Home Sweet Home
It would take a long time to regain the same level of trust Loki had built with Tony, but he was finally being allowed to go back to the tower and hopefully everything would return to normal soon. All he wanted was to lay in bed with his boyfriend and talk an out stupid things like the weather and how nice relaxing is and how they should definitely take a long bubble bath together. That's not too much to ask for, or that's what he thought at least.
He got back to the tower with Tony as his escort. They ride up the elevator in silence and Loki can tell Tony wants to say something, but instead the engineer simply reaches out and gently takes the gods hand in his own. The elevator doors slide open to reveal the penthouse they had been sharing before the incident. He steps out of the elevator with Tony close behind.
¨Look, Lo, I have to-" The inventor starts, being cut off by the god quickly.
¨Tony, I just want things to go back to how they were, okay? I just want to lay down with you on our bed and relax for a little while.." He says softly, managing a small smile in his loves direction.
Loki lets go of Tony's hand and walks down the hallway to their once shared room before Tony could stop him. Loki opens the door to find a very confused Pepper Potts standing in the room and putting women's clothing into a drawer. Loki freezes and takes in the sight, understanding what it meant as Tony's belongings where still in the room and the bed had clearly been more than slept in by two people. He slowly backs away from the door and turning to hurry back down the hallway, being stopped by Tony stepping in his path.
¨Loki, I tried to tell you. Its been a while since you.. Went away, and Pepper and I worked out some of our issues and she- She helped me, okay? And you're still welcome to live here with us, all of us, there is plenty of space and Nat has really missed your gossip nights, so just- just don´t be irrational about this, okay?" He gets out in one hurried breath, trying to explain as quickly as he could. Loki just stares at the man in front of him, his emotions seamlessly masked and his eyes still and cold. After a moment he nods and steps around the shorter man to walk past him and into the living area of the penthouse. He looks around at all of the shelves where pictures of him and Tony once resided, most of them having been replaced already with almost the same memories except it was no longer him on Tony´s arm at a charity ball or holding the stuffed bear the engineer had won for him at the fair. Loki turns back to face the dumbfounded inventor who had been expecting an outburst or tears or something other than the silence he had received when Loki simply sits on the couch, still facing Tony and fixing him with the cold stare.
¨Pepper seems like a nice girl.¨ He says, voice void of any emotion at all as he continues to look around the room, seemingly indifferent. Tony shifts uncomfortably, becoming more and more unsettled.
¨Well, Welcome home.¨ Tony eventually says, unsure of what else to say. Loki nods and smiles coldly at him.
¨Home sweet home.¨