where is the real me?

“Hey… chill out.” They looked at the other and shook their head. “Not… literally.” They sighed and at the area that was now frosted from Gabe’s powers. “Those aren’t my powers.” Gabriel shook their head and moved to try to make a ball of energy, but it was soon fused with shadows. “It’s like elements…” Gabriel looked at the other and looked at them. “Thank you for your wise observation.” 

    a scoff escaped past his lips. no, loki most certainly was not going to chill out. it wouldn’t have been a pretty sight anyhow. “trust me, no one wants to see me chill out. doesn’t get very pretty for anyone.” and no, he wasn’t going to give any explanation to that. “i’m merely looking out for the safety of these civilians. that’s what heroes do and i’m still learning. so, really, i think it’s best you get this whole thing figured out before messing around with that.”

Loki was…really pretty. Karolina felt that same hot feeling in her chest when she was around Nico.

“I’m Karolina,” she offered with an embarrassed smile. “So, um, how long are you staying in the city?”

the dark haired woman looked over at the other before shrugging one shoulder up, “what usually happens. we all went our separate ways. i went to la and then came back; running my own private investigation business.” kate spoke, “no hard feelings.”

“Sorry, do I know you?” Karolina knew that she was missing a big part of her life, but as hard as she tried she didn’t recognize the other person.

sigyn was no dim woman, she was old and understand that tragedy seemed to find them in the best way possible so when the ship was attacked she did not expect herself nor any of the other asgardians to survive. and somehow she had been one of the few to escape with her life, regardless of the painful protests to leave forcefully transported to midgard. the time bought through loki’s death was not worth it, it simply never would be to her. 

after years of wishing for a dream that would never happen, finally this started to feel real and truthfully she couldn’t have been more thankful. even if it didn’t last having a little more time was more than worth it for her. tears well up in her eyes and for once, she doesn’t care to hold them back unable to wipe the sweet smile from her face. “ good, i can’t handle losing you. not again, ” not ever again. “ i’ve been here the whole time, there was no where else to go. ”

   so much had been taken from them throughout the many years they’d been together. there never seemed to be a way to remedy the situations, never a way to somehow go on living without a tragedy striking them eventually. this time loki desperately wanted to ensure that they could go on living without any other complications entering their life. he wanted to give sigyn what she deserved -- a happy life. it was what she had always deserved, what loki had always wanted to give her since the very beginning of their courtship. 

kate heard loki and the words being directed to her but she was tired of being let down by the people she cared about, “i am on my own at the moment. there hasn’t really been a team in a long time.” kate often went from team to team to partnership to working as an investigator.

As a mutant that could sense energies belonging to powers Gabriel felt something different within themself. Eyes glowing yellow, Gabriel went into a park where they thought they would be alone, since it was night, to practice his powers. Moving their hands to create an energy bolt - but instead ice appeared, surrounded by light and darkness. “What the fuck….” Gabe looked at their powers - but soon they heard footsteps and the powers shot forward towards the oncoming person. “Shit. Look out!”

   given the life that many of them lived, this was hardly unusual. especially with loki, given everything that he was able to do. there wasn’t much time to react whenever the god heard the shout, only to turn and see an oncoming blast heading towards them. deflecting the blast wasn’t difficult in the slightest, though he was a bit more annoyed than anything else at the current predicament. “someone clearly has little control.”

name: love of my life ❤️❤️❤️❤️

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[ sms ] so i’ve heard of this thing here on midgard about people and late night snacks

[ sms ] seems like a rather fun thing to partake in

name: Goldilocks 

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even with him standing in front of her now, very much alive and looking just the same as before — perfectly fine and untouched by thanos’ harmful grasp, it was hard for sigyn to process this being real. how long she had dreamt of loki being well and alive again, wrapping her arms around them and smiling so happy only for it to vanish the second she woke up. it was a constant nightmare and adapting to a whole new world while mourning loki and home was difficult. 

she couldn’t say that she had been fine because quite frankly, that was not true but there was a certain kind of ease that flooded over her in waves. after years of separation, believing that she had seen him for the last time once again loki had come to surprise her. the raven haired girl hugs him tight, grasping at the other for dear life fearing that once again he would leave her. “ i missed you so much, ” sigyn had never been particularly soft for anyone else and the years alone had hardened her enough to wonder what either of them had done to deserve such a tragic fate. this time — now, she had hope that she’d have him again at least for a while longer. “ be quiet, you did nothing wrong darling. ”

     were loki to be completely honest about the events that had occurred back on that ship those three years ago, he would have to say death had been imminent. going against the mad titan as he had, knowing their history from the other loki, the god had known full well he was going to be killed. despite that thought process, loki had still gone forward with it all. sure, he hadn’t been quite sure whether or not they would reign victorious in the end, but the sacrifice had at least meant thor, sigyn, and the other asgardians could buy a little bit of time. that was what the whole hero thing was about, wasn’t it?? making sacrifices, choosing to be better than the sum of ones parts.

kate sighed as she listened to the other before looking over at loki, “of course, we missed you, loki, and i am glad you are alive but i have every right to still be pissed,” she commented with a nod of her head.

Over the course of their relationship — things had never been particularly easy. In fact it had been anything but with the constant separation within the last several of decades and the pure fact that within six years her husband had been not only imprisoned but presumed dead around three times. The last one unfortunately, was the one she feared finally stuck not even three days after a long awaited reunion. A century long bond crashed and burned right there on that ship, for nothing other than for Loki to be added onto Thanos’ remarkably large body count because in the end he still won and for some explainable reason she was still here. 

Midgard was a new experience she had not expected, nor was it that pleasant when everything was still so fresh and painful. Everything had gone from nearly perfect to falling apart in a matter of moments and still, it left her with nightmares. As per usual she was struggling to figure out how to work her phone, not paying attention to the crowds around her as New York flooded with people who died with the rest of the universe — all while she had little hope to ever see Loki again. 

The voice sounds familiar enough to pull her out of her confusion and when she sees him, she could’ve sworn her heart stopped. “ Loki? H-How are you — You’re alive, ”

    how and why were questions that filtered through his mind ever since somehow returning to this world. loki had done nothing to cheat death this time, and the god certainly hadn’t faked the whole death. so how exactly was he alive right now?? none of that really mattered at this moment in time, not when sigyn was right there. they’d been apart for too long only to have everything ripped away once more after that long awaited reunion. fate always did seem to play with them, dangle happiness before their eyes before once more pulling the cloth right over. perhaps this was yet another trick. if it was loki couldn’t bring himself to care at the moment. not when they were finally together once more.

’ I want to do something for him… but what? ’

   “now see, this really all depends on the occasion and what it really would be for. come now, man of iron, even you should be smarter than that. details.”

    having been dead for the better part of three years, loki truly had little idea of all that had occurred after his passing. thanos succeeding was about all he had managed to learn, as disappointing as that knowledge had been. he’d been certain his brother and the numerous other heroes about could have stopped the mad titan from achieving his goals. yet here the world was, half empty and somehow bringing people back. the god didn’t try to focus on the thought too much, not when he has far more focused on finding a certain individual. her fate had been unknown to him, a fact that left him far colder than normal. 

    one tracking spell later and loki was anxious to learn just what had occurred in the past three years. had she survived or perished once the snap had commenced?? and so here he was, green hues carefully roaming over the familiar figure, one he had known for so many years now. she was here. alive.  

        “sigyn.”

kate raised an eyebrow as she crossed her arms over her chest, not bothering to look at loki, “i am sure it did,” she commented. “i am certainly not greeting you with a hug.”

the young woman ran her fingers through her dark locks, sunglasses still in place as she observed the area in front of her. noticing another near her, she didn’t bother to look over at the other before speaking, “if you’re going to hang out over here, you need to be a little more quiet. i am not exactly trying to be noticed here.” kate spoke with sipping her coffee.