The Consultant (Loki x Male Reader)

part: 20

song: the air that i breathe - the hollies

3rd pov

it was late into the night, maybe around 2 a.m., and loki was sitting peacefully in his room reading. as he read, he didn't pay mind to the noises coming from the room beside him, not even really noticing they were there.

when he finally realized what he was hearing, he sprung up from his chair and promptly shut his book, setting it down before quietly opening his bedroom door and walking to y/n's room. he put his ear to the door to listen closer. y/n was crying and mumbling incoherently.

loki gently turned the knob and pushed the door open, peaking inside. y/n was covered in a thin layer of sweat as tears ran down his face. loki frowned at the sight. loki put his hand on y/n shoulder, and lightly shook him.

"y/n," loki spoke gently, shaking y/n a little harder. y/n shot upwards with a gasp, his eyes landing on loki. they stared at each other for a moment before loki broke the eye contact.

"you were having a nightmare, i didn't want to just leave you like that," loki said, looking at y/n. y/n looked at him tiredly, not responding.

"i'll be going now," loki said awkwardly after not receiving a response. he felt a hand clasp around his wrist and he turned back to look at y/n.

"stay," he mumbled, his eyes barely staying open. loki's breath hitched in his throat.

"are you sure?"  loki asked, unsure if y/n was even in the right mindset to make logical decisions.

y/n only hummed, falling back onto his pillow, not letting go of loki's wrist. loki held his breath as he carefully climbed into the bed, laying still. there was about a foot of space between them and loki didn't dare move any closer.

y/n sat up suddenly, and turned to look tiredly at loki, frowning a tiny bit. he grumbled and picked up the blanket he had kicked off in his sleep and pulled it over himself, kicking it out so it covered loki. y/n made sure that loki was tucked in and completely covered by the blanket before collapsing back onto the bed, nearly on top of loki.

loki's heart was racing as he felt y/n's hot breath on his neck.

"goodnight, loki," y/n mumbled, slinging his arm over loki's chest.

loki's heart fluttered.

"goodnight, love."

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y/n felt himself waking up, his eyebrows furrowed as light was shining through his eye lids. he groaned and rolled over, adjusting himself so he could go back to sleep. he turned back over, letting his arm swing around and fall limply. he hand didn't hit his bed though, rather something firm but still soft.

without opening his eyes he felt around the surface, confused and still not entirely all there mentally. his eyes shot open and he sat up quickly when he felt it breathe. deep green eyes stared back at his own before he looked down and saw that his hand was still on loki's chest.

he pulled off quickly and turned away as he felt heat rise up into his cheeks.

"well, that's certainly one way to be woken up," loki said, smirking evilly, "i didn't peg you to be a sleep groper."

y/n scoffed and threw a pillow at loki's face. loki let out a grunt when he got a face full of soft pillow. he pulled it off of his face and swung it towards y/n who caught it, looking slightly surprised before laughing cockily. that didn't last long because loki threw another pillow at him while he was distracted.

he fell backwards but caught himself, quickly retaliating by taking the blanket and throwing it  onto loki. loki tried to throw the blanket off, but didn't get the chance to before y/n jumped on top of him and beat him with a pillow.

y/n was straddling loki's waist, and loki used that to his advantage. he brought his hands to y/n's sides and tickled him. y/n screamed and started squirming, but couldn't get out of loki's grip. he laughed so hard he had tears in his eyes, and he was begging to be released.

"please, loki! let me go," y/n cried, trying to pry loki's hands off of him. loki got an evil idea.

"i'll let you go if you call me 'king'," loki said, and y/n glared at loki who just smirked back down at him.

"i'm not feeding into your weird name calling kink, loki," y/n said, still trying to pull loki's hands off of him.

"fine then, i guess i'll just torture you forever," loki said, tickling y/n harder and in different places. y/n yelled out again and tried to get away from loki, almost making it off the bed before loki grabbed him and pulled him back. loki was now on top of y/n, pinning him down.

"alright, alright!" y/n cried, and loki stopped tickling, but still held a firm grasp on y/n as he waited to hear it.

"please, my king, let me go," y/n said, not looking at loki. he was breathing hard because of the tickling, and his embarrassed expression ignited a heat in loki's stomach.

"say it again, but look at me this time," loki ordered. y/n turned to look at him with a scowl.

"no," he said, and loki shrugged and started tickling y/n again.

y/n stiffened as he broke into another fit of laughter again, gripping loki's shoulders and trying to push him away to no avail.

"okay!" y/n said, and opened his eyes to look at loki. he took a deep breath. "loki, my king, please release me from your wrath."

loki smiled in satisfaction and released y/n but didn't get off of him. he could feel heat rising to his own cheeks. y/n hadn't just called him a king, he called him his king. his eyes flickered from y/n's eyes down to his lips.

y/n breathed heavily, catching his breath as he stared up at loki. they stared at each other in silence. oh how badly loki wanted to kiss him, to feel those soft lips on his again. but he didn't know if that's what y/n wanted.

loki collapsed on top of y/n, hiding his face away and snaking his arms around y/n's waist. y/n wrapped his arms around loki's neck, and sifted his hand through his hair. loki sighed, reveling in the comfort of being held so close by somebody, something he'd never experienced before.

"thank you, loki," y/n said, and loki lifted his head to look at y/n.

"for what?"

y/n smiled gently. "for last night. when you came in to wake me up and then staying with me. you didn't have to do that."

"of course i had to, i couldn't just leave you like that," loki said, slightly offended by y/n's words, "i care about you, i'm not just going to let you suffer."

y/n hugged loki closer, if that was even possible. he sighed happily. no one had ever treated him the way loki did. y/n drew circles on loki's back as they laid in each other's embrace. loki listened to y/n's steady heartbeat, and felt utterly at peace.

he let his eyes close again, and before he knew it, he was asleep in y/n's arms.

when he woke up again, he was alone. the sun was higher up in the sky than it was before, and he sat up and rubbed his eyes. he turned when he heard the door open, and y/n walked in with two plates of food.

"oh good, you're awake," y/n said, shutting the door behind him with his foot and setting the plates down on the nightstand.

"i made breckie! toasted bagels with blueberry cream cheese, diced fruit, and some black tea," y/n explained. loki walked around the bed to y/n's side and looked at the neatly made food. it looked rather delicious.

y/n handed loki a fork and sat down beside him, taking one of the plates and handing it to loki as well.

"bone apple teeth," y/n said, stabbing a strawberry with his fork and chomping down on it.

loki just looked at him weirdly, not understanding the meaning of the three words y/n had just said. he took a bite of the bagel and hummed in delight at the sweet taste the filled his mouth.

i know there's not a lot going on in the chapter, but trust me it's all important to the story,, i have something planned that is going to be SO GOOD i can't wait

- Lex