@heimfrost continued from here
Heimdall looks to Loki with raised brows, the words for some reason only served to sadden him. That Loki truly believed he would take the word of another over him cut, though his expression soothes to impassiveness.
“Is that so.”
The person in question was his king, loyalty to the throne was his sworn duty. Raised since a child to faithfully fulfil all Odin asked of him. Yet the prince had come to him in pain, asked for his assistance, begged him to allow entry to Johtunheim.
He seemed to know something no one else did yet. And that alone had the Gatekeeper well on edge.
Heimdall’s duty should not be forgotten, but when duty of work came to duty of care - his family would win in the end.
“Do not doubt my faith in you, little prince. Do not doubt what I would do on your word. And do not think to turn it on me.”
There is a beat before he steps back, drawing Hofund from its place at his hip, Golden eyes lingering on the young man a final time before he moves briskly to the podium, the weight of each step heavy in his chest.
“Come, we must be quick.”
The sword slides into the slow, the key to unlock the power of it. Loki wished to go where the frozen wastes may well kill him, and Heimdall would not let that journey be done alone.
Secrets were falling unravelled, and he would find the truth with them.
But instead of turning the Bifrost on, he locks it. A tight twist that has the place falling silent. Drawing Hofund once more and offering his hand. Should the king see the observatory move he may question, they would have to use older methods.
“This will feel a little different, but we will be there in moments. Whatever this is Loki, I trust you to be safe in it.”
Never has there been a time when Loki has felt more lost, even compared to what his brother must have been feeling, cast out powerless upon Midgard. He’s using every trick he knows to conceal the trembling in his limbs, the guilt and the confusion eating away at his core.
I didn’t mean for this. This isn’t what I wanted. Now I don’t know who I am, what I am.
To try and get back to Jotunheim is one of his two options. He doesn’t trust Odin to tell him the truth, so he must ask it of the creatures who have declared war on Asgard. A war he’s caused by goading Thor into being Thor.
When he gets to the Bifrost it’s in his head to attempt persuasion once again on its guardian before tricking his way down or giving up and seeking out the Casket instead. What Loki doesn’t expect is for Heimdall to offer aid. After all the seer must suspect, he shows kindness and the god of mischief barely knows how to take it. He almost recoils, wanting to retreat further into himself, snarl at everyone around him like a wounded animal until he finds his own answers. The words ‘little prince’ should be a comfort but they barb him with implications of naivety and powerlessness.
And yet, the way will be open, and Odin will not see or be able to forbid him from venturing into that dangerous territory. Heimdall offers it freely. He’d be a fool to snub the opportunity.
Uncharacteristically silent, Loki reaches out and takes Heimdall’s hand.












