It's Up To You And Me (Loki Laufeyson x Reader)

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Your POV

The trickster prince's muscles decompress along with his ragged breathing as the sensation brought by your dear embrace envelops him. He hides his face in the cusp of your neck, having his warm breath tickle you. "Oh darling, are you alright?"

You gently break away from the hug you shared, itching to have his eyes transpierce through your soul. "I am now." As much as you both would like to hold each other even longer, you remember that Tony and Thor are standing right before you and the realization that they saw you willingly throw yourself at Loki like that dawns on you. You turn to the other two Avengers. "Do the effects of the smoke you inhaled include hugging the wrong person?" Tony questions wittingly yet full with speculation.

Thor darts his eyes at yours and Loki's interwoven hands as what looks like a smile twitches on the corner of his mouth, his awareness dreading you for a quick moment.

You begrudgingly let go of Loki's hand and rub your arm anxiously in an attempt to produce a reasonable explanation while Tony continues narrowing his eyes at Loki, subtly surmising. "If you insist you're fine," he inhales sharply before looking back at you, "then we have to meet up at the facility for a quick discussion."

You concur to his reminder and he beckons you along to get ready to leave. You nod and glance at Loki over your shoulder, handing him a small smile before following Tony through the clutter of people in the vicinity.

Thor sighs and takes over guarding Loki, accompanying him back to the Tower to be disconnected from the mess and secured in his cell.

Despite secretly knowing that his little brother and you are in love, he can't negate the fact that your relationship- however private- is meant to be looked down on the rest of the team and everyone else. Thor is happy that Loki has found someone like you to open new doors for him to explore with someone special but at the same time disheartened by how Tony and the rest would disapprove of such a relationship. He feels the same way Steve feels about you being together but only because his teammates wouldn't condone such an interaction and with the exception that Steve is clueless about your sprouted relationship with Loki.

As you and the team leave for the facility via the quinjet, Steve can't help but notice you in a state of total silence beside him. The wound on your cheek catches his attention and so he decides to comment on that first. "How's your cheek wound?"

You snap out of your thoughts and turn to look at him, touching your bruised cheek. "Stings but I'll manage."

"We disarmed most of the explosives we could find, what did you do that set off a massive chain of explosions?" Steve asks curiously and you try feigning a smile. "Well, it was Clint's idea at first."

His heavy-lidded eyes widen and you thought the inaudibility of your voice wouldn't catch Clint's attention but it does. "Hey! I heard that!" He gushes from the corner of the cabin and you shrug. "You told me to burn the building if I had to. "

"I thought you wouldn't take it seriously!" He backs up in defense and you chuckle sarcastically, sobering up after. "You had to word it like a last minute resort." He rolls his eyes towards the sky playfully and turns around to get back to whatever he was up to in his corner.

You sigh and lay your hands promptly on your lap. "Speaking of such things, Nick had spoken to you yesterday, correct? " Steve asks and you nod while keeping your eyes on the floor. He shifts his body to face toward you, persuading you with a question. "Well what did he say?"

There are oftentimes you feel obligated to answer to Steve about issues that are in regards to your safety
and well-being and you appreciate him for looking out for you always considering you are the youngest and newest addition to the Avengers. Although it always pricks your conscience to obscure something from the Cap.