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Thor. Hey. Hey. Heard you were hanging out in the city now.

Thor!! Assemble immediately by the portal! Wake up this instant, you great blonde moose!

[ Why is a tiny child yelling at Thor at 6am, well. Reasons. ]

[ When Thor returns to his room, he'll find a small black box sitting on the table. When he opens it, he'll find a pair of earrings, the same ones Frigga wore on Thor's coronation day. There are no answers, no chits of papers. ]

[ After the . . . events that took place, Loki finds himself slipping into Thor's room unconsciously. He's not even sure why he's here. He feels . . .

He wanders the room, looking over Thor's things contemplatively. ]

where are you? tehre are fireworks and you've gone missing. there's no way its a coicnidence

[ Again, Loki finds himself in his brother's room, idly occupying a spot on the couch. He looks . . . pretty awful, even for Loki. He's even slouching. But when everything seems to be spinning, Thor, at least, remains a solid presence in Loki's life. ]

[It takes him a while to send this, swinging back and forth over whether or not it's a good idea, but in the end his concern wins out. If Loki finds out he did this and gets mad about it, that'll suck, but it's better than doing nothing]

I'm worried about Loki. This shit going on isn't easy for anyone, but he's taking it hard

Hey dude! So there's this costume party thing I wanna go to soon, can I borrow your cool armor for it??

Will you do me a favour and write to my brother? A letter I may keep in case he arrives here with us and you are gone.

[[ooc: The IPRE are throwing a dinner party at Casa Del Taaco! There will be a mingle going up November 18, which characters will know by the enchanted countdown on the invite (once it hits zero, illusory glitter will burst from the invite and Taako's voice will tell them that they're running late). The theme is speakeasy but characters are free to be relatively loose with it, just have fun! If your character would want to bring a plus one, please let their player know (you can let me know too if you’d like) so they can join in on the mingle when it goes up.

If you have any questions feel free to hit me up!]]

[ooc: continued from here]

[It hasn't escaped Bryn's notice that the tone of their interactions has changed over the months they've known each other. What started as a light and harmless fling has become something more substantial. It's more than a friendship but not an official romantic relationship. There's feelings there, Bryn isn't so heartless that she couldn't come to feel something for Thor after all the time they've been together, but it's still very much in a nebulous place. If there's a discussion to be had, however, Bryn isn't going to be the one to prompt it. He knows what she wants out of her life and...if he isn't going to volunteer to take things in a direction, she will content herself with what they have. Which is nothing to sniff at, not in the least.

Not with the sweet words and the soft touches, and the way their lives seem to have come together almost seamlessly.

She leans into the warmth of his hand, reaching up to cover it with her own, and accepts the fact that Thor would rather enjoy his victory, fraught as it was, than sink into all that happened. She reaches for him, hands smoothing down lightly over his armor.]

I don't mind being the object of your complete and unwavering focus...but I think I could hold your attention better if all of this wasn't in the way. Show me how to take it off?

[ This still feels like a bad idea. Or it seems to have the marks of one. Loki doesn't know how to apologize, how to take back what is already done. It would sound fake, trite. It is not in him to truly regret what he's done even if there are moments he would like to take back or smooth over. But he's never been one for contrition. And Loki never will be.

And yet. Thor was caught in one of Odin's lies. At the very least, Loki does not need to leave Thor alone in it. And if Thor prefers to be, well . . . it's easy enough to leave. ]

Hurts, doesn't it? Being lied to.

[ Okay, Loki can't be that helpful. ]

I was hoping you'd be free for dinner some time soon, great big sorta-brother. At Trixie? We've not spoken much of our homes and I'd like to, preferably with drinks flowing.

[She calls Thor instead of texting, because she's less prone to over-thinking this way.]

Hey, Thor? I was wondering-- would you be up for sparring?

[She's not nervous, exactly, she's more hopeful. She needs someone and her options are pretty limited.]

Apparently I have a daughter.

[ There's a strangled tone in his voice, plz help. ]

[~ Many drinks later..... ~]

- She doesn't have one. [Ragnar misjudged how far away Thor was, so when he leaned over he nearly lost his balance.] See. Nothing.

[He pushed his phone toward Thor and then his blue eyes went wide.] We need to help her.

[He sat up and clapped his hands together.] You've known her longer. So you will help.

The first -ah, skål [he raised his newly refilled cup in thanks to the bartender]. The first one is age... Women... women don't like that question. What should we put?

Brother. Are you free? I would speak with you.

[As he's walking away after he got kicked out for breaking in and trying to shove a robot eye in.]

I spent an awful lot of time on that, the least you could do is let me show you some of the things it can do.

[ Sif's departure does not surprise Loki. He can't say he's particularly upset about it either. Alex's departure hit him harder for reasons he does not want to scrutinize. But he knows that Thor will mope. Not outwardly, but he'll certainly struggle for a bit. Losing that connection. So he drops by with a bottle to share between them.

Or just let him have it, Loki hasn't decided yet. ]

[apropos of nothing: one cake delivered to Thor's address. It sort of just appears inside, with Thor's name on the box and also magically warded so his new roommates don't eat it. It's maple, bacon, bourbon and chocolate flavored, all together, because why the fuck not.

The real reason for this is that Taako was delighted by Thor giving Magnus shit on his behalf about the wedding thing, but he won't admit to that. So it's just a surprise cake for no reason whatsoever.]

Thought you might like to know I'm not dead

[ When the message came in, Loki didn't believe it. After all, it seemed a little unreal to be able to travel back and return to Riverview. Like there was a catch. But if there was one, the locals weren't aware of it. Which didn't surprise him.

What surprised him was to learn that it was only him. No Thor. That . . .

It was late when Loki approaches Thor's house. He didn't sense Bryn. Perhaps she went to visit Taako. Which suits him fine. He didn't want to deal with any other company. Thor seemed to be dozing on the couch. There were cookie crumbs all over him and Loki huffed quietly, reaching out to brush them off. Ridiculous. Now that he's hear, words are failing him. What would he say? Oh, Thor, I'm being asked back to our world but without you, but I'm sure it's fine? Absolutely nothing will go wrong.

I won't be long.

It'll be fine.

I'll check up on Asgard. Without you.

Loki swallows. Deep down, he knew why he came to Thor this way. He was scared. What happens if he went through that portal? What awaited him there? Why just him? Every instinct in his body screamed that this would end badly. But he had to go. Didn't he? He said he would stay. With Asgard. And Loki had meant that. He didn't want to take it back out of fear alone.

No. He had to go. Without Thor.

Trembling, he reaches out to squeeze Thor's wrist. It shook badly and Loki could almost laugh at how pathetic he was. But he had to say something at least before he left. Quietly, barely above a whisper.]

Never — Never doubt. No matter how — [ Loki swallows. Sentiment. Still. ] — Do not doubt me.

[ With that, Loki presses a small kiss to Thor's hand before turning away. He had to make preparations before he left. He owed Riverview that much. ]

Come to [LOCATION] at 6pm on [DATE]. You may bring one date if you must.

[ how inviting. obviously the location is the location of a home and the date is sometime in mid-august that i don't want to settle on at the moment so YOLO. boom, come to a party. bring 1 friend. ]

Edited 2018-08-02 00:41 (UTC)

[ He considered knocking. Or announcing his presence somehow. But instead he just appears nearby, hands clasped behind his back. He's still nervous, especially since Thor knows part of the truth.

You really are the worst brother. ]

Thor.

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