The Consultant (Loki x Male Reader)

part: 17

song: black star - radiohead
(now be quiet. radiohead is GOOD)

3rd pov

y/n pushed himself off of loki and let his knife disappear. he turned away from loki and sat on the bed, folding his arms.

"get out," he said, refusing to look at loki.

"y/n, you don't even know why i'm here," loki said, stepping to the side to try and get a glimpse of y/n's face. he was just as handsome and ethereal as he was the last time he saw him.

"oh, i know. you're here to get me to like you again just so you can stab me in the back! i'm not letting that happen again, loki," y/n said, turning the other direction when he saw loki walk into his sight.

loki sighed in frustration.

"look, y/n, i'm sorry," loki said, and y/n finally turned to look at him.

he stood up and walked to up to loki and grabbed him by the collar. he held him close and stared him in the eyes.

"and how am i supposed to believe you, huh? tell me how i'm supposed to believe that you're actually sorry, that i can trust you," he said, his voice soft, analyzing loki's face.

loki was at a loss for words. there was nothing he could say that would make y/n trust him. he looked away from y/n's gaze and sighed. y/n let go of loki's collar and turned away.

he laughed bitterly. "yeah, that's what i thought. now get out."

loki left wordlessly, shutting the door gently behind him. he stood by the door, listening. he heard y/n sit on his bed. it was silent for a moment, and he put his ear to the door when he heard a noise.

it was a cry. y/n was crying and all loki wanted to do was walk back in hold y/n close. to tell him how sorry he was and that he never wanted to hurt him again. but he couldn't. he knew that y/n hated him, but if loki ever heard him actually say it, confirm it with his own voice, he wouldn't be able to bare it.

with a heavy heart, loki stepped away from the door and walked into his own bedroom.

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y/n's eyes opened slowly, and he looked out his window to see that the sun was setting. he slept a lot longer than he wanted to. why didn't anyone wake him up?

he slipped out of his bed and walked to the conjoined bathroom, and took a quick shower to freshen up.

he sat under the warm water and stared into space as he zoned out. he hadn't even gotten over loki yet, and now he's back? y/n groaned and stood up, turning off the water.

he stepped out of the shower and grabbed a towel to dry himself off. he stepped back into his room with his towel around his waist.

his door slammed open and he screeched in surprise at the sudden noise.

"brother! how are you?" thor asked, standing in his doorway. the rest of the avengers stood behind him, and quickly directed their gazes away when they saw the y/n wasn't completely clothed. all but loki, of course. he took in all of y/n's body.

y/n's face burned with heat as he bent down to grab clothes out of his suitcase, and then stood back up to cover his body with them.

"thor," y/n said flatly, taking a deep breath to keep himself calm, "can you give me just one moment? and knock next time."

thor nodded and shut the door, and y/n sighed in relief as he relaxed a tiny bit. he unwrapped his towel and had barely put on his underwear when the door slammed open again.

"thor!" y/n shouted, throwing his shirt over his head quickly and pulling it down to hide himself.

"you change so slow! i thought you'd be done by now, my bad," thor said, shutting the door again.

y/n quickly put on his pants in case thor decided to barge in again.

he put his towel on his head and opened his bedroom door, and sighed in relief when he saw that thor and the others weren't standing right at his door. he walked out, drying his hair as his bare feet padded on the cold floor.

he stepped out of the hallway and saw everyone sitting in the living room, loki standing awkwardly by them. y/n looked at all of them, and then out turned his palms to gesture for them start explaining.

"brother, we've asked you here because..." thor looked at loki, and then pointed at him, "loki, you explain!"

loki turned to glare at thor. "why do i have to explain? it's your idea!"

thor walked to loki and leaned in to whisper.

"please, loki, he's scary!"

"stop being a coward! this was your plan, you ask him!"

"but he likes you more!"

thor lightly shoved loki forward. loki turned back to punch thor's shoulder.

"he does not! i'm fairly certain that he likes you way more than he likes me!"

thor smacked loki again, and loki kicked thor in the shin. they hit each other back and forth, and steve had to step in between them to stop them.

"because you two are incapable, i'll explain it," steve said, looking between thor and loki. the two brothers looked at steve and then to each other.

they turned away from each other and folded their arms, content with having steve explain the deal.

steve huffed, turning to y/n.

"odin has allowed loki to be free from prison on the condition that he lives here under our supervision. he is banished from asgard until he proves himself worthy to live there again," steve said.

"...okay? and you need me here because...?" y/n asked, really hoping that steve doesn't say what he thinks he's going to say.

"thor thinks you'd be best at keeping an eye on loki," steve said.

"no." y/n turned around and started walking back to his room. thor ran after him.

"y/n, please!" thor begged, trying to pull y/n back into the living room.

"no, thor! why can't you do it?" y/n argued, not budging. thor lowered his voice so that no one could hear them talking.

"because! he's different with you! i've seen how he acts with you and it's like nothing i've seen before. i just want my brother back, y/n! he's hurting in ways i will never understand, and if i don't so something about it right now i'll lose him forever," thor pleaded. he inhaled and exhaled harshly, staring at y/n in desperation.

"how am i supposed to face him after watching him die? how am i supposed to look at him and not remember the way he betrayed me and everyone?" y/n asked, hurt evident in his voice. thor sighed as he looked at the ground.

"he's trying to be better, i swear! if i didn't think he could do it, if father didn't think he could do it, then he wouldn't be here. give him... a month. watch him for a month, and if you still feel like he has not changed i will take him back to asgard," thor said. he looked at y/n's face, watching him as y/n looked down and chewed his lip.

it was silent for a moment, and thor tapped his fingers on his thigh as he waited for y/n to say something. y/n looked up at him thor and saw how vulnerable he was being, saw how hard he was trying to give his brother another chance.

y/n sighed. "fine. one month and that's it."

thor cheered in delight and pulled y/n into a bone crushing hug.