20. Love

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Loki always wondered what love was like. His mother described it as a feeling. But that was all it was, just a feeling. Loki and Thor would always talk about how they would marry beautiful princesses when they were older, and rule Asgard together.
And when one day, Loki felt an attraction towards another young prince, Loki was confused. He wondered why he wanted to hold the boy's hand oh so tight, and hug him whenever he liked. He wanted to know why his throat went dry and his hands got clammy whenever he was around the boy. Loki asked his brother about it, and Thor simply told him that's what he feels around pretty girls. But Loki felt like that around boys. He felt out of place.

Loki confided in the only other person he trusted, his mother. She explained to him that what he was experiencing was normal, and that it didn't matter if he felt that around a girl, a boy, something else or even if he didn't feel that at all. Loki felt relieved to hear it, and childishly asked his mother what he was feeling and what he should do about it.
His mother simply told him he'll understand when he was older.

Time passed, years went by and Loki only ever felt like that with barely a handful of people. He began to stick his nose into the pages of a book, and dream about the different lives people had. He read about fairies, ogres, mermaids, scientists, artists, businesspeople, mathematicians, forests, deserts, and wetlands; Loki enjoyed every piece of literature he could get his hands on.
His favourites, however, were those books about love, faith, and kissing. Loki felt the empty void in his chest filled by the few words written on paper. He did not care if it was fiction or a real story, only if it brought him a taste of solace.

As Loki grew older, and finally understood his mother's mysticism, he began to experience it less. People didn't really like a prince who had a book up to his face, dark features and a lanky body. They liked someone who was strong and bold. Thor was always the first to come to mind when he thought of these things. Even Odin made it clear about that.

The girl that liked Loki turned out to be using him only for his status. And so the prince sealed his heart away, behind a wall of concrete and ice. He would never let his feelings show, he would never let anyone hurt him, instead, he would hurt them first, break their heart before they could break his. He would become the ice-hearted monster he was.

"Shh, it's okay. I've got you." You tried your best to calm down Loki. He was really upset, leaving behind everyone, everything; what he wouldn't do to talk to Thor again.
Loki had been dreaming one night of introducing you to his brother. He dreamt about how Thor would (almost) break your ribs while he hugged you and greeted you as though you were always part of their family. Moreover, Loki dreamt about how proud Thor would have been of him, how proud he would be that his little brother found someone that loved him. He had dreamt about how Frigga would take you in as one of her own.

Loki's mind was numb. He didn't know why you kept doing this for him. Always showing him a sense of home, and comforting him at every moment he needed you. How you selflessly gave him…. love. Loki's mind could only form one word, "Why?"

"Why what? Loki, are you alright?" You questioned him, gently cupping his face as you both lay on the ground with him in your arms.

"I don't know anymore," he whimpered. Loki took in a deep breath, his tears and congestion rendering him breathless. He struggled to form sentences; he was feeling so much, but could only say so little, "Why do you care for me so much? You know what I've done, how selfish I am."

"I don't care, Loki, what you've done and what they say about you," your eyes began to prick with tears as well, "You're my Loki, and I-"

"You what?" He struck, his voice on the edge of venom.

"I think I love you."

Love. It was the feeling Loki had been dreaming about his entire life.

"You're so handsome and funny, and you never fail to make me smile. Even when you get me hotheaded, I can't believe that you're always the one to calm me down. You keep me grounded, Lokes. You make me feel at home. I've spent a long part of my life, just surviving for the shit of it, not because I want to. Ever since you randomly appeared in my house, stealing food from my fridge and sleeping in my bed, I've had the will to stay alive. You make me want to be alive. To live a life with you. You mean so much to me Loki, and I honestly can't put it into words to describe how important you are to me. And ever since you kissed me, I-"

"You really mean all that?" Loki's eyes welled in tears. You were confessing your love to him, calling him important. You wanted to live out a life with him. He was yours. And Loki wanted to be yours, and yours only, till his last breath.

"I do."

"Kiss me," he begged in a hoarse voice. You pressed your salt-ridden lips to his, it being awkward at first. You both had to reposition your heads to fit the kiss better, noses fitting into his other's cheeks, and hands coming together to hold each other, "I love you too."

Loki kissed you like a child having his very first kiss, soft and pure, as though he had never experienced something like it before. Loki wondered as your fingers interlocked with his, about how comforting your body was near his, no one made him feel this way.
He felt safe. He finally felt at home. He could be himself, and he didn't have to hide a thing about himself from you. He trusted you.

He was your incursion.

if i get no lokius in s2 i will riot and write more fanfiction

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if i get no lokius in s2 i will riot and write more fanfiction

anyways this is the end of this book !! it's nearly been a whole ass year and so I wanted to keep it short and sweet (honestly you could replace the reader with Mobius and the entire book would be fine 👍)

im working on a Tom Hiddleston x reader, but that ain't coming out anytime soon bcz i gotta prewrite a lot of shit since it's a enemies to lovers

- nino :)

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