.

"Walls are built to protect and safeguard things, Loki," Victor said "You have Tony and I'm pretty sure he can protect you, because after the number he did on my face, I have no doubt Americans can fight . . . Jeez, my face still hurts . . ."

"Good." Tony sneered.

"Tony!" Loki said glaring at him slighty.

"No, Loki, he's right," Victor putting his hands up "He has every right to be angry with me, but you both have to realize you need to work at whatever you'll want to call this relationship, because a lot of things could have been prevented."

Loki looked at the floor. "Victor's right . . . Tony, I'm so sorry, I don't know if you can ever forgive me or trust me ever again, but I love you and I'm not willing to let you go."

Tony paused for a long time. "Are you willing to let him go?" He whispered.

"Of course I am," Loki said inching closer to Tony "Plus, he's not as good as you in bed."

"Hey!" Victor said "I resent that."

"Victor," Loki said giving him a look.

"Right, staying out of this," Victor said standing off into the corner.

Tony looked at Loki in the eyes. "Were you telling the truth?"

"No," Loki said shrugging "But I prefer to be fucked by you than him, so that has to count for something."

Tony huffed slightly, his pride a tad bruised. " . . . I guess . . ." Loki smiled before kissing Tony. Tony couldn't help but kiss back, caressing Loki's cheek as he did so.

"Hey, do you guys hear a ringing sound?" Victor asked suddenly breaking up their moment.

"Victor . . ." Loki said.

"No I'm serious," Victor said, rubbing his ear.

Loki then pulled a worried face. "Victor…"

Victor didn't answer but collapsed and started having a seizure.

"What the hell?!" Tony yelled.

Tony grabbed Loki. "I need you to stay calm." He held Loki's face. "If the seizure lasts longer than three minutes, I'll have Jarvis call the ambulance. I've already had him start timing it. I'm going to move all the furniture away so he doesn't knock into that and move him onto his side so he doesn't choke on any saliva or vomit, got it?"

Loki nodded furiously before doing everything Tony asked. "Tony, what's wrong with him?"

"I don't know, Loki, but hopefully he'll pull through." Tony said, putting Victor on his side. Loki was quiet, part of him hoping the same thing, but some deep, dark part of him wanting him to not recover. When the paramedics finally came, it felt like everything was going in slow motion. Victor was being carried away, his body twitching while Loki clung onto Tony for his dear life.

"Do you think he's going to be okay?" He whispered.

"I'm sure he'll be fine, Lokes." Tony rubbed Loki's arm, pulling the raven man closer to him, trying to comfort the other before they heard the outcome of what happened to Victor.