The Princes of Asgard

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To add insult to injury, she'd summoned me in a broom closet.

A fucking broom closet.

The best place she could find to summon me on short notice.

A broom closet.

She totally hated me.

She led me out of the broom closet through the halls of Asgard's royal palace.

I am disgusted.

I am revolted.

I dedicate my life to our god and savior the Author and this is the thanks I get-?!

She checked the adjoining hallway for any passersby. As that happened I was deactivating the Night Mistress suit. It was shifting me back into my business clothes.

When no one walked by, River grabbed my arm. "Come on." She dragged me down the hallway.

"You don't have to jerk me around." I scolded. "It's not my fault you didn't learn the  banish counter."

River dropped my arm. I still followed closely after her.

"You need to tell me the BS."

"I'm not telling you shi-"

"Backstory. I need the backstory." I corrected. "You can't just drag me around Asgard without me wondering why you're here."

River scoffed. "I don't have to tell you anything." She held up an arm, stopping me. "You're not going to need it."

"I can end your birth." I snapped off.

"You could try." River replied, brushing off the threat. Well didn't that just make me want to step it up...if she wasn't right. I wasn't gonna undo her birth- then I would never get the chance to annoy her so much. "I don't see why you need it. You'll not be leaving my quarters."

"You have rooms?!"

"Guest quarters." River replied with a heavy roll of her eyes.

"Phew...I don't need another weird family tree for you." I grimaced. River held up her hand, stopping us at another turn. I quieted- waiting for a signal.

Two maids walked down the hall. Once they passed us, River began dragging me along. I made sure to keep my footing quiet as we walked down the hall. Going on enough heists taught you when to shut up.

As we walked farther up, I walked closer to River with a whisper. "Usually they give rooms to foreign dignitaries..." River said nothing. "If you think I won't go snooping around your rooms to find out answers-"

"I hate you and the day you were born." River replied. "I'll tie you to a chair."

"I'll talk to the first maid that comes in."

"Not if I tell them they can't."

"You really think that would stop maids from sneaking in?"

"Maids on Asgard are much more obedient than maids on Earth."

"Then they'll tell other people that would break in. I'd tell them-"

"What? What would you tell them? You would never let yourself be caught in a lie."

"But I would keep talking anyway. To make you look bad, of course."

"Again, cursing the day you were born."

"That day was already cursed, sweetheart."

River glared. "Don't you throw that back-" She stopped herself. She pushed me up against the wall, holding her hand over my mouth. I silenced myself.

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