Those Who Are Worthy of Love - A Wonder Woman/Thor Romance

Chapter 6

Diana's POV

My mind reeled as we made our way through the ancient yet vastly advanced Viking village. We came to a halt near a clearly renovated, large building, as it still had several of its original brick and mortar pieces despite the rest of it being made out of some form of metal. We all dismounted our steeds as I felt my hand instinctively start to move towards my sword, my eyes surveying my surroundings in suspicion. Gulbrand glanced over his shoulder at me as he grabbed several items from the saddlebag hanging off his horse.

"I assure you Sif, you need not worry about myself or any of my men attacking you," he said as I slowly lowered my hand from the hilt of my sword. I watched as Thor glanced over at me with a cock of an eyebrow, my own brows in turn furrowing in his direction as if to mentally communicate with him to mind his own business. My face then immediately softened as I watched the cutest little boy with bright red curls trotting up to Thor, a large grin spread across his face as he held up a hammer to him. What was the cutest of it all was the fact that this hammer was indeed a miniature version of an actual hammer used for nails.

"Look! I have a hammer just like you!" the boy bellowed as Thor offered him a warm grin, squatting down to his knees so that he could look at the boy head on. The boy held the hammer out to him as Thor took it between his palms, rolling it around, as he would have done with his own hammer.

"Oh wow, would you look at this. This...this is a mighty hammer indeed," Thor said to the boy, which made him beam, his hands fidgeted behind his back as he shifted from one leg to the other in a bout of nerves.

"Are you able to call upon the lightning yet?" Thor asked, as the boy's eyes widened at this revelation he had never even thought of.

"No! Do you think I'll be able to?" the boy queried as Thor offered him another warm smile lifting his own hammer in front of the boy's gaze.

"Tell you what, I will let you use mine to practice...if you are worthy," Thor said to the boy, who looked as if he'd explode from happiness. I crossed my arms over my chest wondering just how exactly Thor was going to pull this off, hoping that he wasn't serious and actually had no qualms in disappointing the small boy. The boy reached out tiny hands and wrapped all ten of his fingers tightly around the handle. Thor dropped one of his hands and let the other fall out of sight. While the boy was completely fixated on staring at the hammer that was bigger than his head, it was distraction enough that he didn't bother to notice that Thor's finger was still touching the bottom of the handle. I had to smirk to myself that he was using the same tactic on a child that he had on me. This sudden realization made it even more insulting actually.

"It would seem that you are worthy. Look at how strong you are! Now, close your eyes and concentrate, see if you can summon the lightning," Thor said as the boy's eyes closed so tight his head slightly shook from the pressure. His little pink tongue escaped from his mouth in concentration as Thor's eyes glanced upward, causing a single bolt of lightning to cascade down from the heavens and strike the hammer. The boy's eyes flew open in astonishment as he immediately let go of the hammer, Thor's hand immediately dropping so that it would fall to the ground versus revealing that he was holding the hammer the entire time. The boy took a few steps back in shock as Thor slowly rose to his feet with a grin.

"You keep up the good work my boy and you could someday be a fierce warrior, I can sense this," Thor said, giving the boy's hair a rustle as a woman who was clearly his mother sprung forward swooping the boy into her arms. Her eyes widened as she bowed her head to Thor in a fit of panic.

"Th-thank you for humoring him. He insisted on talking to you I-," the woman stammered as Thor gently held up a hand to silence her.

"It was my absolute privilege. You have quite the charming young man here," Thor said as the woman nodded emphatically before she scurried off back in the crowds. I still stood with my arms crossed firmly over my chest as Thor turned to look at me now, his smile fading as he eyed the sardonic grin played across my lips.