Rebel Magic!

II

"Hey, sleeping beauty."

Loki widened his eyes at the gentle shaking. Sunlight was already filtering through the window and he was drooling over Tony Stark's chest. His cheeks flushed at the memories of the night before, he had been a fool showing that Midgardian the weak side of him.

"You have to at least let me go to the bathroom, there are already enough fluids in this bed."

Loki immediately broke the hug and Tony was able to escape from the room, returning a few minutes later. He looked at the boy and wrinkled his nose: his hair was full of black knots and he was wearing the clothes of the previous days, as dirty and torn as the moment he came. Fortunately, the bruises on his face had begun to turn yellow, a sign that they would soon fade.

Advantages of being an alien with superhealing abilities.

"Come on, kid. You haven't bathed in at least two days, I don't know how common daily grooming will be in Asgard, but you're not going to spend another day like this."

The floor was littered with pottery shards and broken glass scattered throughout the room so he had to grab the boy under the armpits to prevent him from stepping on anything barefoot.

The bathroom was by no means the largest in the tower, but it was still quite spacious. There was a large whirlpool tub in the center that covered much of the space, and Tony began to fill it almost to the brim with warm water.

"First of all, there's something that's been bothering me ever since you came."

Tony took a pair of scissors and Loki's body tensed instantly starting to move away from him until he was cornered.

"Damn it, brat, stay still!" The door so that the miniature god could not escape had been blocked by Jarvis, but still Loki was not easily captured and had crawled between Tony's legs like a lizard. "Hey, what's that?"

Tony pointed to a corner that the boy immediately looked at and taking advantage of that second of distraction he cut their bangs with a quick flick of the scissors. Loki frowned at the deception noting that the black strands that fell across his face were much shorter now.

"It wasn't that bad, was it? It's not the best cut, maybe Pepper can even it out later, but at least now you can see without that curtain of hair in the way." The boy didn't answer, he seemed quite confused, what did he think he was going to do with the scissors? The answer came not long after, when he began to remove his clothes to put him in the water.

He had to put his hand to his mouth to suppress the nausea. Until now he had only seen the marks of blows on Loki's too thin body. He deduced that in Asgard they had not treated him well and, although he did not sympathize with the idea of ​​hitting a child, a part of him could not help but understand the hatred that he had earned on his own merits.

But this far exceeded his expectations.

The boy's body was full of cuts. Some seemed very deep, caused by some fairly large sharp object. A white weapon, sure. He was relieved that the wounds weren't bleeding anymore, but the red scars looked pretty bad. He suddenly felt terribly ill, he understood why Thor had been so desperate to bring Loki to the avengers tower. The only place he hoped his little brother wouldn't be tortured by disappearing from his sight was with his main enemies.

The major's mood had changed until it became somber, who would be capable of stabbing a child?

"I'm going to make a call, are you going to be able to take a shower by yourself?"

Loki nodded and Tony disappeared as fast as he could from the room, wishing to forget as soon as possible the image that he now had in his head.

When he closed the door the boy ran to the mirror. He needed to get up on the cabinet to get a good look at his new short bangs until he decided he could approve.