(NOT JUST A LOKI STORY - this story is about many marvel characters with Esther Mason and Loki Laufeyson as the main characters - and also includes a Steve Rogers romance side story with... well you'll have to see :))))
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Once upon a time, there was...
"Everyone deserves a second chance... Especially you two. You were being used just like Dr. Selvig and even Loki... so as Esther says... I'm still not entirely convinced he's on our side."
"...What is 'our side'...?" That's a question I've been asking for far too long.
"It's the side that doesn't want to see humanity extinct... That much I know."
I frown a little and look up at him, remembering how bad everything is... "Do you really think...?"
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"I don't know... I know it's another World War... But this time I don't even know what we're fighting for..."
"Well like you said... we're fighting to save humanity...?" my eyes look into his that don't return my gaze... until they do.
"I just hope we don't have to lose more on the way..."
"...Did you lose someone in your war?" I ask quietly, almost not even thinking before I asked that.
He thinks and looks down. "...I lost a lot of people..."
"...Your family?"
"...My parents both died when I was young... and then in the war... I lost my best friend..."
"...I know what it feels like... I lost both my parents too... but we weren't in a war... we were just having dinner..." I look down as the memory comes back for a second time today and push it from my mind. I swallow away any pain. "I'm sorry I... shouldn't bother you about my pity story... I just... that memory was brought up in my mind and I..." my voice cracks, "I relived it... all over again..."
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There is a quiet moment and I can just feel the sympathy from his eyes. "...It's okay..." he says... giving me permission to shed tears if that's what I need.
I shut my eyes and look down. The tears burning behind him, clawing to escape like a hungry animal. I try to push them back but one of them trails down my cheek and my hand goes to my mouth.
I don't expect him to do this but his arms wrap around me in comfort. I didn't know it was what I needed but it certainly is. And I shrink into his embrace like a child, my head against his chest as I let a few more tears fall. "I miss them..." I whisper with a quivering voice.
