Frost and Fire // Loki X OC pt.1

{13}

"So are you two a couple or what?" Natasha asks quietly, not wanting anyone else to hear.

I look towards Loki, watching as he sits tiredly on the sofa, and smiling before looking back at Natasha.

"I don't know," I shrugged, "Neither of us have really said anything about it."

"Well, have you...ya know," she leans forward, "Slept together?"

"No!" I exclaim before clearing my throat, "I mean, no. We haven't slept together. All we've done is kiss. Once."

She hums, nodding her head.

"How about you and Bruce? Have you been able to pull him in yet?"

She sighs and shakes her head, "I've pretty much given up."

"Don't give up," I nudge her with my shoulder, "Otherwise you'll never get what you want."

"Then why don't you go ask him right now?"

"Maybe I will, but not until we've taken care of Badb. So far she's said nothing to Stark."

"Alright. Maybe we should finish the job. Quickly."

"Might as well," I shrug, stepping into the foyer, "Hey, Stark."

Tony looks at me, as well as Loki and everyone else.

"Yeah?"

"Let's finish this Badb situation so I can retire," I chuckle, raising my glass into the air.

"Cheers to love and friendship." Natasha smirks, looking around at everyone.

We all nod, raising our glasses and drinking.

Cheers to love...

Cheers my love.

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"So, Badb. Who are you, exactly?" Stark asks, sitting across from her.

Loki, Natasha and myself watch from the other side of the mirror.

"I am Badb, Goddess of Darkness," she says proudly, "I am a Celtic Goddess."

Tony nods, tapping his fingers against the table top, "If you're Celtic then why do you have Kree ships?"

"We found and remade some Kree technology to use as our own. We have no other correlation with the idiotic Kree."

"Alright. Why did you attack Aidan?"

"Because she's a danger to my people. Once she inherits her full armour and immortality, she'll be able to destroy the entire planet."

"What makes you think she will?"

"Because her father was an evil man," Badb spits, "And her mother no better."

I look up at Loki and shrug, "I never knew them."

"Does Aidan even know her parents?" Stark asks, putting my attention back on them.

"They died when she was an infant, but evil is genetic."

"But how can you be certain? I mean, you can't just assume someone is like their parents and like you said, she never even met them. So how could she act like them?"

Badb says nothing as Tony stares at her patiently. 

"Well?" He sighs, "Looks like there must be a different reason why you want her dead. What is it? Money? Lose a bet? Come on, give me somethin'."

"What I have told you is the truth. That girl is evil and dangerous. The best place for her is in the darkest depths of hell!"

I growl, clenching my hands into fists tightly, but my hands still ignite despite my efforts.