Intertwined Pt 2: Unspoken truth
Pairing: Loki x Female Reader
Summary: You and Loki are bound together as soulmates through red string. You are also given poems to help you figure it out along the way.
Word count: 4.6k
Finally recovering from another episode of poems, you gained composer and looked towards Loki. He stared back at you with confusion in his eyes and you thought you saw his lips curve into a smirk. You were pulled from your thoughts when Steve started to talk.
"You know, last time I was in Germany and saw a man standing above everyone else, we ended up disagreeing" As he spoke, he took more and more steps closer to Loki.
"The soldier" The villain started to chuckle.
"Can I just say Mr Loki, you remind me of a green goblin" You stood beside Steve and Loki's smile dropped.
"A green goblin?" He almost seemed offended and you just nodded your head. "Guess you two are out of time"
"Oh, we're not the ones out of time" Steve replied and behind you Natasha zoomed closer in a ship. She pressed some buttons, which then opened a compartment to lower a gun type weapon.
"Loki, drop the weapon and stand down" The woman you remembered as Nat said on the PA.
"Well that ain't gonna work. While you're at it, you might as well ask him to leave earth" You spoke into an earpiece to talk to the woman and she didn't reply to your sarcasm.
Loki then fired another blue shot. This time to the ship behind you. Natasha steered and dodged, while Steve threw his shield at the villain. The shield came back to him like a boomerang and the man ran and hit Loki over the head with it.
When he didn't fall down, you ran and threw a punch, only to have your wrist get caught. You looked up at the villainous man before you and saw that his eyes were so green, they looked like shining emeralds. You hadn't realised that Loki also stared and Steve punched him again. You were both shook from whatever was happening and Loki and Steve started to hit each other with their weapons.
When Steve was knocked to the ground, you ran up and did a high kick. Loki dodged out the way and the two of you carried on sparring. Only, it was more like you were performing a dance.
"You're a good fighter darling" Loki said as he blocked another punch.
"You're not so bad yourself" You replied with a playful smirk as he grabbed your wrist and you twirled around. You decided to use the full of your power and you reached to touch the side of Loki's head. When you did, Loki just grabbed your wrist again but didnt remove it from its place.
"How did you get here?" Loki realised what you were doing and tried to stop himself from speaking.
"The Tesseract acted as a gateway and I walked through" He replied and then silently cursed himself for being suaded to answer you.
"And why is it, you're here?" You wanted him to answer one more question. You wanted to be of use to Fury and not let him down. However, Loki pushed your hand away before your powers could betray his silence.
"Not this time miss mischief" The male smirked at your annoyed expression.
The dance fighting continued until you were able to land a punch. Part of you meant to punch him like that, but another part felt horrible.
You were going to continue, when you heard rock music playing from the ship and something flying over. The closer it got, the more you saw that it was someone in a red metal suit. They lifted both their hands and shot golden blasts at the horned villain. He flew back to the ground against some concrete stairs and you slightly winced.
The flying figure landed in front of him and he stood in a fighting stance, with weapons popping out from the back of the suit. Steve and you joined him.
"Make your move Reindeer games" The figure spoke in a muffled voice. You laughed and everyone looked at you.
"What, it was funny. Although I like green goblin better" You shrugged and when you looked down, you saw Loki trying to hold back a smile.
Loki proceeded to move his hands apart and slowly, his armour disappeared. Almost like magic and left his heads up as if he was being arrested. In return, the figure also lowered his weapons.
"Good move" Loki stared at you intensely as Steve sighed.
"Mr Stark" You whipped your head around.
"Captain" Was the suits reply.
"Wait! That's Mr stark under there?" You pointed to the suit and Steve gave you a cold stare.
"Yes, it was in the debriefing package that you said you read. Did you not?" The man before you folded his arms and waited for your answer.
"I skimmed it actually" You looked away in embarrassment and Steve just rolled his eyes.
"Either way, good to meet you kid" Stark put his metal arm out and you shook it with a smile.
"Nice to meet you too, big fan of your work" The man chuckled before restraining the villain and loading him onto the ship. You walked behind with Steve.
"So, you're just gonna start acting like a dick to me" You snapped quietly.
"Let's not do this now, we're on a mission" Steve answered you shortly.
"To do what? We won against the villain and now all that's left is dropping him off. Plus he's harmless right now" You whispered back harshly.
"Still, lets not right now" He sped up in front and you huffed with annoyance.
Once the ship took off, you sat next to Loki and stared at him. Steve and Stark stood near the cockpit, all while giving you a confused glance. Stark had finally removed the mask on his suit and looked just like you imagined. He had brown spiky hair and a goatee.
Loki never looked in your direction, but you could tell he knew what you were thinking.
"I don't know anything about what we saw" The man turned to you with a sort of sad smile and you found yourself focusing in on his emerald eyes again.
"I wasn't thinking about that" When in actual fact you were and now you were looking at every detail that formed on his face.
"Don't try to deceive me, you're not the only one that can read minds darling"
"don't call me darling" You chuckled.
"Why ever not?" Loki spoke with such a soft tone, that you felt small Goosebumps on your arms.
"Because, you don't know me and i don't know you"
"Trust me, there'll be plenty of that in the future" The male gave you a wink.
"Sure" You smirked.
"Only to agent y/n" You heard Natasha whisper into her headset.
"I'll be right back green goblin, don't go anywhere" You patted the villain on the back and he smiled softly.
"I don't like it" You heard Steve say.
"What don't you like?" You asked and the man slightly glared at you.
"I don't like the fact that you're acting all chummy with that guy" Steve pointed to Loki.
"Are you jealous of a villain? Cause last I checked we weren't anything, exclusive" The last word rolled on your tongue like a bad taste.
"I'm not jealous" The blonde retaliated, but you could clearly see him clenching his jaw as if to stop himself from throwing any punches.
"Then what is it?"
"It has never been that easy. He packs a wallop" That's when you chuckled.
"Still, you are pretty spry for an older fellow" Stark joins. "What's your thing, Pilates?"
"What?" The question caught Steve off guard.
"It's like calisthenics. You must've missed a couple things, doing time as a Capsicle" Stark finished and you snickered at the new nickname until you calmed down.
"Nah, goes to the gym and punches the bags till they fall off" You reply without thinking.
"Fury didn't tell me he was calling you in" The blonde ignored your response.
"You told me you knew and that it was in the debriefing" You yelled.
"I lied, just wanted to mess with you" The male shrugged.
"Well, there's a lot of things Fury doesn't tell you" Stark answered.
Before you knew it, lightning was shooting out left, right and centre around the ship. It was almost like it came out of nowhere. Everyone looked to Loki and he had an expression that made him seem uncomfortable and worried.
"What, scared of a little thunder?" Steve asked.
"I'm not overly fond of who follows" You questioned his meaning and soon heard a thump on the top of the ship.
"I swear if that's an enemy of yours, I want no part of it Loki!" You stated as you threw your hands in the air. Stark put on his mask and opened the end hatch.
"What're you doing?" Steve asked and a tall figure dropped on the platform.
"Stark is apparently being hospitable and letting this asshole in" You gestured to a man who wore some type of silver armour and a red cape. He had long hair, which was blonder than Steve's and a stubble. "Sorry sir, would you like anything to drink?" You sarcastically gestured for the man to enter and bowed.
Tony stood in front and the stranger smashed an unseemly large hammer into his chest, leaving him to fly backwards. The man then moved over to where Loki was and pulled him up to face him. They stared for a few seconds before Loki was dragged out the ship.
"Get back here, we need him!!" You yelled as you chased them to the platform and stopped when they dropped out.
"Now there's that guy" Tony said as he finally stood back up. You stormed back over and punched Steve in the arm.
"Is he Asgardian?" Nat asked from her pilots seat.
"A friendly?" Steve asked.
"Is he an accomplice?" You asked.
"Doesn't matter. If he frees Loki or kills him, the Tesseract's lost" Was all Stark replied with as he started walking back to the end of the ship.
"Hey, we at least need a plan tin can" You shout as you followed the suited man.
"I have a plan and don't call me that" You could imagine him rolling his eyes.
"I'm coming with you then" As Stark started to fly to the ground, you jumped after him and grabbed his foot.
"Are you kidding me? Let go!!" Stark yelled down to you as he lost his balance.
"No, I said I was coming" As you spoke, you started to lose your grip and then all together, fell from the sky.
You plummeted to the ground and screamed as much as you could. Looking up, it didn't seem that Stark realised you had slipped. You continued to scream until you felt a pair of strong arms grab you in a bridal style and flew to the ground. It wasn't till you looked up, that you saw the man who took Loki and that you were stood atop a mountain.
"Are you alright?" The man spoke with concern and had had ocean blue eyes.
"Huh, so you do have manners" You plopped out of his grasp and saw Loki in front of you. "Two of you working together or is this some kind of rivalry?" You pulled your lips into a tight line as you heard Loki laugh.
"Ha, that's funny. No, this runs deeper than rivalry darling" He smiled wickedly.
"We're brothers" The man behind said and your eyes widened.
"Sure we grew up together, but I was always a shadow to his greatness" You saw the slightest bit of pain wash over Loki's face before it disappeared into darkness. "I have seen the true power of the Tesseract, and when I wield it..."
"Who showed you this power? Who controls the would be king?" The blonde walked closer to Loki and grabbed his shoulders.
"I am a king!!" Loki yelled and you flinched.
"Not here!" The man yelled back and you walked beside him.
"Loki, where is the Tesseract?" You asked softly as you carefully placed a hand on his cheek. The villain looked at you with sadness and then a smile.
"I don't have it my dear" The blonde beside you went to throw a punch and you stood in the way, taking the hard blow. Before the male took a step forward, you saw Stark fly into him and past you and Loki.
You dropped to the ground and clung to your cheek. The pain caused a ringing in your ears and your cheek felt hot and tingly. You felt arms hold you by the shoulders and then someone lift your chin up. Tears began to prick at bottom of your eyes, threatening to drop. When you finally looked up to see the figure, you were surprised to see Loki and that's when the tears ran down.
"Why are you crying my dear?" He wiped your cheeks softly and smiled.
"Why didn't you run?" You spoke between cries.
"I'm sorry? I don't think I follow"
"Why didn't you run when that guy got flown to god knows where?" You looked at him quizzically.
"Because you're hurt" He furrowed his brows as if it was the most obvious answer and you grinned. "Now let me see" Loki whispered as he took hold of your hand and moved it away from your cheek.
"Is it bad?" You muttered and the man shook his head.
"Just red, but should go down soon" The male stroked the redness of your cheek and you felt the ease of where the pain used to be.
"Thank you, Loki"
"Anytime, darling" You playfully pushed his shoulder.
"Thought I told you not to call me that"
"And I thought you knew, I don't listen to anyone" The male chuckled and locked eyes with you. You both inched a little closer and then heard a loud crash, snapping you to look away from one another.
Loki coughed behind you and you took in a big sigh. Hearing a few yells you turned to see that at the bottom of the cliff, Stark and the blonde were in the middle of a fight. The guy with the hammer, lifted it high and conjured up lightning.
"You have got to be kidding" You gritted and Loki laughed at your reaction. "What you laughing at green goblin?"
"No reason" He shrugged as the guy then shot the lightning towards Tony, frying up his suit. However, he shot right back.
Tony flew at the blonde guy and they continued to fight as they drew further away from you.
"Guess they forgot I'm here" You threw your arms up and slapped your lap.
"I'm sure they'll return" Loki stood up.
"Leaving already?" You stared at him wondering what to do now.
"If I stay, I'll get caught and I've had enough of that for one day" He smiled widely and you too stood up.
"What makes you think I won't stop you?" You folded your arms over your chest and Loki walked up to you. He leaned in and his lips brushed against your ear.
"Because you wouldn't of stopped me if I had kissed you moments ago" His voice was barely a whisper and his breath felt hot against your skin.
You could of sworn that the redness from where you were punched grew even redder. You tried to respond but your voice had hitched and you just stood awkwardly as Loki turned away and fled.
Soon, you heard a sort of explosion and carefully ran down a narrow path that led to the bottom of the cliff. You ran and made it to the guys before they all thought you were dead.
"Miss me" You grinned widely and Tony shook your hand.
"Thought you were dead pipsqueak" You rolled your eyes at the new name.
"At least it's better than Capsicle" You laughed as you looked to Steve.
"Midgardian, we haven't formally met. I'm Thor" The blonde who saved you smiled.
"Nice to meet you, I'm y/n" You smiled back.
"As much as I like meetings like these. Here's a question agent, where's Loki?" Steve asked harshly.
"He got away from me" You lied and then you heard Nat on your headset.
"We've located and restrained Loki, come back and we'll head to Mr Fury" The woman spoke and the line went dead.
Steve held onto Tony's hands as he flew up and you held onto Thor. It didn't take long for your small group to reach the ship and when saw Loki, you gave him a sad smile.
You never said a word until you reached the larger ship that Fury was on. A few guards had come to collect the villain and escorted him through some doors and your group made its way to the bridge. Everyone was listening in to Nick and Loki's conversation through a PA.
Although everyone was listening, your mind was elsewhere. You would be too, if it wasn't for the man who almost kissed you. You felt for your lips and tried to imagine what it would've been like. Soft and sweet or rough and heated. Banner spoke and it snapped you from any thoughts that should be like forbidden fruit to you.
"Really grows on you doesn't he?"
"Loki's gonna drag this out. So, Thor, what's his play?" Steve asked the man that stood deep in thought.
"He has an army called the Chitauri. They're not from Asgard, nor any world known" He sadly looked around the room of your group. "He means to lead them against your people. They will win him the earth, in return, I suspect, the Tesseract" He finished.
"An army, from outer space" Steve looked to the group and then you.
"He's building another portal then" You roll your eyes.
"That's what he needs Erik Selvig for" Banner finished.
"Selvig?" Thor looked at the man quizzically.
"He's an astrophysicist" Banner replied.
"A friend" Thor responded.
"Loki has him under some kind of spell" Natasha mentioned with a sadness upon her face.
"And one of ours" You mentioned.
"I want to know why Loki let us take him. He's not leading an army from here" Steve wondered aloud.
"Then let me go in and find out" You stood in front of Mr Capsicle.
"Y/n, I don't think we should focus on Loki right now" Banner defended.
"Well you guys can focus on other situations, I'll focus on Loki" You stormed out to the hall and heard footsteps behind you.
"You do know he killed 80 people in 2 days right?" Nat warned and you continued walking.
"Y/n, wait!" Steve yelled as he grabbed your arm to turn you around. You shook it off and stared daggers into his gaze.
"What do you want Captain?" You spat out the last word and Steve winced.
"I'm sorry, about before. I never once thought it was just fooling around"
"Then why lie to me? Why hurt me like that?" Every question was finished with a tear staining your cheeks.
"I don't know, maybe I didn't want a repeat of what happened to me last time" Steve looked at the ground and your heart broke. You felt for his cheek and smiled weakly.
"I'm sorry, but you have lied to me one too many times now, it's best we just leave it in the past now"
You turned to walk away again and this time, Steve pulled you back and locked his lips with yours for a brief second. He let you go and without another word left to head back to the bridge.
You found the room that was holding Loki and with a deep breath, you walked in. Seeing Loki had somehow put your mind at ease and made you question what you were doing.
"Hello daring, miss me already?" The mischievous man smirked towards you.
"Always the charmer aren't you?" You smirked back and walked closer to the cage. "You gonna tell us anything about your intentions?" You looked at him hopefully.
"Sorry dear, I can't do that" His smile faded and he continued to stand tall before you.
"Can't, or won't?" You folded your arms over your chest as the god before you thought long and hard.
"Won't I'm afraid" He shrugged.
You pressed some buttons that opened the door and when you walked in, they shut automatically.
"Will you tell me anything that's the truth" You pleaded and the man smiled weakly.
"I like you miss mischief" He smiled as he caressed your cheek and you did the same.
"Then tell me why you let yourself get caught" You smiled slightly in hopes he'll allow the power to force his truth out.
"Sorry darling, that doesn't work on me anymore" The man smirked devilishly as he lightly touched your hand.
He gazed deeply into your eyes as he inched in closer. He then placed another hand upon your hip and pulled you in to meet him in the middle. Your breath hitched from the fast movement and you locked your eyes onto the lines of his lips. You threaded your fingers through his hair and pulled him in to close the remaining gap between you. You pulled away just as quick as you went in.
"I'll continue to play your little game, green goblin" You winked and walked out the prison cell.
"TouchĂŠ, my dear" The villain laughed as you left to head back to the bridge.
Everyone turned and stared you down when you returned.
"Where've you been agent?" Tony asked and you shrugged in return.
"Thought I could get info from greenie" You answered.
"Anyway, me and Banner are going to do some tracking, you in to have fun?" Stark patted you on the back as the two left the room and you ran after them.
You mainly looked at the sceptor and listened as the two men geeked out about the science of it all. Tony also shocked Banner on the side and you laughed.
"You really have got a lid on it haven't you". Stark seemed impressed and you heard the yelling of Steve behind you.
"Is everything just a joke to you?" His voice boomed in the room.
"Steve, it's okay just calm down" You stepped in front of him.
"Funny things are" Tony put out bluntly and you turned to glare at him.
"Not helping" You spat.
"Threatening the safety of everyone on this ship, isn't funny. No offence doc" Steve's glance was cold.
"Why don't you leave and cool down for a bit?" You tried to push the tall male through the doors, but failed.
"You need to focus on the problem Mr Stark and y/n why don't you leave instead" Steve spoke harshly.
"Because I don't want to" The glared at the man and looked back at Tony.
"First off, leave y/n alone. Second, what, you think I'm not? Why did Fury call us in? Why now? Why not before? What isn't he telling us?" Starks questions made you stop and think what you hadn't thought before until now.
"You have a point"
"I can't do the equation unless I have all the variables"
"You think Fury's hiding something?" Steve questioned.
"He's a spy Captain. 'the' spy, his secrets have secrets. Bugging her too, isn't it" Tony pointed to you and you nodded slightly.
"Not as much as Einstein here" You chuckled and you saw Tony's lips twitch up a little.
"What about you doctor?" Steve asked as he faced Banner, who sighed.
"'A warm light for all mankind' Loki's jab at Fury about the cube" He started.
"Yeah, we heard it" You pointed out.
"I think that was meant for you" Banner turned to Stark. "Even if Barton didn't tell Loki about the tower, it was still all over the news"
"The Stark tower? That big, ugly..." You elbowed him in the arm to shut up and Tony gave him a sort of sad glance. "Building in New York?"
"It's powered by an arc reactor, a self-sustaining energy source" Banner continued.
"So, your saying, it could run itself for like what, a year?" You asked.
"It's just a prototype" Tony shrugged it off. "I'm kind of the only name in clean energy right now"
"Then why didn't S.H.I.E.L.D bring him in on the Tesseract project?" You pointed out the big question.
"And what are they doing in the energy business in the first place?" Banner joined.
"I guess I should look into that once my decryption program finishes breaking into all of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s secure files" Tony starts to walk out as he looks at a tablet in his hands.
"I'm sorry, did you say..." You look at Steve.
"Just let him do his thing, maybe he'll find something useful"
"Jarvis has been running it since I hit the bridge. In a few hours, I'll know every dirty secret S.H.I.E.L.D has ever tried to hide"
"If you get caught, you're screwed" You laugh nervously.
"Maybe, blueberry?" He offers you a container of the fruit and you gladly took a few.
"And you're confused as to why they didn't want you around" You glared at Steve again.
"An intelligence organization that fears intelligence? Historically, not awesome" You laugh at Tony's comment and Steve rolls his eyes.
"I think Loki's trying to wind us up. This is a man who means to start a war and if we don't stay focused, he'll succeed"
"Have you questioned him about his motives yet?" You glance at the tall blonde in front of you.
"No, but I'm sure you have" He smirked, but in a dark way as if he knows what happened in the cell.
"Like I said, my power doesn't seem to work on him anymore" You said simply.
"Anyway, we have orders and we should follow them"
"Followings not really my style" Tony answered.
"And you're all about style aren't you?"
"Okayyy, I'm gonna leave you boys to do whatever the hell you're doing and I'm gonna rest up" You patted Tony on the shoulder and left for your room.
The walk to your room was long and you were able to think about the events that took place. Starting with the poems, the red string that connected you to Loki and then the kiss. Although it was short, you still felt the tenderness of his lips, they were soft and kind.
Once in, you sat at the edge of the bed and opened browser on your phone. You finally typed in about red string and found that it appears when soulmates are finally united. Then you realised, if you and Loki shared the same strand of red string, it meant you were...
The excruciating headaches returned and you screamed in pain. Then you heard the familiar voice call to you.
His raven hair, like midnight's cloak,
Frames a face with secrets spoke.
Fair features veiled in cunning disguise,
A master of chaos, with clever eyes.
A hue of green adorns his sly disguise,
A colour that holds secrets, worth the prize.
Like the lush grasses in a hidden grove,
Or the envy that fuels his plans, bold and rove.
The poem was longer than before and more descriptive. The headaches stopped and you heard yelling outside your door. Getting up slowly, you walked and opened it to see the guys and Nat standing there panicked.
"What's wrong?" You asked innocently.
"We heard you screaming, is everything okay agent?" Natasha asked as she checked your body like Steve had before.
"I'm fine, I just saw a spider. It's gone now though" It was the most logical answer you could come up with on the spot.
Everyone looked at you suspiciously, but all left anyway. You thought more on the new poem and you knew what the unspoken truth was. Loki was your soulmate and you are linked for eternity.
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