Guardian Raven - Marvel [Loki x Oc - Omegaverse]
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Ongoing, First published Mar 05, 2018
Mature
Raven was normal once, a well-known warrior in ancient times till he was infected with something that gave him long life, as the years passed, he served nobles and fought in wars, doing anything that would occupy his time seeing as he had many years ahead of him.

With both parents dead, it was left up to him to care and provide for the rest of his family, his younger brother and a sister who worked for a noblewoman. Several years passed since the start of his sister's work service and Raven's brother married his fated partner and; his brother being simple beta it was easy for him, had children.

While Raven, the only Alpha in their family was left, knew he'd find his mate, waited. While his sister found her true mate in an Alpha engaged to her mistress. Centuries passed and Raven found himself captured and forced to serve in a group of people that believed freedom of anything was a waste. 

Modifying him to become the ultimate soldier and giving him his Adamantium/Vibrainum arm and his codename, Nova Imperator. They had him train others and had him do the missions they thought would lose them the most men and he succeeded in each and every one of them. 

When HYDRA was defeated, he was able to escape, taking every bit of information about himself with him, he burned and or destroyed it not wanting anyone to know anything that he didn't want them to know. So basics and physicality traits were enough for him. To pass more time he became a Mercenary taking jobs and being basically a hired gun if the job and pay were good enough, 

It wasn't long after his escape that he came across a scent that he knew was from his true mate that he needed to find this person. The scent had come to him in a strong wind on the streets of New York, he had just finished a job, was on his way back to Sister Margaret's a former Catholic boarding house turned mercenary bar when he saw the person turn a corner he knew at that moment his life would change more than it ever did.
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"Loki." Her hands were timid. They were much more shy than he had been, which should've made him wonder if he'd been too forward with his actions in the first place, and there was a tremble in each fingertip as she gently reached out and put her hands against his chest. He hoped that he hadn't given away his feelings, that his heart wasn't spilling out his thoughts through the morse-code splutter of each heartbeat as she put her palm against his heart. Her breath fluctuated from time to time, perhaps with a brush of his thumb across her mouth, or she became stunned by a thought or a feeling that floated through her. Sometimes their eyes were closed. Sometimes open. Regardless of what they could see, they stood in that embrace to feel the mingling of their breath and to hear the singing of their blood in their veins. "Darling," Loki spoke. The woman met his eyes. "May I kiss you?" Her gaze mellowed. It was all that he wanted to do. To say thank you. To say thank you for understanding. Thank you for trusting me. Thank you for being here. Thank you for not trying to stab me in the kidney, as many people would've. It seemed that she wouldn't respond with words. It was the way that her jaw tensed as her muscles stretched, putting her on tiptoes so that she was tall enough to reach his lips. It was a split-second that her arms came up, resting now on his shoulders. His eyes met hers as he leaned in to bridge the gap. It was the way that it all went crashing down. __________________________ Lore is a book of short stories about Marvel's Loki. For a character as multi-faceted as Loki, it can be difficult for him to find love. Here are the stories of people who are drawn to him (whether they like it or not) and seem to fall in love with the maddeningly different aspects of Loki's character: a trickster prince, a tortured villain searching for redemption, a frost giant, a god of mischief and stories, a TVA agent, a would-be king and a sorcerer.