Into the Unknown

Simple and Clean

The light peeking in through the windows wakes me up. I crack open an eye to see the clock on my nightstand says 6:00 am. Ugh, too early for me. I yawn and look over to my other side to see Loki asleep on his stomach. His right arm is around me and his left is under his pillow. Despite my sleepiness, I still smile.

He's just so pretty. He just looks so relaxed and at peace like this. I watch the slow rise and fall of his back as he breathes. I decide to move a little closer to him. That doesn't work out when I try to move my legs, I am hit with how sore they are. Well, I'm not surprised. We made love two more times after we ate our dinner. Asgardians and their stamina.

"What's wrong?" Loki asks. His voice is deep with sleep.

"Nothing. Just wanted to cuddle." I whisper back.

He hums and turns to his side and pulls me into him. "What time is it?" He cracks open an eye.

"Too early. Let's go back to sleep." I nuzzle into his neck.

Loki hums again and falls back asleep and after a few minutes of listening to his breathing I fall asleep too.

It's almost 10:00 am when I wake back up.

"Good morning." Loki says.

I open my eyes to see him watching me. He looks like he has been awake for a while.

"How long have you been awake?" I stretch and wince.

"Only an hour. Are you alright?" He frowns.

I give him a shy smile. "I'm just a little sore."

Loki snickers and I smack his arm.

"I'm serious. I probably can't even walk right now."

"Then I did everything right." He smirks and then gets out of bed. He walks into the bathroom and I can hear him turn on the water for the tub.

I manage to get to the edge of the bed and stand up. I take a step and it turns into a limp. Dang! He really did do everything right. Loki comes out and picks me up bridal style and carries me into the bathroom. He climbs in and sets me down as he sits down behind me. The hot water feels really good and Loki brings his hands to my thighs and gently begins to massage them. I hum in delight and lay my head back on his shoulder.

"Mmmm that feels good." I smile and close my eyes.

Loki then grabs my soap and a washcloth and begins to wash me. I can't help but laugh when he brushes his hand against my armpit which then causes him to continue to tickle me. He discovers that everything from under my arms to my hips is ticklish.

"I'll...find yours....one day." I pant once he stops.

He runs the washcloth over my back. "I wish you all the luck in the nine realms to find that out."

Game on!

He refuses to let me wash him no matter how much I pout. We get out of the bath and while I still have some soreness it has definitely lessened. I dry myself off, wrap the towel around me and walk into the closet. I grab some clothes when I notice the presents. I had completely forgotten about them. I pick up Loki's and exit the closet.

Loki is already dressed and he looks down at the present in my hands. I blush as I hold it to him.

"Umm... I got this for you for Christmas."

Loki takes the present and looks at it for a minute before carefully opening the wrapping paper. My heart beats fast as he sets the box down on the bed to open it. I send a silent prayer that he will like it. He raises an eyebrow and pulls out the hoodie.

"Um I've never seen you wear anything that looks comfortable. I mean, there's nothing wrong with the way you dress, I like it a lot but I thought that you would like something that you could just lounge around in, or wear to workout or train, or something." I ramble.

He smiles at me and puts the hoodie on. It fits him perfectly and looks good on him.

"How does it feel?" I ask him.

"It is definitely quite comfortable." He holds his hand out to me. I take it and he pulls me into a hug. "I love it. Thank you, Little One."

I smile up at him. "You do? You're not just saying that?"

Loki shakes his head. "No. Most presents I've gotten in the past have been meaningless trinkets that most people didn't put any thought in. This, I know you put a lot of thought into it. That's why I love it."

I smile. "I have presents for Thor, Kari, and Finn. Let me get dressed and I want to hand them out."

Loki nods and I quickly get dressed and run into the bathroom to brush my teeth then grab the other presents. Loki grabs the two bigger ones when he sees me with them. We exit the bedroom and head to Thor's first. I knock on the door and when he opens he grins at Loki.

"Glad to see you two finally up." He teases.

I blush and frown. "And here I come bearing gifts, but I guess you don't want yours." I turn to walk away but Thor stops me.

"I'm sorry Little Sister. I apologize." He says.

I roll my eyes and grab his present from Loki's hands. "This is from Christmas."

Thor happily takes the present and tears the wrapping paper off. I had gotten him a very large beer stein that had the Thor from Norse Mythology on it. Thor smiles big at it.

"Is that me?" He asks.

I nod. "From Norse Mythology. I thought you would like it."

He pulls me into a hug. "I love it. I shall drink heartily from this tonight."

I laugh and walk back to Loki. "Do you know where Finn and Kari are?" I ask Thor.

"I saw them in the kitchen a few minutes ago." He answers.

"Ok thank you." I take Loki's hand and we leave Thor to go look for the other two Asgardians. Plus, I'm getting hungry. Two birds with one stone.

We find them in the kitchen. They both look up at us and smile.

"Hey guys." I wave and place the presents in front of them. They of course look confused. "I got these for you for Christmas while you were gone."

Kari looks up at me with a bit of sadness on her face. "But My Lady, we didn't get you anything."

I shake my head at her. "It's ok. Just open them."

They look at each other before opening the presents. I had gotten Finn another beer stein with Yggsdrasil on it and for Kari and I had gotten her a wooden jewelry case that had tulips carved onto the top. It had a row for rings and a space for a watch or a couple of bracelets and the top had hooks for necklaces.

"Oh My Lady!" Kari gasps. "It's beautiful!" He runs around and hugs me.

"These are truly beautiful, My Lady!" Finn smiles as he looks at his stein.

Loki puts his arm around my waist. "Seems my Pet knows just what to get everyone."

I look up at him and smile at him. I was happy they were back. I quickly make a late breakfast for me and Loki and we sit and eat while talking to Finn and Kari.

We hear the sounds of footsteps and I turn to see Tony step into the kitchen.

"Oh you're back? Well, welcome home. Don't expect a party." He says as he glares at Loki.

I'm about to say something back when Tony steps aside and I see who is behind him.

"Peter?"