Chapter 32
“So that’s how Ned and I accidentally blew up most of Mr. Stark’s lab,” Peter says. He’s jogging next to Loki, both of them aware that they’re definitely going to be late to school.
Loki smiles at Peter, but her gaze is pulled away by a man standing near the subway entrance. He’s waving a sign and screaming.
“God hates gays!” The man yells. There are a healthy number of people yelling back at him, though the police have set up a barricade protecting him.
Loki stops walking, staring at the man and the counter-protesters. Peter sighs, tries taking her arm to keep walking to the subway.
“What. The. Fuck.” Loki grinds out.
Peter shakes his head. “I’m surprised you haven’t seen someone doing this before. It’s bullshit. Come on.”
They move to pass the group, when the man’s attention snags on Peter and Loki. He looks over Loki, takes in her backpack and smirks.
“Don’t know what you’re going to school for. Women belong in the kitchen.”
Loki stops walking, taking a deep breath.
“Is murder still illegal?” she asks Peter under her breath.
“Unfortunately,” Peter replies. He looks worried, maybe about Loki and maybe about the man.
Loki spin slowly around on her heels. “Okay,” she breathes out. “Want to see how long it takes me to make a grown man cry?”
It takes Loki approximately five minutes to make a grown man cry.
Triumphant, she grabs Peter’s hand and takes the stairs to the subway two at a time. By the time they get into the car, they’re laughing uncontrollably.
“We’re going to be so late,” Loki says.
“I literally couldn’t care less about that,” Peter says. “Did you see his face? It might have been kinder to kill him.”
When they leave the subway to head to Midtown -- and beg the their teachers’ forgiveness for being so late -- both of their phones start buzzing.
Loki slides out her phone.
Stark - 8:03
Why are you like this?
Please stop going viral.
Also -- are you and Peter late for school?
Loki slides her phone back into her pocket and decides to deal with that later.