Recovery- Loki x Reader (Female)

chapter 3

In this story, Pietro did not unfortunately die like he did in Age of Ultron. I feel like his character was wasted. Civil War never happened and everyone lives at the compound together. You are 20 years old in this story and you were kidnapped by Hydra at age 2 until 17 when Natasha saved you. The year in this story is 2016 so your birthday is February 9, 1996 ( Tom Hiddlestons actual birthday).  Anyways, enjoy the chapter!

Your Pov:

The rest of dinner went as smoothly as you thought it would.  Tony kept giving you looks because you didn't talk to him the whole time. Bucky kept giving Sam looks, he was trying to intimidate him into telling him what was wrong with you. That wasn't a good idea. Sam could keep his mouth shut for days. It was awkward to say the least.

Wanda didn't try to get into your head which you were surprised about. She didn't like to pry because she knows she would hate it if someone did that to her.

Your end of the table was quiet, which made the rest of the table quiet. Normally, Sam was cracking jokes at Bucky, Tony, or Peter the whole time. Now it was dead silent.

After dinner had ended, it was your turn to do the dishes. You guys kept a chart of when everyone did the dishes, excluding Tony. His excuse was that he payed for the place, so he did almost nothing around the compound. Everyone left their dishes on the table and you got started cleaning. You had to roll up your sleeves since you were wearing a black sweatshirt. As you were washing the dishes, Sam had offered to help you. You thought about declining, but you knew he would just bother you later when you went to your room, at least talking out here you could try and escape.

Sam brought you the dishes while you were washing them. Everyone else except for Tony, Bruce, Loki, and Peter were in the living room. They were playing Mario Kart on the Wii. Tony and Peter were in Tony's lab while Peter was trying to convince him to let him bring his girlfriend to the compound. Loki was off somewhere else because he didn't want to talk to anyone else. Bruce was in the other lab working on something you knew nothing about (you don't even know what he's saying when he goes all sciency)

Once Sam was done handing you dishes, he sat on the island next to the sink, kicking his legs. "You wanna tell me what's goin on? Or do you want me to bring Metal Man over here?" (Bucky is Metal Man btw, and Tony is Tin Man) he said as he was pointing to Bucky who didn't notice since he was to invested in the game he was playing. You didn't look up from the plate you were washing. "Not really, but you are going to sit here and bother me until I tell you. Or you will bother me in my room." This caused him to chuckle, but his face got serious again quickly. He nodded his head so you could tell him what was going on. You took a deep breath. "Remember when I first got here, when I had my nightmares?" Of course he knew. Once he was taking the stairs to get to his floor because the elevator wasn't working and he heard you screaming. When he got to your room that night, he found you in a ball in the corner of your bed with your knees pulled up and shaking.

"Anyways, I told you guys that they had stopped, but they haven't. They have been here since I was first at the tower. I got better at hiding them and you guys never asked about it again. I had one when I was napping, that's why my eyes look like I just cut 50 onions." you said with a light and awkward chuckle. He just stared at you in shock because he had no idea that you were still having them. "Every night it has been the same nightmare, but the one I had today was different." You said as you were tearing up, reliving it in your head. "The one I had today was so much worse. It would probably be easier if I showed you." (idk if I put this in the story yet, but your powers are that you can control the elements; air, fire, water, and earth. also you have the powers of mind control, anyways back to the story).

You took your hands out of the dishwater and dried them off with a towel. You went to Sam and tried to put your hands near his temples, but you were too short. So he bent down a bit, which helped, but you still needed to get on your tippy toes to reach him. Your white powers slowly connected to his mind, your eyes also turned completely white. You had returned to washing the dishes while Sam went through your nightmare like he was watching it all happen. He saw you terrified and the glint of hope in your eyes when you saw Tony and Bucky. It had been almost ten minutes until he was done watching the nightmare, and by that point, you were already done. You just sat on the counter and for him to be done. He had tears streaming down his face and he just stared at you. He got off the counter and he gave you the tightest hug you have ever received.

He stood between your knees, he cradled your head in his left hand while his right hand was rubbing your back. You had your head in the nook of his shoulder and neck. You held onto him tightly. It felt good to finally tell someone about your nightmares, it had been a big burden in your shoulders that now finally lifted a little bit. "Why didn't you tell anyone? I could have helped you, we could have helped you." he said, his voice slightly cracking as you two were still hugging, he stroked your hair. "I didn't want to burden you guys with any of this, you guys have done enough already." He chuckled a little bit at that. " Kid I don't know how many times I have to say this, you aren't a burden, and never have been one. We are a family, and family helps when others need it. You are like a little sister to me, don't ever think you are a burden." You started to cry at his words. It felt nice to finally have a family.

"What's going on here? Do I need to kick someone's ass?" You and Sam turned at the familiar voice. "No, you don't need to kick anyone's ass, not yet anyway Tony." you had said. Sam pulled out of the hug and wiped off his face quickly. You had stayed where you were and wiped your tears as well. "Seriously what happened while I was gone? I leave for twenty minutes with the Kid and suddenly its like you two watched Inside Out again."

"Nothing happened Tony, Sam just needed a hug and I guess it got emotional after awhile." You had said and Sam just gave you the "really" look. "As fun as this is, I'm going to bed, I'm exhausted. Goodnight" you had said quickly, giving no one any time to argue or continue the conversation. You had said goodnight to everyone in the living room as well and made your way upstairs. When you got to your floor, you decided to go to the library to get a new book since you knew you were not going to get any sleep this evening. The library was on your floor because there was extra room there and you were one of the two people here who actually read books anymore, the other person was Bruce, or so you thought.

You had entered the library, not paying much attention to what you were doing since you were the only person who went in there most of the time. As your nose was in your new book for the evening, you bumped into something. You looked up only to be met with beautiful emerald green eyes.

"Hello, darling. Do you know where Shakespeare is? I can't seem to find his works anywhere." You were in the library alone with the God of Mischief.