My greatest hero

chapter 53

Loki woke up in the middle of the night freezing cold, he figured we had accidentally kicked off the blankets in his sleep, but then found that he was completely covered. He looked over at Eira and saw that her face was wet and she was breathing hard, clearly having some sort of nightmare. he shifted a bit to wake her up and felt something cold against his leg, he moved the covers to see what it was and saw that is was Eira's hand, holding tightly onto the sheet, he also saw that ice had formed around her hand.
"Eira" he whispered while touching her shoulder. He looked around the room and saw that the walls and ceiling were covered in ice, and that the floor was covered in a few inches of snow.
"Eira, Eira" he said, now shaking her.
"Eira!" he said louder, her eyes shot open.
"No Laufey!" She screamed as she sat up and sent shards of ice across the room, she looked at loki and screamed, he was in his jotun form, and she was startled by it.
"Calm down Eira" he told her calmly.
"No they're going to kill you! I'm going to kill you! You have to get out of here!" She screamed with a look of horror in her face.
"Eira it was just a dream, calm down" he said in a bit of confusion. She was now realizing she was in their chambers and that she had been dreaming.
"I'm sorry, I didn't- I'm sorry" she said, breathing harder.
"It's fine" he told her with a smile.
"I hurt you, I hurt you didn't i?" She said covering her face with her hands, Loki only now noticed that his hand was blue, and then realized she had made him turn to his jotun form.
"No, you didn't hurt me" he said moving a little closer to her but she was quick to back away.
"I can't- I can't- it's taking over again" she said looking around seeing ice continuing to grow, which only caused her to panic more.
"Eira, calm down" he said softly trying to take her hand, but she pulled away.
"Don't touch me!" She yelled with tears streaming down her cheeks.
"It's okay, you can't hurt me" he told her grabbing her other hand before she could pull away, she was still crying and the room was still covered in ice.
He kissed her palms and then placed her hands on his face and neck. Her tears slowed down a bit, and she started to breath more normally, but her heart was still pounding and she was still shaking.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm-" she was cut of by Loki's hand covering her mouth.
"Shh, it's alright, no harm done." He told her, trying to calm her mind.
"Do you want to tell me about it?" He asked, trying to take her mind off the ice, she nodded.
"We were on jotunhiem, and I was the queen, and I didn't know you, but I did, it was like- like I was being controlled, my thoughts as well as my actions, and I had you captured and tortured and then-" she paused for a moment. "who's Laufey?" She asked.
"Laufey is- he's my biological father" he told her.
"But you've never told me that name before, I've never heard that name before" she said starting to panic again. "How could I dream about a man I've never heard of?" She asked hoping Loki could explain, he was just as confused as she was, he never bothered to tell her laufey's name before, he never found the need to, but he also knew that a person can't dream about things they've never seen or heard of. He tried to think fast.
"I'm sure you've heard someone say his name, I'm sure I've called myself 'laufeyson' at least once since we met" he said, trying to convince himself more than her. "And It doesn't matter, we're both here, we're both safe, you're not the queen of the frost giants" he told her reassuringly. "But it seemed really real, It didn't feel like a dream, it felt- I don't know- different" she told him, a bit cautiously."Dreams always feel real, I've had insane dreams that I could've sworn were real" he told her.
"And I kept hearing a voice, it kept saying 'this will happen' over and over the whole time" she said, still dwelling on it.
"I promise, none of it was real, and I can guarantee that you've never tortured me, the worst thing you've ever done to me is this" he said referring to his blue skin
"I'm so sorry" she said looking at him.
"It's okay, try to get some sleep, everything will be fine" he said, putting his arm around her, letting her rest her head on his chest. "This will happen" she heard the same voice say quietly.
"Did you hear that?" She asked.
"Hear what?" He said, not hearing a sound.
"Nothing, never mind" she said, closing her eyes, and falling asleep.