Loki (One Shots)

A Big Step

Hello everyone. It's been a long time since the last one-shot but I'm baaack! :))

Well this is about Thor and Loki and them trying to learn how to be brothers.

***This takes place after Ragnarok, just a few months after they arrive in New Asgard. I'd like to think that Thanos is still looking for the power stone and it's not time for the space stone yet. So the trauma of Infinity War won't haunt you here.

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"Loki?" Thor crushes into Loki's room, literally. The poor door has to deal with Thor's bullshit all the time since Loki's life is a nightmare, also literally.

Thor tries to keep his balance and shake off the sleepiness, after having just woken up.

"Loki, wake up!" He gets closer to Loki and sits on the edge of his bed. Loki is quite literally yelling at the top of his lungs, trying to escape from the chituari's grip who are currently busy torturing him in his nightmare. With fire, of course. What else could be more painful than fire for a Frost Giant?

Thor prepares himself for an attack from Loki before shaking his brother awake. "Loki! Wake up! You're safe! You're here! It's a nightmare."

Thor suddenly finds himself pinned to the door with one of Loki's many daggers on his throat, slamming the ajar door closed with the impact. Again, poor door.

That's it for being prepared for an attack from Loki. He's quicker even in his sleep.

Loki looks at Thor as if he doesn't recognize his own brother.
"Loki it's me, Thor! You're safe." Thor says with an urgency in his voice, trying to snap Loki out of it. The oaf doesn't know he needs calmness and definitely not urgency or something that would make him nervous.

But fortunately, it's enough to get him out of it, Thor's name. After everything, Loki still trusts his brother.

Loki lets out a shaky breath and lowers the dagger but keeps his other hand on Thor's shoulder to be able to stand. He hasn't been getting any sleep since... forever. He's tired.

Loki slowly lowers his head until his forehead is resting on Thor's chest. Thor knows how exhausted he is and that he would never do that if he didn't actually need it. Thor lifts his hand and holds the back of Loki's neck like he used to. He gives it a few small squeezes to calm him down since he still can't seem to catch his breath. They stay like that until Loki can't handle the emotional brothers moment and takes a step back to walk back to his bed without looking at Thor.

Thor watches him slowly shrink to the bed and take his head in his hands. He walks up to him and sits next to him.

"When are you going to tell me what it is that troubles you, brother?"

"Never."

"How do you know I can't help?"

"What are you gonna do Thor? Shoo my nightmares away?" He looks at Thor with anger and frustration. Sure he helps him get out of his nightmares every night but he never shuts up after it. He keeps asking and asking.

"If I knew what it was, maybe I could find a way to help you!" Thor gets furious as well.

"Well then, know this; You're one of the reasons I'm having nightmares!" Loki looks at Thor dead in the eyes, not blinking once.

Thor seems stunned. His mind races, trying to find an answer to the question 'in what way did he cause his brother harm?'. If only he knew the answer to the important question 'in how many ways did he cause his brother harm?'