Loki's Lover

Chapter 16.

Y/n POV:

Eventually half an hour later, all the other avengers clambered out of the icy ocean.
"Only y/n would bring a book to the beach" tony laughed,
"It's a perfectly normal thing to do" Nat defended me,
"It's fine nat, I don't think Tony has ever picked up a book before" I laughed whilst putting my book away and standing up,
"Is that trash talk from the healer?" Tony teased,
"Put em up tony" I mocked, whilst circling tony with my fists up,
"Lemme go get my suit" Tony joked whilst shoving me away. That's the best thing about Tony, he has been a father figure in my life ever since I came to live in the tower, once again thanks to tony. We always joke around but I know who I can really rely on in this family.

"Who's hungry?" Cap said loud enough to grab all of our attention. It turns out Steve was very into planning today, and had packed an entire picnic lunch including drinks and sandwiches. Loki was so engrossed in the book I had provided for him that I went over and grabbed two sandwiches for him and myself, and sat back down beside him.
"Here you go lokes" I smiled whilst slowly removing the book from his hands and placing the sandwich in his massive, cold hands.
"Oh, thank you darling" he said surprised,
"Liking the book?" I smirked at the copy of Harry Potter and The phisolshers stone in my hands,
"I do darling, I find it quite intriguing a school to learn sorcery, you see my mother was my teacher" he smiled, looking to be thinking of a fond memory. I smiled at how cute he looked and left him to wander his memory and began eating my sandwich.

After we all had eaten our lunch I decided to take a walk along the beach.
"Hey lokes, care to take a stroll with me?" I said in a friendly manner,
"It would be an honour love" Loki said, instantly jumping to his feet.
Loki and I walked down to the shore, I had thrown on my denim shorts over my swimsuit and Loki had thrown a black shirt over his chiselled abs.
"Angel I said it before and I'll say it again, you look beautiful" Loki said with a huskiness in his voice,
"Not so bad yourself" I giggled playfully,
"No but seriously darling," Loki said sternly, "You don't see how gorgeous you are do you?" he said with sadness in his voice. My voice caught in my throat and I paused, It was as though he and Nat all are mind readers?
I coughed and regained my voice,
"Is this your way of saying I'm beautiful?" I teased, at this Loki smirked and we continued walking side by side along the beach.

As we were walking Loki began appreciating the sun in the horizon, and we stumbled upon an unfinished sandcastle.
"Oh my god!" I shrieked,
"What is it?" Loki said instantly wrapping his arms around my waist and hiding me behind his body from the direction of the sandcastle,
"A sandcastle!" I said excitedly whilst squirming in his grip. Loki was confused as to where the danger was but very slowly released his hold on my waist.
I dropped to my knees beside the half dismissed castle and got right to work, repairing the damage to the mote of the castle.
"My love what are you doing?" Loki said confused whilst looking down at me,
"Oh, here on earth, it's a tradition to build sandcastles at the beach!" I explained whilst looking up at him,
"Midguardians build sand houses for enjoyment?" Loki pondered,
"I used to do it all the time before-" I cut myself off before I over-shared about my past,
"Before what?" Loki said,
"Nothing don't worry?" I said quickly, I think Loki released we had wandered onto a sensitive topic and he let it go but with a We'll talk about the later, look on his face.
"Are you just gonna stand their prince Loki?" I laughed as I began rebuilding the sides of the castle,
"So your asking me to get on my knees and build a castle out of sand with you?" Loki said with a raised eyebrow,
"Pleeeeeaaaseeee" I pleaded whilst turning to face him on my knees,
"I gotta learn how to say no to you" Loki grumbled whilst running a hand over his eyes,
I began laughing and he turned to look at me, enjoying the feeling of making me laugh.
"Only for you y/n would I ever do this" he grumbled before lowering himself to his knees.
"How do I do this?" Loki said with a mischievous glint on his eyes.

For the next half an hour I kneeled with Loki in the sand teaching him how to be a pro-sandcastle builder and it didn't take him long to get the hang of it. Once we had finished building I leaned back and admired our handy work.
"Well would you look at that" Loki sighed with a satisfied edge to his voice,
"Hmmm no it's missing something.." I pondered,
"Oh I know sea shells!" I clapped before jumping to my feet,
"Where would one find these sea shells?" Loki said now also rising to his feet,
"In the shallows and on the shore" I smiled whilst walking towards the ocean,
"If you think I'm going back into that ice bath you are mistaken" Loki said sassily,
"Fine then. I'll go alone, scaredy cat" I said whilst poking my tongue out at him,
"Sorry let me paraphrase, if you think I'm letting you go back into that ice bath you are mistaken." Loki says strictly.
Loki was standing beside the sandcastle and I was standing around 5 meters away. I slowly took a big step back whilst still looking directly at Loki. Loki glared at my act and his demeanour changed from human to a big cat. His eyes prowled up and down my body like a lion and gave me a don't you dare take another step look.
I being the idiot I am turned around and bolted into the water.
"Y/n! Dammit" Loki growled whilst chasing after me. As I entered the knee high water I stopped running, Loki's arms were quick to warp around me and hoist me out of the water.
"Loki!" I shouted whilst dangling in his arms,
"Babygirl I told you to stay out of the water." Loki growled. I huffed whilst remaining to not admit he's right,
"You are going to get sick if you remain in this water any longer." Loki said with no room for argument in his tone,
"If you just let me grab a few shells I won't get sick" I grumbled whilst straining my neck to meet his eyes,
"No." Loki grunted whilst looking at me sternly,
"Loki." I challenged,
"No."
"Lokes?"
"No."
"We need it for the sandcastle!" I argued,
"No."
"Pleaseeeeeee" I pouted.
Loki heaved a massive sigh and exhaled loudly whilst rolling his eyes. Loki then began walking back to to the shore,
"But lokes-" I began arguing, but Loki gently placed me back on my feet on the dry shore,
"Wait here." Loki said firmly and for once I listened. Loki then trudged back out into the shallows and began picking up shells. I froze in shock and couldn't stop the smile from coming to my face, here I have the God of mischief, Prince Loki of Asgard, letting me boss him around, build sandcastles and collect sea shells for me, I am one lucky girl.

After 5 minutes of watching Loki carefully sift through shells, he walked out of the ocean towards me with a handful of colourful shells.
"You really are something else" I breathed aloud. In reply loki placed his hand on the lower of my back, coaxing me back to the sandcastle. I smiled at the physical contact and kneeled back down beside the castle with loki beside me.
The next 20 minutes we're spent with excruciating care deciding which shells to put where.
"This green ones really pretty" I smiled at the lilac green shell in my palm,
"Just like me" loki grinned,
"And to think you were going to say I was pretty" I said in a fake upset voice,
"I'm joking my love, yes you are very pretty" loki said sounding amused. I blushed and looked down,
"Thankyou pretty boy" I smiled, and I swear I saw him shiver in delight when I said it but I chose to ignore it.

Once we finished we both smirked in delight, I somehow got loki to pose beside it for a photo. I took the photo and then shoved my phone into my back pocket, making sure to remind myself to post it later.
After a couple more minutes of enjoying our hard work, me and lokes headed back to the group to find everyone packing up for the day.
"Where have you two been?" Thor questioned,
"Just hanging out" I smiled innocently.
Thor winked at Loki and Nat gave me a your telling me everything later look.
Eventually everyone piled back into the two limos, either highly sunburnt or very tired. I climbed into our limo to notice Loki nowhere to be seen,
"What's wrong doll?" Bucky asks, catching my worried look,
"Where's Loki?" I said worriedly, just as Tony was about to make a snarky remark Loki came jogging up the beach and towards the car.
"Hey where'd you go?" I said whilst opening the car door for him,
"I forgot something but I have it now don't worry darling" Loki soothed and jumped into the car. I shook off the worry and sat back in our seats we where in on our way to the beach. Nobody bothered to talk in the car or when we slowly piled out of the car and to the elevator of the avengers tower.
As we all entered the living room, leaving a trail of sand in our wake I spoke up,
"Alright I'm going for a shower" I said with a soft yawn, making Loki's face physically soften.
Multiple okays and what's for dinner? Where thrown around the room as I left.
"I'll see you later lokes" I said whilst bumping my shoulders against his playfully as I exited the room,
"Looking forward to it" Loki smiled before I trotted up to my room, in desperate need for a shower.