#Steve: it's not a lair that makes it sound like we're the bad guys here

[worstloki]

Thor, known hero: You're on speaker so behave.

Loki, known villain: or what, you'll spank me?

Steve: >.>

Tony: >.>

Natasha: >.>

Bruce: >.>

Clint: >.>

#Loki and Thor being familiar can be something so beloved #''Loki. Loki. Loki. Loki.'' ''WHAT'' ''Amora did a thing and now all my limbs tingle weird'' ''Ugh. ok. did you try lavender?'' ''thank u'' #Tony: hey Thor let me see your phone for a second-- #Thor: [clutching it to his chest] you will not use it for information. Loki has likely warded his phone. maybe mine too i don't know #Tony: oh come on #Loki and Thor meeting up and doing stuff when not facing each other in battle is so <3 #Thor and Loki joke flirting and all the Avengers losing it #Loki showing up at Thor's place like hello brother do u have any coloured pins laying around #Thor and Loki video calling each other the day after a battle when they're both still healing from injuries they gave each other #clint gritting his teeth like r u for real texting loki right now. and thor not paying attention is like ya did u want to ask him something #Natasha: you realize he could be using you for information? he could be trying to figure out the layout of the building or the team dynamic #Thor: what? Loki isn't like that. #Natasha: he's an enemy #Thor: he really doesn't need me to find out those sorts of things #Bruce like i can't believe you broke your brothers arm and he kept fighting and Thor is like haha yeah i am proud of him <3 #Steve: you need to stop referring to the tower as our lair #Thor: but-- #Steve: it's not a lair that makes it sound like we're the bad guys here #Thor: :/ #Steve: Loki put you up to this didn't he #Thor: no but he did suggest I start calling you my master and I am now considering it #Loki absolutely knows the Avengers find it weird when Thor and he are casual so he starts teasing more often #sometimes the Avengers are too embarrassed to look him in the eyes when the next fight comes #Thor and Loki being on opposite sides but also setting time aside to hang out and try and mend their relationship is so >>>

[apfelhalm]

lilo misfits au!?! that sounds amazing! 👀

yeah, it follows the basic premise of the Misfits series, the boys from 1D get community service, the storm happens, they get powers. Louis is the guy in the hoodie from the future and tries to save Liam, they fall in love. I wrote about 8-9K words until I lost momentum and it's been unfinished ever since :/

But here, have a snippet while we're at it:

Liam throws his bag aside when he enters the lair and throws Louis a pouty look. "Today you told me I was a knob."

"I know." Louis, who was just making tea, smiles at him and pushes a warm cup into his hands. "I used to say that to everyone."

Liam smiles back, pretending not to notice the past tense. Used to. Why not anymore?

"I remember today," Louis goes on, chuckling a little. "I kept trying to pinch your nipples. I was a right twat to you, but what can I say? I do like to make you blush."

Just that comment alone makes Liam's cheeks go pink. It's weird hearing Louis talk about it like this - like it was a long time in the past, when for Liam it was merely an hour ago. It's also weird to be looked at like this, fondly, almost intimately, like Louis knows something Liam doesn't (which of course he does).

Were they …? Will they …? He doesn't dare asking the question that is on the tip of his tounge. Someone like Louis would never notice someone like him, right? The thought alone is ridiculous, so he clears his throat, trying to change the topic.

"I saw that woman lurking near the community centre," he says, tapping at one of the photographs on Louis' ominous wall of time and space. "The dead probation worker's girlfriend, I think."

Louis cocks his head at that, making a non-commital sound. Liam knows better than to pry. Instead he goes on: "Must be hard, losing someone like that. I mean, she doesn't even know what happened to him. She must think he's dead or something. I can't imagine how sad she must feel."

He still feels guilty about what happened during the night of the storm, still wakes up some nights with a start. Sometimes he wonders, though: where the body disappeared to. If Steve is still out there somewhere, alive. If they could have helped him in any way. He looks up to find Louis watching him intently.

"Grief like that has got nothing to do with sadness, Li. It's like keeping a monster at bay that lurks just in the corner of your eye. It's okay if you don't allow yourself to look too closely, but fuck if you do. Then it's like - you realise that the monster? It wasn't just a bad dream. It's real and it's coming for you. And it will stay right there, in the corner of your eye, for the rest of your life." Louis shrugs. "It's horror. Sadness doesn't even come close to it."

"Who did you lose?"

The question is out before Liam can stop himself. He swallows hard. There's a pause as Louis stares at him and Liam stares right back, not quite believing his own directness. At last, Louis gives in: "My mum."

Liam doesn't think he is lying - the pain in Louis' eyes looks real enough and despite all the secrecy, he has so far been as truthful with Liam as he could without endangering the timeline. Still, it feels like there is more to it than Louis wants to admit.

"I'm sorry. He- you never told me."

Louis smiles again, a small curve of his lips that's graver but also oddly beautiful, and he cups Liam's cheek with one hand. So, so very gentle.

"I just have. I will again."

What happened to you? he wants to ask. What took away your Cheshire Cat smile? He's too afraid, though, and he's not sure he would get an answer.

#ask #ask game #tess is kind of writing #:)