MAGIC AND CROWNS ; loki

xxvii. an ugly yellow dress

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Funny thing about Cora, she finds herself always foreboding. Whatever misfortune she claims, happens

Well, not always, but most times, yeah

She swore either Strange or Wong would get seriously hurt during battle, and that same day she had to stop his first midgardian friend from dying

She didn't want the world to be threatened by robots, but ultron happened, and had to save another of his midgardian friends from dying, after all, third's the charm, right?

So, when she got Heimdall's call, she was seriously scared that now she'd have to save yet another one of his friends from death

"i would not be surprised if Odin threw me in the dungeons the second i set foot in the palace"

"Oh, don't be silly, he's not gonna put you in the dungeons"

Cora Francis is a jinx

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Not a second after leaving the sanctum wordlessly, she found herself in the middle of the compund's common room, already rattling her brains out over what she should do

"Okay, talk to me" she demanded, picking up her phone as soon as the beginning of her ringttone's echo bounced against the walls

"The Allfather imprisoned him as soon as he saw him, the prince will be set free once he's going back to midgard, he is not to be roaming around during the visit" came the monotone voice of the gatekeeper

"That's such bullshit" she cursed under her breath, pacing around the room, more profanities spilling out of her mouth with no restraint

"Prince Thor came up with the idea of summoning you up so you can take him back to the tower, so Loki doesn't have to stay for the rest of the week cooped up in there"

"Well, that's less than an ideal solution" she mused deep in thought, until Heimdall's voice brought her back to reality

"Look, I know this doesn't sound good, but Thor is like two minutes away, and he'll be expecting to find you, i can come up with some excu-"

"What? No!" she scowled in something close to disbelief, is this what i have become? Am i in such a mania that the people who know me best, assume that my secrets are above my loved ones' well-being?, was all she could think

"Just, give me a second to conjure back up my sanctum robes and delete the last couple of minutes of the room's security footage, then open the bifrost" she instructed, instantly hanging up on the gatekeeper and throwing the phone across the room

It's happening, god it can't be happening

I'm not a good friend

I'm not a good person

Should have never come here, I should have left the second i saw an asgardian

Shouldn't have fell in-

Oh no

I love him, don't I?

I should have never come here

So who cares if I was lonely? If it felt like life was swallowing me whole?

What does it matter if this is the first time in fifty years that i can say i have a family again

Yeah, but remember what happened fifty years ago

Of course she remembers what happened, why else would she still be hiding? Lying? Risking her best chance at love? It can't just be all for nothing at all