Fated Marks

After the revelation about my imminent doom, which I had to say was kind of ironic in a really screwed up way, Frigga left Thor and I alone saying we’d probably want some time to get reacquainted with each other.

“Hayley I swear we will find a way to safely remove the Aether from you, you have my word.” Thor said.

“I know.” I said forcing a smile on my face. Thor probably dealt with things like this all the time or if not I’m sure he knew someone who did. “So how about a grand tour? I want to see where you grew up.”

He looked worried for a bit but shook it off. “Of course.” He said taking my hand and leading me out. The palace lived up to the wonder and magnificence described in every Norse myth I’d ever read and to everything Thor had ever told me. He told me about all the trouble he got into as a kid. I talked about how everyone was doing leaving out a huge chunk of things he’d missed. At the end of the tour we ended up at the room that had been set up for me, which was the size of huge apartment in New York. It had it’s own balcony.

For dinner some of the palace servants brought over a huge spread before leaving us alone.

“How much do you want to bet all of Asgard will know about me being here by tomorrow morning?” I asked.

“Tomorrow morning? They probably heard you when we flew here.” Thor said.

“I was really loud. I wasn’t really ready for it though I am jealous you do that and you’re hair always looks amazing.” I said and Thor just chuckled.

“So what have you been up to since I left.” Thor asked and I went for the goblet of wine.

“How are the nine realms?” I asked and Thor raised an eyebrow.

“It took some time and many battles but peace has been restored in the nine realms. The last battle was fought shortly before I returned to earth in Vanaheim.” Thor said. “It was quite the battle, there was this stone creature who fought valiantly but was no match for me.”

“Well he’s no Hulk.” I said.

“I can take the Hulk.” Thor said.

“Not the way he tells it.” I said.

“I’ll show him…” Thor muttered making me laugh.

“How about we just call it a tie?” I asked.

“He is a worthy opponent, I accept a draw.” Thor said smiling. “Enough about me, what about you? I’m sure you have plenty of stories to tell.”

“You have no idea.” I said. “Uh… I have no idea where to start.”

“The beginning is always good.” He said giving me a reassuring smile. I grabbed the pitcher of wine and refilled his drink making him arch an eyebrow.

“You’re going to need that.” I said before playing with the ring Thor had given to me for Valentine’s Day. “You remember my birthday?”

“I do.” He said with a huge grin and I blushed a bit realizing what he was probably remembering. “You remember how anxious I was that day?”

“I do recall.” He said.

“That’s because he found me.” I said.

“He?” Thor asked.

“My older brother.” I asked.

“What?!” he exclaimed. “That vile creature where is he?”

“Not telling you and you may want to sit back down. You’ve been gone a while and you’ve missed a few things.” I said. He gave me a concerned look before sitting back down.

“So he found me but didn’t show up at my door, he never does. He sent a gift with a message. A dead bird with a note. Of course I didn’t tell anyone I started making arrangements and considered leaving until Rebekah gave me another option. As it turns out my brother married his soulmate, Delilah, an assassin for the Romani crime family. For one reason or another she decided to leave him so we came up with the idea of finding her and using her as leverage. I had gotten into an exchange program in London and thought it was perfect timing so I decided to go for it.” I said.

“I sense there is more to the story?” Thor said.

“This isn’t even the tip of the iceberg.” I said. “I didn’t tell anyone about this because I wanted to take care of it on my own and not get anyone dragged into this mess. About a month later I went away with Clint to his ex’s wedding and for a mini vacation before I left. That’s when his friends cornered me and told me he wanted to see me when I got back to New York. I agreed because I ultimately didn’t have a choice in the matter. He was planning on killing me and I told him my plan to find his wife and made a deal, my life and freedom and in exchange I had until the end of the year to deliver Delilah.”

“And did you find his wife?” Thor asked.

“I’m still working on it but I’m close.” I said. “During said meeting he cut my hand and almost killed me which I lied about except Tony and Bruce figured it out. There was this huge argument I got handcuffed to the oven. I got out of said handcuffs and ran away to Miami. Came back and he blew up a car.”

“He what now?” Thor asked probably hoping he was hearing wrong.

“I got away with a few scrapes no big deal.” I said.

“He tried to kill you… multiple times.” Thor said.

“And I’m still here.” I said. “No one wanted me to go but I didn’t really give anyone a choice. So we got started on searching for Delilah. Went to some of Rebekah’s contacts and we found one that could help. As it turns out it was Jack.” I said.

“Jack?” Thor asked.

“My mom’s ex boyfriend.” I said and Thor growled. “We talked then Rebekah, the jerk and I got kidnapped by some guys he owed money to…”

“You got kidnapped?” Thor said.

“Nothing happened, well they killed Jack and I freaked out a bit but I was fine.” I said. “We didn’t do much for a while until Rebekah hooked up with Demitri and we got another hit but it wasn’t anything concrete. Of course then Rebekah decided to take matters into her own hand and hired an assassin to kill my brother.”

“I did always like Rebekah, she’s a good sister.” Thor said nodding his approval.

“Well you’re probably not going to think that in a bit. The assassin missed, got captured and ended up telling my brother that someone put out a hit on him. He and his friends came to London, kidnapped me in broad day light and tortured me for a few hours.”

“He did what!?” Thor shouted.

“Thor, calm down.” I said.

“That vile, worthless… he dared lay a hand on my soulmate! Where is he?!” Thor shouted.

“Thor.” I said “Hey look at me.”

“Hayley he can’t get away with this.” Thor said. “He will pay.”

“Thor please stop.” I said taking his hand. “he’s a horrible person and he probably deserves that and more but I’m not going to let you sink to his level. You’re better than that. Also I still have a lot more to tell you.”

“There’s still more?” He asked.

“Rebekah and Kol paid a ransom and got me out. I was unconscious for four days and after it took me a while to recover. Part of the conditions of him letting me go was that I had to find the person who put out the hit.” I said.

“But Rebekah…” He said.

“I wasn’t going to let him kill my sister so I pulled one of my mom’s old moves and I found a scapegoat, Someone to take the blame. We found a human trafficker just an all around bad guy and we framed him. Things got messy, it got hard to get away but I did the guy was killed three days later, didn’t even see it coming and my brother left us alone. I continued searching for Delilah and I found her. Only problem was she was expecting me. She set a trap. Left me a message written in blood to warn me to stop looking for her and then led me and Kol to the basement where landmines were planted. They were all duds but that’s when I finally accepted that I was in way over my head and finally accepted the help everyone offered me. Natasha got some intel and with the exception of the minor two week drug induced black out everything’s gone without a hitch. I’m expecting news on Delilah any day now and then this will all be over.” I said.

“I missed all of that?” Thor said.

“Yeah its been a crazy couple of months.” I said.

“I am so sorry.” Thor apologized.

“What for?” I asked.

“I should have been there.” Thor said.

“Thor sweetie there’s nothing you could have done and like I’ve told Steve before I’m not your responsibility. Dealing with him is something I need to do on my own and if things continue the way they have been he won’t be a problem for much longer.” I said.

Thor stayed quiet for a moment before getting up and coming to kneel in front of me.

“I should have known something was going on. I could always feel you Hayley.” Thor said.

“You did?” I asked. Besides the occasional boost in confidence I didn’t get much. Then again I have always been a bit emotionally oblivious and I have been a bit distracted lately.

“I felt your joy, your fear, I even dreamed of you.” Thor said.

“Really?” I asked. “I am so sorry I put you through that.”

“Don’t it reminded me what I was fighting for.” Thor said. I leaned down and kissed him again.

“I love you.” I said.

“And I you love.” He said kissing me again. We stayed like that for a while just kissing and hugging until there was knock at the door.

“I came by to bring Lady Nora some clothes.” Frigga said bringing in some dresses and setting them up so they were somehow floating.

“Thank you.” I said.

“It’s no trouble. Your hair is lighter than I remember.” The said running it through my hair gently.

“Oh I dyed it, I needed a disguise so I wouldn’t be recognized.” I said. “I also wear glasses.”

“It suits you but I think you prefer your normal hair color.” She said and suddenly my hair started getting darker until it was back to my natural light brown hair color.

“Thank you, it’s good to look like me again.” I said.

“I’ll leave you two alone. Sleep well.” She said.

“Oh I’m not sleeping here.” Thor said right away.

“Thor you can’t lie to your mother, I know everything.” Frigga said she said giving him a look and he looked nervous and turned red. I couldn’t help but chuckle a bit. “The maids will be by before breakfast, do with that as you wish.” She said before walking out.

Not that we were going to do anything but after that there was no way nothing was going to happen.

“Uh… I can go.” Thor said.

“No I mean I could use a cuddle?” I asked.

“That would be nice.” Thor said with a huge smile.

“I should… change…” I said.

“The dressing room…” Thor said awkwardly pointing towards a door.

“Right I’ll just go… dress.” I said grabbing a night gown Frigga had left and going to get dressed.

I put it on before going back to the room. Thor was sitting on the bed shirtless and I couldn’t help but stare. Damn he was hot.

“I can put a tunic on… I’ll just have to go to my room.” He said.

“No! I mean… no it’s fine as long as you’re comfortable and know that we’re just going to cuddle….” Why the hell did I just say that?!

“Of course, of course I can go if you wish to be alone.” Thor offered.

“No Just uh… I don’t think I can do anything.” I said.

“You cannot sleep?” thor asked confused.

“Anything other than sleep considering your mom would know…” I said awkwardly.

“I don’t think I would be able to either.” Thor said.

“So just cuddling.” I said.

“The cuddling is all I considered doing.” Thor reassured me as he hugged me.

“So I there’s something else I need to tell you.” I said. I figured I already told him everything he missed I may as well tell him about my past.

“What is it?” Thor said growing tense.

“I told everyone about my past I figured you should also know.” I said.

“Hayley nothing you could ever say or do will change the way I feel towards you. Your past does not matter to me. The only thing that matters is if you wish for me to be in your present and future.” Thor said. I couldn’t help but tear up at his words. “I love you Hayley, now and forever.”

“I love you too.” I said kissing him. “But I should still tell you.”

“There will be time for that after things settle down. For now you need to rest, the coming days will be busy.” He said lifting the covers and waiting for me to slip in before laying down next to me. I put my arm around Thor’s waist and rested my head on his bare chest.

“Good night.” I said.

“Good night love.” He said kissing the top of my head and drawing circles on my arm with his fingertips.

Third Person’s POV-

‘How strange…’ the nurse muttered.

‘This is not of Earth, what is it?’ Thor asked.

‘I do not know. But she will not survive the amount of energy surging within her.’ The nurse had answered. 

Those words kept running through Thor’s head over and over again. He looked down at the young woman in his arms sleeping peacefully while clinging to him.

There was no way he was going to let anything happen to Hayley. He had just been reunited, he wouldn’t let anyone or anything tear her away from him.

“Hm.” Hayley whined in her sleep.

“Sh, it’s okay.” Thor soothed rubbing circles on her back. Hayley whimpered a bit before settling down again.

No, One way or another He was going to save his soulmate, Odin help whoever stands in his way.