Burdened With Glorious Purpose.

Beauty.

“Every time your heart is broken, a doorway cracks open to a world full of new beginnings, new opportunities.” Patti Roberts.

-Loki's POV-

I've been much more lonely than normal. After Aubrey and I had our...*ahem* conversation,
No one in the tower knows about it she hasn't told anyone but, on top of that...she hasn't come back to visit me.
Instead of my heart growing cold like it should, it just grows more and sad with each day.
Perhaps I crossed a line with it?

Thor has taken notice. He's asked me about it and I don't snap. Instead, I grow distant which just concerns him even more.

I can't believe that I could actually begin caring for a Midgardian.

But...she's so much more than just a mortal.
She's strong-willed and funny. Her laughs make my heart leap and I haven't felt these emotions in centuries.
That longing to hold her tight and kiss her fears away.

That passion and desire. Her eyes look straight through me and her smile makes me melt.
I could turn into a puddle on the floor when she looks at me.
She's much more beautiful than any goddess I know...I could spend eternities looking at her.

And...I had to mess it up...

I was the one who kissed her.
She still has feelings for a beast who took her heart and ripped it out of her chest with a sickening might.
He was the one that almost made her take her own life.
So why does she still love him?
Why is her heart still his?
Is it an attachment?
Or something deeper than that?

I jolt from my thoughts, hearing a knock on my door and realizing that I no progress on the book I had in my hands. I got up quickly, hoping and praying that it was Aubrey.

And of course, it wasn't.

Thor stood at my door, wearing jeans a black shirt and a jacket his hair pulled back. His sneakers scuffed the floor.

"Loki?" He looked at me with concern. It was obvious that I haven't been sleeping. Dark circles had taken shape below my eyes and my close hung on my frame now.

"What?" I said, misery pinging on my voice as I turned away from the open door.

"Mother and father wish to see you," Thor stated I heard him step into my room and shut the door behind him.

I looked at him, "Why? Do they wish to gloat? That I'll never be king? That I'll never get this stupid spell off? That I'll never be half the God you are?" I asked looking rather glumly at the hardwood floor beneath my feet.

"They did not state what they wanted to talk about. Only that they wanted to see us."

I sighed, "Fine, let's get this meeting over with shall we." 

-Asgard-

"Aw, Thor, Loki. So wonderful to see you." 

I kept my lips zipped, I already felt horrible, I'd rather not get another punishment put on me for talking back to Odin. 

Thor looked at me and Frigga looked worried, Thor spoke, "Hello Father. You said you wished to speak with us?"

Odin sat forward in his seat and looked directly at me, he ignored Thor's question, "Loki, you look unwell is Midgardian life not treating you well?"

I looked down at the floor and clenched my fists.

"He's heartbroken." I looked up at my mother who had also shifted forward.

A smile played at Odin's lips and I grit my teeth, Thor looked at me his gaze sympathetic.

Odin sat back, "Aw yes, this mortal girl living with the Avengers, what is her name, Thor?"