Hear Me Out
Loki shuffled into the room, more broken than Kat had ever seen him. He crawled on the bed and laid his head on her leg, just under her stomach.
“Talk to me please.” She told him.
“I know I said that I would love this baby no matter what.” He started. Kat took a quick breath in, preparing for the worst.
“And I will.” He finished, placing a hand on hers, calming her. “But knowing that it’s his, makes it real. The baby is hurting you Katherine.”
“It’s gonna be okay. If anything happens, Bruce and Dr. Cho are here and I’ll be okay.” She told him, running fingers through her hair. “He thinks this is his fault.”
Loki looked up at her, confused.
“Steve. He thinks that the baby hurting me is his fault.”
Loki shook his head. “It’s not though. You didn’t know this could happen, neither could he.”
Kat smiled at Loki, grateful that he was so understanding. “I know. That’s what I told him.”
“Hey Kat, I got a bunch of-“ Steve started, coming into the room, arms full of snacks and water, but stopped when he saw Loki. “Oh, uh, I’m sorry. I’ll just leave these and go.” He turned to leave after setting the food down next to her but she grabbed his hand.
“Don’t go. Just…will you lay here with us? If that’s okay with you.” She asked, looking down at Loki. He nodded and Steve sat down on the other side of Kat, unsure of what to do with his hands. She rolled her eyes and took his arm, hooking it over her shoulder.
“Can we please just go to bed? I’m tired and I don’t have the energy to talk about any of this. We can hash this all out tomorrow, but for now can we please just sleep?” Kat asked. Loki looked up at her and nodded, never being able to tell her no, and when she looked over at Steve, he did the same thing. He gave her some water and laid behind her.
Loki did the same on the other side of her after he shut the lights off, facing her. It didn’t take long for her to fall asleep and Loki wasn’t far behind her. Steve laid there for a little while, listening to Kat breathe, listening to her heartbeat. He heard another sound so he turned a little more, pressing up against Kat.
He strained his ears and gasped when he heard the second heartbeat coming from Kat’s body. The heartbeat of his baby. He hesitantly lifted his hand and put it on her stomach. Things finally settled in that he was going to be a father. Tears fell down his face and he smiled. Kat slid her hand over his in her sleep, lacing their fingers together.
She pushed up against Steve and he had to try really hard to restrain himself. He had forgotten how beautiful she was while he was gone. He thought she was even more beautiful now the he knew she was carrying his child.
When Kat woke up the next morning she forgot for a second what had happened the previous day. It hit her when she saw Loki in front of her, but a body pressed against her back. Steve’s. His face was pressed into her back and she smiled, he used to do that all the time.
Loki shifted and she froze, shutting her eyes, pretending to still be asleep. She felt him scoot out of the bed and go into the bathroom, turning on the shower.
“I can tell you’re awake Kat.” Steve whispered, his breath on her neck sending sparks straight between her legs. She slowly turned over to find Steve’s beautiful eyes staring back at her.
“How did you know?”
Steve smiled and pushed a strand of hair behind her ear. “Your breathing is different.” She closed her eyes and leaned into his touch. He nudged her nose with his and leaned down, hovering over her lips.
“Is this okay?” He whispered. She nodded and he leaned and brushed his lips over hers softly. Sparks shot down her body at the feeling of his lips on hers and she let out a whimper. Her body melted against his and she slid her hands in his hair, pulling him closer to her.
She was still mad at him and now she was mad at her body and pregnant hormones for betraying her. Steve moaned against her lips and she could feel herself getting wet. She pulled back before she couldn’t stop and took a breath.
“I’m sorry.” Steve whispered. Kat shook her head,.
“No, its okay. I just think that we all need to sit down and talk before anyone does anything.” Steve nodded in agreement and helped her sit up, just as the shower shut off. Loki stepped out of the bathroom in jeans and a t-shirt, toweling his hair dry.
“So, I uh…guess we need to have a talk.” Loki said. Kat nodded and swung her legs over the bed to stand. Loki was right there to help her.
“First, I need to pee.” She told them, earning a chuckle from both men.
She slowly made her way into the bathroom and peed, brushing her teeth after. She walked out to the kitchen to find Loki making coffee and Steve sitting at the island. He got up and made her a glass of juice, and made her some toast while she got settled on the couch.
They sat down in the chairs on each side of the couch, with her in the middle.
“So…I really want to explain what took me so long to come back.” Steve told them. Kat nodded, getting comfortable on the couch.
“So, after I saw Peggy, I knew I made a mistake and that I wanted to come back to you, but there was something I had to try first, it just didn’t work out the way I wanted.” He said with a hint of sadness in his voice.
“What do you mean?” She asked.
“I tried to bring Tony back for you.”