The Implicit Demand for Proof (7)
pairing: detective david loki x reader
summary: you're a forensic psychologist for the FBI and get called in on a case, what happens when you catch feelings for Loki?
a/n- terribly sorry I disappeared again folks. thank you for your patience. I loved writing this chapter, I hope you like it!
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After the suspect chase, working with the sketch artist, and being out late and all, y/n was exhausted, freezing, and hungry. “I’m starving.” Y/n said sliding into the passengers seat of Loki’s car, turning the heat to full blast. The heat seemed to melt Loki’s frustrations away for a while. Or maybe it was y/n’s presence. He was grateful she turned on the heat nonetheless. “Chinese?” “Fine by me.” Y/n replied. . The restaurant was almost deserted, due to it being so late. “Detective Loki, back again.” One of the waitresses exclaimed as she came around the corner to seat them. Her smile widened upon seeing y/n. “Table for two?” He nodded. After getting their food, y/n and Loki sat in silence, partly from exhaustion, partly not knowing what to say and partly from eating.
Y/n looked just to the right of Loki’s head, seeing all the kitchen employees staring at the two of them from the tiny kitchen window.
“I take it you’re a regular here?” Y/n teased.
“Yeah.” Loki’s mouth twisted up into the beginning of a smile. “How do you figure that?”
“Well, the waitress knows you by name and I think we have an audience.” She explained, inconspicuously nodding towards the nosy onlookers. Loki figured that Lana, the waitress, told all the staff he had come in the restaurant with a girl.
“Sorry about that. The waitstaff always give me shit about coming in here by myself.” Loki explained and turned around and shot them all a glare, they quickly dissipated when they realized they’d been caught.
Loki’s thoughts began to spiral again.
Oh they think we’re on a date.
Oh.
Are we?
No.
Just two co-workers eating Chinese food.
Shit. What if she’s in a relationship?
He dared look back at her, suddenly afraid she’d hear his thoughts.
He peeked up at her and smiled a little. The sight of y/n, who was a distinguished professional, slurping down her noodles with intense concentration, was just too cute.
She didn’t wear a wedding ring, Loki had taken note of that already.Â
“So, y/n, You got family back home, or a boyfriend, or girlfriend?” Loki asked, his voice dropping to almost a whisper at the mention of a significant other.
“Yeah, I got family back home, but, uh, no boyfriend. Or girlfriend for that matter. Just me and my family.” She smiled fondly at the thought of them.
Loki let out a breath he didn’t know he was holding.
“What about you?” She asked, Loki suddenly growing stiff at the question. He hesitated, debating what to say.
“I ain’t got nobody.” He said, fiddling with his food.
y/n could sense his sudden tenseness at the mention of family, but still she had to know.
“Nobody?” She questioned, trying her best not to rip open any past wounds.
“I, uh, I don’t have family.”
The cogs in y/n brain began to turn, she pieced two and two together. She thought back to isolated and sad his desk was, how he had no personal effects; no family.
Her heart went out to him.
“I’m so sorry to hear that, Loki.” She sympathized, instinctively reaching for his hand that just so happened to be laying openly on the table. She gave it a comforting squeeze.
The small gesture had Loki’s head spinning and his heart racing.
She quickly pulled back, realizing what she was doing.
Loki wouldn’t have minded if she never let go.
“I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to bring up anything painful for you.” She apologized. “It’s alright. As long as you don’t use it to profile me or anything.” He joked, huffing out a chuckle.
Y/n let out a chuckle too, the detective did have a sense of humor.
“Don’t worry, I usually don’t profile my coworkers.”
“Usually?” Loki quirked a brow, earning a giggle from y/n. It was like sweet music to his ears.
“Yeah, Usually.” She replied and playfully winked at him.
Loki was pretty sure his heart just skipped a beat. They both laughed.
“No, I’m kidding. I only profile the people I’m supposed to.
(That was a damn lie, y/n had been profiling Loki this whole time)
Smart, witty, and beautiful? Loki was so fucked.
“Is that what you do all day back at the Bureau? Profile people?”
“Pretty much, yes. I do competency evaluations to see if the accused can withstand trial and if they can, I testify that to the court. sometimes I do victim advocacy, as well as provide crisis intervention and therapy to the families.”
“Wow.” She’s amazing Loki thought.
“Does the job get hard?”
Loki already knew the answer to that question.
“Yeah..” y/n paused, a more serious look dawned her features. “Yeah it does get very hard sometimes, especially when I’m in the field like this. I’ve seen what other people only have nightmares about.”
“I know.” Loki said sympathetically, a lump suddenly forming in his throat at the thought of the sorrows he had seen. “So…” Loki spoke up trying to change the subject. “Working and being around all those people, it doesn’t get...” He paused, searching for the right word. “intimidating?”
“You know, it’s funny, I work with serial killers almost daily, and I’ve definitely been in my share of bad situations, but the most nerve-racking thing I’ve ever done is orally defend my dissertation in front of the university review board to get my doctorate degree. They questioned me and my research for hours, picked it a part little by little, It was horrible!”
Loki tried not to laugh, but that was just so fitting, so in character for y/n; to be more nervous for social interaction than to hunt down killers.
“Hey! Don’t laugh at me!” She whined, faking offense.
This only making Loki laugh more.
Yes. Y/n thought. Finally, she was seeing past Loki’s hard outer shell.
And suddenly, she was aware of a warm, fuzzy feeling blossoming in her chest.
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a/n- thanks again for bearing with me guys! life is a bitch sometimes. sending my love to you all.
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