[focus] - thor & loki; a short ficlet fixing a tiny endgame scene
As soon as he was back, he felt it full force.
Pain, anger, regret and the need for vengeance... That combined with the sorrow Thor felt over returning to a time he wanted to forget, but never could almost consumed him. He almost wanted to laugh at the fact that the only thing that kept him from spiraling further down was the cloudiness in his head brought on by alcohol.
Shaking his head to clear his thoughts, he quickened his pace to catch up with Rocket. He glanced around, taking in the place he knew so well, but seemed so far away from. Although “Asgard” was less of a location and more of a people, the longing he felt for the home he once knew was still there. The countless years spent on Asgard flashed in his mind. It was hard to forget.
Thor watched as they approached a large window. He stopped as Rocket crouched to bypass it. It took a minute or two before he turned back to look at him.
“What?” Rocket asked in a harsh whisper. “Did you forget we’re kinda on a mission here?”
Thor hesitated, glancing from the window to Rocket’s gaze and back several times. That overpowering feeling of several emotions hitting him at once rose again. This was difficult to say the least. This was his cell.
Rocket was right, however. If they wanted a chance to bring everyone back, he’d have to swallow his own feelings and press on to retrieve the stone. With that in mind, Thor took a shaky step forward, getting into the same stance as Rocket. Once he reached the edge of the window, he tried to avert his eyes to no avail.
Slowly, he turned to face the person lounging inside.
His ally. His friend. His brother. Loki.
Loki hadn’t noticed them, busy with idly distracting himself to pass the time. Therefore, Thor took the time to just look at his brother. It’d been a while, much too long in fact, that he’d seen Loki alive. And even though the circumstances were much different, it was still a joy to be able to see more than the memory of Thanos tossing Loki’s lifeless body in front of him.
While lost in his thoughts, he hadn’t noticed Rocket by his side, looking in as well. “Your brother?” he asked quietly, already knowing the answer.
“Even the more reason we need to get the stone and defeat this bastard.” Rocket whispered. “He’s taken a lot. So let’s go take something from him.”
With that, Rocket turned around and shuffled to the other side of the window, waiting patiently for Thor to do the same.
He nodded at his companion’s words, blinking rapidly and wiping his face. Remembering one of the last things his brother said to him, Thor turned away and followed after Rocket.
“The sun will shine on us again, brother.” Thor echoed Loki’s words as he grew further away from the cell.
Once they were gone, Loki turned towards the window, looking in the direction they’d gone.
“He never was the best at stealth.” he commented simply with a smirk before resuming what he was doing.
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