You Have Heart

Chapter 9

After all the chaos of packing up your apartment, you found yourself in a suite in the Avenger's tower surrounded by moving boxes. It wasn't just any suite in the Avenger's tower, but your suite.

That was definitely going to take some getting used to.

So much had happened all at once and now that you had a moment to think, you were pretty sure you were panicking over it. No, there was no 'pretty sure'. You were definitely panicking. You sat on the soft comfortable bed that you hadn't even been able to make yet, rocking back and forth and breathing way too heavily while your heart raced.

It was all so much.

You found your soulmate, which was fantastic. Your soulmate was a literal Norse god. Your soulmate had tried to take over the Earth (under mind control). Your soulmate was an Avenger. You were now living in the Avengers tower for your own safety, because your soulmate was an Avenger.

You were still wearing an Avengers T-shirt because you'd been at the premiere of the Avengers movie.

You were wearing an Avengers T-shirt in the fucking Avengers Tower.

The embarrassment was real.

So you were understandably overwhelmed by the whole thing.

You were dragged from your thoughts by your phone ringing on the bed next to you. You hadn't dared look at the thing since you'd texted Soph since it was completely blowing up after Loki's stunt at the movie theater. Your social media had gotten ahold of the news, as had the press. You had become a celebrity in less than an hour. Which was definitely good reason to ignore your phone for a bit.

Except this was a dedicated ring tone, so you knew who was calling you. You reached for the phone automatically and answered it. "Hey Soph," you said, trying to control your breathing so she couldn't heart that you were freaking the fuck out.

"What do you mean, 'hey'? You were supposed to call me!" Soph reminded you, clearly agitated that you hadn't called her yet after you'd vanished from the movie theater.

"Sorry," you told her sheepishly. You understood that she was eager for information. She was your best friend after all and you'd been teleported away in the middle of a movie by the Norse god of mischief (and subject of the movie) himself. "A lot has happened today," you reminded her. You expected your best friend to cut you a little slack.

"It's true, then? I know I was there and I saw it, but..." she trailed off.

You understood what she meant. You were overwhelmed by it all too and finding it hard to believe. You looked down at the words on your arm, the words that were now in gold and green ink. It wasn't really ink, none of the soulmate marks were, but that's what people called it, since they looked like tattoos. "It's true," you confirmed. "Loki is my soulmate,"

Soph gasped. "I was there and saw it, but... this is huge~!"

"There's more," you told her softly. Gods, there was so much more.

"More than a literal god being your soulmate?" She asked, her tone demanding all the details. For a moment, it felt like a normal conversation with your best friend, talking about some cute guy at work, or bitching about your boss.

"Yeah... a lot more," you paused, trying to gather your thoughts.

"Spill it, Heart!" Soph demanded.

You rolled your eyes at the ancient nickname. Kids often gave each other nicknames based on their soulmate words. Usually one of the words in the phrase. So Sophie had decided years ago that your nickname was to be 'Heart'. And she'd been calling you that ever since. Soph didn't always use it and you knew she was serious when she dragged out the nickname to wheedle you with. "I've moved out of my apartment and into the Avengers Tower," you started.

"Into the tower? Are you going to be an Avenger? You don't have powers!" Soph interrupted.

"Sophie..." you scolded. She wouldn't get her story if she kept interrupting.

"Sorry, sorry, continue," she said quickly.

"Well... I do have powers. Apparently, I got a bit of Asgardian magic through the soulmate mark. I don't know much about it yet," you added quickly before she could ask. "Loki's going to be teaching me. But... the team wanted me to move into the tower mostly for my safety. It's all over the news that I'm Loki's soulmate and it's only going to get worse. There's people that would hurt me just to get to the team," you explained.

You could practically see Soph's excited bubbly expression fall as she took in the reality of the situation. Yes, it was amazing that you found your soulmate. It was wonderful and you could feel the connection between you and Loki. But the reality was there that you were in danger because of your new connection to the team. You were going to have to learn to protect yourself, learn to use your new abilities, probably find a new job (which definitely wouldn't be a bad thing when Stark already offered you a position in his company or with SHIELD or the team depending on your skills).

There was a lot of change all at once.

"Heart? Are you sure you're going to be ok?" Soph asked, her voice dripping with concern and fear for you.

"I'll be fine, Unicorn," you replied, annoying her back with her old nickname. "I'm living with the Avengers and soulmates with Loki." What could possibly go wrong with so many superheroes around to protect you?