News anchor/journalist Loki and meteorologist/storm chaser Thor AU
They are forced to work together to make a year-long documentary series on catastrophic weather, particularly tornadoes.
They could not be more different. Loki lives in the city in a nice high rise apartment; Thor lives in a camper and has no permanent address. Loki enjoys quiet, orderly atmospheres, a cup of tea and a book, modern jazz. Thor enjoys atmospheres that are exploding with lightning and thunder, takeaway meals and energy drinks, and classic rock.
They are night and day.
They spend an entire spring in the American Midwest, crammed together in Thor's armored, tornado-proof SUV, chasing storms, witnessing the destructive forces of nature, and nearly getting killed a few times. It's the most unbearable, exciting time of Loki's life.
He finds Thor offensively handsome but far too reckless and unstable. A pity, really; he’s got a good heart, a nice body, and he’s single (and proudly, openly bi). He’s the ideal man... or the perfect storm, in Loki's case.
Thor thinks Loki is too “high-maintenance” and uptight (but still pretty cute). If only he would loosen up a bit, they might get along better. He teases him, but Loki just blushes and looks the other way, muttering things like “Let’s just focus on doing our jobs, shall we?”
The sexual tension builds but neither one dares to make the first move, convinced that they’re both completely incompatible with one another. And really, where could this go? They live in two separate worlds. One has his head in the clouds, the other has his feet firmly on earth.
After a dangerously close call with an EF-4 tornado one day, Loki gets out of the SUV, declaring that he's going to hitchhike back to the city because he can't bear another moment of... this.
It's a half-lie. He just wants to see if storms are the only thing Thor will chase.
Thor indeed chases after him in the pouring rain, apologizing and promising not to be so reckless. Loki marches on. Thor catches him by the wrist and pulls him into his arms.
Against a backdrop of churning purple clouds and lightning flashes, they kiss each other ravenously.
That night they end up in a little motel on the Oklahoma/Kansas border, drying their clothes and having marathon sex while keeping one eye on the radar, just in case.
Thor, for all his wildness, proves himself to be a tender lover. Loki is the wild one in bed.
A year later, the documentary ends up being a huge success, mostly because of the two co-hosts who complement each other. They make a good team.
The series wins several awards and the producers ask Thor and Loki if they would be willing to do another season or two.
By the time Season 3 of Thunder Chasers rolls around, Loki is wearing jeans and baseball caps, Thor is listening to jazz, and they have a shared “battle cry” when they begin chasing a storm.
Oh, and their wedding rings have lightning bolts and storm clouds etched on them, too.
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