Hello, Darling. (Loki Imagines/One-shots)

You Caught Me With a Book (xReader)

REQUEST (Dragonmurray on Tumblr): "I have a one shot request? 😬 Loki and y/n live in the avengers tower, they've been getting closer in the last few months. Y/n is a tough nut to crack and doesn't like to be vulnerable with people till one day Loki finds her asleep in the library, a book on Norse mythology resting on her chest... "

POV: Second

SYNOPSIS: You have been living in the Avengers tower, curtsey of your uncle Tony, and have been becoming closer and closer with Loki. One day, he finds you asleep in the library with a book on Norse Mythology lying on your chest.

TYPE: Fluffy fluff, maybe a lil tiny bit of angst if you squint

WORDCOUNT: 1,890

TW: Light mentions of not-good parental figures but not really super relevant to the story

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You had been living in the Avengers tower for several months now. Your parents weren't the best role models in your life, so when you decided to move to New York and started looking for your own place, your uncle Tony offered for you to stay in the tower.

You had gotten along with everyone, quickly establishing friendships with everyone. You even managed to befriend Loki, as he was staying at the tower since he was forced to help the Avengers to repay for his crimes.

You always seemed to wear a smile on your face, despite the never-ending college assignments your professors seemed to give you.

You and Loki had been getting closer the past few months, and you were one of the only people he would enjoy talking to in the tower. Sure, he enjoyed pestering the others, but he didn't mind having a simple conversation with you.

Despite your appearance as an open-book, Loki noticed that there was more to you than it seemed.

He noticed how you would sometimes overwork yourself as a distraction from reality. He picked up on the way you seemed to deflect certain questions, and the way you managed to change the subject of a conversation.

Of course, he didn't just notice the bad. He noticed the good things too. He noticed the days when you decided to do something with your appearance, whether it be fixing your hair or doing your makeup.

Not that you needed any of this to be beautiful, he knew that. You just appreciated that someone noticed when you did these things, and it made you giddy whenever Loki would compliment your eyeliner or hairstyle.

Just the little compliments and gestures of kindness Loki would give you made you fall head over heels for him. Of course, you doubted he would feel the same.

You weren't very experienced with romantic feelings, so you hoped they would eventually go away. However, as the days passed by, your feelings built up and became more complex.

Loki also seemed to develop some feelings that were unfamiliar to him. At first, he mistook it as friendly love, as he had not had many true friends before, but he began to realize that it wasn't just friendship sprawling in his heart.

Unfortunately, you struggled at expressing your feelings. You weren't used to a lot of affection. In fact, when you first moved to the tower, it took a while to get used to people checking in on you.

Due to this, Loki wasn't sure how you felt about him. He was happy just to have you as a friend, but inside he longed for something more. Something more than the friendship you already shared.

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"Stark, have you seen Y/n?" Loki asked, walking through the living room. He had looked in your room, but you weren't there. He wanted to return a book you had lended him.