Chapter 3
Tony can feel his eyes bugging from their sockets because...what? He knew for a fact that Alec had no problem with his boyfriend screwing around with other people and he could see tall dark and handsome (not Bucky he's tall dark and metal) from the corner of his eye smiling like a cat with a bowl of cream. What shocks him however is how they are going about it. He knew Magnus and Loki have issues about who's the greatest wizard or some shit but damn.
Magnus was on a table shirtless, and Tony would be lying if he said that bod wasn't a work of art, bound by the green of Loki's magic. Straining up till the tendons of his neck stood out, he flung his arm out sending a bolt of blue-purple at Loki who hit the wall with his back head snapping against the concrete. The band with which Loki had bound is hair was long forgotten, hair tumbling down around his shoulders. Loki grins and says something under his breath and they all watch as Magnus groans and his back bows tight.
"Um... guys," Tony tries
"Hush you," Izzy tells him, eyes glued to the screen
Tony looks around, Steve has a brow raised at the projection, not quite judging, but skeptical, Jace has his face in Clary's hair grumbling under his breath. Clint's face is almost in the projection eyes wide like a kid at a candy store.
"What are they doing?" Simon asks momentarily paused in his quest to lift the hammer. Even Thor has paused in pop tart induced rampage to stare at the projection. Natasha smirks because she always has the answer, she always knows everything.
"What?" Tony asks because he knows she has to be asked.
Natasha turns to look at Alec, maybe for permission, and he winks at her as if they are into something that the rest of them aren't.
"Bottom, they are fighting for bottom." she says
The servos of Bucky's arm whir as he shifts to tuck the knife he was sharpening in his boot and Tony wonders idly if the arm needs to be recalibrated. Bucky turns to stare at the wall and they are all immediately reminded of the action on it.
Magnus lifts his legs, feet flat on either side of him. His body is now covered in a thin film of sweat, the glitter around his eyes stands out as his eyes flash gold, and a scream tears itself from Loki's throat as he's elevated several feet from the floor back still to the wall.
There are strands of long dark hair sticking to Loki's face with sweat, he has lost his undershirt too his pale body gleaming with sweat. The tight leather pants he has on do nothing to conceal the fact that he's turned on by the display of power.
They can see Loki's lips moving, but they hear nothing since JARVIS denied them the luxury of an audio saying that he'd be breaching protocol "and the fire nation attacked" (shut up JARVIS) and Clint fell to pieces on the floor.
And whatever Loki is doing Tony can't say cause Magnus screams through gritted teeth and his head hits the table as he arcs up fully, his hips leaving the table as his body forms a bridge from his knees to his neck. Loki laughs as Magnus slams his hands on the table. And Tony gets it now. Loki wants to get Magnus to go to him and vice versa.
Loki's eyes glow green as he speaks louder faster, chanting like some Druid and Magnus sits up straight so much like the zombies in those movies Clint likes so much. And finally, finally Magnus' eyes flash gold the pupils contracting into catlike slits.
Alec feels his body react in response, blood quickening, pulse racing, and suddenly it's too hot. He pulls the collar of his shirt from his neck and Izzy raises an amused brow in his direction. Alec rolls his eyes at her and focuses on the projection. Alec notices the mistake before anyone else does, actually he doesn't think anyone else notices. He knows that Magnus needs his hands to do magic, and as he's seen; Loki uses spells and curses so he would need his mouth to work his magic. Loki would have won, Alec knew if he'd had the presence of mind to bind Magnus' arms.
Magnus twirls his fingers in the way Alec loves so much and Loki arcs much like Magnus had and the long haired Man's teeth snap together sealing his words inside. And its decided. Magnus smiles and it's the Bane Victory Smirk, darkness rising from everywhere engulfing him in it so that only his cat eyes gleam from within.
The room takes in a collective breath.
They don't know the extent of Magnus' power and that's not a scratch of it.
They watch as Loki lowers from the wall and walks into the swirling vortex of black as if compelled towards the golden eyes. And when the darkness dissipates, Loki's over at the table leaning over Magnus with the warlock's legs hooked around his waist. Magnus smirks, and Loki rolls his eyes. Loki says something and Magnus laughs as the god closed the distance between them to kiss him.
"Cut it ,J"
The projection fades.
"Welp, that was..." Tony cuts off pointedly ignoring the look Steve was sending him.
"Intense?" "weird?" Izzy and Clint say at the same time.
"Clint don't kink shame people, it's unbecoming," Tony says patronizingly.
And then he notices the reason why everyone is so quiet, he can't believe he hasn't noticed it before. The smell of ozone in the room, thick enough to suffocate. Oh!
Thor and Alec exchange a glance and Thor stretches his arm out calling Mjonlír to him. Simon darts out of the way with a squeak ("it was not a squeak, I'll have you know that l'm a very dignified cool and badass vampire" "of course you are Simon").
Thor reaches out with his other hand towards Alec
" Come with me hunter of demons"
Jace rolls his eyes and Izzy giggles, the rest of them just...drop their jaws yes, including Natasha, and no Bucky's mouth doesn't hang open but his eyes do.
Alec rises with the fluid grace Tony's only ever seen on the winter soldier, but without the 'imma murder you right fucking now' vibe, and walks over to where Thor is; arm outstretched. Thor puts his hand around Alec's waist and swings the hammer with the other.
"Prepare for take off," Thor says and Alec's eyes dart over to Jim
"Jace, stele!"
Jo- Jace flounders uselessly for a second before Izzy flings the stele at Alec who catches it and tucks it in his pocket.
" I'm gonna need backup " Alec says before he's dragged away.
Thor puts his hammer through the window and flies out with Alec wrapped around him.
They all gape
Then...
"Hey! I demand respect, there are stairs for that. Hell, there are elevators for that. State of the art...-"