Thor
Lexi's POV
"Where is the Tesseract?" Thor was demanding to know as he raised his hammer into the air.
"I missed you too," Loki replied, laughing. Neither of them seemed to notice me.
"Do I look to be in a gaming mood?!"
"Oh, you should thank me. With the Bifrost gone how much dark energy did the Allfather have to muster to conjure you here? Your precious Earth."
I watched in silence as Thor dropped Mjölnir, causing the mountain to quake.
"I thought you dead," Thor said as he lifted his brother up.
"Did you mourn?" It wasn't hard to miss the sarcasm that filled Loki's voice.
"We all did. Our father..."
"Your father. He did tell you my true parentage, did he not?" Loki corrected. Wait, they aren't actually related?
"We were raised together, we played together, we fought together. Do you remember none of that?" Thor asked, letting his brother go.
"I remember a shadow. Living in the shade of your greatness. I remember you tossing me into an abyss. I was and should be king!"
"So you take the world I love as recompense for your imagined slights? No, the Earth is under my protection, Loki."
My head whipped back and forth between the two of them as they argued back and forth like teenagers. At one point, Thor lowered his hammer to the ground; releasing it from his hand as he tried to get Loki to see reason, and I saw my opportunity.
"Oi! Break it up you two! You're supposed to be gods - yet here you are squabbling like little children!" I shouted loudly as I darted forward and lifted Mjölnir into the air and swung it threateningly over to rest on my shoulder as I settled my free hand on my hip.
Both of them turned to stare at me in shock.
"You touched my hammer?!" Thor boomed out, surprised and confused. I looked over to see Loki grinning, and guessed that he was thinking Tonyish thoughts regarding the way Thor had chosen to phrase his words.
"Possessive much? So what if I did? It's just an obscenely large construction tool, not like it weighs much. Learn to share, Thor. Sharing is caring," I said as I switched hands and settled the hammer on my opposite shoulder; silently patting myself on the back for coming up with such a good rhyme. They should really start teaching kids that while they are young!
"You, it's...you're...you?!" Thor sputtered staring at me wide-eyed. For someone who claims to be a god, he doesn't seem very good with using his words...
"Well, yes, I am me, thanks for pointing that out Thor. That's a very insightful observation, really clears things up," I commented; ignoring Loki as he choked with laughter.
"Apologies, my lady, I am just so thrilled to finally meet you, if you don't mind waiting while I deal with my brother, I should love to speak further with you; but not here!" He turned to face Loki once more. "Give up the Tesseract! Give up this poisonous dream! Come home," he pleaded.
"I don't have it. You need the cube to bring me home, but I've sent it off I know not where," Loki replied with a shrug.
Mjölnir was suddenly ripped from my hands as it flew back into Thor's grasp.
"You listen well, brother. I..." before he could finish his sentence, he was knocked off the mountain by Iron Man, who tackled him in mid-flight.
"I'm listening," Loki called down to him jokingly. I rolled my eyes as I strode over to him.
"Don't even think about trying to escape!" I warned him.
"From you? I would not dare, little spitfire. I enjoy the view and the company far too much to contemplate such an act." He winked at me again as he stepped forward and stroked my cheek. Shivers went up and down my body as he did so; a fact that did not go unnoticed by him, judging from the look he was giving me.
I opened my mouth, but couldn't come up with any words. My scars itched as I glared at him; cursing over and over again for finding myself strangely so attracted to the man before me. It didn't make any sense.
"Shall we watch my brother and your man of iron fight? Maybe they will save me the trouble of having to kill them," Loki said, turning me around to face the edge of the mountain; where we could see Thor and Iron Man fighting each other below.
I shuddered as I felt Loki's chest press smoothly against my back as he traced a finger along the side of my arm.
"You really hate your brother so much that you would kill him?" I asked, though why I was shocked I have no clue. He was a villain after all. But something about him just seemed so lost and misunderstood. As if - in another life he could have turned out good.
"Yes. If not out of revenge for what he and the rest of my "family" put me through, than for you," Loki answered.
I turned around, noticing how his hand somehow managed to maintain contact with my skin.
"What do you mean, "for me," that doesn't make any sense," I said, confused.
"I do not want to have to share you with my brother. It was foretold by the fates that we would, but my brother has taken enough from me in this life. He does not deserve you."
What the hell is this horned albino talking about!
"You really are just a bag full of crazy, aren't you? Nothing you say makes any sense!" I said as Loki leaned forward.
"Don't worry my little spitfire, it shall all make sense one day," Loki said softly, getting even closer.
"Stop calling me that!" I growled.
"Why? An accurate description is it not? Besides, I can sense how much you enjoy it when I do - there is no use pretending with me. You cannot hide anything from me, little spitfire," he whispered in my ear. I shuddered as I gazed into his eyes. They were the deepest sea green I had ever seen and as I stared, they seemed almost to swirl; drawing me further into their depths.
I was about to deny his statement, but just as I opened my mouth to do so, Loki pulled me to him and I blinked in surprise as I found his lips on mine.
Fire filled my body as I tried and failed to resist the urge to kiss back. What is wrong with you, Lexi! You are making out with a monster while Tony and Thor are fighting each other! - Then again, I'm a monster too...maybe we could be monsters together...No, no, no, no. You are not evil! You are good. I went back and forth trying to convince myself until I finally managed to pull myself out of Loki's grasp, gasping slightly as I touched my swollen lips; still unsure of what to make of this new development.
"Stop it, Loki, your tricks won't work on me!" I said shakily.
"We shall see, my dear. We shall see." He smirked at me as I bit my lip and fought the urge to lean forward and continue what he had started. Get a hold of yourself, Lexi!
I turned around and glanced down; looking for something to distract me.
Shit. Steve had joined the fray and now both he and Tony were fighting Thor. Men. I huffed as I rolled my eyes.
"Hey! That's enough!" I shouted as I leapt off of the mountain side and landed in the middle of their argument; stretching my arms out and sending three large tree branches to fly out and push them back in opposite directions.
Once they had finally gotten back to their feet, I stared them all down.
"Are we done here?" I demanded to know. The looked at one another and slowly nodded.
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"Did my brother hurt you, my lady?" Thor asked as he joined Steve, Tony, and I as we stood watching as Shield agents walked forward to subdue Loki.
I blushed as I subconsciously raised my hand back to my lips, thinking back to what had transpired between myself and Loki on the mountain; my body heating up from the memory as well as my scars; which were flaring again.
I meet Loki's eyes as one of the agents handcuffed him - he didn't seem to notice the agent, sending me a wink instead, almost as if he knew what I was thinking about.
"Um, n-no, he didn't hurt me, and you can call me Alexa; or Lexi, Thor. None of this "my lady" nonsense," I said as I watched Loki lift his now shackled hands to his mouth and blow a kiss at me. I spun around, blushing madly; hoping that the others hadn't noticed anything.
Unfortunately, they had.
"Well I'll be damned. Reindeer Games ain't as bad a player as I thought," Tony said as he smirked at me. I could almost feel it as Thor and Steve tensed up on either side of me at Tony's words.
"It-it's not what you think! Get your mind out of the gutter, Tony. Geeze, not everyone goes around kissing strangers like you do!" I retorted.
"Mmhm," Tony said, clearly seeing right through my lie. "Can't say I blame the guy..." Tony continued, stepping closer to me and reaching a hand up.
"I'd give away one of my beach houses to get a taste of those delicious looking lips of yours," he added, running a finger across my bottom lip.
Fuck.
"I can't be bought, Tony." I said, ignoring the heat that filled my belly and was making my legs weak as I stepped back, only to find myself stumbling into a body.
"Does the man of iron offend you, Lady Alexa? Shall I get rid of him for you?" Thor suggested as he lifted a fist with one hand, and wrapped his other around me as if to protect me.
"What, no! There's no need for that. I think the three of you have done enough fighting for today, don't you? And it's Alexa - just Alexa - or Lexi, Thor. I told you, No "lady"."
"Lady Lexi, I do not understand," Thor replied, looking bewildered and confused. I threw my hands up in the air in frustration.
"I give up! Steve won't stop calling me ma'am, Tony can't say anything non sexual, and now Thor?! Gah, you people are impossible to be around!" I exclaimed, spinning around as I pulled myself out of Thor's embrace; immediately missing the warmth of his body.
"Well aren't you just adorable when you get upset! I didn't think you could get any cuter," Tony commented as Steve punched him in the arm.
"How much longer does Fury expect me to keep my sanity while having to put up with this!" I shouted as I tossed my arms up in the air again and glared at the three men before turning around and stomping off towards the Quinjet; ignoring the sound of Tony's laughter.
I couldn't help but look back, however, when I had reached the top of the ramp; to see Thor still looking confused, and Steve arguing with Tony. They were too far away for me to hear, and I was not in the mood, so I turned back around and stormed off.
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In-Line Comments
- So to explain; Steve is arguing with Tony basically yelling at him to stop flirting with Lexi when they have Skye; their soulmate to think about and then Thor chimes in all excited to hear that Tony and Steve share a soulmate, since he thought he and his brother were the only ones to share one. (Poor guys, they have no idea how much worse it really is hahaha)
- Hope you liked this latest chapter! Gonna try to aim for three or four chapters complete tonight since i'm already at two and feeling inspired; so stay tuned! I'll also be posting as much as I can these next few days but just a heads up I'm driving up to Oregon in the morning/for the weekend so they might be a bit sporadic until I get back!