The Fall of Loki Odinsson: The Rise of Loki Friggasson

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Summary: Loki finds happiness on Midgard in the form of the Avengers and a quirky mortal that Darcy Lewis may or may not have set him up to meet. Loki learns how to accept himself and that joy can be found anywhere.

Warnings: Loki gets his sight back. Thor is a helicopter brother. Steve and Thor leave the Caustic Couple unattended for five minutes. Loki loves mind numbing television and pizza. Odin's downfall is set into motion. Loki learned his tricks from the best.

#########Chapter 7: Holiday Magic #########

********* Seven Months on Midgard: Three Months with Crystal*********

Loki, Steve, and Crystal sit on the couch watching television. Loki and Crystal laugh as the clay figures do stupid and say things. Steve is sitting in between them to keep some space between them. Steve sighs as they occasionally glance at one another.

Loki's eyes are magnified through his thick glasses as he turns to face Crystal. "I'm ordering pizza; do you fancy anything on it?"

She looks at him and shakes her head. "Just our usual. Maybe some breadsticks too." She scratches her head and stands. "Where is Stark? He's been acting more childish than usual."

Loki looks down at his cellphone and shrugs. "Something about decorations and lights. Something about Christmas. His plan was more half-cocked than usual so I left him to it while I sorted the Archives."

Steve looked at them and then at his phone. Panic set in momentarily. Stark has done everything in his power to get Loki and Crystal to have sex. Thor has threatened death if they do have sex before marriage. Tony is decorating the tower. Crap.

Tony busts in wearing a Santa hat topped with mistletoe. "Kids! Santa Stark has food and presents!"

Loki and Crystal look at Tony with matching unimpressed expressions. Loki looks at Tony 's hat and raises a brow. All he can see of the hat is that it is possibly fuzzy and red with a green thing on the end. "What in the Nine are you wearing?"

Tony smiles and walks over to Loki. "A little gift from me to you Lokes."

Thor walks in and sees Stark putting a strange hat on Loki. He walks closer and sees the mistletoe. Mistletoe is for kissing. Kissing leads to touching. Kissing and touching leads to sex. "Remove that hat from my brother's head Stark!"

Loki throws the hat at Stark. "One your head stinks and so does the hat. Two, Crystal and I have been working all day and we would appreciate some quiet time. Together. Alone. But since the blond duo seems to think we are a pair of randy youths we can't even have that!"

Loki is ready to start again when Crystal touches his arm. He follows her shifting eyes to the kitchen. "Lets go to the kitchen and make wraps instead. We can have some privacy there but we can still be in view.

He looks at Crystal for a moment and nods. "You are right my Gem. They mean well and traditions must be upheld." He puts his arm around her shoulders as they walk to the kitchen. He smiles down at Crystal as she smiles up at him. She nods as they stop in the door way.

Crystal stands nonchalantly with Loki in the kitchen doorway. "Loki Dear, did you know that it is tradition on Midgard to kiss beneath the mistletoe?"

Loki fakes innocence and pretends to be apologetic and dumb. "Forgive me my Gem but I was not aware of such a tradition. Oh. Look. Mistletoe."

Loki bends and kisses Crystal. She wraps her arms around his neck and he draws her kiss stays passionate but gentle. They break the kiss smiling. Loki opens his eyes and the his smile quickly fades. Everything looks funny.

He removes his glasses and looks down to clean them. Everything is clear. He sees a pair of slipper clad feet in front of his own. Swallowing hard he slowly looks up and sees her face clearly for the first time. "By the Norns you are beautiful."

Crystal looks genuinely shocked and stares open mouthed at Loki. She leans into his touch when he runs his fingers through her hair. "Thank you sweetie." She kisses Loki's palm.

Loki kisses her again but puts more passion into it. "I will keep kissing you until you know your beautiful. I mean it. Never doubt that you are a rare gift given to the Nine."

FRIDAY sends Tony a live full spectrum video of the couple kissing. There is an energy transfer going on and her body has more than enough to give. The readings are worth looking into because even big, alien, and blond is confused.

Steve clears his throat and Crystal holds up her hand. He rolls his eyes and clears his throat again. "Hey lovebirds, food is getting cold."

Loki smiles and slips his hands into Crystal's and laces their fingers together. "Pizza and Horror or Pizza and Pixar?"

Tony grins and Hawkeye and Bruce walk in with loads of pizza, subs, cakes, cookies, and beverages. "How about what ever we want and fantasy?"

Loki looks at Crystal and smiles. "Forgive us Stark but Friday is Crystal and Loki night. Perhaps we could watch a movie in her room. With the door ajar and the occasional room check."

Thor frowns until he feels Steve's hand on his shoulder. "He's been a gentleman so far. Let's give him a chance to prove that he can refrain from going all the way."

Thor nods and sighs. "You may do so but know that if she is at any point uncomfortable Dr. Selvig will have your head."

Loki nods and takes a box of pizza and thermos of hot chocolate to Crystal's room. Crystal grabs two mugs from her medicine cabinet. "Make yourself comfy and I will set up the movie. Did We decide on a movie?"

Loki shakes his head. "No we did not. We could do movie roulette. Let fate decide?"

Crystal chuckles and looks at Loki. "Fate can only take us so far. I know a perfect movie!"

Loki looks into her eyes and smiles. "Okay. Surprise me."

Steve walks in an hour later and smiles. They are cuddled together asleep as Lilo and Stitch plays in the background. The pizza box is half empty and the mugs -where did Doctor Who mugs come from - are sitting on the night stand next to the bed. He takes the mugs and box and slips them into the kitchen. He quietly returns to turn the television off and puts a blanket over them. "Good night Lilo and Stitch."

Thor follows Steve into the kitchen. "How do they fare?"

Steve looks at Thor and smiles. "Sleeping. Big spoon little spoon. Except she's the big spoon. Let's cut them some slack okay? He's actually happy and it's kinda adorable."

Thor frowns. "I worry that Odin will steal their joy should they become too close."

Steve pats Thor's shoulder. "Loki has us to protect his joy. We are family now Thor. We look out for each other."

Thor nods and yawns. "Perhaps I should follow their lead. Goodnight Steven."

The Avengers all slumber where they sit. A cloaked figure glides over each of them. The figure stops at Crystal's room and carefully glides through the door way.

Loki dreams of Asgard and the Winter Celebration. Each year he would help Frigga judge a spinning and weaving contest. The prize was a skein of spun flax, a skein of spun wool, and a fine bolt of cloth all crafted from her hands. He smiles.

Crystal dreams again of two rivers. One has only one fish inhabiting it and the water is poisonous. It destroys all that it passes. The second river has only two fish but the water is pure and all it touches flourishes.

The figure tilts it's head and glides through the room. It finds a basket of gold colored yarn. One golden beanie lays complete next to an unfinished knitted scarf. The figure stands for a moment and vanishes.

Everyone wakes up feeling rested and happy. The dreams were pleasant and the rest amazing. Steve finds Bucky in his apartment. Tony finds the perfect ring for Pepper. Thor finds new binding leather for Mjolnir. Bruce finds a kitten on his chest. Natasha finds her old scars faded and gone. Clint finds himself at home. Loki finds a beautiful emerald green mage's robe. Crystal reaches down to put on her slippers and finds a skein of soft homespun emerald green wool resting in her knitting basket.

Loki stares at it for a moment and tears fall from his eyes as he touches it. "Impossible."

Crystal puts her hand over Loki's. "Sweetie what's wrong?"

Loki just looks and her and smiles. "A very Joyous Winter my love." He kisses her head and smiles. "A winter miracle indeed."