Loki x Reader: Into the MCU

Chapter 32: Aftermath

"Stop!" Valkyrie shouted, standing and glaring down at you. 

You met her stare firmly, but you didn't glare. You hoped you looked as sympathetic for her as you felt. Whether you did or not, and whether that stopped her from killing you or not, was unclear. However, she didn't attack, which was a good thing. She held your gaze for a bit longer, the sadness beginning to shine through the cracks in her anger. She must have noticed herself breaking, as she turned and stormed out of the room, not saying another word.

"You certainly know how to drop information softly on someone," Nat snickered.

"Is there an easy way to say what needed to be said? She was never going to believe me, and probably still doesn't. But just as she had to face her past in Ragnarok, she has to come to terms with it now. I can't pull a Loki and physically make her face her trauma, but I did the next best thing."

"She'll be alright," Bruce said.

"Well, I guess the only question left is...do you believe me, Bruce? Or Mr. Banner, if Bruce is weird. I get into the habit of calling people by their names cuz that's what I've called you for ten years, but if it's weird I can---"

"No no, it's fine," he assured you, "And...I don't think you're lying. It'll take time to wrap my mind around the notion. But I have to admit, between the dialogue and actions you seem to remember like the back of your hand, it seems like you really are a classic case of movie nerd."

You laughed, nodding your head in submission. "Can't argue with you there, I'm your stereotypical Star Wars/superhero/movie weirdo."

"So I have a movie too, right?" he asked curiously, if not eagerly.

"Oh, um, yeah but...we pretend it doesn't exist."

His face dropped. "What why?!"

"It's not the best, and let's just leave it at that. In fact, they changed actors...wonder how that makes sense now that I think about it...like, they changed actors with Rhodey too. But if you guys are real in this universe, ya must have looked the same the whole time. So is there a universe out there where you look like your previous actors? Huh...interesting," you mused out loud, staring at the wall as you spoke.

"There are so many questions about what's happened, and that's your biggest concern?" Nat scoffed.

"I'm just curious," you defended.

"Ok, so, I have a bad movie...do the others have their own films?"

"Cap, Thor, and Tony have three, though Nat appears in a lot of them, you're in the third Thor, and practically everyone's in the third Cap, besides you and Thor who are off world still. Nat has a standalone, Wanda has a TV series, Sam and Buck get a TV series, Loki has a series, Clint is getting his own series, and there are four Avengers movies, Ultron being the second one. T'Challa, who you haven't met yet, has his own movie. Captain Marvel, who you haven't met yet, has her own movie. Scott, who you haven't met, has two movies so far. Spiderman, who, sorry, you also haven't met, has two films, but a third is on the way. The Guardians, the people I mentioned earlier who have the daughter of Thanos with them, have two movies. Oh, and Dr. Strange has his own movie."

 "Wow...and you people watch these all??"

"Avengers: Endgame is currently the highest grossing movie in the world. The year between Infinity War, which ended with Thanos snapping and half of you dying, and Endgame was the most painful but hypest year of my life. The whole world was waiting on the edge of their seats, waiting to see you guys find a way to bring everyone back. My friends and I all saw it on opening day with a packed theater. It was the greatest experience, everyone cheering when those who were snapped came back for the final battle. Dang, I'm getting goosebumps thinking about it," you chuckled.