"I would never hurt you or be unkind to you." Loki persisted, suddenly in front of her. He gently cupped her face as his fingers stroked her jaw. "I would never." "Holding people hostage in their own home is unkind." She snapped. His grip tightened. "Making people fall in love you and refusing to love them back is unkind." She sucked in a sharp breath, trapped in his harsh hold. "You don't need freedom if I give you everything you need." He inspected her, eyes trailing all over her face, before he decided to let her go. "Kings and gods have bowed down to me.... what makes you think you can refuse for long?" *** | catching a case of Stockholm Syndrome | *** | reviews | "Loki was portrayed under different lights that could definitely strike up a healthy debate and I absolutely love that. You did such a fantastic job it gave me chills. This was spectacular." "I haven't actually seen writing like this before and if I had the money I would definitely adapt it and make it a film." - @just_a_muscial_weeb "OK BABES, so I laughed, I cried, I got mad, I got sad, I was glad, had hope and some trust issues through out the book. I may or may not have broken my phone screen because I threw it across the room at every plot twist. I loved this story and it definitely was different from what I'm used to which is a good thing <3." - @rose_jasmine_blossom "I just want to say that you are an amazing writer! I've been reading 'In the Dark' for so long and I've never stopped loving it, this is honestly one of the best books I've EVER read, fanfic or not! I hope you continue to write other books because all of yours are pure amazing!" - @BooksRule4ever0 "THIS BOOK WAS AMAZING! Here we have a masterpiece with good plot twists. I was in shock and on the edge of my seat for most of the book. You are truly an amazing author. This was amazing!!!" - @basically25 Ranks: #1 Dark #1 Stockholm Syndrome #2 Loki Laufeyson #2 Avengers #9 Loki #12 Fanfiction

After Thanos snaps half of the universe out of existence, Tony is grieving but his brain still won't stop asking questions. Like why on Earth did Loki leave Thor a stone covered in runes that looks suspiciously like a puzzle? He soon finds out that inside that little puzzle, the God of Lies left behind the truth. Along with his plan and the fact that his death is anything but permanent. ------------------- Marvel owns the characters. I did not make the art on the cover but I did make the cover itself. I don't own any of the art or music that may be featured. I own the writing. Please do not copy or post to another site or app. Warning! Temporary character death (spoiler), and very canon divergent. Also, sorry for any mistakes with Infinity War and End Game, but I genuinely think I blocked the movies out of my memory because all I remember is my favorite characters dying. :( Some of the differences are on purpose though because I didn't like a lot about the movies. This is my fifth published story. (July 2 2020 (I think anyways, the date on the published mark keeps changing)) (Made before the Loki series) Mature for canon-typical violence and gore. Frostiron/Ironfrost (Tony+Loki) (mostly implied and at the end) Some notable hashtag achievements (thank you all so much for the support!): -#1 in marvel (Sep 15, 2021) -#1 in alternaterealities (Sep 15, 2021) -#1 in frostiron (May 22, 2022)(again on March 8, 2025)(again on October 15, 2025) -#1 in lokifriggason (June 23, 2022) -#1 in hela (July 2, 2022) -#1 in ironfrost (October 13, 2022) -#29 in loki (September 17, 2025) Hit 20k reads on June 12, 2022! Thank you so much! Hit 25k on October 15, 2022! Thank you again! Hit 40k on May 4, 2024! I'm in awe, thank you so much! Hit 45k on October 17, 2024! Can't thank all of you enough! 50k on March 23, 2025! I can't believe this, thank you so much! Approximately 46,900 words! Enjoy!

Experiment No.9 is one of the oldest experiment in the lab of an organisation called HARDY. She was experimented, observed , forced to study and trained ever since she was born in 2000. Now she's 18 years old, ready to start her plan to escape. She learned to grow the hard way, she got very strong and powers from the experiments and has learned some things in her free time. Even though she was always locked in her 'room', a scientist always give something every year, 'coincidentally' on her birthday, because he was annoyed of her whining about being bored. At first, he gave her sketch books to draw on, the more he gives the more generous he gets, he even got her a phone 5 years ago and a laptop the year after that and even the wifi password. But that was the last time she had seen the scientist , she had wondered where the scientist was until last year. She heard from a guard talking that the scientist was trying to help her and bail her out but he got found out and got killed. After that, for a year she had been planning to escape and planned her revenge for the scientist. But after escaping the confinement of her "room", the guards noticed her and gave her a chase. She quickly go into the nearest room and was shocked to see a blue portal in the middle of the room. The guards banged on the door, making her panic. Without thinking much , she jumped into the portal , not knowing what'll happen to her.