Hero (Tom Hiddleston)

10

"Let me guess, you're crying about now?"

She couldn't help but smile through the tears that were, in fact, streaming down her face. "Of course I am. It's only heartless people like you who don't."

"Actually, it's only members of Loki's army that do."

"Exactly. We have hearts, if you're not a part of it you don't, boom."

He laughed, and she closed her eyes, just momentarily, and enjoyed the sound. Gosh, how she had missed that sound.

"Yeah, cuz that's how it works," he chuckled. "Girl, you obsessed to unhealthy levels."

She just hummed softly, her attention back on her laptop screen, where Loki was in the process of finding out his true ancestry in "Thor". On Kyran's end of the line, he was watching the exact same thing.

They sat in that comfortable silence that was so normal for them for a few minutes before a knock sounded on Shae's door. "Just a sec, Kye, someone's here."

With the movie still running, since it wasn't like they didn't know what happened, Shae half-closed the laptop and lowered the phone slightly, turning her attention to the door.

"Come in."

The woman, Molly, out of the couple that was fostering her appeared as the door opened, offering Shae one of the sickly-sweet smiles she doled out so often.

"Shae. I just came to see how you were settling in. Doing well?"

She nodded quickly, forcing a smile in the lady's direction. "Yeah, everything's great. Thanks."

"Of course." She glanced at the phone in Shae's handed, raising an eyebrow. "You ya talking to?"

"Um, my best friend." And all she really wanted to do was get back to it, get back to forgetting where she was or what was happening to her life and enter back into her own little world where it was just her and Kyran and the MCU. But she didn't let a hint of what she was thinking show on her face, explaining further, "He, uh... he lives in Georgia, so..."

"Very neat," Molly replied in that way she had of making you feel like you were five years old. "Well, there's no hurry to finish the conversation, but when you're ready, dinner's waiting downstairs."

Inwardly cursing, Shae nodded again. "Okay. I'll be right down. Thanks."

"Of course, Sweetheart."

The pet name made her sick, but at least the woman finally turned and left the room. When she knew she heard her on the stairs, Shae raised the phone again, groaning.

"Kye, I have to go."

"I heard," he replied easily. "Of course you do. I mean, you probably want to spend at least a little time with these people you first day living with them."

"All I want to do is spend time with you," she sighed. "But I should spend time with them."

He laughed. "Well, all I want to do is spend the entirety of all my evenings off with you, but I should probably go workout or something."

"Kye, no one in the world needs a workout less than you do," she scoffed. "You're practically Captain America."

"Whatever you say, General." He hesitated before moving on. "So... let's plan on nine? I text you or you text me to confirm?"