The adventures of the captain and the god (CapsLok AU)

That's me in the spotlight

Loki loves Steve and Steve loves Loki. That's rather simple. Right?

Their two year anniversary is coming up, and a lot of stress with it.

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"Hey reindeer games, do you and your other half got anything to do two weeks from now? There is this gala Pepper says we should all go to. It's for charity or something, whatever."

"Not that I can recall. Jarvis? Are there any appointments for me or the Captain recorded two weeks from now?"

"There are no solid appointments. Although, if I may remind you, your anniversary with the Captain will be that weekend."

Loki didn't know what to feel. He was torn between very happy, or very sad. The happiness was obvious; he loved Steve and was more than happy to celebrate two years together.

On the other hand... last year did not exactly go as planned. It was a day Loki would never be able to forget.

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"How did you end up together?"

"Are the other Avengers aware of your relationship?"

"How do they know you are not keeping Captain Rodgers under some sort of spell?"

"Can the American people trust you not to corrupt Captain America?

"Did you force Captain Rodgers into this relationship?"

"Leave him alone! I love him. And I am the luckiest man alive because he loves me back." The captain glared around the room. He expected some excitement and wonder when the media found out about their relationship, but this was just insane.

The last battle ended with quit a bang, causing the captain to be blown against a wall. Loki immediately teleported to his side, checking for injuries. When he found Steve relatively unharmed, he kissed him. Encouraged by the relief flooding his body.

Of course that was the exact moment a civilian decided to take a picture. Which proceeded to be spread faster than the flue.

When they tried to do some damage control in the form of a press release, well... the media went crazy. The questions kept coming, they didn't even get the chance to answer any.

Not that Steve wanted to. He was trying very hard not to throw his microphone at someone's head. They kept accusing Loki of horrible things, mostly just him not loving Steve or 'being a bad influence', and Steve was getting rather annoyed. Not because he for one minute believed what they were saying, or even cared about it. But because Loki did.

"Now. As stated before, this will not affect our work in any way. Our team dynamic has never been stronger, and we will keep on protecting the innocent." He grabbed Loki's hand. "There will be no more questions. Thank you."

Loki looked wrecked. Even more insecure then when Steve asked him on a date for the first time.

All the avengers were gathered together in front of the television, watching the news.

"How bad is it?" Nobody wanted to answer the insecure god. Which said more than any words ever could. But eventually it was Natasha who spoke.

"I wish I could say 'fine', but they are being cruel. Even worse than when they found out you joined the avengers."

Loki tried to swallow the lump in his throat. He wasn't even worried about this so called 'media', or their opinions. It was not exactly the worst he had heard in his life. It probably didn't even make his top ten.