But I'M Loki
Thor,
I’m really glad that you want me to trust you. I do trust you, and I’m glad you think of me as a real friend, not just someone you met for a school project. I think all of us got a lot closer than we intended to, to be quite honest. Especially me.
I don’t care that we’ve never met, I’ve got a crush on you. I know you. I know how much you worry about your mom and how much you miss your dad. I know how supportive you are of Loki and Sig, and I know how proud you are when you watch Sif, Bryn, and Ridley fence. I know how sad you were when Jane left and I know how happy you are every time Hela comes home, even if you two don’t always click.
I’ve never seen you, I’ve never heard your voice, but I know how sweet and bright and strong you are. I have no idea if you’d even think twice about me, but the bottom line is I want you to know how special you are. You’re one of my favorite people in the world, and I hope that even if you don’t like me back, this letter lifts your spirits.
Bruce
Thor sat. That’s it, he did nothing else, he sat. He gazed wide-eyed at Bruce’s letter, and paid no attention to the world around him, until Loki smacked him upside the head.
“Loki, no physical violence during class,” chided Heimdall.
“Sorry,” said Loki, clearly not meaning it.
Thor looked at Loki, who was staring at Thor, clearly trying to guess what was going on with him.
“What’s Banner done?” asked Loki.
“Nothing,” snapped Thor, covering the letter with his entire torso.
“None of that, brother,” said Loki.
“Fine,” said Thor.
He slid the letter towards Loki. They picked it up and began to read it. Loki raised an eyebrow about halfway through. Once they’d finished, they set it down calmly and spoke.
“Holy shit.”
“Yeah,” said Thor, “I’m going to regret saying this, but I need your help.”
“Well, there are a few caveats to my help,” said Loki.
“I’ll do anything, I’m out of my depth.”
Which was exactly how Thor found himself at the mercy of his sibling, as well as Sig, Bryn, and Ridley. Loki had even Skyped Hela solely so that she could weigh in. She was even the first to speak.
“You lot gave me an excuse to skip class today, so this better be good,” said Hela.
“How do you feel about skipping class to aid your siblings in gay crises?” asked Ridley.
“Excellent,” replied Hela, “not like I’ve never done it before.”
“Wait, what?” asked Sig.
“ANYWAY,” said Loki, “Thor has received a letter from Bruce that has him nuttier than the endless parade of wild creatures that Sig has managed to sneak past her mother over the years.”
“You told me Jormungandr was cute,” said Sig.
“It sent Thor to the hospital,” said Loki.
“So have you, and you’re still cute,” said Sig.
“That was one time!”
“So, what happened with Bruce?” asked Hela.
“He told Thor that he liked him,” said Bryn.
“In a letter,” said Ridley, “I’m kind of impressed.”
“Listen up, oaf,” barked Hela.
Thor’s attention snapped to the tablet being cradled by Sig.
“He’s already told you he likes you. What in the everliving fuck are you worried for? I know you’re a man of action, but if Bruce didn’t like how you come across in writing, why on Earth would he have told you that he likes you? He knows you Thor, so quit being a little bitch about it. Write something. It doesn’t have to be good, it just has to be true.”
“Thanks, Hela,” said Thor, smiling.
“If you screw this up, I swear on our father’s grave I will beat you senseless and let Loki film it.”
She hung up.
#
As Thor thanked the lot of them and ran up to his room, presumably to write, Loki almost didn’t notice the pointed gaze he was on the receiving end of. Bryn and Ridley were both giving him a look like they were about to say something silly.
“So let me get this straight,” said Bryn, decidedly ignoring the fact that she, a bisexual, was sitting on a sofa with her lesbian girlfriend as well as their two pansexual best friends, “Thor’s had a crush on his penpal for weeks and we just found out today?”
“Bucky’s gonna have to update his chart,” said Ridley.
“Oh, he didn’t,” sighed Loki.
Ridley just nodded.
“It’s pinned up in his bedroom. He’s upgraded to the yarn version,” added Bryn.
“Oh, he didn’t,” groaned Loki.
“Pepper told me he added the yarn because he didn’t want to draw over anything after Natasha and Clint started dating,” said Sig.
That was something that Loki didn’t know. Why? Because Natasha hadn’t fucking told them, that’s why. Normally, it was the sort of thing they didn’t talk about, but Natasha had no problems addressing them about Sig, or for that matter, Clint.
“WHAT?” cried Loki.
Not their finest moment, to be sure.
“Did...Natasha not tell you?” asked Sig.
“Obviously not! She told me she liked Clint after the accident but them being together is news to me!”
“This is awesome,” said Bryn.
“She totally fucked with you,” said Ridley.
“She kinda pulled a Loki,” said Bryn.
Sig snorted, even as she wrapped a supportive arm around their shoulders.
“Not that it isn’t greatly appreciated, but I’m far too tall for you to do that comfortably,” said Loki.
Sig sat up on her knees and kissed the top of Loki’s head.
“Watch me, bitch.”