Forty Two
I awoke to an empty bed, suddenly feeling worried. This was not happening the same way our first date did. There was no S.H.I.E.L.D. I really didn't need Hydra to drag him out of here either. Despite what he says, I'm not the only one needing protecting.
"Jarvis? Where is Loki?" I asked the computer quietly.
"Mr. Laufeyson…" Jarvis began.
"Volume reduction fifty percent."
"Mr. Laufeyson is in the kitchen."
"He's in the kitchen? What's he doing in the kitchen?"
"I believe he is making you breakfast in bed." Jarvis replied. I suddenly felt guilty for thinking he'd been captured or left again.
I snuck out of bed to freshen up. I hated morning breath. I returned quickly and snuggled into bed. Maybe I could make it look like I'd just woken up. I closed my eyes and pretended to sleep. I must have nodded off, because Loki startled me when he made his way into the room carrying a tray. It smelled good.
"Good, you're awake. I've made breakfast."
"Made? You didn't order out? I didn't think I had groceries."
"You do. Jarvis had someone bring groceries." He said trying his tongue on the foreign word.
"What did you make?"
"Omelettes and coffee." He stood looking proudly. I eyed him.
"How do you know this? You said you'd never had coffee, and does Asgard have chickens?"
"Jarvis talked me through coffee. YouTube helped with the rest. I like this YouTube thing." He sat down next to me and placed the food in front of me.
"It looks delicious." We ate in relative silence, and it was delicious. Cooking was never my forte. I could learn to live like this.
"You feeling any better?" He asked. I inhaled and exhaled without pain.
"Much, thank you."
"Good, I have an assignment for you today."
"Like what?" I asked looking up from my coffee.
"Remember I told you I need your expertise in technology."
"Yes…I'm not making you an Ironman suit to go masquerading as me."
"No. I need you to program an algorithm into the computer to help search for Hydra's leaders. But that is a thought for another day." He laughed.
"You do know what they say about Hydra? Cut off one head and two grow in its place?" I reminded.
"Then it is a good thing a God is destroying them." He laughed again. He was beautiful when he laughed, at least when he wasn't throwing me out a window.
He cleaned up the dishes, but I kept my coffee. I nursed it until Loki got back.
"Come on, get up. You have work to do." He tried to pull the blankets off. I held tight.
"You sound like your brother." I laughed then pitched my voice higher. "Get up Tony, get to work Tony." He laughed at me and tugged the blanket again. He could have easily torn it from my hands but didn't. "I'll get up." I threw the blankets off and walked my naked ass to the closet. I felt his eyes looking up and down my backside.
"You're doing this on purpose." His voice hitched as he spoke.
"Is there any other way?" I grinned over my shoulder. I slipped a t-shirt over my head, stretching far over my head letting it slip down around my form. I smiled a knowing smile that he was watching my muscles move. I bent over to get a pair of jeans from a bottom drawer. I was deliberately putting a show on. I slipped them on quickly and hurried to my desk.
I began typing away, programming the algorithm into the computer.
Loki settled in a chair, watching me. He materialized a book and settled into reading. I glanced up at him every few lines of code. I could feel his eyes on me as well, but every time I looked up, he was reading. I opened a desk drawer and found the lollipops I had stashed in there to tease Pepper with. I opened one and popped it in my mouth. I twirled it with my tongue, sucking the juice off it. Licking it lightly with the tip of my tongue. Still typing away as I played with it in my mouth. I was almost finished with coding when I realized he hadn't turned a page.
"Whatcha reading?" I asked.
"Nothing much, is that done? I have Hydra agents to kill." He said putting the book down.
"Well, I'm about to give this to Jarvis to run, wanna watch?" I suggested. He got up as I was typing the final commands to send to Jarvis. He wrapped his arms around my waist holding me possessively. I hit the return key and Jarvis took over the program. I turned in his arms to return his affections.