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@pictsiepanda

Just another 36 year old Loki fan 💚
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In honor of the season, I have decided to bring back my best Christmas story. 

18+ absolutely!  Art by my dearest @caffiend-queen

All Loki and I want for Christmas is reblogs.  

Loki and Nora normally get along beautifully but when trauma causes him to become to over-protective she decides to return to Chicago for the holidays without him.

Thor heard raised voices coming from Nora’s library almost as soon as he boarded his brother’s massive ship, despite the great distance between where the Bifrost had left him on the deck and the hold that had been lovingly made over for his sister-in-law’s comfort.

Needless to say Thor at first made the logical, experience-based assumption that Loki and his wife were making love.  At the top of their lungs. As always.

For a moment he planned to seek out Charles, his brother’s excellent demon valet, for cookies and ale for him to while away the next few hours until they were finished, yet as he walked towards the galley he noticed there was something in the pitch and speed of their voices to give him pause.  

Despite himself, Thor started moving towards the sounds, trying to make out their voices and what was being shouted, fully prepared to be traumatized if his new assumption was wrong and they were, in fact, making the beast with two backs.

Or, because of Loki’s ability to make clones, any number of backs.

Yet when he leaned casually toward the doors to listen, it was clearly an argument.

Then Thor stood straight up, hand covering his mouth, eyes so wide he could feel them bugging.

It was not an argument.  Or a disagreement. Or a debate.  

Loki and Nora were having a fight.  An ugly, screaming, profanity laden, honest to Bor fight!

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The nights are getting cold and dark...so what better way to warm the heart (and other things) than with a collection of one-shots.

I'll be creating Winter Warmers additions to this collection and I would LOVE some help to spread the seasonal, serotonin-inducing cheer.

Fluff, Humour & Smut in any combo are welcome. Fics created with this in mind will be added to the collection list, just give Winter Warmers a shout out so I know it's intended and tag me 😊 Please link back to this post, so that others can find it too.

COLLECTION LIST

By the Light of the Fire - @lokisgoodgirl (w/c 1k) - Fluff & Smut Merry Christmas, Baby - @pineappleandro (w/c 1.2k) - Fluff A Walk in the Snow - @lady-rose-moon (w/c 1.3k) - Fluff Snowed In - @simplyholl (w/c 1.2k) - Smut

A Winter's Night on Asgard - @lokischambermaid (w/c 900ish) - Fluff Winter Wonders - @holdmytesseract (w/c 2.4k) - Fluff Whiskey Kisses - @gigglingtigger (w/c 2.1k) - Fluff & Smut Pancakes, Poetry and Orgasms @lokisgoodgirl (w/c 2.1k) - Fluff and Smut Last Christmas on Midgard @chantsdemarins (w/c 3k) - Smut A Winter Drabble @lady-rose-moon (w/c 400) - Smut Little Joys @lovelysizzlingbluebird (w/c 3k) - Fluff Snowball Fight @lokischambermaid (w/c 900ish) - Fluff & Light Smut On the Naughty List @joyful-enchantress (w/c 4.3k) - Smut & Fluff The Invisible Woman @gigglingtigger (w/c 2.7k) - Fluff A Christmas Wish @simplyholl (w/c 1.2k) - Smut Aurea Lokialis @fictive-sl0th (w/c 2.5k) -Fluff Just For Us @coldnique (w/c 1.7k) - Fluff Deal with the Devil @holymultiplefandomsbatman (w/c 885) - Smutty Sharing Favourites @wolfmoonmusic (w/c 1.5k) - Fluff All I Want for Christmas @lokisgoodgirl (w/c 1.7k) - Fluff My Raven @ thomase1 (wc 3.5k) - Fluff By the Fireplace @holdmytesseract (w/c 2.7k) - Fluff Feast @simplyholl (w/c 800ish) - Smut Soup @lokischambermaid (w/c 800ish) - Fluff A Winter's Dance @xorpsbane (w/c 1.5k) - Fluff & Humour All Wrapped Up @muddyorbsblr (w/c 6.5k) - Fluff & Smut Devil's Dance @fictive-sl0th (w/c 1.5k) - Fluffy & Smuttish A Clandestine Christmas: Clandestine F*cks @lokisgoodgirl (w/c 2.9k) - Humour & Smut Snowfall @melodylnoelle (w/c 1.1k) - Fluff

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illwynd
Anonymous asked:

I’m on a Thorki binge right now, and you mentioned in the tags of another post that you liked those fics where the Avengers realized Thor was absolutely in love with his brother but they kinda just had to deal with that in order to keep his power on the team, so do you have any recommendations about that, because so far I haven’t been able to find any regarding it?

well there's astolat's moral of the story and hug therapy and entanglements obviously, and fickle_obsessions' unforeseen side effects, and perpetuallycaffeinated's (sadly unfinished) killer gay swans from outer space, and it appears briefly in thisdorkyficthing's Side Effects: May Cause Memory Loss and a Sudden Urge to Sex Up Your Brother, and several of mine lol and... honestly if you search for thorki fics tagged as Avengers fandom, written in the vicinity of 2012-2014, you will probably find dozens that I've forgotten or lost track of that feature that concept at least fleetingly, because it was.... kinda unavoidable. it was just Known, even by people who were not specifically there for thorki, that Thor loves his brother more and in different ways than anyone else is really comfortable with and no one is ever going to change his mind.

anybody got any more? i know there's tons and my memory is a sieve.

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Anonymous asked:

do u have thorki fic recs?

yes, and I have not the mind to sort them much right now, but here you go

The Prince by astolat : Thor is not only inadvertently hilarious but also gets knocked up like a pro (graphic main relationship)

Entanglements by astolat : Hilarious but also surprisingly sweet ;-; + MONSTER DONG???????? (the fic basically starts after a sex pollen incident and doesn't get less graphic later)

Don't Leave Me the Way I Am by glayish : Thor is. Guilty? Yes. Ashamed? Yes. I know what you're thinking: Oh nooo, Thor is into men. Brodinsons being emotional wrecks. (graphic relationship, though mostly in the last chapter)

Loki like "ohhhhh I know what'll make Thor suffer. sex with me. heheh." and then he fails terribly. Happens a few times so : Loki Takes His Revenge by swimsalot, Failure by astolat, Better Than Ice Cream by astolat

Nine Pound Hammer by Bluebird_Rose : this one is pure crack/comedy. so many euphemisms. so many.

Weary and Wary by Erin_A2 : soft brodinsons set while Loki is in prison ;-;

Attention Seeking Behavior by Lokincest : Loki tries to help Thor with his injury, Thor pines. comedy.

small and little and held by Lokincest : BRO THOR WANTS TO BE THE LITTLE SPOON SO BAD

True Love Conquers All by amberfox17 : Maleficent AU solid fairytale vibes ! Soft descriptions, Thor is... warm.

Thor Gets Knocked Up in This One by thisdorkyficthing : pretty iconic behaviour on Thor's part, as you can tell by the title.

Thunder and Other Things by illwynd : Asgardian Thor Jotun Loki marriage AU where Thor gets 'knocked up'.

Trickster’s Gifts by Schaudwen. Loki gives Thor lady parts to learn a lesson. Then decides they should have secx before he returns him, except it’s Loki/Loki/Loki/Thor

Climate Change by glimmerglanger : Tony trying to solve a mystery about where Thor's storms come from which he really should’ve probably stayed away from

When Rules Change (working title) by MissisJoker : Incomplete and probably abandoned fic where Thor 1 and Avengers 1 never happened and both princes of Asgard are sent to Midgard to negotiate peace. Everyone favours Loki over his arrogant prat brother. Obviously. Not so ship-based.

By Fools Like Me by xWitchAlchemistx : Loki walks in on Thor receiving 'stress relief', and doesn't walk back out. Set on the Statesmen. Mildly graphic Thor/Loki relationship, honestly it's mostly kink

No Common Thing  by ravenbringslight : sup thor. why u going to a shapeshifter brothel. loki wants to know.

Beneath Your Bones by cloudsmachinations (spnblargh) : Post-Infinity War. In the wake of Thanos’s victory, Thor and the rest of the Avengers must stand together, or else fall apart like the rest of the universe. But when Thor, helpless with grief, returns to the Statesman in search of survivors, he brings something — or someone — back with him.

Through Frost and Thunder by xWitchAlchemistx : Thor makes Loki angry enough to use magic to swap Thor's gender and lock his powers as a temporary punishment. Thor tries to fix it himself and gets them both stuck in Jotunheim, where Loki's true parentage is revealed. It's going to be thorki eventually, but where it is currently is solid brodinsons psychology + miscommunication vibes :D

literally anything by @illwynd here let me just Under Snow, LMD, On Bare Skin, Fall at your feet, The Begonia Incident and of course I Remember a Shadow.

The Enduring Man by pennypaperbrain : But when Loki returns from the dead gaunt and hollow-eyed, raving about conquering Midgard, Thor realises that another, more sinister force has taken control of his brother. Set during the scene on the mountaintop in The Avengers.

Neutral Ground by rayemars : Thor is hairless bc Loki painstakingly uses a blade on him smh. weirdly works. graphic.

Caught in Our Own Creation by LadyVader : Whilst working a spell together to benefit their people, Thor gets trapped in a feedback loop of power too great to survive, and Loki finds himself — much to his surprise and long-buried delight — Thor's sole choice of rescuer.

Farewell, Silver Tongue by pennypaperbrain : lips stitched shut (they're kids)

Have Use of Me by pennypaperbrain : lips stitched shut (they're adults)

Tongues to the Flame by seidrade : auspicious, traditional night for Thor, but instead of looking for a different intimacy partner he asks Loki to stay.

this is not a romance by Ark : young thor and loki (have sex or die trope)

Hela Victorious by Rerin : not so ship-based but Hela takes Thor as a prisoner and Loki is like oh no you don't!!!!!

Discernment by Roshana : Thor and Loki appear at the end of a battle younger and without memories of recent years. They think the Avengers are attacking them and leave together. Not ship-oriented.

Looking for Something Dumb to Do by snack_size : aw man, What If? Party Thor and Jotun Loki must commit to a marriage to solve some harm they have caused. but bro I dont wanna get married to you bro :(

The Crown Prince and the Beast by triedunture : After a dreary, protracted period of negotiation, it was decided that the two Princes, both of whom were disappointments to their fathers, should be wed, thus ushering in a tentative peace between the two worlds. Loki and Thor who had no interest in getting married put off doing anything in the bedroom bc they don't want to be used for children lmao.

Kings and Queens of Promise by Cassy27 : The war between Jotunheim and Asgard has been long, brutal and bloody. After another battle, Loki is taken prisoner and made a spoil of war to Thor Odinson, Prince of Asgard. Thor is mean, but not going to force anything.

Fate Does Not Bend to Hope by slamncram : Loki died. Thor knows this. But he can't shake the feeling that something is haunting him, following his every step, trying to get something from him. From the other side of the veil, it's a problem Loki's having, too.

Tropic of Mercury by seidrade : this is just symbiote!Loki secx.

Symbiosis by illwynd : symbiote!Loki, again,

from the belly of the deepest love by maharlika : post-Ragnarok fake marriage (and you know this tends to go)

never doubt; by unintentionallyangsty : post-Ragnarok, 5 times Thor tells Loki that he loves him, and (+1) time Loki says it back. Not ship-oriented.

One for sorrow by thebookhunter : 400k which starts with Thor being horribly mean to him and cheating on his gf so Loki reasonably decides to catfish him.

Complicated Arrangements by CrazyKZ : A young Jotun Loki is sent to Asgard to prepare to be the spouse of Prince Thor of Asgard. Thor hates the blue abomination, but Loki is determined to succeed for the sake of his people. He identified as more of a male likeness, but Asgard is determined to make him a female-like queen. Loki just hopes he survives the whole ordeal, without killing Thor and his gang. That would be ever so tragic.

Along a Desert Highway by triedunture : both Thor and Loki are sent to Midgard without their powers as punishment for their misdeeds.

Also Built on Ruins by coyotesuspect : post-Ragnarok, some council decides the cleanest solution to the Loki Problem (inheritance laws and the way he's stabby enough to overthrow Thor) is to marry him.

Creeping Ivy by ravenbringslight : pre-Thor 1, what Happens When You Accidentally Throw A Fertility God Into The Middle Of A Complicated Magical Working (sex pollen/sex or die trope)

grandthorki where they're forced together on sakaar: The Bargain by days4daisy, keep me forever, tell me you want me by Lise, Gave You Every Piece of Me by charlottelennox , Brothers of Habit by Loxxlay (the last in the series beloved), you can set yourself on fire (but you’re never going to burn) by RiseHigh , I will kiss you till your breath is found by 100indecisions, Soothing Tensions by Loxxlay, A Lesson in Empathy by Teleri, the claim by days4daisy , we can take the right way out of here by AuroraWest, Keep It Complicated by hematiteasteroid, A Hundred Little Pieces by Red_Shadow_Wolf_19,

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Need to reboot to find all these goodies

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Virtual Strangers {Part 1}

*Tom Hiddleston x reader*

Parts: 1/10

Words: 5.5k

Summary: When you first replied to a stray text message that was accidentally sent to you from an unknown number, you couldn’t have known who the virtual stanger on the other end was, or would be. You couldn’t have known that he was soon to become your very best friend and steady companion. You couldn’t have known that you would fall for him quite as deeply as you did. You couldn’t have known. After all, you had never even seen a glimpse of each other, nor heard the other’s voice. You only ever conversed through text messages, even if you did so every day and every night. You couldn’t have known that you would fall for a stranger, who you knew even better than yourself. Even if you did not know his name. Yet there is another question that remains unspoken: If you really are best friends and even live in the same city, why does he not want to meet you in person?

~virtual strangers to friends to lovers~

A.N.: What exactly are you getting from this story, you ask? An online friendship-turned-romance? Check. Flirting via texts? Check. Annoyed yet overly supportive publicist and friend Luke? Check. Literary references to classical literature and plays? Check. Bobby being adorable and a valid character in the story? Check. Just the right twinge of angst? Check. Humour? Check. Fluff? Check. Super long chapters because I just can’t be bothered to keep it short? Hell yeah.

Find all parts on my Masterlist!

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It was shortly after ten at night when you unlocked the front door to your tiny flat on the fifth floor, kicking it open with one foot just a little too strongly for your taste. It ended up slamming into the nearest wall behind it, causing a rattling orchestration of crude noises that surely would be heard by all of your neighbours, but quite honestly, you currently couldn’t care less. It had been a clusterfuck of a day, stressful and annoying and way too long for anyone’s good. All you wanted when you kicked the bloody door shut again and dropped your coat and leather satchel in your joke of a hallway was to get out of your fancy clothes and fall into bed with a good movie to soothe you into sleep. This day just had to be over soon… you were absolutely done with it and the world in general. Groaning to yourself quietly, you unceremoniously kicked your shoes off and finally made your way through the darkness of the flat towards your bed. You didn’t have a sofa, didn’t even have the space for one, so it was either the bed or the desk to reside at, and there was no way in heaven or hell you would spend another minute at the latter today. Not when you’d already sat at the one in your office at university for over twelve bloody hours.

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When you find the perfect story you reblog it you know? It also means you can read it again. And again. And again

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Wicked Game

~Professor Hiddleston AU~

*Tom Hiddleston x reader*

Part: 1/30

Words: 3.3k

Warnings: Professor x student (college AU), possibly language and maybe even smut in later chapters idk

Summary: After transferring to a new university for the last year of your master’s, you meet Professor Hiddleston and soon find yourself unable to stay away from him.

A.N.: I really suck at summaries, I’m so sorry 🙈 basically, this is a slow burn romance with lots of pining and yes, I like naming my stories after songs. Wicked Game by Chris Isaac is gonna appear quite a bit in the story I think, so you might just give it a listen now!

[Part 1] [Part 2] [Part 3] …

All Parts can be found on my Masterlist!

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I need to reblog this because it's perfect... and I need to able to find it to reread for the 7th time

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𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐥𝐥

𝐏𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 |  Loki x gender neutral reader (established relationship). Loki calls reader “little witch” once but I think witch is a gender neutral word  

𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲 |  You teach Loki your favourite Midgardian Halloween tradition - and realize something beautiful in the process (the summary is vague to be spoiler-free). 

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 |  romance, humor, fluff 

𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭 |  1.5 k 

𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 |  none  

𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐤𝐢 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭  

𝐀𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬, 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐬, 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐝🖤 

“Okay,” you instruct with a stern glance at Loki, “You take the blade and shove it in as hard as you can because the skin is always hardest to pierce.”

Loki gives you a terse nod, his features schooled into an expression of genuine interest as he follows your instructions, the ripping sound of his blade filling the kitchen before he asks, “And then?”

“Then you make this little sawing movement to best tear through the skin, see?”

He nods, and more ripping sounds fill the room as he guides his dagger to cut out a perfect circle – gasping as he tears the blade away and juice splatters all over the leather covering his chest.

“That was a little too enthusiastic,” you giggle just as Loki groans, “Now it’s all over me. That was fine Asgardian leather.”

“You should have put the apron on, as I told you to.”

“I wouldn’t have thought it would be that messy,” Loki huffs, drawing another snicker from you.

“What next?”, the God inquires, back into his focused mode.

“Now comes the true messy part. Before we can carve out the eyes, we push our hands in and start hollowing it out.”

“You mean we tear out the flesh.”

“Don’t call it flesh. It’s…pulp.”

“Intestines,” Loki grins wickedly.

“Loki! Focus!”

“Pardon. When will we set it aflame?”, he inquires cheerfully.

“We – we don’t set it aflame. We’re taking a candle, but first we need to rip out the flesh. Pulp, I mean.”

Loki chuckles, before he asks, “What are we doing with all this stuff?”

You shrug. “We can cook and eat it –“

“Okay, that’s enough,” Thor’s voice suddenly booms from the adjacent living room, startling Loki and you out of the task at hand, “You two sound like serial killers. It’s starting to freak me out how you discuss the best way to stab that pumpkin.”

“Pardon. When will we set it aflame?”, he inquires cheerfully.

A man after my own heart

“It looks like Rogers,” Loki deadpans, and you break into a burst of laughter.

Lmaoooooooooo

Oh this was too precious!!

@cocoamoonmalfoy I’m happy it made you laugh! 😁🖤

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Pumpkin Loki is the best Loki

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𝐎𝐟 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐬

This is the first soulmate au I’ve ever written and I just love this trope so much. I hope you enjoy it! - Love, Kiki 🖤

𝐏𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 |  Loki x female reader (the reader is Asgardian as well)

𝐑𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭 |  by @ravennevermorewitch​ , here  

𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲 |  “Never leave the convent’s sacred ground - for there is a monster hunting for you.” This warning is the one thing your mother left you, written in a letter left with you on the steps of the convent’s chapel when you were an infant. The sacred grounds are all you’ve known, the rules of the church that throttle you like a corset laced too tight. And the strange dreams gracing your sleep ever since you entered adulthood - of a stranger with sapphire eyes and raven hair. Nothing but dreams filling you with a longing you cannot put into words - until one night during midnight mass, you encounter the new priest, a beautiful stranger with sapphire eyes and raven hair. And he seems to recognize you as well. 

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 |  a soulmate au with fairy tale vibes, Loki disguising himself as a priest, lots of smut and romance 

𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭 |  10 k 

𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 |  SMUT (ONLY READ IF YOU’RE 18+ YEARS OLD!), unprotected sex (please be safe in real life and wear a condom!), masturbation, slight voyeurism, reader calling Loki Father once because she thinks he’s a priest, sex in a church. It’s getting blasphemous, lovelies, so buckle up and have your holy water at the ready.

If Hell exists, this fic is my ticket down there, and I’ll be getting a crown and champagne as they welcome me in 😂

𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐤𝐢 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭  

𝐀𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬, 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐬, 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐝🖤 

𝐀/𝐍: 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫'𝐬 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐬, 𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬, 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 “𝐲𝐨𝐮” 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚 𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐩.𝐨.𝐯.

Branches whip her cheeks as she stumbles through the woods, the path ahead winding like a snake through the thicket, barely lit by the patches of moonlight which filter through the canopy of leaves forming the roof of the forest. Thorns tear at her cloak, and the fabric is ripped apart as she stumbles, her grip around the infant in her arms tightening – yet still, she doesn’t slow down. She can’t slow down. Not when she’s so close.

Safety. She needs to get her to safety.

The new-born in her arms is still, as if she can sense the danger creeping through the tranquil night, the monstrous creature which will start hunting for her soon enough, with black magic curling through every crevice of the Nine Realms in search for what belongs to him, belongs with him, his mind as twisted and sharp like the tree branches jutting into the path to slash the fabric of her cloak and tear cuts into the skin of her cheeks.

Through the web of branches, she can see the lights in the distance, like benevolent faerie guiding her through the darkness of the forest as her tired legs carry her further and further through the thicket. A noise rips from the back of her throat, an outcry of relief mingling with a sob.

So close.

The forest gives way to a graveyard, the jagged wooden crosses and tombstones like silent onlookers as she stumbles along the gravelly path that leads up to the church which looms ahead like a silent guardian. The building is old. Ivy climbs up the northern wall like snakes, hacking roots into the cracks between the withered stones as if the forest were slowly reclaiming what has been stolen from it centuries ago.

Frost laces the air with every ragged breath she takes, and the tears which run down her face freeze in the cold air of the winter night.

And still, these tears keep running.

With a weep that rips through her chest, as if her heart is tearing apart, she places the infant on the front step of the church, the tiny creature wrapped in blankets to keep her warm until she’ll be found in the morning.

It tears her apart, and yet…she needs to protect her new-born daughter. She can’t let him get to her. She can’t let him have her.

For now, the skin at the new-born girl’s left wrist is unmarred. But the words of the priestess she consulted as to her daughter’s fate with such high hopes were unequivocal, a warning shattering her heart. When she enters adulthood, there will be a mark etching itself into the skin of her wrist, the essence of her soul, a name binding her to that monster locked beneath the golden walls of the palace.

Usually, such a mark is reason for happiness, a blessing. The name to appear on her daughter’s wrist one day, though…it’ll be a curse. She must save her as long as she still can.

“I’m sorry, my sweet,” she whispers into the night, letting her fingers trace the baby’s soft cheek for one last time. “There is no other way.”

The little one stares up at her mother, the stars reflecting in her eyes, as if she understands.

“They’ll keep you safe. He won’t get to you here. He’ll never lay a hand on you.”

She clambers back to her feet on trembling legs to vanish back into the night and the thicket of the woods, her last goodbye hanging in the air like the whisper of the icy wind.

She can only hope that these words were the truth.

That he never finds the poor girl damned to be his mate.

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Avenger Hq: Agent Y/N status report on Loki?

Y/N: The target has been taken out sir…

Avengers Hq: Very go-

Y/N: It was a lovely restaurant. Candlelight dinner. He proposed at the end if it. My last name is Laufeyson now. And I’m going back to Asgard with him.

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