A life together

Panicked And Hurt

Loki slowly opened his eyes. It took him a few seconds to recognize his surroundings, but when he did, he was able to recognize his room in Malibu.

If his memory was correct, he had managed to reach Anthony by means of the rune engraved on the mortal's back, but based on the blank space that followed his arrival, he assumed that he had fainted.

The door slammed open making him shrink and giving way to Pepper and Happy.

"Oh thank god you're awake. We were losing our minds waiting."

"You know something, Loki? I don't get paid enough for this kind of situation. You can't give me a scare of that size. Tony's enough for me," Happy added.

As Pepper checked the bandage that he just realized was covering his wound, he asked in a harsh voice, "Where is Anthony?"

"Uh, downstairs in the workshop," Happy replied with a grimace as he handed him a glass of water.

A feeling of concern washed over him. The usual Anthony would have been sitting next to him waiting for him to wake up. "How long was I unconscious?"

Pepper finished changing the bandage, "Thirty-nine hours."

"And how long has he been in the workshop?"

"Thirty-nine hours," Happy said sadly.

"Sir, Mr. Loki has woken up."

Relief ran through Tony's veins and he felt that if he hadn't been sitting, his knees would have failed him.

Nodding, he said, "Good. That's good. That means he's safe, right?"

"It would appear so, sir."

"Awesome. Wonderful. Now, JARVIS, get the simulation going." Silence was the only thing he got from the AI. "J? Is your system failing? Some super virus that you can't get rid of?"

"Pardon me, I was just surprised. I thought you were going to run to where your husband is."

Tony knew that JARVIS added the word 'husband' in the sentence to give him the necessary push, but the only thing he managed was to convince him more. "No. I need to get on with this. Mark 42 is going to be a gem."

To show his disapproval, the AI ran the simulation so that it would fail with every correction he made.

"This is ridiculous, J. I know you don't agree, but I can't get myself to see him right now. I just can't."

Sensing the vulnerability of his words, he said, "Very well, sir."

"Can anyone explain what the hell happened?"

"I think you better watch it," Pepper told him.

Immediately, JARVIS projected the security footage of that day.

"Lokes?"

Anthony looked at Loki with terror on his face as his entire body began to shake. Pepper and Happy ran in and she screamed when she saw one of her best friends lying on the ground and covered in blood.

"Tony, what happened? What the hell happened?"

"Oh god, oh god."

But Tony had slipped to the ground and was breathing hard.

"Mr. Loki needs you to stop the blood loss. Once you do that, his body should heal normally."

Without thinking twice, Happy took off his jacket and pressed it hard to the hole in the god's chest.