Scars

As much as Alice wanted to continue kissing Loki, never letting go, oxygen was essential. Beginning to feel light-headed and dizzy, Alice pushed Loki away, letting up for air.

"Sorry, Darling. Got a little carried away," Loki said as he saw her panting. She took a moment to lay down on her bed.

"It's okay...I liked it" She reached forward and touched his cheek Loki smiled as he leaned down to give her a much softer and less heated kiss.

-

"And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how you play. " Tony said as he scooped up his winnings in the table, The Avenger regularly played poker but never with money. "Alright, I say we call it a night you guys have nothing left, and I'm tired of taking from- Hey Baby," Tony immediately changed his tone as Pepper walked into the room.

"Hey, what are you guys doing?" Pepper leaned on Tony's shoulder.

"Poker," Steve said

"more like an auction," Sam corrected.

"Oh, who's winning "

Everyone looked at Tony, Pepper looked at Tony Suspiciously he just smiled. She looks down, notices a shiny silver bracelet on Tony's wrist, and hits him on the back of the head " He's cheating," she states, snatching the bracelet off.

"I knew it," Natasha said, glaring at him.

"Lilly is helping him."

"Lilly? Who's Lilly"

"I'm Lilly" Clint jumps as a woman appears behind him she waves " And your hand was terrible the whole game. I didn't have to help there" She pointed to Bruce

"What the fuck?" Bucky stared the woman up and down. Looking her up and down one would think she just appeared But Steve and Bucky could see that she held no heartbeat and she did not breathe.

"This is Lilly. Alice's mother," Tony said, squeezing Pepper's hand.

"AI Hologram," Bruce said as he put his glasses back on, getting a good look at her.

"Again, what the fuck?" Bucky said Thor passed him a bottle of Asgardian booze.

Tony mumbled something before he stood up and left the room Pepper gave them and strained smile before following. Lilly appears in his seat and folded her hands in her lap. " I'm Lilly. Tony made me from his memories. He plugged me in recently."

The room was silent as everyone let the information settle in. Lilly sat awkwardly, more to them than her, as everyone looked off in the distance slowly accepting some weird shit Tony once again provided. Everyone looked as Lilly spoke again.

"I'm like J.A.R.V.I.S. with control of most of the tower when I'm plugged up. with the exception of a few floors."

"What floors are you restricted from," Natasha asked curiously she and Clint were wondering which floor and why if she was an AI like Jarvis.

"Alice's floor. But I can look at her room from security cameras".

At the mention of security cameras, Bruce tensed up as Lilly looked directly at him for a moment and smiled. She knew she knew more than he knew. Hell, she knew what was happening right now, at this very moment, with Alice and Loki. But just like Bruce, she was keeping a secret.

-

Alice asked for another kiss and another and another. And Loki obliged. Alice asked for more kisses, and Loki gave them to her. Alice was very inexperienced, and Loki was her teacher. And he was going to give her a life's worth of kissing lessons.

"Lightly bite and pull," Loki instructed as demonstrated on her lips she whimpered as he nibbled on her bottom lip. She did as she was told and repeated his actions. She leaned forward to do it again.

"Open," Loki demanded, she opened her mouth. She closed her eyes and gasped as she felt his tongue dip into her mouth. Alice pulled him closer and held on tight as he explored her mouth. Oh, she wanted so much more she wanted to taste and feel him more. She wanted so much more. But she was mortal, and he was not. Oxygen was more important and essential to her than him. She pulled back "I'm sorry"

"No, ...no I'm sorry I forgot you had to breath" Loki chuckled as gently stroked her cheek.

"It's okay. I liked it"

-

Loki stayed with Alice until she fell asleep then he slipped away giving her a gentle kiss on her forehead and then he was gone.

Bruce nearly jumped out of his skin when he came out of the bathroom to find Loki sitting at his desk.

"Do you want him to kill you?!"

"I thought we were on my friendly terms"

Bruce sighed, pinching the bridge of his nose " What do you want? "

"Alice"

"Is she alright? What happened" Bruce asked, worry in his voice..

"she's fine for now. She's asleep. There was an incident that happened that I wanted to talk to you about."

Bruce picked at his sweater nervously. He wished he had never found out about their relationship he wouldn't be in this position if he hadn't. If only Bruce just stayed in his room that day.

"what is it? what happened?"

"Earlier, Thor barged into my room without knocking, I had to quickly teleport from her room to mine."

"Yeah, he was inviting you to game night," Bruce remembered

"I left without saying anything to her. When I came back a few minutes later she was in tears hysterical beside herself. Just in a panic, She was upset because I left her without a word. She thought I had abandoned her.

I can see why my sudden leaving would upset her, but to that extent, I-I don't understand. "

"Okay," Bruce said as he ran his hands over his face and sat down " Alice grew up and was raised in isolation with only her dad, a dad who wasn't really around and disappeared frequently with no explanation.

I think she's grown attached to you as the only one who comes to her so frequently, almost every day, she comes to depend on you and was scared and thought she lost you for a second."

Or at least this is what gathered from what he knew about (Y/n) as a person, her relationship with her father, and then her relationship with Loki. Alice had very few people in her life it wasn't a shock to see her clinging to people that gave her the most attention. Loki, in this case. And panicked when said person took away such attention with no sudden warning.

"Will she be like this every time I leave?" Loki didn't like the idea of Alice being hurt in any way.

"I think as long as you give her a heads up and give her some time to adjust would help. I don't know what else to do"

"Thank you, Dr. Banner" And in a flash, Loki was gone. And Bruce collapsed onto his bed.

"Why does everyone think I'm that kind of doctor"