Below are some of the things I have written so far. I am very nervous about writing my stories but I am having so much fun I don’t even care if I’m terrible at it!
Requests are OPEN 💚
18+ ONLY, Most of the stories I already have and will have will probably have smut or mature content at the least.
I write mostly fluff, angst and smut ((No Thorki please))
No permanent tag list…if I get enough people asking I’ll make one ☺️
Series
Imposter Prince: Complete
Summary: Reader is visiting Asgard and when she arrives she finds a mysterious man posing as Loki. Everyone else sees the same dark prince but you see someone else. Is this another one of Loki's mischievous games? Or is there something more sinister afoot?
Warnings: Language, Fluff, Graphic Major Character Injury, Smut
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Black Tulips: Complete
Summary: Loki has fallen horribly ill. Reader goes on a crazy journey to save her beloved's life. Will she succeed without dying in the process? Will she be in time to save Loki at all?...
Warnings: Language, Fluff, Major Character Illness, Smut
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I’ll Never Let Go: Complete
Chapter 1
Chapter 2-Final
Summary: You and Loki have been courting, you’re both ready to move on to the next step. Someone isn’t too happy about that.
Warnings: Language, Fluff, Smut
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Something Real: Complete
Summary: Reader and her twin boys are making a life for themselves on New Asgard. One night Reader and her twins are visited by someone who they thought was long dead..
Hiii! I saw that your requests where open so I was wondering if it’s okay with you that I request something with Loki x female reader where the reader is just having a roughy time with their mental health lately and Loki comforts them and it’s all soft and fluffy?
Thank you for taking the time to read and or write this, I hope you have a lovely day/night!
Oof. This one hit a little closer to home. Thank you so much for this request @hpxmcusworld. I am currently going through my own mental health struggles and coming to terms with dealing with my own depression. I hope this was everything you were wanting when you sent me this request. Sending you all of the love and hugs💚
Title: Echos
Trigger Warning: Talks of depression/mental health so if that triggers you do not read!!
You can’t really describe your feelings very well.
The best way you can describe them is that you feel like you’re walking through a cloud. And in that cloud you hear whispers. Whispers of how your laugh used to sound, maybe a song that you would sing at the top of your lungs while you were driving to work. The sounds of clanking silverware and loud talking and laughter from the group of friends you used to go out to dinners with.
Now you're just kinda…there.
The things you were interested in don’t seem to anymore. The hobbies you loved to fill your free time with have all been packed away and forgotten, collecting dust somewhere in the back of your closet.
The books you once engrossed yourself in are now sitting abandoned on your shelves. The lead female characters that used to inspire you to be something more just remind you of all of the ways you were not.
“Ahem..”
You turn your head to the side and see Loki sitting in a chair at your vanity on the other side of the room. He must’ve moved the clothes you had laying in the chair waiting to be hung or folded but you lack of motivation doesn’t make them move very far from the hamper you dumped them out of.
You turn your head once again, looking up at the ceiling. This is the last thing you wanted. You had planned to just stay in bed all day since it was your day off and instead of answering the many calls and texts you should be answering from the people that love you, you just simply don’t have the energy for it.
“I’m not in the mood.”
“Hence why I am sitting in this garbage pit you call a bed chamber.”
“I don’t call it a bed chamber.”
“Whatever you call it. What’s wrong? I could feel your energy or lack there of from my throne.”
This has been happening for a few months now. One day you were sitting on your kitchen floor crying your eyes out and then poof there he was. Scared the ever loving shit out of you so badly you grabbed and knife. To which he just responded with a laugh. One minute you were alone, drowning your sorry in another bottle of plum wine and then the next minute he was just there. Sitting on one of your stools, his elbows leaning on the counter top just watching you crash out.
And now it seems like every time you have a moment that’s even remotely close to a burnout he’s just miraculously there. Like the annoying little guardian angel that he is.
“You haven’t been outside in a week.”
“Stalking now are we?”
“Watching. I told you. I am always watching.”
“Ok that doesn’t make it any less creepy.”, you finally look over at him once again. “I’m fine. Really.”
“Lies.”
“I’m just tired.”
“Lies. Try again.”
“My stomach hurts.”
“How long are we going to go around like this Y/N?”
“As many times until it takes for you to get the hint. I want to be left alone.”
“Not an option.”
You turn to face the ceiling again determined to just ignore him until he got bored and disappeared once again to his throne somewhere at the end of time…or wherever he said it was. The shits confusing.
You think you might have won because you hear nothing but blissful silence for a few minutes but then you feel the bed dip at your side.
“Y/N..Look at me please.”
You close your eyes and just continue to face the ceiling. He doesn’t move again for a moment but then you feel pressure on your stomach that immediately makes your eyes shoot open only to find Loki’s head is now laying now on your stomach.
He gives you a small smile, “come now Y/N…talk to me. You need to talk to someone about what you’re feeling.”
You shoot up and stand out of bed so fast it almost sends him crashing to the floor, “That’s the problem! I don’t know what I’m feeling! You know what?! Actually I do..I do know what I’m feeling. Nothing! I feel nothing!”
Loki looks at you sadly.
“I don’t feel happiness anymore. Or excitement. I don’t talk to people because anytime someone starts talking to me my mind just goes elsewhere because I just don’t care! And I know that’s horrible. I know that I have successfully pushed every single person in my life away because I just can’t seem to find the words to describe what I’m feeling. Or if I finally DO decide to share these “feelings” with anyone I feel judged. Like I’m a freak because I feel the way that I do.”
You take a breath and turn around, “I feel like a ghost. Like I’m just a shadow of the person that I loved to be. The person that Ioved watching movies and reading books. The person that loved to curl up on the couch on a rainy day with a good book. The person that loved talking to her friends and family. I don’t want to be…this..”
Loki walks over to you and pulls you into a hug which of course triggers more of your tears that you have already been letting free. He rubs your back soothingly and gives you quiet words of encouragement.
“I have watched you in countless timelines. Do you know what is the same in each one?”
You look up from his chest but don’t move out of his arms, “what?”
He huffs a laugh and wipes your tears from your cheeks, “your ridiculous laugh.”
You rolls your eyes, not in the mood for his jokes so you go to pull yourself and out of his hold but he doesn’t allow you to move.
“And in every timeline…eventually your laugh starts to come through less often…the volume of it becomes just an echo until eventually it just…ceases. I miss your laugh Y/N.”
You look down to his chest but he places his finger under your chin to stop you, “I miss your smile. Your quick mind when someone pisses you off.”
You smile slightly which gives Loki a little tug of hope that you’re still in there somewhere. That he’s not too late to bring you back from the brink.
He gives you a kiss on your forehead and then looks you in the eye, “I know it’s hard right now and I know you are doing the best you can…even though I know it doesn’t feel like it..you are. I’m not going to say it’s ok for you to feel these feelings that you’re feeling or not feeling but what I am going to say is that you are not alone. I remember a time when my feelings and my emotions were so volatile that I took it out on the people that I loved the most and in many situations, on many timelines I lose it all.”
Your eyes never leave Loki, hanging on to every word that he says.
“I had people around me that begged me to talk to them but I chose not to because I too was afraid of their judgment. It wasn’t until I came across someone in my own travels that I was comfortable enough to speak freely about the things I was feeling.”
You smile knowingly, “Mobius?”
He gives you a smile and nods, “indeed. He taught me that I can be anything I wished to be. Whether it be good or bad but I was still capable of both. You are capable of overcoming this. I know you are.”
“How?”, you ask in a whisper.
He smiles at you again, “because my dear friend you are not alone, for I am here with you and I will not allow you to disappear. I will show you that you are not a ghost or a shadow of what you once were. You are on your healing journey to who you will become.”
You place your head back on Loki’s chest, “thank you.”
Hiii! I saw that your requests where open so I was wondering if it’s okay with you that I request something with Loki x female reader where the reader is just having a roughy time with their mental health lately and Loki comforts them and it’s all soft and fluffy?
Thank you for taking the time to read and or write this, I hope you have a lovely day/night!
Oof. This one hit a little closer to home. Thank you so much for this request @hpxmcusworld. I am currently going through my own mental health struggles and coming to terms with dealing with my own depression. I hope this was everything you were wanting when you sent me this request. Sending you all of the love and hugs💚
Title: Echos
Trigger Warning: Talks of depression/mental health so if that triggers you do not read!!
You can’t really describe your feelings very well.
The best way you can describe them is that you feel like you’re walking through a cloud. And in that cloud you hear whispers. Whispers of how your laugh used to sound, maybe a song that you would sing at the top of your lungs while you were driving to work. The sounds of clanking silverware and loud talking and laughter from the group of friends you used to go out to dinners with.
Now you're just kinda…there.
The things you were interested in don’t seem to anymore. The hobbies you loved to fill your free time with have all been packed away and forgotten, collecting dust somewhere in the back of your closet.
The books you once engrossed yourself in are now sitting abandoned on your shelves. The lead female characters that used to inspire you to be something more just remind you of all of the ways you were not.
“Ahem..”
You turn your head to the side and see Loki sitting in a chair at your vanity on the other side of the room. He must’ve moved the clothes you had laying in the chair waiting to be hung or folded but you lack of motivation doesn’t make them move very far from the hamper you dumped them out of.
You turn your head once again, looking up at the ceiling. This is the last thing you wanted. You had planned to just stay in bed all day since it was your day off and instead of answering the many calls and texts you should be answering from the people that love you, you just simply don’t have the energy for it.
“I’m not in the mood.”
“Hence why I am sitting in this garbage pit you call a bed chamber.”
“I don’t call it a bed chamber.”
“Whatever you call it. What’s wrong? I could feel your energy or lack there of from my throne.”
This has been happening for a few months now. One day you were sitting on your kitchen floor crying your eyes out and then poof there he was. Scared the ever loving shit out of you so badly you grabbed and knife. To which he just responded with a laugh. One minute you were alone, drowning your sorry in another bottle of plum wine and then the next minute he was just there. Sitting on one of your stools, his elbows leaning on the counter top just watching you crash out.
And now it seems like every time you have a moment that’s even remotely close to a burnout he’s just miraculously there. Like the annoying little guardian angel that he is.
“You haven’t been outside in a week.”
“Stalking now are we?”
“Watching. I told you. I am always watching.”
“Ok that doesn’t make it any less creepy.”, you finally look over at him once again. “I’m fine. Really.”
“Lies.”
“I’m just tired.”
“Lies. Try again.”
“My stomach hurts.”
“How long are we going to go around like this Y/N?”
“As many times until it takes for you to get the hint. I want to be left alone.”
“Not an option.”
You turn to face the ceiling again determined to just ignore him until he got bored and disappeared once again to his throne somewhere at the end of time…or wherever he said it was. The shits confusing.
You think you might have won because you hear nothing but blissful silence for a few minutes but then you feel the bed dip at your side.
“Y/N..Look at me please.”
You close your eyes and just continue to face the ceiling. He doesn’t move again for a moment but then you feel pressure on your stomach that immediately makes your eyes shoot open only to find Loki’s head is now laying now on your stomach.
He gives you a small smile, “come now Y/N…talk to me. You need to talk to someone about what you’re feeling.”
You shoot up and stand out of bed so fast it almost sends him crashing to the floor, “That’s the problem! I don’t know what I’m feeling! You know what?! Actually I do..I do know what I’m feeling. Nothing! I feel nothing!”
Loki looks at you sadly.
“I don’t feel happiness anymore. Or excitement. I don’t talk to people because anytime someone starts talking to me my mind just goes elsewhere because I just don’t care! And I know that’s horrible. I know that I have successfully pushed every single person in my life away because I just can’t seem to find the words to describe what I’m feeling. Or if I finally DO decide to share these “feelings” with anyone I feel judged. Like I’m a freak because I feel the way that I do.”
You take a breath and turn around, “I feel like a ghost. Like I’m just a shadow of the person that I loved to be. The person that Ioved watching movies and reading books. The person that loved to curl up on the couch on a rainy day with a good book. The person that loved talking to her friends and family. I don’t want to be…this..”
Loki walks over to you and pulls you into a hug which of course triggers more of your tears that you have already been letting free. He rubs your back soothingly and gives you quiet words of encouragement.
“I have watched you in countless timelines. Do you know what is the same in each one?”
You look up from his chest but don’t move out of his arms, “what?”
He huffs a laugh and wipes your tears from your cheeks, “your ridiculous laugh.”
You rolls your eyes, not in the mood for his jokes so you go to pull yourself and out of his hold but he doesn’t allow you to move.
“And in every timeline…eventually your laugh starts to come through less often…the volume of it becomes just an echo until eventually it just…ceases. I miss your laugh Y/N.”
You look down to his chest but he places his finger under your chin to stop you, “I miss your smile. Your quick mind when someone pisses you off.”
You smile slightly which gives Loki a little tug of hope that you’re still in there somewhere. That he’s not too late to bring you back from the brink.
He gives you a kiss on your forehead and then looks you in the eye, “I know it’s hard right now and I know you are doing the best you can…even though I know it doesn’t feel like it..you are. I’m not going to say it’s ok for you to feel these feelings that you’re feeling or not feeling but what I am going to say is that you are not alone. I remember a time when my feelings and my emotions were so volatile that I took it out on the people that I loved the most and in many situations, on many timelines I lose it all.”
Your eyes never leave Loki, hanging on to every word that he says.
“I had people around me that begged me to talk to them but I chose not to because I too was afraid of their judgment. It wasn’t until I came across someone in my own travels that I was comfortable enough to speak freely about the things I was feeling.”
You smile knowingly, “Mobius?”
He gives you a smile and nods, “indeed. He taught me that I can be anything I wished to be. Whether it be good or bad but I was still capable of both. You are capable of overcoming this. I know you are.”
“How?”, you ask in a whisper.
He smiles at you again, “because my dear friend you are not alone, for I am here with you and I will not allow you to disappear. I will show you that you are not a ghost or a shadow of what you once were. You are on your healing journey to who you will become.”
You place your head back on Loki’s chest, “thank you.”
Warnings: ((Mature Content ((ONLY 18+)) I am not going to get specific on warnings because I don't want to spoil certain things so enter at your own risk. Nothing too dark I promise, mostly smut and language.
A/N: Two chapters in one day? Who is she? Thanks for reading, enjoy💚
The Fated Apple Universe Masterlist
To Hel and Back: Chapter One: The Vacuum
To Hel and Back: Chapter Two: The Jump
To Hel and Back: Chapter Three: The Forest
To Hel and Back: Chapter Four: The Other Side
To Hel and Back: Chapter Five: The Arrival
To Hel and Back: Chapter Six: The Cottage
To Hel and Back: Chapter Seven: The Norns
As soon as you walk through the portal you look for him and as soon as your eyes meet you almost break out into a run.
But Mina beats you to it.
“Dad!”
Frigga moves out of his embrace just in time because as soon as Mina is within arms reach she throws herself at Loki, similar to the way Frigga did just moments ago. She immediately bursts into tears as soon as he wraps his arms around her.
“Oof..what’s with all of the fuss?”, he rubs his hands comfortingly up and down her back trying to soothe her. When Mina shows no sign of calming he places his hands on her shoulders and gently pries her from his shoulder, “Mina…”
His daughter looks at him miserably, “I missed you so much.”
“How long was I asleep?”, he asked confused by her surge of emotions. He must’ve been in very poor condition to get this reaction out of his daughter who is usually very calm and composed.
“Asleep? Dad…you were dead…”
“I beg your pardon?…”
“Dead. You were dead dad. You don’t remember?”
Loki’s eyes widen and looks over Mina’s shoulder to you for confirmation.
After giving Frigga a hug while Mina and Loki were reuniting, you finally make your way over to stand next to Mina. You reach out and take Loki’s hand in yours and nod, not able to speak the words out loud because you knew that when you opened your mouth to speak only sobs would be heard.
Loki’s eyes widen once again but wastes no time bringing his girls into a tight hug.
After a few moments and a few more tears are shed you pull away from Loki slightly and notice everyone else has left the room, only you, Mina and Loki remain. Everyone else probably decided to give the three of them a moment as a family. You look at Loki who has his eyes closed, his head leaning against Mina’s. Using the little strength he has, he rocks her slightly back and forth, his hand lies gently on the back of her head, quiet shushes leaving his mouth.
You take your hand and run your fingers through his hair, picking out flower petals and stems the ladies placed in it during his final preparations. He finally opens his eyes again, they’re filled with tears and as he looks at you they fall down his cheeks.
“You don’t remember anything?”, you ask quietly.
He shakes his head slightly, more tears fall, “just the pain from the curse..after that?..nothing. Just waking up to mother and Eir in tears by my bedside.”
You nod, “we have a lot to talk about..”
“It appears so..are you alright?”, he asks bringing his hand up to your cheek wiping your tears away.
You give him a shaky smile and nod but your eyes betray you.
Loki gives you his signature sly smile, “liar…come here.”
He brings you back in for another hug, keeping his girls close to his heart.
After a few more moments of sitting there in silence besides the sound of a few sniffles here and there, the door to what was once Loki’s viewing room opens.
Idunn walks in, slowly approaching the three of you, “I’m sorry for intruding..”
You turn to Idunn but do not move away from Loki’s hold on you, “do not apologize, we have so much to thank you for.”
“Please that will not be necessary. I actually came to offer my thanks to Princess Mina.”
Mina’s eyes open wide, “me?”
Idunn smiles kindly at the young princess, “if not for you and your determination we might have been to late to stop Gorr. You my dear saved us all.”
“I just wanted my dad back.”, not knowing what else to say.
Idunn nods, “and here he is. I look forward to what the future has in store for you Princess. You will be a very powerful witch indeed. My Prince you should be very proud.”
“Oh I am….not exactly sure what I’m proud of just yet but…none the less I have always been proud of you dottir.”
“Why can’t he remember anything?”, you ask Idunn.
“It might return to him one day but I am not surprised you cannot remember. All you need to know My Prince is that you girls are just as formidable as you. Unfortunately I must take my leave, I have been gone far too long from my home.”
“Of course, thank you again. For everything.”
Idunn gives a small curtsy and then walks out the door.
Loki rubs his hands up and down your and Mina’s backs, “I think I would like to leave this room now. And change out of…all of this..”
You giggle, “ok..let’s take it slow, you were in that bed for a while.”
“Oh nonsense, I feel my strength returning already…”, as soon as the words leave his mouth Loki almost faceplants to the floor. When he tries to stand up from the chase his legs immediately gave out under his weight but you and Mina were close enough to stop him from hitting the floor. “Well…this is embarrassing..”
“Hush. You literally just came back from the dead.”, you remind him gently. “Mina can you?..”
Mina shakes her head, “sorry mom I got nothin left..”, she responds sadly, starting to feel the exhaustion from her fight with Gorr.
“I think I can assist you with that..”
Frigga walks in the room just in time, followed closely by Thor and Odin. She waves her hand and a portal opens to yours and Loki’s rooms. “Come, let’s get you back in bed.”
Before you could move forward Thor approaches, “here brother..let me help you.”
Loki looks at Thor and nods, removing his arm from around Mina’s shoulder and placing it over Thors who then grabs his wrist, bearing Loki’s weight to help him walk. “Thank you brother.”
“Do not thank me brother, let’s just say I’m in your debt for quite some time.”
Loki huffs a laugh as they make their way across the room to walk through Frigga’s awaiting portal, “oh brother, you poor unfortunate soul.”
Thor ignores him, just happy that Loki is alive for him to collect on his due.
They get Loki back in bed and comfortable but as soon as he feels settled enough his eyes shoot to you, “alright..enough fussing. Tell me..”
Thor takes a deep breath, “well you remember what happened on Vanaheim..”
“You acting like a horny fool and me getting shot in the chest?..yes that part I remember brother thank you.”
You squeeze his hand to get his attention, “you died immediately. I felt it all the way here in Asgard..”
Loki looks at you sadly and brings your hand up to his lips to place a kiss on it.
Frigga continues the retelling, “Thor brought your body back home, Y/N was placed in a sleep to calm her from the shock and Mina…you would be very proud of the way she handled herself Loki…she insisted on tending to you herself since Y/N was in no state..and as we were all preparing for you funeral, Mina was formulating a plan. You see she, very much like her father before her, would not accept what we thought the Norns had decided. She questioned how it was possible for one of the Norns fated to have had such a short amount of time with their fated one…so she went looking for answers.”
“And just like her father before her..she jumped off the fucking rainbow bridge.”, you interrupt.
“You what?!”, Loki snaps his head to Mina who just shrugs in response.
“We will speak more of that decision making quality later.”, Loki says sternly.
“It worked didn’t it?..”, Mina says under her breath.
Loki’s head snaps back to her but Frigga interrupts getting them back on track, “maybe you should take over from here Mina..”
“Ok… well I didn’t just jump off the bridge just because..I was only following what it said it your boo..oh no!!”, Mina jumps from her seat.
“What is it?”, you ask concerned by her sudden pause in her story.
“I left dad’s book there at Yggdrasil! Dad I’m so sorry!”
“Mina..Mina..hush…calm…shh..come here..”, Loki calls to her, not able to get out of bed and comfort his baby girl.
Mina walks back over to her chair and Loki immediately takes her hand again, “you do not apologize. I am not upset about a silly book, you are much more important than any book or trinket in your grandfathers vault. Do you understand me?”
Mina nods, tears still falling down her face but Loki is quick to wipe them away and lift her chin, “do you understand me?, he asks again.
Mina nods again but this time she’s looking him in the eye.
Loki nods back, “good. Continue please.”
Mina nods and takes a deep breath, “I landed in a forest followed closely by mom and Uncle Thor.”
Loki looks over to you as Thor places a hand on your shoulder, “is that so?”
You smile bashfully and Thor stands up straighter, “I failed you while you were alive brother. I vowed to keep your girls safe when I was saying my goodbyes to you.”
“Thank you Thor.”
“I used the book to guide us to where the Norns supposedly live and along the way we met a protector of the forest. He was a talking panther name Bastian.”
Loki looks at Mina blankly, “a talking panther.”
Mina nods.
Loki looks back to you, “named Bastian.”
You nod.
Loki then looks to Frigga, “are we sure I’m awake?”
Frigga laughs, “thank the Gods.”
Loki looks back to Mina eyebrows raised, “alright..my apologies…continue.”
“Well he helped protect us and lead us to the Norns cabin…he informed us on…some things…”, Mina’s eyes shoot to you.
Your eyes go wide in realization.
He doesn’t know that you’re pregnant.
Loki looks at you waiting for someone to continue on but you don’t make eye contact with him, “let’s save that bit for the end maybe?..
Loki looks back to Mina confused but doesn’t interrupt further.
“Well…he…he hel…helped us find out that we could communicate with you on the other side, which is why we were so confused that you didn’t remember anything. That’s how we found out Idunn was with you.”
Loki looks to Frigga, “Idunn?”
Frigga shakes her head, “I still don’t understand how or why. We just assumed it was because of Idunn’s strong connection with the Norns.”
“Idunn and I decided that you and her would make your way to the Yggdrasil while we made our own journey there. Early the next morning we were attacked.”
His eyes immediately go to Thor who answered his unasked question, “a creature named Gorr with a vendetta against the Gods. He thought he found a way to eradicate us by subduing the Norns. He was the one who cut your thread.”
“Ha I knew it! I know that blow wouldn’t have been enough to kill me!”, he looks to you and Mina with excitement in his eyes but found a remaining sadness in there’s. He’d forgotten that while he may not remember the events of the last few days, they do. And it clearly still pains them. “Oh my hearts…forgive me..”
You kiss Loki’s hand and give him a sweet smile, while Mina just rubs the back of his other hand.
“After Gorr made his grand introduction we finally made it to Yggdrasil.”, Mina continued. “We tried walking up the steps to the cottage but found out that was a huge mistake. Eventually Idunn was able to return to her body and informed grandfather. They arrived shortly after Gorr attacked us again, Idunn removed the protections wards placed around the cottage and we were able to get inside. We found a door that was locked, Idunn and I assumed Gorr was responsible so we went outside to face him. We were losing..Gorr’s spirits were holding back grandfather, uncle Thor and Bastian..Idunn was losing power fast…and then they were just there..”
“Who?”, Loki asks.
“The Norns.”, you answer. “When everyone went outside to fight Gorr I felt a pull towards the sealed door. It unlocked for me when I touched the handle and I found the Norns there, hanging upside down from some sick curse Gorr placed on them. But then I heard your voice from the other side and you guided me on how to break the curse.”
Loki looks at you amazed, “you…did magic?”
You nod, “I did.”
Loki squeezed your hand, “but how? You have not shown any type of magical ability since your transition has been complete.”
You know the answer to his question.
Mina knows the answer to his question.
Thor knows the answer to his question and because he has a big mouth, Frigga and Odin also know the answer to his question.
But no one says a word.
Loki looks around and tries to make eye contact with someone but it seems like everyone conveniently has found something else in the room more interesting at the moment. Frustrated he looks back to you, “well?..”
Surprisingly, it’s Odin who breaks the silence, “maybe it is time for us to give them some time alone.”. He walks over to Loki’s bedside, Mina moves out of her chair so her grandfather can grasp her fathers hand. “Loki my son, I am happy you have returned to us. To say your loss was devastating would be an understatement. I love you son.”
Loki looks up to his father in shock, “thank you for protecting my family. I love you too father.”
Odin nods and walks over to Frigga, taking her hand in his. Frigga gives you all a sweet knowing smile and leaves the room. Thor walks over to you and gives you a kiss on the top of your head with a quick I love you sister, then walks over to Mina and gives her a kiss as well, “no more jumping off bridges. At least give me a few weeks to recover from this adventure before you decide to go on another one please.”
Mina giggles and you give him a stern look, “how about no adventures for the foreseeable future please. We have more pressing things to worry about right here..”
“Enough speaking in riddles wife.”, Loki practically begs you.
Thor taps Loki on his knee before he turns to leave, “send for me should you need anything.”
Once the door closes Mina stands from her chair and sits at the foot of the bed so she can face both of you. “You gonna tell him mom?”
You look from Mina to a very nervous looking Loki.
“So the reason why I was able to break Gorr’s curse was because I was able to channel the magic from our baby.”
“From Mina?”, he looks to his daughter confused, who just gives him a smile that gives nothing away.
“No baby. Not from Mina.”
“Then…from…what?…”, Loki looks to you confused.
You move from your seat and sat next to him on the bed, you grab his hand again and place it on your belly. His eyes stay focused on his hand for a few moments and then he’s looking up at you with tears in his eyes once again, “truly?..”
You nod, rubbing the back of his hand still off your belly. “We were talking about wanting another one.”
Loki smiles and nods, the tears in his eyes finally falling, “yes we were..trying too.”
“Gross. I’m still here guys.”
You turn around slightly so you can see Mina but instead of a gross look on her face you find that she is smiling sweetly at her parents. You hold your arm motioning her to come over, “come here baby girl.”
Mina crawls over to Loki’s side and curls up next to him, placing her head on his chest and feeling thankful that once again she can hear his strong heart beat under her ear. She smiles and wraps her hand around his middle and squeezes him tightly.
After a few moments you notice Mina has fallen asleep, “we should probably get her to her room or you’re not going to be able to sleep. Between her snoring and mine I’m not sure which one is worse.”
Loki smiles at his daughter fondly, “hers. Definitely hers. It’s like your snore and Thor’s snore joint forces to create a super snore.”
You smile, “she was quoting Ace Ventura in her sleep again.”
“I keep telling her to turn off that infernal thing well before she gets to bed.”
“Should we call Thor to bring her to her room?”
Loki runs his fingers through Mina’s hair, “no. I want you both close.”
You nod and get comfortable on Loki’s other side, you move to place you head on his chest, ready to close your eyes and sleep but Loki stops you by placing his hand on the back of your neck. You look up into his eyes and know immediately what he is waiting for. Something you realized you haven’t done since you were reunited.
You kiss him.
Sweet and innocent but filled with so much love.
It was in that moment when everything finally felt normal. You place your head on his chest and close your eyes, “I love you Loki.”
“I love you too My Fated.”
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The next morning you wake up to an empty bed and for a brief moment, fear shoots through you. Was it all a dream? Was Loki still dead? Did the last few days even happen or did you have a grief induced fever dream?
You sit up quickly, brushing your hair out of your face frantically, “Loki?!”
And then there he was.
“Oh my heart forgive me. I was just out on the balcony.”, he rushes over to your side and immediately wraps you up in a tight embrace.
You breathe him in, “Loki..”
He kisses your forehead, “I’m here. I’m right here.”
You place your hand on his chest and push him away gently, just enough to bring him in a deep kiss. Next thing you know Loki has you on your back, your kisses growing more and more heated. And then you’re ripping at each others close.
Ripping.
You can hear the fabric of his and your clothes tearing, the sound of the buttons hitting the floor and the sounds of you and Loki releasing quiet moans and heaving breaths.
You were desperate to have him inside of you. You needed to feel him inside of you.
“Loki…please.”
“I know. I know.”
This wasn’t a teasing moment. This wasn’t about having a quickie in bed together before the day begins. This was a need. When someone you love dies you can’t help but have thoughts like, I wish I could’ve had one more moment. Or I should’ve stopped and had just one more kiss. This is your one moment more. This is your one more kiss. You felt the man that you love die. You felt his presence leave you so now all you want to do now is feel him in every way possible.
And right now. Any way possible is his cock.
“Y/N..I love you…”, before you could even think to respond you love him too, he pushes inside of you stealing the air from your lungs. His pace starts off slow, loving. So much so that you start to cry but Loki quickly kisses away your tears.
“It’s alright my fated. I’m here now. I’ll never leave you again. Ever.”
You cum quickly and then a heartbeat later Loki follows you.
“Fuck..I’m sorry darling….if you give me a moment we can go again..”, Loki says bashfully.
You give him a quick peck on his lips, “hush you. I’m shocked you’re even up out of bed. You could barely stand yesterday.”
Loki moves over to lay on his side next to you and places his hand on your belly. “I can’t believe you’re pregnant.”
You smile and join both of your hands with his on your belly, “hopefully he doesn’t kick me in the bladder so much like his sister did. Remember that time I peed my pants on the way to the bathroom when I almost 9 months? Bathrooms aren’t exactly convenient here...”
Loki’s hand goes still, “he?”
You look over at his shocked face, “oh yea! I guess I forgot to mention that part.”
“Forgot to mention that you’re carrying my first son..”
“Oh like it’s that big of a deal anyway? Are you going to love him more than Mina because he’s a boy?”, you ask him already knowing the answer.
He makes that disgusted face that you can’t help but think is adorable. “What? Don’t be ridiculous Y/N.”
“Then you don’t be ridiculous.”
“You love me this way.”, he goes back to rubbing your belly.
“We should get dressed, Mina’s probably going to want to spend all day with you.”
“Hmm..and I her.”, he nods in agreement. “I’m excited to hear about her advancement in her abilities.”
“She was amazing baby. She held back that fucker like it was nothing.”
“Well she’s ours. I expect nothing but greatness from all of our children.”
Just as the final word leaves his mouth there’s a knock at the door, “Mom! Dad! You up yet?!”
Your head falls back onto the bed, “give us a minute.”
Warnings: ((Mature Content ((ONLY 18+)) I am not going to get specific on warnings because I don't want to spoil certain things so enter at your own risk. Nothing too dark I promise, mostly smut and language.
A/N: Thank you to those who have waited and are still reading this. Enjoy 💚
The Fated Apple Universe
To Hel and Back: Chapter One: The Vacuum
To Hel and Back Chapter Two: The Jump
To Hel and Back Chapter Three: The Forest
To Hel and Back Chapter Four: The Other Side
To Hel and Back Chapter Five: The Arrival
To Hel and Back Chapter Six: The Cottage
You were expecting to see Loki when you opened your eyes but no. When you opened them you were met with the same sight, the three Norns suspending up in the air. You spin around to look back into the sitting room but you’re still met with an empty cottage. You turn back around to look back to the Norns. They’re just floating above a giant well, you shudder thinking about what could possibly be at the bottom.
You continue to look around but it wasn’t until then you realize that the cottage is literally inside of Yggdrasil. The rooms walls are covered in branches and leaves that crawl up and cover the entire ceiling, another peak to the sitting room shows the same.
You look back to the well and see part of the great tree’s trunk is just steps away on the opposite side of the great well. The threads of fate hang from its branches, you’re tempted to walk over and brush your hands through them because of how beautiful they were. A shining golden thread that looked like the smoothest silk, you just knew they would be the softest things you would ever touch. But the idea of literally running your fingers through the fates of everyone in the universe stops you.
You shake your head to refocus yourself, “Loki?”
“Y/N”
“Ahhh!”, you spin around, the sound of Loki saying your name sounded like he was right behind you. “Loki?! Where are you?”
“I’m here..just on the other side.”
“Ok..do you know how we can get them down?”, you ask, bringing your attention back to the Norns.
“Mina’s book. Do you have it?”
You spin around looking for Mina’s bag and see it laying by the front door. You rush over and scoop the bag up, running back to the room Loki is waiting to give you instruction. You throw the bag to the ground ripping it open to remove the book, throwing it open on the floor just like Mina had done many times over.
“OK, what am I looking for?” you ask nervously, feeling completely out of your depth. You were still getting used to your new strength but you had no magic abilities to speak of so the idea of looking for a spell to save the day is about to send you on a nervous breakdown.
“Lean over my heart.”
You lean over to the left and you swear you could feel Loki looking at his book from over your shoulder. So much so that you keep your face facing the direction you feel his presence in and close your eyes. Enjoying the feel of him.
You can hear the pages of the book in front of you flipping but you still don’t open your eyes until you hear Loki tell you to.
“There. This is the spell you will need to perform.”
“Me?! I can’t do that!”, you yell out, now facing the book, eyes wide open.
“You can.”, Loki’s voice comes through strong and confident.
You shake your head, staring down at the spell that might as well be in another language. “Loki I can’t. I don’t have magic like you and Mina do…”
Then you feel a solid presence behind you, the feeling of an arm wrapping around your midsection and then the feeling of a large hand on your stomach. “You are pregnant with my son My Fated. You. Are. Magic.”
You close your eyes and take a deep breath and when you open your eyes you read the spell but this time you try to feed off of the feeling of confidence you get from Loki.
You take another deep breath and when you’re ready you recite the words on the page. As soon as the words start to leave your mouth you start to feel a tingling sensation on your palm and fingertips. You look down to your hands and you see a green glow coming from where you can feel the tingling. A jolt of fear shot through your heart that makes you stop reciting the spell but then you feel Loki’s presence around you again, giving you comfort from the other side. But another look at your hands show that they have stopped glowing green. Your moment of fear must have broken whatever hold you had on the spell.
“Breathe my fated one. Close your eyes and feel my magic coursing through your veins. Do not fear it. Embrace it.”
You do as Loki says and close your eyes, you concentrate on the power flowing through you and focus on controlling your breathing. You feel a slight pressure under both of your forearms, like Loki was lifting your arms up so your hands were now held out in front of you, towards the Norns.
You open your eyes and look down at the book. You start to read the words again and again your hands begin to glow green. But after a moment your hands stop glowing and you notice a slight tremor in your hands from fatigue. You let out a huff a frustration and slam your hands on the pages of the book, feeling completely useless.
“I can’t do this.”, tears are starting to well in your eyes. Your family needs you to do this and you just aren’t strong enough.
“Y/N..My heart. Come on. I know you can do this. You are the strongest person I know.”
You shake your head and the tears fall, “I’m not.”
You feel what you imagine is Loki’s finger lifting your chin up.
“You are. I believe in you Y/N. Mina believes in you. If not for me do it for our babies. They need you to be the strong ASGARDIAN warrior that I know you to be. Come on My Fated.”
You close your eyes again to try and steady yourself. Once you feel the trembling in your arms and hands calm you take another deep breath, hold out your hands and begin again. Soon you see the glowing green and once again you start to feel the power inside of you start to drain.
No. You will not fail.
You continue your chant even as you see the green light from your hands start to flicker but then you had the silliest thought.
“Why is my magic green?”
Blue. Blue is the color your magic should be. Your favorite color. Loki’s true color.
As soon as the question passes through your mind your hands started to glow the brightest blue and it was in that moment you knew that you could do this.
You stand to your feet, the words from the spell still leaving your lips and walk towards the Norns. You start to feel your legs shake and you quickly fall back to your knees but your hands remain held out in front of you. Sweat is starting to fall down your brow and tears are streaming down your face.
“That’s it Y/N. Just a little bit longer. Hold on just a little bit longer.”
You nod your head and give one final push of power, the room is illuminated with the blue light from your magic and then everything goes black.
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Idunn’s arms are starting to shake from the strain of holding Gorr back, she can feel the sweat beading down her neck. But she couldn’t give up. If she did it would be the end of everything as they knew it. Gorr could not win.
“You are weakening Idunn..Soon you will be as powerless as the hags. Soon you will pay your debt and then..then it will be her turn.”
“Idunn! Let go!”
At the sound of Mina’s voice Idunn released her hold on her spell, finally able to take a breath after the onslaught of power coming from Gorr. She looked to her left and sees Mina now holding Gorr off with her own powerful spell but she too will soon weaken.
A quick look to her right she sees Odin and Thor still being held off by Gorr’s spirits. A moment of despair rips through her but then a pair of yellow eyes peaking out from the dark woods gives her a beat of hope.
Idunn stands, holds out her arms and pulls from her deep well of power, joining with Mina once again against Gorr. She hopes she can trust Yggdrassil’s forest cat to help them get through this. Her golden power joins Mina’s green, creating a powerful combination that almost knocks Gorr off of his feet but he quickly surges back with even more power.
Around Idunn, she could hear some sounds of clashing weapons, Bastian with his powerful roar and the jolting sound of Gungnir releasing a blast of Odin’s power. She tries to bring her focus back to Gorr, but was suddenly pushed back, falling to her knees. It forces her connection to break, leaving Mina to stand up to Gorr alone. Idunn tries to get back to her feet but is immediately held down by Gorr’s spirits. One glance to the side shows that Thor, Odin and the Bastian have all been bested and are being held once again.
“Ahh!”
Idunn looks back to Mina, the source of the scream and sees the young girl on her hands and knees. Gorr is slowly walking to stand over her.
“I told you, child. It was nothing for me to remove your father and even the all powerful Norns. Do you truly believe you can best me? A child?! Ha!”
Gorr finally reaches a kneeling Mina and with a wave of his hand raises her off the ground. Her hands flying to her throat trying to pry away an invisible hold.
“You are nothing. Your father was nothing. And I will be sure to erase his name from history. No one will know the name Loki..it will be as if he never existed. It’s a pity you just couldn’t accept your fathers fate, you have so much potential..”
Gorr closes his hand more and Mina looks as though the invisible hold he has on her neck has grown tighter. Mina’s vision starts to go blurry. All she can make out is Idunn struggling to get to her feet and the sounds of her uncle, grandfather and Bastian fighting their own hold against Gorr’s spirits.
Mina’s heart is beating frantically, despair slowly starts to creep in.
She failed.
And now she was going to die. Along with the rest of her family and it was all her fault.
“Mina!”
She hears her name and then the feeling of falling. It wasn’t until she hit the ground when she realized that the pressure around her neck had also disappeared. She takes in a few deep breathes in between the coughing but when she’s finally able to catch her breath she looks over to whoever shouted her name.
“Mom?”, Mina’s eyes open wide in surprise because not only is her mother standing at the top of the cottage steps looking white as a ghost, but behind her she sees the three women they have been on this journey to see.
The Norns stand behind you, arms held out in front of them, directed towards Gorr. As you look out to the front lawn you see the spirits that Gorr was once able to control disappear. As soon as Thor is free he launches himself at Gorr slamming Mjolnir on the side of his head, knocking him to the ground. Odin was close behind, Gungnir in hand, pointed down at Gorr’s head, ready for him to make a move of attack.
Gorr tries to rise but Odin and Thor only allow him to his knees. The Norns move around you and walk down the steps of the cottage to a now fully kneeling Gorr. You take the opportunity to run to Mina but your body is still so weak from the spell you have to hold on to the banister as you make your way down.
Once you reach her you fall to your knees from exhaustion and relief, “Mina! Baby?! Are you ok?”, you ask her frantically, pushing her black hair out of her face.
Mina nods and you help her get to her feet. As soon as you get her standing you take her hand in yours and walk over to stand by Thor and Bastian to hear what the Norns have to say to Gorr.
“When will you learn Gorr? Have your past actions taught you nothing?”, Urd asks as she stands over the fallen villain.
“The only things that my actions have taught me is that I am getting closer and closer to the end of my mission. I have bested you once. What makes you think I will not do it again?”
“You assume you have a future to make the attempt.”, Skuld responds.
“Enough of this. Gorr, you have a debt to pay.”, Verdandi states as she raises her hand, Gorr’s body goes deathly still. “Come.” The three turn and walk back to the cottage as one, Gorr now suspended in the air can do nothing but helplessly float behind them.
You all follow behind, needing to see what the Norns had planned for punishment. They all walk to the room where the Norns were suspended above the well. All three in unison raise their hands and Gorr’s body floats above the well, similar to what he had done to the Norns themselves.
Urd steps forward to speak first, the elderly looking woman’s eyes shining white with her great power and wisdom. “You have made a grave mistake Gorr. You have attempted to take fate into your own hands. Attacking the Norns in our own home..in the most sacred of places..cutting the thread of one of our precious fated ones…”
“You have no right to decide the fate of anyone let alone the fate of every soul in the universe! You have no right to take what you have taken!”, Gorr screams from his suspended state.
“And who does Gorr? You? Do you even know what you have done by cutting Prince Loki’s thread?”, Verdandi steps forward to speak. You could tell she was beautiful when she was hanging upside down unconscious but awake and exuding power? She was mesmerizing. Her long golden hair and white gown make her look like an angel.
“Better than you three! You bring nothing but misery and loss to the world. All you do is take!”
“Take? You speak of taking things but what have you done since you began this war against the gods. Have you not taken?”
“I have only taken what those didn’t deserve to have…”
“That is not for you to decide Gorr. It never was. And now we will right what has been wronged.”
Gorr’s glowing eyes go wide with fear as the Norns raise their hands to the sky and begin to chant.
You place your arm around Mina’s shoulders and you could feel her shaking in your arms.
This is it.
———————Asgard————————-
“My Queen!”, a healer rushes into Frigga’s sitting room.
“What is it child?”, Frigga stands from her seat, taking the young healers hands in hers.
“My Queen, you must come. Eir has sent me to bring you to Prince Loki’s body. Something is happening!”
Frigga opens a portal straight to where Loki’s body has been waiting for his final journey to Valhalla. She sees Eir and a half a dozen healers standing around his body.
“Eir?”
The head healer’s head snaps up to the call of her name, “Frigga. Come.”
Frigga moves to stand next to Eir but sees nothing that would’ve caused such distress from the young healer that brought her here. “What is it Eir?”
Eir grabs Frigga’s hand and places it on Loki’s chest. At first she feels nothing and then she feels a small spark under her palm.
She looks to Eir with confusion in her eyes.
Eir shakes her head but says nothing. They both look back to Loki wondering what could possibly be happening.
———————-Yggdrasil—————————
“What are you doing?!”, Gorr screams in panic.
“Giving back what has been taken.” Skuld speaks, her young voice holding so much power.
Before Gorr could respond his back arches and his head snaps up to face the ceiling, his mouth open wide, releasing a silent scream.
You look over to the rest of the group, Odin, Thor and Bastian are just as mesmerized as you. Thor’s face almost made you let out a bark of laughter, his mouth and eyes were open wide in such a state of awe that you wished you had a camera or something to capture it forever. Your eyes snap back to Gorr when he releases a terrible scream and then his body goes completely still once again and the room falls completely silent.
As one, the Norns move to the other side of the well, they each brush their fingers through the threads until Urd stops and singles out a particular strand. Urd turns and looks to you, her hand extended, “come fated one.”
You look at Mina who gives you a concerned look, you give her a kiss on her brow and give her a smile, hopefully giving your young daughter some comfort. You walk over to Urd and place your hand in hers, Skuld and Verdandi walk over to stand next to you, one at each shoulder where they place their hands. You give them both a quick look and see the same glowing white eyes that Urd currently has.
“What is happening?…”, Gorr asks shakily, feeling himself start to weaken.
“You are giving back what you stole. A life for a life.”, Urd responds.
“Wha…”, Gorr tries to respond but once again his body goes still but then begins to tremor. His glowing eyes roll to the back of his head and then the room feels like it has been suspended in time. After a moment, Gorr lets out a final sharp breath, his body falling into the well. You look back to the thread that Urd is still holding in her hand and notice that for just a brief moment the strand glowed green before changing back to its golden hue.
Your eyes snap to Urd who has a smile on her aging face, “We thank you for your assistance with dispatching Gorr, our gift awaits you back on Asgard.”
Your eyes open wide and you whip your head around to Mina whose eyes are open just as wide.
“I guess it’s time for us to go home.”, you smile.
“Wait!”, Mina shouts and looks down to Bastian. She throws her arms around the giant panther, tears falling down her cheeks landing on his black fur. “Thank you so much. We wouldn’t have made it without you.”
“Be well girl. Take care of your mother and the babe.”, he looks over to the Norns. “I assume the forest shall return to its rightful state?..”
Skuld nods, her blonde curls bouncing, “already righted. You will see a lush forest, blooming with life once again.”
Bastian nods and looks back to the group, “thank you all. Now get out of my forest.”
The panther says his final word , turns and walks out of the room. Sprinting down the cottage steps, anxious to assess his home that is hopefully back to his liking.
You all walk out to the front of the cottage and take one last look at the great tree. You look to Odin and nod, he looks up to the sky and call to Heimdall and soon the beaming lights of the Bifrost pull you up to return home.
When you all land at the observatory you are greeted by a smiling Heimdall, “welcome home.” He holds out his arm and conjures a portal but says nothing else, just a small knowing smile stays planted on his face.
You look at Mina who gives you a smile, you take her hand and walk through the portal.
————————Asgard————————
As Frigga and Eir are still assessing Loki’s body, they suddenly have to take a step back. Like some force is pushing them away. Frigga looks questioningly at Eir who looks just as confused as she does. Her attention is quickly brought back to Loki when his body suddenly arches upwards like he was being pulled toward the sky.
“What is happening?”, Frigga asks aloud.
Eir didn’t even have a response to give the Queen of Asgard, she was stunned into silence. Every thought she had, every bit of training she has had as a healer, she couldn’t formulate a single thought in this moment. All she could do is wait and watch. She’s finally able to tear her eyes away from Loki to look at the queen, and it was in that moment that she knew the queen didn’t need a healer.. She needed the friend she has been for centuries now. So Eir moves to the now kneeling Frigga and takes her hand in hers after her knees hit the floor next to her. Frigga looks at Eir sadly, tears quickly falling down her face, the woman physically and emotionally exhausted after the last few days.
Frigga gives her hand a strong squeeze in thanks, but a bright light coming from where Loki’s body has been lying in wait the last few days forces both women to turn their heads. They are quickly met by a blinding light that makes them both close their eyes and hold their free hands over their eyes to block the brightness.
When the light finally starts to dim, they both lower their hands and open their eyes to find Loki back in his previous position. Lying on his back, his hands still lying peacefully on his stomach. Frigga and Eir give each other a quick, questioning look, rise to their feet and walk slowly up to Loki’s bedside. When they are standing over his body they do not see anything concerning, it looks as though what they just witnessed didn’t even occur.
Eir and Frigga look at each other in confusion and then…
Loki takes a breath.
Frigga and Eir take another jump backwards because as soon as the breath leaves his mouth, his body shoots up to a seated position. His hands flying to his chest, feeling around for a wound that the healers were sure to close before they cleaned and dressed him for his funeral. His breathing is rapid and he finally looks sharply to the side where he sees his mother clutching Eir’s hand.
He closes his eyes to re orient himself. The last thing he remembers was Valendi’s spell heading straight towards Thor and knowing that the oaf wouldn’t be able to survive a curse like that but thinking it was very possible that he might.
Clearly he had misjudged the Prince’s power..
He opens his eyes again and sees that Frigga and Eir have not moved from the spot they seemed to be too in shock to move from.
“Mm..Mother?..”, Loki calls out to Frigga weakly, his voice not strong enough just yet.
Frigga snaps out of her shock and runs up the few steps to reach her boy, “Oh..Loki…”. She hesitates at first but then she raises her hand and places it on his cheek. “My son..”, her eyes fill with tears as she throws herself at Loki.
“Oof.”, he has to place one hand on the bed beneath him to steady himself as Frigga threw herself into his arms but when he quickly rights himself he places both arms around her and hugs her tightly.
After a moment Frigga pulls away and looks at Loki, “how?”
Loki doesn’t have an answer for her, so he just shakes his head, “I’m not sure mother…”, and then it hits him, “where is my wife? Mina?”
Frigga’s eyes open in worry but before she could tell Loki anymore a portal interrupts her and she found that she didn’t have to answer Loki’s question after all.
Warnings: Mature Content ((ONLY 18+)) I am not going to get specific on warnings because I don't want to spoil certain things so enter at your own risk. Nothing too dark I promise, mostly smut and language.
A/N: Thank you for reading. Enjoy 💚
The Fated Apple Universe
To Hel and Back: Chapter One: The Vacuum
To Hel and Back Chapter Two: The Jump
To Hel and Back Chapter Three: The Forest
To Hel and Back Chapter Four: The Other Side
To Hel and Back Chapter Five: The Arrival
“You need to breathe Y/N..”, Loki tries to calm your rapid breathing causing you to hyperventilate.
“I….I..Loki…”
“I know darling, I know. But you need to breathe.”
You close your eyes and try to focus on calming your breathing, you start to feel a hand rubbing comforting circles on your back. You were still on your hands and knees, hands still buried in the soil in front of you.
Once you could feel your racing heart slowing down, you open your eyes and look over to the person rubbing your back. You see Loki’s face, his concern and worry but mostly his love. You can see that he is holding his own emotions back and you immediately throw your arms around his neck.
“Loki..”, you whisper into his ear.
“My heart…I am so..so sorry.”, Loki starts to apologize through his tears.
You pull away and put your hands on his face, “no..no apologies..just be here with me.”
Loki gives you a sad smile and takes you back into his arms, holding you tightly. After a few moments of being there in each other’s arms, someone clears their throat to get your attention. You look up and see Mina standing next to Idunn, both of them have tears in their eyes.
“Sorry..”, you apologize, wiping the tears that have fallen down your face.
“I thought we weren’t apologizing.”, Loki says from next to you.
You look at him and smile.
“We have a little problem on the other side..”, Mina says to Idunn.
“Gorr?”, Idunn asked wide eyed.
“Not exactly..but yes..how?”, Mina asked confusion and surprise in her voice.
“He was here. He paid us a little visit after he apparently visited you on the other side.”
“Great..well he’s not the current problem. We’re trying to get past the protection wards I believe the Norns placed.”
You and Loki stand, hand in hand but Loki places his free hand on his chest and nods, “yes I believe you all found out the hard way..darling are you alright? The force from the enchantment felt strong..”
Loki takes the hand that was on his chest and he places it on your belly, “the baby?”, he asks concerned.
“Can you check?”, you ask him. You remember when you had him check the night he woke up from that awful nightmare.
He looks at you sadly but doesn’t answer.
So, Idunn speaks the words he cannot, “he no longer has his seidr Y/N..”
You look at him with wide eyes, knowing how painful that must be for him. You place your hands on his face again, though he will not look you in the eyes. As if he is embarrassed by his lack of power.
“Hey…look at me..”, you order him.
His eyes immediately snap to yours.
“We are going to fix this.”
Loki starts to shake his head and places his hands on top of yours on his face, “Y/N..”
“Don’t..Mina is right. If we find the Norns we have a chance to fix this and bring you back and when that happens you are not allowed to go with Thor off realm ever again. I forbid it.”
Loki smiles at your fierce decree, he doesn’t have the heart to argue with you, “yes My Fated..forgive me.”
You give him a quick kiss and look back to Idunn, “can you help us get past the wards?”
Idunn nods, “I can but unfortunately that means I have to get back to my body..and I’m not quite sure how to do that..”
“You said that when you touched me you transported here?”, Loki clarifies.
Idunn nods.
“Maybe that’s how you get back?”, Mina asks.
Mina approaches Loki and takes her hands in hers and then walks over to Idunn and places her hands in Loki’s. “Maybe keeping the connection but thinking of Asgard will send you back?”
“It’s worth a try..”, Loki smiles at his daughter in pride and then looks back to Idunn.
“If Gorr returns you won’t be able to defend yourself.”, Idunn says to Loki.
“I have a feeling the closer we get to the Norn’s the less attention he’s going to pay to dad..like you said..he doesn’t have his seidr…”, Mina says sadly.
Loki pulls Mina into a hug feeling her sadness over her dad’s inability to defend himself.
“What if I stayed with you?”, you say to Loki.
He looks at you sadly and looks down to Mina who has the same sad look in her eyes because she already knows the answer. He looks back to you, “no my heart. You cannot stay here with me.”
“Why not?”, tears welling in your eyes.
“Because your physical form is not safe.”, Idunn answers for him.
When your attention goes to her she continues, “if Mina is correct and Gorr comes to Yggdrasil to stop you from getting to the Norns, your body will be in stasis, unable to defend yourself.”
You remember how Mina looked like she was in a trance the first time she communicated with Loki. She closes her eyes accepting the reality of the situation, when she opens them again she looks at Loki sadly, “I don’t want to leave you here.”
Loki walks back over to you and just like he did Mina, he brought you into his arms for a tight embrace, “we will see each other again My Fated. Believe in that just as you believe in us and our love.”
You close your eyes and savor his embrace.
“We should try and get you back Idunn..”, Mina says quietly, sad that she has to interrupt the moment between her parents.
Loki pulls away from you slightly but places his forehead against yours, he closes his eyes and gives you a deep, passionate kiss. When you pull away and open your eyes you see his are full of tears but also determination. “I love you.”
You give him your own determined look, “I love you.”
Loki releases you and walks back over to Idunn, “how should we try this?”
Idunn holds out her hands, “I will try and connect with my physical form..” Idunn closes her eyes and squeezes Loki’s hands slightly, trying to envision her body back on Asgard. Maybe if she concentrated enough she would be able to access her bodies senses, hear, smell and feel the environment around her on Asgard.
After a few moments, after feeling nothing different Idunn opens her eyes to see everyone staring at her.
“Anything?”, Loki asks.
Idunn shakes her head..”I must admit..I am at a loss..”
“Maybe all you need is a little bit more magic..”, Mina places her hand on top of Idunn’s and Loki’s. She closes her eyes and concentrates on Idunn, trying to feel Idunn’s connection to her body and help her follow it back to Asgard. After a moment she almost loses hope but then she feels a slight pull. She gives Idunn’s mind a little shove and the next thing she knows she only feels Loki’s hand under hers. She opens her eyes and finds only her mother and father, Idunn has vanished.
“It worked!”, Mina smiles excitedly at her parents.
You smile back at her, “it did..we should probably get back then..”, you say sadly.
Loki brings you back in for another hug and kisses the top of your head, “I am so proud of you both.”, he pulls away from you slightly and holds an arm out to Mina so she can join in on their embrace. Once she is tucked under his arm, he kisses the top of her head just like he did yours, “My girls. I love you both so much.”. He places his hand on your stomach, trying to reach out to the child he may never meet, “I will always be with you. No matter what.”
You look up at your fated, tears blurring your vision slightly but you refuse to look away. “We’re going to fix this. You’re gonna meet your boy.”
Loki looks at you in shock and whispers with wonder, “a boy..”. He smiles a tearful smile and gives you a kiss, squeezing you just a little tighter just for a moment longer.
He looks over at Mina and places his forehead on hers, “be brave my girl. Be smart. Be cunning. Be everything I raised you to be. Everything I know you to be. Show him what happens when you cross a true God. Show him what happens when someone tries to take from our family.”
Mina pulls away and gives her father a determined look and nods her head. She doesn’t cry or say any more I love you’s. She has no more tears left to shed and her father knows how much she loves him. She is trying to defy death itself for him. Instead she stands tall, takes her mother’s hand and follows the path back to their bodies.
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ASGARD
Idunn’s eyes shoot open.
“Odin’s beard! Get the Queen! Goddess Idunn? Goddess can you hear me?”, Eir immediately jumps into action as soon as she sees Idunn’s eyes open.
Idunn slowly rises, gently pushing away the healers that are now surrounding her, “please, I just need a moment.”
She closes her eyes to center herself, she can feel Asgard’s energy pulse under her feet that she has gently placed on the floor. She focuses on Eir’s hands, her grip strong enough to be sure she won’t topple to the floor. She opens her eyes and smiles at the worried healer, “I am well Eir, truly. I just need another moment and I shall be fine.”
Before Eir can argue with Idunn to lay back down on the bed, Frigga comes running in to the room. “Idunn?! Thank the Norns!”
She rushes over to Idunn and stands next to Eir, placing her hand on her shoulder, “what happened? You have been in a sleep for 2 days now.”
“Norns..two days..where is Loki?”, before anyone can point to his location she finds him laying on a bed next to hers. She shakily walks over to his side of the bed but she is very careful to not touch him, afraid of being sent back instead of being here with her body like she needed to be.
“Idunn..what happened?”, Frigga asks after she joins her next to Loki’s bedside.
Idunn looks over to Frigga, noticing how tired the queen looked, she turns to face her and takes her hands in hers. “I was with Loki.”
Frigga’s eyes open wide, “what?”
Idunn nods, “I know it sounds preposterous but..it’s true. When I was praying over his body I was transported to his soul on the other side.”
Frigga’s eyes fill with tears, “oh Idunn…truly?..how is he..how did he look?..did he ask about the girls?”, she starts to ramble questions at Idunn hysterically.
Idunn places her hands on Frigga’s shoulders to try and calm her, “Frigga…Frigga…calm..”
Frigga closes her eyes and takes a deep breath, when she has calmed her racing heart she opens her eyes and nods at Idunn to continue.
“He was..walking..when I first arrived..”
“Walking?”..
Idunn nods, “yes. At first I could not see what he was walking to but eventually we found out that he was being pulled toward the connection he has with Mina from the other side.”
“Mina?! You saw Mina? What of Y/N and Thor?!”
Idunn takes a deep breath, “I don’t have too much time. I must get to them..”
Before Frigga can question her further Odin and Heimdall come rushing through the same door Frigga came rushing through herself moments ago.
“Goddess Idunn.”, Odin looks directly to the goddess clutching his wife’s hands.
“Allfather. Please. We don’t have much time..”
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YGGDRASIL
They come back to chaos. The orbs that have been lighting their way have now formed a protective bubble around you and Mina. Thor and Bastian are currently holding back a concerning number of spirits and it looks like they are about to be overrun.
You look over to Mina who is already moving, she holds up her hands and releases a blast of green magic she had only seen a few times before.
Loki’s magic.
When her magic came into contact with one of Gorr’s spirits they disappeared in a puff a smoke. She was using so much power that soon you notice a slight shake to her extended hands. You place your hand on her shoulder to try and get her attention, “Mina, baby you need to pull back.”
But Mina couldn’t hear her. She just kept on pouring her power out. She needed to keep her mother and her baby brother safe. She could hear your voice but it sounded so far away, she only had one focus. Nothing else mattered.
But then everything stopped.
Mina looked over to you and you were…frozen. She looks back to Thor and Bastian and they are also frozen in place. The spirits around them on the other hand stop and stand to attention, waiting for the next order.
“Have you ever wondered how much power you truly hold child? What it truly means to be the daughter of the God of Stories?”, a voice comes from everywhere and nowhere.
Gorr.
“God of Stories?..Never heard that one..”, Mina responds. She places her hand on your shoulder and gives you a little shake to see if you had any reaction to her touch.
Nothing.
“He did not reach his full potential. Luckily for me, he left me you and you will be more powerful than your father ever dreamed.”
“If I’m so much stronger than my dad, what makes you think I won’t just kill you now?..”
“I never said your father was strong enough to kill me girl..”
“Why don’t you come out and face me then instead of hiding behind your shadows like a coward?”
Suddenly a hand is around her throat and Gorr’s face appears in front of hers. His glowing orange eyes sending a shock of fear through your heart.
“A coward you say? Tell me child. Would you call the Gods that refused to help my village cowards? Would you call them monstrous for standing idle while my wife and child suffered from the plague that took them? Tell me daughter of mischief and lies…what poisonous words did your father teach you to fool the naive? To trick the unknowing…maybe the greatest lie he ever told was that he loved you and not the power coursing through your veins..”
Before Mina can try to break free of Gorr’s hold on her, she is released and falls to her knees, coughing and grabbing at her throat.
“Mina!”, she looks over and sees you on your knees next to her on the ground.
You grab Mina’s face in your hands, “Mina baby! Are you ok?”
All Mina can do is nod and rub her hands on her throat to soothe the ache from Gorr’s tight, painful hold. She has enough power to change her hand to her jotun form to cool down her burning skin.
You’re rubbing calming circles on her back and trying your best to stay focused on her but you can’t help but stare at the spectacle in front of you.
One moment you were frozen in place, you could only watch helplessly as Gorr grabbed your baby girl and started to squeeze the life out of her. You were also able to see Thor and Bastian, also frozen in place and your heart breaks knowing that Mina was in danger and there was nothing you could do to save her.
But then a flash of bright color.
Odin.
With a wave of Idunn’s hand and a wave of power from Odin’s Gungnir, all of Gorr’s spirits have disappeared and Gorr was thrown off of Mina.
Mina looks from her mom and sees Idunn step up onto the steps of the cottage. With another wave of her hand the enchantments the Norn’s placed on their home fade away. With your help, Mina gets to her feet and they carefully move to stand by Idunn while Thor and Bastian join Odin and his army to face Gorr.
Idunn looks back to you and Mina, “are you ready?”
You look to Mina and you both turn to Idunn and give her a nod.
The three of you walk up the steps and Idunn reaches out to open the door. It slowly creeks open and you’re all met with a dimly lit room. The only light coming from torches hanging on the walls. You take a look around the small cottage, it looked so..normal.
It has a cute fire place that had a steady fire going. Three chairs, small end tables next to each one. One table had a tea cup on it, still a full cup, like someone was interrupted before they could even take their first sip. The second had some wool and what looks like half of a knitted blanket. The third one had a book, the last page they read left open.
You walk over to the table with the blanket while Mina of course walks over to the one with a book.
“It’s…a book of…fairy tales..Midgardian fairy tales.” Mina questions aloud.
Idunn walks over to her and smiles, “hmm. Yes, Verdandi is quite fond of them.” She walks over to a door on the far side of the room and finds it locked. “Hmm.”
You look over to Idunn, “what is it?”
“This door was not here before. This is where Skuld will tend to the threads..”, Idunn tries to turn the nob but the lock will not budge. Even when she tries using her seidr to unlock it, the lock stays intact. “Odd.”
Mina walks over to take a look. “Gorr?”, she questions.
Idunn looks down at the young witch and nods, “Gorr.”
They both turn and look at you but it’s Idunn that speaks, “you should stay here.”
“What? No. Absolutely not.”, you argue.
“Mom. Idunn is right, you shouldn’t be out there.”
“Neither should you! I am your mother, I am supposed to protect you!”
“You can’t protect me from this mom! It’s my turn now to protect you. You, Dad, Uncle Thor, Grandma and Grandpa..all of you have been protecting me my whole life…You and Dad raised me to be strong…stop being so resistant to the strength you both helped grow.”
Goddamit.
“Alright. Fine. I’ll stay here but Mina please, please be careful.”
“I will mom. Stay here. Stay safe.”
Idunn and Mina step outside and Idunn places her own protection spell on the door preventing anyone that wishes to cause you harm to enter. After the spell is set, she turns to see Mina is standing frozen in shock. She looks in the same direction and sees Gorr standing over Odin, Gungnir in hand. Thor is on his knees, spirits holding him in place. Bastian is nowhere to be found.
“Gorr. Release them.”, Idunn orders.
“No I don’t think I will Idunn. They haven’t paid their due yet..”
“They don’t owe you anything Gorr. They are not responsible for your families deaths.”, Idunn tries to rationalize with him.
“No. They owe me a debt. All of the so called Gods owe me a debt. I will only accept their lives. Nothing less.”
“We won’t let you get away with this. This ends here.”, Mina stands strong, her hands glowing green with her power.
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——-Back in the cottage——-
Your curiosity gets the best of you and you continue to snoop around the Norns’ cottage. If you didn’t know it belonged to a trio of immortal beings that decided all of fate, you would think it belonged to a regular person back on Earth.
As you are walking through the cottage you start to feel a pull to the door that Idunn said was never there before. The pull felt familiar to what you felt when Loki was reaching out for you.
You walk over to the door and place your hand on the handle, “….Loki?….”
You close your eyes and try to turn the handle. With a click it unlocks and you’re able to slowly open the door.
It was a shock to your system when you see three women suspended upside down. One old, one middle aged and one little girl. Just floating there.
“Shit.”
How were you going to get them down? Could you get them down?
“Y/N….Y/N…”
“Loki?!..Loki..I don’t know what to do! How the fuck do I get them down?!”, your heart pounds when you hear the echo of his voice.
“Breathe…Y/N..you…have to…breathe..”
You take a deep breath in to try and calm yourself, “ok..tell me what to do..”
You close your eyes and really focus on Loki and your connection with him and then suddenly his voice went from an echo to like he was standing right next to you.
“Y/N…open your eyes.”
And so you did..
To be continued….
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Warnings: Mature Content ((ONLY 18+)) I am not going to get specific on warnings because I don't want to spoil certain things so enter at your own risk. Nothing too dark I promise, mostly smut and language.
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The Fated Apple Universe
To Hel and Back: Chapter One: The Vacuum
To Hel and Back Chapter Two: The Jump
To Hel and Back Chapter Three: The Forest
To Hel and Back Chapter Four: The Other Side
“You must wake! Asgardian!”
Your eyes shoot open and you see Bastian’s yellow eyes staring down at you. “What?..”
“They have found us, your child and the Prince are holding them off. You must rise!”, Bastian gives you one last look and then runs out of the tent.
You quickly stand and follow after him, only to find your small camp in chaos. Mina is on your left and it looks like she’s fighting a…ghost. You look over to the right and see Thor surrounded by a few of the same looking spirits, he’s throwing punches, but going right through them. Straight ahead of you, you see Bastian using his large claws to rip through them but his blows seem to be having more of an effect. Every time his paw makes contact, the spirit makes a terrible screech and disappears in a puff of smoke.
Bastian must notice Thor is struggling, “you cannot punch them you fool! Use your magic!”
Thor looks over to Bastian and then to Mina and sees his niece whipping her magic at the spirits, the young girl clearly having more success than he is. He refocuses his attention to the spirits around him and reaches for Mjolnir. As soon as he grips the handle and calls to his lightning, he sends out a wave of it that makes the spirits around him disappear.
You were so focused on watching your family that when a spirit appeared behind you and wrapped its arms around your torso all you could do was let out a yelp of surprise. It was enough to catch Mina’s attention, “Mom!”. But before Mina could make a move to save you, Bastian had already beaten her to it. Somehow making his way unnoticed by the spirit that was holding you hostage. One swipe from Bastian’s claw and just like the others, the spirits disappeared.
“Oh I can’t punch anything but you can scratch them to death?!”, Thor yells to Bastian.
“I am magic you fool!”, Bastian defends.
“Shh!..something is happening..”, Mina interrupts Bastian’s and Thor’s bickering.
Everything stilled for a moment, the remaining spirits stopped there attack and just stayed standing perfectly still. Mina and Thor take the opportunity to move to your side, Bastian moves to stand in front of the three of you.
“What is this?”, Thor asks, holding Mjolnir up in defense.
“They are the ones I spoke of earlier, the others that came here seeking out the Norns. They are now spirits that have not yet crossed over, but they are not usually violent. Something is controlling them.”, Bastian explains.
“After all of these years Bastian, I would think you would be tired of pretending to play guardian of this place.”, a voice says from everywhere and nowhere.
You, Thor and Mina whip your heads around trying to find the source of the voice. But all they see are trees and the group of spirits that now surround them.
“No…it cannot be…you..you are supposed to be…”
“Dead? Yes. I’d expect the hags would want everyone to believe that I had met my demise but alas..here…I…stand.” At that last word, the spirits directly in front of us abruptly part and a figure in a long gray, worn cloak stands before us. His skin as white as a sheet, his face was marred with scarring but it was his eyes that gave you the most pause. The glowing orange sending chills of fear down your spine.
Bastian takes a defensive stand and bares his dangerous teeth, “what are you doing here Gorr? What have you done to the Norn’s?”
“Only what they deserve.”, Gorr responds with a sick smile.
“It was you…you cut my father’s thread.”, Mina steps in front of you before you could move to grab her hand to pull her back to your side.
Gorr’s orange eyes snap dangerously to your baby girl, “well aren’t you a brave one…and who is your father pray tell.”
Mina straightens her spine and looks Gorr right in creepy eyes, “Loki. Rightful King of Jotunheim, Prince of Asgard, God of Mischief and Lies.”
“Ah! The Norn’s precious fated ones! Is that why you have come to my realm?”
“Your realm?”, Bastian interrupts.
“Well whose would it be?”
“What have you done to the Norns?”, Bastian presses.
Gorr’s sadistic smile turns into a dark frown, “what they deserved. They took everything from me. It was time someone returned the favor.”
“You did not answer my niece. Did you cut my brother’s thread?”
Gorr looks over at Thor, “so arrogant. You Asgardian’s believe yourselves to be so powerful. Isn’t it funny that all it took was a snap of a thread to remove one of you from existence.”
“Why? Why did you kill him?”, you speak out, finally finding your voice. But you immediately regret it because his unsettling stare moves over to you.
“Because sweet one…because I could..”, he breaks his stare from you and moves it back to Bastian. “Leave here beast. There is nothing any of you can do that will change what is coming. Leave now, go home to your people. Embrace the ones you hold the most dear. Because I am coming to take them all.”
Gorr, along with the rest of his spirits suddenly disappear, leaving the four of you standing staring at nothing but the dark ominous trees of this never ending forest.
“Who was that?”, you ask Bastian.
“Gorr. He is a troubled soul. Infested with the ideas of vengeance.”
“Against who?”, Thor asks.
“Anyone who would dare call themself a God…long ago he made a vow to kill all of the gods after they refused to help his ailing village. His entire family…but most importantly his child..all perished.”
“That’s so sad..”, Mina says quietly.
“You feel sympathy for it?”, Bastian asks, surprise in his voice.
“I’ve only just felt the loss of my father, I can only imagine what it would be like to lose my entire family..”
“I would save your sympathies child, especially if you wish to be successful in defeating him.”
“How can we defeat that?”, you ask, suddenly feeling nauseous.
“We must reach Yggdrasil. We must find where he is keeping the Norn’s.”
“You believe them to be alive?”, Thor asks.
Bastian nods, “I do. They are still tied to this place, if they die so does the forest, it wouldn’t be dying it would be dead. Gorr has them subdued but he hasn’t killed them..yet. We need to reach Yggdrasil and find them, they will know how to stop him.”
Bastian looks directly to you, “are you alright to keep moving?”
You nod, “yea..”
“Mom are you sure? We can rest a little while longer.”, Mina asks you with concern.
You shake your head and place your hand on your belly, “no. The sooner this is over the sooner we get home.”
Mina nods, waves her arm and removes all traces of them being there. Mina calls to her orbs of light and once again you all make your way towards the tree of life.
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“Y/N was furious with me.”, Loki says proudly with a smile on his face.
“Well I don’t blame her My Prince, how long was her hair blue?”, Idunn asked between giggles.
“Only a week. But I forgot that we had dignitaries from Vanaheim arriving that week for father's council, she made me change my own hair color as well.”
“Ha! And how did the council meetings go”, Idunn asked with a smile.
“Terrible. Thor kept on getting distracted, father banned me from the rest of the council meetings for the rest of their visit.”
“And Mina? How did she feel about your little prank?”
“She demanded I turn her hair blue as well.”, he said with a smile. The memory of you and Mina walking around the palace with matching blue hair is a sweet memory that he hopes he takes with him to Valhalla when he finally gets to leave this place and cross over.
They walked in silence for a little while, but once again Idunn couldn’t help but notice Yggdrasil was not getting any closer. Before she could voice her frustration, the air around them seemed to still. The bright blue sky grew dark and gray, the sound of rolling thunder in the distance.
“Idunn.”
That voice. It sent a chill down her spine. “Gorr.”
She turns around and sees his ghostly figure a few feet away from her a Loki. “What are you doing here Gorr?”
“I always said this day would come Idunn. Did I not?”
“It’s been you. All of this time I could not commune with the Norns..what have you done?”
“I just had this conversation with his annoying family, I do not wish to have to same one with you.”
“What have you done to my family?!”, Loki stands tall next to Idunn.
“Only issued out a warning….they are nothing but a nuisance for now..but if they keep pressing, I might not be so merciful.”
“If you touch them…”, Loki starts to threaten.
“You’ll what? Not much you can do now. Your daughter has a better chance at defeating me or maybe…your wife.”
Loki’s rage starts to spike at the mention of you and Mina.
“On second thought…I have been alone for quite some time…maybe I could use a new wife. I’ll have to do away with the child now growing inside of her to make way for my own to root and grow..maybe Mina will eventually call me….father..”
Loki moves to attack Gorr but before he could even take a step forward he is stopped by Idunn’s hand on his chest. “Enough of this Gorr. What are you doing here?”
“I simply wanted to let the newly deceased, former Prince of Asgard, King of nothing, God of no one know that his precious family would be joining him..very..very soon. Goodbye Idunn, the next time we meet I will have the full power of the Norns, be ready to meet your end.”
Before Idunn could respond, Gorr disappeared in a cloud of smoke. She looks to Loki who is looking at her with fury in his eyes. “What do we do”
“I don’t know Mr Prince. I don’t know.”, Idunn asks.
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-Back on Asgard-
“Frigga. This is a disaster.”
“I am well aware husband.”
Odin looks to the healers in the room, “be sure Goddess Idunn is well taken care of Eir.”
Eir nods, “of course Allfather. My Queen..we should discuss the next steps for Prince Loki.”
Frigga looks to her, “next steps?”
“Yes my Queen, I believe it would be best to bring Prince Loki’s body here. If touching him was the last thing Idunn did before losing consciousness then he might be an answer to waking her.”
Frigga nods, “yes of course. Have your healers bring him here.”
Idunn nods to two of her ladies and she watches as they turn, give instruction to a few other healers and then leave the room to prepare. Leaving Odin and Frigga alone with Idunn. Heimdall was ordered to return to his post after Idunn was brought to the healing wing, with direction to send word of her family.
“Wife.”
Frigga looks to her husband.
“Have you rested?”, he asks her, walking over to her.
“I cannot. All of this is too much. There is too much to do..”
“There is nothing else to do my love but wait. We must wait until Idunn wakes and when Thor brings back y/n and Mina. You need your strength, for when they return we will have to send our son off to Valhalla…”
Frigga nods knowingly not needed to utter a word. But fate had other plans for the King and Queen of Asgard.
Knock Knock!
“Allmother!”, Heimdall shouts from the other side of their private chambers door.
Frigga looks to Odin with wide eyes, “Gods..what else could we be tested with..?” She rushes to the door and opens it, coming face to face with a distressed Heimdall. “Heimdall..what has happened..”
He takes a breath and looks to Odin and then back to Frigga…”the God Killer..he has returned..”
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“Wait.”, Bastian commands.
The group does as they are told and stops in their tracks. They have reached the end of the road it seems. The pathway now being blocked off by a wall of thick trees and brush.
Bastian holds his head up and breathes in deeply, “wait here.” Without another word he walks forward into the deep brush.
“So what we just wait here for him?”, Thor asks.
“What else are we supposed to do?”, you ask.
“I don't know..how do we know he’s not setting us up for a trap?”
“Yea because he would help us get all of this way just to kill us.”, Mina responds.
“Well maybe that’s his plan. Did you ever think of that?”, Thor bites back.
“Stop it. Both of you. He has gotten us this far, we have to trust him.”
Thor walks over to Mina and gives her a tight hug, “I am also sorry Mina. I am anxious to get you and your mother home.”
“We need to move. Quietly.”, Bastian reappears suddenly from the brush. He backs up and disappears once again.
“Wait! How?!”, you call out to Bastian in a whisper.
He peeks his head through once again, “it’s an illusion. Come. Quietly.”
Bastian disappears again and you look back to Mina and Thor, “come on..together.”
Mina takes your hand and nods, “together.”
Thor walks up to you both and wraps his arms around you both, “for Loki.”
The three of you look forward and walk through the brush.
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“It’s no use! No matter how far we walk we remain in the same spot!”, Loki exclaims, frustrated they have not reached Yggdrasil.
“We must be missing something. But what?…”, Idunn mumbles to herself. She takes a look around but nothing has changed. They have been walking for hours but still, the small cabin in front of the massive tree of life has not gotten any closer.
“I don’t understand. We should’ve gotten there hours ago..if they get to Yggdrasil before us..”, Loki’s frustrations fueling his worry for his family.
“There has to be a way, something is preventing us from getting further..but what?”, Idunn continues to talk out loud.
Loki looks to the small cottage again and then closes his eyes in attempt to calm his racing heart. It was then when he heard them…
“Mina..”, Loki whispers.
Idunn turns toward Loki, “you can hear her again?”
Loki nods his head, eyes still closed. “And Thor…they’re..arguing.”
“Not surprising. Your child tends to take any opportunity she can to argue..”
Loki smiles, “only when she’s right..I..I think they’ve reached the cabin..I think..”
All of a sudden Loki and Idunn felt like they were being ripped from time and space, very similar to traveling through the Bifrost but instead of beautiful bright colors, it was just darkness, the sound of whipping air and intense pressure.
When Loki opened his eyes, he was standing in front of the cabin he has been chasing down for what felt like eternity. He looks to his side and he sees Idunn who is staring up at the massive tree standing tall behind the cabin. “Oh Gods. It’s true. Yggdrasil..it’s dying..”
He looks back up to Yggdrasil, to his eyes was still vibrant and full of life but Idunn clearly sees or maybe even feels something different. He looks back over to Idunn and sees she is now looking to him with tears in her eyes. He walks over to the broken goddess and places his hands on her shoulders. “Not if we have anything to say about it.”
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When you get through the brush, the view before you takes your breath away. The grass is bright green and soft, the different trees around the grounds were all trimmed and brimming with life. Small animals were running around, hunting and foraging, as if beyond this barrier there isn’t a dying forest. There was a neat, well maintained trail that led to the small cottage in front of the tree, it’s an average looking thing but clearly it has been there for quite some time. Beautiful flowers and vines have wrapped themselves around the cottage, almost like the forest was giving it a loving embrace.
“Come..”, Bastian interrupts your amazement and starts to walk forward toward the cottage.
When you arrive at the foot of the steps of the cottage you take a moment to look up at Yggdrasil. The massive tree is much more impressive than you imagined and the idea of going home and painting a more accurate depiction of it brings you a small spark of excitement.
As soon as Bastian placed a paw on one of the steps the world exploded. The four of you were thrown back to the barrier you had just walked through, the wind gets knocked from your lungs.
“Mom!”, Mina rushes over to you, helping you sit up. “Are you ok?”, she asks you worriedly.
You nod, “yea..what the hell was that?”, you ask as Mina and Thor help you stand back up.
Bastian shakes his head, seemingly shaking off the blow, “I should’ve known Gorr would’ve placed a hex here..we have to find another way through..”
Mina looks at the cottage and then it hits her. She throws her pack over her shoulder and pulled out her dad’s book. She throws it open on the ground and starts flipping through the pages.
“Mina..what are you looking for?”, Tho asks.
“I don’t think this is Gorr. The Norn’s have set their own protection spells around this place..I just have to find the right one.”
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Before Loki and Idunn walk up the cottage steps Loki felt a shudder in his chest so hard it almost knocked him off his feet. It was enough to make him take a few steps back away from the cottage.
“Are you alright?”
Loki looks down and presses his hands to his chest, feeling for a wound but felt nothing. He looks back up to Idunn and nods, his breathing heavy, “yes. It felt like I was just struck in the chest.”
Idunn’s eyes go wide, “the protection spells..how could I forget…it has been so long since I have had to worry about them..”
“I believe they just found out the hard way…”, Loki winces while still rubbing his chest, his breathing finally almost back to normal.
“My Prince, have you tried to reach Y/N and Mina again?”, Idunn asks.
“No I did not even think to try, I don’t even know how we managed it the first time.”, Loki admits.
“I believe if you can feel them through the other side, you might be able to assist them from this side..”
Loki concentrates for a moment, trying to see if he could sense you or Mina. He closes his eyes and takes a deep breath in, blocking everything out of his mind. He can feel his magic reach out around him, spreading around the grassy area around them searching for his other half. At first he felt nothing and then just as he was about to pull away he felt it.
You.
He felt your soul on the other side and his body moved on its own accord. He focuses a little harder and the closer he gets to you the stronger your presence becomes. He also feels Mina, but unlike you who is feeling anxious, Mina feels frustration. He gets down on his knees and places his hands in the dirt again, “y/n…come on baby…feel me..”
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“Y/n…baby….y/n…feel me…”
You hear your name like an echo. You look around to see if you can tell where it was coming from. But the voice goes away..but then you hear it again..
“Y/n..y/n…I need you to focus…focus on my voice…y/n…”
“Loki?…”, you whisper out loud. The voice, starting to sound more and more like your husband’s.
Thor and Bastian’s attentions snap to you, while Mina was still flipping through pages.
“Sister?…y/n..are you alright?”, Thor asks.
Thor’s voice breaks through the echo and you look into his concerned blue eyes and nod, “uh..yea..I just..I thought I heard something..”
“Heard what?”, Bastian asks.
“Someone calling my name..it sounded like..like Loki..”
Mina paused her search and stands, she rushes up to you and places her hands on your face. “What is he saying Mom?”
You look at her confused.
“Mom, he’s trying to reach out again..”
“But I didn’t talk to him last time..”
“The connection might be stronger because we have reached the roots of Yggdrasil..your daughter is correct Asgardian..you must concentrate on your fated one’s voice.”
“Maybe do what you did before?..”, Thor asks. Everyone turns to look at him and it makes him start to pick at this fingers nervously. “What?..you know..when Bastian told you that you were pregnant and you dug your hands in the dirt and Mina put her hands in with yours and then Mina’s eyes got all weird..”
“He’s right! You’re a genius Uncle Thor!”, she runs over to her uncle and gives him a kiss on the cheek. Mina runs back to you and takes your hands in hers, “close your eyes and concentrate on Dad’s voice. We need to find where the connection is strongest.”
You nod and close your eyes, trying to focus on finding Loki’s connection. After a few heart beats you hear him again, very faint at first but as you turn your head a bit you could hear him a bit louder. “Loki..”
“Feel….me…y/n…my heart…reach..for..me..”
You move a few feet to your left and drop to your hands and knees.
“Girl, grab your father’s book.”, Bastian instructs Mina who follows suit.
As soon as your knees hit the ground you dig your hands deep into the soil. You close your eyes and call out to your fated, “Loki..Loki..I’m right here..”
You feel someone fall to their knees at your side but you don’t dare open your eyes. Not until you’re sure you have secured the connection.
Next to you Mina also falls to her knees, placing the book in front on her. She then places her hands in the dirt on top of yours and closes her eyes, hoping she could help you find her dad on the other side.
Thor and Bastian stand vigil behind you and Mina. The both of them making sure nothing will get through to either of you.
You take in another deep breath and then you feel it. You feel his touch on the other side of the soil just like how it was last time. But now when you opened your eyes you were met with the eyes of the man you love.
Warnings: Mature Content ((ONLY 18+)) I am not going to get specific on warnings because I don't want to spoil certain things so enter at your own risk. Nothing too dark I promise, mostly smut and language.
A/N: I am so sorry. Life happened and it took a lot of my free time away but now things are back to normal I finally got some time to write. Chapter five is already written, I'm just editing it. For those who have stuck around, thank you 💚
Enjoy 💚
The Fated Apple Universe
To Hel and Back: Chapter One: The Vacuum
To Hel and Back Chapter Two: The Jump
To Hel and Back Chapter Three: The Forest
“You think something has befallen the Norns?”, Thor asks.
“I do.”, Bastian responded.
Before your group continued your walk through the forest, the giant panther gave you his name. You all had been walking for about three hours now, and you were starting to feel exhausted. Which was odd. You hadn’t remembered feeling tired in a long time. Ever since you had made your full transition to being Asgardian, you barely felt any type of fatigue or tiredness. Which came in handy when Mina wasn’t sleeping through the night just yet when she was a baby.
“Besides the forest dying, is there anything else that makes you feel like something has happened to them?”, Mina asks.
“It has been oddly quiet. Almost as if every living thing in the forest is trying to…hide from something…Whatever it is…I believe they are the ones truly responsible for your fates’ one thread being cut.”
You wished Loki was here. He would know what to do about all of this. You had no business walking through a dying forest on your way to see higher beings responsible for everyone in the universe’s fate. But if Mina was right and there was a way to get him back, you were willing to do anything.
“We are close. We should rest.”, Bastian comes to a stop and then looks over his shoulder, looking past Mina to look you directly in the eyes. “Especially you.”
“Why especially me?”, you ask, annoyed that he’s singling you out.
“Your fated one is dead.”, he says so matter-of-factly that it jars you.
“Yes. I’m aware of that…”
“Well…you are losing half of your soul. It has only been hours since your fated’s thread was cut, the fatigue that you are currently feeling is the side effect of his soul leaving you. Eventually, you will feel no traces of your fated one at all.”
It felt like he shot you in the chest.
You didn’t even respond. No words were going through your mind. Without saying anything, you turn and walk off the trail to take a moment by yourself. You lean against a tree and take some deep breaths and shed some tears. The thought of Loki’s soul leaving your body makes you feel like you’re suffocating, and all you could think of doing is taking deep breaths.
You open your eyes to look at the ground at your feet, and you see dead grass. You move your foot slightly, and the crunching sound makes you sad. You were so tired of being surrounded by so much death. You look over your shoulder and see one of Mina’s glowing orbs floating over your shoulder. You smile. Loki would’ve done the same thing. Given you your space but still made sure that you were as safe as if he was holding you in his arms.
You take another deep breath and stand up straight. You walk back to the group, the glowing orb guiding your way to them. Once you get through some trees, you see Mina, Thor, and Bastian sitting by a fire. All of them eating some food that Mina more than likely conjured up for them since there wouldn’t be anything to hunt for miles.
Mina looks over to you as soon as she feels your presence, “You okay, Mom?”
You nod and walk over to where Mina is sitting, taking a seat next to her. “Yeah, baby. I’m okay.”
“I apologize for being so blunt…”, Bastian says quietly.
You smile back at him, “It’s okay..it’s a feeling I should start getting used to, I guess. At least now I know why I’m feeling so fatigued.”
“Well, that and the child growing inside of you.”
“The what?!”, the sound of three shocked voices echoes through the dead forest.
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“Loki..”
“Hmm?”, he responds to Idunn but does not move his gaze from a spot in the distance.
“Prince Loki. Look at me.”
He continues to look to the distance. Idunn takes his chin in her hand and moves his face to bring his attention to her. “Loki..what do you see?”
“Yggdrasil.”
Idunn looks over to the spot Loki was fixated on and closes her eyes to concentrate. After a few incantations she finally sees what he is seeing. The enchantment set in place falls away and she finally sees the gigantic tree she would recognize it anywhere.
His eyes remain closed, but Idunn can see the tears building behind them. His eyelids are shaking from the strain of holding them back.
“Loki. What is it?”
“I hear them.”
“Who?”
“My girls.”
“Y/N and Mina?”
He nods with a smile, but then he starts to look scared, and his breathing starts to pick up, dangerously close to hyperventilating.
“Loki?”, Idunn places her hands on his cheeks and lightly shakes him to get him to focus on her and get him out of whatever panic he is currently in.
His eyes shoot open, and his head whips over to the right. He breaks away from Idun’s hold and takes off running.
“My Prince!!”, Idunn takes off after him.
After a few moments of running, Loki stops and falls to his knees. Idunn comes to a stop right behind him. “Loki?..”
“They’re right here..”, he places his hands on the ground and closes his eyes. “I can feel them.”
Idunn walks over so she is across from Loki. He has dug his hands so deep into the ground that it looked like he was trying to reach something beneath the soil. But his face was now peaceful. He still had tears falling down his face, but he looked…whole.
“She’s right here..my love…my fated..”
Idunn kneels down. “You can feel Y/N here?”
Loki nods. “And our Mina. Our gift.”
Idunn smiles. “She certainly is that. A stubborn little gift.”
Loki huffs a laugh, a sweet smile remaining on his face, his eyes still closed. Idunn remains silent, allowing the prince a moment with his family.
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“Mom, you need to breathe.”
You are doing your best to do as she says, but you cannot seem to catch your breath. You fall to your knees. Mina’s behind you, her hands going to your shoulders to help you get to the ground without hurting yourself.
When your knees hit the soil, you feel your hands being forced to the ground, like something was pulling you. You dig your hands into the dirt, frantic to reach whatever is pulling you. When you finally reach whatever it is, you feel a burst of calm. It is so soothing and comforting that it steals your breath away.
You take a deep breath in and close your eyes, giving yourself over to the feeling, “Loki…”
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“Y/N”, Loki whispers. “My love. Breathe.”
“Loki?”, Idunn looks at Loki confused. “Loki…what is happening?”
“Y/N…She is….distressed…She’s….she is terrified…”, Loki’s face starts to change from his peaceful look to one of concern. “Oh my darling…I am here with you…”
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“Loki…Loki…”, you keep digging into the ground with your hands. Mina’s behind you, trying to pull you out of the hole you are starting to dig.
“Mom…mom…stop…mom come on….”, Mina tries to plead with you.
Thor kneels down in front of you, “Y/N…sister…”. He reaches out to stop your hands, but you push him away so hard that he falls to his ass, his eyes going wide with shock. He forgot how strong you can be.
“Don’t! He’s right here! I can feel him…”, you put your hands out in front of you to make Thor aware that you weren’t afraid to use your strength again to keep this connection. Whatever it is.
Mina stands up and looks to Bastian, “What is this? What’s wrong with her?”
“We are close to Yggdrasil. It is possible that she is feeling her fated one from the other side.”
Mina’s eyes open wide, and then she looks down to you, your back in the same position, hands buried deep into the ground. Loki’s name falls from your mouth over and over again like a prayer. Mina kneels down in front of you and places her hands in the ground next to yours, closing her eyes. Hoping to feel her father’s presence as well.
“I’m here, Dad.I’m right here,” a moment passes, and then Mina feels a sudden change in her surroundings. She opens her eyes and sees what she has been dying to see since this nightmare started.
“Daddy,”
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Idunn can’t believe her eyes. One moment Loki is kneeling there alone with his hands buried in the dirt in front of him, and then the next Mina is there kneeling in front of him, her hands clutching Loki’s.
Loki’s eyes shoot open, “Mina! Oh my girl.”
He doesn’t hesitate; he throws his arms around his daughter. Mina’s face going to Loki’s shoulder, and she lets out the sob she has been holding back. It was the sob that she knew would be the one to trigger the rest of her buried emotions to burst from her chest. She cried and cried and cried. Loki, all the while holding onto her for dear life, slowly starts to rock her back and forth like when she was a little girl running to him because she was scared or hurt.
“Shh, my brave, strong girl. It’s alright.I’m right here.”
Mina lifts her head from her father’s shoulder and looks around, finally seeing Idunn as well. “Idunn? What is going on? Where is here?”
“To be honest, princess, I’m not quite sure,”
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Mina is very still.
Uncomfortably still.
You finally risk breaking the connection you found with Loki to open your eyes to look at Mina. What you see shakes you. Mina is staring straight ahead, like she is looking into the distance.
“Mina…”, you bring your hands up from the dirt and place them on her cheeks. You give her a little shake to see if she would snap out of whatever trance she was in, but her gaze remained the same.
“Mina! Baby, come on…snap out of it.”, you give her a more forceful shake.
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“Mom?”, Mina hears your voice in the distance. Almost like an echo. She looks back to her dad, who cannot take his eyes off of her. “Dad, where are we? What is this place?”
Loki smiles, “Valhalla…”
Mina looks at him with a confused look, waiting for him to elaborate, but he says nothing further. Instead, she looks to Idunn for answers.
Idunn looks at Mina sadly, “I wish I could tell you, princess. I’m still trying to figure it out myself…I was standing by your father’s side when I was transported here.”
Mina takes a look around her surroundings and sees lush fields, and over Loki’s shoulder, she sees a massive tree.
“Yggdrasil”, she says aloud..
Idunn only nods in response.
Mina looks back to Loki, who is looking at her as if he had been waiting lifetimes to see her again. She places her hands on his face. “Dad…we miss you so much…mom…she…I…”
Loki throws his arms around her, “I know, my darling. I am so sorry. You must be strong. Your mother will needs you now. You should not have come here..”
“But it isn’t fair!”
“I know. I know it’s not fair, but the Norns…”
“No…dad, you don’t understand…something is happening…mom, Uncle Thor, and I were trying to find the Norns. Something isn’t right.”
“What do you mean, child?”, Idunn asks.
Mina looks up to Idunn, “After we spoke, I went to Heimdall’s observatory and after I jumped off of the bridge I landed in a forest…”
“You did what?!”, Loki barks, bringing Mina’s attention back to him.
She gives him a small smile, “I needed answers. And you always told me that if I wanted something badly enough, I needed to do everything within my capabilities to get it. I needed to know why you died…why the Norns let this happen.”
Loki takes in a deep breath and rolls his eyes, “Mina, I died because your uncle is a moron.”
“He’s been a moron for centuries, and they waited until you met your fated one to have one of his idiotic moments kill you?”, Mina argues.
“What happened next, child?”, Idunn interrupts to get your story back on track.
“After I landed, I wasn’t alone long. Mom and Uncle Thor followed shortly after. From there, I used Dad’s book to lead me to Yggdrasil. But on our way there, we were stopped by a creature that told us that something hasn’t been right with the Norns. Yggdrasil and the forest surrounding it is dying.”
“Dying?!”, Idunn questions. It would certainly explain why she hasn’t been able to reach them. “Where are you all now?”
“We stopped because Mom…Mom found out some…shocking information, and we had to stop.”
“What shocking information, Mina? Your mother is in a panic at the moment.”, Loki asks worriedly. His hands are buried back in the dirt to feel your emotions better.
“Well…the creature…Bastian…he told her that because her fated one is dead, she is feeling the presence of your soul leave her….and…”
Mina’s hesitation doesn’t get past Loki.
“And?...”
Mina takes a deep breath, “He told her that she’s pregnant.”
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“Beast. What is wrong with her?”, Thor asks Bastian in a panic.
“I believe she is communing with someone on the other side. Very likely, her father.”
You look up from Mina to look at the panther, “You think she’s talking to Loki?”
“It is very possible. Your child is a result of a Norn’s blessing; naturally, she would be very sensitive to abilities such as this.”
You look back at Mina, her blank stare no longer giving you a sense of fear but of hope.
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“Pregnant?”, Loki asks Mina breathlessly.
Mina nods, “Apparently. I don’t know for sure, but I need to get back to mom before she has a panic attack.”
Idunn nods, “Yes, in the meantime, we will continue making our way there.” Idunn points to the small cottage in front of the massive tree.
Mina nods and looks back at Loki, “I love you, Dad…so much.”
Loki smiles and brings one of his hands up to stroke her cheek, “I love you more, my darling. Tell your mother I love her and that I am with her.”
Mina smiles, a tear tracks its way down her face, “I will.”
She takes one last look and closes her eyes, focusing on the feeling of her Mom, and when she opens her eyes, she sees you staring at her.
“Mina?! You place your hands on her cheeks.
Mina’s eyes clear, and when she locks eyes with you, she gives you a teary smile, “Mom…I saw Dad…”
You look at her with wide eyes, “Yea?…and what did he have to say for himself?”
“He said that he loves you and that he died because Uncle Thor is an idiot.”
You both laugh while Thor grumbles something about never being able to live this down. “He’s with Idunn…”
“Idunn?! What was she doing there?”, you ask.
“She’s not sure how, but I told her about Bastian and the Norns, and she thinks something definitely isn’t right here. They are also making their way to Yggdrasil.”
You nod and stand with Mina, “Okay, then we have to get moving.”
Bastian moves to stand in front of you, “Not so fast, Asgardian…I still stand by my suggestion earlier; you should rest.”
“I will rest when we figure all of this shit out and I get back to Asgard with my family.”, you say determinedly.
“As noble as that is, you will be no help to anyone if you pass out from exhaustion. Need I remind you that you have more than yourself to look after.”
“Why should I even believe you? How can you even tell?”
“Ask him then?”, Bastian nods to Thor. “You are the god of fertility, are you not?”
Thor nods, “Yes, but I don’t see how I can…”
“Place your hand on her womb and focus…”
Thor looks to you for permission, and you give him a quick nod.
Thor walks over to you and places his hand on your belly and closes his eyes. He doesn’t have a reaction at first, and by the furrow in his brow, you determine he’s not feeling what he believes he should be feeling. When you think he’s going to give up and pull away, he takes a quick breath in. “Oh…Norns…hello there, little one…”
He opens his eyes, and they are filled with tears and wonder. “It’s true, sister. You have blessed my family once again.”
You let out a small, surprised laugh and let the tears fall. You wanted Loki there with you so badly. Mina comes over and wraps you in a hug, Thor quickly wrapping you both up in his big embrace. All of you crying tears of joy and sadness.
“Can you tell what it is?”
“Ha…do you truly wish to know this time?”, needing to be sure since he remembered when you were pregnant with Mina, you and Loki wanted to wait for some Midgardian reason.
You nod.
“A boy…you are blessing my brother with a son.”
“A boy…you know he would be having a panic attack right now if he knew. When I was pregnant with Mina, he had a horrible nightmare about the birth. God, I wish he was here…”
Mina rubs your back, “He’s going to be so happy, Mom. We’re going to get him back, and he’s going to be there for all of it. I promise.”
You smile sadly at her, knowing that the possibility of getting Loki back was very small, but you didn’t have it in you to dampen her hopes because as much as you say it’s for Mina’s sake…really, it’s for yours.
“Bastian’s right though, you need to rest. Dad and Idunn are making their way to Yggdrasil, but it looks like they have a little more way to go than us.”
“I believe they will never truly reach it until we do.”, Bastian clarifies.
“What? Why?”, Mina asks.
“Your father is tied to your mother even in his death. That connection will last until he fully passes over.”
Mina nods, “Okay, good to know. Let’s get some food in you and let you get some sleep. We should reach Yggdrasil soon.”
Mina waves her hands and their small, cozy camp reemerges, along with a nice fire with a rabbit already spinning on a spit.
“Thank you, baby. I’m going to lie down for a bit.”
You make your way into the tent and lie down. The comfy blankets and pillows cradle you so comfortably that you fall asleep very quickly.
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“Loki. We should keep moving.” Idunn tries to get Loki’s attention after Mina’s form disappeared and the prince stayed there on his knees, hands still buried deep in the dirt. After Loki doesn’t move, she tries again. “My Prince…”, she touches his shoulder.
Loki jumps from the contact, “Oh…Idunn…yes…forgive me…I just…”
“You don’t have to explain, My Prince. I cannot imagine what you must be feeling at present.”
Loki nods, “It was nice to feel them. Even if it was just…one last time.”
To be continued…
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Series
Imposter Prince: Complete
Summary: Reader is visiting Asgard and when she arrives she finds a mysterious man posing as Loki. Everyone else sees the same dark prince but you see someone else. Is this another one of Loki's mischievous games? Or is there something more sinister afoot?
Warnings: Language, Fluff, Graphic Major Character Injury, Smut
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Black Tulips: Complete
Summary: Loki has fallen horribly ill. Reader goes on a crazy journey to save her beloved's life. Will she succeed without dying in the process? Will she be in time to save Loki at all?...
Warnings: Language, Fluff, Major Character Illness, Smut
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I’ll Never Let Go: Complete
Chapter 1
Chapter 2-Final
Summary: You and Loki have been courting, you’re both ready to move on to the next step. Someone isn’t too happy about that.
Warnings: Language, Fluff, Smut
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Something Real: Complete
Summary: Reader and her twin boys are making a life for themselves on New Asgard. One night Reader and her twins are visited by someone who they thought was long dead..
Warnings: Mature Content ((ONLY 18+)) I am not going to get specific on warnings because I don't want to spoil certain things so enter at your own risk. Nothing too dark I promise, mostly smut and language.
A/N: I know I said no summaries but I will say that we get some of our boy in this chapter. As always, thanks for reading 💚 Enjoy💚
The Fated Apple Universe
To Hel and Back: Chapter One: The Vacuum
To Hel and Back Chapter Two: The Jump
Loki knew he was dead the moment it happened.
It wasn’t the injury itself, though the pain was excruciating in that moment.
No.
It was his bond with his fated that made him completely certain that he was dead.
The absence of your essence was more painful than the killing blow itself.
Loki sits up and looks down, seeing the armor he was wearing when he was alive but no wound. He looks around and all he can see is an open field, bright green grass and far off in the distance he sees the biggest tree he has ever seen. And just in front of the tree was a small…cottage.
Nothing remarkable about it. Just a small cottage home, the most notable thing about it was that it was being dwarfed by the massive tree standing tall behind it. Almost like it was guarding it.
Loki takes another look around but a sound makes his head snap back to the cottage. It was the sound of laughter. But not just any laughter.
It was yours.
Your sweet laugh that never fails to bring a smile to his face.
For a moment he felt a brief spark of joy but then it’s replaced by absolute fear. He wished he studied more about fated bonds. Would Y/N die when he did?! Gods no. The Norns were being cruel enough.
The idea that Mina would lose her mother and father in one swoop breaks Loki’s heart. He hears your laughter again, forcing his attention back to the cottage.
“Y/N!”, he yells across the massive field.
Nothing.
He walks toward the cottage but it doesn’t seem like it’s getting any closer. Loki stops a moment and then looks back from where he came. He could’ve sworn he walked at least a mile by now..
Before he could give it another thought, he hears your laugh again but this time when he looks to the cottage he sees a woman walk out the door and what looks like a baby swaddled in her arms.
Loki squints his eyes to see if he could get a better look. All he can make out is the color of the dress that the woman is wearing, green of course, and the color of her hair. Your color hair..
The confusion of the cottage seemingly not getting any closer evaporates and Loki just continues to walk forward. Your laugh his only beacon.
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When you and Jane were kids you would all go to Maine for family vacations and your mom used to make sure you and Jane were never alone around heavily wooded areas. The forests were so thick and at night if you didn’t know where you were going it was very possible you were never getting out of it.
This forest reminds you of those family vacations.
Except worse.
Thank goodness you had Thor, a literal God and your daughter who was the child of the strongest seidr wielder in all of the nine. Thankfully, Mina conjured floating orbs of light that surrounded your group, lighting your path forward.
The orb in front is also acting as a guide to where your group apparently needed to go to find the Norns. How? You’re still not entirely sure. You asked Mina how the orbs of light knew which direction to go and she just looked at you with the same bored look Loki used to give you when you asked him what he considered “ridiculous” questions.
“It knows which way to go because I know which way to go mom…”
“Ok..kkayyy..but how do you know which way to go?”
“It’s whats on the map in dad’s book.”
You nod, “uh huh..did you look at any other books before you decided to just jump at this one?…literally.”
Mina gets quiet and just continues to walk straight.
You put your hand on her shoulder, “Mina…tell me you did some more digging and this one book wasn’t your only proof that we would find the Norns here.”
Mina looks at you nervously and then starts picking at her fingers.
Just like Loki.
“Mina..”
She finally looks up at you and Thor, “this was the only thing I found about how to get to the Norns…”
You close your eyes, “Mina..”
“I know mom but this was our only chance! And there wasn’t any time to go debate about it. Idunn already seemed against the idea and I knew that if she said that it couldn’t be done then you wouldn’t even try..”
“So what? You were going to just come here alone? What if it didn’t work? What if you jumped off that bridge and died. I would have had to bury you and your father within hours of each other! Did you think about that?!”
“No mom I didn’t! You know why?! Everyone has told me since the day I could wield seidr that I was my fathers daughter. That I will be as strong if not stronger than him, that I am just as intelligent as him and yet no one trusts me when I say that I know this is going to work. I FEEL it."
You take a deep breath to try and calm you both down. Arguing about the situation will get them nowhere. All you can do now is do what your daughter is asking you to do and pray you were making the right decision.
“Ok Mina. I trust you…do you know how much further?”
She turns back to the direction they were headed and opens the book to the map inside.
The orb of light leading the way hovers over Mina’s shoulder and it sends a small beam of light to the page, highlighting where they currently were.
“Based off of where we started and where we are now…we have maybe another days worth of walking.”
“We should make camp for the night, we will need to eat as well.”, Thor suggests.
Mina nods, “I can take care of all that, let’s find a good spot.”
After about a ten minute walk off the path, you all find a good spot to make camp. Mina holds out her hands and closes her eyes, you look over to the spot that has her concentration and the once empty spot now has a medium size tent and a small pit for a fire.
“Thor use your sparkle magic and make a fire. Stop letting my kid do all the work.”
Thor gives you a small smile and then kneels down next to the pit. He touches his fingers together, creating a little spark that starts the fire.
Mina kneels down next to him and gives him a pat on the back, “thanks Uncle Thor.”
He leans over and kisses her forehead, “of course. Please tell me my brother taught you to conjure something edible…”
“I think I can figure something out.”, she smiles the same sly smile her dad gifted her with. She closes her eyes again and now on the fire is a spit with what looks like a rabbit on it.
“Bless you child.”, Thor looks at the juicy rabbit, ready to rip it right off the spit.
You sit down next to Mina and rub her back, “I’m so proud of you baby. I know your dad would be too.”
Mina leans her head against yours, “thanks mom..”
The three of you sit in a comfortable silence, watching the flames lick up the dinner your daughter has provided. The three of you not knowing what is awaiting them when they finally get to the Norns.
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“Odin.”
“Frigga.”
Frigga approaches her husband as he lays in their great bed, a few missives lay on his lap. She hasn’t told him about what has transpired in the last few hours. She wasn’t quite sure how she was going to get him to postpone the funeral proceedings for Loki.
She gets to Odin’s side of the bed and looks down at her husband, “husband.”
Odin looks up with his one eye, “wife.”
“Something has happened..”
“Oh you mean my son, daughter in law and grandchild jumping off the bridge in order to reach the Norns to attempt to bring Loki back?…Is that the something you are referring to?”
Frigga doesn’t respond verbally. She just nods.
Fucking Heimdall.
“And you have come here to ask me to postpone Loki’s funeral yes?”
Frigga looks down, “if there is a chance..”
“My love…Loki is gone. What we must pray for now is the safe return of Thor, Y/N and Mina..”
Frigga nods in understanding, a tear slipping out of her eye before she could catch it. She lifts her hand to wipe it away but Odin catches it before she could. He stands from the bed, Frigga now has to look up at her husband, her warrior God that would burn realms down for her but could also gently cradle his granddaughter in his arms to calm her to sleep. He reaches up and cups her face in his hands with that same gentle touch, his thumbs wiping her tears away.
“I will postpone the announcements and the funeral rites..but there is only so long we can wait my love…”
Frigga nods again and gives Odin a sweet, grateful kiss. “Thank you My King.”
Odin lays his forehead against hers, “anything for you My Queen. Anything.”
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Idunn walks into Loki’s viewing room. She left a few hours ago to go get settled in one of the palaces many guest rooms, but she felt something pulling her back to Loki’s side.
She walks up the steps and stands above Loki’s body. She stares down at his face in deep contemplation.
“Why? Why did they cut your thread…?”, she asks out loud to herself.
Idunn felt slightly better after she admitted to the Queen that she has not been able to reach the Norns. The weight of carrying such a secret getting very heavy for the Goddess. As she stares down at Loki she doesn’t realize she’s crying until a few tears fall onto his arm. The sound of her tears hitting leather make her eyes snap to the liquid.
She reaches up to her eyes and wipes a tear away in shock. She can’t remember the last time she shed a tear from grief.
‘Your Grace..”
A small voice makes Idunn turn around to face the door, “yes child?”, she asks the small lady.
“Heimdall has requested your presence Your Grace..”
She smiles at the young lady, “thank you. The observatory I presume?”
“Yes Your Grace.”
Idunn nods and turns back to Loki, she takes in his form one last time and then leans down to whisper in his ear, “rest well fated one.” She places a kiss on his brow but as soon as her lips touch his skin there was a blinding light in her vision.
Idunn closes her eyes to try and clear her vision but there was a high pitched whistling sound that was also throwing off her balance. She places her hands over her ears to try and block out the dreadful sound.
She’s so disoriented she doesn’t register someone is shaking her. The high pitched whistling sounds like its getting further and further away and every blink makes her vision clearer. She sees a dark blob in front of her which eventually turns into a person.
When her vision finally clears enough to see a face her heart almost stops beating.
It was Loki.
An alive Loki.
Standing in the middle of a field.
“Idunn?”
“Loki?...”
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“My Queen!!”
A loud knock on the door pulls Frigga away from Odin’s comforting embrace. “What in the nine?”
“Enter!”, Odin calls out.
The door bursts open and Heimdall enters in a panic, “Allmother! Allfather! You must come with me to the healers wing!”
“Heimdall? What has happened?”
“Goddess Idunn collapsed by Prince Loki’s bedside. Eir is assessing her now.”
“Gods!”, Frigga doesn’t waste a moment and opens a portal straight to the healers wing where she sees Eir and her healers working around Idunn, Odin and Heimdall close behind her.
“Eir.”, Frigga approaches the soul forge holding Idunn.
“Allmother. Forgive me I just need a moment.”, Eir doesn’t even look back to the approaching Queen, too focused on her work.
“What was she doing when she collapsed?”, Odin asks Heimdall.
“I sent word to her to meet me in the observatory, that same messenger was supposed to ask you and The Queen to meet me there as well. I have seen Thor and the Princesses.”
“You have?”, Frigga whips around.
Odin holds out his hand to calm his wife, “we will get to that My Queen.”, he looks back to Heimdall to continue.
“The girl said that she informed the Goddess Idunn of my summons, she turned to Prince Loki, placed a kiss to his brow and then collapsed.”
Frigga looks to Odin, confusion and anxiety all over her face, “something isn’t right..what of Thor and the girls?”
Heimdall nods, “I cannot see where they have landed but they are somewhere in deep woods.”
Frigga releases the breath she was holding, “thank the Gods for that at least.” She looks back to Eir working on a still unconscious Idunn. She makes a silent prayer to the Norns for her family but if what she fears is true…the Norns might not be there to hear her…
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Your back is on fire.
Sleeping in the tent was not the most enjoyable experience and the guilt that is tearing through you right now is intense.
How did Loki get any sleep since you both have been together? It has been a very long time since Mina slept in the same room as you and Loki so you have not heard how her snoring has progressed over the last year or so because my god..
It brings back memories of the train passing by your apartment in New York. For such a small girl she has a deep guttural snore.
Apparently much like your own according to Loki.
“Mina..”
You nudge her when calling her name didn’t do it.
“Mina..”, she nudges you again.
Nothing.
“MINA!”
Mina shoots up, a half snore rips through her nose and shouts, “FINKLE AND EINHORN!”
You look at her and smile at her disheveled state, her braid has long fallen apart and hair is sticking out in all crazy directions, one eye is open the other about half way there. “You need to stop watching Ace Ventura before you go to bed.”
“It’s a classic. Jim Carrey movies are my comfort movies.”, Mina responds with a stretch. “Where’s Uncle Thor?”
You shrug, “lets go see.”
You both leave the tent and see Thor sitting by the fire with what looks like fish cooking on the spit.
“Hope you’re hungry..”, Thor invites you both to join him by the fire.
“Just a little..we should get moving soon.
You nod and Thor hands you some of the cooked fish, since he didn’t wait for Mina to conjure anything it was severely lacking flavor from seasonings but you weren’t going to complain. You were thankful that he was here, you don’t know what you would’ve done if he wasn’t. As soon as you get the fish down you could already feel the protein working its way through your body, giving you more energy.
You’d kill for some coffee though.
Once you were all done eating breakfast, Mina makes their camp disappear, like they were never there.
Mina opens her book and conjures the same orbs from yesterday. Once again, one of the orbs hovers over the map on the page and then starts to move in the direction we were supposed to be moving toward.
“So what are we going to see when we get there? Wherever there is..”, you ask.
“Well I expect to see Yggdrasil, all of the books I have read about the Norns say that they reside at the roots.”, Mina answers.
All of a sudden Thor stops walking, you almost run right into his big back, “Thor?”
“Shh.”, he holds up his hand.
You heart starts to pound, you weren’t built for something like this. You never went on adventures or missions so when Thor reacted the way that he did you immediately start to sweat.
“Stay behind me. Do. Not. Move.”, Thor instructs.
“Thor? What is it?”, you ask in a panic.
“MOVE!”
Thor turns and shoves you and Mina down to the ground, a massive beast flies over your head and lands on its feet a few feet from where you are now laying on the ground. Mina, who was in the back of the group was on the ground next to you, closer to the beast.
You brave another look at it and see that its a big ass cat. It looks like a panther from back on Earth but much larger…everything.
It was twice the size of a normal panther, the teeth were massive and you can’t help but notice the blood that was already leaking from them. Hopefully he ate recently…
Thor moves to stand in front of you and Mina, you’re hoping between the two of them, they will all survive this encounter.
“Don’t move.”, Thor whispers, holding his hand out behind him.
“Wasn’t planning on it.”, you whisper back.
Thor calls his lightning, his eyes are the first things that show his building power and then the sky that you can see through the trees starts to darken and rumble. You look down at the hand Thor has extended behind him and you can see electricity on his fingertips.
“My, my. We are a rude group aren’t we..”, the panther goes from an attack position to a seated one. Like a house cat waiting for a treat.
The three of you are frozen from shock. It even looks like the lightning on Thor’s fingertips and eyes pause and then slowly start to retreat. The sound of thunder starts to roll away and the little slivers of gray sky are now turning blue.
“Umm.”, Mina is the first to react to the talking creature.
“I’m assuming you can use more words besides ummm yes?”, the panther….cat….thing asks.
The three of you just nod.
“Wonderful..Do any of you wish to explain why you are trudging through my forest?”
“Your forest?”, Mina steps forward but your grab her wrist and pull her back to you.
“Yes MY forest. What are you doing here?”
“We came to see the Norns.”, Thor answers.
“HA! You and thousands of other souls that have come to search for them. Allow me to guess…someones dead?..”
Again the creature is met with silence.
“I must say if you are trying to get to your destination alive I suggest someone answers me.”
Thor steps up again, “yes. My brother.”
“Hmff. I suggest you go back to where you came from. You clearly do not have what is required.”
The panther turns to leave but your panic makes you stop him, “wait!”
The panther stops and turns his head back to you, waiting for you to speak.
“Wait….It wasn’t just his brother. He was also my fated.”
The panther turns around fully, “truly? The Norns cut the thread of one of their beloved fated?…well that settles it..”
“Settles what exactly?”, Mina asks.
“That something has befallen the Norns..”
“What makes you say that?”, you ask.
“The forest is..dying. I just so happen to be on the way to visit with the Norns myself to get some answers, but if what you’re saying is true…”, the panther begins to pace back and forth. “The Norns claim they have no favorites but then explain fated ones to me? To cut the thread of one of their precious chosen ones? They would never…unless”, the panther stops his pacing along with his speech.
“Unless?…”, you brave interrupting his thought.
“Unless it wasn’t truly them that cut your fated ones thread..”
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“Idunn?”
“Loki?…Where am I?”
“I wish I could tell you.. I am still trying to figure that out myself. I thought I was dead.”
“You are.”
Loki looks at her in surprise, “then you are…?
“Dead? Yes? No? Possibly? I am not certain. I was in your viewing room and I was standing by your body. I placed a kiss on your brow and it seems to have transported me here..”
Loki was looking at Idunn but then something seems to pull his attention away from her.
“Y/N”, he whispers. So low. So quiet, Idunn almost missed it.
Loki turns and starts to walk but Idunn reaches out and grabs his wrist to stop him. “Wait, My Prince..where are you going?”
He turns and looks at Idunn and then points in the opposite direction, “there..do you see it?”
Idunn looks in the direction that Loki is pointing to but sees nothing. She looks back to Loki’s face who is staring off into the distance again, like he was staring at his salvation. “Loki..I don’t see anything..”
He looks to Idunn, “just there, you don’t see it? Can you not hear her?”
Idunn looks back to the empty field of green grass and vast blue sky. But she sees nothing in the distance and she only hears the sound of wind. She takes Loki’s hand in hers, “what do you see My Prince? What do you hear?”
Loki looks back to Idunn with tears in his eyes, “my fated.”
To be continued…..
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The Fated Apple Universe Masterlist
To Hel and Back: Chapter One: The Vacuum
The Norns reside at the foot of Yggdrasil, the world tree, where they tend to its roots and shape the fate of all beings. If Mina was going to change her dads fate, it was going to be through the ones that wrote it themselves.
Mina runs back to her rooms and quickly changes into her training outfit. She braids her long black hair and then quickly grabs her favorite daggers. The ones her dad gifted her on her last birthday. He had been so proud of her. The look in his eyes every time he saw her advance in her dagger skills made her feel like she could do anything.
Like she could conquer the world.
Mina shoves her feelings aside and gently places her precious daggers in her pack. She grabs the book she took from her dad’s library and throws that in her pack as well. She already had a pretty good idea of how to get to the Norns but she needed the book for enchantments and directions to navigate through their realm.
Mina whips her pack over her shoulder and turns to walk out her door when an unexpected visitor is standing at your door.
“Going somewhere Princess?”
“Goddess Idunn”, she kneels down in a deep curtsy. “No. I was just..”, Mina stops, noticing Idunn’s line of sight. She’s looking at the pack resting on her shoulder…the clothes she is wearing… “Oh this? This is just…I was just…”
“Your father’s gift as the God of Lies clearly did not pass on to you young one.”, Idunn smiles knowingly at the young girl.
Knowing when she’s caught, Mina decides to come clean, she was going to find out anyway…
She let her backpack fall to the ground and then plopped down on your bed waiting for the inevitable lecture.
“I know how to get him back..”
“You know what you have read in your fathers books but if he was alive he would tell you this is a fools errand”, Idunn moves from the door to stand in front of you.
“But it’s not though, look..”, Mina drops down to the pack she dropped on to the floor and takes out the book. She stands back up and places the book down on her desk, opening it up to the page she had marked earlier.
“I have to understand. I have to try.”
Idunn walks over to Mina slowly, “understand what? What must you try?”, she asks softly. Patiently.
Mina looks over to Idunn with wide, hopeful eyes, “understand why they let this happen? Why would they let him get taken away from us like that. Maybe they’ll realize this was just one big mistake and they’ll make it right. They’ll bring him back to us..”
“The Norn’s have never changed their decision once it has been made.”
“But..”
“There are no exceptions Princess..”
Mina’s eyes fill with tears of frustration, “you don’t know that.”
Idunn looks at her sadly, “But I do Princess.”
“How?!”
“I have spent centuries communing with the Norn’s, following their guidance, instilling their teachings. I am their messenger, and at times…deliverer of their will. What they wish to be will be because they willed it to be so child.”, Idunn says with the same patient tone.
Mina’s eyes close, she opens them to her dad’s book, her only piece of hope she has left. “I don’t understand..”
“I had the same conversation with your mother and father when they discovered they were each others chosen. They struggled with the path that was already written for them. But I will say to you what I said to them all of those years ago..”, Idunn places her hand on Mina’s cheek and turns her face from the book to her own. “What the Norn’s will to be will be.”
Mina felt a wave a sadness, then anger and then…determination.
“No.”
Mina slams the book closed, throws her pack over shoulder and storms out the door, book in hand.
Idunn takes a deep breath, “the apple does not fall far indeed.”
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Meanwhile, in Loki’s viewing room.
Frigga has her arm wrapped around you comfortingly as you both look down at the love of your life.
“He should’ve been home. He was supposed to be home.”
Frigga’s thumb rubs comfortingly on your shoulder, her other hand is on Loki’s, her other thumb making the same comforting motion on his hand.
“I don’t know what to do Frigga. What do I do without him now?”
“You live. He would want you to live.”
You continue to look at Loki’s face and run your fingers through his hair, memorizing every touch. You hope you’ll remember the green of his eyes. The sound of his voice. His laugh. You’d even take his anger right now.
Footsteps behind you breaks your concentration from your husbands face, when you turn around you see Idunn walking towards you and your mother in law.
“Forgive my intrusion.”
“There is nothing to forgive Goddess, we are comforted by your presence. Thank you for your swift arrival”, you and Frigga curtsy.
“None of that please. You are both grieving.”, she finally reaches you both and holds out her hands for both of you to grab.
Overcome by your emotions, you throw your arms around Idunn, who in turn holds you tightly. You can’t help the tears that keep pouring out of your eyes, “thank you for being here.”
Without letting you go she whispers to you, “of course. I shall always be here for my fated ones.” She pulls away from your embrace and looks over to Loki. She takes in his appearance and then looks back to you. “I just had a visit with Mina, she is struggling. I was trying to explain the nature of the Norns’ decisions but much like you and your fated, she did not take my explanations well. I’m afraid she stormed off, I know not where.”
You nod, “I’ll go find her, I think I know where she’s going.”
You give Frigga’s hand a tight squeeze and excuse yourself, as hard as it is to leave Loki’s side, you had to take care of your daughter. It’s what he would want.
As soon as you walk out the door and close it gently behind you, you see Thor sitting down on the bench next to the door you just closed. His head was down, his eyes looking at his hands in defeat.
You place your hand on his shoulder and he looks up at your miserably, “sister…I am so…”
You shake your head and take a seat next to him, “hush. I don’t blame you Thor.”
He looks at you with a look of frustration in his eyes, “how can you not?! I am responsible for this. It was my reckless decisions that took your fated one from you. Your husband..my nieces father..my mothers son….”
“Your brother..”, you interrupt his rambling. “You lost your brother Thor…”
“I will never forgive myself for this.”, he whispers and faces the ground again in, bowing his head in shame.
Knowing that your words weren’t going to change anything about what Thor was feeling right now, you decide to try and distract him. “I need your help.”
Thor looks back to you in surprise, his eyes are still wet and swollen from tears but you can see the spark of the protector you have come to know and love as a brother, “anything.”
“I need help with Mina. Idunn said she just spoke with her and she’s not doing very well. She stormed off on her when she was trying to talk to her.”
“You are sure you want my help with this? I do not believe she would want to be around the person who is responsible for the death of her father.”
“She loves you Thor and she’s going to need all of us.”
Thor nods, “you are right. Do you know where she might have run off to?”
You smile and pat Thor’s knee, “I think so. Come on.”
You both stand and Thor follows you to where you believe your daughter ran off to.
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“Frigga.”, Idunn calls out the queens name gently to try and get her attention from the dead prince.
Frigga turns and looks at Idunn with a look of agony and pain. Everything that she has been carrying from the loss of her son just hours ago finally getting too heavy and it all came crashing down on her. A big sob falls out of her mouth as she throws her arms around her baby boy.
Her head lays on his chest, her hand still clutching his, a silent prayer to the Norn’s to allow him to squeeze back just so she could know that he is still there even if he’s not. Idunn lets the Queen of Asgard cry. She doubts she has allowed herself even a moment of grieving, the woman always trying to be a constant pillar of strength for her family and her people.
But everyone has their breaking point.
After a few moments of letting a mother grieve for her son, Idunn places a comforting hand on Frigga’s back.
Frigga’s sobs finally cease and she rises from her leaning position over Loki’s body. She wipes her tears away with a handkerchief that was given to her by one of her ladies not too long ago. The piece of fabric now damp from the tears she has been silently wiping away throughout the day.
“Forgive me.”, Frigga’s voice comes out broken and shaking.
“Frigga. You do not apologize.”, she takes the broken queen into her arms for a hug similar to the one she was given by you.
Frigga breaks the hug quickly, she herself needs answers about how this could have happened. She did not want to admit it or ask in front of you. She wanted to avoid bringing you false hope but she too did not understand. “Idunn, I must confess..I am confused by all of this. Fated ones…they should have eternity…they did not even have a century together..not even two decades Idunn…”
Idunn looks down at Loki’s face not sure if she should divulge to Frigga what is going through her head at the moment but…”I must confess as well Frigga…I too am confused about the Norn’s decision..”
“Can we not ask them? They still commune with you yes?”, Frigga asks fighting through her shock. All of the years she known Idunn, she has never once seen her question a decision the Norn’s had made.
Never.
Idunn nods but then steels herself for what she is about to confess to Frigga, “yes but…they have not answered me in…quite some time.”
Once again, Frigga looks to Idunn in surprise.
Idunn nods, “it is not uncommon for them not to answer me for a few weeks at most but I have not been able to commune with the Norn’s for…almost a full solstice.”
Frigga’s brow shoots up in surprise.
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The end of the world.
That’s what the end of the Bifrost looked like to Mina.
She’s heard the stories about how her dad fell from this very bridge. How everyone thought that he was dead until he showed up on Earth one day Hel bent of taking over the world. After a few years of prison, Frigga finally convinced Odin to let him out to give him a chance to redeem himself and to Loki’s credit, he did.
A lot of it had to do with meeting you but thats here nor there…
That’s where you and Thor find her. Her legs dangling at the end of the world. Heimdall is close by watching her carefully.
“Has she said anything to you?”, you ask Heimdall.
He shakes his head, “only that she wanted a moment here.”
You look at your girl sitting there and then move to take a seat next to her, your feet dangling off the edge as well. You’re confused by the way she’s dressed and her very full backpack on her back but you don’t give it another thought when you see her face.
She’s just staring blankly into the abyss. It’s a face that Thor recognizes. The face Loki had the moment before he let go from the his hold on Gungnir. He also decides to take a seat next to his brothers little family. Mina is sat in between them.
You take your hand and tuck a hair that has fallen out of place behind her ear, “watcha doin out here baby?”
Mina doesn’t respond at first, “I feel closer to him here.”
You nod, “I get that. I heard you saw Idunn…”
Mina nods but still does not look at you.
“Mina..baby…you’re scaring me.”
Mina looks at you with a blank stare, “do you believe he’s gone. Really?”
You are slightly taken aback by her question, “Mina…your dad is gone…”
Mina nods and then turns her head to look over at Thor, “what about you? Do you truly believe he’s gone?”
Thor looks at his niece and then back to you. He takes in your sad face imploring him to just work with you and say the right things but Thor cannot find it within him to lie to his niece.
“A part of me believes that your father will never actually be gone. He always seems to find a way to come back to us. No matter what.”
Mina nods and then looks back to the abyss in front of her. She takes a deep breath and then stands, “ok..I’m ready.”
You smile and give her hand a squeeze. You stand and take two steps towards the direction of the palace but Mina’s hand falls out of yours, she doesn’t take a step forward with you and Thor.
“Mina?”
“I’m sorry mom. I need to know.”
And then she jumps.
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“What do you mean you haven’t heard from them since last solstice?”
Idunn nods, “I have tried to reach them, I have prayed every day, I have gone to the Forest and have given many offerings but they still remain silent.”
Frigga looks to Loki, “I have a terrible feeling about all of this.”
“I do as well.”
“Allmother!!”, Heimdall bursts through the door.
“Frigga and Idunn jump from the sudden intrusion, “Heimdall?! What has happened?”
“Heimdall takes a deep breath, getting himself ready to tell his Queen what he just saw.”
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You didn’t even think. You just jumped.
You watched your baby girl just jump off of the rainbow bridge and you didn’t even think twice before you followed behind her.
“No!”, Thor looks back to Heimdall who is standing next to him, the same look of shock on his face. “Go to my mother. Tell her what just happened. I’m going after them.”
“Thor. You cannot.”
“Do you see them?!”
Heimdall looks out to where you and Mina jumped off. “I cannot.”
“Then we don’t know what has befallen them…Mina said before she jumped that she had to know. What did she mean?”
“I know not.”
Thor looks out into the abyss then back to Heimdall, “tell my mother I am sorry but I have to try. I swore to my brother I would protect his girls. I will not fail him in this.” Thor steps away from Heimdall, then takes a running leap off of the bridge.
Colors are whipping around you and it’s so incredibly loud, like you’re inside of a wind tunnel. You feel like you're falling forever until you’re not. You hit the ground with a hard thud, landing on your back, knocking the wind out of you.
“Fuck…”, you roll over to your side, your body protesting. The smell of fresh grass strong.
“Mom!!”, you hear Mina.
You look over and see Mina running towards you, when she gets to your side she falls to her knees, “why did you follow me?!”
“Why did I follow you?! Are you kidding me?! What were you thinking?!”
“I came to see the Norns…”
Your eyes widen in shock, you struggle to sit up and when you finally do you almost fall over before Mina places her arms on your shoulders to steady you, “the Norns? I don’t understand?”
Mina throws her pack over her shoulder and throws the book down, opening it to the page she needed to show you. “I have to know why mom and the only way to do that is to ask them.”
You look at Mina sadly, “honey, I learned a long time ago that if the Norns want something to happen, it will happen.”
“I get that mom but why? Don’t you want to know why you and dad have the shortest union in all fated couples history?!”
You can’t describe the emotion that shoots through you.
Need maybe?
The need to confront the people that decided to take Loki away from you and Mina because that feeling is definitely getting stronger and stronger. But before you could answer Mina there was a loud boom next to the both of you. You throw yourself over Mina to cover her from the flying debris.
“Odin’s Beard!!!!!”
Mina’s head snaps over, “Uncle Thor!!”
After he adjusts to his surroundings, Thor’s head whips towards you and Mina, “Gods. What were you both thinking?!!”
“You want to explain to your uncle why we jumped off of the rainbow bridge into nothingness?”, you gesture from Mina to Thor after you all stand up.
Mina looks to Thor, “I came to talk to the Norns….”
Thor looks to her in shock, “for what purpose? You come all of this way, risking not only your life but your mothers as well, to ask them your questions only for the end result to be the same. Mina. Your father is gone.”
“You don’t know that!”
Thor takes a deep breath, trying not to get too upset with his niece. “Mina, what everyone has been saying to you is true. There is no changing what has come to pass..”
A tear falls down Mina’s cheek but she wipes it away as she bends down to pick up her discarded book and backpack. She throws her pack over her shoulder and hold out the open book to Thor. “He would do it for any of us.”
Thor gave her a look that made you believe he was going to continue arguing but in a flash his face changed to one of sad acceptance. He looks over to you and then back to Mina, nodding his head, “how exactly do we get to them?”
Mina gives her uncle a sweet smile and nods her head to the direction they needed to go, “this way.”
“Where are we exactly?”, you ask as you lift your skirt to begin your trek to the mystery location.
Mina notices your clothing situation and stops a moment to wave her hands in front of you, her magic was not a green like her fathers or a yellowish gold like Frigga’s..
No.
It was the color blue.
Her momma’s favorite color.
You smile at the sensation of your daughters magic, the little hint of Loki’s woven into it making a tear fall down your face. When you open your eyes you look down at yourself and see your daughter has changed your outfit into your usual training outfit. She also called Loki’s blades, they were strapped comfortably around your waist. Protecting you even from afar.
You give your daughter a grateful smile and then pull her into a tight hug, “thank you baby.”
Mina’s eyes close as she squeezes you back, “you’re welcome.”
You break away from each other and rejoin Thor, who is staring at you both fondly. You all say nothing else as you move forward into the deep forest ahead of you.
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“What do you mean they jumped?!”
Heimdall stands at the bottom of the platform in front of Idunn and Frigga, “Princess Mina asked if she could sit at the bridge for a moment for some peace. I felt no ill intention from her so I allowed it without feeling it necessary to alert Princess Y/N. After some time Princess Y/N and Prince Thor arrived in search of her, they joined her for a few moments, spoke a few words. They began to move away from the bridge, I assumed to return here but then Mina…”, Heimdall clears his throat from the sudden emotion that ripped through his heart.
“Forgive me. Princess Mina said a final apology to her mother and said that she needed to know…and then she jumped. Princess Y/N jumped after her before Prince Thor and I could react.”
Frigga looks to Heimdall in horror as Idunn places her arm around the shaking queens shoulders, “and Thor?”
“I tried to convince him not to follow but he would not listen. He jumped after them.”
“And you cannot see them I assume?”, Idunn asks as she rubs Frigga’s shoulder comfortingly.
Heimdall shakes his head and looks down to the ground, “I cannot. I am sorry My Queen.”
Frigga takes a moment and composes herself, “I have to believe that they are alright. I have to have faith that they will return to us safely. I will have to buy them some time, Odin will want to begin Loki’s funeral in the coming days.”
Frigga looks to the healers standing respectfully on the other side of the room, “ladies, would fetch Eir for me please?”
Both healers curtsy and leave to do as instructed. Not a moment later, Eir has arrives via portal.
“Frigga?..”
“Eir, Y/N, Mina and Thor have gone off Asgard. I am not sure when they will be returning. We will need to prepare Loki’s body for the wait..”
Eir nods, “yes My Queen. Do we know when they are returning?”
Frigga, “I’m afraid not..”
Eir nods and then turns to instruct her healers on how they will move forward with the care of Loki’s body as they await his families return.
Frigga looks to Heimdall, “thank you for coming to tell me.”
Heimdall nods, “Of course My Queen. I shall be in the observatory, if I see anything I shall inform you immediately.”
“Thank you, I will speak with Odin.”
Heimdall nodded and left the room
“I am so sorry Frigga.”
“Where could they have possibly gone?”
Idunn looks to her broken friend, “I think I have an idea..I just pray that I am wrong..”
To be continued…
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“How do we tell her?”, Fandral asks Thor in the observatory. They just arrived back from Vanaheim and to say that they were all dreading what was coming next was an understatement.
Thor looked to his friend, worry filling his eyes, “I do not know. From my understanding of fated ones…she should already know.”
It was supposed to be a quick diplomatic visit but everything went horribly wrong when Thor was found with the Prince of Vanaheim’s betrothed early this morning. Loki begged him not to get involved with her but he just wouldn’t listen. His cock making all of the decisions.
As they make their way through the great halls, they hear the sounds of sobbing echoing throughout.
“No.”, Thor breaks out in to a run to the open door at the end of the hall. The door that leads to Loki and Y/N’s chambers. When Thor arrived at the door, closely followed by Sif and the Warriors Three. As soon as they enter the seating area and make their way to the bedroom they see you and your young daughter Mina, who just celebrated her seventeenth name-day not mere weeks ago.
Mina is holding onto her mothers hand.
Without looking away from your face she takes a deep breath before she speaks, “Grandmother had to give her a tonic. She was…inconsolable…
She finally looks over to Thor, more tears falling down her pale face. A beautiful combination of her mother and father, tainted by grief. “What happened to my father?..”
Thor looks at his niece miserably then looks over to his friends that have followed him to hell and back, “leave us.”
Sif gives him a nod but then looks over to Mina, “I am so sorry Princess. If there is anything you require…”
“Thank you Lady Sif. I will extend your condolences to my mother.”
Sif nods and motions for the rest of the party to leave. Mina turns her attention back to you, trying to erase the memory of the last few hours. The moment the bond broke it was like half of your soul left your body. The moment Loki died a part of you died with him.
Thor walks over to Mina and places a hand on her shoulder, “do you wish to wait to speak of this?”
Mina shakes her head, “no, I want to know how my father died.”
Thor removes his hand from Mina’s shoulder and takes a seat in a chair by the vanity on the wall across from your bed where you lay unconscious. He looks down at his hands and takes a deep breath, but before he can start speaking of what happened, Frigga walked through the door. Odin along with her, she was holding his hand like he was the only thing keeping her grounded, like if she let him go everything would go along with him. Thor looked at his devastated mother, “mother..father..I..I had come to speak with Y/N.”
“Yes. To speak of how my father has died.”, Mina interrupts.
Thor looks back to his niece, “Mina..your father. He died protecting me…
“Protecting you from what?”, she asks, no emotion behind her voice.
Thor looks down at his hands again, “I..when we arrived I had caught the attention of one of the ladies of their court..”
“Oh Thor..”, Frigga’s head bows down in disappointment.
“Loki warned me. He told me that she was betrothed to one of the Princes, but I did not listen…when the lady and I were found in a…compromising position..they sent the guard after us. We called for the Bifrost but..we were too late. Prince Valendi cast his dark magic straight for my heart but Loki…Loki forced me to the ground and took the blow himself..I was sure to grab his body before we were taken back to Asgard.”
The silence in the room was deafening.
No one made a sound.
No one moved an inch.
“Thank you uncle.”, Mina leans down and kisses your forehead. “I want to be informed as soon as she wakes.” The healer nods, Mina stands and looks to her uncle. “Take me to my fathers body please.”
“I don’t think that is a good idea Mina.”
“Take me to my father. Please.”
Frigga steps in between Mina and Thor, taking Mina’s hand in hers, “darling girl. Let the healers prepare your father. I know he would not want for you to see him in such a way that would cause you distress.”
“Take. Me. To. Him.”, Mina repeats herself calmly, her voice not going above a respectable volume. She learned at a very young age that she can get her point across a lot easier if she speaks in a calm manner as apposed to yelling and throwing a fit. Her mother used a very similar tone with her father and it was usually the only time she actually saw him afraid of anything.
Thor looked at his niece with the same type of fear.
“Alright.”, Thor nods and turns to leave your shared rooms with Loki, Mina following close behind. They walk in silence until they arrive at the door standing between her and her fathers lifeless body. Thor looks at Mina one last time before he opens the door, “are you certain?”
Mina takes a deep breath and nods, “yes.”
Thor looks at Mina and then opens the door.
She takes a step forward and then abruptly stops, like all of the courage she had on the way here immediately left her body as soon as she saw her fathers lifeless one. The intake of breath she took was so loud it made Thor’s heart break a little bit more. She takes a moment to collect herself but then starts to move forward again. All Thor can see is the little girl that grew up running around the halls. The laughter from his memories echo in his head but are quickly interrupted by the sound of Mina’s anxious breathing.
Her whole life is about to change..
Mina finally arrives at the bed that is cradling her fathers body. His eyes are closed but he doesn’t look peaceful. He had a slight furrow in his brow. Like he was worried about something when he took his last breath. Maybe he was thinking of them when he died. Maybe his last thought was what was going to happen to you and his precious baby girl when he died.
It broke her heart.
The idea that her dad died worried about his family.
That he didn’t die surrounded by people that love and care for him.
Holding his chosen ones hand.
Mina looks over her fathers body and she sees the wound that took his life. A hole in his chest where his heart should be. Where she would lay her head down when she was sick and the sound of her daddy’s heartbeat was the only thing that would comfort her. The place where her mother would place her hand when she was feeling pride or joy. The need to touch her chosen powerful, a necessity.
She looks to his hands but they too are covered in blood. Of all of the things that stick out to her, that all of a sudden seemed to bother her the most in that moment. Her father was always clean. He would never want to be seen with his hands in such a state. She looks around and sees a small fountain with running water and a few healers waiting along the wall, awaiting the moment they are instructed to begin preparing his his body for his journey to Valhalla.
“Could someone fill a bowl with warm water for me please. And I will need rags as well.”
“Mina. The healers will see to him.”, Thor beseeches.
She shakes her head, “my mother would be doing this herself if she were able, but she is not. Nothing will be done to my father before my mother has a chance to say her goodbyes and prepare her fated to her liking.”
Thor wanted to argue but he felt a hand on his shoulder, he looks down and sees Frigga staring up at him. She shakes her head, silently telling him to let her be.
Frigga moves to stand next to her granddaughter and then looks at her son. Her beloved baby boy. She loved him as soon as Odin placed him in her arms. She secretly wanted another child but knew that Odin was content with his golden son. Loki was the answer to her prayers and here he was now.
Gone.
She combs her fingers through his hair, the same thing she used to do when he was a boy. He hadn’t let her do it in quite some time. A part of her expects him to open his eyes and this would all just be another trick that Loki would have to file in the never do again pile.
But no. His eyes would not be opening.
His eyes would never open again, never to show the mischievous gleam or pure joy of causing chaos yet again. Or the look of pure love when he looked at his wife and daughter.
Frigga looks to her left and sees Mina staring at her father, her eyes now bloodshot red. Frigga doesn’t know if it’s from her Jotun form slipping to the surface or if they are red from tears. Now that she’s thinking about it, she doesn’t even remember seeing the girl blink.
“Mina.”, Frigga tries to get her attention.
“Hmm?”
“My girl. Will you look at me?”
She shakes her head, “with all do respect grandmother. I have centuries to look at you. I now only have mere moments to see my fathers face. I fear by the time I see him again in Valhalla I might not recognize him. I’m fighting the urge to close my burning eyes to try and remember the sound of his voice in this moment but I refuse to lose even a glance.”
She proves her point because when a healer brings over the requested bowl of warm water and rags. She doesn’t break her line of sight from Loki’s face. She thanks the healer politely but doesn’t move to grab the materials left for her.
Frigga looks at her confused but then realizes her granddaughters conflict.
Frigga walks to the tray that was set on the foot of the bed and dips one of the rags in the warm water. She wrings in out and places it in Mina’s hand.
Mina goes for his hands first and Frigga can’t help but notice the shake to Mina’s hand as she begins to wipe the blood away. His pale skin starting to show through, when Mina finally spoke again Frigga jumped slightly.
“Thank you.”
“You’re welcome.”,Frigga smiles sadly. She looks over to Thor who has tears streaming down his face. “My son. Why don’t you check on Y/N? She should have family with her when she wakes.”
Thor nods and leaves the room, Frigga turns her attention back to Mina who has moved on to Loki’s neck since his hands were now clean. The blood has been long dried and is getting harder to remove but Mina refuses any assistance. She begins to remove Loki’s chest plate but Frigga could not let her move forward. She places her hands on top of Mina’s to halt her progression.
“Mina. He would not want for you to see this.”
Mina doesn’t respond, she lightly shoves Frigga’s hands off of hers and just continues to fumble with Loki’s armor.
“Mina.”, Frigga tries to get her attention again.
Mina once again ignores Frigga’s attempts at distraction, especially when she finally gets Loki’s chest plate off and all that stands between her and his fatal wound is a thin undershirt. The bits of his chest she could see were covered in blood or were red and inflamed from the wound.
“I thought he would be blue.”, Mina whispers to herself.
Frigga ignored her statement, “Mina. Allow the healers do the rest.”
Mina ignores her grandmother and moves to remove her fathers shirt but that is when Frigga decides to intervene. Once again, she places her hands on top of Mina’s, stilling her movements, “I cannot let you do this child. I’m sorry. I know you wish to take care of your father but I knew my son well. And I know deep down in my soul that he would not want for you to see him this way. When the healers have cleaned him, they will give us time with him to say our goodbyes. But I will not allow this to be the image that is seared into your mind. I will not have you remember him this way. Please Mina. I beg of you. Go sit with your mother. She will need you now. More than ever.”
Mina finally looks over at Frigga, “I don’t want to leave him. I don’t want to let go.”, she finally blinks and tears cascade down her cheeks.
Frigga reaches out and rubs a tear away, “I know. But he wouldn’t want you to cling to him so. He would want you to take care of your mother, to be there for her. You are the only piece of him that she has left.”
Everyone wondered why you and Loki never had another baby. Honestly, you both just wanted time for yourselves as a family of three. The beauty of being alive for centuries is that you could take your time raising your babies, large age gaps between children was not uncommon on Asgard. You and Loki had actually spoken recently about adding to your family. It looks as though it was not meant to be.
Mina looks back to Loki’s face and then back to his hand that she is clutching in hers. She stands and kisses the back of it and lays it back down on his side. She leans over and kisses his forehead and whispers something only meant for her and her daddy. She looks to Frigga and nods and they both stand to move out of the room so the healers can finally cleanse Loki’s body. Frigga walks Mina back to Loki and your rooms, her arm wrapped protectively around her shoulder. When they arrive they see Thor sitting in the chair that Mina was once sitting in, he looks to Mina and Frigga nervously, not sure if she wants to be in his presence.
Thor stands, “Mina. Your mother has been stirring. Eir believes she will wake soon.
Mina nods and sits down in the chair that Thor had just moved out of. She takes your hand in hers and cradles it to her chest after placing a kiss on the back of it. Just like she did to her fathers hand, only this time she knows her mother will wake to return to gesture.
Thor looks to Frigga who motions for him to meet her by the door. Thor nods and they both quietly make their way to the hallway outside of your bedroom. “Has she spoken?”
Frigga shakes her head, “barely. It took much convincing to get her to leave him to the healers. I fear what Y/N’s state of mind will be when she wakes. I don’t know if Mina will survive losing both of her parents.”
Odin rounds the hallway, “my son. I need you to debrief the council on what transpired on Vanaheim. We need to convince the nine that this incident will not lead to war.”
Thor nods, “yes father.”, he hugs Frigga and then leaves his parents to make his way to the council chambers.
“Have you been to see him?”, Frigga asks Odin after Thor is well enough away.
Odin nods, “what a mess. My heart breaks for Mina. We will have to keep a close eye on Y/N. The loss of one’s fated…”
“I know. I will speak with Idunn, maybe she has some insight into what we can do for Y/N..if anything.” Frigga looks back into the room where Mina is sitting with her mother, anxious about what’s to come in the next few days.
“We must begin making preparations Frigga. The funeral will take days to plan and announce.”, Odin reminds Frigga, snapping her out of her thoughts.
“I know. Just..give me until tomorrow. I will start making arrangement tomorrow.”
Odin squeezes her shoulder lovingly and then leaves her by the door, knowing she was going to stay vigil by your bedside until you wake.
After a few hours of sitting with you, you finally opened your eyes.
“Mina?”, you see your daughter asleep by your side. She’s sat in a chair, her body slumped over the hand that is holding yours on your bed. When she doesn’t respond to you, you give her a little shake, “Mina…”
Mina finally sits up, she blinks trying to clear the bleariness from her eyes, “Mom?”
You nod and then close your eyes, the last thing you remember was a snap and a whooshing sound. You remember feeling sick. You remember feeling hot. Then feeling cold. And then nothing.
Like someone vacuumed half of her soul out of her body.
No one had to tell you what it was.
You knew Loki was dead.
You knew because whenever you would close your eyes you would hear the sound of his heart beating. Yours beat the same rhythm. Like right now?..silence. You hear nothing but the sound of your own breathing and your own broken heart.
The sound of your eternal loneliness.
Mina squeezes your hand, “Mom. You with me?”
You nod, “yea..sorry. How long have I been out?”
“Almost 24 hours…Mom…the healers were here not too long ago, they said that when you wake up..you can go see dad…
Your body froze.
Were you ever going to be ready to say goodbye to your fated one? The love of your life? The man you thought you had centuries with?…
You look to your daughter who is a spitting image of Loki and you knew in that moment that you had to be strong for her. Loki would want you to reach for him through Mina and pour all of your love and comfort into her. That will be how you survive.
You reach out and rub Mina’s cheek, “let’s go see Daddy baby.”
After Eir said it was ok for you to walk, you and Mina made your way to where they had Loki’s body. Waiting for all of the rites and rituals before he is sent off to Valhalla.
The guards at the door open it and you and Mina step through. There in the middle of the room, on top of a golden slab was Loki. He was laying on top of a bed of green and gold flowers, small gifts and offers from people in the palace to wish Loki a safe travel to his eternal resting place. His hands are folded on top of his chest where his half helm is gently placed.
Mina moves the helm off of his hands so you could reach out and hold one, as soon as your hand touches him you feel your soul reach out. Like it was holding out a hand for Loki to hold but there was no hand reaching back.
And this is how it will forever be. Her soul reaching out for its other half but never being able to grasp it.
“Can I have a minute with your dad?”
Mina nods and gives you a kiss on the cheek, “I’ll be right outside.”
You nod and watch her leave the room, making sure she closes the door behind her. You turn your attention back to your husband.
“Hey honey. You’re a real asshole for dying on me this soon. You told me you were going to be there for me to annoy for centuries now you’ve left your poor daughter as the sacrificial lamb..real selfish of you.”
The humor coming out of your mouth can’t stop the tears coming down your face and the joking mood you were just feeling is now turning into red hot anger, “how can the Norn’s be this cruel? How could they force us together to then just do something like this? Break us apart so quickly like it was nothing but a sadistic game for them. To take him away from Mina?!”
You comb your fingers through his hair, “..how could they take you from me?!…
You rip yourself away from him and the next thing you know you are screaming at him, “how could you leave me? How could you leave Mina?!”
Closing your eyes and taking a deep breath you look back to your husband and walk back to his side, your hands go back to his hair, “what am I supposed to do without you?”
“Mom?”
You didn’t hear Mina come back into the room, you quickly wipe your face, “hey..sorry..”
Mina smiles at you sadly, “it’s ok…Grandma is waiting outside..she wants to see you.
You nod, “ok…”, you turn your body back to Loki making it clear that you had no intention of leaving his side.
Frigga approaches you slowly, “hello darling..”
The door closes you and Frigga inside of the room so Mina takes the opportunity to go somewhere she has been dying to go since all of this started.
Her dads personal library.
Luckily for her, Mina was one of three people her dad trusted with the enchantment to get into his workroom. Mom had her painting room and dad had his workshop/library. He had so many amazing books, most of which you couldn't find anywhere else anywhere in all of the nine.
A lot of them are also forbidden.
Especially the one she is currently looking for.
When Mina gets through Loki’s traps she finally gets into his workroom and passes his weapons and his dress armor. The armor he wore for special events. He wore this one for her nameday. She grabs the green cape and presses the soft fabric to her nose, taking a deep breath. It still smells lke him.
Mina closes her eyes to keep the tears at bay but when she opens them she looks over to his desk and sees the painting you had painted for him all of those years ago and the tears fell. It was the one that you painted of yours and Loki's hands holding Idunn's golden apple. The apple that changed everything.
Steeling herself again she lets go of her fathers cape and walks passed his desk to the door that leads to the library. Once she gets to the section she is looking for, she finds the book she needs to roughly pulls it from the shelf and slams it open on a nearby desk.
She quickly sits down and opens the first few pages, skimming the words, looking for the correct section.
Her finger is rapidly moving line by line. Her hand frantically flipping the pages until she slams her finger down on what she was looking for.
“There. There it is..”
Mina looks up, a plan formulating in her head. She stands up, her chair falling to the floor behind her. She slams to book closed, scoops it up and tucks it under her arm.
“I’m coming dad.”
To be continued...
Original Request From @eleniblue:
Mina is old enough to learn self-defense and wants to be as brave and strong as her mom.
Warnings: Language, Fluff, Angst, Enemies to Lovers, Minor Violence, Mentions of Torture, Smut
Summary: A ritual meant for Thor and Jane takes an unexpected turn.
A/N: I had a few requests for a Masterlist so here ya go. This will also include requests and one shots. Thank you to everyone who took the time to read and for all of the amazing comments. More to come 😉💚
a/n: Yeah. The trailer got me again. I can't help myself!!! Also - I didn't actually want to write feelings for these two but I have no say anymore. They have feelings, they are obsessed with each other and I can't just ignore it lol. Not beta’d and barely proofread- any mistakes or errors are my own. Hopefully you enjoy! (PS I did a little research on fruits in Roman times- they had no word for orange, so any shade of orange was just called red)
Warnings; 18+ no minors, vague but big-legal age gap, piv sex, dirty talk, Marcus eats pussy and I don't CARE, giving him that gluckgluck3000, creampie, Marcus gets hurt (hurt comfort), hand stuff from him because he's my precious man and he likes to give his girl pleasure, master / slave dynamic (power imbalance) he’s still pretty possessive, Marcus calls reader Girl, reader calls Marcus Dominus (for now?👀), **FEELINGS** let me know if I missed any!
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You frowned, despite your station, the confusion and slight worry breaking through the years of training your face to remain neutral. For a moment, you forgot your place.
“But-“ he turned, head tilted in curiosity instead of anger, thankfully, “I am to stay here? You do not wish me to accompany you Dominus? To pour and serve…?” You could not keep the slight hurt from your voice, much to your dismay.
“No Girl, you will stay here, at the villa.” He saw the confusion, the unabashed anguish on your face and his expression softened, “peace Girl, it is not a matter of not desiring your presence or your service.” You listened to him with a lump in your throat, a wild fear seizing your heart that he might have grown tired of you.
“I will not have the luxury of a tent, the rebellion is small enough that I can squash it and be back in less than a moon’s turn.” He came close, close enough to have your face tilt up to stare into his eyes. “I would not have you waiting for me in such a meagre camp, I would not have you sleeping in the dirt.” His hand settled on your arm, a soft offering, a reassurance but it did nothing to calm you. You have grown so accustomed to having him close, to ending up in his bed of a night more often than not before heading to your own, naked and pleasantly sore; to falling asleep with his seed trickling out of your puffy little cunt.
“I am comfortable wherever you are Dominus, I could still be of use, to light your fires-“
“I would have you here, and safe. That is my decision, and no amount of temptation will sway me from it.” He lifted your hand, pressing his lips to your fingers in silent, but firm apology. You knew there was nothing to be said, you had already pushed the matter far more than would be allowed on a normal day.
“Your will, Dominus.” You bowed your head, despite the hurt and worry swirling around in your belly. “I will pray to the Gods for your swift victory, and safe return home.”
He nodded, leaving shortly after.
Time passed, and a feeling of restlessness took firm root in your being. The house felt empty, despite the attendants and sentinels left to guard them as well as the property. The days found you listless, moving through the motions of your chores and daily duties practically numb. The days were marks on the wall of your mind, praying to the Gods to send him back to you.
Whispers travelled swiftly through the city, through the market stalls and through the villa itself, most of them rumours and it was difficult to keep your emotions in check.
He has advanced
He has killed the leaders of the rebellion
He is victorious, already on his way home
He has been hurt
He is dead
He is victorious - Rome's favoured son has triumphed once more
The moon turned, once, and then twice, finally a third time before he was home. The all encompassing relief was short lived however, that wash of relief turned to ashes in your mouth at the sight of him. One of the rumours had been true after all. A sword wound to the side had laid him low late into the battle, it hadn’t killed him, thank the Gods, but it had slowed him down and made his journey home nothing short of agony.
Your heart raced to see him weakened, every fibre of your being itched to run to him, to press your lips to skin but you refrained. You stood aside, dutifully, letting his trusted soldiers practically carry him to his bed. The older women got to work, bringing fortified wine with all manner of powders and potions to aid in his recovery while you stood next to him, the little half-moon marks in your palms from your nails barely felt like anything compared to the ache in the back of your throat.
Your eyes would not leave his face.
He looked so tired, mud and grime still marring his skin as he lay prone on his bed. To forfend the ugly thoughts swirling around in your mind, you focused on the tasks at hand.
He needs to be cleansed, after he eats something I will boil some water and move gently, leave him to gather his strength. An offering must be made so the Gods will hasten his healing-
“Girl.” His voice was soft, and instantly you rushed to his side.
“Yes Dominus, I am here.” You took his hand tentatively, your heart soared to feel him squeeze it.
“Fetch me some broth, and help me to sit up–a few pillows behind me. I would sit upright.”
You rushed to comply, happy to focus on his instructions. With soft touch, you did your best to prop him up, biting your lip to stop your eyes from welling up when he winced. Once satisfied, you set about fetching hot water and linens, as well as his broth. He sighed at the sight of it, and drank almost all of it within a few heartbeats.
“Shall I help you cleanse now Dominus?” You brought the basin closer, showing him the steaming water and he nodded.
Tentatively, you removed the soiled clothes he wore, ears pricked up for any sign of discomfort. He beared it with good grace, keeping the twinges of pain to himself, you imagined for your benefit, and you were grateful. It took time, but finally, you had divested him of everything, and he half sat, half laid on his bed, not an ounce of shame for his nakedness. It was secondary, to see him bare, more alarming was the soiled linens with the dark bloom of dried blood staining it on his side like some grotesque flower.
He was pale, weak, his injury robbing him of his normal, ruddy health. He watched you, his expression somewhere between exhaustion, and a calm content.
With gentle hands, you dipped the clean linen into the steaming water of the basin, and methodically cleaned the dirt, and dried blood from his skin. Eventually his eyes closed, soft sighs filled the air with every pass of the warm cloth across his shoulders, down the firm muscles of his thighs, his hands, until you reached the contours of his face. The lines were more defined, this battle had taken a toll on him.
Your thumbs smoothed over his brows, wiping dust and worry away with a bone deep gratitude that he had come back. He melted into your touch, and you tried and failed to suppress the smile.
“I must clean the wound, Dominus.” You reached for more clean dressings, giving him a chance to steel himself but he kept his eyes closed. You thought he might have fallen asleep, but he nodded, and so you did what needed to be done.
To his great credit, he didn’t make a sound. Even as you cleaned at the angry, but healing edges of the wound. He said nothing when you packed it with the poultice one of the women had brought, when you covered it in a clean dressing, even as he drank down the no doubt foul tasting potion to help him sleep. Instead he settled back, and sighed, his eyelashes fluttering against his skin.
You gathered all of the soiled clothing and discarded bandages, and moved to leave him to rest but his hand snatched at your wrist.
“Wait, Girl, stay. Stay with me–” His words were almost slurred, and he didn’t finish his thought, his hand loosened around your wrist but you stayed, taking great care to lie beside him on his bed, and watched him sleep. Your heart raced with something you couldn’t–wouldn't name, something that threaded through your ribcage like smoke, wreathing its way around your lungs and taking root in your heart. You pressed the back of your hand to his brow, thankful that no fever lurked there and once satisfied that he was indeed resting, you rested your head next to his.
Sleep took you, swiftly and without warning.
The world outside was dark when your eyes opened, and it took a moment for you to get your bearings. His warm skin pressed to your arm and you jolted with the memory of his injury.
“Peace, girl, I am well.” His voice was quiet, but stronger than before, “You did well in changing my dressings.” His praise squeezed at something in your belly, robbing you of any words you might have had. “You must be hungry, go and fetch something to eat and bring it here, I will share the meal with you.” The concern in his voice brought a smile to your lips, his thoughts on you, despite the pain he must have been in.
“Yes Dominus, shall I fetch more of the potion as well? You should rest-” He raised his hand softly to forestall you.
“I have rested enough, I would have my wits about me just now. Go on, you may fetch whatever else you need, I would have you sleeping in my bed.”
His words rung in your ears as you moved throughout the silent house. They shone through your eyes as you piled a serving tray with olives and cheese, with bread and ripe fruits. They camped in your belly as it rolled with something when they repeated over and over like a prayer in your mind as you filled a serving jug with the wine he favoured, they strengthened your grip as you carried it with the utmost care down the moonlit halls of the house, almost sharpening your eyesight to bring you swiftly back to him.
You set it down between you on his bed, careful not to spill anything or jostle him too much and just in time too, the hunger rung out from your empty belly loud as thunder but you ignored it, your priority was to help him sit up.
“Eat Girl, you are starving. I will pick at my leisure.” He frowned, gesturing to the food and you were grateful beyond words. It was a quiet meal, but comfortable. He usually ate by himself, most of the time while in his study and with you, it was after chores and duties had been completed. Despite all of your trysts and time spent together, it was the first meal you’d ever shared.
“You do not favour the olives.” He said it without judgement. You shook your head shyly, covering your mouth to speak through bites of bread and cheese.
“My desire for them is unpredictable.” He tilted his head, “Sometimes, they are all I want. Other times, I cannot stand the sight of them.” You wrinkled your nose, confirming that this time, the latter statement was true.
He smiled, huffing out an amused laugh through his nose.
“What else do you like? I see you favour the fruit, which one do you like most of all?” It was strange to be asked about yourself, no one in your life had ever wondered about what you might of preferred, for anything.
“Figs, I think. Pomegranates too, although peeling them takes a lifetime.” He huffed again, wincing slightly, “Are you in pain? Shall I fetch–” He raised a hand.
“I am well, continue. Why do you favour them if they are so troublesome to eat?” He shifted a tiny bit, with great effort, turning to face you better. The room was dark, save for the few candles burning and the moon shining in through his window, casting stark shadows across his lovely face.
“They are worth the effort.”
He smiled, and finally reaches over to help himself to the food. Something about the darkness, about the quiet seclusion made you bolder.
“What about you Dominus? Is there a fruit you favour?” Your heart raced, fear that you might have overstepped grabbing hold of you but it was for naught, he merely frowned in thought.
“I prefer plums.” He said after a moment, “I like figs as well.” It was both exhilarating and strange to speak with him like that, in the quiet dark, almost comfortable. “Although–in my younger days we fought in Spain, and there I tasted a fruit I have never seen again, I do not know the name of it but I enjoyed it very much.”
“What was it like?”
“It was round, a strange shade of red with a thick peel but underneath it had segments like a lemon.” He continued eating, and you were content to sit with him, only moving the tray once he had eaten his fill.
“It is good to be home.” The words came out as a sigh, “I missed it while I was away, more than any other time I must admit.” He shifted slightly and winced again, “Help me lay flat, my back aches from sitting.” He held out his hand and you rushed to oblige, moving pillows and positioning him flat on his back. “That is better, gratitude girl, let us blow out the candles and settle in.”
“Yes Dominus.”
“Have you something to sleep in? What is most comfortable for you?”
“I am content in this, Dominus.” You gestured to your tunic as you made your way around the room, snuffing out the candlelight.
“That is not what I asked you.” There was no bite in his words, but the expectation of truth was plain as day.
“Most nights I sleep in the nude, it is what is most comfortable for me.” You made your way back to the bed but he did not let you get in.
“Please, make yourself comfortable, there is no expectation from me, much as I have missed the pleasures of your body. I would have you sleep how you are accustomed.” You nodded once, undressing down to your skin before slipping into bed with him. In the dark, in the quiet, it was peaceful and the sound of his steady breathing worked it spell on you quicker than you would have thought.
“Gratitude Girl.” He said it soft, and with a full belly and heavy lids, you questioned him.
“For what Dominus?” The words were almost slurred, as the heavy press of sleep pushed you into the deep pool of blackness. You thought you heard him say everything, but you could not be sure, sleep had claimed you.
-
You woke with the sun, the first few rays sliding across your skin like water and it was hard to move from your place. In the night, your body had brought you close to him, seeking out the warmth of him. He was still asleep, but his legs had tangled up with yours and it was strange to lay with him like this, both of you nude as the day you were born, yet incredibly comforting.
You took the time to check over his wound, and were pleased to find it looking much better. The edges of it stitching together, thankfully without corruption.
“It does not hurt as much as it did before.” His voice was sleepy, “I will be back on my feet soon enough.”
“Let me dress Dominus, and I will fetch you something to break your fast.”
“Not just yet.” He shifted, and although you helped him, he didn’t struggle quite as much. “Come, lie with me.” He held out his arm, and you went to him, trembling like a leaf to rest your head on his shoulder. “Gods, I missed you, Girl.” He buried his nose into the mess of your hair and something inside you grew and swelled, was fed and made strong by his words and by his skin.
“I missed you, Dominus.” Truer words had never been spoken by you, the ache for him had been unbearable.
“Did you?” There was something underneath, something desperate and had it not been so early, so peaceful, he might not have asked.
“Desperately Dominus, I feared you had abandoned me, I feared you no longer desired me.” You pressed your face into his neck, breathing him in, his scent, his warmth, him- sustenance
“Come now, Girl, you know of my desire for you, it is like a thirst I cannot quench. A hunger I cannot satisfy, despite my dark moods, despite my sour face, you are a source of joy and pleasure I have not known in some time.” His hand brought your face up, his gaze burned into yours and his words affected you so that tears welled in your eyes. He wiped them away, and the tenderness was too much, a sob clawed its way out from your throat. All of the worry, all of the fear that he might have left you alone in the world, to be sold to another bubbled up and he held you as you cried.
“Do you wish to be free of me? Is that why you cry?” Something in his voice broke your heart.
“No Dominus, no-“ you wiped at your eyes, moving to look him in the eye and the expression you saw in them was almost too much to bear. “I have never been so happy in all my life, I have never felt about anyone, the way I feel for you.” You pressed your lips to his, petal-soft.
“Sometimes, the things I feel for you are almost too big for my body, I want to be with you always, I want to feel you always. I feared so much while you were gone that I could barely eat, barely sleep-” Your words were frantic, so many things to get out that you could barely speak and he pulled you close, shushing you softly.
“My heart swells to hear you speak this way.” He reached down, sliding his hand towards the hinge in your knee, to pull it over his thigh. “Peace, let us just enjoy the silence.” You nodded into his neck, letting go of a great breath in your lungs.
“If I was myself, and whole, I would be pulling every ounce of pleasure from you now.”
You laughed at the annoyance in his tone.
“Soon enough Dominus, I would have you healthy and healed.” Your hand slid up the smooth expanse of his chest, threading through the curls at the base of his skull. “Once your wound has healed, you may have me any way you please.”
“Any way?” His tone darkened, and your body responded, thighs clenching, heart racing, nipples hardening. “Any way I please? And what if I want you for a day and a night? What if I want you wet and spread for me in this bed until you’re so full of my gift it spills all over my linens?” The hand that had been softly stroking your back moved down and grabbed at your backside, pulling until the lips of your sex spread open.
A moan slipped out at the feel of his hands, and he all but growled.
“Do not make those noises Girl, not when I cannot fuck you how I wish to.” He pulled your face up, licking into your mouth with a hunger you could not satisfy, not in his current state.
“Dominus, I beg of you not to taunt me, not when we cannot indulge.” You kissed him again, despite your words and finally he pulled away, the tremble of frustration in his grip. You shifted, and felt his manhood press against your thigh, the sight of him, leaking and hard against his belly made you sigh.
“Do not concern yourself with that, I am ravenous for you, but my body cannot fulfill the wishes of my cock. Go and fetch something to break our fast. I will need you to change my dressing as well, if you could.” He sent you off with a kiss, and with desire dripping onto your thighs.
“Yes Dominus.” You smiled, and rushed off to do what needed to be done.
-
Weeks passed, and he healed beautifully. His wound knit together cleanly and with that, his strength came back. More often than not he stood and cleansed without your help, he left the safety of his bed and his chambers and sported a genuine smile as he made his rounds through his house.
You trailed behind him, your own smile in place to see him coming back into himself.
Things were different. He was different.
He spoke more, that was for one. Before he would keep his own council, his words were curt and his thoughts would be kept close to his chest. Some nights he reverted to his silence, but it had grown into something peaceful, something comfortable.
The biggest change though, was his attitude towards you.
For one, he refused to sleep alone. The darkness of night found you tending to his needs and after the candles had been snuffed- he pulled your tunic off and pulled you into his bed, into his arms.
At first, you thought it was his injury, a fear that he might suffer some setback in his sleep, but as the days passed on and he was well past the point of danger, he still refused to let you go.
His desire had come back too, much quicker than his body could handle. Mornings would find you in the cage of his arms, with his lust pressed hard and hot at the cleft of your ass. You would pull away so as not to tease him, and he would let you at first, but as his body caught up to him, he stopped letting you pull away.
Most mornings, he’d whisper how much he missed burying himself inside you, how he couldn’t wait to gift you with his seed while slipping his fingers between your legs and swirling them around your clit, only stopping after you’d fluttered around his fingers. Then he’d send you off to fetch food with a smile on your face and an ever-growing ache between your thighs.
A part of you fretted as to why he hadn’t taken you yet, as the days passed it was clear that he was well enough to indulge. Another part, a hopeful, possibly quite foolish part of you thought maybe he was waiting for you to ask him. That couldn’t be, could it? You ruminated on your previous encounters, yes–he’d called you forth to warm his bed, but with every recalled memory it was clear that in his own way, he'd let you decide whether to push things or not. A luxury you knew was rare. It was an intoxicating thought though, to think that you could decide when and what you wanted him to do.
So many possibilities.
When night came, you brought him his meal, and his wine and tried to keep the tremble of excitement out of your hands. You watched him move about his chambers, his strength back to normal as he dipped his hands into the fresh water in his basin. His hair had grown out a little, dark with silver mixed through and that thought struck you again, that he was some beautiful marble statue come to life. An emperor of old, standing before you in all his glory.
“Dominus-” You called to him, unable to hold back any longer. His eyes raised, finding you as he dried his hands.
“Before you take your meal, I would ask something of you.” Your voice shook, never had you openly asked him for anything before. He raised his eyebrows, more surprised than anything.
“What would you have of me Girl?” He moved towards you, eyes curious.
“I would have you–” You stopped him, guiding him to sit on his bed, “I would have you sit here, and accept my mouth.”
You kneeled before him, staring up at him with your lip caught between your teeth. Your hands landed on his knees, sliding up to pull his tunic up to expose his manhood. For a moment, he stared at you with wide, surprised eyes.
“I have missed our times together, I have missed you filling me of a night and as much as I treasure your fingers in the morning, I would have you feel pleasure at my hand–or, my mouth.” He did not stop you from exposing him and heat flooded your body to see how quickly his cock responded to your words, to the soft exploration of your hand.
“You would do this?” His palm landed on your shoulder, sliding up to cup your cheek. “You have no obligation, I would not command you to do this should you not want to.” You spit onto your palm and grasped him in hand and despite his words, he shudderred to feel the way you stroked him.
“I dream about this Dominus, I desire you so deeply that I ache for you–” You opened your mouth and took the blunt tip of him into your mouth. He moaned, slack-jawed at the sight of you. You placed open mouthed kisses at the tip, and the sensitive underside, stroking at the base of him. His thighs spread, making room for you and you relished the warm strength of them under your arms.
He tasted like the ocean.
“God’s above Girl-” You pulled away, smiling as you continued to stroke him, he barely fit in the palm of your hand and with his passion dribbling out and your spit the sounds were loud and slick. Your own arousal unspooled between your legs, the ache intensifying as he tensed underneath you, hissing when you pressed soft kisses to the scar at his side, to the softness of his belly, to the firm golden thighs bracketing you to his hips.
“Open your mouth.” His confidence resurfaced, and then his hand wrapped around yours, guiding you to stroke him the way he liked. He guided the reddened tip into your mouth. “Look at me when you take me in your mouth, open wide, I want to touch your throat.” You moaned around him, taking him deeper, breathing through your nose in an attempt to stay calm.
“That’s it Girl, Gods be damned-” His tone was filthy as he held you there, eyes watering until you pulled away, sputtering and messy.
“If you continue, I will spill in your mouth.” he guided your hand still, slowly stroking himself against your lips, smearing your spit and his salty arousal onto your lips. Never in your life have you felt that powerful, that beautiful, with tears spilling down your face and slick dripping down your thighs. He held himself suspended in his pleasure, awaiting your word.
“Would you like to spill in my mouth Dominus? Or would you like to fill my cunt?” You held out your tongue, letting him rub the tip of himself against it while he decided. Your heart soared to see the conflict on his face.
“I would fill your cunt, I have missed it terribly.” You smiled and rose with a final kiss to his cock and once you did, he ripped the tunic off your body. The loud tear of it made you squeal with a mix of shock and excitement.
“I promise you, I will not last.” He all but tossed you onto his bed, spreading your legs wide for his gaze. “Greedy little cunt, so wet for me.” He spoke in a daze, staring at the place that ached at the mere thought of him. He slipped down and it’s with a shock that you watched him dip down to spear into you with his tongue. Never had anyone used their mouth on you and the sight of it was almost too much to bear.
It’s with a greedy, filthy groan that his lips dragged up to latch around the pert little pearl of you, his tongue stroking, stroking, stroking while his mouth suctioned around it. Your body was a taut string, legs shaking under the strong grip of his hands, holding you to him tight enough to hurt. Your breathing came in pants, the climax was already there, balancing on a knife's edge, so close you could almost taste it.
His hands moved, sliding up to pinch at your nipples and the wave crested. Your hands gripped into his curls, both holding him close, and desperately pushing him away while you fluttered into his mouth.
You felt the strong muscle of his tongue slide down, drinking you from the source.
He made his way back up, your slick shining on his face and on his whiskers. You’re almost too shocked, and too shy to look into his eyes.
“I confess, I have wanted to do that for a long time.” He pulled his tunic up and off as you lay under him, boneless. “I know it’s not something commonly done, but I enjoy it. Did you enjoy it? I felt you flutter.” He raised your leg, wrapping it around his hip while his cock slipped inside you without any resistance. You let out a relieved sigh, finally, he was home.
“Yes Dominus–” You almost whispered, half-shy as he dropped down, his arms holding himself up on either side of your skull. “No one has ever–Oh–” He snapped his hips hard, unable to hold himself back and already, the need built in your core, robbing you of any coherent thoughts.
“No one but me ever will.” He kissed you, making you taste yourself and it was so perverse, so exhilarating you held him close, wrapping your arms and legs around him to feel as much of him as you could. His cock pushed and pulled, hitting that special place he owned and with a handful of thrusts, and a punched out groan he filled you with his gift. Finally.
He watched himself pull out of the mess he'd made, watched in silence as his gift dripped out and onto his linens.
Things felt different this time, there’s a vulnerability, an intimacy that is almost overwhelming. You pulled his face up, and pressed your lips to his softly, praying that you conveyed the feelings swirling in your chest. He kissed you back, his hand gliding up to wrap around your neck. When you opened your eyes, his brow was furrowed, the same feelings shining back at you through his dark eyes.
Seconds passed, and the feeling did not disperse. Before he would have sent you away, but he held you close. Wordlessly he pressed his lips to yours over and over, he stroked at your skin, your shoulder and your thigh high on his ribs, your breast, your lips. He moved off, and went about dampening a cloth to clean himself off of you. Once he was done, he brought the food you’d served him and fed you from his own hand.
You accepted the food, smiling shyly as he watched you, something like affection, like love shining out through his eyes.
“Thank you Dominus–” He shook his head, a small frown at your words.
