New Home
Loki was standing outside the ship. The Asgardians had just landed on earth and he was feeling nervous. He wasn’t sure what the earthlings would think of him. He didn’t expect them to like him, not after what he had done and it made him stressed. He didn’t have a home to return to anymore, no safe place. Would he be able to find such a place here on earth?
“Brother, what are you waiting for? The Avengers are waiting for us. Everyone else has gotten off the ship already.” Thor walked up to his brother with a questioning look in his eyes. Loki shrugged the thoughts off of him and faked a smile to his brother.
“Yes, let us go.” He was about to start walking to where all the others were waiting when a young woman approached them. She was beautiful and Loki felt a tingle down his spine.
“Is everything alright here? We’re ready to head to the compound if you guys are ready.” You smiled at the two men feeling slightly nervous. You were the newest Avenger, an assassin, just an ordinary human standing in front of two gods! You had been very excited when you found out you would finally get to meet them, even though the circumstances weren’t the best.
“Yes, let us go!” Thor spoke up when he noticed Loki wasn’t able to get a word out. You turned around and led the way. Thor nudged Loki to move.
“Who is she? She is… wow!” was all Loki could get out. Thor laughed at his little brother. He was so obviously interested in this young woman.
“She is miss y/n Dagger, an assassin and the newest addition to the Avengers. You can stop drooling now brother.” Thor laughed and Loki blushed pink.
“I am not drooling…” he muttered under his breath.
A few days had passed and the Asgardians were starting to settle down. Most had even started building a little village a couple of miles from the Avengers compound. Loki and Thor were the only ones who were planning on staying at the compound. Loki’s interest for you had only grown during the short couple of days and Thor couldn’t get enough of teasing his little brother.
The two brothers were hanging out in one of the common rooms when you walked in. Tony had put you in charge of taking care of the Asgardians and you had been busy helping them build their village. There were a lot of things you would have to take care of still, but you needed a break.
“Hi! How are you two? Settling in well?” You walked to the small kitchen at the other end of the common room and poured yourself a glass of cold water.
“Yes, everything is working excellently!” Thor smiled. When he saw his brothers star-struck look he chuckled and got up from the sofa. “I should go see if anyone needs help and lend them a hand. Y/n, take a break and after that, could you assist Loki. He told me he had some problems settling in with his new room.”
“Of course! I’d be more than glad to help!” You smiled at Thor, completely missing Loki’s panicked expression as he tried to swat at his brother.
“Excellent! I will see you later then!” He gave you a kind nod and walked out of the room. When he was sure you wouldn’t see him anymore he winked at Loki who was clearly panicking big time. You turned to him and his helpless flailing stopped immediately and his crimson face smiled at you kindly.
“So what seems to be the problem? How can I help you?” You smiled and sat down on the coffee table in front of him. You were absolutely oblivious of his blush.
“Well, darling, the room is quite small and I don’t feel like home with such pale walls. Do you think I could switch rooms?” Loki tried to be as pleasant as possible and you missed his internal struggle to keep his voice steady.
“Wait a moment, I’ll check!” You reached behind you to pick up your tablet and while your back was turned to him Loki quickly sniffed your hair. He loved the smell of you apple shampoo and just wished he could sink his fingers into your perfect curls. You turned back around and he jumped back a little bit, embarrassed that he had been so close to you. “Here, let me see!” you opened your tablet and started going through your own notes and scribbles.
“I c-can also stay in the current room and simply paint the walls again if it is too much of a bother to change rooms…” he mumbled as he started fidgeting like a nervous teenager sitting in front of his first crush.
You couldn’t believe this was the same Loki you had heard stories about. He was so nervous, so kind, so friendly! He couldn’t possibly be the same guy who tried to take over the world. For god’s sake, he was fidgeting like a nervous teenager! You thought it was adorable and a small smile spread across your lips.
“Would you look at that!” you reached the tablet towards Loki and pointed at the picture. “This room should be bigger than the one you have right now and it is also easier to modify!” Which meant painting obviously. “Do you want to go take a look at it?” You smiled at Loki, only now realising how bright blue his eyes were. Loki smiled back shyly and nodded.
“Yes, that sounds lovely.”
When you opened the door to the new room Loki’s face brightened up immediately. He walked straight to the middle of the room, taking in every aspect of it. It wasn’t exactly like his chambers back on Asgard, but it would do perfectly.
“So, do you like it?” you asked.
“Yes, it is perfect darling! Thank you so much! Now we only need to paint the walls, would you care to help me with that?” He smiled sheepishly as he turned to you.
“Of course, no problem! Let’s go get the paint so you can get settled as soon as possible!” You led the way down the corridor, pointing out who lived in what room. “This is my room, I’m not far from you so if you have any problems you can always come wake me up!” You offered with a polite smile and Loki mirrored your expression, but with a small hint of a blush.
“Stop throwing paint on me! It’s gonna be horrible to get out of my hair!” You giggled as Loki swatted you with his paintbrush.
“But darling you look absolutely adorable with a tad of green in your hair!” Loki smiled, the blush dusting his cheeks still going unnoticed by you.
“Loki! We need to get the first coat done today or we will never be able to finish your room!” You laughed as you tried to swat him with your own brush.
“Okay, okay!” he laughed and you returned to painting. When you were almost done Thor walked in to see how you two were doing.
“Little brother! What have you done to miss y/n’s hair! She is completely covered in paint!” Thor looked horrified, but he couldn’t suppress his chuckles.
“She started it!” Loki tried to defend himself and you giggled at his expression.which made him blush again.
“Little brother, you should know better than making a beautiful young woman green!” Thor laughed at your appearances and Loki’s blush. “I came here to inform you that everyone is waiting for you at the dinner table.”
“Oh please don’t wait up for us, it will take us some time still to finish this! We can eat dinner the two of us after we’re done!” You stood up with an apologetic look on your face. Thor nodded and smiled reassuringly.
“Okay, I shall let the others know.” Then he turned to address Loki. “Little brother, you better help miss y/n clean this up, okay?” Thor winked at Loki when you turned away to continue painting and Loki swatted after his brother with his brush.
“Yes yes, brother…” he spat and Thor laughed as he escaped the paint.
When you were done Loki got up from the floor where he had been sitting to reach the last nooks of the walls.
“Help me up?” You reached a hand for him to grab and he pulled you up. You were surprised by his strength and almost stumbled over your own feet, but his arms steadied you and you grabbed onto his strong arms. You were pressed against his chest and you looked up into his face. You were taken aback by how close his face was to yours which resulted in you mirroring his blush.
“Careful darling, we don’t want you to get hurt now do we?” Loki whispered and you could feel his breath against your lips. A tingle ran down your spine. The two of you were frozen like that for what felt like aeons and neither of you wanted to let go. Suddenly you started coughing and had to look away to steady yourself and to not be rude.
“Oh my gosh, I’m so sorry!” you exclaimed when you finally stopped coughing. You straightened your shirt and stood up again. “We should probably go eat some dinner, let’s clean ourselves up after that.” You didn’t look at Loki when you walked out the door so you didn’t notice his star-struck stare. It took him a couple moments to snap out of it and then he followed you to the kitchen.