Warm waters
Loki swallowed staring at the Jotuns who came to see their lost prince, it was weird and he felt uncomfortable. Laufey was next to him while Byleist was on his father’s other side grinning like a shark.
The little prince wore a mask of indifference since he didn’t mind the people; he only hated his sire and maybe his half-brother. He wasn’t sure what his purpose was or would be here but he had a bad feeling about all of this.
Laufey leaned down to him and whispered, “smile son, these are your people now.” Loki scoffed glancing at the giant merman, “these are your people, they will never accept me and I will never be like them.” The King knitted his eyebrows together a displeased look on his face.
Loki ignored him looking around the people, suddenly he noticed something, “Laufey, there are no mermaids.” The King chuckled and put a heavy hand on the boy’s shoulder, “oh there is much for you to learn boy.”
The King raised a hand the quiet whispers of his people stopped as everyone focused on him. Laufey smiled and pushed Loki in front of him, placing both hands on his shoulders. Loki wanted to squirm away but he didn’t dare to do so.
“Dear people, I am proud to be finally able to introduce you to my once lost but now found son Loki. Even if he may not look like it, he is of my blood and thus a prince of Jotunheim. He shall help us to bring us back to glory and I hope you will all learn to accept him as part of us.”
Loki looked around and the people stared at him in silence, no one cheered or even acted like they heard the King’s words. The prince sighed internally but then the first Jotun began to bow and soon all of them followed suit. Loki blinked and looked up to his sire, who had a pleased smile on his face.
“Very well,” Loki heard him mutter and his hands disappeared from his shoulders as he sat down in his throne. The prince now floated awkwardly in the water unsure of what to do. He caught a glimpse of Byleist who again glared at him.
“Loki you need to greet them.”
The small merman turned around to look at his sire and swallowed glancing down at the Jotuns. Taking a deep breath he spoke, “ah please rise I ah I hope I will be able to help you…reach your goal.” It was not his most eloquent speech and he knew but it would suffice.
The people rose and slowly left the throne room so Loki was able to let go of his forced calmness. He turned to Laufey, “you have some explaining to do old man, why am I here and why are there no females?”
Byleist groaned and took the seat next to his father. To Loki’s surprise this earned him an angry look from Laufey but the King didn’t say anything to his oldest son. He focused on Loki again.
“We have females Loki, but we are different from the Aesir. Our females are very…passionate.”
Loki raised an eyebrow at that, “what do you mean with that?” Byleist grinned at his little brother and raised his arm to show him something, “see that scar little one? The last time I met with one of them she bit me in the heat of passion.”
The boy raised both eyebrows at that. Laufey chuckled at his expression, “mermaids are fierce and hard to handle, we love them but only few are able to control their desires. My mate, Farbauti was one of them, which is why she was one of the few females to wander among us.”
Again he looked at Byleist angrily; Loki guessed he didn’t like the prince sitting in his wife’s chair. Byleist ignored his look and Loki wondered if the prince was even more stupid than Thor.
“Our mermaids live in their own caves where they are left in peace; once in a while one of them emerges to hunt, both for food and a mate.”
Peter had told Loki that some of the humans believed that mermaids were vicious monsters that would drown and devour humans, that was probably the origin of that believe.
“We will visit them and maybe even find a mate for you my son.”
Byleist scoffed, “they will rip him apart father, he is too small and fragile to take them, they will think him food.” Loki glared at his half-brother, oh he really despised him. Not that he wanted to meet those vicious females but he would also not back down this easily.
He had handled females before and he could handle them again.
Laufey watched him with a weird expression that Loki was unable to decipher. In the end the King didn’t say anything else about that topic but waved at the guards who guided Loki to his new cave.
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Tony never wanted to be an artist for a reason, he sucked at everything artsy, so when he took the emerald from Peter down to his lab he was unsure of what to do with it since he feared that he would either destroy or ruin the gem.
In the end he just wrapped some wires around it and made a loop so he could put it on a nice silver chain and wear it around his neck. It was not a masterpiece but he liked it and since it was a present he wanted to honour it.
The genius was once again staring at the numbers of the simulation he had had Jarvis run as a knock sounded from the glass door. Tony looked up and smiled as he spotted Bruce, “Jarv let him in.”
The door slid open and Bruce walked in smiling at Tony, “hello Tony, good to see you.” Tony smiled and gave the other a quick pat on the shoulder, “hey Bruce, good to see you too, can we start?” The other man nodded eagerly, “yes uh by the way I saw Peter upstairs, he looks good, how is he doing?”
Again Tony felt a little jealous but he forced the smile to remain on his face, “he is very well we talked, watched movies, made out a little.” The older man blushed and Tony smirked internally, yes he would clarify to everyone that Peter was his.
“You ah you made out with a boy?”
“Well he is an adult by his people’s standards.”
Bruce frowned a little at that, “well if he is practically an adult I guess…well we should focus on work here.” Tony nodded and eagerly showed him the numbers.
Tony knew that Bruce’s unease was not completely gone but he take what he would get. The most important thing now was getting him to not tell Pepper anything, she would be furious even though she probably wouldn’t be surprised.
Making out with a merman would still be not the worst she caught him doing. A shiver went down his spine as he remembered his time in Romania. He shook his head, oh Carina he would never be able to forget her.
Bruce looked at the simulations and then at Tony, his brows were knitted together and it almost looked like had only one eyebrow at all. The Doctor tilted his head, “am I right to assume that you are intending to change Peter into a human?”
Tony shrugged, “he cannot go home, can he? So why not make him more comfortable?” Bruce ran a hand through his hair, “did you ask him if he wants that?” The genius turned around so the man wouldn’t see his expression, “it is intended as a surprise. I don’t want him to feel like an experiment or worse feel like he is back with Hydra again.”
Bruce nodded in understanding and both men focused on the work until the Doctor spoke up again, “what if he doesn’t want to be a human?” Tony froze his fingers turning white as he was holding a screwdriver way too tight. Would Peter say no to this?
“Then I will think of something else, come on Bruce let us get started Pepper is already angry that I got you here, I don’t want her to get even angrier when we might take longer than expected.”
Bruce chuckled and together they got to work but the question the other man asked him, never really left Tony’s head. Would Peter say no? Would he not want to be with him? Tony bit his lip and tried to focus on what the other man was saying.
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Peter blushed heavily as he stared at the tablet in his hand. Surprisingly enough it had been really easy for him to get a hang of this thing. It was rather intuitive.
The AI had suggested that Peter would do his research on a tablet rather than on a large monitor so he wouldn’t embarrass himself in front of Tony or other potential guests. Peter was really glad that Jarvis knew such things and had taken the advice happily.
So now he was lying on the sand at the pool’s beach, his tail lazily moving around in the water while his eyes were focused on the video he was watching. The boy swallowed, “ah Jarvis is this really ah how human intercourse looks like?”
The AI had no speakers outside of the house and Peter had closed the glass doors so potential sounds would not be heard from the inside, so the AI spoke to him directly through the tablet. Another suggestion from Jarvis.
“This is what my research has found, Master Peter, what is the matter with it?”
Peter swallowed as he watched the older man pushing down the younger, smaller male onto the bed to, what seemed to him, violently pound into him. From what the merman could tell their reproduction organs were quite similar to his and he was glad about that but what the humans did to each other seemed alien to him, but not uninteresting.
“It seems…violent,” the boy said unsure of what to think of that. The AI stopped the video and another popped open showing to men who touched and kissed each other what looked rather lovingly. Peter smiled without noticing, “ah thank you that seems…less painful.”
“You are welcome Master Peter.”
The boy hummed and watched with fascination as the two men rubbed their organs against each other, moaning loudly. Peter felt heat pool inside his stomach. It was a pleasant feeling but he was unsure of what to make of it.
Licking his lips he watched closely as the man on top covered his fingers in some clear fluid to caress the other man’s member and wandering even lower. Peter bit his lip as he pushed one of his fingers in and the man arched his back in obvious pleasure.
“Master Peter, Mr Stark is leaving the laboratory, maybe you want to turn this off.”
Peter let out a disappointed sound and closed the videos going back to that brilliant website called Wikipedia. It had all the information one could dream of and since Peter was unable to physically visit the human archives, library that’s what Jarvis called them, this was a good enough solution for him.
Peter sighed, “Loki would have loved this.”
“What did you say?”
The boy shrieked and dropped the tablet into the water. Tony frowned and Peter felt dread climb up his spine. Slowly he turned to the human, “I am so sorry, you scared me, I-I didn’t drop it on purpose.”
Quickly he picked the device up and handed it to Tony with a sheepish look. The genius took it, looking more confused than angry but Peter didn’t look at him, he stared at his hands guilty about destroying Tony’s property.
“I am sure you didn’t, sorry for scaring you kid, I ah I wanted to ask you if you would care for lunch.”
Peter brushed his dry hair back and nodded, “sure I ah I am quite hungry actually.” Tony smiled and nodded, “alright then join us; Bruce can actually cook so let’s enjoy it.” The boy smiled and made his way over to the wheelchair so he could follow after the human.
Bruce smiled at Peter from the kitchen and pointed at the dinner table. Normally Tony and Peter would eat either at the kitchen counter or at the coffee table in front of the TV which was why Peter looked at Tony with a questioning look.
The man smiled and pulled a chair back and Peter slipped on it.
“Bruce insisted we eat like civilized people.”
Peter laughed at that and Tony grinned.
Bruce soon brought the food and the three sat down to eat, it was kind of weird for Peter but rather close to what he was used to from home. Tony and Bruce chatted over things Peter didn’t understand and probably didn’t want to understand.
They had a nice dinner though Peter once again stuck to his fish while the others enjoyed something that smelled completely alien to him.
“So Peter, how do you like your stay with Tony?”
The boy looked up and looked at the genius who had breadcrumbs everywhere in his beard, it looked kind of cute. Peter smiled at Bruce, “I like it, we have a lot of fun and I really like to learn about your species.”
Bruce smiled at that, “good to hear, I like that you are so eager to learn new things.” Peter nodded and chewed on a clam, he loved the white flesh.
“Back at ho…where I grew up, we only tell each other our history, we don’t write much down and so a lot is lost once it is forgotten. I always wanted to know more, but I rarely got the chance to.”
Both men looked at him while they listened so he could clearly see the sad look in Bruce’s eyes and the guilty look on Tony’s face as he corrected himself. The sea was not his home anymore and it would never be again.
All he could do now was to hope that Tony would never tire of him. Well Peter had to make sure the human wouldn’t tire of him. They talked a little and Peter told him about the archives and how he had met the prince there for the first time, but his heart ached as he thought of Loki and quickly changed the topic.
The men listened until they had to go back to work and Peter moved to the couch to watch one of his shows. He still had that fascination for wedding shows but he also grew more and more fond of the various documentations of the land animals.
Chuckling he watched a group of giraffes gallop over the screen, “Jarvis, is this real or fiction? I cannot imagine that these creatures really exist.” The AI sounded rather amused about that question, “I can assure you Master Peter, that these are indeed real and existing.”
Peter let out a surprised sound and continued watching the documentation, “it appears to me that there are a lot of predators out in the wilderness, how do humans survive out there?”
Again the AI replied but this time he sounded more serious, “most predators do not attack humans unless provoked, they don’t fit their normal pray so they try to avoid humans. Lions and tigers have been reported to attack humans though but that is mostly due to the fact that they had negative encounters with them and, or the humans invaded their territory.”
Peter tilted his head as he watched a pride of lions, “they look fluffy, I wonder what they feel like.”
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Loki had always been sure that the Jotun were savages and being with them didn’t change his opinion much. Now he thought that most of them were savages, most of all his half-brother.
Byleist was loud, strong and stupid and whenever Loki had to face him he either cringed or sighed. It didn’t help that his sire seemed to have the same reaction to him.
Loki didn’t have much in common with Laufey but they both apparently thought that the prince was an idiot and slowly Loki began to understand why the King had tried so hard to get his hands on Loki. In direct comparison, Loki was indeed the better son if only for his less bash demeanour.
True to his word the second prince didn’t try to escape but since he was locked up constantly he wasn’t able to do much else besides cursing at the walls. After three days, Loki had enough.
“You want me to meet your people but you keep me locked up, that is not going to work!”
Laufey looked at his son with a calculating expression. They were seated at a stone table as their food was served; Byleist as always was late. The King looked down at his small son, “you really think I would let you roam free? I am sorry but I don’t believe that if you got the chance you wouldn’t try to run back to your other family.”
Loki sighed, “yeah maybe I would try but I am not asking for that, I just don’t want to be locked up anymore. Put someone in charge to watch me or something but please let me get some fresh water.”
The King seemed to think about it but before he got the chance to answer, his son swam into the cave and took his seat at the table, “good day father and runt.” Loki hissed at him but didn’t reply, it was not the first time he was called that by his half-brother.
Laufey shot his son a look but didn’t say anything, Loki didn’t know why he was disappointed by that. The King turned back to his younger offspring, “I will let you roam our caves with proper guidance and protection. Some of our people are still wary and suspicious because of your upbringing.”
Loki smiled, finally a little freedom. He didn’t notice the slight frown in Laufey’s face as he watched his youngest features lit up.
Byleist, used to be the solemn receiver of his father’s attention, growled, “this is a bad idea, he will get killed if you let him go.” Laufey and Loki sighed, but it was the King who addressed his son, “do not question my decisions Byleist, I don’t need to justify my actions to you.”
The prince looked like he had been slapped before glaring at Loki who returned his look with absolute impassiveness. It only served to make the prince more furious and Loki knew that he had now made a real enemy out of his half-brother.
After the meal, Loki only ate about a third of what the two giants devoured, he was allowed to explore the royal caves freely. Well freely meant that two guards followed him, always keeping him in arms reach.
The boy ignored them and took in as much as he could from his surroundings. It was funny how many of the servants stopped whatever they were doing, to stare at the colourful merman.
Loki smiled at them, but passed without saying a word. After a while one of the guards swam into his way, “you need to stop here, my prince.” The smaller merman sighed, “and why must I stop?”
The guard pointed at the exit he had been heading to, “this is the exit of the royal caves, behind them the common folk dwells and the King said you are not allowed to meet them just yet.”
Loki groaned, “alright, lets head back. Do your people have archives?” The guard frowned in confusion, “archives? What for, my prince?” Alright those people were savages.
“To preserve the history of your people for example or for educating the young.”
The Guards exchanged a look and shrugged, “well we have the ancient temple there is knowledge for those who seek it.” Loki raised an eyebrow at that but nevertheless ordered them to get him there. He was all if not curious.
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Peter was lying on the bottom of his pool, staring at the surface. The video or porn, how the humans called it, that Jarvis had shown him didn’t leave his head. The sounds and expressions were stuck in his head and he just kept wondering about it.
He felt the heat stir inside him and his right hand gently moved down his tail. The scales felt normal and smooth under his fingers but it was not what he was searching for. He let his fingers roam until he found the slight dent in his tail and began to caress it with the tips of his fingers.
A gasp escaped him and he began to curl up into himself but he didn’t stop touching. Slowly as he kept massaging the spot, it began to open up and even slower his long penis like organ emerged.
It was the first time he did that and he was quite unsure how to handle this…hard on? If he remembered correctly that was the term the humans used.
He gently stroke the organ and noticed how a thin oil coat appeared on it, which made the touching much more pleasant. Peter closed his eyes and let out a hum as the pleasure was building up inside of him.
The boy rolled around the ground stroking himself faster and faster until he rolled on his back arching it and groaning loudly. He spilled his seed and for an awkwardly long moment it floated in the water before it slowly sank down coating his tail in it.
Peter shook his head hoping to clear his head a little and sat up, he could hear steps.
“Kid?”
Oh shit.
Peter swam towards the rim and shot out of the water but pressed his lower half against the wall of the pool. His penis was still slightly erect and didn’t yet retreat inside his body again. That was probably one of the reasons why Jarvis had advised him not to watch the porn on the big screen.
“Ah yes Mr. Stark what is up?”
The human walked up to the pool and looked at the boy with concern, “apparently you. Jarvis told me that you heart rate increased up to a concerning level. So are you alright?”
Peter nodded, “ah yeah, yeah, yeah I-I just…I just had a nightmare, that’s it only a nightmare.” Tony nodded slowly, “ah alright I uh guess you are fine now?”
The merman nodded hoping his face didn’t look as flushed as it felt. The human smiled and walked away and a moment too long Peter focused on his ass that was only covered in some tight fitting boxers.
The boy swallowed and dived down again, cursing internally as he felt his little Peter growing hard again.
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Tony closed the door to the patio letting out a long breath, “Jarvis, I think he…well you don’t need to alert my anymore when his heart rate rises up to that level.”
“As you wish Sir.”
The genius scratched his goatee and shook his head, “so what did he do on that tablet before he dropped it?” The AI replied in a neutral voice, “I am sorry Sir but I promised not to tell, he also used the private mode for surfing.”
“Which you suggested to him I presume?”
“He asked for advice and I provided him with it.”
Tony laughed and walked back to his room shaking his head.