𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐘𝐁𝐎𝐃𝐘 𝐖𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐒 𝐓𝐎 𝐑𝐔𝐋𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐋𝐃 ━ loki laufeyson

13│SEEKING A FRIEND FOR THE END OF THE WORLD

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❛ ᴇᴡᴛʀᴛᴡ​​​​​​​​​​. ❜ ° . ༄
- ͙۪۪˚   ▎❛ 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐑𝐓𝐄𝐄𝐍 ❜   ▎˚ ͙۪۪̥◌
»»————- ꒰sᴇᴇᴋɪɴɢ ᴀ ғʀɪᴇɴᴅ
ғᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇɴᴅ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ ꒱


❝ TO DIE WOULD BE AN
AWFULLY BIG ADVENTURE ❞

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"I'm sorry," Loki said after several long moments of silence.

The trio sat on a cluster of rocks on the outskirts of town where they'd fled after the Ark had been destroyed. Coming to terms with one's fate was never easy, especially when it was staring you in the face. In front of them, meteors were falling around them more frequently and the moon took up the entirety of the sky. 

"I remember Asgard," was Sylvie's response. "Not much, but I remember. My home, my people, my life. The universe wants to break free, so it manifests chaos. . ."

Jimin let the woman's voice fade to the background as her gaze fixed on the heavens, lost in memory of a simpler time.

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"What about Peter Pan?" Katrina asked, holding up a slim, green volume with gold embossed on the cover.

Jimin's nose wrinkled slightly. "A children's book?"

The redhead laughed— a bright, joyful sound that matched the sunlit apartment— and raised the book out of the other woman's reach. "That's an insult to a certain Mr. J.M. Barry."

"Well, he can take it up with someone who cares," the Asian woman said, folding her arms disapprovingly. "Fairytales allow children to believe in a false reality."

"When did you get so boring?" Katrina taunted her. "Come on, I won't read it if you can catch me."

The brunette groaned as her girlfriend took off, her socks sliding on the wood floor as she made a tight turn around the couch. "It's only exercise if I'm doing this by myself!"

With a sigh, Jimin half-heartedly shuffled along behind her, the other woman easily keeping away from her. "Are you happy now?"

"You're not even trying," she complained. "Fine, I declare that you've forfeited. Now you don't have a choice."

The redhead slid over to the couch with unnecessary flamboyance that earned an eyeroll from the other woman. She sat down neatly on the cushions as she fixed an expectant gaze on Jimin. Seeing that she wasn't going to get out of this, she resigned herself to her fate and made the best of it, choosing to sit cross-legged on the floor instead, facing the redhead. Her back was perfectly straight as she watched Katrina attentively with dark eyes. The other woman brightened. "Ooh, the floor! Great idea, Jimmy!"

With that, she slid onto the smooth wood and mirrored the brunette's position before propping the book open on her lap. "'Peter and Wendy,'" she read aloud, "by J.M. Barry. Chapter one: Peter Breaks Through."

Unlike most children, Jimin hadn't grown up being read bed-time stories or being allowed to believe in magic and unrealistic daydreams. The concept was alien to her and she didn't really get it. Why would one want to fool themselves into believing something that wasn't true?

Still, Katrina was the only person who could break her out of the ingrained military shell she'd learned to have and she begrudgingly let her girlfriend read since it clearly made her happy. All in all, the story was rather stupid in her opinion. A non-aging boy that could fly? A girl who didn't want to grow up? When she'd been younger, all Jimin had wanted to do was be older (because maybe then she'd be good enough.)