"You're late"
"And you're missing an eye....is this Helas job?"
"Ye..I think I pissed our little sister off"
"The infection might be dangerous to you, you better go to someone who will have a look at it before it is too late and something happens to you"
"Now? Are you serious? She's about to kill everyone if we don't stop her"
"We have a Hulk" Loki suggested
Thor just sighed. The fight against Hela made him extremely weak. Additionally, now he saw only in one eye, which did not make things easier. He looked towards the approaching sister.
"Hulk! do something ! She will kill us!" Thor shouted wanting to convey that even he no longer has enough power.
"Thor listen to me" Loki approached him "I see that you will not stand here a moment longer so I advise you, go to the people, maybe to Heimdall and let someone test you and disinfect your eye.."
"Loki, no .. I can't, you can't do it yourself, I have to figure something out ..." Thor looked at the younger with fatigue.
" stop annoying me, what do you want to do? We need some of the most powerful power to defeat it, and if you can't it ... it "
Loki looked away, his head turned around.
"You are pale," Thor noted.
"What?" Loki sighed turning to him
"You're extremely paler than usual, and it's hard to achieve" Thor looked at him with a sad smile "How are you feeling?"
"Don't ask me how I feel, you don't have an eye" Loki broke down hiding his face in his hand.
They stood in silence for a few seconds. Thor suddenly remembered.
"The crown"
"What?"
"It was not about stopping Ragnarok, but calling it"
Loki listened carefully. His eyes widened.
"So you tell me I have to go to..."
"Yes, so exactly"
"Okay, I'll go, okay" Loki nodded without emotion on his face "And you, better go to the ship"
Loki moved towards the vault
"Loki.."
"What? What is it?"
"Thank you"
Loki was embarrassed. Since when are you so kind and sensitive?
"It’s it is- okay"
The tretled answered.
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Asgard was gone. Home. Places where they grew up. Where were all the memories. All the remains of them. It burned. Together with Hela. Thor now stood with folded arms and a blanket on himself among the wounded or simply tired Asgardians. What have I done ?
In the corner of his eye, only black hair ran through, which he had always known, he recognised in the blink of an eye.
Loki.
Things seem to have changed now. They get along? He doesn't know if they get along, but it's certainly different. The conversation he had with his brother on the bridge was the longest in the last few years. Was there still a chance for their relationship to finally fix?
Loki seemed kind of skinny, miserable, sick. Maybe thor saw wrong. So pale, so poor. But still a person from whom he could not free himself. And did he want to? As if his other half, not from blood, but from soul. And now, Loki saved them. Thor thought that Loki might not even survive, because what if....it would be his fault, as before. So seeing him he felt relief and warmth on his heart. Loki. No one would expect that. Every gaze directed at him, at his younger brother. And Loki embarrassed, he just walked through the crowd.
"Loki!" Not too loud not too quietly called Thor. And so everyone looked at him.
Loki raised his head and walked tentatively towards Thor.
"Um...how is the eye? Someone took a look you-"
He didn't finish his sentence because Thor, when Loki was close enough, hugged him tightly. Yes, you are definitely shorter and more fragile, leaner, he thought.
Loki stood stunned, not knowing what to do. When was the last time Thor hugged him? When was the last time someone hugged him? It's a pleasant feeling, it's warmth, he felt the house that just exploded, and they, however, now hugged in the middle of the ship, brilliant Thor, everyone can see it, it's a shame to be so sensitive.
Loki finally gave a hug and snuggled in the blanket hanging on Thor's body. Thor hugs like no one else. As if he wanted to protect. And every time Thor wanted to pour out peace and warmth, a sense of security, even if their house had just exploded. And those were the moments when Loki forgot about shame and was just like a younger brother who had just run to an older one because he smashed his knee. And time passed in such a way that they could not tell how much it had passed before they broke away from each other. Loki only quickly hide the tears in his eyes and looked down. Thor just smiled warmly and scratched his hair.
Heimdall interjected "You guys haven’t changed much."