The Consultant (Loki x Male Reader)

part: 16

song: love bites - def leppard

(about 2 months has passed from the last chapter to now)

3rd pov

Loki sighed, staring up at the ceiling in boredom. after y/n left, thor and odin both decided that it would be best if they put loki back in a cell. he faked his death, after all. they could never get loki to tell them why, though.

loki was going to put odin in a home and take the throne was his plan, before he got caught, of course. he would never tell them that though, it would just make his situation 1 million times worse.

"brother!" he heard thor call. loki rolled his eyes and sat up, glaring at his overly cheerful brother.

"what do you want, thor?" he groaned.

"i have convinced father to free you from prison!" thor said, smiling widely at loki. loki's eyes widened and he stood up.

"are you making a fool out of me? has odin really approved of my release? so soon?" loki asked, trying not to get his hopes up. thor nodded.

"what's the catch? surely odin wouldn't just let me out to do as i pleased," loki said.

"well... you are banished from asgard until you are proven changed. and you are to be sent with me to midgard," thor said, nervous.

loki sighed and looked at the ground. he was angry that he was being banished, but he was happy that he was at least free from his stuffy cell. loki nodded.

"when do we leave?" loki asked. suddenly the orange force field disappeared and he was being yanked forward by thor.

"right now!" thor said. loki yanked his arm out of thor's hand.

"i can walk myself," loki grumbled. thor just laughed and patted his back.

the walked down the bifrost, and loki could feel heimdall's glare as they approached.

"thor." heimdall nodded to thor. he turned loki. "loki."

loki smiled at him bitterly.

"i'll be watching you," heimdall said, putting his sword into the bifrost and twisting it.

loki and thor shot off towards midgard, and they landed on top of stark tower.

"oh! perfect! this exactly where we needed to be!" thor said, jumping down from the roof and landing on the balcony. loki followed behind and they walked into stark tower. there stood tony, steve, natasha, and bruce.

"friends!" thor called out, and they all turned to him. they saw loki standing behind him and the room instantly felt tense. they all crowded in front of bruce, shielding him from loki.

"loki is no longer foe! he is here to become better," thor said, noticing how they were all looking at loki. with disgust.

thor's words did nothing, it was almost like they weren't even listening to him.

"by the way, where is my brother? he has not come to visit since we defeated the dark elves," thor asked, and tony and steve looked at each other.

"we don't know. a couple months ago he was here and we thought he was an enemy so we attacked him. we haven't seen him since," steve said.

"you attacked him? was he being threatening to you guys?" thor asked, worried for his brother.

"well-- no," steve's voice got quieter.

"you guys are fools, utter fools. who knows where he is?" thor asked, and from around a corner came director fury.

"he's overseas right now. and what is he doing here?" fury asked, pointing to loki. thor lit up.

"that is why i'm here! loki has decided that he wants to be good now, right loki?" thor said, turning to look at loki. loki's mouth opened as he glared at thor. this was not what he signed up for.

"yes. i want to be..." his face strained, almost like it was physically difficult for him to say it, "...good."

thor wrapped his arm around loki's shoulder and pointed at him, smiling widely. "see!"

nobody believed it for a second. fury hummed as he stared down loki.

"he would be a good asset to the avengers. but how are we supposed to trust him?" fury asked.

"trust is something that he is going to have to earn, but until he does he will be supervised. which is why i was asking for y/n. i believe he would be perfect for watching loki," thor explained.

loki's mouth fell open. why would thor even say that? y/n hated loki's guts, if not everything about him.

"i don't even know if y/n would want to do that. when he came back he was pretty pissed about him, and i don't think that has changed much," fury said, remembering how torn up y/n was over loki.

so much money was wasted on ice cream for the first month he was home. and then he took off to japan without a word. he said he was there to just train in sword fighting at the source, but fury knew he was just trying to get away from all of his problems.

thor knew how much loki liked y/n and vice versa. in an attempt to both make loki better and bring y/n happiness, he devised the plan to bring loki here. he was hoping y/n would agree to watch over loki.

"i'll call y/n and tell him to come here, but if he doesn't want to babysit loki i can't make him." fury shrugged. he pulled his phone out and stepped out of the room to call y/n.

those few minutes were very silent and very awkward.

"y/n will be here by tomorrow morning, he doesn't know why he has to come, though. i'm letting you guys do the explaining," fury said, walking back into the room.

now all loki had to do was suffer for the next 14 hours.

stark had shown him the floor he'd be staying on if y/n does accept the job of watching him.

it had three rooms and three bathrooms, two of the rooms were fully furnished, while the third was empty. two of the bathrooms were connected to the bedrooms, and the other was in the hallway that connected the rooms and living room. to the left of the living room was a relatively large kitchen. there was a breakfast bar with three stools placed under it, and there was a small dining area with a table that could seat four people.

it definitely wasn't the biggest space loki had ever lived in, but it beat a tiny cell.

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everyone sat in the living room quietly, waiting for steve to get back from picking up y/n from the airport. loki was hiding away somewhere, but no one was worried he'd escape, confident in the building's security.

the elevator dinged and out stepped a very jet lagged y/n. he trudged out and greeted everyone groggily.

"i'll visit with everyone later, if that's okay. if i'm not here for any urgent matters, where can i sleep?" y/n asked.

tony gave him a small tour of his floor, and then left him to get situated.

y/n opened a door to one of the bedrooms and set his suitcase down, ready to collapse on the bed and pass out.

"hello, darling," someone said behind him, and out of reflex he conjured a small knife with his magic and held it the intruders throat.

when he saw who it was, he gasped and his eyes widened.

loki hummed. "knife play, i like it."