A life together

I Am Ironman

Loki froze for a second.

His breath rose and his hands trembled.

But it was only for a second.

Once the shock evaporated, he ran to the couch where Tony was lying paralyzed, his face gray and with a hole in his chest where the arc reactor should have been.

"Anthony, what- how- that foul traitor", shaking, he carefully cupped his face to direct his gaze to him. "You are gonna be okay, love. You are going to be okay. I will make sure of that"

Within a minute, Loki had teleported to the workshop, grabbed the arc reactor Dum-E was already handing him - the one with 'Proof that Tony Stark has a heart' written around it - and returned to the living room.

Carefully, he placed the piece of tech in its place and only when he heard a 'click' and the sudden intake of breath from his lover could he calm down.

Shivering, he laid his forehead on the genius's chest and breathed in his essence. "Oh Norns, I thought I was losing you," he said, feeling a hand stroking his hair gently. "I love you so much, Anthony"

"I love you too sweetheart", after a short silence, Tony jumped up from the couch. "Where's Pepper?"

At that very moment, Rhodey appeared with a worried look. "She's on her way to the factory with some agents. They're going to arrest Obadiah."

"That won't be enough", darkness in his eyes

"You are not going alone. Not this time. I am going too"

"No way"

Loki shot him a dry look, "Are you deliberately forgetting the fact that I am not from this planet? I can take care of myself."

"Yeah, yeah, you have super strength, green sparkles and what not. We know. No need to gloat about it," he replied with a sly smile.

"What do you need me to do, Tones?"

"Keep the skies clear"

"Tony! Tony, are you okay?" He heard Pepper's frenzied voice say.

"I'm fine. How are-"

"Obadiah, he's gone insane!"

"I know. Listen, you'd better get out of there. Loki is going to take you to your house. We'll take care of this."

"He built a suit. A huge one at that"

"Get out of there right now! Babe, get her out of here!"

Tony saw the exact moment when Loki disappeared with Pepper and a weight fell off him. At least she was going to be in a safe place.

That man was going to be the death of him.

Seeing Tony falling from the sky in a nearly powerless suit had made Loki act on instinct and use his magic to slow the fall. He just hoped no one would've noticed.

"Shit, how is the bastard still alive?", He could hear Tony from the comms he had given him before leaving.

"I'm going up"

"No! I need you there to be my backup okay?"

Loki clenched his jaw and muttered, "Fine"

After a while fighting - Tony fought with Obadiah physically while he threw blasts of seiðr against him from where he was - his boyfriend gave him instructions.

"This isn't working. We're going to have to overload the reactor and blast the roof."

"Well, how are you going to do that?"