Loki imagines

Meteor shower (Fluff)

A dark figure enters your room, making your eyes snap open to hear your door screeching wide, your heart starts to race in fear. What lunatic would try and infiltrate your room at midnight? Right, many associations; Like hydra, the red room, random creeps wanting pictures or blackmail. It was an unfortunate fact about being a well-known hero.

Your hand clenched harder on the weapon under your pillow. Wanda had given everyone advice to do so from her last incident with a creep. You felt yourself shiver from the silence, only hearing soft footsteps which were hard to distinguish.

With squinted eyes trying to see in the dark, you raised your pocket knife towards whoever was near before their hands could lay in contact with your skin, "Woah! Who sleeps with a knife under their pillow?"

"God!" You dragged a hand down your face in annoyance, "Loki!"

"Apologies, maybe I should've turned on the light."

"Haven't you learned not to enter a person's room at night?" You whisper-yelled, closing your eyes at the sudden illumination of your room. Half of you wanted to scold him and another half empathetic for your colleagues trying to get some sleep, "What is wrong with you, man."

He began to explain, "Hear me out..There's news of a meteor shower and I wanted to watch it with Thor but he unfortunately needs some rest from the last mission. I heard you were unoccupied these last few days and I wanted to wake you last minute."

"You could've informed me this morning..or afternoon. Maybe not an hour before it starts."

"Actually, 5 hours."

"I thought you said last minute?" 

"As you can see..and you requested," He squinted his eyes with malice, making your lips awkwardly press together, "My sorcery is limited to self-defence, and I can't drive. The perfect location is far from here," 

"So you want me to drive you there?" 

"Thor was supposed to take me there, but y'know. He's too tired from his previous mission," You nodded, "It would be appreciated," 

Loki expected you to decline. The fact that you had enough rest for the past few days, is nothing compared to your work after. Half the team is always expected to sleep as much as possible before a long line of missions they will be assigned to the next day. 

His eyes lit up once you sat up from the bed with a sigh, combing your hand through your messy hair, "Just give me some time to get ready. I just need to wash my face to wake up a bit," 

"Don't take too long," He watches as you walk towards the bathroom, stopping by your closet to take a jacket to keep yourself warm. 

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Dark circles under your eyes were prominent even under the dark sky with only the moon and the stars to bring light. You listened to news on the radio late at night, thought it only made you more tired. Your partner seems like a deep contrast to your current state. 

Loki was energized, bright, and as you were suprised to see, excited. There was a childish aura around him, you could see through his mannerisms. His stifled smile, his eyes open like an owl, but through every action, he seemed to be hiding it. 

The tension was obvious. You never agreed to him staying at the tower, in fact you were furious to see him enter. You were still petty towards the destruction in New York, and also the moment he tried to kill you was like writing down his fate. 

"Would you like me to change it into music, instead?" But unfortunately, you caught a soft spot after his misfortune, it reminded you of yours. It took a long time, but it was inevitable to happen as you were always cooped up next to him as much as you despised. You just..kind of got used to him being around.