LINKED BY FATE

The Dinner

LOKI'S POV

"Hello little flower" I hear Thor say from the other side of the door, "I was advised you have awoken..." he trails off. I link to her, 'one day...one day...he will pay for this'. I hear her giggle as she tabs my chest. 'It's ok' she links back to me as I bow and teleport back to my chambers. "I swear by all the gods, I will kill Thor." I say out loud, "What did he do this time? Spit in your cheerios?" I turn around to see Wanda, sitting in the middle of my bed, her back on the headboard... 'great now to deal with the witchling', I think as she continues, "you know what I think? You should take her on a date, like to dinner, y'know?" She finishes.

"I am not in the mood for this Wanda." I sneer. She ignores me, "Oh, so we're using our grown-up names now Loki?" she snaps back with a smile. "How did you know?" I ask ignoring her jest, "Because I know that you knew something. Was it you? Did you do this? Did you put her in my head? What sort of spells have you casted witch?" She takes a defensive position as she slides off my bed leaving the sheets a mess. "I didn't DO anything Loki!" She almost yells back at me. "I only knew there was something because she kept thinking about you" she's quiet for a moment as she looks down, "I.... I used to get in her head...a lot. She told me once about finding her door open after a nap and I would worry when she seemed lost in thought, so I would peek. She was curious about who you were. She had never seen more than mere glimpses of you, but she felt something." I look at her intently but go back to the fact that she had found her door open once before. That means that was not the first time he had gotten close to her. "Go on" I encourage her to continue. "Then that day, after you and Steve found Bucky, I felt it from you too." It's in that moment I remember her touch feeling invasive, as if she was getting something out of that touch. Now I know why. "I never lied to you or her. You guys are my friends, I wouldn't do that." She finishes, but I am outraged. "No, you wouldn't. You're too smart to lie to me. You knew I would taste the lie the moment it left your lips. You simply kept any indications of whatever this might be from me" when she doesn't say anything I continue, "what else do you know?" I am irritated and had not realized I raised my voice at her until she raises an eyebrow and simply says, "done? Feel better?" I apologize as I did not mean to lose my temper, however, not knowing what is going on makes me very apprehensive. She starts walking for the door, "All I know Lo, is that she feels something for you in the same way that you feel something for her and no matter how much you try to run or hide, it will always find you. This isn't something that will just go away."

I am left to my own thoughts. Could this really be happening? Could this be real? I have never questioned my actions before as everything I did was calculative. To benefit me in one way or another, but I cannot be that way with her. She makes me question all of my actions. What is she doing to me? I think to myself, then there's a knock at my door and I see my brother walk in without hesitation. "Brother!" He exclaimed as he wraps an arm around my shoulders. "What troubles you? Is it lad-" I interject "no, she's awake now and she seems to be thriving." He smiles at me, "you've been avoiding me brother, is it because of what she said when you were released?" He questions me. What is it with everyone today and trying to get information out of me. I think to myself but unlike Wanda, my brother knows when he will get nothing out of me and simply sighs and says his goodbyes. I am contemplating my own existence when suddenly I hear humming from her direction.

A soft sweet melody that starts to become crystal clear the longer she hums. I do not think she knows she had started projecting when I hear the words...

"...If I had only felt how it feels to be yours

Well, I would have known what I've been living for

What I've been living for"

All at once, I am teleported to her chambers. As if she called on me and my body instantly responded. I listen as she continues her song with such passion and words so beautiful. What could she be thinking about that would cause such inspiration? I think to myself