My greatest hero

chapter 42

Loki woke up in the middle of the night, he felt a little bit cold and had curled up trying to keep himself warm. He heard the door open, at first, a shiver of fear went over him, then he remembered that he didn't need to be afraid of that sound anymore. He heard someone quietly walking across the room. He heard quiet thumping from across the room, then heard a small cracking sound, and the room started to get warmer; Eira was building a fire in the fireplace. He felt her put a second blanket over him, and she leaned down and kissed his forehead.
"Eira?" He whispered turning his haed a bit.
"Oh I'm sorry, I didn't mean to wake you up" she whispered back.
"Where have you been all night?" He asked, realizing she wasn't in bed with him.
"I was in my old room, I didn't want to hurt you, so I just slept in my room" she said sitting down next to him. "But how are you feeling?" She asked, he sighed a bit "a little better" he groaned "but I still feel pretty horrible, I can't really move without something hurting" he continued. "I'm so sorry" she sighed "I'm sorry we took so log to get you out" she added.
"You came as fast as you could" he said, trying to ease her mind.
"We should've come faster" she said abruptly.
"Eira, you did all to could" he didn't want we to blame herself.
"I made you live through the most horrible thing anyone has ever been through" she told him.
"You didn't do anything to me, Embrey did" he told her, trying to sound stern, but the weakness in his voice was obvious. "And even though I lived through something horrible, I was able to come back to the most wonderful person. And if I ever had to choose between going through that torture again, or living a life without you, I would take the torture in a heartbeat" he told her, her heart melted at his words.
"Loki, I love you so much" she said to him.
"I love you more than anything" he told her, his eyes starting to drift off. "I'll let you get back to sleep" she said, seeing him zoning out.
"Will you stay here?" He asked as she started to get up, she looked at him for a moment.
"I just- I keep having these dreams, about you and Embrey working together to kill me. I know they're not real, but I would just feel so much better if you were here with me" he told her, a little embarrassed. She could see how hard it was for him to admit all that, she didn't think it was a very smart idea, but looking at him she just couldn't say no, he was always so on guard, he never let anyone see his weaknesses, he always made everyone think he could take care of himself and didn't need help, but now he was laying here, requesting the she stay with him, because he was having nightmares.
"Of course, I'd love to stay here wit you" she said as she carefully slid in bed close to him, he put his arm on her waist.
"Thank you" he said quietly.
"Of course" she said softly. He mover his hand to reach her waist and tickled her slightly.
"Hey" she giggled, being caught off guard by his fingers tickling her. He smiled and nuzzled his face against her neck, sighing and closing his eyes, letting himself fall asleep again