A life together

Explosion

"Yes, James. Do not worry. I am going to talk to him now."

"Thanks, Lo. He really gave me a scare today. I hope he deigns to talk to you. God knows he needs it."

Although the hole in his chest was closed, he was still weak. His seiðr was numb, so teleportation was out of his power.

Going down the stairs carefully, the god reached the living room where Iron Man was waiting for him on the couch.

"I will talk to you later. And, to be honest, Iron Patriot is a ridiculous name."

"Ugh, I hate you and your husband," with one last laugh, the call ended.

"You are wearing this in the house now? What is that, like Mark forty?"

"Boy, you know me so well. Forty-two actually."

Nodding, he approached the suit. "Is there an explanation for the giant rabbit that I saw through the window of our room?"

"Obviously. It's the Christmas present for Pepper. It's also a ' thank you for running the company better than I could have dreamed of' kind of gift," he said standing up and grabbing him by the waist.

"Oh, I am sure Pep is going to love that," he rolled his eyes. Noticing that Tony was not in the suit, he commented, "You should lift up that face mask and give me a kiss. I am in need of affection."

The genius knocked the metal helmet on his head and said, "Huh. Yup, dammit. No can do. You wanna just kiss it on the- the facial slit?"

"Is it stuck? Well, why don't I use the little bit of magic I have to open the mask?"

"Uh-"

"Or would it be better if I go down to the workshop and find a crowbar to open it manually? Yes, that is a wonderful idea," he said starting down the stairs slowly, knowing that the Iron Man suit was following him.

Downstairs he ran into Tony, who was controlling the suit remotely while he worked on oiling Dum-E's arm.

"Busted."

"This is a new level of lame. You tried to trick the god of mischief. Unsuccessfully, may I add."

Tony grimaced, "Sorry, sweetheart."

"James told me what happened today."

"What happened today? Nothing happened today. Nope. Totally fine here. Well, if we put aside that War Machine is now apparently called Iron Patriot and is painted as Captain freaking America. But that's beside the point. Did you know Happy is jealous-"

"I know you are not fine."

"-of Aldrich Killian? Is that man I met at that New Years party that I told you about that time. It seems like he showed his big, shiny brain to Pepper or something. Don't know what that means. I have to say, I didn't expect that one, but-"

"Anthony!" that seemed to snap him out of his ramble. "Breath, love."

Approaching his husband, Loki put one hand on the back of his neck and ran his fingers through his hair with the other one. Instantly relaxing and resting his head on the god's chest, Tony finally spoke.

"I'm a piping hot mess. It's been going on for a while, I haven't said anything because I know you know. It's just that- Nothing's been the same since New York."

Loki tensed as he remembered him falling from the portal. "I understand. You are not the only one. I still have nightmares about that day."

"You experience things and then they're over and you still can't explain 'em. Gods, aliens, other dimensions. I- I'm just a man in a can. The only reason I haven't cracked up is probably because we got married. Which is great. I love you, I'm lucky. But, honey, I can't sleep. You go to bed, I come down here. I do what I know, I tinker, " he paused for a moment and he looked into his eyes. "But threat is imminent, and I have to protect the one thing that I can't live without. That's you. My suits, they're uh-"