A life together

I Promised

When Loki woke up, the first thing he did was ask what had happened, trying to reconstruct his memory. They told him that after losing consciousness, Thor and the others took him to the palace. The sword with which they had pierced him had generated a negative reaction in his organs and he was in and out of consciousness for a month.

Hearing this, the god of mischief remembered exactly what had happened and did not wait another second to return to earth.

Loki first appeared where the necklace was, which turned out to be the middle of the desert. There it was, the pendent with Vegvísir, half buried in the sand among a bunch of scraps. What the hell happened here?

Immediately, he teleported to Malibu.

The mansion was silent and Pepper was in the living room couch crying.

"Where is he?"

"Where were you?", She asked coldly.

"I was in the middle of a battle when I heard Anthony calling me and in the distraction a sword got through me. I was unconscious all this time, it was not a normal sword. I think it was poison. I do not know for sure", her gaze softened. "Pepper, where is he?"

"Oh, Loki ..."

He started shaking, "Where- where is he? Is he- Tell me he is not- Please, tell me he is okay. Just-"

"I'm sorry Lo, the vehicles were attacked after the demonstration. Almost all the soldiers died, Rhodey only came back with some minor injuries but Tony ... he was taken"

"Taken. He was taken", he felt his entire body screaming in search of Anthony's warm hands, trying to feel whole again. "We have to find him"

"Jim is on it. He's been trying for a month but there are no signals from him. No one asked for ransom money. There's nothing out there."

"He is out there!" Tears began to fall from his eyes and he did nothing to stop them. "He is out there, do you understand? He is there, maybe alone, scared, hurt, who knows? I need to find him Pepper. I need to. He called for me and I was not there. He needed me and I- "

He broke down.

"I was not there. I promised him and I was not able to be there. It is my fault he-"

The arms of his best friend enveloped him in a second and they both ended up sitting on the couch.

"I did not even get to tell him that I love him. I was a coward and did not tell him, thinking I was going to get another chance to do so."

"It's okay, you'll get to tell him. We're gonna find him and you're gonna tell him. Okay? We're talking about Tony here, he's probably giving them hell and trying to get back to us. He's tough and he's a damn genius. We just need to find him "

"And that is what I am going to do. Shit, how am I so stupid", he got up and almost pulled his hair out in frustration. "I just need to ask Heimdall where they are holding him!"

The secret path he took back to Asgard led him straight to the rainbow bridge, where some guards were waiting for him.

"Loki Odinson, you are charged with treason against Asgard, luring the chitauri through the wards. The Allfather requested a trial. You must wait in one of the cells."

"I'm sure they're looking for you, Stark. But they will never find you in these mountains. Look, what you just saw, that is your legacy, Stark. Your life's work, in the hands of those murderers. Is that how you want to go out? Is this the last act of defiance of the great Tony Stark? Or are you going to do something about it? "

"Why should I do anything? They're going to kill me, you, either way. And if they don't, I'll probably be dead in a week."

And Loki didn't arrive on time or maybe he didn't even arrive at all. They will never find him. They probably think he's dead. Why should he care?

"Well, then, this is a very important week for you, isn't it?"

Loki was going crazy. He was sure it had been weeks since his return to Asgard. Since he was framed.

He tried to explain himself, but the guards paid him no attention. Heimdall didn't try to hear him either. Odin believed without hesitation that he had committed treason and his mother and Thor, inconveniently, were visiting other planets.

His mind was only on Anthony. His smart, sweet, beautiful Anthony. Where was he? Was he suffering? Was he dead? Had they found him? And if they did, did he think that Loki had abandoned him?

He was drowning in guilt.

The thousands of versions in which he was not hurt and could answer the call of his lover occupied his mind day and night. Nightmares with Anthony being the main protagonist kept him awake.

He had to go back to earth.

He had to find him.

"You still haven't told me where you're from"

"I'm from a small town called Gulmira. It's actually a nice place"

"Got a family?"

"Yes, and I will see them when I leave here. And you, Stark?"

"Kind of, I definitely have someone. Or had. I'm not sure"

"Why is that?"

"C'mon. It's been a long time. Do you really think he's going to be waiting for me? Me? When can he have anyone he wants?" Tony said with a self-deprecating smile.

"I believe that if he loves you, he will be there when you come back"

"That's funny. I never told him I loved him, he doesn't know that I really love him. He has no way of knowing", discreetly, Tony wiped a tear that was trying to escape.

"Then you have even more reason to escape this place alive, Stark"

When the guard appeared in his cell saying that they had found the real culprit, Loki almost ran over anyone who stood in his way.

It had been one of the guards. Tyr. It looked like he had worked under someone else's orders, but Loki couldn't care less.

Quickly, he got to the bifrost and -rambling on a bit while also throwing the occasional threat about releasing the information he was asking for- got Heimdall to give him the location.

"Come on. We got to go. Move for me, come on. We got a plan. We're gonna stick to it."

"This was always the plan, Stark."

"Come on, you're gonna go see your family. Get up."

"My family is dead. I'm going to see them now, Stark. It's okay. I want this. I want this."

"Thank you for saving me."

"Don't waste it. Don't waste your life. Tell him you love him"

"Hey!", excited and using his last drop of energy, he started jumping and screaming. "Hey!"

As one of the helicopters landed, Tony collapsed to his knees, holding up a peace sign. Rhodey and a few men ran up to him from the helicopter, his best friend falling to her knees in front of him.

"How was the 'fun-vee'?" He laughed, "Next time, you ride with me, okay?"

Rhodey's embrace sent a wave of relief through his body and the tears he had held fell freely.

"Loki. Loki. I need- Where is- I promised him I-"

"He's okay man. He's okay. Drained for using too much of his seiðr, but okay", Tony sighed.

He didn't know what had happened to his boyfriend. There must have been reasons for everything. Honestly, what Rhodey said about his magic didn't make much sense and Tony wasn't fit to think much at the moment.

"I'm coming home," he whispered.

"You're coming home"