Cassidy Scott-Stark

Wants and Needs

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You're leaning on Loki when you teleport back into the compound.

"Where the HELL have you two been?!" Tony's voice carries across the main room to you. His face is filled with anger until he sees your current state. "Cass, what's happened?" He looks from you to Loki.

You grin, but are still hiding the pain from the shield. You want to explain everything, but it hurts to move.

Loki speaks for you, "She may have sent the one you call Squidward, to another universe." He kisses you on the top of your head.

Tony's and everyone else's eyes are immediately on you, "Hang on, you what?"

"How?" Bruce says as he approaches you noticing the pain you're in.

You painfully reach into your bag, "With this," you hold up the device you created, which Tony takes to examine.

"There was a shield serum in here," Bruce points towards the button, as he looks at it with Tony. "You absorbed it?" He looks back at you wide-eyed.

"Yes," you nod.

Bruce walks back to you to look closer at you, "Ok. I'll give you a sedative so you can sleep off the pain. You should be good in about 2 hours. Loki, bring her to her room, and I'll meet you there shortly."

Tony stops you and Loki before you leave, "Impressive work, Cass." He puts his hand on your shoulder, then looks to Loki and mouths, "Thank you."

Loki nods and leads you to your room. After laying down on the bed, Bruce comes in a few minutes later. Within a minute, you're yawning and your eyes begin to close.

"Loki, go eat something," you cuddle your pillow.

"I will, don't worry, love. Just rest," He sits on the side of your bed. 

That's the last thing you hear before you fall asleep and wake-up around 3 hours later. As you do, you feel a weight on your stomach, and look to see Loki asleep. 

You smile, bringing your hand to his cheek, running your thumb along his jaw.

Loki's eyes flutter open, looking at you. "You're awake," he lightly smiles.

"You were asleep," you go to remove your hand from his cheek, but Loki stops you, holding it there with his.

Loki plays with your fingers for a moment, before his face turns serious again, "I owe you an apology."

"For?" you ask.

"That night. Letting you walk away," he looks down.

"Loki..." your fingers still play with one another.

"Do not tell Thor, but I trust you the most, with my life even," He brings his eyes to yours.

"I feel the same way..." you say, but feel Loki's hand drop from yours.

Loki stands and begins pacing around in your room. 

"Ok, what is it?" you sit up and move the edge of your bed.

"I cannot be who you want me to be," Loki's voice is upset and frustrated. 

You shake your head, "What?"

"You deserve someone better. Look at me! I am a walking....tornado, filled with and leaving destruction everywhere I go," Loki continues to pace.

"That's not tr...." you try to say but Loki cuts you off.

"Of course it is true! There are better men out there, more deserving of your love, who can give you what you want and need," his voice is louder now, his hands in fists at his side.

You stand, "Stop!" Loki stops moving and looks at you, "You do NOT get to decide what I want or need, only me." 

Your voice is raised, and that takes Loki back a bit.

"Tell me you don't love me, and I'll leave," you bring your voice back down, taking one step towards Loki.

Loki's head snaps up to you, as he quickly closes the gap between you, his face only an inch from yours, "My LOVE for you burns through me like a raging fire." His voice is almost a growl.

Your breathing has increased, and all you want to do, having Loki this close, is kiss him, but he walks away before you can.

You sigh, "Do you realize that every part of me, down to my SOUL, only wants and needs you?!"

This stops Loki in his tracks, his back to you, but he turns to face you again, "Y-your soul?" His expression softens as Heimdall's words flood his head.

You look down at your hands and play with your nails, "I...yea. That sounds cheesy, and...."

"What? No," Loki swallows and shifts his standing, "When we went to Asgard, Heimdall mentioned something to me."

You see Loki trying to form a sentence, "Ok..."

"The only way someone who is not of Asgard can open the Bifrost, is if their spirit, or soul, is connected to someone who is," Loki looks at you, slowly walking towards you.

"So, either I'm secretly from Asgard, or...." You meet his gaze.

Loki continues walking to you, "You and I...are soulmates."

You clear your throat, "Well, I...I've already said my feelings about...that." You pause and take a deep breath, "But, how do you...feel about that?"

"I think part of me knew all along," Loki is now right in front of you. "And I would not want it any other way, or with anyone else," he lifts your chin with his hand.

Your eyes are burning into one another, "Then kiss me."

Loki's lips crash onto yours before you finish saying the word, "me".

Your hands immediately go to his hair, and he pulls you right against him.

When you finally pull away, "You...are all I need, Loki."

He smiles, leaning his forehead on yours, "And I you, love."

You lightly kiss him again.

"I want there to be an us..." Loki almost whispers.

You squint your eyes in confusion, "I mean, considering the conversation we just had, and that last kiss, isn't "us" currently implied right now?" A little laugh escapes as you speak.

Loki leans off of your forehead, hands holding yours, "I want there to ALWAYS be an us." 

He pauses and stares at you a moment before speaking again, "Marry me."