The Nexus Event (Loki x reader)

Waking Up

a/n: okay last chapter until they botch season two and i have to write a fix it fic about that one too<3 i really hope you've enjoyed this fic, i'm sad to be ending it but that does mean that i can finally crack on with my uni assignments (the first one is due in five days send help). in the meantime, please feel free to send me prompts, or check out my other loki x reader fics on my profile! happy reading<3

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Your POV

You can feel that it worked before you even wake up. The emptiness in your chest, the one that had been filled only slightly by being near TVA Loki and Sylvie, is gone. And you feel... fine. You feel good. Not exhausted, not aching so much that you think you might die like you thought you'd be.

Not dead.

No, very much alive, very much aware of your surroundings. Of Loki, sat by your side.

'She's waking up,' you hear Loki say, and relief rushes through you in such abundance that for a second you forget to breathe.

You're sat up and reaching for him before you've even managed to open your eyes properly. You grab him by the shoulders and blink hard to make sure you're not hallucinating as he stares at you. He feels real, looks real.

You open your mouth to say something and discover that you can't find the words, inhaling shakily instead. Tears fill your eyes as you realise he knows – you don't have to speak. It's as it should be.

Loki pulls you into a hug, and you can feel how desperate he is to understand what's going on, what had happened to you. And you can sense a few people behind you who are also very interested in the happenings of the past few days, or hours for them.

You try to pull back from the hug, but Loki holds you to him firmly.

Don't ever do anything like that again.

What? Save your life?

You could have died.

You did die, Loki.

He doesn't have an answer for that, and lets you go. You reach out and touch his neck gently as you sit back, feeling horribly like you're dreaming. The past few days have all felt like a dream.

You don't have time to greet any of the other men in the room before Thor has you in a bear hug.

'Thor, careful,' Loki chides his brother, but you're smiling.

'It's okay,' you say, squeezing Thor back. It is okay; usually when Thor gives you a hug this big you hear something pop, but today he's the one to look concerned about a cracking noise.

'Did... was that me?' you ask in confusion as he releases you.

'I think so,' he replies, looking as confused as you. Then you catch sight of Tony.

'Tony!' you exclaim, sitting forward to hug him too. 'What are you doing here?''

'Strange told me that you'd done something stupid, so naturally I came to investigate,' he teases. 'It's really good to see you, kid.'

'Y/N, you have to tell us what happened to you,' Bruce says from the end of your bed.

'I... I don't really know myself. What happened after I...?' you ask, trailing off as you look down at your hand. It's good as new.

'I healed it. Strange has the gauntlet and the stones,' Loki tells you.

'Well, not all of the stones,' Thor chimes in, and Loki shoots him a look.