Two Broken Souls

Chapter 8

LOKI'S POV

SHIELD found a bloodied Percy near the attack site of a very badly aimed missile. She was brought to the lab to get fixed up. Once I found out I went to stay with her to be there when she woke up. To be honest I was worried about her. No I was more than worried about her. I stayed by her side for days. Only coming out to eat and do my business. Even then, Thor had to beg me to eat. I came to realize that I loved her.

I loved her since she started randomly talking to me about things. She was the only one that talked to me as a person and not a monster. She cared when others didn't. It may seem unrealistic, but she and I just seemed to fit.

I mean who wouldn't love her. She was beautiful, fierce, and powerful. Yet she still managed to be loyal, humble, and kind. She was perfect in every way, unlike me. I knew I didn't deserve her. She was an angel and she deserved so much better than me.

Like Steve Rodgers. He'd probably be good for her.

But the very thought made me angry. Not even he deserves her. I just stared at her the rest of the day hopeful for her to awake. I eventually fell asleep.

PERCY's POV

I awoke to find myself in my bed. I groaned and buried my face in my pillow. As you can see I'm not much of a morning person. When I finally picked my head up I found that this wasn't my bedroom. This wasn't even a bedroom. It was Tony and Bruce's lab. That's when everything came rushing back to me.

Ughhhh, that's probably why I'm sore all over. I looked over to see Loki sleeping in a chair. His eyebrows weren't scrunched up and posture wasn't tense. He looked peaceful in his sleep. I see lots of expressions on his face, but never peaceful.

I've seen him get mad, irritated, guarded, mischievous, and lots of other things, but never peaceful.

That was when he bolted awake. His beautiful emerald green eyes met mine, but they were tainted with worry.

He suddenly pulled me into his arms. He started stroking my hair. "I was so worried about you. I heard about the missile and panicked." He rambled and then stopped. Loki gently pushed me away from him so that he was looking at my eyes.

"Persia Jackson, don't you ever do that to me again." He said sternly. His eyes show something else. An emotion I couldn't place. It was mixed with worried and a protective glint. It made me feel guilty about it even though it wasn't my fault.

"I'm sorry next time I'll tell the missile to go the other way" I replied sarcastically Loki chuckled at that.

At times like this I felt guilty for lying to him about basically my whole life, but what choice did I have.

He'd be disgusted with me and I'd loose the friendship I had with him and for some reason that scared me more than anything.

Soon after Bruce came in to check on me. Loki left bit quickly. He probably still remembered the Hulk incident. I bet he still remembers how he felt after getting thrown around like a rag doll. Well at least it smashed some sense into him.

"You have three broken ribs and a few scratches but otherwise you're going to be okay," Bruce finally said. Then there was some awkward silence.

"Percy?" Bruce asked after awhile.

"Huh," I replied.

"You haven't been eating or sleeping have you," he stated more than asked. "And don't deny it because we all see how skinny you are. I saw your ribs sticking out while I was tending to you. We see the bags under your eyes, Percy and it's not healthy."