Brotherhood - Loki & Thor ♡

38. I walk the halls invisibly

Loki decided Thor failed to give him proper attention. Good thing he knew just a hundred ways and more to earn himself the attention he deserved.

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When Steve Rogers heard a knock at his door in the middle of the night his first thought was he wasn't expecting a company, especially not this late. His second thought was that there was an emergency; an urgent mission, perhaps. Then he realized he lived in the Avengers compound with the rest of the team, should there be anything FRIDAY would've informed him first. Or was it a bad guy? No, Steve shoved the worries away; Tony's security system was one of the best, and an enemy wouldn't knock first. All the possibilities eliminated which left him to one certain thing; the unknown. Well, there was only one way to find out.

Steve cautiously walked over. Looking through the peephole he saw only black hair. When he opened the door and the man turned around, he was surprised to see Loki's face right in front of him.

"Evening, Captain Rogers. Well, night actually,"

"Loki," was Steve's short response. He was studying him, preparing himself for any sudden attack (because... well Loki was Loki, and even though he changed and was a part of the team now, it wouldn't hurt to stay alert) but it didn't look like Loki was going to attack. Unless coming here unarmed in green pajamas was how Loki planned on murdering him then.

"Can I come in?" Loki's voice brought Steve out of his train of thoughts. He blinked and then, "yes, of course," then he stepped aside for Loki to enter.

(Because Steve didn't know what else to do. Say no and slam the door shut in Loki's face? He wasn't a dick. And Loki did not currently appear as a threat)

Steve watched, silently closing the door behind, as Loki wandered further into his room. He waited for Loki to say something; the reason why he was here, but Loki just... made himself at home and flopped down on Steve's couch as though he was chilling in his own residence.

"Loki," Steve decided to break the silence after Loki grabbed himself a newspaper from the table and started flipping through pages.

"Umm hmm," the unexpected guest made a sound from his throat, already looking interested in the article about new snake specie found in Canada.

Steve opened his mouth, then closed it, then he opened it again for about 3 seconds before saying, "I wasn't... informed you were going to show up....unannounced... so late at night,"

Loki nodded. Though it didn't seem like he was paying attention to Steve at all; his eyes glued to the newspaper, brows drew together a little as he murmured the text he read.

Steve sighed. He wasn't a rude person, but when it came to Loki he never really knew what was best to say around such complicated, emotionally unstable and unpredictable individual. He ended up blurting out, "what do you want?"

That did catch Loki's attention. He lifted his gaze up and looked Steve in the eye, then he said, "a brother."

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*30 minutes earlier*

Loki sat alone, arms crossed, smile turned upside down, a bowl of untouched popcorn on the table. Thor promised. For Odin's sake he fucking promised he would be back before dark and watch Les Misérables with Loki. And now, the film being aired for almost an hour; Thor was nowhere to be seen. He wouldn't pick up the phone. "That oversized oaf," Loki muttered unhappily, "you'd better be kidnapped or dead or I swear to the Norns -"

The door opened. Thor walked in looking happy like never before, or in other words, as drunk as a skunk. "Brotha!!!" He beamed and waved at an extremely grumpy Loki who did not wave back. "I had the time of my life," he went on, still not aware of his crime. "You should've seen Banner's face when I beat him. Ha! The Almighty God of Thunder strikes again! Let me tell you this," he slurred, chuckled as he stumbled (almost fell face down) towards the couch and dropped himself down with enough impact it almost sent the younger brother flying out of it and to the floor. Thor looked at him with that smug smile and a hiccup, "no one's better at Fortnite than me."