Lost in Glorious Mischief

The Dinner

After some light training, you head back to your room alone.
You take a quick shower. You braid your hair loosely
And pull it off to the side. Allowing it to hang over your shoulder. You add some light makeup to complete the look.
You go to your closet to find something to wear. A dark blue cocktail dress catches your eye. You slip it on and pair it with black heels. You add a small bracelet to your wrist.
When finished your glance in the mirror. Happy with the way you look you walk to your door.
Upon opening it you find Loki standing on the other side. He is wearing a simple suit. His shirt unbuttoned at the top.
He looks up from fixing his cuff and looks you up and down. He smiles,
"What?" you ask.
Loki shakes his head, holding his smile,
"Nothing darling, you look exquisite," he says.
You smile and step out of your room
Loki offers you his arm. You link yours with his and the two of you walk down the hall together.
You look over at him. Your heart begins to flutter. The sight of him in his suit makes you weak in the knees.
"This is a good look for you," you say. "Very handsome."
Loki looks down at you with a big smile.
Before you reach the common room he stops you and turns toward you.
He looks down at you and cups your face.
He leans down and kisses you gently.
He smiles as he pulls away.
Your eyes meet and you can't help but smile back.
"I love you, Claire," Loki says softly.
Your stomach flips and you feel uneasy. A tear forms in your eye. You quickly blink it away.
"I love you Loki," you say back.
Loki smiles and offers you his arm again.
The both of you walk into the common room.
Natasha and Bucky are standing in the kitchen chatting.
Bruce, Pepper, Sam, and Tony are enjoying a conversation at the table.
Wanda and Vision are pouring a glass of wine.
You look around the room, Steve isn't anywhere to be seen.
Thor approaches Loki. You let go of his arm and walk over to Nat and Bucky.
"Hey, dinner is almost ready. Would you like some wine?" Natasha says holding up the bottle.
"Sure," you reply, grabbing a glass.
Natasha pours wine into your glass.
You take a sip and look around the room again.
"Where are Peter and Steve?" you ask.
"Well, Peter had an exam to study for, " Natasha says.
"As for Steve, he mentioned he was feeling under the weather, " Bucky says, taking a sip of his drink. You notice Natasha and Bucky exchange looks.
"What?" you ask. curiously.
Natasha looks at Bucky again.
Bucky shifts his weight,
"We don't think he is sick, " Natasha says.
"We think he may be jealous of a certain someone and didn't want to cause a scene, " Bucky adds, looking past you.
You turn to see him looking at Loki.
You turn back to the two,
"Why would he be jealous of Loki?" you ask.
"It's pretty clear that Steve has a crush on you. When you pulled your stunt this morning it sent him over the edge." Natasha says.
You remain silent.
"Don't worry. Steve is pretty resilient," Natasha says walking around the counter.
"Come on let's go eat," she says.
She walks away from you.
You follow behind her and meet up with Thor and Loki
"Claire," Thor says
"Hey, Thor," you say, grinning.
Loki notices the tone change in your voice.
"Everything alright love?" he asks.
"Yeah, fine," you say taking a sip of your wine.
"Oh, they are bringing out the food! Let's feast!" Thor says walking past you.
Both Loki and you laugh as you walk to the table.
Loki pulls your chair out for you.
Once you are seated he sits next to you on your right.
He takes your hand under the table.
You turn to smile at him.
Tony stands and taps his glass.
Everyone quiets and turns their attention to him,
"I want to raise our glasses to Claire. She has shown so much strength and improvement in the last several weeks. She will be a valued member of our team and family! To Claire," Tony says, raising his glass
You, along with the others raise your glass.
Loki smiles and squeezes your hand.
"Now, let's feast!" Thor says with a big grin on his face.
The group laughs and begins passing food around.
During dinner, everyone jokes and reminisces about past adventures.
"Damn, and we are out of wine," Natasha says, shaking the bottle
She begins to get up,
"Here, let me get some more," you say, standing.
"Are you sure?" Natasha asks.
"Yes, I can get the wine," you say taking the bottle from her smiling.
You head around the corner into the kitchen.
You place the empty bottle into the bin and grab another bottle from the rack.
You rummage through the drawers to find the corkscrew.
Once it is found you take it out of the drawer and place it in the cork
As the cork pops a pain is sent through your head. It is so intense it causes you to stumble. A glass falls to the floor and shatters.
"You will find me the stones," A voice says.
You can hear screaming. It's a familiar sound. It's you. The vision is red and blurred. You can barely make out anything.
The pain begins to settle. You look down at your hands and your veins are glowing.
"Hey, are you alright?"
You look up to see Loki walking toward you.
You look down at the shattered glass then back to him.
"Yeah, just dropped a glass," you say kneeling to pick up the pieces.
Loki walks around the counter and sees you picking up the big pieces of glass.
He notices your hands shaking.
"Claire," he says
You don't look up,
"You know there are too many small pieces. Will you hand me the broom please?" you say as you stand. You avoid eye contact.
Loki stares at you for a moment before stepping to you. Crushing a piece of glass as he does.
"Claire, look at me," he says.
You take a moment and lookup. Loki takes notice of your eyes. The deep blue he gets lost in are now and red-orange color,
"What happened?" he asks.
"Nothing, I just slipped," you say avoiding talking about the vision.
The color in your eyes begins to fade back to blue
Loki, knowing there is something more doesn't press the conversation any further.
"How about we get this cleaned up and join the party?" he says, taking a step back and turning to grab the broom.
You wipe the little wine off the counter as he sweeps up the glass.
You both return to the dinner
"About time," Natasha says playfully
"Sorry, dropped a glass," you say handing her the bottle of wine.
You continue the dinner.
As everyone finishes you help clean up. Loki, Thor, Bucky, and Sam chat in the common room. Bruce, Tony, and Pepper called it a night and headed home and back to their rooms as did Wanda and Vision.
As you are wrapping up with the dishes a song comes on the radio,
"Oh I love this song," Natasha says, grabbing the remote and turning it up.
She grabs you by the hand and drags you into the common room.
"Let's dance." She says.
You laugh as she starts to dance.
You join her.
The men wander your way and join in the fun.
Thor pulls out some bad moves and laughs as he stumbles. Bucky and Sam dance with each other, goofing around.
Loki stands back and enjoys the show.
You look at him and give him a wink.
He smiles at you. You walk up to him,
"Come dance with me?" you ask, holding out your hand
"I am fine watching," he says.
You don't take no for an answer. You take his scotch out of his hand and finish it. You place the glass on the small table next to him and smile.
He smiles back at yout and shakes his head.
You grab his hand and pull him to the dance floor.
You get close to him and begin to dance.
Loki laughs but refuses to dance.
Not satisfied with him not getting into it you start dancing seductively.
You turn around and grind against him. Swaying your hips back and forth.
Loki's hand wraps around your waist.
He gets close to your ear,
"I think that is enough," he whispers in your ear, smirking
You smile and continue to dance on him.
You turn to him,
"I'll say when it is enough," you whisper into his ear.
Loki looks down at you. His eyes piercing yours, his smile seduces you.
"Darling, watch your tone," he says, inches from your face.
"Or what?" you ask, smiling as you step away from him.
You head into the kitchen to pour yourself a drink. As you place the glass on the counter Loki comes up behind you and grabs your wrist, spinning you around to face him,
"I don't like games, love," he says with a smirk
"Who said I was playing a game?" you ask, a grin creeps across your face.
"That is it," Loki says. He tightens his grip on your wrist and pulls you down the hallway.
"Leaving the party already?" you say, smiling, pleased with yourself.
Loki drags you into his room. He pulls you in and locks the door behind him.
You continue to mess with him,
"We skipped my room, I would like to shower and change," you say, attempting to walk past him.
He pushes you up against the wall,
"You are not going anywhere," he says.
You can hear his heart beating.
You look up at him, he is looking down at you.
"I told you I don't like games and you continued to toy with me," he says.
"I don't know what you're talking about, I just wanted to dance," you say, smirking.
Loki's lets out a deep sigh and smiles,
"Claire you drive me mad," he says
You smile at him.
Loki's demeanor softens. He brushes a hair out of your face,
"Darling, what is going on?" he asks meeting your eyes
"Nothing, I just wanted to have some fun," you say, looking down at your hands.
Loki lifts your chin,
"I know you had another vision love. Why won't you tell me?" he asks.
You step away from him and walk to his bed and sit down;
"Every time I am having fun or let my guard down I get a vision and it ruins everything. I just didn't want to ruin tonight," you say.
Loki sits next to you and takes your hand,
"You could never ruin anything," he says
"Loki I am tired," you say.
"Well why don't we go to bed?" he says.
"That is not what I meant. I am tired of the visions. They are draining me. My body aches all the time. I don't know how much more of it I can take," you say.
Loki looks at you, his worry for you increases.
You stand,
"You know I think I just need to be alone for a while if that is okay?" you ask
Loki looks up at you,
"Whatever you need love," he says.
You lean down and kiss him.
"I will see you in the morning," you say, letting go of Loki's hand and walking away from him.
Loki watches you walk out of his room, worried.

~

In your room, your head is pounding. You can't seem to focus. You pace back and forth trying to get your thoughts under control.
Unable to, you kick off your heels and slip out of your dress. You slip into a pair of sweatpants and a hoodie. You throw on some tennis shoes and hurry out of your room. Leaving the door open as you do.
You hurry downstairs and out the door of the compound.
You start running. This time away from the compound instead of around it.

~

Natasha is walking down the hall to her room. She passes your room and notices your door open. She stops and knocks on the door frame,
"Claire?" she says, before stepping in.
She sees your dress thrown on the bed, your heels laying in the middle of the floor and your dresser drawer left open.
She steps out of your room and looks up and down the hall.
Loki comes out of his room. He shuts his door behind him before looking up. When he sees Natasha standing at your doorway he becomes curious.
"Is Claire in there with you?" Natasha asks.
"No. She wanted to be alone. Is she not in her room?" he asks, confused
"No, her door was open but she isn't here," Natasha says.
Loki walks to your door and sees your dress, shoes, and dresser. He turns and walks down the hall.
"Loki. I am sure she is fine. She is probably outside running like she always does when she is upset," Natasha says following Loki
Loki doesn't say anything and continues to walk down the hall.
Bucky, Sam, and Thor are in the common room talking.
Thor notices Loki rushing down the hall
"Brother?" he says, standing
Sam and Bucky turn their attention to Loki
"Did Claire come through here?" Loki asks
"What is wrong? Bucky asks, standing.
"Claire isn't in her room. I told him she was fine but he won't listen." Natasha says reaching the common room
"Because she is not fine!" Loki yells.
"She is tired! She had another vision! The closer we get to Thanos arrival the more visions she has. They are becoming too much for her. They are wearing her down! Dammit! I knew I should have stayed with her." Loki says angrily, he begins to pace.
"Loki, Claire is a strong woman. This isn't your fault. She will return," Thor says attempting to calm Loki
"Have you checked outside yet? She runs when she is upset," Bucky says.
Loki stops pacing and glares at Bucky.
"Sorry, trying to be helpful," Bucky says.
Loki walks out to the balcony. He looks over the rail and down the path to see if you are outside.
He becomes more worried when you aren't there.
"Brother, come inside. She will be back." Thor says.
Loki turns to Thor. After a moment he follows Thor back inside.
Hours pass. Thor, Natasha, Bucky. Sam and Loki wait in the common room for you. Loki periodically walking out to the balcony to see if you have returned.
Another two hours pass, Bucky, Sam and. Natasha went off to bed. Thor remained with Loki, waiting for you.
The sun begins to rise.
Loki is looking out the window when he sees you making your way up the driveway.
He notices your sweat pants and hoodie are soaked and mud is splatter up them.
He grabs a blanket and rushes down the stairs to meet you
You walk in the door,
"What the hell Claire?" Loki says coming down the stairs.
Your lips are blue and you are shivering
"I am fine," you say as Loki throws the blanket around your shoulders.
"You are freezing, what the hell happened?" he asks.
"Nothing, I went for a run and this idiot ran be off the road," you say.
Loki pulls your hood down and notices a small amount of blood coming from your head. Your face is covered in mud.
You can see him becoming agitated.
"Loki I am fine. Really, " you say.
You notice Loki is still in his suit.
"Please tell me you haven't been up all night, " you say looking at Loki concerned
Loki takes his attention away from your head and looks down at you,
"Of course I have! You leave without a word or a note and expect me to not be concerned? For all I knew you were in a ditch!" he says, raising his voice.
"I wasn't in a ditch. Can we please talk about this when I don't have mud in my teeth?" you ask.
You walk past Loki and up the stairs,
"Claire. you look like hell, " Thor attempts to joke as you come up the stairs.
You smile,
"Yeah? The mud doesn't suit me well," you say, laughing before walking past him.
Loki isn't far behind you,
"Had to pick the difficult one didn't you brother?" Thor jokes
"Shut up Thor," Loki says walking passes Thor.
Thor laughs as Loki walks down the hall after you.