until we reunite ❅ loki laufeyson

𝒘𝒆'𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔

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1.03 || we've talked about this

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Althea chews her thumbnail as she sits in the jet, bouncing her knee idly and Natasha looks over at her. "Thea, I get it, I do. But that is very distracting." Natasha says and Althea looks over at her before her knee stills.

"Sorry." She says before going back to chewing her thumbnail.

"So, you know this, Loki, right?" Steve asks and she looks at him.

"Yeah. Pretty well, I think." She responds.

"Do you think you could get him to stand down without a fight? There could be civilians and I'd like to avoid any collateral damage." Steve says.

"I think so. I can definitely try." Althea says and he nods.

"Are you okay?" He asks.

"Yeah. Yeah, something about this just feels off." She says.

"In what way?" He asks and she shakes her head.

"I just- I can't figure out a plausible reason he'd be doing this. He-" She pauses slightly. "Some of what they portray in mythology holds some truth. To a certain extent, Loki could be perceived as a trickster god. But I don't understand why he'd do this." Althea says.

"We'll find out when we get him." Steve says and she nods.

"Yeah, I guess. If he tells you." Althea responds.

"Okay, we're here." Natasha says.

"Can you drop us off behind where he is? I'd like the element of surprise." Steve says.

"For who?" Natasha asks.

"Both of us." He responds.

Althea follows Steve towards where Loki was with the crowd of civilians, Steve jumping in front of a blue energy beam from the sceptre in his hand, deflecting it, knocking Loki down. "You know, the last time I was in Germany and saw a man standing above everybody else, we ended up disagreeing." Steve says.

"The soldier. A man out of time." Loki says.

"I'm not the one who's out of time." Steve says as Natasha arrives in front of them in the Quinjet.

Althea takes advantage of the moment's distraction that provides her with, stepping towards Loki, gently grabbing his wrist. He turns around sharply at the contact before faltering, his expression immediately softening the second he sees the redhead. "Ally?" 

"Hey." She says softly with a small smile as she takes another step towards him. "What are you doing here?" She asks.

"What are you doing here?" He responds.

"That's complicated." The redhead responds, her hand slipping down to grasp his. "I missed you." She says quietly and he nods.

"I missed you too." He says.

"I need you to back down." She says.

"I can't." Loki responds and she frowns.

"Can't?" She asks.

"Won't." He says, squeezing her hand as he speaks.

She frowns for a moment before she realises what he was doing. She goes to speak but he shakes his head subtly as he looks at her pointedly and she nods a little.