🌷 The Suitor 🌷// Loki x Reader

Would you dance with me, Nova?

"Did you see him yesterday? In his gorgeous lounging clothing, as he watched us from above."

"He was mesmerizing."

"He was more than that! He simply radiated conviction."

"Not to mention his skill in battle."

"Although it seems to struggle in comparison to Thors."

"Oh but what does that matter in the end? What really seems to intrusive me is the way he speaks with such command to the servants."

"It is captivating."

"It is his silver tongue."

"They never falter in his presence."

"Well of course they don't. They know the price of such disrespect would be beheading."

"Although I am quite sure that half of them have lost their heads already!"

The shrieking laughter of green gown wearing Suitors chimed through the lantern-lit halls of the palace, burning your ears and making you grimace with contempt. You sighed, exhausted at their meaningless words, you turned your head out towards the darkening night sky with your hands held against the skirt of your gown.

Ordinarily, you could withstand the usual stroll with the suitirs by drowning them out with some sort of read. Unfortunate, however, your books were forbidden to come with you on this journey. So the walk from your chambers to the royal dining hall, commonly taking no longer than 7 minutes, was seeming as if blocks of stone were slowly dragging you down the hall as torturous chatter stung your ears at the pace of a sickley snail. In other words, it was utterly hellish.

"You should have seen the way he looked at me!" Kari proclaimed. "With such intensity that I almost fainted where I stood."

"He does have quite intense eyes."

"Not only intense but kind."

"Kind? Really?"

"Oh, yes. I ran into him in the hall yesterday as I was coming for my fitting. He smiled and bowed to me before running off. Even in a rush, he chose to acknowledge me. So polite."

"Where do you think he was going so hastily?"

"I'm not sure. Although now that I think of it he seemed rather giddy."

"That is the life of a royal. Completely glamorous at every turn yet always dashing about."

"Yes, glamorous." You sighed rolling your eyes. "Being forcibly pushed into marriage by your father is extravagant Indeed."

"And how would you know anything of the royal lifestyle Nova?" Kari snapped as she glared over her shoulder. "You may have inherited your title, but you know nothing of this life."

"And you do?"

"I know what I must."

"Besides, It does not matter what we know," Anala pronounced from beside Kari. "We simply must do what we are told. Then once we find a suitable husband, we are there to please him and represent him. Our vicinity for knowledge means nothing to them, so it means nothing to us."

You turned your eyes down as you quietly groaned. "How completely dull."

"It is not 'dull'. It is what we have trained our entire lives to be. Working endlessly on how to be an elegant wife, how to properly represent our husbands and how to live proudly by their side no matter the circumstances. We have strived to be a woman even the princes would consider having. Unlike you."

"We are not their objects." You laughed in disbelief. "We are allowed to breathe and love and prosper like real living people."

"Oh but the gowns and the balls." Anala reminisced lovingly. "All the power. The chance to stand with the Alfather and speak with the queen. Even with a restraining husband, all that seemed entirely worth it."