Who Are You? (A Marvel FanFic)

After All This time?

Author's Note: Not much to say for this one, except hope the writing of this is meeting your expectations :) 

Your mouth hangs open. Shit. Shit. Shit. "I..." Shit. "Uhm..." You look down at your feet, unable to meet Loki's eyes.

"Hlin...you just sai.." 

"I heard what I said. I'm...processing," you interrupt Loki, trying to push down the feeling of melting into a puddle right in the middle of the garden.

"YOU'RE processing?!" a cackle escapes Loki's mouth.

That causes your head to snap up to Loki's, "YES. Me. Don't look at me like that, Charming."

Then there's silence between you for nearly a minute, as you just stare at one another.

"Look, we both agreed this wasn't just..'fun', but I can go back to Midgard, that way we can both....process this," you bite your top lip and look away.

"You....you wish to leave?" Loki's brows cross.

"Of course not!" You look back to him in a huff, "I mean, I am due to visit, but, no; I do not want to leave."

Loki just nods, "Do...do you wish to leave me?" He fidgets with his hands.

"Never," you say with sincerity. That's the last thing you'd want to do. "Not unless you want me to..."

"Never," Loki grits his teeth, but you've never seen his eyes so honest.

You nod twice and then another moment of silence falls between you two, "Loki."

He shifts on his feet but then looks at you once more.

"I'm sorry for what I said. It just slipped out, and I...." you start stuttering through your words.

"Only apologize if you did not mean what you said," Loki says and then takes a deep breath. "Did you? Mean what you said?"

"Yes, Loki," you draw your lips into your mouth and then clear your throat. "But, I understand if you do not..."

"Hlin, stop. Heavens do you ramble," Loki puts a finger to your lips.

"I could bite your finger right now," you think to yourself, shocked at Loki's action to silence you.

"And I would sling you over my shoulder if you did, love," a smirk that sends a ripple chill down to your toes appears on Loki's face.

"Good, now it is my turn to speak," Loki continues, slowly removing his finger from your lips. "You have known that I am a Frost Giant this entire time?"

You shake your head, "I have known that LOUIE is a Frost Giant the entire time. You were...added into the equation later."

"And you still...want to be with me?" Loki looks down, nervous at your coming response.

"If I can accept your incomparable personality traits, a little blue and cold will be fine," you bite your top lip this time and grin.

Loki's eyes fly back to yours, "MY personality traits?! Let us find a mirror, darling." He slowly moves towards you.

"Huh. And I thought you were more fond of walls," you tease back.

He's close enough to you now, so Loki takes your chin in his hand, "Spitfire."

"Do shower me with compliments, my Prince," you wink.

Loki uses his other hand to put a strand of your hair behind your ear, "It took seeing you with Fandral that night, for me to fully understand."

"Understand what?" you squint a little in confusion.

"Do you not see it?" Loki's thumb starts tracing circles on your chin.

You say nothing, lost in Loki's gaze.

"My Hlin," Loki's hand takes yours. "I find myself quite in love with you as well."

"You..." your mouth had gone dry, so you lick your lips. "After all this time?"

His hand moves from your chin to your cheek, ".....Always."

You immediately get the Harry Potter reference from the movies you watched together, "So...kiss me. Snape." You smile, putting one of your hands into his hair.

Without another word, Loki crashes his lips onto yours, pulling you tightly against him.

Your tongues battle for dominance, but then Loki tugs on your bottom lip before leaning on your forehead, "Say it again."

You smile, still catching your breath a little.

"....please. Just, say it again," Loki tries to hide the fact that he's also catching his breath.

Your face turns serious, "I...." you kiss Loki's cheek. "Love...." then his other cheek. "You, Loki."

Loki pushes you backwards, and you feel a tree behind you, "I love you." He kisses you again.

Your leg gets lifted around his waist, and your hands are gripping into Loki's armor, when you hear footsteps.

"This IS an outdoor garden," Thor says immediately turning away from you and Loki.

Loki groans and turns, "Thank you, brother. We had no idea."

"Well, anyone could wal...." Thor stays facing the other direction.

You roll your eyes, "Thank you, Thor!" You use magic to glue his lips together, and cause him to walk away back to the palace.

Thor tries to speak, but it only comes out as mumbles, as his legs carry him away.

Loki turns back to you, "Did you just....?"

You shrug your shoulders, "Oops." You fail at fighting back your laugh.

Loki stares at you with an unreadable expression.

"Now what, Charming?"

"I may have to speak with Frigga about your title. Goddess of Mischief may be fitting," Loki looks you up and down.

"Careful, Loki. One passing by might think you are asking me for my hand," you lean off of the tree and start walking.

"Would you not accept?" Loki quickly gets into step next to you. 

Your walking slows, "Please. You're going to have to work harder than that." You kiss his cheek, before walking ahead.