Loki X Thor - A Forbidden Love - Part Four

Part Four:

        Loki forced his eyes open; squinting at the sunlight pouring through the open window, the noises of busy city life filled the air. The black silk robe flowed around him, the blankets ruffled beneath him. His hair lay in dark pools around his neck as he simply stared up at the ceiling for what felt like hours, but upon looking at the digital clock it was merely a few minutes. He sat up and let his legs hang off the bed, stretching his arms above his head. A fiery pain shot through his shoulder and he brought his hand up to the bandages that Tony had wrapped the previous night, which were dark with dry blood.

        Loki gripped the cloth and tore it from his skin, the breeze from the window making the cloth flay gently around his hand. He stood and strode to the door, pressing his ear against it and listening. Gentle voices echoed from another part of the floor, luckily, a part that was nowhere near the kitchen. Loki's stomach grumbled in protest from being hungry for days and he made his way to the fridge, pulling the door open to reveal the most beautiful chocolate fudge earthquake cake he had ever set his eyes on. He licked his lips and grinned, grabbing the platter and setting it on the table.

Grabbing the nearest fork he could find, Loki sat and dug into the majestic food before him and shovelled large chunks of the cake into his mouth, the flavor hitting his taste buds in an explosion of sweet, rich dark chocolate. He continued to eat the cake at an alarmingly fast rate, the food filling his so very empty stomach. Before he even noticed, only a single crumb remained on the platter. Footfalls could be heard down the hall, and Loki placed the platter in the sink, just now realizing there was a chocolate crumb mess on the table.

Tony came into the kitchen and looked down at the mess on the table, then up at Loki's face, the small remnant of a smile vanishing from his expression. Loki licked his lips to hide the evidence, but it was too late; Tony knew. Tony took a deep breath and met Loki's gaze with his own dark one. "Did you eat the chocolate cake that was in the fridge?" Loki knew what was coming. He could feel the temperature in the room rise with Tony's anger and he slowly slid along the wall to put distance between them, never breaking Tony's gaze. "Metaphorically speaking, let's say I did. What would you do?"

        Tony lunged at Loki and slammed him against the wall. "You son of a bitch! Steve made that for me!" Loki raised his hands in an innocent gesture. "Why not simply get him to make you another one then?" Tony grabbed Loki by the throat and sneered at him. "You're a real pain in the ass, you know that?" Tony brought back his free hand to punch Loki, the apparition vanishing causing Tony's fist to collide with the wall. The real Loki ran into the bedroom with Tony hot on his heels, reaching out to grab his sceptre. Just a few inches away…

       …Tony tackled Loki to the ground, slamming the Tricksters face against the floor. Loki groaned and kicked hard, hitting Tony in the gut. Loki scrambled over the bed and Tony grabbed his ankle, pulling him back as Loki grabbed handfuls of the blanket to try and get leverage, just bringing the blanket to the floor with him. The two rolled over each other, trying to get the upper hand, but not getting far since most of their power resided in weapons. Tony managed to roll out of the blanket and wrap Loki in it like a taco, his arms tightly pressed against his sides uselessly. Tony sat on Loki's hips and punched him in the face several times, Loki's lip swollen and bloody.

        "ENOUGH!" The two stopped their struggle and looked at the doorway where a very angry Thor stood with Steve beside him. "Let him go Tony." Thor's voice was calm but still laced with anger. Tony looked at Steve in frustration. "But he ate the cake you gave me!" Steve just shook his head, clearly disappointed but at whom they did not know, and strode from the room. Tony got off of Loki and unravelled the blanket from him, tossing back on the bed. "Your clothes are in the laundry room… asshole." Loki watched silently as Tony followed the path Steve had taken, his eyes falling on Thor. Thor pushed the door closed and strode angrily up to his brother, just as Loki parted his lip's to speak, Thor crashed his lips against Loki's own and they collapsed onto the bed together.