Innocent Eyes (Loki x OC)

Chapter 5

She drove her car straight to the parking space of her house. She put up the forcefield back to Loki again before she exited her car and got Loki out of the back seat without needing to open the door (like how she put him there without needing to open the door earlier).

They entered her house, and disengaged every technology she had that is connected to the CSI (mics, cameras, etc); they always do this when the CSI is on their week off for privacy, she walked to the spare room in her house and she laid Loki's body on the bed tearing off the forcefield and revealing him.

He's still unconscious, and she saw cuts and bruises on his face, "what happened to you?" she said to herself, she went in the bathroom of the room and came out carrying a small basin of water and a wash cloth, she placed it on the side table and sat beside Loki, she took the cloth and squeezed the excess water in it and wiped clean the wounds on his face, she put the cloth back to the basin to wet it again then she froze "okay... this is the awkward part" she said to herself before sighing and taking off Loki's armor as well as his shirt.

The awkwardness disappeared as she saw more cuts and stab wounds on his body, her eyes widened at the sight "oh my God...", she took the wash cloth from the basin squeezing the excess water in it before damping the cloth on his wounds. She cleaned his wound before applying antiseptic and povidone-iodine to his wounds and bandaging it, she does the same to the wounds on his legs and bandaging it. She then dressed him with a t-shirt that her male teammates left in her house, and proceeded to work on the cuts on his face, while she's working on his face she had a moment to stare at him; he looked peaceful and innocent, despite his wounds he still look magnificent and undeniably handsome, he's close to perfection. She snaps back to reality and she finished applying medicine on his wounds and tucked him under the covers and let him sleep.

She went to her room and changed to her night clothes, then laid to her bed, she laid still on her bed and looked over her side table glancing at the clock beside it, 2:30 am, she sighed "what did I just do?" she said under her breath "did I just rescued the most dangerous criminal and brought him in my house?" she asked herself and sighed before closing her eyes and drifting off to sleep.

The next day – 8 am

Loki's eyelids fluttered and his eyes slowly opened, blinking numerous times to adjust on the light of the day, he slowly got up from the bed, he winced and rubbed a hand on the side of his stomach feeling the sting of his stab wound there. he removed the blanket covering his waist to his feet and saw that he's wearing different clothing, he examined his arms and his body and felt that his wounds were treated, he looked around the room and noticed he's in someone else's room, "where am I?" he said under his breath, "what happened?" he asked himself again.

He got down from the bed and exited the room and got down the stairs, he heard kitchen utensils clanging as he descended from the stairs and when he reached the living room that is overlooking the kitchen, he saw Lia working on the kitchen, preparing breakfast

"Good morning" Lia greeted without turning her back to look at him "it's good that you're finally awake" she said turning around and smiling at him, Loki just stared at her with a blank face, she smiled again before turning around and finish her pancake flipping, "take a seat, breakfast is almost ready" she invited

Loki slowly took his steps towards the dining table and sat on the chair quietly, he looked at Lia who back is facing him, "where am I?" he asked

"Tampa, Florida" she answered casually "you're in my house..."

"Who are you?" he asked again "and why am I here?"

Lia turned around carrying two plates of pancakes and walked to the dining table, "I'm Lia, Lia Collins" she said as she put the plates on the table, "as for why you're here, well... you kinda fall right before me, unconscious and wounded" she said before turning around to go back to the kitchen counter, "would you like coffee or hot chocolate?" she offered

"What are those? Some kind of poison?" he asked in a clueless tone

Lia broke out a laugh before she turned around, "they are drinks, you drink them in the morning to somehow wake you up" she said in the middle of her chuckles, "they are not poison too, they actually taste good, so what would you like to have?" she offered again

"Uh... coffee?" he answered, Lia chuckled again before continuing her pace to the kitchen counter and working on the drinks, "I'm Loki, by the way" he introduced

"Oh I know who you are" she answered, Loki looked up to her, her back still facing him, "Loki Odinson, Prince of Asgard..." she said half-finished

"Or what's left of him" Loki said sadly under his breath

She turned around carrying two cups of hot beverage walking towards the dining table, "you are the hot news all around the world about a year ago, for attacking and destroying New York..." she said sitting down opposite to him "I already recognize you the moment you fell before me" she finished

Sadness and regret immediately lingered all over Loki's face after being reminded of the terrible incident, he had fear on his heart too, his head lowered slowly and his eyes fixated on the plate of pancake in front of him, "so when will the police or S.H.I.E.L.D be here to arrest me?" he asked in a dejected tone

Lia looked at him and saw the dejected look on his face, she saw his sadness and remorse, "I'm... not associated with S.H.I.E.L.D or anything, and none of them knows you're here, and I did not inform any of them to get you arrested" she explained, "finish your breakfast, it's getting cold" she said trying to change the topic and poured maple syrup on her pancake

"What is that?" he asked, pointing at the maple syrup bottle

"It's maple syrup, this goes so good on pancake, here..." she said as she pour maple syrup on his pancake, "there, try it" she said happily

"This is way too much" he complained, he sniffs too "and it smells too sweet"

"That's what makes it great! Come on, try it!" she urged, taking a bite of her own pancakes happily. Loki stared at her cheerful face as she eats her pancake, he stared at his syrup-drenched pancake before taking a fork and slicing a bite-size pancake popping in his mouth, "it's too sweet!" he complained again

"It's delicious!" she chuckled popping more to her mouth, Loki just watch at her cheerful expression, and a smile unknowingly crept to his face and he continued eating his pancake, Lia secretly looked up to him and saw that he is smiling as he continued eating, for some reason it made her smile too

Later –

Lia is washing the dishes after they finished their breakfast, and Loki came to the kitchen and leaned on the doorframe staring at Lia's back, "is someone gonna come here to arrest me or something?" he asked

"What's with you and the word 'arrest'?" she counter-questioned, her back still facing him

"Well I'm not supposed to be here, I was imprisoned back in Asgard for all my crimes and..." he paused, shock and fear laced his features "oh no! I should go back to Asgard!" he raised his voice slightly

"What?"

"I need to go back! My brother! The palace!" he shouted in panic

"Whoa! Calm down!" Lia said walking to him, trying to coax him

"I need to get out of here!" Loki panicked and ran, but Lia grabbed his wrist and squeezed it gently, breathing sharply he tried to twist free from her grip, "calm down..." she breathed out gently squeezing his wrist again using her telepathic power to calm him, then suddenly Loki's sharp breathing goes back to normal, his fast-beating heart relaxed and he stopped twisting free, "just calm down..." she breathed calmly again making his tensed up body relaxed and his legs gave way, he slid down the floor.

"You don't understand... I need to go back" Loki said sadly, "I need to rescue my brother, he's in trouble, but... I don't know how to go back, my brother destroyed the sword" he looked at her, eyes pleading, "please, help me..."

"Believe me, I want to, but I'm sorry I can't... and I don't know how..." Lia said sadly.