"One More Chapter"
“Loki are you in here?” Stephen asks walking into the library to find his husband curled up in one of the lounge chairs reading a book eyes drifting closed slowly while he tries to fight it.
“Hi,” Loki mumbles turning the page sluggishly.
“Come to bed baby,” Stephen says and tries to take the book but Loki has a death grip on it.
“One more chapter,” Loki says.
“You’re tired. Come to bed and then you can start up again tomorrow with a fresh mind,” Stephen says and grabs the book and Loki makes a whining noise in the back of his throat. And makes grabby hands at the book.
“Tomorrow,” Stephen says and puts the book on the table and portals Loki to their bed where the others are already curled up. Loki looks for a place to lay and they pull him into the bed with them and cuddle him and Stephen magics both of them into their pajamas and crawls across their bodies and pillows his head on Quill’s check and Bruce wraps his arms around Stephen and they all settle themselves.
The next morning Stephen walks into the library to see Loki’s book still on the table and Loki sitting in an armchair, Maria on his lap, and a pile of children’s books next to him. Stephen stands there a few minutes listening to Loki read to their daughter.
Loki finishes the chapter and looks up at Stephen who gives him a soft smile.
“One more chapter,” Stephen says pulling a chair so he can sit next to Loki and Maria.