What They Do.

This is all a show

How stupid he was to believe that they know.

Loki faintly smiles at this moment of idiotic brainlessness. It must have been the aftershock of that

filthy fingerjob.

No one in Asgard would ever tolerate such a relationship. Especially the future king would never

be allowed to freely practice an infamous action like, well - what is it in the end? - sleeping with

his very brother. Incest is to be punished with death (and at this realization Loki cannot help but

flinch).

Fandral did not mean Thor when he easygoingly referred to Blondie. Of course he didn't. Perhaps

he'd heard and seen something, but certainly not everything.

This is a chance, though, for Loki to deviously confront Thor and of course to avenge himself a

good bit. Yes, this is a lovely excuse to storm right into that brute of a brother. Loki wouldn't look

like desperately running after him and his attention. He would act like being utterly shocked that

all world knows what unspeakable shame Thor dragged them both into.

And without a word you just didn't come back!

Loki would never have to speak this denunciation out loud to get its pressure out of his throat

now. Sometimes life is good.

He closes his eyes and takes a deep and slow breath into his lungs. Just before knocking on the

door in front of him he prepares to use his skillful trickiness as good as he possibly can. This will

be the best show he'd ever performed. No no, begone you telltale smile! He has to look earnestly

appalled combined with accusingly humiliated now.

He knocks, steps in and closes the door... Thor drops the golden goblet at his brothers grave words: "They know it."

He didn't dare to search his younger brothers company for a while now. He missed it. Very much

he did. But he didn't dare get close to that pale faced dark haired lovely scamp whose mischievous

smile he'd known ever since. Thor hadn't seen Loki smile for some time now. And didn't he look

terribly sheepish that day after Thor'd secretly stolen into his room? After he'd desperately tried to

hold on to the illusion that what they did was mutually innocent? After he failed to? And after he

felt his need ripen into a darker shade?

All the time he was torn between simply missing his brother and missing that other side of him. Of

both of them.

Thor didn't yet think out a solution to the situation. He knew he couldn't just stay out of Lokis way

forever. But he didn't have any other idea of dealing with that mess he had begun.

However, that doesn't matter now. Loki eventually searches his company. And Thor just has to

face it.

"They know", Loki says, his eyes fleeing in bewilderment and his voice an insistent but fragile