He was searching tirelessly through the files looking for something, a part of him was looking for a file where his mother lived and another part of him was mindlessly looking for the specific file he was ordered to find. He found a box with a thick file and a tape, he reads the file and sees it is another Loki file and the tape is labeled Universe 00: Earhbound Loki. He had not found any tapes of his variants so far while going through the files so far, he opened the thick file and began to skim through for the differences in this variants life and his. He stopped at the words “Spouse: (Y/n), Children: Fen, Thor” wife? And children? He was baffled at the thought that he, him even of another reality, had a family, on Midgard and with children at that. A small smile appeared on his lips and a wistful look passed through his eyes as he imagines such a life. He furthermore searches through the file and finds a small photo card of the little family. The variant of himself was smiling and had his arms wrapped around the waist of the most beautiful woman Loki had ever seen. The children looked like such a wonderful mix of Loki and this woman, his wife. He felt his heart clench at the thought of her, a beautiful woman who he did not know yet his heart fluttered at the thought of her. With a large sigh Loki frappes the tape and placed it to see what was on it. The screen first glowed green then it began to show this Loki variants life play out. Loki watched the events that he shared along with this version of himself and then he heart clenched when he saw the difference between him and this version of himself. The difference was that Frigga never died. Loki didn’t fall into his darkest time because Frigga lived and his mother introduced (Y/n) to Loki in hopes of him courting her, and he did. He courted the demi-goddess and spent his life with her on Midgard. They had children and Frigga was able to spend time with them as a grandmother, it was something she always wanted. It was the life Loki always wanted. A life where he is happily married to the life of his life with two little troublemakers that his mother spoils. But this variants tape ended when the variant Loki went against the multiverse to bring back (Y/n) from her death. The Loki of this timeline cried, he cried so hard watching the version of himself fall apart over her limb body. She fought like a warrior. She just wanted to protect her children and perished in the process. When the tape ended this Loki sat in silence, sat in his tears and looked at the family picture and held it to his chest. It was a life he could have had. A life that ended in a way he wish it didn’t end in. He wanted to go find (Y/n), he wanted to go and protect her and protect their children. He wanted so desperately to have even a portion of the happiness that variant of himself had. So he went to that universe, he went to their quant home and opened the door. He wanted to protect the little family and he wished the variant of himself to continue to have the life he could have had. So Loki sought them out and stood in the kitchen of their house. She was making breakfast, the variant of himself was sitting at the table with the children laughing about a story he told. Loki relished in the laughter, he relished in the joy that the house was filled in. And then he let his presence be known. “I am terribly sorry for the intrusion, but I wanted to see your family”, he spoke with a hoarse voice when they all paid him attention. (Y/n) looked from her Loki to him and had a slight look of confusion but either way wasn’t fazed much. The room was silent except for the sound of the food sizzling. “I am Loki from another timeline. I just wanted to see the life I could have had” he finally says with more strength in his voice. (Y/n)’s eyes softened as she realised her husband from another time didn’t get this life, didn’t meet her and never had children. “You never met me in your time did you?” She gently asked, Loki answered with a small nod. “I’m awful, I’m afraid you in my timeline would think me evil”.