Loki Shorts

Avenging

You're a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent, or you were before Hydra came out and everything went to hell. Now you're just a highly trained girl on a case with The Avengers thanks to your ties to Thor, and more closely Loki, who has recently turned around and started helping them.

"Alright. So there's this Italian painter, goes by Abellio." Steve starts.

"Wasn't that a roman god or something?" Clint says. "Already sounds like someone we know." He throws a pointed stare at Loki.

"You all know he's trying to change. How should he do that if no one will give him a chance?" Thor cuts in.

"Do I?" Tony counters. "Know he's trying to change. I mean, I haven't seen anything to support that."

"Stop it." Steve says sternly. "Right now we need all the help we can get. If Thor trusts him I do too."

"Forgive me if I'm not quick to forgive someone who took over my mind, made me do things that go against everything I believe in." Clint counters.

"Well you didn't have any problems taking Wanda here right under your hawk wing." Loki says.

"That was different. She didn't succeed and she was preventing us from doing our job for what she thought was a noble cause at the time. She didn't start a war and she turned around."

"Which is what I'm trying to do."

"If it makes you feel better, he was very skeptical of her at first too." Tony leans over to Loki.

"What? First you're accusing me with him, and now you're trying to offer consolation?" Loki raises a brow.

"Steve why is this artist a treat?" Natasha guides the conversation back onto the actual problem.

"We have evidence suggesting that it's just a front. He's high up in a huge ring of organized crime."

"Alright, so what's the plan?" You ask.

"We aren't sure what his position is, or just how high up he is. We need someone to go in and gain his trust, then spy on him."

"Who gets that job? Natasha or wanda?" You ask. Everyone just looks at you and waits for you to pick up on the plan. "Wait. Me?"

"Natasha is too famous for undercover assignments now and wanda isn't trained for it yet. And She's part of The Avengers, most people know her too." Steve explains.

"Are you serious? You know I hate dresses and I have no Idea if I can walk in heels."

"Come on, take one for the team." Tony says as he claps a hand on your shoulder.

You and steve both glare at him. "Y/n, you're the one best qualified for the job. If there was someone else, that's who I'd ask." Steve tries to convince you.

You sigh. "When do I have to do this?"

"The sooner the better. There's a showing of his gallery tonight."

"And you want me to cozy up with him."

"Yes."

"Come with me. I'll help you get ready." Natasha says.

After you're out of earshot Tony leans over to Loki. "So how do you feel about your girl going off with an Italian crime lord?"

"It's not her first choice, I trust that it is no more than a mission for her. She's a formidable foe when she sets her mind to something. She does what's needed, nothing more."

"You really trust her don't you?"

"Just because her job is to keep secrets doesn't mean she keeps secrets in her personal life."