Request: Hello, hope you're having a splendid day! I've thought of an angsty Mobius x female variant reader imagine set in a AU of Episode 4 where reader is in love with Mobius, but is conflicted with her feelings because he's a variant, and instead of pruning Mobius, Ravonna takes him, Loki, Sylvie and reader to meet the "Time-Keepers". After finding out the "Time-Keepers" are fake, reader is about to tell Mobius how she feels but then Ravonna prunes her and Mobius is devastated?
Genre: Angst
Warnings: “Pruning”, violence, and death
Pairing: Mobius x Variant!reader
Characters: Mobius, Loki, Sylvie, Ravonna, Hunter B-15, “The Time-keepers”, Lady Sif
Authors note: In this the reader is Loki’s sister and they are very close to each other.
Word Count: 1692
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Mobius had just found out the truth about the TVA. He had stolen Ravonna’s temp pad to see the interview with C-20 so he needed to be quick and get to you and Loki before Ravonna came after him. Meanwhile you and Loki were stuck in an endless loop of abuse from Lady Sif for that one time you too cut her hair while she was asleep, in your defence it was funny at the time. After being attacked for what felt like hours you both were on the ground in pain. You jump when a time portal opens behind you and Mobius walks through it. You look up at the man with sadness in your eyes. You never wanted to hurt Mobius or to betray him; you were not your brother. Mobius looks down at you offering his hand which you gladly accept. The gray haired man pulls you up so you are standing but you stumble landing against his chest. You blush at the contact you had grown attached to Mobius during your time with the TVA but you were terrified to admit that to anyone but yourself. You stepped away letting your hair cover your face.
“You two were right.” Mobius mutters mostly to you and you feel your heart thump against your rib cage. He knew he was a variant just like you and Loki. “I think the two of you and Sylvie can fix this.” He pauses for a second looking between the two of you, “I just need to get the two of you out of here.”
“But what about you Mobius? What is gonna happen to you?” You ask stepping closer to him.
“Doesn’t matter Y/N what you three are going to do is more important than me.”
“No! No, that is not true Mobius.”
“We will figure everything out later but we need to hurry now we are running out of time.” You look at him sadly in response. How were you supposed to tell him that you don’t think you could live without him? That the mere thought of him getting hurt or worse dying was almost enough to bring you to your knees. Nonetheless you followed Mobius back through the time portal Loki following closely behind you. As you enter the time theater your heart nearly stops when you see who was waiting for you. The room had four minute men and Ravonna in the middle of them. Mobius was between you and Loki with a look of mild concern on his face before his expression shifted back to calm and collected.
“I think you have something of mine.” Ravonna states, looking at Mobius. You look over at him to see him pulling out a temp pad.
“Yeah I got all the way down there before I even realized I... pick up yours..” He explains handing the temp pad over to the minute man who stepped forward to collect it letting out a breathy laugh. “What’s going on?” The minute man hands Ravonna the temp pad. Ravonna averts her eyes from Mobius, unable to make eye contact with the man. “What’s the problem Ravonna?” Mobius looks down slightly and you can tell he is nervous. You felt the need to comfort him in some way but you didn’t know how. These feelings you had for him are feelings you had never experienced before. You look over at Loki as if he would know what to do. He makes eye contact with you seeing your fear and concern for Mobius but he knew there was very little he could do to comfort you about these worries. “You know where I would go if I could go anywhere?” He pauses for just a second. “Wherever it is that I am really from, and whatever life I had before the TVA came along. Maybe I had a jetski?” You can’t help but giggle at the jetski statement thrown in there. Mobius looks over at you with a little smirk which falls almost as soon as he sees the tears in your eyes. “That’s what I’d like to do, ride around on my jetski.” He says without breaking eye contact with you.
“Prune him.” You hear Ravonna say as well as the weapon charging up.
“Wait!” You shout breaking eye contact with Mobius turning to Ravonna and she holds her hand up telling the minute men to wait. “Listen... ummm... don’t you think that the Time Keepers may want to talk to him first? From what I can tell Mobius is a damn good agent and it would be a shame for them to never have met him. Seeing as you are about to take Loki, Sylvie and I to be pruned, what is one more person in that line up?” You could tell Ravonna cared for Mobius so she may want to prolong the inevitable.
“Good point. Take these three to the elevator.” Ravonna commanded. You let out a breath you didn’t even realize you were holding. One of the guards grabs your arm and you don't resist walking forward willingly being led to the elevator. As the Five of you enter without the guards the only thing you are focused on is the gray haired man standing beside you. Stepping out of the elevator you look up at the Time Keepers Loki and Sylvie stand in front of it, then it was you and Mobius and behind you was Ravonna with two guards behind her and two guards in front of Loki and Sylvie. You were scared to tell the truth, but not for the reason you thought you would be. You were scared that you were going to die before telling Mobius how you really feel about him. You looked over at said man to discover he was already looking at you. You couldn’t hear what the Time Keepers were saying or how your friends were responding. It felt like no one else was in the room as you reached for Mobius’s hand to comfort not only him but yourself. You are drawn out of this moment when Sylvie steps forward and Ravonna tries to rewind her only for it not to work. The elevator doors suddenly open and B-15 steps out; she presses a few buttons on a different collar controller and the collars fall from the four of your necks.
“For all time.” B-15 says, “Always” B-15 throws Sylvie her sword and all hell breaks loose. Two of the guards attack B-15 knocking her down but not killing or pruning her before they get a chance to finish the job Ravonna orders them to protect the Time Keepers. You prepare to take on the two guards closest to the elevator when Sylvie walks up beside you. The two of you nod at each other before both lunging at one of the two minute men. You grab hold of the man’s weapon, pulling it away from his body, slightly turning it so the sharp end is pointing at the man before driving it into him, killing him. You look over at Sylvie to see if she needs any help only to find her finishing off her own minute man before she makes eye contact with Ravonna. You knew about Sylvie and Ravonna’s history and knew better than to get in between the two. You then turned to check on Loki and Mobius, finding Mobius pinned down and Loki too preoccupied to help. You grab the dead minute man's weapon and approach the man attacking mobius from behind puning him before he even realizes you are there. You kneel down next to Mobius checking him over for any injuries.
“Are you okay?” You ask panicked that he may be hurt.
“Yeah... yeah I’m fine thanks to you.” He mutters his hands coming to cup your cheeks to make you look in his eyes. “I’m okay. Let’s go help Loki and Sylvie with the Time Keepers, okay?” You subconsciously lean into his hands before answering.
“Okay.” You turn around taking note of the fact both Loki and Sylvie had finished taking down their opponents standing in front of the Time Keepers. You help Mobius to his feet and the two of you make your way over to join them. Look up at the Time Keepers, the one in the middle was speaking to Sylvie.
“...We can talk.”
“Oh yeah.” Sylvie said throwing her sword decapitating the creature in the middle his head falling near your feet. The other things start laughing and you take a step back more than a little freaked out by the fact the decapitated ones body continued to shake as if laughing as well. You look over at Mobius searching for some form of comfort from him but not knowing how to ask for it. You were shaking and Mobius could see it, he walks over to stand in front of you with his back to the “Time Keepers” bodies and puts his hands on your shoulders.
“Hey it’s okay. Everything's gonna be alright I promise.” His blue eyes bore into your own. You give him a little nod and he draws you into his arms. You tuck your head into the crevice between his neck and shoulder breathing in his scent. You pull away slightly cupping his face and make it so your foreheads are touching.
“Mobius, I need to tell you something.”
“You can tell me anything Y/N.” his breath fans your face lightly. You take a second to just enjoy how close you two are.
“Mobius I think I lo...” You cut yourself off with a gasp of pain. Mobius looks at you confused before it hits him. Your body was disintegrating, you were being pruned.
“No! No! Please don't.” His pleads were far too late. You were gone and in your place stood Ravonna. Mobius fell to his knees in grief. He looked up at Ravonna.
“Their time was up, Mobius.” Hearing those words caused sobs to overtake his body while Loki and Sylvie took care of Ravonna. He would never have a chance to tell you that he knew that he loved you.
