Brotherhood - Loki & Thor ♡

9. undying fidelity

Warnings: dark theme, disturbing content. Read at your own risk x

It all fell down. In the blink of an eye, everything fell down.

It wasn't supposed to end like this. This wasn't supposed to be how their story came to an abrupt end.

There was no sun.

No happy ending.

None of the team saw it coming, too busy fighting the enemies in front of their faces to see how it ended, but Loki's name left Thor's mouth in the most disturbing, heartbreaking scream made everyone turn their heads to the side.

Then, no one remembered how did they manage to take down the bad guys they were fighting so fast. But somehow, seeing Loki - their friend - fell to the ground spurred something inside the Avengers, and before they knew it, the foes were down. And it was just Thor crying and cradling his brother against his chest.

The God of Thunder felt so numb. As though his body automatically shut down everything around and all he could focus on was Loki. They were firing at him, and he thought that was his moment. Thor closed his eyes, he heard a bang, but the bullet never came. Why wouldn't it end his life? When he opened his eyes again, he saw Loki standing there right in front of him. It looked like it took so much effort and energy for Loki to just stand upright. Then, seconds later, without giving Thor time to think, the God of Mischief gave up and fell to the ground. That's when Thor saw blood gushing out of his brother's chest it soaked his armor, creating a puddle of crimson liquid around his body. That's when it hit.

Loki took a bullet for him. It was supposed to be Thor who was dying on the floor, but Loki.... Loki jumped in the way.

"No, no...." the sound came out just barely a whisper as Thor's brain tried to process what just happened. Then, he screamed. Thor could feel the inside of his throat bleeding but fuck it "LOKI!!" The Thunder God hollered, crashing down on his knees and quickly pulling Loki up in his lap.

"Loki, no... NO!!!!" Thor didn't know what to do. There was so much blood. His hand went behind Loki's neck, the other pressed tight to the wound, still the hemorrhaging wouldn't slow down. Thor felt so sick when he felt his brother's dark, warm blood pumping against his palm.

"No no no no" The God of Thunder was going crazy. The more he tried to stop the bleeding, the more blood flooding out of Loki's chest. In the past, Thor was always the one in control. He could always keep things in the way they were supposed to be, but now, he couldn't control the situation from going downhill, couldn't stop Loki from leaving him. And that was driving him insane.

He was so focus on his task he almost didn't hear Loki's faint whispering. It was until his gaze lifted from Loki's chest and to his face did he see Loki's lips were moving slightly. Loki was trying to say something to him.

"It... it's okay.... it's okay" Speaking hurt so much, but Loki managed to push the words through his mouth. He hated seeing Thor look so lost, it wasn't like his brother at all! "It's...okay" Loki coughed up blood, his hand placed on his own chest, on top of Thor's and he used the little energy he had left rubbing soothing circle on the back of his hand. In the part, Thor was always the one comforting him. Now was his turn to comfort his big brother.

"Loki, no. We.... we'll get you help. You will be just fine. We will get you help!" Thor chocked on his own sobs, the tears clouded his vision making everything appear as a blur.

Loki chuckled, and it caused unimaginable pain creeping down his spine, it ended in him coughing up even more blood. He knew how this was going to end. And he knew Thor knew too, just being stubborn and refusing to accept the truth "Don't be sad. It's... *coughed* unlike you" The Trickster God forced his brother a smile.