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I-31 L.L

summary: Loki feels the need to put you to sleep and braid your hair after a shower

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⚠️tags/warnings: fluff, cute, short, adorable, comfort

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word count: 490
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The strands fell in between his fingers, gently and quickly. His hands moving down to untangle the hair.

Loki began separating it into 3 chunks, braiding it slowly with such concentration.

"I could jus-

"Shh...I'm almost done." He argued halfway through the braid. Loki's eyes fixated on the hair slipping through his fingers.

He had been very nice recently, it was becoming suspicious. He's known to be a trickster, and he might be just offering help to get something in return.

"Your hair is very soft, what do you use? It smells great too." He ties the ends with the tie I had in my wrist.

"It's a coconut-scented shampoo,"

I turned my body towards him, touching my braid, feeling the pattern. He was good at it. He managed to braid the hair perfectly.

"Loki, do you know where the razor is at?" Thor's thick voice entered the room with his eyes looking all over the place.

"I have no idea, brother." His face was serious with a slight smirk on his lip which Thor seemed to miss.

After Thor left, I shot Loki a glance which only caused a response of, "I was bored, and I am the God of Mischief."

"Darling, you need to sleep. If I come back in 10 minutes and you're not asleep, I'll stab you until you are."

I laughed but he remained silent with not a single bit of humor in his face. It worried me until he broke his lips into a wide smile.

"That's reassuring especially because I'm not tired at all. I'll sleep later."

"There's no way you're gonna get better if you don't rest. Don't make me stab you."

"You stab everyone, Loki."

"Yes maybe perhaps that's true but it's usually figuratively, in this case..."

Everything was very suspicious about Loki, even his tone of voice. His sudden urge to take care of me while I'm sick and injured from the previous mission.

"I know what you're thinking, and trust me I'm 10 steps ahead of you. In a good way of course, I only want what's best for you."

"Here, lay down." He pushed me back on the bed softly. My back was exposed to him while he sat down.

"Can you stay until I fall asleep?" I took advantage of Loki's sudden urge to protect me since I've always been horrible at sleeping right away.

"Alright, darling." He slid his finger down my back ever so lightly. It felt like how a whisper feels like if it weren't auditory.

His hands were gentle as he caressed my skin, rubbing my back, soothing my muscles with each movement. I kept sighing and shutting my eyes.

After minutes, I was half-asleep, almost passed out from his gentle touch. He kissed my cheek before turning off the light and closing the door behind him.