Affection 2

Part 4

Loki coughed as he dusted himself off as his golden-haired brother put a victorious hand on his shoulder. “I appreciate the help, brother! He was a hard foe to beat.” Loki sighed as he agreed. “Yes. He, uh, was surprisingly powerful.”

The alien proved to be a powerful opponent as their flight lead them to a dormant volcano on the outskirts of a Californian forest. He was powerful to the point where Thor and Loki were almost certain that they weren’t going to beat this creature. Their opponent knew spells that Loki had no knowledge of, which scared him to his core. He thought he was the most powerful in all of the nine realms when it came to magic.

The battle soon came to an end as Thor, Loki, and the creature were atop of the volcano. Thor summoned the lighting and did the smart thing by causing the volcano to erupt; although ultimately that also caused the alien to perish in the magma and Loki to cast a spell to seal back up the volcano. But, something left Loki…uneasy about the entire thing. Something the alien said before his decent to his death. Loki just shook it off though.

As soon as Loki caught all the ash off of himself, he turned to his brother. “Alright, I’m ready. Let’s go.”

“Okay, brother.” Thor held up his hammer to go and take off, but got interrupted by Loki’s lanky arm on his biceps. “Uh, brother, what are you doing?”

“I don’t like travelling your way, Thor.” Loki said. “Simple as that.”

Thor pouted. “But I thought you always loved flying?! All the time in the magical Midgardian school, I would see you flying on a broomstick with a child-like smile on your face. Was that all a lie?”

“Exactly my point, brother, I still do like flying, but by a broomstick. Where I can control my own speed…and also maintain my hair. And Icannot achieve that with your method of fast-flying.”

“It’s all about your hair, isn’t it Loki?” He did an obnoxious hair flip. “Yes, once I got on the Quidditch team, every girl wanted a piece of me.”

Thor went into a hearty laughter. “Oh, brother! How you jest!”

Loki looked at his brother with a slight distaste as Thor playfully hit him on the back. He hooked his arm through Thor’s arm. “Can we justgo, brother?”

“Of course, Loki. I want to see Luna’s belly and talk to her! I haven’t seen her for a long while and I want to see how it feels carrying an Asgardian.” Thor said, gripping Loki’s arm securely.

The little trickster rolled his eyes as he snapped his fingers.

~

When they got to Sylvia’s house, the sun was setting again a orange and purple sky. “Ah, the Midgard sky is truly a marvel, isn’t it?” Thor asked dreamily, eyes caught on the sky. Loki nodded with a smile. “Oh, yes. It very much is.” But, soon, that smile faded because the feeling of the house was so…sad.

“Thor, you need to go.” He said. “I think I’m having marital problems right now. You can talk to Luna later.”

“But maybe I can he-“

“Leave. Thor!” Loki shouted. He needed to see what was wrong with his wife. He didn’t need his brother’s annoying behavior at the moment. But then, his conscious kicked in as he felt bad for the way he shouted at Thor.  He tried to apologize, but Thor already sonic-boomed away.

Thor didn’t want to leave, but he didn’t want to anger his brother any further. And he wasn’t even mad. He was concerned about his wife. So, Thor took off in the hopes that his brother could work out the problems that he had at the moment because he had never seen Loki this happy in all his life and his love for Luna was the most beautiful thing. Loki always had a smile on his face, and that was he wanted for his brother. To be happy and be loved and be loving to whoever loved him.

Back on the ground, Loki knocked on the door, waiting a couple of minutes until Sylvia opened the door. There was a tense shadow over her soft features.

Loki crossed the threshold with caution. “Alright, Sylvia, what’s wrong with Luna?” He sat at the dining table as his mother-in-law sat across from him.

“How did you know something was wrong with her? You’ve been away fighting monsters for three hours.”

“I secretly put an empathy link in her so I can help her through the pregnancy, but it seems to be hard still.”Loki confided.

Sylvia raised her eyebrows as she nodded in understanding. “Yes, that’s what I’ve been meaning to talk about. She a, uh, sensitive person as you’ve probably come to know.”

Loki nodded. “Yes. She is sensitive, but only when she’s on her Midgardian menstrual cycle, but lately during the pregnancy she’s been rather, uh –“

“Overly sensitive?”

“Yes, you could say that. She’s been worrying about the baby a lot and –“

“She has been doubting herself and how she’ll be as a mother?”

“Yes! How do you keep doing that? Do you still have an empathy link in her too?” Sylvia looked at Loki like he had a screw loose. “Loki, what the hell are you talking about? I’m her mother for god’s sake! She told me all of these things in confidence.”

“Oh, right. Of course, sorry. Continue.” Sylvia cleared her throat.

“Yes, well, anyway, she’s not used to expressing her feelings as much as she should be. She’s not that open to others, but when she does, it’ll just all spill out of her.”

“But, Sylvia, I do that often and she seems fine, but when she’s sleeping, she talks –which she has never done before the pregnancy- and it’s mostly about the baby. She whimpers and sometimes cries, and all I can do is hug her and hope that she’ll calm down, but by Odin’s beard, Sylvia! I’m worried about her. I just want her to be my Luna again.”

Sylvia put a reassuring hand on his. “Loki, this is what you need to do: Just sit down and talk to her and let her vent. She’s your wife. You need to do that, and in Luna’ case, you going to need to do that often. She’s your best friend, right?”

Loki nodded quickly. A small smirk spread across Sylvia’s face as she spoke her next words. “Do you love her to the point that you’ll do anything for her? To have that beautiful smile on her face you know andlove?” On her last word, she pounded her fist against the table, making Loki jump.

She leaned in closer to Loki, her voice barely above a whisper for in fear she woke Luna. “Well, Loki, do you?”

Loki started to blush blue as he nodded again. “Oh yes! With all my heart, Sylvia.” He always got flustered when he talked about Luna.

Sylvia got out of her seat with a victorious smile and simply said, “Well, then. If you do that, then I don’t see you two splitting up anytime soon.”

Loki nodded and asked, “Uh, Sylvia, where is Luna right now actually?”

“Upstairs. After all of her crying, she was exhausted, so she took a nap. She’s probably up as of now, but she’s just too lazy to get up.”

“Oh, well, then…” Loki suddenly found his fingers very interesting.

Sylvia rolled her eyes as she smiled and sighed, “I think she’d like it if you were up there with her, Loki.”

Loki grinned as he quickly went up the stairs to the only door that was opened and illuminated with by the faint light of a television. As soon as he saw Luna’s drowsy form smiling at him, he smiled back happily as he got into bed with her.