Give me Love

26. Promise Me...*

"Loki..."

"(Name)...?" Loki said again. You wanted to reply. You so desperately wanted to reply; but you were absolutely frozen. "(Name)..." he gently trailed his hand over your cheek.

"Th-This isn't real..." you gasped as tears filled your eyes and your body began to tremble. "Y-You can't be here... You're not here..." Loki leaned down and rested his forehead on yours.

"I am."

"No, no you're not... This is a dream... Th-This is one of those dreams; I'm dreaming..." You closed your eyes. It was all too painful... None of the other dreams had been like this, so why was it like this now? All the others were so obviously dreams... but this... this felt too real... He wasn't standing in front of you, it was just your mind playing a sick joke on you...

"Open your eyes..." he whispered into your ear before kissing your cheek. You shook your head,

"No... No it's a dream... If I open my eyes, I might wake up... and if I wake up, then you'll disappear, and I can't handle it, not from here... Not when it seems so real... Not when it could be real..." Loki chuckled and wrapped his arms around you.

"That's because it is real you daft girl..." Your body melded to Loki's. His warmth... his scent... it was all the same... "I am real... I should have realised sooner, but I didn't know our dreams were connected until last night..." he nuzzled into your neck and gently kissed up the tender flesh. You stifled the small whimper that rose in your throat, "I am here... just as I promised..." The Godly man pulled away and glanced over you. Your fingers gingerly trailed from his cheek to his chest.

"Y-You're really here...?"

"Of course."

"The dreams... They were real?"

"In a way... yes."

"Was it you?" you asked seriously, not wanting any cryptic reply.

"Yes." You lunged forward and wrapped your arms around him, and when you did, every rational thought left your mind. You should have worried about the people in the compound. You should have worried about the people you considered to be friends... but you just couldn't. The only thing you could think of was how much of a fool you had been for doubting your heart when it came to your feelings for Loki. Though, there was still a nagging voice in the back of your mind that told you it was wrong... That he had broken you beyond repair... That it was easy to forgive him when you thought he was just a figure of your imagination... but now? Now that he was right in front of you...?

"(Name)..." Loki started, removing your arms free from his body and gently pulling you away from him. Your brows furrowed,

"What?" Was he about to tell you it was a dream? Was he about to rip out your heart? His fingers trailed over your cheeks and gently ran through your hair. Oh god... he was... He was about to tell you it was nothing but a dream...

"I have hurt you in a way no one should be hurt. I have wronged you too many times to count.... I have broken you time and time again and I have expected your unconditional love..." your eyes widened slightly. Was... Was he apologising? "I'm sorry..." apparently he was... "I do not deserve another chance – or any of the chances you have given me... But please. Trust me one last time, and you will never regret it." Your mouth fell open. "I will give you my heart, my soul, my everything... I will show you everything. Every weakness, every scar... I will give you the means to utterly destroy me, and if that is what you do, then so be it. But if you do not, if by some miracle you choose not to, you will see everything. Every part of me, no lies, no tricks... Just me...."

"Loki..." you breathed out softly.

"I have spent too many hours to count thinking of how many travesties I have brought down upon you." He took a deep breath to calm himself, but you could tell every moment without an answer was killing him. "I do not expect you to believe me, or to trust me, but if what we shared in the dreams was real; if anything you felt was real and not a façade or daydream, then-," you cut Loki's rambling off with a kiss. It was only meant to shut him up and put his worries to ease, but the moment your lips locked, you didn't want to pull away - - and considering his hands moved to your hips and he pressed his body closer, you guessed he wanted the same thing.