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[your-eternal-lies]

_  HEAT OF THE MOMENT (AU masterlist)

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FEATURED PAIRINGS — Fire Chief!Ari Levinson x Reader / Firefighter!Bucky Barnes x Reader / Firefighter!Jake Jensen x Reader / Small!Firefighter!Steve Rogers x Reader / Fire Marshal!Frank Adler x Reader / Firefighter!Loki Laufeyson x Reader / Firefighter!Lloyd Hansen x Reader / Firefighter!Thor Odinson x Reader / Firefighter!Pietro Maximoff x Reader AU INTRO — The local fire department, the famous and beloved Station 616, is just teeming with eligible bachelors... but not for long! Summers are for falling in love, after all.

CONTENTS AND WARNINGS — Modern AU, firefighter AU, crossover fic, language, fluff, mild angst, sexual content (ranging from mild to explicit), rom-com vibes, no use of y/n, each character gets their own Reader (not a poly fic), playboy tendencies, age gap, friends to lovers, workplace romances, enemies to lovers, allusions to divorce/troubled marriages, and possibly more as the stories are written.

NOTE — Each story is a three-part miniseries and can be read as standalones. I do not currently have any plans to write any more than what’s listed, but I will never say never. There is also no release schedule; I will post at my own leisure so please refrain from asking, thank you!

LAST UPDATED: March 31, 2024 STATUS: Coming Soon

PLAYING WITH FIRE _  ╰┈➤ ft. Fire Chief!Ari Levinson x Photographer f!Reader

Ari is the dedicated fire chief of Station 616 who runs the show with an iron fist and a heart of gold, but the one thing he can’t seem to get a handle on is his personal life—until the Station is partnered up with a new bright-eyed photographer for this year’s charity calendar photoshoot. Part 1 ┊ Part 2 ┊ Part 3

MOTH TO A FLAME _  ╰┈➤ ft. Firefighter!Bucky Barnes x Firefighter f!Reader

There are strict rules to be followed in life, otherwise the world would descend to chaos, right? You insist on never dating a coworker, while Bucky insists on not dating at all. Well, fortunately for the both of you, everyone knows rules are made to be broken. Part 1 ┊ Part 2 ┊ Part 3

FIRE AND WHISKEY _  ╰┈➤ ft. Firefighter!Jake Jensen x Bartender f!Reader

It’s tradition that the entire squad heads down to the same local hole in the wall for any occasion, no matter what it is, okay? It has absolutely nothing to do with Jensen’s insanely obvious crush on the badass bartender, capeesh?  Part 1 ┊ Part 2 ┊ Part 3

COMIN’ IN HOT _  ╰┈➤ ft. Small!Firefighter!Steve Rogers x Volunteer f!Reader

At just 5’4” and 95 pounds soaking wet, Steve is the scrawniest yet the most determined member of the 616 team. Often underestimated, he finds solace in a budding relationship with the part-time volunteer at the firehouse, who seems to see right through his physical appearance. Part 1 ┊ Part 2 ┊ Part 3

BURNING UP _  ╰┈➤ ft. Fire Marshal!Frank Adler x Business Owner f!Reader

You are horrified when you head to work one day only to discover that your precious store has gone up in flames. And if that isn’t already terrible enough, it seems the crabby, unsmiling fire marshal assigned to your case is already convinced that you’re guilty of arson. Part 1 ┊ Part 2 ┊ Part 3

HEAT WAVE _  ╰┈➤ ft. Firefighter!Loki Laufeyson x Environmentalist f!Reader

Loki, the enigmatic and secretly sensitive member of the team, is dispatched to a scene across town, he’s not expecting anything out of the ordinary. Imagine his surprise when he finds a woman from his past, chained to a tree, and leading an environmental protest that is quickly getting out of hand. Part 1 ┊ Part 2 ┊ Part 3

WARM BEDS _  ╰┈➤ ft. Firefighter!Lloyd Hansen x Teacher f!Reader

Lloyd doesn’t actually like teaching fire safety to snot-nosed brats, but he loves going on the prowl for his next one night stand with the single moms, teachers, and school administrators… until he meets his match in a new no-nonsense teacher, who remains frustratingly unimpressed in the face of his uniform and charm. Part 1 ┊ Part 2 ┊ Part 3

HOT-BLOODED _  ╰┈➤ ft. Firefighter!Thor Odinson x Grad Student f!Reader

You’re usually very level-headed, okay? You’re not usually the type to get into scrapes like this. All you wanted was a tiny bit of revenge on your cheating, lying ex-boyfriend… you didn’t expect your rage to get the better of you, nor did you expect the fire you set to his car to get so out of control.  Part 1 ┊ Part 2 ┊ Part 3

WORLD ON FIRE _  ╰┈➤ ft. Firefighter!Pietro Maximoff x Reporter f!Reader

Rumours begin to swirl around Station 616, calling into question the integrity of the fire department’s hiring policies. But when you meet Pietro Maximoff, the firefighter at the centre of all the controversy, suddenly the price of a potentially career-making story is no longer one you’re willing to pay. Part 1 ┊ Part 2 ┊ Part 3

NOTES — I cannot wait to share these with you!!! 🥰

#ari levinson x reader #bucky barnes x reader #steve rogers x reader #loki laufeyson x reader #thor odinson x reader #lloyd hansen x reader #jake jensen x reader #frank adler x reader #pietro maximoff x reader #firefighter au #au: heat of the moment #marvel fanfiction #chris evans character fanfiction

[lunaroserites]

Art and Ice - Doodle

Pairing: Eventual Bucky Barnes x Fem!Reader

Characters: Natasha, Wanda, Pietro, Loki, Bucky, Sam Wilson, Clint Barton, a lot of the avengers cast is mentioned.

Summery: MC asks Bucky to be her focus on her project.

This might a 2 or 3 parter (it's gonna be more because cannot help myself). College AU, our boy Bucky is on the hockey team, and reader is an art major (because I love that trope and couldn't help myself)

Warnings: Not beta'd! All mistakes are my own. Friends fluff, swearing, mentions of college students being college students. Bit of friendly harmless flirting between friends. Bucky is a playboy. Fighting.

Word Court: 2770

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Catch up here: Chapter 1 Chapter 2 ❤️

“You think I can just say fuck it and drop out?” The words tumbled out of your mouth quickly as you walked with Nat toward the arena. Practice was in the afternoon today because there was a game tonight. According to Nat our rival team would be here later to do some warm up before the game tonight. 

“Seriously?” She raised a manicured brow at you. 

“Maybe Pietro was right. I should be a drama major,” you whispered, mostly to yourself. You knew you were being over dramatic about the ordeal, but Barnes was an egotistical jerk and he was going to make this project hell. Was that a pessimistic take on it? Maybe. Were you wrong? Probably not. 

You pulled your school hoodie tighter, winter's grasp was holding on tight this year. The wind nipped at your nose and cheeks as you both made your way into the arena. Once inside the main doors heat blasted at you, you rubbed your arms with your hands and looked at Nat who was doing the same. 

“You are dramatic. But it’s gonna be fine,” her confidence almost made you believe her. Originally you were just going to wait and ask him outside the arena, in hopes maybe his cocky, surefire attitude would be on the back burner. But Nat said practice was amping up now as the season drew closer to playoffs and the team would be traveling a lot more. Nat led us to our seats next to the bench, another woman was sitting there already. 

“Peggy!” Nat said cheerfully, as she sat down next to her. 

“Natasha!” she said cheerfully back. “Who’s this?” She smiled at you. You waved and introduced yourself.

“Oh you’re the one doing the art project? Steve mentioned it,” she asked. 

You nodded, “news travels fast?” you laugh a little weirded out how she already knew. 

“Hockey players gossip worse than fishermen wives in the locker room...”

“And out of it,” Nat added with a laugh, Peggy chuckled as well.

 “And Barnes can’t shut up about the fact you drew him,” Peggy said with an eyeroll. Right, you thought. Peggy probably spent a decent time around him, since Steve and him were best friends, from your understanding it was rare to see one without the other. 

“I’m not surprised,” you chuckled, looking down at your sketchpad. The night before you stayed up and watched videos of Barnes’ best plays and a couple of his interviews. There were some very detailed pictures of his face there. You quickly turned to a black page so Nat wouldn’t see it and poke fun. When you found a muse, it was hard for you to focus on anything but it. You could feel the hole you were digging getting bigger and bigger. 

“Fuck,” you glared at Barnes as he slammed into the glass in front of you, startling you. He had his helmet lifted and he was giving you a bright and flirty smile. You raised an eyebrow at him and shook your head, uninterested in his antics. He slipped his helmet down and pushed back, skating backwards, he moved so fluidly, you couldn’t help but pay attention. 

“Oi! Barnes. Pay attention,” someone snapped, you looked towards the voice and stared for a moment. 

“Coach Fury,” Nat said to you, “the only person that can get Barnes to pay attention besides Steve,” she finished. You nodded before looking back at the players. Your eyes were drawn to a smaller player, he wore a 12 on his back, Stark. He had been in one of your business classes you took in your second semester. He was an interesting guy, cocky and arrogant, he also came from money. His father was the owner of Stark Industries. He was speeding up and down the ice with ease. 

“12, he's fast,” you murmured to Nat, who nodded.

“He broke a record last year, his size makes it easier for him to zoom around,” Nat answered as she looked down at my paper, “Barnes really has your eye doesn’t he, this is like the Hela thing all over again,” she chuckled.  

“Yeah,” you blushed deeply and looked back down at your paper. You really wished one of the other teammates caught your attention, if Clint did this would be much simpler. But of of course the school hot shot had to be one to catch your eye.

“Hey,” Nat lifted your chin and made you look at her. “It’s fine, muses come and go. That’s how art is,” she smiled, that was one thing you loved about Nat, she never questioned or made fun of your muses or how ridiculous an idea you had was when it came to your art. She would poke fun, and make silly jokes, but nothing harmful. Just good natured fun. Her support was unwavering and true. 

Nat was a dancer, she was studying dance and dance theory. That’s how you two met, you accidently stumbled into one of the dance studios after hours instead of the art room. She was there practicing, and made small talk with you. You ended up just sitting on the dance room floor and working on your project talking with her as she practiced. 

“You know what’s funny, I didn’t think about dance for this project,” you chuckled after you relaxed a little. Nat’s face broke into a wide smile. 

“It would be the same as Pietro and the track team, but at least we look cute in our dance attire,” she mused lightly. You laughed loudly at her comment. 

“You really hate those track uniforms,” you shook your head as you chuckled some more. Clint zipped passed a moment later and Nat‘s eye followed him like a magnet. “Goodness, you’re so in love, it’s sickening,” you mused, she pushed your shoulder playfully. 

“How long have you two known one another?” Peggy asked. 

“Since first semester,” you answered her with a smile. 

“You guys are such good friends, I would have expected childhood bestfriends,” Peggy said, as she smiled at Steve who skated by. 

“We just clicked,” you shrugged, returning to your sketchpad. 

Practice drew to a close a little while later and you followed behind Nat and Peggy as they made their way back toward the locker room. There were a few girls, including Pepper Potts, Starks on again/off again girlfriend. Every other week Nat would be talking about it. The girl Bucky had on his arm last time was missing from the group of girls waiting for the players to leave the locker room. First out was Clint, and he made a beeline for Nat, instantly pulling her into a hug and pressing his nose into her neck, she squealed a little as his cold nose made contact with her skin.

Peggy excused herself to go wait by the door for Steve who emerged with Barnes a moment later. She whispered something in Steve’s ear and pointed over at you with a smile. Steve nodded and waved with a small smile of his own. Barnes followed his gaze and instantly he perked up when he noticed you. He swaggered toward you, past the gaggle of girls waiting to try and get his attention, you noticed a couple of them glare in your direction. You stood with your arms crossed over your chest, sketch book tucked against your side. You looked up at him as he came up to you making a complete stop a foot in front of you. He really didn’t care about personal space, you took one step back so you didn't have to crane your neck as much to look him in the face.

“And what do I owe the pleasure today Doodle,” you cocked an eyebrow at the nickname, and squinted slightly. The nickname didn’t make you scrunch your nose or want to gag so it wasn’t the worst. You sighed heavily and danced on the balls of your feet for a moment. He just stared, watching you intently, a dumb cocky smirk plastered on his face. 

“Would you let me draw you for my art project?” You asked, you wished the weight bearing down on your shoulders lifted but it didn’t. You dreaded the thought of spending more time with this menace of a man. His lip twitched further upward and showed some of his perfect white teeth. 

“Ah Doodle, I thought you'd never ask,” he ruffled your hair with one of his big hands. You groaned and moved your head from him and tried to fix your hair. 

“Don’t touch me, please,” you said sternly. “I just need permission to draw you and use your likeness.” 

“Ah don’t be like that,” he moved forward and you stepped backwards and to the right, dodging him. He huffed in annoyance and you stared at him with your arms crossed again and slight scowl. “Will you be at the game tonight?” He asked, finally standing upright, his own arms crossed across his broad chest. 

“Seats are sold out besides the reserved seats for team partners,” you stated, “so no not tonight.”  

“There's always a seat reserved for my girl, you can have that one,” he stated matter of factly. 

“I’m not your girl,” you said back firmly. “This whole thing is for my art project,” you moved your hand jestering to both of you, “it ends once my project is done.” 

You couldn’t quite place the look on his face after you said that, but you could pick up the small look of challenge in his eyes. It seemed he was making this game, like he was contemplating how long it would be before you would cave and give him what he wanted. Another notch in his bed post. From what you could tell based on his body language alone he was not used to being rejected. Women usually flaunted over him and fell in his lap, all he had to do was choose who he wanted at that moment. Your determination to not be one of those girls was considered a challenge to him, met head on with stubborn determination to break you down and get what he wanted in the end. That made your stomach twist at the thought, he only wanted to do this to sleep with you, have some fun and then dump you off on Loki’s lap heart broken. 

You shook your head, lost in your own thoughts. Barnes was still looking at you, a contemplative look on his face. He had his chin in his hand as he rubbed it, “this will be fun, see you tonight Doodle.” You glared at him as he walked away, twirling his keys around his finger. 

“Jerk,” you said softly to yourself before you made your way over to Nat and Clint. 

“Well that went better than I expected,” Nat said quietly as the three of you left the rink until you had to be back later. 

A sleek black car was parked at the curb, you waved goodbye to Nat and Clint as you ran over to the car and slid into the passenger seat, you rolled the window down and shouted “goodbye! See you later,” Nat waved and they continued walking. 

“Hey Loki!” You said cheerfully. 

“Hello darling, I take it asking Barnes went well?” He asked as he put the car in drive and pulled out from the curb. 

“It went alright. The cocky bastard,” you clipped your belt in place and turned your head to look at Loki fully. “He’s already flirting with me,” you shook your head in annoyance. 

“At least he has good taste darling,” Loki said sweetly as we sped down the freeway into town to have an early dinner.

“Have fun darling,” Loki shouted out the open window of the car as he dropped you off at the arena. You turned back and gave him an unamused smile and flipped him off. 

“Yeah, fuck you,” you said with a slight laugh and turned away, waving, “love you dork,” you said over your shoulder. Nat was waiting just inside the arena for you and led you to your seats. 

“So one of the perks of dating hockey players? Free seats?” You mused sitting down next to her, the arena was still pretty empty as the game didn’t start for 45 minutes. 

“One of them,” she chuckled. Warm ups started and Clint stopped for a moment in front of us and lifted his helmet.

“Hey girls,” he said with a smile before darting off to warm up. 

“Looks like Barnes just noticed us,” Nat said as he skated over. 

“He had me clocked from the parking lot,” you grumbled. Nat laughed loudly and placed her hand on your shoulder wiping a tear from her eye. 

“You’re not wrong,” she said between giggles. Barnes skated forward and came to stop sending glittering flecks of shaved ice toward the glass. 

“Nat, Doodle, how's my new favourite girl?” He asked with a cocky smile. You rolled your eyes, and placed your cheek on your hand as you looked at him with a deadpan expression, Nat smirked next to you. You watched as Barnes ran his tongue over his teeth, he then winked and skated off to join warm ups. 

“Do the woman he dates actually like that attitude?” You mused absently as you doodled on the open page of your sketchbook. Nat shrugged.

“Honestly, they’re probably more interested in his looks, and don’t care about anything else. That or the potential paycheck he’ll be earning if they can tie him down long enough,” She said softly. Your gut twisted uncomfortably at that, and you grimaced. Sure the guy was an arrogant prick, but he deserved better than that. Nat noticed your facial expression and nodded. “It’s not really fair, there's moments when he’s more than the arrogant show off, he’s pretty sweet. I think he’s just gotten used to hiding it; he doesn't bother being anything else.” 

“Be what they expect of you and no one will question it,” you hummed. You mindless doodles turned into a simple sketch of his face. You admired the sharpness of his jaw, his mouth set in a soft line that was slightly upturned.  

The game started, and you were too focused on watching Barnes skate to really watch the game. Not that you really understood the sport enough to really understand what was happening in front of you. First intermission passed and they were half through the second period when a black punk landed on your sketch pad. It startled you and your head shot up and you meant Barnes eyes. Nat was giggling next to you as you picked the offending puck up and handed it to the kid sitting behind you, who happened to be wearing a Barnes jersey. The kids day was made and Barnes’ narrowed his eyes at you. You smirked back in return and went back to drawing. 

The crowd erupted in loud chants as Barnes scored with less than a second left in the third period, winning the game for your college. You watched as Barnes skated around celebrating his goal only for the captain of the other team to get up in his face. You tensed up as you watched the guy push Barnes shoulders and then grab his protective gear getting in his face. 

So the rest of the team came to investigate and there was an all out brawl on the ice right in front of you. You stood up and looked down. Barnes was on top of the captain, his fist raised and he was breathing heavily. 

“Bucky,” his name left your lips before you could stop it and he had to have heard you because his face tilted in your direction for a fraction of a second and the captain took that as an opportunity to flip Barnes over and bring a hard fist down on the bridge of his nose. You shrieked as blood gushed out of Barnes’ nose. Nat was standing next to you as you both watched in horror. 

You turned your head and saw your college coach hopping the bench and helping refs break it up. Steve hauled the other team's captain off his best friend and shoved him into the arms of other teammates who pulled him further away. Steve helped Barnes up and took his face in his hands, Barnes just gave him a dopey smile. His gaze turned to you for a moment and he smiled a bigger smile.  You looked at him with wide eyes and your mouth agape, horrified. 

The captain of the other team didn’t look like he fared much better. He was bloody and his eye was swelling shut with each passing second. Coach Fury looked pissed, and was stalking over to the other teams coach for a few words, a ref following close behind.

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[nicoline1998enilocin]

... Who's the fairest of them all?

PAIRING | FWB!Loki Laufeyson x FWB!Avenger!Fem!Reader

WORD COUNT | ~ 800 words

SUMMARY | After your last experience in front of your life-size mirror, you switch roles, and Loki happily lets you take the lead. From telling him how to touch himself to showing him how perfect he is as he reaches his highs, he will never get enough of it, and he might just be convinced to switch roles more often.

RATING | Explicit (E)

WARNINGS/TAGS | Established relationship (Friends with benefits), use of nickname (Gorgeous, Handsome)

SMUT | Porn without plot, D/S undertones, mirror sex, handjob, male and female masturbation, voyeurism, oral (M receiving), facial/cumshot on face, cum swallowing

A/N | I want to thank everyone for their amazing support on part 1 of this story! I planned part 2 quite a few months ago, but life got in the way so I had to postpone the writing and posting. Regardless, I hope you will all enjoy this, and I want to give my endless love to @ccbsrmsf1 for proofreading this! 💜

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Loki is back on earth for a few weeks, and you are making the most of your time together. Not only do you spend a lot of time in the bedroom, but you also do other fun things together, like going out for lunch or the movies and taking walks through New York as the leaves finally turn green again.

But now? Now you're sitting in front of your mirror again; Loki's legs are spread wide as your feet are hooked over them, your head resting on his shoulder as you sit behind him. Your eyes are focused on his in the mirror, a red blush adorning the pale skin of Loki's body as he's looking back at you.

''Look at you, standing proud like that,'' you whisper in his ear as your line of sight trails down to his cock, standing at attention against his abdomen. It's long and slender, but it manages to hit your g-spot every time, and its veins make it a pleasurable experience each time, whether you're using your hands, mouth, or one of your other two holes.

''You can touch yourself, Handsome, just the way I know you want to,'' you say as your hands move from his sides to his inner thighs, squeezing the flesh there softly as his hand moves to his cock, giving it a few loose strokes as his head falls back.

''Eyes on the mirror,'' you order him, and he instantly does, not wanting to disobey you. You praise him for listening to you so well, and you can feel yourself getting wetter in your panties. You're still in the lingerie you wore for him while he's completely bare, making it all the more exciting for both of you.

''Can't get enough of watching you pleasure yourself, Handsome; it makes me so fucking wet for you,'' you tell him as you watch him for a few minutes before pulling back your legs and getting off the bed, walking in front of him until you're standing between his legs, making room for you to kneel between them just the way he likes.

His hands glide into your hair as you look up at him, giving him a mischievous smile he knows all too well. You lean forward and capture his tip with your mouth, suckling on it with hollowed cheeks while looking up at him the entire time. Your hand wraps around the base as you let go with your mouth, ready to give him his next instruction.

''I want you to keep watching yourself in the mirror, Handsome; I want you to see how amazing you look as I make you cum in my mouth,'' you tell him, and he swallows thickly before looking back at the mirror. He can see how your legs are slightly spread, your fingers finding their home between them to give you some relief, too.

Your soft lips wrap around him again, this time slowly working more of him into your mouth as you revel in the moans spilling from Loki's lips, smiling around his cock. It doesn't take long for you to have worked every last inch of him into your mouth and throat, setting a pace that has him groaning uncontrollably, and it only wants to make you rub your clit faster, your high nearing too.

''G-Gorgeous, please, can I cum? Need- need to cum!'' Loki begs, and you decide to focus more on his tip, your hand working him in a rapid motion as you're nearing your high as well. It doesn't take long for you to fall over the edge as you moan around his cock, and that's exactly what turns out to be Loki's downfall as well.

''Oh, fuck! 'm cumming Gorgeous, gonna cum for you, fucking swallow it!'' he says as he looks at himself in the mirror, his chest rising up and down quickly as his orgasm washes over him, and as soon as the first spurts of cum coat your tongue you let go with a pop. His cum lands on your stuck-out tongue, cheeks, and even in your hair and your forehead from the force behind it.

When he's done, you lick every last drop from your lips and scoop some off with your fingers, too, as Loki lets himself fall backward onto your bed. You get up and present your fingers to him, and he gladly opens his mouth to lick your fingers clean.

''Good boy, but this was only the beginning because I have many more plans for us tonight,'' you tell him as you crawl onto his lap, the soaked fabric of your lingerie feeling like it's too much on his sensitive cock, but he enjoys it too much to stop you, regardless. You keep praising him endlessly, and it's in that moment he decides he will let you take control more often, as long as you keep telling him how good he's doing for you.

He always wants to be your good boy.

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[missvelvetsstuff]

With Friends Like You, Who Needs Enemies

Bucky Barnes x Reader

Reader is a mutant with the ability to turn sound into light who was 'adopted' aka stolen as a child by Baron Von Strucker to use for experimentation. She was given a form of the Super soldier serum so in addition to her mutant abilities she also has super strength, enhanced senses and healing. When he starts experimenting on his volunteers, the Maximoff twins, she tries to convince them to escape with her but they tell the Baron that she's planning to escape so he doubles her cell security. Steve and reader met when the team recovered Loki's scepter from Strucker.

She falls in love with Steve and becomes good friends with Nat but they aren't the friends she thinks they are.

Notes: this story is canon adjacent except that Thanos never happened.

I try to keep my readers description vague but, as always, she's female and above average height.

***Previous Chapter***

Bucky raced back into the main room, searching for Wanda first in the hopes that her powers could help find Rainbow.

He grabbed Wanda's hand and pulled her to interrupt Tony and Peppers dance and blurted out, voice cracking

"She's gone! Natasha was here and helped Steve separate us and now they're all gone."

Chapter 9

Warnings: swearing, angst, a little sex talk, torture

Rainbow woke up with a pounding headache but when she tried to rub her head, realized she was restrained and felt her heart speed up. She worked to calm her breathing until her head cleared some and assessed her situation. Sitting up, hands tied to the arms of the metal chair, legs tied to the chair legs.

It was dark in the room, no windows or lights just a sliver of light from the crack above the door so she hummed to herself and tried to use her powers, to make any kind of light at all but had the wind knocked out of her by an electrical jolt. She realized whoever did this put some kind of mutant restraint on her, so they knew she was a mutant. She struggled to remember how she ended up here. She saw flashes of the party and remembered how it felt to dance with Bucky.

Then it all flooded back. Dancing with Steve, the blonde woman kissing Bucky. She felt her heart break a little but she tried to push that aside for now, in favor of plotting her escape. Whoever it was probably didn't have good intentions but her guess was that Nat was involved.

She heard a heavy door opening slowly and braced herself.

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Steve raced his bike out of town, his heart thrilled at the chance to have Y/N all to himself again. No more Bucky following her around like a sad puppy, turning her against Steve. He decided that stupid rainbow nickname would be the first thing to go. Then he would teach her how to be a proper wife for Captain America, demure and classy in public but a needy whore in his bed. His sexual appetites surpassed what most considered acceptable even in the 21st century, which is why he kept fucking Nat but now he would train Y/N, not just to cater to his needs but to crave the depravity that he needed, no deserved for what he did for the world.

All that would be after he had marked her as his. He waited so long, was so patient with her but he wasn't waiting anymore. She would be his, tonight. He had put together some toys and other aids to introduce her to but first things first. Tonight he would take every hole she had and cover her with his release and if she was a good girl he might make her feel good too.

He pulled up to the building and jumped off his bike, adjusting his tightening pants before he started walking. He went thru the first floor and down the stairs to the basement then used his key to open the padlock but when he opened the door, the room he had prepared was empty, except for the furniture he had brought for her.

Steve tore the room apart looking for Y/N even though he knew there was nowhere to hide. He felt his rage growing, blood pounding in his ears, he hit the wall and released a violent scream "Natasha!!".

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Bucky felt like he was losing his mind. Golden boy Steve Rogers had betrayed Rainbow, him and the entire team while his nemesis, Tony Stark, was being surprisingly supportive and helpful. Tony tried to be encouraging by telling him the story about when Pepper was kidnapped by Aldrich Killian, with emphasis on the happy ending. Reminding him how strong Rainbow was.

Not to mention Sam was actually being a supportive friend without all the snarky remarks that Bucky was in no mood for.

Even if they didn't usually get along it was good to know he had friends who would be there when the chips were down. When the man he considered a brother betrayed all of them. Bucky promised himself he would make sure to express his appreciation for his unexpected allies. After she was safe, in his arms where she belonged.

Steve, on the other hand should probably stay out of Bucky's sight for the foreseeable future because he couldn't promise not to beat Steve bloody.

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Y/N jumped when the door hit the wall and braced herself for the worst. The blonde woman came into view, laughing as she twirled a knife.

"Poor little girl, in way over her head and no soldiers in sight. What ever will you do?"

Y/N spat "I already know it's you dear sister, you can lose the wig. That's your favorite knife, I'd know that design anywhere."

The woman pulled a cloth mask and the wig off, still smiling like a lunatic before she got into Rainbows face "Careful little freak, your life is literally in my hands."

Rainbow shook her head "You're planning to kill me no matter what I do so I don't see why I should censor myself."

Nat laughed "Oh but maybe if you stall long enough your beloved Jamie will save you. If you can only distract me until he gets here."

She scoffed "You can try but it's unlikely any of them can figure out where you are before I get bored and kill you."

"Won't Steve be upset if you kill me?" Rainbow asked

Nat just chuckled "Like I care. Even Steve doesn't know where you are. He was dumb enough to help me get you away from Barnes so I'm sure that he believes that I'm helping him." She grinned, looking manic

"Hint-no I'm not helping that self righteous prick but I did need someone to help me take you. All I had to do was suck his cock and promise I wouldn't let anything happen to you. I cried and told him I love him and just wanted him to be happy. I don't know why his dumb ass fell for it but here we are. Did you know that while you were in Asgard and I was prisoner to the Avengers, Steve still couldn't stay away and came to fuck me 4 or 5 times a week? If you hadn't discovered us we'd be going behind your back until I got bored. I don't care what Strucker did to you, Steve would have been more than you could handle."

Rainbow shook her head "Why not just take him, he's the one you want. I never did anything but try to be a friend. Even when I found out about you two I didn't do anything to you until you started breaking bones. All this is between you and Steve, I'm a victim of both of you and don't want anything to do with either of you anymore.

Why can't you leave me alone?"

Nat grinned with an evil glint in her eye before slapping Rainbow across the face "Because you are just too much fun princess."

She sighed "Besides, Steve only wants me for sex and hurting you will get to him faster than anything I could do to him. Imagine how sad he'll be with his precious Rainbow dead and his bff blaming him for it. It's going to be spectacular, way worse than that little scuffle in Germany. Steve Rogers vs the Avengers, I'd pay to watch that."

Rainbow took in a shaky breath, trying not to let Nat see how scared she was.

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At the compound Tony and Bruce were trying to figure out where Rainbow had been taken, while Bucky paced a hole into the rug.

Tony looked up "C'mon Barnes I know you're worried but you're getting on my nerves. Why, I-"

A door slamming and heavy footfalls interrupted Tony's lecture. Before anyone knew what was happening, Steve entered the room and Bucky had him slammed up against the wall with his metal hand pressing on his neck.

"Buck" he tried to speak "Please."

Bucky heard Steve using his nickname and roared, slamming him against the wall again

"What did you do? Where is Rainbow you bastard? You did this and if she gets hurt I'm gonna make you wish you were still on the ice."

Steve coughed and tried to speak before Bucky squeezed his throat harder, until Tony interrupted

"Come on Barnes, I totally empathize with you wanting to beat his self righteous ass but we need to keep him alive until we find her. He's the only lead we have."

Bucky looked at Tony, who nodded, and dropped Steve who fell to the floor, coughing.

Bucky crossed his arms over his chest "Well, Rogers, what do you know?"

Steve cleared his throat "I don't know where she is. Nat and I had a plan but I lost sight of them and they aren't where we arranged to keep her" the last few words were whispered as Steve tried not to cry.

Bucky growled "Keep her?" he hit the wall "You planned to keep her?" he started pacing again to distract from the deep need to hurt Steve. He took a deep breath "So it wasn't enough to lie to her, treat her like a stupid child then cheat on her and break her heart? You just couldn't let her go could you?"

"Look, Buck-"

Bucky hit the wall "DON'T FUCKING CALL ME THAT!!" sobbing "You sonofabitch." Bucky collapsed against the wall

"Now Nat has her and I don't know where she is. I hope you're happy with yourself because we both know Nats gonna kill her but probably not before torturing her." He paused trying to get his emotions under control.

When he looked at Steve again Steve felt a chill and imagined this was how the Winter Soldiers victims felt right before they died.

Bucky's voice was cold "You will tell us every single thing that might help us figure out where Natasha took Rainbow. You better hope that we find her before it's too late because I can't promise I won't hurt you if that's the case."

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As the team was trying to figure out where Rainbow was, Nat was enjoying playing with her before killing her.

Rainbow tried to keep calm so that Nat didn't know how scared she was but Nat was too good at reading people.

"Poor little princess trying to keep a brave face but I know you're about ready to piss yourself. You might tell yourself that they will save you but I don't think they'll figure it out in time."

She showed off playing with her knife until she was practically in Rainbows lap

"Did you know that Barnes and I were lovers way back when? The Soldat came to train us in the red room and he did so much more with me than combat training. It's a shame you'll never find out because he is well above average and even brainwashed with his memories wiped he was a great fuck." She smirked.

"I wonder if your soldier would still want you if you weren't so pretty? What do you think? I think probably not. You won't be seeing him again but I'll leave a few reminders on you, just in case."

She ran the knife down Rainbows cheek, barely enough to hurt but Rainbow felt the blood that the cut released before Nat wiped a finger on her cheek and showed her the blood.

Nat cut the other cheek next, then across the top of her breasts, then smearing the blood around Rainbows chest before stopping to assess her work.

"So pretty. I think I'll stop cutting for now, don't want you to lose too much blood and pass out on me. You need to feel everything I'm gonna do to you."

Nat moved away from her and looked through a bag of torture devices. She pulled out a pair of pliers then returned to stand over Rainbow with a psychotic grin "I'm sure you went to have your nails done before the party."

She grabbed one of Rainbows hands "Of course you did, very pretty but the party is over so no need for all that."

She looked at the hand as though she was admiring the fancy manicure then suddenly used the pliers to pull a nail clean off the finger.

Rainbow shouted in pain and Nat laughed gleefully "Oh honey, we're just getting started."

By the time Nat got to the other hand Rainbow was close to passing out from the pain and fear "What do you want from me? I'll do whatever you want if you please stop."

Nat cackled "Silly little girl, I want you to suffer before I kill you. There's nothing you could offer that I need or want more than watching you cry and beg for me to stop. Besides, when I'm done, you're dead so don't wish for something you don't really want."

Rainbow cried softly, overwhelmed with the pain and betrayal caused by the first friend she ever had.

She passed out before Nat finished removing her fingernails.

Nat shook her head "Well that won't do at all" and threw a bucket of cold water at Rainbow. Grinning at the girls spluttering and coughing, Nat grabbed one of her feet to start on those nails and didn't stop until all of her nails were gone.

Rainbow tried to think about Bucky so the pain wouldn't feel as bad but her daydreams kept disappearing as Nat continued her torture. She was close to passing out when Nat slapped her across the face a few times.

"No way princess, I'm not done with you so WAKE UP!"

As she yelled, Nat shoved her knife into Rainbows stomach, causing her to jolt awake screaming.

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At the compound they were still trying to find where Nat and Rainbow had disappeared to when Tony hollered "YES! I've got it. I know how to find her."

Chapter 10

#bucky barnes x reader #bucky barnes fanfiction #james bucky barnes x reader #james bucky barnes #bucky barnes x you #angst with a happy ending #james bucky barnes x y/n #bucky barnes x female reader

[geeky-politics-46]

Bucky reacting to you purposely teasing and riling him up? Brattaming?? I think yes

NSFW (even though there's no actual sex) - 18+ only please ❤️

You were in such deep shit. Just seeing how red and swollen Bucky’s bottom lip was from him biting at it all night told you as much. You hadn't originally intended to spend the evening making Bucky jealous, but then Thor and Loki started being all flirty and basically just being themselves. Now you were so far into the hole there was no point in doing anything but digging yourself deeper. You really started playing with fire when you continuously let your hand graze his crotch or low belly on occasion, only to suddenly move away whenever he tried to get a hold of so much as your hand. By the time you said goodnight to everyone he was practically vibrating.

When you arrived back at your own front door you shouldn't have been surprised when he managed to corner you between the front door and his own body. Not touching you, but leaving zero empty space between his chest and your back, or your front and the door. Just in case any of his neighbors came into the hallway he didn't want it to look like he was actually hurting or doing anything against your consent. Slowly moving to unlock the door as he made his presence and his demeanor known to you regardless. His hot breath on the shell of your ear sent a tingle running down your spine and made you swallow hard, fighting not to let out a gasp with each word he spoke. His voice thick and low as he growled.

"You thought you were being really cute in there, didn't you? You knew exactly what you were doing, what seeing you flirt with someone else does to me. Then you tease me trying to get me hard and won't let me touch you. I hope you enjoyed all that attention little girl, because I'm not letting you out of our bedroom until it is clear you are mine. Do you understand me?"

You gave a silent nod, knowing he wouldn't open the door until you answered. Just as fast as you stepped inside he was on your heels slamming the door shut behind him and moving you forward so you had no choice but to stumble until he had you bent over face down on the kitchen counter. Using his vibranium hand he pinned both your wrists behind your back and brought his other hand down hard against one ass cheek making you squeak. The thin fabric of the leggings you wore doing little to cushion you from the sting. He quickly moved to press his hips forward against you, letting you feel his hard cock through the denim of his jeans. He then leant down to bite and suck a deep purple hickey onto the crook of your neck. It was only the first of many you would surely bear come morning.

"I'm gonna mark you up so good that no one will dare try to flirt with you even if you try and play your little games. Then I'm gonna fuck you so hard and make you scream so loud the whole block will know what a little whore you are. First though, I want you to apologize for being such a little brat. Are you gonna be my good little slut and say sorry or am I gonna have to make you?"

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#bucky barnes #bucky barnes smut #bucky barnes drabble #james buchanan barnes #james bucky barnes #bucky barnes x reader #bucky barnes x y/n #bucky barnes x you #bucky barnes x plus size reader #bucky barnes fanfiction #jealous bucky #jealous bucky barnes #possessive bucky barnes #bucky barnes imagine #bucky barnes mcu #marvel smut #marvel drabble #bucky x you #bucky x reader #bucky x female reader #the winter soldier #winter soldier fanfiction #winter soldier smut #white wolf #white wolf fanfiction #bucky barnes drabbles #bucky barnes imagines #bucky barnes headcanon #james barnes #brat tamer bucky

[narrators-journal]

The Lethality of the persona bites

Is this really sensical? No. This is just for me. Moreso than most of my other Ryomina works. Most context I can give, is...I like giving people fangs, and I had fun trying to break down which of the four in my rpverse is the worse.

I mean, it's Ryoji obviously. But, for funsies! Shits and gigs!

GORO AKECHI

Risk of being bitten: Low

Survivability: Medium

Damage: Medium

Akechi has shark-like teeth of uniform length thanks to Loki. And, fittingly for someone as methodical as Akechi, they often come out only when he chooses for them to come out. Though, they also may come out when his negative emotions are high, but with some focus, he can keep that from happening. Which, gives Akechi one of the highest amounts of control over his fangs.

On the topic of his level of control and thought, hee isn’t likely to bite you unless he’s given no other real option. Akechi’s simply more methodical and premeditated with his violence. After all, teeth leave bitemarks that can be traced, and require close quarters that risk the leaving of dna and being hurt. He’s more likely to just wait for an opening and shoot you, or give you a mental shut down. So, his teeth aren’t consistently dangerous, since he isn’t likely to use them.

However, in the case that he doesuse them, his bite is very damaging. Easily capable of biting chunks out of people and leaving someone with a gaping hole and a higher risk of bleeding out on the way to the hospital. Thankfully, though, Akechi doesn’t have any form of venom or powered-up bite force, so nothing is there to complicate being bitten. It’s a pretty simple bite compared to the others.

The main thing that will end you in an encounter where Akechi bites you, is Akechi himself. You can get to a hospital and stop the bleeding of the bite itself, but Akechi may choose to finish you off after the fact. Which is a lot harder of a threat to deal with.

AKIRA KURUSU

Risk of being bitten: Medium

Survivability: Medium

Damage: High

Akira’s fangs are more non-uniform than Akechi’s, though just as sharp. They vary a bit in length thanks to resembling the jagged mouth of Arsene. And, unlike Akechi’s fangs, Akira can’t entirely control when his fangs come out or not. They’re much like the claws of a cat, appearing with pressure to the right spot in his mouth. Aka, the top of his mouth or to his human teeth.

Which, means that when Akira bites, his fangs are brought out. Which, wouldn’t be too much of an issue, if not for Akira having violent impulses that crop up when his temper wears thin. Which, he has a fairly good control of. But, it also means his temper is like a game of russian roulette, 5 out of 6 times, nothing too bad will happen, but that sixth time is often horrible in exchange.

On the bright side, that unpredictable nature is the only real complication to factor into a confrontation, as Akira, like Akechi doesn’t have any venom and his bite force is that of a human’s. But, in exchange, his damage is a lot higher than Akechi’s, as his uneven bite pattern lends itself less to cleanly cutting, and far more to tearing. So, the damage he can do in a single bite is worse than Akechi’s bite due to shredding through muscle and skin rather than taking out a clean chunk and causing trauma at a less predictable depth. Though, thanks to the uneven length of his fangs, blood loss is a slightly lessened threat than it is in Akechi’s situation, as not every tooth is likely to go deep enough to hit an artery, or at least won’t puncture an artery as many times. So, the primary risk of Akira’s bite is the damage done to your skin in a struggle and potential for infection.

EIKICHI MISHINA

Risk of being bitten: Low

Survivability: High

Damage: Low

Unlike the two discussed before him, Eikichi’s fangs don’t come from his shadow, but a rumor spread around his school that he was a vampire. So, he only has two fangs instead of a mouth full. So, already, despite his two fangs being more like needles, you’ve got a better chance of surviving. Helped in part by the low risk Eikichi actually poses to you.

Granted, when Eikichi doesbite, it’s fairly dangerous. After all, he does have two needles for fangs, and will instinctively go for an artery to feed as much as possible, which instantly raises the likelihood of bloodloss. Added to by the fact that, unlike the previous specimens, Eikichi’s jaw is capable of locking into place on his prey. So, escaping his bite is a challenge unless you can apply enough pressure to both sides of his jaw to force them open.

However, the danger of a bite is mitigated by simply how low the chances of it happening is. Since, as a passive vegetarian, Eikichi has no real interest in causing harm or feeding on other people. He’s, instead, a bit of a passifist. So, you would have to almost actively ignore his warnings and get very close to him to be bitten in the first place.

Though, again, unlike the previously discussed pair, Eikichi’s bite doescome with a complication in the form of him having venom. A venom that is meant to disarm the person he bites and puts them into a sort of drug-addled trance that makes them less likely to fight him. But, that’s not the only complication he comes with, as his jaw actually isa bit stronger than a human’s, and is capable of locking so that it’s harder for his prey to pull free. So, all around, Eikichi isn’t the most dangerous or deadly, but he’s noteworthy.

RYOJI MOCHIZUKI

Risk of being bitten: Depends

survivability: You’re fucked

Damage: You’re fucked

Ryoji Mochizuki is. A special case on the topic of his fangs and his bite. For one, his fangs aren’t very commonly seen. They’re kept to his shadow form, and he’s not likely to bare them at someone since he’s surprisingly pretty nonviolently. But, he’s also insanely capable of violence and harm. He’s literally a creature born from the worst parts of humanity, a child of Nyx who’s sole purpose is to apprise the fall and end humanity as a whole. He’s built to kill. Yet, despite that, the only real way to be bitten is to force his hand.

Of course, in the early years, when he was little beyond an apex predator bent on harvesting souls to feed his trapped mother, that low chance of being bitten would’ve been insanely high. As, if you were in his cross-hairs, you weren’t surviving.

Which, is why his survivability is so low. Because, where his bite lacks in consistent risk level, it makes up for with its kill rate. Mostly thanks to his skill in hunting humanity, but the fact that Ryoji’s venom gives you Apathy syndrom, you have no real way to survive being bitten by him. Because, if his jaw strength and razor-blades-for-teeth don’t kill you, the induced apathy syndrome will drive you to take your life similarly to how a komodo dragon’s spit is so diseased that it’ll kill you afterwards.

So, it shouldn’t be a surprise that the god of death has the lowest chance of survival despite arguably having the lowest risk of being bitten.

#Persona #persona 3 #Persona 5 #Persona 2 #Ryoji Mochizuki #Eikichi Mishina #Just fun #faux essay #self indulgent #Akira Kurusu #Ren Amamiya #Goro Akechi #fangs #monsters

[therese-lokidottir]

You know laly from moon Knight tv series, she basically like Sylvie (an oc and mixed characters from comics) but layla more likeable and she had personalities and her own story, her existence not just for make main male character look weak and pathetic and she look awsome. No, she had flaws and well written than Sylvie. More important she not taking spotlight from the main character

she and Marc are equal and help each other

And more importantly that she exist inside comics (even just moon Knight comics). Comics writer finding her more interesting than Sylvie. Sylvie is not popular and bland to be written inside comics. HA TAKE THAT

It's all about looking at the background and intent around the creation and writing of these characters. Layla just takes the place of the character Marlene Alraune from the comics. Layla was written to be a supporting character. Layla was created and made Egyptian because the creators wanted to add diversity and also avoid the problems that come with white archaeologist characters. They also wanted a character that had agency and was proactive as to make her more than just shallow love interest, but it's never so much the story stops being about Mark/Steven.

So like a huge problem with Sylvie is actually with the very script of the series. It's no secret at this point that the Loki2021 story was bases was on Waldron unproduced screenplay Worst Guy Of All Time and Sylvie is just the character Dixie. When rewriting they just hodgepodged a bunch of characters together to fit.

That's the difference Layla was created to be Moon Knight character. Sylvie is a square peg shoved in a round hole. No offence to fans of Marlene from the comics but Amora is much more important and popular so having an OC take Amora is far more disappointing.

As you said Loki being dragged to make their OC look better results in Sylvie coming of as more obnoxious. The fact they seem more focused on their OC than the title character is obnoxious. But I do find it hilarious ironic that it's Layla that has been incorporated into mainstream marvel comics while no one the least bit interested in using Sylvie.

#Asks #anti sylvie #loki #amora the enchantress #layla el faouly

[ladylovesloki]

Something Real: Chapter Fourteen

Pairings: Loki X Reader

Warnings: Language

Summary: The group continues their search for you…

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You jerk awake. You look up and see the sky, there was an orange tinge to the clouds. The sun must be going down..or coming up depending on how long you’ve been unconscious. You blink a few times to clear your slightly blurred vision a little more and you try to move but your feet are tied together and so are your hands. You take a look at where you’re laying down and your heart stops. You’re in a hole in the ground clearly and in a…box?..

“You look confused.”, Maza’s form appears at the top of the hole.

“Maza! What are you doing? Let me go!”, you yell at her.

She shakes her head, “can’t do that…Loki will no doubt be on is way soon…he knows I’ve been using his mother’s spell books…he knows…everything…and it’s all your fault!. All I wanted was to be loved by the prince of my dreams…and if he won’t love me back…then I’ll take away the one he does love…”

“Please..Maza…my boys…my sons need me.”, you start to cry out to her. All you can think about was Narfi and Vali. You knew that they would have to learn to live without you one day, such was the natural way of things but they would lose you sooner than they were supposed to. They had centuries to live without you and you hoped they would remember you, remember how much you love them.

“You think I care about your little brats? Sure I’ll have to disappear for a little while to let Loki calm down…and then I’ll return…kill your little brats and Loki will be so lost in his darkness he will be begging me to remain by his side..his ever loyal priestess…he will finally be mine and mine alone…”

“You’re a crazy bitch..”, you spew at her.

“Name calling y/n? At a time like this? Do you really want those words to be your last?”

You stare at her defiantly.

“Fine. Have it your way…goodbye y/n…I wish I could say it was a pleasure to have known you.”, Maza lifts her hands and the next thing you know you are sealed in darkness. You breath starts to increase in your panic and then you hear what sounds like crashing above you. She was burying you alive… You were going to die in this dark place..alone. With your feet and hands being bound, you could do nothing to try and escape. You try to slow your breaths, you’ve watched enough tv to know that you only had so much oxygen inside of this box and the more you panic, the more oxygen you were wasting. Maza said that Loki was on to her, maybe if you hold on long enough he will find you in time..

~~Meanwhile~~

Time seems to stop as the group stares at the crystal. 

“We need to go”, Val addresses everyone but no one moves, all of them trapped in their own form of shock. She looks to Loki who is still holding Narfi in his arms staring at the table, “Loki!”. He finally snaps out of it and looks at Val, “Narfi can still feel her emotions…she’s still alive but we are running out of time…we must go.”, she implores him.

Loki nods and sits Narfi down on the chair he was previously standing on while he was scrying, “stay with the guards, you and brother protect each other.”, he rises up and Vali grabs Loki’s sleeve. 

“No! We’re going with you!”, Vali demands.

“No Vali, you must stay here with your brother, it’s too dangerous.”

“You need Narfi to find momma! The closer he gets to mom the stronger her emotions are to him! And I’m going to protect Narfi!”, Vali stands straight and addresses his father.

Loki doesn’t know what to say…he’s not wrong…Narfi’s ability to feel his mother’s presence would help them find you faster. Loki looks at Vali, overfilled with pride, “you stay close to the group.Your main focus is to protect yourself and your brother…nothing else…understood?”, he tells Vali seriously.

Vali nods and Loki picks Narfi back up, “let’s go.”

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Your head is starting to pound and you feel your eyes getting heavier..breaths getting heavier. 

“STAY AWAKE!”, you yell at yourself. You needed to hold on, you focus on every breath you take but your eyes start to close. The weight of them becoming too much and you start seeing images of the boys. Their faces and their smiles, if you focus hard enough you can almost hear them laugh. You start to see Loki, the love of your life. The God you were destined to be with, so many signs pointed to it but you ignored all of them all because you listened to your own self deprecating voice. All of the chances you wasted. You feel yourself start to fade, the image of Loki with your boys the last thing you envision. Feeling a moment of peace and happiness before everything goes black.

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Everyone runs through the portal to the cemetery, it’s dark and eerie. Loki can feel the sadness of this place…there weren’t too many buried in the cemetery, it was mostly a way for the Asgardian people to visit the people they could not say goodbye to or give proper burials to after Ragnarok. It was a suggestion by some of the Midgardians living in New Asgard, a custom that Asgardians found brought them some semblance of peace and closure. 

“Dad..I can feel her but it’s starting to fade…I thought it would get stronger the closer I got to her..”, Narfi looks at his dad worriedly.

Loki shakes his head, “I’m not sure…let’s split up and take a look around.”

Loki kept the twins with him and Thor while Sylvie and Val went in the opposite direction.

“Brother..I don’t see anything..”

Loki looks around and then looks down to Narfi, “do you still feel her?”

Narfi nods, “she’s scared but she also feels…happy?”. He closes his eyes confused by his mothers mixed emotions, “she’s thinking about Vali and me… you too dad…she’s…she’s…”. Narfi spins around and runs for it.

“Narfi!”, Loki, Thor and Vali take off after him. He runs passed many graves and then stops at one and falls to his hands and knees. He looks up at Loki with white eyes, “here..she’s here.”

Loki grabs Narfi and passes him to Thor, “stand back..”, Loki holds his arms over the grave that looked like it hadn’t been disturbed. He holds his hands out and concentrates on what’s beneath the surface, he closes his eyes and he feels the cold ground on his fingertips as if he was touching it. He makes his magic seep deeper into the ground and his magic senses something there. Something buried by use of seidr.

Loki mutters an enchantment and he uses his strength to remove whatever was buried. The ground starts to shake and after a few moments a box pushes out of the soil. Loki’s eyes are still closed as he concentrates on setting the box down gently. Once his task is complete he opens his eyes and when he sees the box he automatically assumes the worst. He looks over to Thor and his children worriedly, “I don’t feel mommy anymore daddy.”, Narfi says sadly.

Loki runs to the box and rips it open and there you are. You look like you’re sleeping but your chest isn’t moving. You weren’t breathing.

“Y/n!”, Loki rips off the rest of the lid of the box and pulls you out, he puts you on the ground and searches for a pulse. Not finding one.

“No…no..no…y/n..”, one of Loki’s worst nightmares coming true. He grabs your body and hugs you to him. “Please, my love..please..”

Sylvie and Val run up to them and see Loki cradling you, “no…”

Thor looks at them sadly, “we were too late.”

Loki overhears his brother, “no! I will not lose her. I will not.”. Loki places his hand on your chest still cradling you. He taps in to whatever healing magic that his mother had taught him and tried to do something, anything to bring you back. He couldn’t lose you like this, your children deserve a mother. But with all of Loki’s power he could not grasp on to any life remaining inside of you…just when he was about to give up he felt hands on top of his own. He opens his eyes and sees his sons on either side of him, both of them have a hand extended touching the top of his on their mothers chest. “Don’t stop daddy…we have to keep trying..”, Vali says the words that he needs to hear. He nods at him and closes his eyes pouring more magic into the healing spell, then he feels a deep cold on his hand, he opens his eyes, looks down and sees that Narfi and Vali have changed into their jotun forms. Their magic was glowing from their palms as they transferred their magical energy to their father to breathe life back into their mother. Not wanting to waste anymore time of effort from his family, Loki closes his eyes again and forces even more magic into you feeling his own glamour start to fade and his jotun form take over. The power coming from his children starts to become erratic and he fears they will not last long enough to bring you back. Just when he felt the boys reaching their breaking point he felt a calm come over them. He looks and sees Sylvie kneeled down in front of them, her hands are on Narfi’s and Vali’s backs and it looks like she is using her own seidr to calm theirs. With all of them doing their part Loki finally felt what he has been begging for since he took you out of that box. You take in a sharp breath and your eyes shoot open, the boys exhausted from their efforts fall on their butts. 

“What?!”, you take a look around. The last thing you remember was being buried alive by Maza but now you’re in Loki’s arms. You take a deep painful breath, “you found me…”

“Oh my darling..”, Loki doesn’t waste any time. He cradles the back of your head and brings you up slightly to meet his lips in a desperate kiss.

Once you break apart you look over to your boys who are now being held up by Sylvie, they are still blue and…looking exhausted.

“Mommy…”, Narfi whimpers and Loki holds you up so the boys can come over and give you a hug. They both gently put their faces in the crook of your neck and they both start to cry.

“We were so scared momma…”, Vali admits. You’re taken aback because if he was admitting to being scared he must’ve been terrified. Narfi was shaking like a leaf and so were you for that matter, between the whole situation and the boys hugging you in their jotun form your body was experiencing painful tremors.

You look up to Loki slowly changing back to his Asgardian form, he looks mesmerized by the image of you and the children reuniting, “can we go home?…please?”, you ask meekly. 

Loki looks at you and nods, “yes, lets get you all home.”

Val is standing to the side with Sylvie who got up to join her when the children left her to go be with their mother. She raises her hand, “umm and what about Maza? Once she finds out y/n’s alive she’s going to come back and try to finish what she started.”

“She’s right…we have to find her..”, Sylvie agrees.

“I’m taking my family home, I think they have had enough for one night. Thor would you accompany us home and assist me with guarding them tonight?”

“Of course brother, I doubt Maza will try something again so soon. We have tonight to rest and tomorrow we will come up with a plan to find her and deal with her.”

Loki nods and looks down at you, “are you ready to go home my love?”

You nod, not having energy to verbalize how badly you wanted to go home with your family. Loki stands with you in his arms and Thor picks up Narfi and Vali, who have changed back to their pale forms. Loki opens a portal and they all walk through it to their home, Sylvie and Val following them as well but they stay outside to talk to the guards who Val had stationed there earlier. They walk in the front door and Loki looks behind him to see how the children were doing with their uncle. They were fast asleep in his arms. “Put them to bed Thor, they’ve had a long day…”. Thor nods and walks them to their bedrooms to get them settled. Loki walks with you in his arms into your bedroom, places you on the bed for a moment and then walks into the bathroom drawing a warm bath for you. You were covered in dirt and grime and Loki barely had enough energy left to get them home so cleansing you with his magic was out of the question. He touches the water and once satisfied with the temperature he rises from the tub and walk into the bedroom. You were sound asleep but Loki knew you were going to want to wash all of that shit off of you.. “y/n? Darling…we’re home…”

Your eyes flutter open, “Loki?”

“Yes my love, we’re home. You’re safe. The children are with Thor sound asleep. Did you wish to bathe?”

You nod and try to sit up to get off the bed but you had no energy left in you. Loki notices your struggle and picks you up walking you into the bathroom. He sits you down on the sink, “did you need help getting in?”

Again you nod, Loki reaches for the hem of your shirt but then stops his movements suddenly. “Y/n? Is it alright if I remove your clothing?”

You look up at him with watery eyes and nod, “please?”, you whisper quietly.

Loki nods, cradles your cheeks in his hands and kisses you lightly. He then reaches down again and pulls your shirt over your head, he undoes your bra and then moves to remove your shoes, socks and bottoms. Everything was covered in dirt and blood, Loki had his eyes closed most of the time…he hated seeing you so bruised. Once completely bare, Loki picks you up from the sink and places you in the tub slowly. You hiss on contact with the water, your skin covered in cuts and bruises. 

Loki winces, “I’m sorry my love, once we clean your wounds I will heal you…”

“Thank you…for saving me…you always find me…”, you whisper. The water now soothing your sore body and exhaustion slowly starts to sink in more. 

He slowly washes your body but halts still at your words, he places his wet hand on your cheek and leans in for a kiss. “I will always find you my heart and our son is basically a bloodhound now so the next time I lose you I’ll sick him on you.”, he makes a joke to see you smile. You do lazily which makes him smile as well.

Loki gets back to washing your body, his thoughts getting away from him making his smile grow into a frown, “I’m so sorry y/n…this is all my fault..”

You open your eyes and look at him, “this isn’t your fault Loki, you didn’t know you had a literal stalker all of your life..”

He looks at her with a bit of anger in his eyes, “I should’ve known..I almost lost you because of my carelessness.”

You grab him by the hand that is in the water next to you with as much strength you had left, “hey…I don’t blame you for anything that happened. Maza did this…she is to blame…I shouldn’t have taken a strangers word over yours, I should’ve stayed by your side until we got the whole truth…I abandoned you when you needed me…I should be apologizing to you…”

“No my love, we must promise each other to not let anyone come between us again..”

“I promise…I love you so much Loki..”, you say tearfully.

“I love you too darling.”, he lays his forehead against yours. “Let me wash your hair…”. You lean up and he shampoos your hair and massages the pounding ache in your head away. Once done, Loki picks you up out of the tub, dries you and puts you in warm clothes. He lays you down on the bed and before he places the blanket over you he holds your hand and kisses the back of it sending a small amount healing magic through your body. Slowly your body started to feel less sore and the wounds start to slowly close. You close your eyes and enjoy the feeling of Loki’s magic working it’s way through you, your eyes start to fill with tears. You’re so happy to be alive, that you get more time with your boys and you have the man you love back. But then you’re hit with a moment of panic. “Maza? She got away?”

Loki looks at you sadly and nods, “for now..but we will find her…Val has all of New Asgard looking for her…I am looking for her and she won’t escape me…I will keep you and the boys safe, I swear it..”

He’s holding your hand to his chest and kisses your forehead one more time, “the boys? Where are they?”, you ask.

“Asleep, they used a lot of power today to save you…if not for them…I don’t know if I had the strength alone to bring you back to us…”

“I want to see them, help me up?”, you ask.

“Darling, you need your rest…”, he argues.

“I will, I just need to see them Loki…please?”, you give him your best puppy dog stare. You were feeling much better after Loki’s healing, still a little tired but you didn’t have the crippling soreness or a pounding headache anymore.

He smiles at you, “alright…but back to bed as soon as you have seen them, alright?”

You nod, “yes my prince.”, you smile at him.

He smiles and kisses you, “such mischief…it’s as if you were made for me..”

He helps you out of the bed and puts his hand on your waist to help you walk out of the bedroom. You both walk to Narfi’s bedroom, a low light showing through the crack of the door indicating Thor chose that room to get them settled. You open the door and you see Thor sitting on Narfi’s desk chair staring at the boys who are sound asleep on the bed. He hears footsteps and the door open slowly and sees you and Loki walk into the room, “sister…”. He rises from his seat and walks over to you enveloping you in a hug, you could tell he wanted to squeeze you tighter than he was but he did not want to bring you further pain.

You look up at him and smile, “Thor…thank you so much.”

He smiles down at you, “I am so happy to see you well, you had us scared for a moment.”, he huffs out another laugh but you see tears filling his eyes. He pulls you in for another hug and buries his nose in your hair, soaking in your presence. He releases you and you walk over to the boys who are both in a deep sleep, snoring loudly and mouths open.

“Gods they inherited your snoring…”, Loki jokes.

You smack him in the chest, “shut up, you love my snoring.”

“Oh yes, it’s a wonder how I get true sleep without it.”, he laughs.

“Hush you.”

Thor is watching you both with a smile on his face but a knock on the front door ruins the moment.

Loki looks to Thor as he wraps you protectively in his arms, wary of who is knocking on their door. Thor nods and moves to see who it is, he comes back to the bedroom shortly after, “it’s Val and Sylvie.”

Loki nods and they all move to the living room leaving the children to sleep, Thor opens the door.

Val looks at Thor, “how are they?”

“Come in and see for yourself”, he moves out of the way so they can enter the home. They see you and Loki standing in the living room. 

“Thank the Gods you’re alright.”, Val walks over to you and takes you away from Loki to hug you tightly.

You hug her back as tightly as you can, “thanks to all of you..how did you find me? I know you said the boys helped but how?”

Loki puts his hand on your shoulder, “you should get some rest darling. We can discuss it in the morning.”

You shake your head, “I don’t know if I can sleep knowing she’s out there. What if she comes back?”

Loki takes you back in his arms, “I don’t want you to worry about Maza, if she does come back I will protect you.”

“Ahem…”

Loki rolls his eyes, “we will protect you.”

You nod and place your head on his chest, he starts to rock you back and forth and you feel your eyes start to get heavy. You close your eyes for a moment and you feel your body start to get heavier as well, you hear your name but it sounds like an echo. You look up and Loki is looking down at you with a sweet smile on his face, he must’ve been trying to get your attention.

“Come darling, you are exhausted.”, Loki picks you up bridal style and goes to walk back into the bedroom but stops and looks at Val and Sylvie, “thank you both…without your help I don’t think I would have her in my arms tonight…Sylvie…what you did for my sons…I owe you a debt, if you wish to stay on this timeline and make it your home…I will not object..”

Sylvie just nods, looks over at Val and takes her hand in hers, “I guess I’ll stick around for a bit..”

Loki nods and takes you into your bedroom and places you back on the bed, this time he tucks you in and kisses your forehead. He looks at you one last time before he goes to leave but you stop him. “Where do you think you’re going?”

He looks down at your hand in his, “I did not want to presume…you are exhausted and emotions are high…”

“I want you here…please?…”, you beg weakly. 

He nods, “as you wish.”

Loki climbs into bed with you, getting under the covers and pulls you into his arms.

“Goodnight darling.”

“Good night Loki, I love you.”

He kisses your forehead, “and I you my heart. Sleep well, I will be here to keep you safe.”

You close your eyes and unbeknownst to you, Loki places a sleep spell on you so you can have a dreamless sleep. After your experience with the addict in the hospital he knew you were prone to be plagued by nightmares. He can feel your body relax a little more and he holds your body a little tighter, his eyes fill with tears from being overwhelmed by the emotions of having you back. Thor was right, they will deal with Maza in the morning, for now he was just thankful to have his family safe.

To be continued…

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[confusedgoblin]

Mílotale: a shitty summary explanation

SO

As we know (nobody knows I’m talking to myself) I have an au called mílotale that has- never been elaborated on ever

IM GONNA DO THAT (even though this is a sandbox that I am sitting in digging holes)

The main players:

This story revolves around the lives of Aether and Nyx. They are this au’s Dream and Nightmare.

Unlike typical dreamtale, in this au, both Aether and Nyx ate their respective apples in the incident. They are also very close despite still having massive disputes over the aus they travel to for their respective “jobs”.

Aether had made it his goal to eliminate any “unnecessary” negativity from aus to prevent them from becoming like his brother: corrupted by negativity. Unfortunately, his way of going about this involves eliminating the emotion from those he helps all together. Doing so by using a drug-like mist that he produces from his soul. It causes those afflicted by it to lose any sense of danger, fear or sadness (like himself). He sees it as making those he affects happier, whilst in reality it makes them reckless, chasing after a dangerous high that they can never truly replicate leading to dangerous behavior that would easily lead to the harm of the afflicted.

Nyx is the opposite. He made it his goal to impose negativity on the inhabitants of aus to keep them from becoming corrupted by their positivity like his brother. He does so by invading the dreams of the inhabitants and infecting their mind with devastating sadness. He may also wrought senseless destruction to the cities with the goal of plummeting their inhabitants into depression. It depends on how he finds himself wanting to hurt an au that day. Though he doesn’t typically express it, he does find enjoyment from destroying aus as he does which is one of the reasons he fights against his brother when they meet in aus that are not their own. It’s for the thrill of a fight.

Hhhh getting off topic but let’s keep going- I promise this is relevant to the plot (ಥ﹏ಥ)

There are also the watchers. This au’s ink and error (Janus and Perses respectively).

They watch over the aus to guide them through their stories and prevent them from falling off course. Unfortunately, they misunderstood their respective roles.

Janus found it his goal to explore every possibility that an au could have be they pacifistic, genocidal, or something completely irrelevant to the aus typical pathway. He wants to see everything that could possibly happen, creating timeline after timeline for his own entertainment and exploration. He frequently bickers and fights with Perses over how aus should be handled. Depending on the timeline, either Aether or Nyx would be strongly against their handling’s. Or, they will work together to complete their respective goals. The twins can create completely different timelines that would not happen otherwise after all.

Perses on the other hand, wants the aus to be completely straightforward. One ending for one au. He destroys as many branching timelines as he can, leaving only what he sees to be the best ending for aus. This depending on how he views the story and not what would be ideal for the inhabitants. He is mostly indifferent to the twins and finds the fact that they do easily branch the timelines to be both disturbing and annoying.

Then there are the wanderers. A group of monsters who were lucky enough to see the strings that connect the aus as their timelines were destroyed. They walk the threads going from au to au as they search for a place to permanently stay. They are led by Blue and Geno (Jorilde and Gloreth). Wanderers who have been traveling for years and have yet to find an au that would properly meld with their presence. Following them are Cross, Red, Killer, Dust, Horror, Stretch and Fellswap Undyne (Cruz, Azim, Macabre, Cinis, Famis, Vilem, Veda). People come and go from Jorilde’s group, but these are the ones that have been around the longest. They are also joined by fresh (Loki) at times of only to keep him from causing problems.

Then there is Loki. He is a wildcard who cannot be tracked by the watchers nor the twins due to his lack of emotions and a story. He uses this to allow himself to cause problems for his own false entertainment. He is found as amusing by both Nyx and Janus, however Perses and Aether hate him quite strongly.

The story:

As stated before, this story follows the twins. It traverses their journey to heal and start to become more competent at their jobs. Through this they befriend the wanderers and begin to show the watchers their true jobs. The multiverse is in need of great healing because it’s guardians have all taken their jobs in the wrong direction. This healing is aided by the wanderers (Cinis specifically in Aether’s case) so they can properly realize what they are doing wrong and improve. Of course, they are hardheaded and stuck in their ways, refusing to grow much at a time unless they are hit in the head with the consequences of their actions.

So yeah- that’s the thing

I’ll post a Google doc on their personalities and further into their goals with this eventually, along with links to their refs as I make them and figure out how to link things- (working solely on mobile here- and zero technological knowledge) BUT YEAH

IF YOU READ THIS FAR? THANKS LMFAO YOURE GREAT

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[mannazandwyrd]

The Old Norse skalds treated dad-puns as high art.

No, seriously. Look at this incomplete list of possible etymologies for Old Norse ‘Loki’:

(PIE = reconstructed proto-Indo-European, PG = reconstructed proto-Germanic)

1. PIE *lok-, descendant forms include PG *lahaną, Old Norse lá; p. láðí, AngloSaxon leán

to blame, to accuse

Sayers’ main hypothesis: Loki ‘The Blamer’, an echo of the archaic PIE “poet of praise and blame”

2. PIE *lewg- (updated from *leug-)

to break

Past scholarship summarized by Bonnetain (quoted by Sayers), including by Pokorny. Loki ‘The Destroyer’

3. PIE *leu-, descendant forms include Norwegian lokk

to sound, to sing, to declaim

Pokorny and Kobler’s suggested root for Lóðurr, if like Hveðrungr it translates as “roarer” (mentioned by Sayers, but Wikipedia lists the etymologies of Lóðurr as Old Norse lóð "fruit, land", ljóðar "people", or laða "to attract"). (See Dronke or Þorgeirsson for evidence Loki and Lodurr are the same entity.). Lokk (in both forms of modern Norwegian) is, among other meanings, a special type of song used to call the animals home from their pastures; a herding call song. This ties in nicely with Loki-as-herder, mentioned by Heide: ganga sem [Loki]/[lok] yfir afra (Old Norse), ‘to walk like Loki over the fields’, driving [fleeing men]/[sheep].

4. Old Norse loca, possibly cognate with Old English loca (‘locked enclosure’), from PG *lukô, related to *lūkaną (“to shut”).

unenclosed piece of ground, cave

Past scholarship summarized by Bonnetain (quoted by Sayers). Loki bound in the cave.

5. Logi (and likely not Loki, according to current scholarship), from Old Norse loga

Fire, flame, to blaze, to burn

Past scholarship, originating with Grimm, summarized by Bonnetain (quoted by Sayers). Loki as fire itself.

6. Loptr, from Old Norse lopt, PG *luftuz. (PIE root uncertain)

Air, atmosphere, sky

Used to refer to Loki in both Prose & Poetic Eddas. Past scholarship summarized by Bonnetain (quoted by Sayers). Loki as the invisible man, a breeze, or wearing a Freya’s falcon-shape cloak.

7. PIE *lewk- probably via Pre-Germanic *lowkís and PG *laugiz (flame, blaze)

light, brightness, shining, to see

Past scholarship from multiple angles. *lewk- is probably the PIE root for: the names of Celtic Lugos, Lugh & Llew; Scandinavian Lucia/Lussi; Roman Lucifer (light-bringer, in devotee UPG Loki’s “brother from another mother”; Sophus Bugge’s theory that Loki derives *from* Lucifer has been discarded by current scholarship); Pre-Germanic *lowkís and PG *laugiz (flame, blaze); and words meaning ‘a clearing’ or ‘sacred grove’ in Latinate, Celtic, and Germanic languages including Old Norse ló (clearing, meadow, as in Oslo). Lokke lejemand (Zealand, Denmark) = ‘a reflected spot of light’ (Heide) may be evidence in favour. Loki appears to have been associated with the star Sirius (Lokabrenna), with fire or hearths (Heide), and his mother may have been an Earth goddess associated with a sacred birch grove.

8. PG lugô, from PIE *lewgʰ- (“to lie, tell a lie”)

to lie, deceive

Walde (1927-32) and Carnoy (1955) in a comparison with Odysseus, eviscerated by Liberman (1996). Loki as untrustworthy trickster.

9. Old Norse lúka (with dative lokit, past participle lokinn)... derives from PG *lūkaną (“to turn or bend”) or PG *luką (a lock or key-hole or knot-hole), both from PIE *lewg- (“to bend; turn”).

to shut, close, end, finish, conclude, settle (with a sense of negotiation and agreement)

Jacob Grimm first proposed; Liberman (1992, reprinted 1994, summarized by him 1996) uses Utgarda-Loki and lúka ‘close, lock up, bolt’ to say Loki meant ‘enclosure’ and he was a chthonic deity. Past scholarship (summarized by Bonnetain) is quoted by Sayers, then explored at length; he thinks these connotations of Loki ‘the Closer’, ‘Fixer’ or ‘Negotiator’ were added to later. Lokki (Faroe Islands), Lokke (Denmark; Hamar, Norway; and Sweden), Lokkemand (Jutland, Denmark), Loke, Luki, and Luku(r) (Telemark, Norway; Dalarna, Sweden; Swedish Finland) are linguistically related to Germanic *luk-, and Heide suggests these show Loki as ‘the Tangler’.

10. English luck, West Frisian lok, from Middle Low German (ge)lucke, from PG *galukją, from PG *lūkaną (“to close”), from PIE *lewg- (“to bend; turn”).

‘luck, fortune’

See previous table entry. Loki as lucky.

11. Old Norse laukr, from Proto-Norse ᛚᚨᚢᚲᚨᛉ (laukaz), from PG *laukaz.

Leek, onion

The above-ground parts of the leek appears to have represented rapid growth and fertility - see the alu-laukaz runic inscriptions - and was likely also used as slang for an erect penis. Loki as (chthonic?) fertility deity.

Presumably Loki began his career as only one of these, then started collecting. Which came first is a matter of open debate, and some of this list is a Real Stretch (tm). However, what all these options tell me is that the Old Norse skalds and their predecessors loved a good pun and gradually incorporated many sound-alike words into the stories of the gods. Like Loki flying through a key-hole to steal Freyja’s necklace for Odin. Or Loki hanging from Thor’s belt like a leaden plumb-bob measuring the water’s depth as Thor fords the river. I have a feeling Loki would delight in all that wordplay.

Citations:

Heide, Eldar. Loki, the Vatte, and the Ash Lad: A Study Combining Old Scandinavian and Late Material. Viking and Medieval Scandinavia 7 (2011): pp. 63–106.

Liberman, Anatoly. Ten Scandinavian and North English Etymologies. alvíssmál 6 (1996): pp. 63–98. (Note: his etymological analysis of ON Loki was first published 1992, reprinted 1994, summarized by him 1996, and is likely also in his 2016 book.)

Sayers, William. Norse ‘Loki’ As Praxonym. Journal of Literary Onomastics 5 (2016): pp. 17-28. (Heavily cites Yvonne S. Bonnetain’s German-language thesis dissertation.)

Wiktionary, primarily in turn citing Guus Kroonen’s Etymological Dictionary Of Proto Germanic.

(Apologies, friends, my pretty table with all the cited etymologies linked and non-English words italicized didn’t survive copy-pasting into Tumblr.)(30 Aug ‘22 update: added links and fixed the date typo on Liberman’s book, additional information added to 2 and 4)

#lokean #seven days of lokabrenna #etymology #norse polytheism #inclusive heathenry #post 2 of 7 #long post

[whatisbraincells]

A very unhinged Quantumania review(SPOILERS)

WHERE TO START

RYAN BERGARA?!?!

BILL MURRY?!?!

DAVID DASTMALCHIAN?!?!?

WILLIAM JACKSON HARPER!?!???

LOKI AND MOBIOUS?!?!?

Anyway-

Something I noticed is most of the quantum realm has a warm color scheme(reds, oranges, yellows and browns) including the landscapes and clothing and Kang and his army have cool colors(blues, greens and purples) like they’re armor and abilities which is some cool use of color to signify that Kang is a colonizer conqueror

I adore Kang’s costume design

The mask making his face blue like the comics and the realistic yet futuristic textures

Cassie>>>>>>

She’s such a realistic child of superhero.

She just wants to join in

She’s a sweetie

She also reacts very queerly to Jentorra

I adore Scott and Hope’s relationship! It’s also very grounded and realistic. They’re in love and they live together and Hope is basically Cassie’s step mom and it’s not a big deal.

CASSIE CALLS HANK AND JANET HER GRANDPARENTS

They’re a family goddamnit

Scott went to dinner with Jimmy!

Scott Lang is the best mcu dad I will not take any criticism

I like Janet’s arc, it’s so interesting to learn more about her life and her regrets

Most of the fights would’ve gone by quicker if Scott and Cassie had stingers

I know it’s not like something ants have but like they have no long range attacks

In the scene where all the Scotts make a mountain is similar to how some species of ants work

HANK PYM AUTISTIC ICON

His special interest is ANTS

The line “she wasn’t you, baby” fucking hurt

THE PARALLELS BETWEEN JANET AND HOPE AND SCOTT AND CASSIE.

Scott and Cassie are very physically affectionate and I love that

The ending felt a little clunky but I’m glad Scott didn’t die bc Paul Rudd is a sweetie

I think we could’ve spent less time on action and more on quantum realm world building but it’s a marvel movie and I’m a clown

The quantum realm world design and species designs is so fucking cool. It’s so interesting to look at

“Is that building alive?” “Your’s are dead?!?”

“STOP ASKING ABOUT HIS HOLES SOME OF US HAVE HOLES.” William your line delivery always gets me

The living buildings do kinda look likes dicks tho

“It’s not to late to not be a dick” “Look at me I’m such a dick”

MODOK being Darren took me so off guard but I loved it.

Jonathan Majors’ acting is brilliant

He made me feel kinda bad for him, or at least understand him

Michelle Pfeiffer’s line delivery felt a bit stale, but the emotions were there. She did a great job at playing someone who wasn’t able to genuinely trust others or show her feelings for 30 years.

Evangeline Lily is a darling and I adore that Hope’s character isn’t performative in her badassery

Kathryn Newton is a badass and a sweetheart as always

Michael Douglas is awesome at the old scientist who just really likes ants and his family

And Paul Rudd is amazingly loveable and soft as Scott, of course. His main motivation has always been Cassie and Paul Rudd sells the fuck outta that.

All the side actors a great(William Jackson Harper in particular but that is biased bc I’m a Chidi stan)

This is a movie about family, as many of the phase 4 projects have been. It’s about protecting your family and what you will do for those you love.

(i mean it’s no tlou but yk)

I found the pacing a bit off

But I loved the ending(anxiety icon Scott)

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I’d give it an 8/10 definitely a fun watch

#vyas stupid hyper specific rants #vyas not qualified to review shit #ant man #ant man and the wasp spoilers #quantummania #ant man and the wasp quantumania #scott lang #hope van dyne #cassie lang #janet van dyne #hank pym #mcu #marvel

[floydsmuse]

Meggy I can't resist this thought, I was gonna wait since I just left it but I can't help myself at all (lol).

I did share this with a friend, but the thought of a slight crossover with Harry Potter and Percy Jackson with Outer Range just has me going HNNNGGGHH!!!!! (lol).

Rhett, Royal, Cecelia, wifey and the Yellowstone crew run a ranch that's a bit of a cross between Hogwarts and Camp Half Blood. The place takes kids from nursery school through Grade 12 and even has a joint college program with other magical colleges throughout the US and the world.

All of the kids have their own little cabins, hidey holes and houses but none is more favored than the aptly named "Prairie Dog Den". Rhett's in charge of the den and the secret entrance is in the storehouse behind an oddly marked whiskey barrel. If you knock on the barrels wrong, you get whiskey dumped all over you (lol). But it's sooooo nice and cozy inside, almost like the Hufflepuff common room with lots of cozy chairs, a fireplace, plenty of library space, a cozy corner for cats, owls or other familiars and the bedroom has super comfy four posters covered over in thick quilts for the winter.

Kids are encouraged to keep lots and lots of field guides and make their own main lesson books and have plenty of outdoor time to play and explore. They even learn all the cowboy/rodeo arts too. Bull riding is always fun, however it's not with any ordinary bulls.......the kids have to learn to ride the bulls in Apollo's herd and they are some of the most ornery motherfuckers you've ever seen! Putting them out to pasture is easy, however some of the kids who were on the drive runs had forgotten to lock the gate and it got to the point where Rhett and Royal ended up putting up a sign that said "Chasing cows will be your fate, if ya'll don't close the fuckin gate" (lol).

Many of the Early Childhood kiddos including yours and Rhett's little babies have an absolute blast with their playgroups and are almost always under the watchful eyes of their teachers, some mortals and others the different nymphs that came from Camp Half Blood to work with the littles. During naptime, they'll play a lyre that they made (my school's early childhood program actually does this and it's AMAZING!) and at night when they go to their dormitories, they have soft, fluffy little dream dragons who will snuggle with them, put them back to sleep if they wake up suddenly and will eat up the bad dreams that try and creep their way in.

The forest is everybody's favorite stomping grounds, acre after acre of thick woods, a swamp, a lake and hills that make for great trail rides. The swamp mermaids keep careful watch over the kids playing Capture The Flag, Hide And Seek and have even been known to make shelters for the frogs and turtles out of sticks, moss and algae while the ones that live in the lake, teach the kids how to swim during the summer and even swim alongside the rowing teams.

The woods themselves are perfect grounds for familiars such as wildcats, bears, mountain lions, lynxes, wolves, ospreys, eagles and other wild creatures native to the Yellowstone area. Thomas Rainwater and his friend Mo, both have thunderbirds who like to nest high in the trees and watch for danger. There's also a whole mish-mosh of creatures who have come with students across the world, many of them mountain trolls and giants that guard the entrances to the woods. You and Rhett occasionally take the kiddos on a little adventure to visit a whole clan of Bigfoots who also protect the place.

Even the gods and goddesses from across the world have come in the guise of a mortal since the Abbotts and the Duttons have close relations with Camp Half Blood and will come to guest teach. Apollo loves watching the bull riding and roping but does get squeamish when some of the riders get bucked off his bulls (lol). Thor occasionally comes for a visit but has to accompany Loki for various reasons. Spider Grandmother is a frequent visitor for Thomas, Mo and many of the students who have Native American heritage and teaches everyone how to spin fibers by hand.

By far, Dionysus is everybody's favorite visitor (think a guy with Rhett's hair, but it's black and he has a really close cut beard, a purple flannel, muddy jeans, steel toed Tim's and a Mack hat like Rhett's, lol).  A few of the kids in the 5th grade planted a little vineyard for the Greek games they were hosting but nothing could really grow. Dionysus took them all out for their gardening course and showed them exactly what to do and BOOM! The grape fields exploded with life, but that's nothing compared to what he did with them that summer.

It was a wicked hot summer in Montana, hadn't rained for a good two weeks (one of the rain gods must've been pissed off about something and Dionysus was definitely not having it, lol). Well, Mr. Grapes himself looked around and thought a little fun might be in order. So, him, Rhett, wifey and the students all got their cowboy on and decided they were gonna do a lil rain line-dance and what did they pick for a song?? What else but "Rain Is A Good Thing" by Luke Bryan (lol).

I also seriously believe the ranch was so well known amongst both the muggle and wizarding world and was held in such high regard that all magical schools in the wizarding world mandated that their own students do at least one year abroad at the ranch (the Abbotts and the Duttons took in both muggles and squibs because they saw that magic could be taught and that people simply weren't born with it). I also firmly believe that when the Golden Trio and many of their friends, Malfoy included, had children of their own, they sent them to the ranch to learn all that (lol).

Meggy I've gotta hold it right there because I know if I keep going with it, it's gonna be too long of a blurb (lol).

hehe Mary it’s all good! i can’t wait to read these thoughts on a crossover between Harry Potter, Percy Jackson, & Outer Range ?! oooohh!! this sounds awesome! i’m really looking forward to it🥰

~ woah okay! the ranch being a mix of Hogwarts & Camp half blood sounds so sick ?! omg! ooh! the little cabins for each kid could be like the different Hogwarts houses irl maybe?! love the idea of a secret entrance & getting whiskey poured on your head 😂 the den sounds so cozy & warm! as a Hufflepuff, that’s definitely somewhere i’d want to be :)) the library, the fireplace, & a little special corner for the cats?! sign me up plssss!

~ i love the idea of the kids learning the art of rodeos/bull riding! that couldn’t be more perfect!

"Chasing cows will be your fate, if ya'll don't close the fuckin gate" NOW THIS GOOD !! love this little play on words :))

~ woah! nymphs coming in from Camp Half Blood to work with the kids is amazing !! aww them playing a lyre to get them to fall asleep just sounds so lovely :,) that’s so great that they have that at your school too!!! the soft little dream dragons sound so magical 🥹 i want one hehe :) definitely think i could use it sometimes! ooh the forest sounds so cool! did you say swamp mermaids ?! i used to be OBSESSED with mermaids when i was little & actually convinced my friends that i was one, so i love that you mentioned them! capture the flag, hide & seek, & rowing all sound sooo fun !! ahhh!

~ ooh! all the wildlife, i love it! wildcats, bears, mountain lions, lynxes, wolves, ospreys, eagles. wow they sure got it all! hehe! omg mountain trolls & bigfoots?! that’s sooo awesome! my imagination is running absolutely wild trying to picture all of this right now! just imagine being taught by gods & goddesses? it’d be the coolest thing ever & i bet it would so much fun!!! Thor & Loki yesss🥰 love love it! omg Dionysus! that name definitely rings a bell & makes me think back to elementary/middle school when learning about greek mythology! haha pls! now all I’m thinking about is Rhett with black hair & i’m going feral 🫠 sheeeesh! he would look so damn good, but i love his chocolate locks too much! i bet the black would make his blue eyes pop even more tho…hmm? Mary, i’m not gonna be able to stop thinking about this now ughh😩 hehe anyways…

~ Mr Grapes plsss! that’s such a good nickname for Dionysus 🤣 aww omg! him, Rhett, wifey, & the kids getting together to do a line-dance in the rain is great !!! woah! wizards going abroad to visit the ranch is awesome & so clever! Malfoy going there with his kids is such a cool idea too!!

Mary you seriously blew me away with these thoughts! it was such a creative crossovers of worlds & i really loved reading what you came up with :)) thank you for sending them in, until next time my darling🥰💗

#rhett abbott #outer range #rhett thoughts/thots <3

[psychospore]

An Exquisite Treat

A/N: hello lovely people - happy new year to all of you. 💚

You're a young owner and chef of a new hole-in-the wall restaurant in New York. You've only been operating for a few months with a handful of staff but business seems to be working in your favor. You usually stay in the kitchen to do most of the cooking but your sous chef assures you he can handle the workload when things get busy in front so you can help out there - especially Friday and Saturday nights.

You have noticed a particular person frequenting his dinners there, normally with another woman... Different women each time... He has luscious raven hair flowing and barely touching his broad shoulders. He looks divine in how he wears that suit each time he dines there.

One night, he visits there alone. One of your waitresses was absent so you ended up walking up to his table making sure you look presentable, sweeping away stray hairs from your face, greeting him and handing him the menu. The way his eyebrows furrow, fingers running through his lips as he scans through the menu puts you in a trance, until he breaks it by staring at you with those deep, ocean eyes and speaking in a velvety tone

"Aren't you the owner of this lovely place?" with his deep voice, he asked

"yes, I am - my name is y/n. I see you frequently around here" you smiled

"apologies for the late introduction - I am Loki. I love this place, the ambiance is good. Would you like to join me for dinner - I'd be interested to talk about my experience here? I figured since tonight is not as busy as the other nights but I do hope I'm not imposing on you"

You scanned the room and it seems you could spare some time here. You gestured one of the other waitresses to come to your table. "Hey, we don't seem to have many people tonight so I figured I'd hang out with this gentleman for a quick chat. Please let me know if anything comes up." The waitress seemed to let out a hidden smile. Little did you know, Loki has had his eyes on you for some time now and most of your staff has started noticing. Despite being with other women, his eyes constantly linger towards you whenever you come out to the kitchen and help out in the front. He always wondered how you can be constantly graceful in the face of a high intensity work.

"Also, what would you like to have Loki?"

"I'll have whatever the chef recommends" he answers as he looks at you

You chuckled, "well the chef recommends - for starters, Tomato Bruschetta, for the main course I'll have a Rib Eye Roast and I'll have Stout-braised Lamb Shanks for Loki, with a side salad. Dark chocolate coated cherries and strawberries and our finest red wine please. Thank you" You looked at your waitress while taking the order. "Gotcha - give us 10-15 minutes. In the meantime, please enjoy" she winks at you, grinning, before heading to the kitchen which took you a bit by surprise.

"how did you come up with all of this?" Loki asked

"oh - my parents gave me money to start this place when I graduated from Culinary school. I loved the energy here when I first came and I was so sure I just had to build my restaurant here, and now here we are" smile spread on your lips, eyes twinkling as you talk about how everything came to be. Loki adamantly listened to your saccharine voice filling his ears. How he wished he could pause time and make this moment last forever.

You turned to him as you finished talking, "how about you? Tell me about yourself" Food started being served, he told you how he has a brother who dragged him into working in the same company here in new york. It's tiring at work so your restaurant is a safe space for him to unwind and enjoy.

A curious part of you asked, "how about those different women who accompany you on a regular basis? " but then you realized "sorry - it was extremely rude to ask"

"Rest assured, they are just female companions. I have my eyes set on someone else already. Ever since I've set my eyes on her in this very place" as he nibbles a piece of the savory chunk of meat.

"that's interesting - I'm pretty sure she's a lucky gal" you answered as you sip a big gulp of wine, lowkey crestfallen. You've had your eyes set on him for a while too, albeit in denial.

"well - I'm luckier, I'm dining with her right now" he smirks, looking at you

You almost choked yourself with wine after hearing his confession, pretty sure you made a fool of yourself by having wine come out of your nostrils as you scramble to bring the napkin to cover and wipe your face. "Are you alright?" worried, Loki asks.

"I'm fine. Maybe next time save your confession to when I'm not drinking anything" you paused as you both laughed at the absurdity of what happened.

"Oh dear - I profusely apologize. I hope it doesn't change your perception of me. I am extremely smitten with you and how wonderful of a person you are and would like to pursue you in courtship." he declared

"I'd be honored." He takes your hand, brings it up to his lips to kiss it as you blush beet red. His piercing gaze strikes right through your soul.

You argued a bit on who to pay the bill, you wanted to waive the dinner you had tonight with him and him wanting to pay everything that you end up just giving it all as tips for your staff - which made them extremely happy.

You accompanied Loki to the door after dinner to see him out and he gave you a quick peck on the forehead before you closed the door. "I'll see you soon" you say to him.

Loki on the other hand, walks in the dark alleyway, his suit changes to an emerald battle wear with a smile on his face. He can't wait to see you again - maybe he should bring you flowers.

#loki fanfic #loki x y/n #loki laufeyson #loki x reader #loki x female reader #loki of asgard #loki x you #loki fanfiction #loki oneshot #loki fic recs

[primewritessmut]

H, K, N, T, and W <3

H - What is your favorite source text for fandom stuff?

Oof. Um? Idk that I care so much about the source material as I do about the characters. I can make any source material work if I’m obsessed enough.

That being said, I like the vaguer boundaries (for lack of a better word) around movies and comics. There’s a lot more room to play with a characters internal life and thoughts bc those things aren’t as clear in a more visual medium like a movie or comic. Shaping that for an existing character is probably the closest I’ll ever get to writing an OC.

K - What character has your favorite development arc/the best development arc?

You know I’m going to say Loki bc you got me hooked in the show. And Mobius, too. I think they’re sort of inverse arcs. Loki finds his purpose and Mobius loses his, and it’s so well-done and tragic and fascinating.

Also, I read a veritable fuckton of books and I know I’ve read some amazing character arcs in those but they tend to blur together. The one that sticks out to me rn is Evemer in A Touch of Gold and Iron bc it’s a FANTASTIC representation of “enemies” to “I worship you, I would die for you, use me like an attack dog” and I know you know how much I love that.

N - Name three things you wish you saw more of in your main fandom (or a fandom of your choice).

(1) More deeply considered kink scenes. This applies to most fandoms I’m a part of, I think. You and I have talked about this a lot. I just… I get tired of reading kink relationships that are just some iteration of a submissive wet hole versus dominant fuck machine. Like yeah, okay, I read smut for the smut but also the relationship. Call me a romantic or whatever, I guess.

(2) Eddie grappling with the symbiote’s need to eat brains. I think I’ve mentioned this before, but I feel like it gets left out of fic a lot. For obvious reasons, probably. If you’re writing about a guy getting dicked down by his alien goo parasite maybe you don’t want to deal with the in-world consequences of all that entails. But I think it’s really rich soil to dig through and I wish more fics did it.

(3) Smut scenes that aren’t just penetrative sex. Not every likes or wants penetrative sex. Or has penetrative sex every time they fuck. What can I say? I like a variety.

T - Do you have any hard and fast headcanons that you will die defending?

That I would die for? Yeesh. I think Peter is a lot angrier than people let him be or give him credit for. Wade enjoys his job and would be sad (not to mention a massive fucking nuisance) if he gave it up. The body horror of both Venom and Deadpool are an integral part of their characters. (Damn. I should have put that in my above answer.)

But would I die for those? Maybe the body horror one. You know how much I love body horror.

W - A trope which you are virtually certain to hate in any fandom.

Teacher/student. (And usually boss/Secretary or employee.) I’m not going to get into why just, BLECH. No thank you. Next.

#ask game #love these questions #you always ask the hard one #and actually make me self-reflect #you monster

[thewidowsghost]

Fox - Chapter 82

Series Masterlist

Main Masterlist

Previously on Fox:

“We gotta stop him,” Natasha turns to face the archer again.

“Yeah? Who’s ‘we’?” Clint asks, taking a sip of his water.

“I don’t know,” Natasha admits. “Whoever’s left.”

Clint nods, “Well, if I put an arrow through Loki’s eye socket, I’d sleep better, I suppose.”

A smile creeps it’s way onto Natasha’s face at the comment. She sits back down beside Clint. “Now you sound like you.”

“But you don’t,” Clint replies. “You’re a spy, not a soldier. Now you want to wade into a war. Why?”

“He killed Phil,” Natasha replies. “And (Y/n)’s planning on going after Loki. I go where she goes.”

“That’s a pretty good answer,” Clint replies.

. . .

“It’s time to go,” Steve Rogers steps into Clint’s med room.

“Go where?” Natasha asks the super-soldier.

“I’ll tell you on the way. Can you fly one of those jets?”

“I can,” Clint replies, looking up from the pitcher of water.

“Then suit up,” Steve replies.

3rd Person POV

“Earth’s Mightiest Heroes type thing,” Tony Stark says, pouring himself some scotch.

“Yes,” Loki says, turning from his view of the Chitauri shooting holes into the buildings of New York, “I’ve met them.”

“Yeah,” Tony chuckles. “It takes us a while to get any traction, on that one. But let’s do a head count, here. Your brother, the demigod, a super soldier, a living legend,” Tony reaches under his counter to grab two metal bracelets, “who kind of lives up to the legend. A man with breathtaking anger-management issues, a couple of master assassins, and probably the most powerful person you’ve probably ever met, and you, big fella, you’ve managed to piss off every single one of them.”

“That was the plan,” Loki replies.

“Well, clearly you didn’t think it through,” (Y/n) twists her vibranium sword between her fingers, walking up from behind Tony.

Tony takes a sip of his scotch. “Not a great plan,” he agrees with (Y/n). “When they come,” Tony rounds the counter, “and they will, they’ll come for you.”

“I have an army,” Loki replies.

“We have a Hulk,” Tony replies.

“I thought the beast had wandered off,” Loki replies.

“You’re missing the point,” (Y/n) says, allowing her sword to retract into her suit. “There is no throne. There is no version of this where you come out on top.”

“How will your friends have time for me when they are so busy fighting you?” Loki steps up to Tony, who is standing just closer to Loki than (Y/n). Loki presses the tip of his sceptre to Tony’s chest.

“This usually works,” Loki says and (Y/n)’s lips twitch slightly.

“Well, performance issues, it’s not uncommon,” Tony comments casually. “One out of five -”

Loki lifts Tony by the throat and throws him out the window.

After a moment, Ironman rises.

“And there’s one other person you pissed off,” (Y/n) says, her hands tightening into fists. “His name was Phil.”

Tony blasts Loki with his blasters, and (Y/n) throws Loki into a wall. She dives out of the window and she lands on the top of the Quinjet.

“Stark, we’re on your three, headed northeast,” Natasha says into the COMMs.

“What?” Tony asks. “Did you stop for drive-through?” he snarks.

“Watch it,” (Y/n) replies.

“Swing up Park. I’m gonna lay ‘em out for you,” Tony replies.

. . .

There is a knock at a young girl’s door.

The door opens, and a man, the girl’s daughter, is framed in the doorway. “Kate?” the man prompts. The man’s gaze falls on his daughter, lying on her bed, pretending to be asleep. “Coming in,” the man steps into his daughter’s room. “You shouldn’t eavesdrop.”

“Then how would I know what you’re saying when I’m not there?” Kate asks, her eyes still closed.

Her father chuckles. “I don’t know how to argue with that.” Kate’s father, Derek, walks over to his daughter’s bed. “How much did you hear?” Derek asks.

Kate opens her eyes, rolling over to face her father. “I don’t want to move,” Kate says, sitting up.

“That much, huh?” Derek asks, walking over to sit at the foot of his daughter’s bed. “We don’t have to.”

“How do you know,” Kate asks, fiddling with the sleeves of her flower printed shirt. “Mommy said things don’t just fall from the sky.”

“Well, yeah, but there’s always gonna be weather,” Derek replies. “Some people forget the one thing they can control, the choices they make in the face of it.”

Kate smiles before she pauses. Then she asks, “What would you do in a hurricane?”

“I would do what I always do. Protect you,” Derek says, rubbing his daughter’s shoulder. “Now, why don’t you go have some lunch with your mom?” He gets to his feet. “Think fast,” he tosses Kate her favorite stuffed animal. “I’ll be downstairs in my office.”

. . .

A shadow passes through Kate’s room, and she looks out the window.

There is a soft thud and then an explosion rocks the building.

“Mommy!” Kate cries, panting slightly and clinging to the wall. “Mommy! Mommy!” she staggers out of her room, swaying as the building continues to rock. “What’s happening?”

The girl runs to her parents’ bedroom, before she turns, looking up and sees a giant Chitauri fly over her skylight.

“Dad?” Kate runs down the stairs of the penthouse. “Dad. Daddy, where are you?” Kare turns into the formal dining room and she stops to stare out the window. She lets out a yelp as more, smaller Chitauris fly by. The girl runs towards her father’s office, and she screams when something crashes into the building.

Dust rains down on the girl’s head, and she stumbles the rest of the way to her father’s office.

The entire office is destroyed, and Kate starest out at the war taking place in front of her eyes.

One of the Chitauri rises from the wreckage of the office. It catches sight of the girl and begins walking towards her.

All of a sudden, the Chitauri topples forward.

Kate stares at the figure, now standing in the wreckage of her father’s office.

The woman glances over at the girl. “You okay?” her (E/c) eyes gleam with concern.

The Chitauri moves and the woman drags it by the leg and throws it out the massive hole in the office.

The woman kneels down in front of the young girl. “I’m (Y/n),” (Y/n) says. “What’s your name?”

“Kate,” the girl says softly.

“Kate, are you okay?” (Y/n) asks.

Kate nods, though she looks terrified.

“Where are your parents?” (Y/n) asks.

Kate looks around. “I - I don’t know,” Kate replies.

“(Y/n), are you okay?” Natasha’s voice comes from (Y/n)’s COMM.

(Y/n) places a hand to her ear, “I’m fine. I need to help this little girl find her parents.”

“Be careful,” Natasha replies.

“Come in, kiddo,” (Y/n) holds a hand out for the girl, and Kate takes her hand.

“Mom!” Kate cries as the two make their way through the messy, dust filled house.

“Kate!” a voice screams in return.

(Y/n) catches sight of the woman first, and keeps Kate from walking into the room. “Stay here,” (Y/n) tells the girl and (Y/n) hurries to the woman’s side, taking stock of the situation.

“Where’s Kate?” the woman asks, her arm pinned under one of the beams of the house.

“If my daughter saw me like this, she’d be traumatized,” (Y/n) replies, bracing herself to lift the beam. “She’s outside.”

“Thank you,” the woman replies.

“It’s no problem. I’m (Y/n).” (Y/n) says.

“Eleanor,” the woman replies. “How are you gonna -” she falters when (Y/n) heaves, lifting the beam off her arm.

Eleanor slips herself out from under the beam.

“Mom!” Kate runs into the room after a moment.

Eleanor hugs her daughter with her non-broken arm.

“Let me see,” (Y/n) says, gesturing to Eleanor’s arm. Both Kate and Eleanor watch, their eyes wide as the broken arm mends under (Y/n)’s touch. “Might want to put it in a sling for a week, just to make sure it sets properly,” (Y/n) advises.

“We need your help out here, (Y/n),” Steve Rogers says.

“I gotta run,” (Y/n) says. She rises to her feet; she begins to walk away. Then she turns back. “I’m really sorry about your house,” she looks so genuinely upset and sorry that Eleanor almost thinks that it’s the woman’s fault, but it wasn’t. Clearly it was the fault of the man standing atop Stark Tower with gold antlers and a green suit.

. . .

(Y/n), Natasha, Steve, and Clint all gather outside the subway station.

“Stark, are you seeing this?” Steve asks Tony.

“Seeing. Still working on believing. Where’s Banner? Has he shown up yet?” Tony asks.

“Banner?” Steve questions.

“Just keep me posted.” Tony replies. “JARVIS, find me a soft spot.”

(Y/n) scans the side of the giant flying Chitauri.

Steve crouches behind a taxi with Natahsa and Clint, and (Y/n) vaults over it to join them.

“We’ve got civilians still trapped up here,” The four can hear Tony say through their comms.

“Loki,” Steve mutters as the emerald-clad Asguardian zips by on a Chitari plane-looking thing.

Citizens scream in terror, running out of falling buildings and crouching behind cars.

“They’re fish in a barrel down there,” Steve mutters, staring down at a bridge, which is burning.

Natasha stands up, using her pistols to shoot at the Chitauri, and Clint creeps away, using his arrows. Natasha crouches down again, looking over at Steve, “We got this.”

“We’re good,” (Y/n) adds. “Go.”

“Do you think you can hold them off?” Steve asks.

(Y/n)’s sword materialized from the sleeve of her suit, and the blade erupts into flames. “Can I light random ass swords on fire?” (Y/n) asks with a grin, pivoting on her back foot to cut a Chitauri in half.

The three friends shoot and hack at the enemy and (Y/n) laughs at Natasha’s next comment, “Just like Budapest all over again.”

“You and I remember Budapest very differently,” (Y/n) and Clint reply in unison.

(Y/n) sees explosions on the bridge nearby and sprints towards a line of NYPD officers shooting at Chitauri warriors flying overhead.

(Y/n) lands on top of a bus, dropping onto one knee to talk to the officers below her. “You need men in these buildings,” (Y/n) gestures to some of the tallest buildings around them. “There are people inside and they’re going to run right into the line of fire. You take them to the basements or through the subway. You keep them off the streets. I need a perimeter as back as 39th.”

“Why the hell should I take orders from you?” the chief asks.

An explosion rocks overhead, and four Chitauri warriors climb onto the bus. (Y/n) turns, her sword materializing again and she hacks them down with her sword.

At (Y/n)’s quick takedown of the warriors, the chief turns to his men, “I need men in those buildings. Lead people down and away from the streets. We’re going to set up a perimeter as far back as 39th.”

(Y/n)’s sword bursts back into flames and she summons a jet of wind, propelling her through the air and cutting Chitauri hovercrafts out of the air.

“I need more men in those buildings,” the sheriff tells his officers. “Lead people away from the streets. And we need a perimeter as far back as 39th street.”

(Y/n) advances towards both Clint and Natasha, knocking out Chitauri soldiers as she goes.

Clint stabs a Chitari with an arrow and instinctively ducks as (Y/n) slashes a Chitauri in half above Clint’s head.

A Chitauri tackles (Y/n) to the ground, and she hits the pavement with a grunt. “Nat!” she instinctively calls out.

Natasha, who’s about ten feet away, levels her Chitauri sceptre, which she’d stolen, and shoots the Chitauri off (Y/n). Natasha jogs over, offering (Y/n) a hand.

“You came,” (Y/n) murmurs.

“You called,” Natasha replies, resting her forehead against (Y/n)’s for a moment.

“This is not the time,” Clint grunts, shooting down a few of the aliens with his arrows.

“Sorry, Bird Brain,” (Y/n) replies, summoning her sword again. She tries to set her sword ablaze, but exhaustion drags at her and the flames, instead of their normal bright yellow, are now a dull red color.

Natasha glances worriedly at (Y/n), but she shrugs it off, letting the flames extinguish, deciding to wield the sword without flames now.

Steve lands beside (Y/n) and Natasha, knocking over a few Chitauri, and arcs of lightning blast a few more to dust. Thor lands beside Natasha, Clint, Steve, and (Y/n).

“What’s the story upstairs?” Steve asks Thor.

“The power surrounding the Cube is impenetrable,” Thor rumbles.

“Thor’s right. We got to deal with those guys,” Tony replies into the comms.

“How do we do this?” Natasha asks.

“As a team,” Steve replies.

“I have unfinished business with Loki,” Thor says.

“Yeah, get in line,” Clint replies.

“Loki’s going to keep this fight focused on us,” Steve turns to address (Y/n), Natasha, and Clint, “and that’s what we need.”

“Without him, these things could run wild,” (Y/n) says.

“We got Stark up top. He’s going to need us to . . .” Steve goes on, but the rumbling of a motorcycle stops him.

The others step forward, meeting Bruce Banner as he dismounts from his borrowed motorcycle.

“So, this all seems horrible,” Bruce says in way of greeting, gesturing around to the flaming cars and rubble

“I’ve seen worse,” Natasha replies, and (Y/n) casts a worried gaze on her wife. They’d been married for almost five years now, and (Y/n) still didn’t know all of Natasha’s past - and if she was being honest, she didn’t want to know.

“Sorry,” Bruce replies.

“No,” Natasha interjects, “we could use a little worse.”

Bruce nods, and when Natasha looks away, (Y/n) catches the scientist's eyes still on her wife. (Y/n) smirks slightly - Banner never had a chance.

“Stark,” Steve says into the COMMs, “we’ve got him.”

“Banner?” Tony asks.

“Just like you said,” Steve says.

“Then tell him to suit up,” Tony replies. “I’m bringing the party to you.”

“Holy shit,” (Y/n) turns, and the others turn, following the direction that she was looking. (Y/n)’s sword unconsciously returns to her hand, and she grips the hilt.

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Spoilers for GOW: RAGNAROK - Ursa’s Quest

There is one big headcanon idea I have which heavily focuses on Ursa coming into her powers as a Goddess of Death. And that is through a quest to restore a certain someone’s soul which eventually leads to her realising her destiny as the future Queen of Helheim.

Here’s my take - Ursa is around the same age that Atreus was during GOW 2018, and her father is visiting Kratos, so she’s just hanging out in the forest, playing with the wolves and having some good old fun when she suddenly feels something, something she’s only felt in the presence of souls. But this one feels incomplete, like it’s missing it’s other parts. She summons it, but doesn’t hear much as it’s a little worn and weak. Just that the spirit is "missing his ‘soul bits’” and that his name is Brok. Ursa stores his first soul part, his mind, in her marble and tells her parents about it, who is shocked to hear that their daughter found a piece of Brok’s soul. Realising how much this means to them, Ursa sneaks out and decides to look for Brok’s other soul pieces herself, eventually gaining the help of Sleipnir along the way as they go on their quest to find Brok’s two other soul pieces, luck and form and bring them to the Lake of Souls to complete him.

And along the way, Sindri shows up, not sure what Atreus’ daughter is doing out here all alone with Odin’s old war horse, until she speaks honestly about her quest. Sindri is stunned, but readily decides to help the little girl in anyway he can if it meant that his brother can finally have an afterlife, even gifting her a dagger embedded with the famine of Fimbulwinter itself. And at some point, and very sleepy Ursa will say "thanks Sin." Leaving Sindri feeling both touched and sad, as he truly does miss having Atreus as a friend but still isn't ready to talk to him. And maybe through his journey to save Brok’s soul with Ursa, he will be.

It’s essentially like Kratos and Atreus’ quest to spread Faye’s ashes, but instead, their trying to find the soul-bits of a dwarven friend, the child’s taking the lead, her main protector is an eight-legged horse, and instead of a talking head, she has a dwarf that is technically her great-uncle to offer advice. They bond over stories and old wounds that Ursa is just hoping to fix, although Sindri tells her that some holes are too big to fill. But that doesn’t mean she can’t fill it up halfway. They open up to each other, become protective and caring towards each other as they help not only overcome their trauma but also help Ursa realise her new powers and accept them (after all, summoning Hel-Walker and becoming a half-dead skeleton can be terrifying for an eleven year old.)

And throughout the WHOLE quest for Brok’s souls, she is eating up Brok’s vulgar mannerisms and loving it! It’s just a riot to her and is spitting swears and insults at all of her enemies like Perrito from Puss in Boots: The Last Wish; making Brok proud as peach of his great-niece, whilst absolutely shocking Sleipnir and appalling Sindri, who is low-key (hehe Loki) worried about what Atreus will say about all this when he finds out. 

They use Ursa’s Marble containing Brok’s soul as a sort of compass or tracker, but because the souls have no direction, they are always moving across the realms, and because it’s God of War, there’s always some sort of obstacle trying to hold them back at the last minute. I’m thinking Baldur returns as the most powerful and coherent Hel-Walker anyone’s ever seen and tries to kill Ursa as revenge against Kratos and Atreus, who denied him his own revenge. This could also imply that Hræsvelgr is slowly loosing her influence in Helheim (the only reason Hel-Walkers even show up outside of Helheim anymore is because Ursa summons them) further tying in that she is in need of a replacement. Maybe that opens up a power vacuum that Baldur wants to take advantage of: become the knew Hel so that he can bring forth a new Fimbulwinter, ultimately decimating the Eight Realms that the Fate Breakers sacrificed so much to save. So it is ultimately up to Ursa to claim her rightful throne as Queen of Helheim in order to prevent those like Baldur to abuse that power.

Then, as they finally find the last soul, finally able to see Brok’s spirit, Atreus, Angrboda and Kratos show up, and they are all just happy Ursa’s okay, are scolding her for running off without telling them, before tearfully saying hello to an old friend and returning to the Lake of Souls together to see him off for the last time. And as Brok leaves, he tells Sindri to look after himself and tells Atreus that he has one tough kid and that he should be proud.

And he certainly is.

That’s what I got! I hope that you guys like it! Let me know what you think!

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