Loki Laufeyson - Saviour {2}

Chapter Twenty Seven - Christmas Day

"ON THE FIRST DAY OF CHRISTMAS MY TRUE LOVE GAVE TO ME A PARTRIDGE IN A PEAR TREE."

A loud sound echoed around my room, ringing in my ears and I jumped up immediately, scrambling upright in my bed and grabbing my gun from out my pillow, my eyes darting around to look for the source of the sound.

"ON THE SECOND DAY OF CHRISTMAS MY TRUE LOVE GAVE TO ME TWO TURTLE DOVES AND A PARTRIDGE IN A PEAR TREE."

As I listened to the loud voice again, I realised that it was a Christmas song I had listened to many times and I breathed out a small sigh of relief as I looked up at the inbuilt invisible speakers in the ceiling.

"JARVIS." I flopped back down into my bed as the adrenaline began to wear off. "Can you please turn it down?"

"Of course Miss Emily." The AI replied. "My apologies, it was Mr. Stark's idea."

"That's okay." I smiled softly, knowing that Tony was definitely behind it.

"Merry Christmas too, Miss Emily." The AI added as I rubbed my eyes, trying to wake up a little.

"Merry Christmas to you too JARVIS." I grinned softly before I swung out of my bed with ease.

"On the sixth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me, six geese-a-laying, five golden ring, four calling birds, three French hens, two turtle doves and a partridge in a tree."

I was just about to go take a warm shower when I noticed a small note slipped under my door. Eyeing it curiously, I walked over and picked it up, flipping it over to recognise familiar handwriting.

"Your Christmas sweater is outside your room. It's a tradition here. You better wear it the whole day. – Tony.

P.S. Enjoy the music "

I smiled softly before I slowly opened up my bedroom door to find a small brown box with a single red ribbon. I slowly pulled off the lid to reveal a rather beautiful red and white Christmas sweater with designs, including reindeer, hearts, Christmas trees and snowflakes. I think it was Bruce who had been explaining the tradition of wearing sweaters, normally ugly ones from his description, but thankfully, it seemed like Tony had taken it easy on me.

I had only a short shower, mainly because the music that Tony was forcing JARVIS to play kept playing on repeat and I was sick of hearing about partridges in pear trees, despite it being an upbeat Christmas song.

I got dressed into my Christmas sweater, pulling on a pair of very pale grey tracksuit pants that were almost white and braided my hair before I opened my door and stepped out into the hallway. As I shut my bedroom door, the music was abruptly cut off, but I could faintly hear 'Let it Snow' blaring inside Thor's room and 'A Holly Jolly Christmas' from Bruce's. I knew none of them would probably be happy about it, especially Loki, who I knew instantly would be fuming.

As I walked down the stairs, '12 Days of Christmas' playing in a loop in my head, the delicious smell of bacon, eggs, French toast, croissants and a bunch of other scents that all blended together reached my nose and I breathed it in deeply. I looked from the top of the stairs, seeing that it was Clint, Steve and Nat in the kitchen, causing me to smile softly when I saw Nat hit Steve over the head with the spatula when he accidentally dropped a piece of ham.

Someone must have stayed up late last night decorating, probably Tony, because the whole kitchen and lounge room area was way more decorative than I remembered seeing it. The whole kitchen bench was covered in candles and red and silver tinsel. There was tinsel wrapped around just about every single drawer and cupboard handle, including the fridge handles. The dining table had been decorated with all different coloured candles of all shapes and sizes, creating a very comfy feel.