*blows kiss* for the Brad girlies (gender neutral)
Title: Team-Building Activities
Series: Workplace Policies and Procedures
Pairing: Loki x Mobius x Brad Wolfe x Reader
Rating: Explicit
Word count: 9,7k
Summary: Brad is turning out to be a very uncooperative prisoner. Luckily, you have some ideas on how to get around that problem.
Warnings: Rough sex, choking, misuse of TVA technology for sex purposes, edging, sub!Brad, Dom!everyone else, my particular brand of purple prose, a truly disturbing lack of proof reading.
Excerpt:
“So, what’s the plan?” you ask, making a point of eating another spoonful of pie.
“Torture!” Loki replies chipperly.
“Light torture,” Mobius corrects.
You blink, swallowing what will definitely be your last mouthful of that dreadful pie. “I suppose we could do that,” you say.
“We’ll make a show of it, work in a bit of subterfuge,” Loki explains. “It’ll definitely work.”
You nod a couple of times. “Yeah, probably... Can I make a suggestion that doesn’t involve torture?”
Mobius and Loki exchange a look. Mobius is the one to speak: “What are you thinking?”
alright, this is such a niche and self-indulgent little piece of writing bc i freaking LOVE this (awful and huge asshole) character buuut i do like to write for whatever i love in the moment sooo here's a little Brad Wolfe aka Hunter X-5 fic (he's cute ok??) (and if you're into marvel and are not watching the loki series, PLEASE go watch it! it's so amazing!)
credit to @mrsbawar21-blog for the still!
WARNINGS: none
word count: 2.8
pairing: Brad Wolfe (Hunter X-5) x reader
summary: Mobius could tell Brad knew you a lot better than he was letting on, and he wanted to get to the bottom of it.
"See? Isn't this nice, Brad?" Mobius asked his beige jumpsuit-claded prisoner as he sipped on his vanilla milkshake, happy as a clam. "I mean, literally ten minutes ago we were at each other's throats, yelling at one another, and here we are," Mobius gestured around with his hands, emphasizing the 1980s McDonald's they were currently sitting in, "sharing a meal like two adults."
"Yeah, and you also tortured me," Brad replied quickly, not missing a beat as he kept his gaze set on the pair of Lokis conversing in the parking lot through the window. He drummed his fingers on the plastic tabletop, bouncing his leg up and down as he quickly glanced at Mobius with a quirked eyebrow. "Forgot to mention that part, huh?"
"Yeah, and you called me a 'nobody'," Mobius rebutted quickly, a hint of irritation dripping from his voice. He stopped himself, shaking his head slightly with closed eyes as he exhaled curtly.
Now wasn't the time to dispute that and the silver-haired TVA analyst knew that arguing with X-5- or Brad, whoever, was a waste of everyone's time and he didn't feel like renewing their earlier verbal scrimmage here when there were more pressing matters at hand. Ultimately, Brad did bring them to Slyvie in the end so that must count for something, right?
"But, that doesn't matter. See, I even bought you a shake," Mobius said, reaching across the table to pick up Bradley's vanilla shake and put it closer to him. "A little peace offering."
Brad's eyes flitted to Mobius' obvious olive branch for a second before looking back up to the analyst, unimpressed. After a beat, he raised his right hand, jabbing an accusatory index finger at Mobius, as he cocked his head to the side, saying, "But you did slap me, right in the face. I'm not gonna forget that."
"Just take the shake, Brad," Mobius said swiftly, slightly exasperated as he suppressed the urge to roll his eyes and let out a frustrated sigh.
Now, Mobius M. Mobius prided himself on his seemingly never-ending well of patience, but even he felt himself start to get annoyed at Brad's unrelenting persistence on being as difficult as can be. Did he always try to be as annoying as possible or was this just how the ex-hunter always is naturally? It was exhausting.
The former minute man-turned-actor glanced down at the shake again, leaving it untouched before looking out the window to refocus on the Lokis outside. "What- what are they even doing out there?" he asked with a huff, gesturing a hand towards the pair of variants. "It's like they're going over every detail of their relationship or something."
"Yeah, well," Mobius relented with a small sigh, taking another sip of his shake. "There's a lot of baggage to unpack when you're basically in a relationship with yourself," he explained casually like he was talking about a bad day at the office.
Brad picked up on the slight disdain in his captor's tone but he didn't care enough to broach the topic any further. Instead, Brad sighed in slight disgust as he resumed drumming his fingers on the table saying, "God... it's weird."
Not wanting to harp on his partner's unorthodox romantic relationship any more than he had to, Mobius picked up a plastic fork, getting ready to dig into his pie. "Now, why don't you tell me a little bit more about your movie, huh?"
Brad rolled his eyes and scoffed at Mobius's obvious deflecting technique. "What about it?"
"Tell me about all about it." The analyst took a forkful of pie, asking with an encouraging smile, "Is it a horror flick?"
"Oh, come on, Mobius. You don't care."
"No, really! I'm serious," he said through a mouthful of pie. "The poster we saw looked scary."
Not being one to pass up discussing his work and real life that awaited him back on the sacred timeline, Brad took the bait. "It's not scary... it's elevated thriller," he explained in a slightly matter-of-fact tone, waving his hand around for emphasis. In a condescending tone, he added, "It's cinema, thank you very much."
Mobius had no clue if there really was a difference between a scary movie and an 'elevated thriller', since it all sounded the same to him, but he appreciated Brad's enthusiasm on the topic.
Lifting his milkshake up to his mouth to try and hide his amused smirk, Mobius relented, "Oh, my bad. You're right... 'elevated thriller', got it." He nodded as he took a sip, putting his cup back down when he was finished. "I'll have to check that out then."
"And you have to get your own ticket!" Brad continued. "I'm not hooking you up. Especially not after all of," he waved his hands around at their current setting, "this."
"Right, of course," Mobius agreed patiently, watching Brad with a small smile. "I'll get my own tickets."
After his small spiel, the ex-hunter let out a small sigh. He blinked, a look of recognition overcoming his face as he straightened up like he was remembering the situation he was currently in.
He turned his torso to face Mobius head-on, putting his arms on the table and motioning towards the TVA analyst's meal. "Look, why don't we get this all to go, huh? It- it packs right up. Why don't we just- get it to go, so we can get out of here," he said, emphasizing the second half of his sentence as he mimicked packing something up and motioned towards the exit.
"We can't do that," Mobius rejected quickly. "Not yet, anyway. I haven't finished eating and besides, y/n hasn't even gotten her food yet," he added, jabbing a thumb over at you, who was loitering by the cashier in the front, hands on your hips as you looked up at the menu.
Brad followed Mobius' thumb, huffing out another irritated sigh at your figure and rolling his eyes. "She's still ordering? We don't have time for this- God," he muttered under his breath and slumped in his chair, rubbing his jaw. "She always takes forever to do anything," he added with a mumble.
However, Brad's little admission right there didn't escape Mobius' keen ears. Trying to keep casual, he dug back into his pie. "'Takes forever to do anything', huh?" he asked nonchalantly. "It kinda sounds like you know a lot about y/n."
Brad's eyes flashed to Mobius's briefly before looking elsewhere, shifting in his plastic seat. "Yeah, well, she's your partner, isn't she?" He glanced out at Loki for a second, "Or, at least one of them? You should know how slow she can be sometimes."
The silver-haired analyst shook his head once. "She's not slow. I prefer the term meticulous, actually."
For whatever reason, Brad felt the need to clarify himself, which Mobius couldn't help but find interesting since he knew X-5 to be a guy who always brazenly said what was on his mind no matter the circumstances.
"I didn't mean slow as in stupid," Brad quickly clarified. "I-I meant as in she just takes a long time to do anything."
"Uh-huh," Mobius replied simply, secretly enjoying how bent out of shape the man in front of him was getting. "Right."
"Yeah..." Bradley trailed off, finally picking up his forgotten shake and taking a long sip of it, avoiding Mobius's expectant gaze. After a few beats of silence, he put his shake back on the table, looking over at Mobius with an annoyed glance. "What?"
"Nothing," Mobius replied easily, looking over at Brad once again before looking back at his food, munching on a fry. "I just think it's interesting how you know how 'slow' y/n can be sometimes, that's all."
"Look," he looked back at Mobius, a hint of irritation (and embarrassment?) in his features. "Whatever little 'thing' you're trying to imply here between me and her, just drop it."
Mobius perked up, looking back at his prisoner. There it was again, Brad's peculiar choice of words. "'Drop it'? Don't you mean 'give it up'? Since 'giving up' would imply that there's absolutely nothing there, whereas 'dropping it' would mean that something is there but you just don't want to talk about it?"
Brad sat up. "Drop it, give it up- whatever Mobius, just stop talking about it."
A smile started to creep up on Mobius's face, finding joy in all of this. This little impromptu interrogation was turning out to be a lot more fun than the last one he had with the actor. "'It'? So there's an 'it' now? What's 'it'? Do you mean your little crush on y/n?"
The actor's body stiffened for a nanosecond before turning to fully face the analyst. "Mobius, I swear to God-"
"OH! So that's a 'yes'!" Mobius declared, hitting the tabletop playfully with a grin, his smile only getting wider at seeing Brad become more and more agitated. "You do have a crush on y/n! Aw, that's so adorable Bradley, really."
The ex-hunter leaned back in his chair, scrunching up his face as he looked to away. "'A crush'? Really, Mobius? What are we- five? Please."
"Oh, so you love her?"
Brad's eyes widened, snapping back to look at him. "What? No, I don't-"
"Oh, that's ok," Mobius reassured with a wave. "Maybe your crush on her will blossom into love one day, who knows? I mean, life is crazy right?" He got another forkful of pie as he said, "I just can't believe that you had a crush on my partner this whole time and I didn't even notice. What kind of analyst am I?"
Mobius shook his head, laughing at his own joke. It seemed so obvious to him now. He should've realized that X-5 had some type of feelings for his long-time work partner eons ago. He always thought it was strange how X-5 would randomly stop to chat with them, well, with you mostly he now realized, at seemingly random times throughout the day, like when you both were having lunch in the cafeteria or how X-5 would always be the minute man to volunteer and be the muscle for one of your missions if need be. He had always thought it was weird and strange, but now it just made sense.
"Mobius," Brad said, letting out a defeated sigh. "Can you just, drop it? Please?"
Mobius looked back up, eyebrows raised as he looked up at the former minute man. "And now you're saying 'please'? Wow, you're just full of surprises today Bradley, aren't you?" he asked with a disbelieving laugh. He watched as Brad slunk back into his seat, a resigned look on his face. Ever the kind soul, Mobius kinda felt kinda bad for him. "Hey, look," Mobius started, in a softer tone, "X-5, Brad, Bradley, whatever you want to be called, your secret is safe with me, alright? I won't tell her, I promise."
The movie star was quiet for a moment, sucking on his teeth. Even though he personally might not like Mobius, he did know that Mobius was a man of his word and kept his promises so, he had no choice but to trust him. "Yeah, well... thanks," he said, flashing the analyst with a quick look of gratitude as he rapt his knuckle on the table.
"Hey, no problem," Mobius said, regarding the man across from him for another moment before finishing up his pie. With a small, surprised laugh, Mobius said, "You know, I just think it's funny how a," jerk, he thought to himself, "guy like you ends up with a little, school-yard crush on such a kind and caring person like y/n."
Brad raised an eyebrow at Mobius's choice of words. "'A guy like me'? Liking someone like her? What is that supposed to mean Mobius?"
"Oh, nothing," he replied innocently. "I just think it's funny. I guess, in this case, opposites really do attract, huh?"
"Oh, what? Now you're calling me a jerk?" Brad started, ready to go at it with Mobius again. "Why don't you just-"
"Hey, guys," you said, finally arriving at the table with a brown to-go paper bag with your food, sliding into the seat next to Mobius, your partner, unknowingly stopping the argument that was about to take place. "Sorry I took so long. There were just so many options to choose from, you know? It was hard to decide."
Now that Mobius was keen on Brad's little crush on you, he couldn't help but want to mess with him even further. "Ah that's ok y/n, I know that sometimes those things can be a little slow," he said, the corner of his mouth twitching upwards when Brad sent him a glare. "So don't worry about it."
"No word from Loki yet?" you asked, completely oblivious to the invisible sparing match occurring between the two men. "They're still out there?" you asked as you leaned on the table, craning your neck to try and see the two variants better.
"No, nothing yet. Hey, y/n," Mobius said suddenly, hitting your shoulder slightly like he had just come up with a great idea. "Why don't you move and sit next to Brad? I think he has a better vantage point to see them than I do," he innocently suggested, sending Brad a good-natured wink.
Brad nearly face-palmed himself. He forgot that Mobius could sometimes be as subtle as a baseball bat. "Mobius," he warned lowly.
But the mentioned analyst continued unphased. "And while you're sitting over there, watching the Lokis, you know, next to Brad," he added again for emphasis, "you can eat your meal."
"Oh, no need," you answered easily, to which question, the guys didn't know. "I got my food to go."
"See?" Brad quickly straightened, a newfound urgency in his tone and movements are he looked back and forth between you and Mobius. "She's smart, she got her food to go, to have back at the TVA. Which is exactly where we all need to be. Right now. Let's go."
"Jeez, Brad, what is it with you?" He asked exasperatedly, rolling his eyes. "You're like a broken record. First, you're all like, 'get me back to the sacred timeline' and now you're all like, 'get me out of here'." He shook his head. "It's like you-"
"Know something," you said, cutting off Mobius' train of thought, your eyes looking at your beige jumpsuited prisoner with a calculating gaze.
At your words, Mobius stopped his spiel, blinking as he leaned back in his seat, his eyes looking over at Brad in thought. "Do you know something?" he asked.
Brad, however, stayed quiet. He picked up his milkshake, swirling it around before taking a couple of sips as he turned his body away from you both, looking out the window.
"Hey," Mobius said a little more firmly, slapping the actor's forearm to get his attention. "Don't get all quiet on me now, Zaniac. What do you know? Is this a setup?"
"It's an ambush," you said.
But Brad continued to suck on the straw, not looking at either of you.
"Bradley, answer me," Mobius said forcefully.
Brad put his milkshake down, swallowing the sweet treat before looking at you. "We need to get out of here," was all he said.
You held eye contact with him, discerning the urgency and panic you saw held within his gaze. You couldn't help but feel that when Brad had said 'we', he really only meant you and him. His look and words sent a shiver down your spine.
Mobius was the first to get up, the rest of his meal forgotten. "Alright, let's go. We need to regroup with Loki so our friend Brad here can tell us what's really going on." He picked up his tray, walking over to the trash to dump the rest of his fast food scraps away, and put his tray on top of the can.
Brad held your stare for another moment before finally blinking, breaking the spell, as he hastily got up himself. "Finally," he muttered. He tossed his drink away as he quickly followed behind Mobius.
But you didn't move. You stared at the now empty spot that X-5 had occupied seconds ago, trying to discern why you felt that he knew about a lot more than just this current situation.
As always, your long-time partner and best friend knew when you needed to be broken out of your train of thought and get you back on track. "Y/n!" Mobius called out as he headed towards the exit. "Let's go!"
Snapping back to reality, you blinked, shaking off your wandering thoughts and stood up, following Mobius and Brad outside. Now wasn't the time to analyze Brad's actions and choice of words, right now all you needed to know was what Brad knew right at this moment and why he was so adamant about getting back to the TVA.
If you wanted to question Brad more, you could do that later. He was your prisoner after all and time worked differently in the TVA, right?
Helloooo guys, this is my headcanon for Hunter X-5/Brad Wolfe in the Loki serie for a fem!reader ! (By the way, plsssss someone write a fanfic about him bc there's literally NONE and it's a big issue). It's my first one, it's only my opinion so feel free to have other opinions on this (but tell me about it 'cause I wanna knowww pls :')) And English is not my native language so sorry for any mistakes. Enjoy your reading!
-He would definitly want everyone to know that you're his girlfriend.
-ALWAYS touching you in public.
-No place to sit? That's fine, your boyfriend Brad is here and he'll be more than happy to help you. You sitting on his lap would definitely happen and he'll never complain about it. He'll put his arms around you, keeping you close to him and preventing you from falling. From time to time he'll kiss your cheek, your forehead...
-He would never let anyone talk shit about you or he'll confront them.
-He's not the jealous type 'cause he's kind of confident you know? And he trusts you. BUT that doesn't mean he's not possessive. If a guy ever tries to flirt with you, your boyfriend will never be too far, ready to show him you're already taken and that you're not interested and all.
-If you don't know about his life in the TVA, he'll protect you from it, he won't tell you anything about it except if he really has to. Being Brad Wolfe is his new life and you're a part of it, the TVA belongs to the past, he wants to move forward and truly live his life.
-If he's taller than you, he'll love to mess with you. Putting stuff too high so you can't reach it and therefore have to call him to help you.
-He'll touch your waist whenever he can. I mean, he'll just touch you everywhere whenever he can.
-He'll compliment you for everything, I mean, you're his pretty girl. Calling you "sweetheart, darling, babe". He'll even have to invent pet names for you because he can never get enough of finding new cute ways to call you.
-He finds you absolutely stunning no matter what you do, no matter what you wear.
Summary: Brad or X5 is closer to you than with other workers and you don't know why.
Word Count: 3.6k
Warnings: Fight in an alley, violence (not very graphic), bad words, use words to describe the reader's appearance such as height or eye shape but nothing too specific to be considered an OC, not proofread
A/N: Ok after episode 5 I have to admit that I doesn't hate Brad that much anymore as much as Sylvie and now I need to see him in the final episode at least so that he can redeem himself or know that he is still alive idk. Btw, how difficult it's to write something about a character who appears so little and says so little and try not to always repeat or recreate the same scenes.
You ran as fast as you could with your ponytail swinging from side to side and your brown skirt flowing with every movement of your legs. On your chest you clutched a yellow folder with papers that threatened to fly away. Your face reflected the urgency and concern of receiving a warning for being late. You were an analyst and your duty was to report any possible trace of variants and then file them to give them to Mobius, your job was also sometimes to go out and look for variants like Mobius and Loki did.
Jogging through the halls of the great TVA you passed Hunter x5 and didn't realize until he exclaimed
"Whoa whoa stop there, don't you say hello anymore?"
You stopped panting tiredly in front of him and with a distressed face, you didn't have time for this. He was wearing his typical short-sleeved black uniform with his gloves that marked his name. His hands were holding his collar in an intimidating pose.
"I'm sorry x5 but I'm really in a hurry right now"
The hunter pretended to be hurt and put his hand on his chest, closing his eyes and making a sad face. You rolled your eyes and gasped in frustration. He seemed to always want to keep you and waste your time.
"Ouch, that hurt, you know? Someday you're going to kill me" he said sarcastically.
"I'm serious x5, I have to go but I'll see you later, ok?"
Before he can say anything you touched his arm tenderly, forcing a smile despite your worried frown and ran off gracefully. He stared at your hand as you touched him and then turned to see you running away with an amused smile.
When you got to where Mobius was, your hair was disheveled and your clothes were a little disheveled from running so much, but a smile appeared on your face as you held the folder high, triumphant and proud. You didn't say anything waiting for someone to notice your presence and then you would catch your breath. Mobius and Loki were talking about something in whispers until the gray-haired man saw you and turned to look at you completely.
"Oh y/n there you are! and you finally bring the folder, we were waiting for you"
You sighed in relief even with your smile on your face, happy to be able to accomplish your mission. You always stood out for being efficient in your work apart from your warm, sweet and helpful personality.
Loki approached you smiling and took the folder, you were turning around about to leave feeling free of responsibilities when Mobius turned his head to look at you and say
"Oh y/n, wait, don't leave yet, we have an alert about a variant in London. Could you please take care of it? Don't worry, you won't go alone."
You opened your eyes wide in surprise and you were left speechless, you did not expect to have another task to complete so quickly, you planned to have some tea first.
"Oh..but I- uh..". You mumbled awkwardly and in a low tone.
"I promise it will only be a second, we can't do it, we're busy.". He said referring to Loki and himself.
While he said that, he took out his tempad and began to send orders to someone. You didn't know who Mobius was talking to, but a growing premonition took over you. That feeling became palpable when a figure you already knew entered the room and stood behind you.
"X5 just in time, you will accompany y/n to look for the variant, alright? I will send you the coordinates and all the necessary information in your tempads"
X5 nodded without removing his hands from his collar and standing firm, you closed your eyes and sighed as you turned around and met his mischievous eyes, giving you a small lopsided smile. You frowned and pressed the corner of your lip, it's not that you didn't want to work with him but every time they assigned the two of you together he got a little annoying and wouldn't stop teasing you. You both left the room and walked through the hallways with X5 following your step.
"How soon we saw each other again little mouse". He said looking at you without stopping walking.
That nickname almost made you freeze in place but you simply turned your head and gave him a playful smile, he always called you that since you were petite than him, in fact you were the shortest worker almost O.B's height and every now and then you had to look at people with your head slightly raised or stand on tiptoe. Anyway, that silly nickname didn't bother you, on the contrary, it made you smile because you knew he was like that.
"Don't get excited, it's just for work reasons". You said without stopping smiling at him as you took a funny turn and walked backwards.
"How mean". He said with irony
You gave him an innocent smile as you shrugged and turned to walk normally again. He came forward and started walking next to you.
"By the way, isn't it strange that they always put you with me on missions? Could it be because I'm stronger than you?". He asked with a mocking tone but with an intention underneath.
This time you did stand up and turn around to face him with your hands on your hips, frowning and pouting a little, you looked so adorable that he just smirked, proud that he had made you fall into his trap. You raised your head to get a good look at him.
"Hey, be careful what you say! I can be strong if I want to."
Then you gave him a small punch on his arm, to which he leaned back a little, laughing and pretending to hold his arm in pain.
"Oh be careful with that, you almost sent me to the hospital."
You exhaled air through your mouth as you looked up at the ceiling in annoyance. You took out your tempad and touching a button on the screen made a bright orange-yellow time door appear.
"Let's not waste any more time, will you? The faster we do this, the better."
"After You"
He let you pass and you crossed the door, disappearing while X5 followed immediately behind you.
You two arrived at a branch in London in the 70's where there seemed to be the big premiere of a movie, so you discovered it from the large billboard that was at the entrance to the theater and that said "ZANIAC". X5 next to you seemed to admire the big lights and the elegantly dressed people as if those spotlights only shined for him. He gave a surprised whistle before saying
"Wow the people here really have fun". He said as he turned around and looked around and up.
"You could be a good actor". You told him laughing
"You really think that?". He turned to see you with a sparkle in his eyes, he seemed to like the idea.
You shrugged, smiling. "I don't know, we're in the TVA anyway, remember?"
"Yeah right..". he said somehow serious
At that moment you realized that you two were still wearing your uniforms and people would start to see you strangely, you had to change your clothes to fit in now. You took out your tempad and told it to do the same, luckily that device included the appropriate clothes that Mobius had assigned for you, all you had to do was press a button and you were fully dressed.
"What do you think if we go somewhere to change and then we meet to see each other? That way it will be a surprise!". You said, biting your lower lip and smiling playfully, sometimes you were childish but so genuinely and with so many good intentions that it was difficult to say no to you.
X5 rolled his eyes but smiled at you
"Ok if you prefer, let's meet in a minute in the back alley"
You nodded and trotted towards a dead end and he walked in the opposite direction. You pressed the button on your tempad and magically your uniform disappeared in an orangey holographic snap, as if a portal had passed through you and had exchanged your clothes for a beautiful long navy blue dress with a train, even your typical ponytail had been replaced by a high bun with curly strands framing the sides of your face. The dress was strapless and the final part of the skirt was decorated with pearls that varied in size. You wished you could have a mirror in front of you. You took a graceful slow turn trying to see your back and admire the train of your dress. You have never felt so beautiful. And that was not all, the dress had a small hidden pocket to store the tempad, Mobius had thought of everything, the dress was practical, beautiful and functional. When the agreed time had passed, you headed to the alley where X5 was waiting for you. You walked a little self-conscious for wearing something so elegant and not your usual casual clothes. You looked down, playing with your fingers nervously as you walked, you saw your partner's back turned and you stopped. You could see that he had a new haircut that suited him really well, and a black tuxedo.
"X5?"
Your soft and melodious voice made him wake up from his lethargy and he turned around distractedly to see you. When he did, he was left speechless with his mouth barely open. His gaze swept your figure up and down.
"Well? How do I look?". You asked him innocently with a worried frown forming between your eyebrows as you held your fingers anxiously.
X5 still couldn't say a word, he moved his mouth trying to say something but he couldn't. He never imagined seeing you with something as beautiful as that night. In front of him you stood out like a shining star, your tight dress highlighted your figure making you look sexy but your locks framing your face, your soft tilt of your head and those beautiful doe eyes that made him melt gave you a sweet appearance.
"You y-you look... I mean-... you". He started saying but no matter how hard he tried he did nothing but babble.
You laughed softly, slightly covering your mouth with the tips of your fingers without stopping to look at him. He cursed himself for acting like a fool in front of you, but your elegant gestures hypnotized him and he couldn't get angry with you. Finally, he sighed and said.
"You look beautiful"
You opened your eyes wider, if that was possible, and looked at him like a lost puppy, standing up even more and straightening your back in surprise, he almost had to close his eyes to take your penetrating eyes off of him. Right there you realized how good he looked, more than good, hot. You had always admired men who wore tuxedos and knew how to dress well but he had taken it to another level, he had adorned his black tuxedo with a white scarf around his neck resting on his shoulders, underneath his white shirt was slightly open, now his Brown hair had grown out and was no longer short on the sides but was slightly combed back with a nice tuft of hair on her forehead pushed back. You could stare at it for hours and not get tired, but you smiled and sincerely exclaimed
"And you look very good, I like your tuxedo and especially your new hairstyle"
He seemed to smile delightedly and ran a hand through his hair, combing it with his fingers. He murmured a thank you and then seemed to remember the mission and approached you, grabbing you by the arm so that you could rest yours on his, to which you were surprised by looking at him, blushing
"You will be my date tonight"
He smiled innocently but then he saw your rosy cheeks and realized what he had just said so he quickly corrected himself.
"I mean as an alibi! We have to hide so they don't discover us, you know.". He cleared his throat, trying not to look at you.
You sighed nervously, trying to hide your face with your hand, trying to push your curls away from your face. Without further ado, they both entered through a glass door. Inside there were many well-dressed people gossiping and laughing, several photographers were taking photos and waiters passed by with silver trays serving drinks. You weren't used to so much opulence or parties surrounded by people but X5 seemed to enjoy it. Feeling somewhat intimate, you clung to your partner's arm with both hands, squeezing it a little and bringing your tense body closer to him. He looked at you confused and noticed your strong grip and immediately became serious and brought his lips to your ear, causing a pleasant tickling that made you more nervous.
"You alright?"
You raised your head not expecting him to speak to you and when you did you felt that his face was very close to yours, you could almost feel his warm breath on your face, he looked at you with a hint of concern.
"Yes, thanks". You simply said nodding, you didn't want to overwhelm him with your worries, although you didn't know that he could listen to you for hours without getting bored.
You started weaving around people remembering that you had to catch a variant so the two of you looked around the place with your eyes scanning for the person you were looking for. The cameras didn't stop firing their flashes. Suddenly your fellow hunter spotted a man who was behaving suspiciously.
"Come to the back of the room, I think I found it."
Without hesitation he took your hand and guided you to where the guy was looking from side to side trying not to be seen. As they walked X5 smiled at the cameras even though they weren't really pointed at him, you frowned in confusion and an amused smile crossed your lips.
"What are you doing?". You laughed softly
He answered you without looking at you while he continued smiling looking at the photographers. "What do I seem to be doing? Smiling at the paparazzi"
You shook your head smiling, you forgot that he could be a little…vain sometimes.
"I noticed that but why? You're not famous"
"It's to blend in with people, darling"
You rolled your eyes even though you liked the new nickname better, it sounded elegant.
"Yes, of course, whatever you say, sometimes I think you enjoy this more than I do." . You laughed
They were both about a meter away from the variant, a man with short black hair with a scar over his right eye. His eyebrows were bushy and his prominent, square jaw gave him a threatening appearance. Some men and women were in front of the two of you and due to your height you had to crane your neck to see well, X5 took you by the shoulder and gently dragged you towards a space in the crowd where the man they were looking for could clearly be seen.
"Ok now we'll get closer, you just humor me"
You were about to protest but he pulled you to follow him until you were face to face with the man. You cursed inside, sometimes X5 was too impulsive and then he didn't know how to act and got into trouble.
"Hey man! How have you been? Do you still remember me?"
The man opened his eyes while furrowing his eyebrows in an expression between terror and disgust while your partner patted his arms with a big smile. You prayed inside that he wouldn't find out.
The variant forced a teeth-clenched smile that was intended to be natural. "Excuse me, have we met before?"
X5 pretended to be offended, muffling a somewhat exaggerated exclamation, you had to make an effort not to roll your eyes and facepalm.
"So I'm really sorry you've forgotten about me! What a shame because I still remember every day."
You bit your cheek to keep from letting out a smile that would turn into a giggle. Now more strongly you thought that he could really be an actor.
"I'm sorry but I don't know who you are.". Growl annoys the variant
The man was about to turn around to leave when X5 stopped him with a quick gesture, making the man look at him with hatred.
"No no wait don't leave yet, I haven't introduced you to my girlfriend." He said pointing at you with his open palm.
You hoped with all your might that your face hadn't turned red from what he had just said, you knew it was an alibi but still having that word come out of your mouth made you tingle. Smiling, you extended your hand to shake it.
"Jack has told me a lot about you."
X5 turned his head to look at you with a frown and big eyes, confusion was present in his gaze. His face almost screamed: what are you doing? don't screw up!
The handshake the man gave you was short and rough, almost disgusting. Your partner turned his head again to see the variant with a forced smile.
"So, how about we go outside and catch up?"
The man was obviously not an idiot, luckily he still didn't know who we were or what we really worked on but even so he could sense something suspicious so for a second he narrowed his eyes studying us and then smiled unconcernedly.
"Sure, I just have to go to the bathroom first."
The man walked away with sure steps and your companion stood watching him laughing as he left. When he turned to see you he frowned again like before when you had shaken the man's hand.
"What, Jack? What kind of name is that?"
"I don't know! I couldn't think of anything better, sorry!"
X5 sighed with his hands on his hips opening the jacket of his tuxedo, suddenly you saw that the variant was not heading to the bathrooms but was running towards the back door.
"Uhm.. X5..". You said pointing towards the background
"What? what's wrong?"
"He's running!!"
They both started running through the alleys following him, you had to take off your pretty heels and carry them in one hand to be able to run better. The fear of stepping on some glass or something sharp was always present during the chase, X5 knew that so from time to time he looked back to where you were and looked at the ground in case there was something that you would hurt yourself with.
The man with the scar was in the lead but soon found himself trapped between a fence that prevented him from escaping on the other side. You and X5 arrived just in time as the man spit insults at you. When your partner approached to take him by the arm, the variant struggled and the two became intertwined in a fierce fight with shoving, until the black-haired man gave him a good punch in X5's face. You screamed desperately, approaching your partner who staggered and fell to the ground, losing his balance, you grabbed his face looking for wounds but he was focused, snorting like a bull and looking at the man who had hit him. You stood up and struggled with the man ready to drag him with you and take him away from there. But he was too strong and he pushed you sending you to the ground in pain, you landed backwards on your butt with your palms resting on the cement.
"You stay out of it, bitch!". He shouted degradingly
This seemed to light a fire in X5 because he stood up with a scowl and grabbed the guy by the neck and slammed him against a brick wall.
"Listen to me, you idiot, you will come with me and learn to treat women well. And you better obey.". He said angrily with his face close to the man looking with hatred
You were still on the ground looking at the scene scared, you had never seen your partner so angry before. It is true that he was tough when he pruned the variants and he was not afraid to demonstrate authority or dominance with his pruning cane. But you had never heard so much hate in his voice while he defended you.
X5 took out his tempad and furiously pressed a button to open the door of time, then he pushed the black-haired man abruptly and mercilessly. He was agitated and his brow furrowed at his growing fury, then he saw you lying on the ground and his face softened. He bent down to extend a hand to you and ask if you were okay. You nodded still in shock and thanked him with your eyes for his help. You stood up without difficulty and then squeezed his hands in relief.
"Thank you really, for defending me"
You wanted to show him your eternal gratitude, to let him know and understand that you were eternally grateful to him. You would never forget what he had done for you today. He smiled at you and then straightened his clothes, you helped him with his hair that had become disheveled. Then you crossed the door of time. X5 took a moment to breathe deeply and then walked in behind you.
I don't know if I'll do another part or some kind of series about this, I honestly don't know if I'll publish it either, this was actually going to stay in drafts as a silly self-indulgent fic. If I get to publish it, well, you're welcome tumblr
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Turns out, O.B didn't have the time to check Brad's Tempad, being too busy "preventing a Temporal meltdown". Instead, he gave you the TVA's guidebook saying "Everything you need to know about this, I wrote about it here". So you, Loki, and Mobius tried for hours to understand what this Tempad was made for, unsuccessfully. While you were still working on it, Casey and B15 came along to talk about Miss Minutes and Renslayer's cooperation. You also learned, thanks to Loki, that He Who Remains and Renslayer used to be partners. It actually explained a lot of things like why Miss Minutes disappeared all of a sudden. During the conversation, Casey saw the Tempad Loki was holding and said he didn't have any idea what it was made for, but that it was definitely not made to block any trackers. So Brad lied to you, again. Casey took the Tempad, saying he'd try to find its utility. After that, you, Loki, Mobius, and B15 all decided to go see Brad Wolfe to interrogate him.
So now here you all were. Mobius decided to speak to all of you before entering the room.
-"Okay, keep it simple. "Where's Dox? Where's Sylvie? And what did he do to that Tempad ?" That's all we need to find out okay ?" Mobius said to Loki, B15, and you. "But of course, Brad knows us, and he knows our tactics. But that's what makes for an interesting chess match." Mobius continued his little speech: "Okay, most of all, Brad's an asshole, so don't let him get under your skin, all right ?" Loki turned his head to look at you and B15, B15 turned to look at Loki, while you were still focusing on Mobius who was standing in front of the orange door leading to the room Brad had been locked up in. Noticing Loki distracted, Mobius inquired "Okay? Loki ?"
-"What?" Loki said innocently to Mobius to let him know that he didn't need to worry because he was not going to do anything stupid. Mobius then turned his gaze to you.
-"Y/N, what I just mentioned doesn't really pertain to you because of, you know, his MASSIVE crush on you."
-"Oh my god", you sighed, embarrassed again.
-"But I know you're a girl who's not afraid to fight, so don't get angry at him, and don't do anything foolish if he's being mean to one of us okay?"
-"Gosh drop this crush thing already. And no I won't do anything stupid... I never did !"
-""One day, you punched me in the face," Loki said, causing you to turn and look at him. You found him already gazing down at you.
-"Yeahhh but you really deserved it... and I apologized ! " you finished your sentence pointing a finger at him like you were proving something.
-"Okay," Mobius said, giving each of you a glance before opening the door. B15 entered first, followed by you, with Loki and Mobius bringing up the rear. Brad was seated on a small white chair in the center of the orange room. He turned to face all of you upon hearing the door open.
-"Oh, welcome back. Why don't you go ahead and take this Time Collar off and start treating me like somebody who outranks you ?"
-"I don't work here" Loki simply said.
-"Oh, that's a good point. You should stop talking" Brad retorted back
Loki stood right in front of Brad, B15 was on Loki's left side and you stood on his right side. Mobius, after closing the door, decided to stand on your right.
-"Hey, what were you doing down there on the Sacred Timeline ?" Mobius asked, making Brad turn to be able to look at him.
-"Making movies" he answered like it was an obvious yet funny thing.
-"Don't waste our time, X-5" B15, ready to make him speak and fast. But Brad was in a playful mood.
-"It's Brad" You and Brad said in unison. He said it out loud while you only murmured.
-"Bradley" He tilted his head like he was correcting himself to say his full name. He was really annoyed to hear his old name all the time. He had to tell everyone that his name was now Brad because no one would call him that name. For them it was stupid, his life was in the TVA, and he was a hunter so his name is and always will be X-5.
-"Right, Brad. Let's cut to the chase, shall we ?"Loki said, pulling out the Tempad he had stashed in the inside pocket of his jacket. "What did you do to this Tempad ?" Brad turned to look at you, the only person he appreciated in this room. He didn't want to answer and he especially didn't want to answer Loki's question.
-"Answer the question" You said with a soft smile on your face. He continued to look at you before sighing and turning in his chair to look at Loki.
-"It blocks your trackers" Brad lied again.
-"No, it doesn't" Loki shaked his head.
-"Yeah, no shit" Brad said with sarcasm which annoyed even more B15. She just wanted to make it quick and have answers. In order to save the TVA, we need to be fast, no time for jokes. She asked him :
-"What is it designed for, X-5 ?"
-"It's Brad" He paused, annoyed before continuing "Under who's authority are you holding me here? Because looking around this room I do not see anyone ranking high to make that call" He looked at you for a second and you shrugged.
-"I don't need approval to detain a hunter who abandoned his post." B15 spoke confidently.
-"Oh that's good, that's good. But weren't you the one blabbering on and on about how we all had lives in the timeline? Well, I went down and got my life. What exactly are you mad at me about ?"
""There are life at stake" Loki said which made Brad pause to look at him in disbelief for a moment before talking again.
-"There are lives at stake ?" Loki nodded and Brad continued, shaking his head. "You've got some nerve". He then repeated with a lower voice: "There are lives at stake". Everyone turned to look at Loki's reaction. It's true that Loki did some REALLY bad things in the past so him saying he wanted to save people was confusing. But you knew he changed, in a positive way. You all knew that. You guessed Brad just couldn't believe or understand how Loki, a villain, could change and become a hero.
-"Everyone here knows what you're doing, you know ?" Brad said which made Loki raise his eyebrows, wondering which point Brad was trying to make. "You're just trying to make up for all the terrible, awful shit you've done in your life your pathetic little man." Loki shut his eyes while Brad spoke with a venomous tone.
-"Okay, that's enough" Mobius intervened.
-"No, no, Mobius. No, it's... riveting" He paused "Keep going I want to hear more"
What the hell is he doing? You thought
-"Good" Brad said, ready to make Loki even more uncomfortable. He wanted to push him above his edges, to see if he would break his new character and let his "real", yet old, nature. "See, everything you and Sylvie have ever done to try to help has only ever made it worse"
-"Is that right ?" Loki responded calmly but firmly, he was handling the situation..right?
-"See, I've read your file. It's you, you're the problem. Every time we've ever found a you. The problem is you think you're special but you're not. So, it doesn't matter what outfit you put on, play dress up, or what little lies you tell your friends or even the lies you tell yourself. At the end of the day, you just make everything worse. For Mobius, for B15, for Y/N" He turned to look at you for a moment before continuing. "For your mother". You could tell Loki was hurt, he was now moving back and forth. How dare Brad say something like that to Loki? His mother meant so much to him. It pained you to hear that.
-"'Cause that's what you do. You lose, you're a loser."
-"I think we get it Brad" You took a step forward
-"Loki" Mobius said and Loki sighed heavily. Brad was not holding back, he was relentlessly attacking him and had no intention of stopping. "Stop trying to be a hero, man. You're a villain and you're good at it. Do that" Loki chuckled.
-"Thank you, Brad. Very much" Loki said in a ironic tone. "I really am touched. You know, you're right. I have done some terrible, awful things. Yeah, maybe that is who I am and they know" he said talking about you and Mobius. "It's the real me." He claps his hands "A loser. Always have been, always will be. Perhaps I've been holding something back"
-"Loki" you said but that didn't stop him. He started to walk towards Brad. He walked so closely to Brad that he had to slightly back up in his chair, ensuring Loki wouldn't come any closer. Brad glanced at B15 and you, seeking reassurance that Loki would be stopped if he crossed the line, but you were so focused on Loki that you didn't see it.
-"Perhaps I've just been biding my time. Perhaps I've just been waiting for a moment like this, so I can do terrible, awful things, to you." He smiled mischievously and started to whisper at Brad. "So, let's try this one more time. Where is Sylvie ?" Loki was very close to Brad, looking down at him, causing Brad to look up. He attempted to maintain his confidence, concealing his fear, but it was evident that Brad was both nervous and afraid.
-"You're way too obsessed with her." He said to you and Mobius "He needs some therapy, I can recommend some".
-"Okay, come on" Mobius said walking towards them, pushing Loki backwards so we wouldn't do anything stupid. You approached Mobius in case he needed help.
-"...If you wanna work that out" Brad continued leaning forward in his chair now that Loki was far away enough of him. "Control your little pet, Mobius"
-"That got a little tense" You said, relieving some stress.
-"Hey, you wanna hear a good one? Knock, Knock" Mobius said to Brad.
-"Who's there ?" He played along.
-"Brad."
-"Brad who ?" Brad said, not really amused.
-"That's showbiz" Mobius laughed at his joke, and Loki smiled a little bit. "I don't want that to happen to you so, play along with us, answer our questions and we'll get you back there so they don't forget about you. How does that sound ?"
-"You would do that ?"
-"I will." Mobius confirmed.
-"You promise ?"
-"I promise". Brad looked at you and then at Loki and B15, saying a little "wow", pretending to be impressed.
-"You seeing this ?" He said pointing his finger at Mobius. He turned to look at Mobius again "Mobius, you could be an actor" He said with a determined, serious face that made Mobius laugh.
He still had a small smile on his face."I'm not an actor, I'm an analyst. But thank you."
-"You're not an analyst, I'm not a hunter." He looked around "None of this is real. I mean, who even are you, on the timeline, do you know ?"
Mobius shook his head. "It doesn't matter."
-"I think it does matter because none of this is real. The TVA is not your real home. Mobius isn't even your real name."
Mobius was not letting himself be destabilized by Brad: "Well, it's what I answer to."
-"Do you have any idea what kind of life you might have left behind? Who might be waiting for you back there? I mean, do you care ?" Mobius shook his head again. Loki glanced at Mobius. "You know they took our lives, and you're still here. I mean, it's kind of weird, man. I mean, you need to wake up."
You could tell Mobius was started to lose his temper, Brad just couldn't stop talking about how none of this was real.
-"I'm awake" Mobius stated which made Brad repeated himself :
-"Yeah, no. You're asleep." This situation was starting to make you anxious. It was just too much now.
-"I think we get it Brad." Brad didn't even hear you, instead, he continued talking.
-"You need to wake up Mobius"
-"I'm awake" Mobius repeated
-"And until you do, you're nothing" Brad continued. "She is nothing" He said, turning to B15 who he was referring to. He stood up "I don't know where to start with that" He said while looking at Loki. He paused and looked at you "Y/N, sweetie, you're nothing here and god knows you could be amazing" He said with a deeply sorrowful expression. "But no, you're all nothing here." Brad started yelling. He then looked at Mobius "And you Mobius, until you wake up, you're just a nowhere man. You're a-" Brad's speech was abruptly cut off as Mobius punched him in the face. Loki rushed to stop Mobius from landing more punches on Brad.
-"You're a nowhere man ! You're a silly little man. Silly little man." Mobius yelled at Brad before turning around and walking towards the door. Loki following him, he looked at you and you nodded at him.
-"Whoa...Whoa...Mobius !" Brad said, proud that he pushed the man to the edge. Mobius opened the door, Loki turned to look at Brad one more time before following Mobius, leaving you and B15 in the room with Brad. B15 decided to leave the room as well so she started to walk towards the door. Just as she was about to leave, she turned and asked you:
-"You're coming ?" You sighed. You really wanted Brad to cooperate so you needed to try something. You turned to look at him, finding him already looking at you. You joined B15 and whispered to her:
-"No I'm staying, I want to try and be nice to him to see if it could work... but you can go if you want." She gives you a "you'll be okay?" look so you simply nod at her.
-"Okay, but if anything, and I mean ANYTHING, happens, you leave this room okay ?" She whispers back
-"I promise"
-"Okay..."She looks at Brad quickly. "If Mobius or Loki ask, I'll tell them you're here." You thanked her as she left the room.
Behind you, Brad was smirking. "Need something babe?" Oh no, he needed to stop using nicknames, or else you will struggle to handle the situation. It's important not to get flustered every time he addresses you.
-“Quit the nicknames, Brad"
-"Why? It makes you nervous?" He asked with a larger smile as he decided to sit down again. He loved teasing you. But you were not going to play his game so you decided to not answer him.
You glared at him "You went a bit too far, don’t you think?” He scoffed and raised his hands in a defended way.
-"I simply said the truth. This is not our real life"
-“Yeah but it's not because some people like this life that they're weird or they're a bad person. Mobius likes his life here, that doesn't make him a bad guy”
-"But he doesn't even know his true life! He can't choose between this one and his real one because he never experienced it!"
-"It's his decision, end of the discussion." You said firmly.
There was a moment of silence between you two. You looked around lost in thought, while Brad kept his eyes fixed on you.
-"You could come with me" You looked at him and he had a serious expression on his face. He was not joking at all.
-"Why would I do that ?"
-"You'll have a life on your own and a very good one I would make sure of that. You've always been one of the few people who were nice to me even though.." You cut him.
-"Even though you're an asshole? Yep, that's correct, that's why I don't understand why you won't tell me anything! We just need Sylvie's location, Brad please just tell me" It was hard for him not to tell you the truth when you were begging him, looking at him with those big pleading eyes. "It's just us Brad, please tell me". His eyes drifted to the ground.
-"Only if you promise you'll come with me". You pondered. If that could save the TVA you had to agree. You could say yes and never actually do it just like Mobius who promised to bring Brad to his Timeline even though you doubt he'd actually do that. But you wanted to. You wanted to experience a life with him, and if you get tired of it, you'll still have a life in this timeline or you could even go back to the TVA. You had nothing to lose after all.
-"Okay, I promise". He lifted his face to look at you.
-"Really ?" He asked, not believing you said yes.
-"Yeah, I want to at least experience this life."
-“And you deserve it” he smiled at you before looking down again. "You'll also make sure Dox won't kill me? Because I left my post and she's kind of scary"
-"Okay I also promise you that" you chuckled and he sighed heavily.
-“Sylvie has a new life. She’s in 1984, in Oklahoma."
You had a hard time containing your joy, smiling a lot. “My god, thank you Brad, thank you so much !" He smiled back at you.
-“I’m only doing this for you”
You were still smiling “And I appreciate it” You turned to leave the room in order to find Loki and Mobius. You opened the door but turned around. “It does make me nervous” He looks at you with furrowed brows, wondering what you were talking about, so you added: “the nicknames you use for me”. He leaned back a bit, his mouth forming a little “oh”, he understood what you were talking about. He smiled before saying :
-“Yes I know, that’s why I call you like that. I only use them for you, you know ?” He smirked
-“I know” you said blushing and smiling as you closed the door, leaving Brad also smiling like an idiot. You two knew what it meant.
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Okay but now I kind of what to write a third part I don’t knowww 😭
His guys !! I'm back with an other Brad Wolfe / Hunter X-5 fan fiction because why not and I'm obsessed okay ? :) So enjoy this little thing, it's definitely inspired by the second ep of the Loki show. (By inspired I mean it's literally the same thing but with you in it and with Brad/X-5 being in love/having a crush on you). Again, English is not my native language so sorry if I make some mistake. There'll be a part 2 btw ! Enjoy !
-"There's no way he's going to cooperate, at least not with you" You said, talking about Brad. He knew something you also needed to know: Sylvie's location. After she killed The One Who Remains and created a big mess, she just disappeared without letting anyone know where she was going or what she was going to do, not even Loki. But now you really needed her in order to save the TVA and the multiverse. So you really needed Brad to talk. He was not a friend of yours, only an acquaintance. He was very sarcastic, you noticed that the few times you talked to him but you never knew why, when he was talking to you, he was never mean like he could be to others. He never put you down, never saying bad things about you or to you. He even uses nicknames for you and you only. You hated to feel like that but you found him funny and cute in his own way. You would NEVER say this to anyone though because how could you? Practically everyone hated him so you couldn't say that you kind of appreciated him, right ?
-"He will talk don't worry, he just needs some time alone to think. And if he doesn't want to cooperate, we could always use you." Mobius said smiling, looking down at you who were in between Mobius and Loki. Loki turned his head to look at him, confusion written on his face. Not knowing what he meant by that, you simply asked him :
-"What is that supposed to mean ?" You said looking up at Mobius.
-"Well you know, this crush X-5 has on you, it's so obvious really. He always uses nicknames for you, when you're in the room it's like nobody else is in it." You started to become anxious, your heart was beating a little faster now that Mobius just said that. "I mean, come on it's so obvious, right Loki ?" The gray-headed man asked the god of mischief. You rubbed your head in embarrassment, looking away.
-"I..can't say I ever noticed n-" He didn't have the time to finish, Mobius started to talk again.
-"How did you never notice? Are you even looking around you ? Of course you noticed!" Loki frowned but didn't want to waste time answering him. "Well anyway, what matters is that we could use his little crush on you, Y/N, to our advantage! Not in a hurtful way of course! We would never hurt you but maybe after some time alone with you, he would tell you something". Mobius said and you scoffed.
-"Pff, X-5 does NOT have a crush on me" You said, looking ahead of you, not wanting to meet Mobius's gaze because you, on the other hand, had a crush on the hunter. Mobius saying that X-5 could possibly reciprocate your feelings when you were thinking the complete opposite was hurting you a bit.
The elevator's door rang and opened. Brad, a small smile and an amused expression on his face, was being escorted by B15 and a TVA hunter.
-"He does" Mobius whispered to you, now also looking ahead of him
-"Does not" You whispered back to him as Brad and the two TVA agents were walking towards you.
-"Does" Mobius whispered again, a small smile on his face, the same smile that was on Loki's face, definitely entertained by your bickering. You grunted, angry at the man at your left.
As the trio arrived in your direction, Loki touched the collar of his jacket and Mobius waved at Brad. Brad's eyes were practically the all time, looking at you up and down. He would also look at Loki and Mobius to not look suspicious but he was mostly looking at you. Holding eye contact with him was a lot more difficult after your discussion with Mobius so you put your focus on B15 instead.
-"It suits you" Loki said to Brad, mentioning his TVA prisoner Jumpsuit. You agreed with Loki. This jumpsuit but also his new haircut definitely suited him.
-"You must love this" Brad said, having enough of this situation already.
-"It's tighter than you think it's gonna be, isn't it ?" Loki said, still trying to tease Brad a little bit, trying to take his revenge over what he had once experienced.
-"Yeah, I'll get you a looser one next time" Brad said, playing along with Loki.
-"What is this ?" You asked Brad, pointing at the device B15 had in her hand the whole time.
-"That's a Tempad sweetheart" Brad said while looking at you, a sarcastic demeanor as if it was an obvious thing and a dumb question for you to ask. You rolled your eyes.
At the same time, you felt someone nudging your shoulder: it was Mobius. You knew what he meant by that so you shoved him off, trying to not look suspicious.
-"What did you do to it ?" B15 then asked and Brad had to rip his eyes off of you to look at B15.
-"I put some colorful buttons on it for you" Brad replicated with his same sarcastic tone.
-"You will tell us if you found Sylvie when you've had time in holding". B15 said, not paying attention to his playful behavior.
-"Right, 'cause I'm a criminal right ?" Brad asked turning his gaze to Mobius, trying to escape from the grasp of the hunter unsuccessfully.
-"Okay, come on, get in there". Mobius mentioned with his arm to the room on your right.
The hunter pushed Brad to the side and shoved him into the arms of another TVA agent who was now leading him into the room he was going to stay a few hours in.
-"I see X-5 didn't go quietly" The hunter said to all of you.
-"Quietly is not his strong suit". B15 said, referring to the old encounter she had with him. "But he will talk, once he's had time to marinate". You nodded, she was right, Brad also loved attention so some time alone could definitely make him talk so you'll get the information you'll need and you'll find out where Sylvie is hiding".
-"What about this ?" Loki said, talking about the Tempad B15 was still holding in her hand.
-"I think O.B could help us with this, he should check it out" You said to which everyone nodded, thinking it was the best option you all had. You had no idea what Brad did to this Tempad and if he was not going to cooperate about this, then maybe O.B could help.
B15 gave the Tempad to Mobius so that you, Loki and Mobius could go see O.B to ask for help. Mobius started to walk to O.B's office. You looked at Loki, giving him a small smile before following Mobius. Loki followed right after you.
Seven Sentence Sunday, except it's Monday morning, but fuck that, time is an illusion
from the upcoming Loki/Mobius/Brad/Reader smut fic. predictably suggestive.
“Do you think you deserve that?”
Brad blinks. He knows there’s a right answer, and a corresponding wrong one, but he obviously isn’t sure which is which. In the end he settles for the middle option; “Maybe?” He punctuates it with one of those playful, confident smiles, although the effect is somewhat undermined by his current state – hair askew, face flushed and lips glistening wet, his body tense with suppressed arousal.
You snort. “Don’t get cocky.”
“I did just make you scream,” Brad points out, the implication that he should be rewarded for that achievement remaining unsaid.
