Krystal

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It's an uneventful few weeks after that. Loki and I have almost developed a kind of weird friendship ever since he opened up to me about his past, his upbringing, and his late wife.

He seems to put up this tough exterior, but underneath all of that I can tell that he's been through a lot.

He confessed to me that one of the reasons he originally kept his identity a secret is because The Avengers aren't his biggest fans ever since he tried to take over the world.

They would never approve of him being on Earth at all, let alone here with me right now.

"Did you hear that?" Loki asks me in the gym when we're training.

"Hear what?"

All I can hear is my own heart thumping away in my chest right now.

"Listen".

There's a faint knocking on the front door. Maybe it was Wong coming to see me again, so I tell Loki to go upstairs and stay in his bedroom while I go and check.

After opening the door, I see the last person I was expecting to show up.

"Steve, what are you doing here!?"

I excitedly wrap my arms around him as he picks me up and spins me around.

"Sorry to just drop in on you like this. I know I should've called ahead, but I'm still technically a wanted fugitive".

"It's no problem. I see you're growing a beard?"

"Yeah, what do you think?"

"You look good. Come on in, I'll make you something to eat. Not that I'm not happy to see you, but what's the occasion?".

"I was actually hoping I could spend the night here? I'm just passing through on my way to Sam's sisters place".

"Sure, I don't mind at all".

Why did I just agree to that?

Loki's living in the house and what if there's another ravager attack while Steve's here? If I'd have said no then he probably would've been suspicious.

I make way too many sandwiches for just the two of us, trying to figure out a way to sneak some of them upstairs to Loki's room.

"I'm gonna go eat mine upstairs. I've been in the gym all morning and I really need a shower".

"You sure do eat a lot" he remarks when he notices the overfilled plate I'm carrying.

"Hence why I exercise so much, Rogers".

Once I'm upstairs, I quickly run into Loki's room, but I can't see him anywhere in there when I go inside.

"Loki?" I whisper.

At that moment, he steps out of the bathroom wearing nothing but a towel, having obviously just gotten out of the shower.

Running his fingers through his long dark hair with beads of water running down his chest, I swear he's moving in slow motion or something.

"See something you like?" he chuckles, definitely noticing me staring at him like a complete idiot.

"I just brought you something to eat".

"To my room? Why?"

"Steve's downstairs and he kinda wants to spend the night here".

"And of course you told him no".

"Not exactly".

"Why would you do something so foolish, Star?"

"If I said no then he would've been suspicious because he's stayed here before".

"And I suppose he will also be expecting to share your bed this evening?"

"No! What the hell makes you think that?"

"You claimed before that you did far more than spar with him".

"Oh my god, we're just friends and that's it. We had a mutual attraction a while ago, but that's as far as it ever went. Okay?"

"That is no concern of mine. Why would I care who you take into your bed?"

"You tell me, Loki? You're the one who just insinuated that I'd be sleeping with him".

"Am I correct in the assumption that I will be forced to spend the rest of the day banished to my room?"

"Unless you really want to pick a fight with Captain America?"

"He is hardly worthy of my time, or yours for that matter".

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"He is little more than a distraction from your training that you can ill afford".

"Loki, are you jealous?" I laugh half serious, half joking and unable to read his expression.

"If I desired you then I could have had you long before now".

"That's bullshit and you know it. Just because you're a god that's kind of hot, doesn't mean that you can have whoever you want just because you say so".

"You truly believe so?"

"I know so" I smirk as I go to leave.

When I turn to leave. I'm startled that he's suddenly not where he was before and is now standing in front of his bedroom door blocking the only exit.

"What are you doing?"

"My brother instructed me not to reveal anything about your past as it was your wish never to know".

"That's true, now let me out".

I try to reach for the door handle, but he swats my hand away.

"You used to have a scar, right here" his mouth utters those words like silk into the air as his long index finger traces my lower abdomen.

"There's no scar there" I tell him honestly, thinking he must be lying right now.

"And you have a beauty mark, here" his finger slipping lower down to my inner thigh to indicate where he means.

"How do you know about that?"

I slap his hand away.

"I had to honour of studying every inch of your naked body on many occasions, and you most certainly enjoyed gazing upon mine as you did when I came out of the shower moments ago".

"You're disgusting. Anything I ever did before I lost my memory was done by a person that no longer exists. If you and 'she' ever did anything together, then I really hope you enjoyed it because you won't be getting that from me".

"Trust me, if I had given into temptation and bedded you thoroughly then no amount of potion capable of taking your memories could ever make you forget that".

"It's nice to know you were loyal to your wife at least. Now get out of my way before I make you".

He looks pretty smug when he finally moves out of my way to let me leave. I really want to slap that smirk off his face, but I decide to get back at him another way.