Chapter 10
'Sir, I really must insist that you not view that footage.' The AI warned. 'You are only going to make yourself feel worse.'
"Shut up, Jarvis." Tony snapped, chugging another drink of whiskey. He had already blown threw a pint and was working on the second. "I need to see. I need to know why."
'It will not give you the answers you are looking for.'
"I don't care. Now shut up and let me see it!"
Tony watched as the computer screen in front of him came to life, rolling back to only a few hours ago. The time Lily and Loki had spent together. It bothered Tony to the core that she would choose to sleep with Loki over him. He was a good guy, wasn't he? Instead, she went straight for Mr. Tall, dark, and dreamy. He watched their interactions as they spoke, not able to hear what they were saying, he wanted the audio off and he wasn't sure why.
When she fell into his cage Tony tensed up, seeing how Loki forcefully jerked her up and pinned her to the cell wall. There were more words spoken, he backed off, then not long after began to threaten her again-at least from what he could gather- then Tony noticed Loki's tension had eased some. He almost choked on the drink he had been taking when he saw Lily grab Loki to kiss him. How he struggled, but gave in just as quickly. How he touched her. How he kissed her. Tony could feel his blood pressure rising higher the longer he watched. When it finally got to the inevitable, he slammed the screen shut.
It felt wrong.
"Jarvis, erase the footage." he barely got out with sobbing. "Please."
'Of course, sir.'
I was having the most peaceful dream when I heard a loud bang, snapping me awake with a jerk. I forgot where I was for a minute until I felt Loki tense, and tighten the hold of the arm he already had around me. It took me a few blinks, but once my vision came into focus I realized what was happening. Tony was outside the cell with the look of pure fury on his face. The loud bang I had heard had been a table that had been previously sitting to the left-that was now in pieces on the other side of the room.
Oh god.
I was naked and in bed with Loki. We'd fallen asleep and never got dressed and Tony had caught us. Having sex with Loki once I'm sure hurt Tony bad enough, but the thought of him knowing that I'd come back last night was causing this horrible feeling of dread to wash over me; the fact he'd actually caught us in bed together was even worse. He was making me feel really uneasy by the way he was staring at us. I wasn't sure if I wanted to leave Loki's cell or not.
"Get up, get dressed. You have sixty seconds. If you aren't dressed in sixty seconds, I will drag your naked ass out of there." Tony's tone was eerily calm.
It was that scary calm that happens right before a storm. My body was shaking all over as I watched him turn and walk out of the room. Loki was giving me this look like he was actually worried for my safety and he almost looked guilty. He may have been, but I couldn't think about that right now. All I could think about was trying to get my pants on as fast as I could, failing miserably due to my hands shaking like a leaf. Loki used his magic to clothe himself and took one of my hands as he approached me. I took a deep breath as he waved his free hand; I was dressed.
Thank god.
"Thank you." I mumbled, relieved. "My hands don't seem to be working..."
"You don't have to leave this cell." Loki's tone scared me. I met his eyes, and he gave me a stern glare. "He cannot get to you, not with me in here."
"He won't hurt me. He's just mad. Madder." I correct myself. Tony would never hurt me. Would he?
"He found out last night about us, so he already knew." I sigh. "I'm kind of on his shit list now."
Loki nodded and went to say something, but Tony walked back into the room, cleared his throat and glared at us. He stumbled for a moment before he composed himself, heading over to the computer. He looked at me. "Stand close to the wall." I was hesitant, but I did what he told me. Loki was reluctant to let my hand go, so I gave his hand a squeeze of reassurance that I was okay.
I was going to be okay. "Don't move, pretty boy." Tony was talking to Loki. "I mean it." I heard Loki take a deep, heavy breath. He really didn't like to be told what to do. "When this barrier goes down, you step out immediately. Understood?"
I nod.
When the barrier came down it took every once of willpower I had to step out, and just as fast as I had stepped out the walls were back in place. I had barely even registered the fact that I was not longer in the cell with Loki before Tony was grabbing my arm and trying to pull me out of the room. I resisted and struggled with him because honestly, I didn't want Tony to touch me. He was being ridiculous and possessive and it was pissing me off.
"Don't touch me!" I shout, but I knew it wouldn't do any good. He just ignored me and gripped me by the shoulders as he dragged me around. I wasn't sure if it was a good or a bad thing that Tony was keeping quiet. I hissed in pain when Tony grabbed my waist-my bruised waist. I wasn't even sure if Tony remembered how sore I actually was right now. Or if he even cared.
"Nice necklace." Tony spat, when he finally got a good look at me. "What the hell is wrong with you?"
I didn't comment on the bruise around my neck. I would explain that later. Right now I just wanted Tony OFF of me. I never noticed all the while Tony was manhandling me Loki was staring, no, glaring at Tony. His fists clenched up and he was breathing heavily, obviously not happy about what he was seeing. It's probably a good thing there was glass separating him from Tony at that moment.
"Get your filthy paws off her!" Loki roared, and Tony and I both stopped in a dead halt.
He was pissed; beyond pissed.
"Excuse me!" Tony sneered. "Are you fucking kidding me. You, of all people are going to tell me not to touch her?"
"Tony! Stop it!"
"She doesn't want you to touch her." Loki snarled. "Or are you too daft to notice?"
"At least I don't bruise her up like some animal!" Tony barked, letting me go to stand closer to Loki's cage. "Have you looked at her!
You're a monster."
Loki's eyes went wild, and he lunged at the cell wall like a panther with both hands and feet attached; as if they were glued there, snarling. The glass cracked on the inside, but it didn't give. Loki was even gracious about how he slid down the wall, silently murdering Tony in his mind.
"Step in here and say that again." Now Loki's tone was the scary, crazy kind of calm. "Let's see how long you last with the monster."
This was not good.