Shadows of the Past

Part 31

(Y/N POV)
You move as quickly to the infirmary as you can, the jet had landed ten minutes ago.  You push open the door and look around, seeing Thor leaning on the doorframe to one of the rooms.  You peak around him, into the room and see Loki sitting on the exam table with a nurse in front of him but she is blocking your view of what she is doing. 

“Thor, is he ok?” you ask his older brother.

“Don’t worry, Y/N.  He’s fine,” Thor tells you as the nurse leaves the room.

You don’t respond to Thor, going into the room to see Loki for yourself instead.  Loki looks up at you from the exam table and conjures himself a new shirt but not before you see the gauze patch on his right side.

“Are you alright Loki?” you ask him worriedly.

“Just a scratch,” he says with a smile as he gets off the table.

You hug him tightly careful not to touch where he was stabbed, burying your face in his chest.  He hugs you back, “I’m ok, Y/N I promise”  You nod and slowly let go of him.  He slowly places his hand on your cheek, rubbing his thumb against your skin as you look up at him.  He brings your lips to his and kisses you softly.

“I’m fine too, thank you for asking,” you hear Thor from the doorway.

You laugh as you pull away from Loki, he groans and looks at his brother, “Don’t they need you somewhere?”

“No, I don’t think so.  We are going to talk to Marc until-” Thor starts.

“Thor, can you give us a minute?” you ask.

He looks at you for another second and then nods, “Right, I’ll see you both in a bit.”  With that he turns to leave and Loki waves his hand to close the door.

“Much better,” Loki says with a smile.  He pulls you close to him and you kiss him slowly.  His hands slide to either side of your hips and he lifts you easily, carrying you to the exam table where he sits you down.  He kisses you harder and you wrap your legs around him, pulling his body close to yours.

“If this is the kind of welcome I’m going to get every time I go on a mission, I’m going to sign up for more of them,” he jokes when you finally stop kissing him to take a breath.

(Y/N POV - a few hours before)
You walk into the Command Center with Hill and see Nat, Clint and Steve talking to each other.  You wave to them and Nat comes over to you.  She tells Hill she needs to borrow you a second and then she hooks her arm through yours and pulls you away from everyone.

“So....?” she says.

“Hmm?” you respond, not sure what she wants from you.

“You and Loki?!” she says, hitting you jokingly in the arm.

“Oh... right...” you rub your arm and laugh a bit as you feel yourself blushing.  “It just kinda happened.”

“It just kinda happened?” she repeated your answer, raising her eyebrow at you as she crossed her arms.

“I don’t know what to tell you, I was completely wrong about him I guess.  I mean if someone came to me when I was in the hospital and told me that I would be dating Loki... I would have thought they were more than insane,” you tell her shaking your head a little.  You can only imagine what your former self would have said if they knew you slept curled up in Loki’s arms every night. 

She laughs, “Well, I have one very important question for you.”

“Ok?” you ask her as Clint comes over to join the two of you.