The Spawn of FrostIron

The Lab

Tony was a bit nervous to show his sanctuary to anyone, let alone a Norse god he believed he could actually fall in love with. But here he was leading Loki into his private lab hoping for, well he really didn't know what he was hoping for.

Loki paused in the doorway and took everything in as Tony moved forward to greet Dummy, Butterfingers, and You. "Hey boys, did you miss Daddy?" The bots cooed and swarmed him. Tony crouched and scratched their joints affectionately. They spun around and squealed in excitement at Tony's attention. "I've only been gone a few hours." Tony laughed before standing and patting the bots one last time. He turned to find Loki watching him with a fond smile. "Well," Tony said while glancing around. "What do you think?" Even though he said it casually Loki could tell Tony was anxious about his response. However before he could answer a voice spoke from seemingly nowhere.

"Sir, I have discovered a small anomaly in the most recent design you asked me to examine." Tony turned on his heel and strode quickly towards one of the desks. With a small flick of his wrist the room lit up an icy blue as fozens of holograms popped up. Stunned Loki walked further into the room and spun slowly to see them all. They were blueprints of all of Tony's most recent ideas and they were all astounding to Loki. Some were clearly for the other Avengers and others were too difficult for him to understand. Loki looked to Tony to see him immersed in a different hologram showing an Iron Man suit. He was adding here and deleting there, brows creased with concentration and hands never still. Tony's eyes inspected every inch of his design looking for any flaws. Loki stood just watching for hours, never growing bored of seeing Tony in his element. And he was so breathtaking to watch.

Tony, so focused on his work, forgot Loki was even there. He just built, bantered with Jarvis, teased his bots, and programmed. He was himself for no one to see except-

Tony spun around in his chair to see a new set of equations for his armour and spotted Loki, who was staring at him with something akin to awe. Tony cleared his throat self-consciously and stood. Brushing his grease stained hands on his pants he moved to stand in front of Loki. "Sorry," he said. "I tend to lose track of time down here. And I'm sure you're bored by now because I was only going to show you around. And now you've been stuck down here for hours and I'm so sorry that I-" Loki cut him off with a chaste kiss. "Anthony," he whispered, his lips barely brushing against Tony's. "I could watch you for an eternity and never grow bored. You are magnificent." Tony tried to look away in slight embarrassment but Loki's hand on his chin stopped him. "Do not hide from the truth my seiðr." Loki said firmly. Tony looked him straight in the eyes and nodded. "Okay." He replied. Loki smiled brilliantly at his response. Tony's heart fluttered at that. With a smile Tony grabbed Loki's hand and lead him out the lab.
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Author's Note:
Seiðr meaning: enchantment