Just Like Heaven

Jane left her room and found Loki still on the couch, he was looking around and playing with his hands, he looked pissed, scarily pissed. He reached for the bag that was on the floor next to his feet and pulled out a small box. Jane watched quietly while he looked as if he was debating whether or not opening it.

She had heard terrible things about him while hanging with the avengers, but right now, she couldn’t see that, all she saw was a man who had lost everything, and even if it was his fault she couldn’t help to feel sympathy for him and something else she couldn’t quite put her finger on. She felt the urge to touch him, to just put her hand on his shoulder so he wouldn’t feel as alone as he probably felt. As he probably was.

Loki ran his fingers over the box, maybe it was a present his mother… Queen Frigga, had gotten him and forgot to give to him. He sighed heavily and then threw it in the bag. Jane felt something inside of her twist, Loki looked almost… sad. Then again, he was cast out of his home planet and forced to live on earth for the rest of his life there.

She sighed and then walked towards the man. She had found some of Erik’s old clothes, in very good state and they looked like they fit Loki.

“Is that all you brought?” Jane asked, the clothes clutched against her chest, "That purse"

Loki stiffened, “It was all I was permitted to bring” he said after a few seconds, "And it's a knapsack"

“Oh”

“That and the robes I’m wearing” He continued, why was he talking to her? she was a mortal, a lesser being, he realised she was staring and looked at her with a glare.

“Maybe some of Erik’s stuff will fit” She said looking at the clothes in her hands, “You are tall as him and-“

“I will not wear some-“

Jane sighed and offered him the clothes, “Just… don’t make this more difficult” she said, and she didn’t really care if she sounded as if she was begging.

Loki knew she was just doing that because Thor had asked her to. Another poor woman his brother had enchanted enough for her to let him use her. He stood up and grabbed the clothes, telling himself it was only because he felt bad she was yet another tool of Thor’s.

Jane smiled to herself and then realised how messy the room was. She had been meaning to pick Erik’s things up but she hadn’t had the time, so there were books all over the floor. She started picking up so she didn’t have to stand there staring at Loki.

“You can use the room that’s on the right” Jane said, “Also, there’s one bathroom so-“

When she turned she noticed Loki was taking his robes off. Her mouth opened and closed while she tried to process everything. Loki took his shirt off, his chest, while not excessively muscular as Thor’s, was very toned, muscular too. Jane noticed Loki had several old looking scars all over his torso, he continued until he noticed Jane was staring at him.

“These are horrible, by the way” He wrinkled his nose at the shirt and put it over his shoulder, he was about to pull his pants down when Jane interrupted.

“What are you doing?” Jane said.

“I am getting into the hideous clothes the lady asked me to” he said, mockingly, frowning when Jane picked his discarded clothes from the floor.

“Yeah, but… not here, you- you can’t get naked and-“

He rolled his eyes as she rambled, so that was it. She felt uncomfortable with nudity, He was about to say that maybe that was another reason why Thor had left her, but somehow he couldn’t. If Thor had left her for being innocent or naive, he was a fool.

“What do you want me to do then?” He asked, annoyance laced with his tone.

“The bathroom is there” Jane said finally.

“I would rather that you showed me my chambers” He said, this time he sounded more tired than annoyed.

“Right, your room…” Jane looked at him, “Where you can dress”

“And undress, yes” Loki sighed heavily, “Without offending the lady’s virtue” he added, his mockingly tone back.

Jane rolled her eyes, “Second door on the right”

The bell made them both jump.

“That’s Darcy”

“I will be in my… Room” Loki said, picking his clothes up and taking his bag with him.

“Yeah, sure” Jane said, “Hey, there’s food and-“ Loki slammed the door before she could finish.

Jane sighed and walked towards the door. She opened slowly and when she saw Darcy smiled widely at her, she smiled back. Darcy shook the pizza box she had in her hands.

“Open up while it’s still warm!”

Jane didn’t open, instead she said, “There’s something- someone inside”

“O...k?” Darcy said slowly, “Well, I brought enough food for everyone so-“

“Don’t freak out” Jane warned, “Please”

Darcy frowned as Jane opened the door slowly and let her friend in. Darcy handed her a pizza box and then put a paper bag over it. Jane turned and kicked the door closed.

“You said pizza and burgers” Darcy said, taking her coat off, “So I brought pizza and burgers” she winked at her.

“Listen, Darcy, Thor came back and-“

“Oh, that’s what this is about” Darcy grinned taking her boots off, “The old flame-“

“No, it’s not like that” Jane sighed, “Look, he has a brother and-”

“What is this beast!?” Loki appeared from behind Darcy making her turn, both woman stare at the man, his pants undone, and Erik’s cat in one hand.

“No. Fucking. Way” Darcy said, and to Jane she sounded more excited than shocked.

Darcy looked at Jane with a smirk on her face. Jane was still wearing the pained expression and her cheeks were burning, while Loki frowned heavily at both women. Jane moved Darcy and took the cat from Loki’s hand. She noticed the animal had scratched his arm several times and chuckled softly.

“Good boy, Catsby” She said, she kissed the top of the cat’s head and narrowed her eyes at Loki.

“Hello, There” Darcy grinned, “I’m Darcy”

“Darcy!” Jane yelled.

“What?” She shrugged, “Thor’s brother, huh”

“No” Loki said, “Long story” he felt uncomfortable, he wasn’t really used to women approaching him that way.

“Darcy, leave him” Jane said, noticing Loki looked quite uncomfortable, “He was leaving to his chambers” she added mockingly and Loki narrowed his eyes.

He walked towards Jane, “Keep that beast away from me” he glared at the cat and then left to his room.

This time Jane was glad he didn’t slammed the door. When she looked at Darcy the woman was grinning widely. She rolled her eyes and grabbed one of the bags over the pizza box that had been long forgotten in the kitchen counter. She pulled one Burger out and took a big bite.

“So” Darcy sat on the kitchen counter and opened the pizza box.

“Long story” Jane said.

“I have time”

“You first” Jane said, “About you know who”

“Ian” Darcy said.

She continued to tell her about how everything started. She had met Ian at one of Tony’s parties over a year ago, Pepper had introduced them and they hit it off right away. They had been seeing for the last two months but nothing had been official until the night before.

“I’m dying for you guys to meet!” Darcy said, before taking a huge bite from her pizza.

“He sounds nice” Jane nodded.

“Now” Darcy said, “Who’s the hottie?”

Jane swallowed her food, “Loki” she said, “Thor’s brother, the maniac who tried to destroy New York”

“Yeah, I know” Darcy nudged her shoulder, “And…”

Jane sighed and started explaining. Darcy’s expression changed to a more surprised one by the second. Without them noticing Loki had been listening to them for a while, he found himself quite annoyed by how many times Jane used the word babysitting, crazy and “weirdo”.

“You do know that it wasn’t all him, right?” Darcy said.

“What do you mean?”

“You know how the scepter affected Erik… It also must have affected him” Darcy explained, and Loki almost thanked her, “Like Ron Weasley in Harry Potter” she added, and Jane groaned, “You know, when he was carrying the locket and-“

“I know what it means, Darcy” Jane chuckled.

He decided not to have dinner, even though he was hungry. He locked himself in the room and sat on the bed. Thor’s woman had forgotten to mention that the room belonged to someone else before. Erik Selvig had left several personal belongings before he… left, wherever he was, including that disgusting beast that had attacked him.

If he had his magik he could easily help Jane clean a little bit. Loki would never said it out loud but there was something about Jane Foster that made him feel all the contrary to uncomfortable. He started walking around the room, reading the spine of the many books there, after a few minutes he decided to sleep. He was tired. Once he laid in his bed he stared at the ceiling, He heard a knock on the door but didn’t answer. With the lights turn off in the room he could see the shadow of the woman’s feet under the door. She stood there for a few seconds. Loki stood slowly from the bed and walked quietly until he was close to the door.

“Darcy left” Jane said with a small chuckle, she had noticed how awkward Loki had gotten around her, “She didn’t take the leftovers though… so there’s for you”

Loki put one hand on his stomach, he was hungry, but he was way more tired. Still his feet wouldn’t move away from the door. Away from her. He put his hand on the door and then his forehead.

“Please, go away” he asked, and he didn’t care if he sounded as if he was begging.

Jane was tired, it had been a long day and it had probably being worse for Loki, Jane put her hand on the door and then her forehead. Something about doing it made her feel better. Maybe she just missed Erik a lot. Or having company at all.

“I-“ She started, “Goodnight” she said.

They both went to their respective beds, Loki felt asleep almost instantly and Jane felt asleep a while after. For the first time in several weeks she was able to get a good night of sleep.