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Thanks for the ask! <3

I'll start with a snippet. Loki and Mobius' first meeting on the beach right outside Thor's house.

“Apologies, I shouldn’t have approached you like that,” Loki says, tightly. Mobius waves him off. “No harm, no foul. I probably would’ve done the same.” His voice is calm and raspy and smooth, and Loki kinda likes it. A beat of silence and then Loki asks, “So, you own a shop? What do you sell?” Mobius’s face lights up immediately with a bright smile, wide and gleaming. Loki feels his chest flutter a bit. “It’s a jet-ski rental! Well, we have other rentals, too — scooters and bikes — but nothing beats feeling the wind in your hair as you're cruising out in the water on a jet-ski.” There’s a wistfulness to Mobius’s that pokes at Loki’s chest fondly. “You ever been on one?” “Oh, no,” Loki replies. “I’m not the, uh, beach and open waters type.”  Mobius shrugs his shoulders in a dont-worry-about-it fashion. “Well, if you ever change your mind, come by and see me.” He smiles at Loki, it’s inviting and it reaches his eyes. Loki can feel himself shrink a little under the radiance Mobius exudes, quickly wrapping his arms around his torso, shielding himself. “Uh, that’s okay — thank you, though.” There’s an odd bubble forming in his chest, and suddenly he’s very self conscious. “Mobius!” Loki winces at his brother’s sudden appearance. He watches as Thor trudges over to them, no doubt coming to make sure Loki isn’t causing any trouble. “I see you’ve met my brother,” Thor says, placing a firm hand on Loki’s shoulder, squeezing gently. “Yeah, a real charmer,” Mobius says, tossing a wink Loki’s way. Loki feels his face heat up.

Oh, the beach house au, which originally just like a few disconnected scenes that I kept replaying in my mind, has now eaten my brain. I even have a pinterest board dedicated to it. (lots of long hair mobius edits and bts pics of tom as loki but in casual clothes)

Loki moves in with Thor, who lives in a nice little bungalow in a beachside neighborhood, after getting out of a bad relationship, needing some time to recharge and figure his shit out. Enter Mobius, the personification of sunshine and comfort.

I think I had intended it to be a bit heavy, angsty, lot's of hurt/comfort, because that's just what I love. And then I guess I wanted to lighten it up a bit? I was having a rom-com marathon one day and I was suddenly very inspired to give it a more cheesy feel.

Anyway! I'm slowly adding to it whenever inspiration strikes, but it's still just a bunch of disconnected scenes 😅

Mobius nodded understandingly, spooning a large scoop of bright blue ice cream into his mouth.

yes of course i am absolutely still doing them for as long as people want to send prompts. in fact one of them i've adjusted the ship slightly, for you, as a treat, to make a bigger story

(…out of spite.)

Mobius tested the ropes that held him. He didn't think struggling would do anything, and didn't try, but it did prove that he was held fast to the chair with only enough room to breathe. Even if he did escape, he wouldn't get far. He was an analyst not a hunter, running and fighting were not his skillset.

Loki stood before him with a cruel smirk. This was not his Loki. This was one of the other variants - a far more sly and dangerous one who had managed to put himself at the top of the pecking order in the void. He still wore his presidential run suit, even though it had taken some pretty visible damage.

"What an interesting face," Loki mused, "very homely, hardly my usual type."

Mobius tried not to let any reaction show on his face. It stung to be told to his face how unattractive he was to Loki, but at the same time the thought that he'd automatically been assumed to be his Loki's lover made something burn deep inside him. He didn't have that with his Loki. He didn't get to have that. He wasn't someone who could be that to Loki, any Loki.

Something of this must've showed on his face because the Loki before him suddenly laughed. "Oh, now that is interesting. He hasn't even made his claim on you yet?"

This time Mobius couldn't hide the flush that burned up his neck to his ears. "I don't know what you're talkin' about," he growled, trying to sound far more convinced of that than he was.

"Of course you do, agent. Ah," his smirk curled up wickedly, and he caught Mobius' chin in his fingertips, "but what a perfect thing to steal then. I bet he hasn't even done this."

"What-" Mobius began, but his words were cut off.

Loki had surged in and covered his mouth with his own, pressing down on him with such force it made Mobius gasp, and then his mouth was invaded by Loki's tongue, hot and demanding. Mobius knew he should resist - bite down or headbutt him or something. But he couldn't. It was Loki's lips, Loki's mouth, everything he'd wanted. And yet, so very wrong.

When Loki pulled away he gasped for air, flushed head to toe and completely pathetically ruined inside.

"Let's see what he does about that," Loki teased, tongue swiping over his lips. "I can be quite the jealous creature, I just know it's going to sting."

(…passionately.)

Mobius won't quite look him in the eye. They've been walking a while now, Loki still very armed and a big streak of blood down his shirt. It's not his - well, it is in a way "his", just not from his body. He'd sort of lost control of himself somewhere in the middle of the fight and wasn't entirely sure what he'd done, but there was a nasty sticky feeling under his nails he didn't want to investigte. His variant self had escaped narrowly, laughing like a mad man the whole while.

Loki stopped suddenly on the top of one of the hills and lifted a hand out so that Mobius would stop as well. "I need to ask you something."

Mobius did not look at him. "Sure."

"What he said back there..."

Mobius didn't speak, but nodded. Loki watched him roll his lips between his teeth for a second.

"So it's true."

"I didn't have a choice." Mobius looked at him suddenly, then away again. He sounded uncharacteristically defensive.

Loki started to cross his arms, then put his hands on his hips, then lowered them and fidgeted a little more, a little lost. He opened his mouth, closed it, opened it again, and finally managed to get out, "I had no idea that was something you were even interested in."

Mobius's head snapped up to stare at him.

"I mean- I- I would have gladly, any time, if you had just asked," Loki continued, "I don't think I've been particularly subtle, and you've always been far more concerned about professionalism, so I was under the impression it wasn't on the table."

Mobius is speechless for a second, then, "Loki I've wanted to kiss you from the start."

This pulls the floor out from under Loki, and he nearly physically falls over a jagged piece of junk on the floor with how much he reacts to this. "What?" Is all he can say, feeling incredibly stupid.

Mobius clenches his jaw and starts walking again. "It doesn't matter now. He did what he did. It doesn't matter."

"It absolutely matters!" Loki chased after him.

"If it matters then he got what he wanted!" Mobius argued, still going. "He won, we both lost, that's it."

Loki cut in front of him, blocking his way. "We've lost nothing."

"You already know what-"

"I hardly consider kissing a trapped man to mean anything," Loki scoffed. "And if it's bothering you that much, then I had better make you forget about it entirely."

"What-" Mobius began to ask, but for the second time had his words cut off as Loki cupped his jaw between his hands and kissed him.

The kiss started firm, breath sucked in and head tilting slowly. When Mobius didn't react, it softened, turning more tentative, until Loki pulled back to look at the other man.

Mobius gazed at him with an expression Loki could only describe as rapturous.

"I can do better than that," Loki found himself saying, feeling unusually insecure.

"Yeah you can," Mobius replied, then gripped him by the shirt and pulled him in to another kiss. Loki reacted to it immediately, one hand sliding over his shoulder, the other gripping his jacket lapels. Their mouths moved against each other, bodies pressed so close that the heat was almost suffocating.

They broke apart for a moment, only to gasp for air, then closed the gap once more, Loki's tongue pushing against the seam of Mobius' lips, asking, and Mobius answered by letting him in. Mobius' hands bucnhed in Loki's hair, and Lokis' hands slid around his waist to hold him close.

When they finally broke apart, both panting, their brows met in the middle.

"Did you forget it?" Loki asked breathily.

"Forget what?" Mobius grinned.

(…out of envy or jealousy.)

"You two were getting rather chummy," Loki commented. He meant it to be passive and disinterested, but it came out a lot more harsh.

Mobius turned to him and raised an incredulous eyebrow. "You mean me and Ravonna? I was gettin' chummy with my friend, Ravonna?"

Loki flicked the page of the file loudly. "Chummier, perhaps."

"I think you underestimate my friendship with her."

"Friendship? An interesting term to use." Loki's voice had gone cold now. "She is, after all, quite attractive - for a beurocratic cockroach. No doubt you've looked at her in ways that are far more than friendly."

Mobius set his pen down. He wasn't going to rise to that. Loki was just being mean to get a reaction. Well, two could play at that. He put on a thoughtful expression. "Now you mention it, she is one of the prettiest ladies in the department. And I can't claim I haven't had my moments. Perhaps you're right." He smiled easily. "Maybe I'll shoot my shot." He stood, enjoying Loki's wide-eyed stare.

A hand clenched around his wrist. He looked down. Loki was scowling up at him.

"Funny," Loki bit.

"I thought it was."

Loki stood suddenly, other hand gripping Mobius' tie and pulling him close. "I don't enjoy being toyed about with."

"You sure?" Mobius' words came quietly. "'Cause you seem pretty into it to me."

Loki kissed him, hard and demanding, stealing the breath out of his lungs. He gripped the god's jacket collar, half aware they were in the middle of the archive and definitely shouldn't be doing this, half completely gone for how much Loki wanted him. When they finally broke apart, his lips were bruised and reddened, and he gasped for air.

"Don't try that again," Loki whispered against his mouth.

"Or what?" Mobius challenged.

Genuinely always forget i rb these things

5. What’s a fic idea you’ve had that you will never write?

I get a lot for fandoms I'm only half invested in so I don't have thr effort to write a fic. I also get ideas i just wanna say and don't wanna do anything with. I usually end up forgetting them later.

I guess the heavily meta Doctor Strange fic where he becomes aware he's in a fic. I think I found the format a bit restrictive and it felt like a lot of effort for a character I don't actually care that much about 😅

15. How do you come up with titles for your fics/chapters?

Sometimes the title comes first, sometimes it naturally names itself when I go to post, and sometimes I'm walking around in circled going "auuuauagaghh" until i give up and write some shit. A while ago i wrote a fic and all the chapters had themed titles. I shoulda stuck to that.

16. At what point in the process do you come up with titles?

More often than not, just before posting when I am forced to title it.

'The Real Loki and Sylvie's Epic Guide to Being Super Fucking Awesome' came first and i had to figure out the fic second

'Dead Shaft' came when I'd written six chapters and cried to Cyn for an afternoon because I couldnt name it.

'Colours of Dusk' was originally 'Rose Quartz and Amethyst' during the planning stage, but it didn't feel right when I was working on it.

D - A pairing you wish you liked but just can’t (again: be nice)

This one is Sandman related. I just.. can't get into Morpheus/Hob that much. I get it! I do! But I'm a bit like,,,,Morpheus/Lucifer! And so many wonderful unsung canon queer Sandman ships. I think i'm also just waiting for more of the comics to get adapted for some onscreen sights of my comic ships.

P - Invent a random AU for any fandom (we always need more ideas)

Loki Homestuck au is maybe too obvious.

Fuck it. Loki The In-Between au. Forces you all to know about my fav musical concept album and to see how very much it fits.

U - 5 favorite characters from 5 different fandoms

This one took me the longest. I deleted and re-added and changed a lot. Its hard to pick 5.

Ratatoskr - The Unbeatable Squirrelgirl (Marvel comics and The Unbeatable Radio Show podcast)

Nie Huisang - Mo Dao Zu Shi (Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation novel, donghua and manhua) and The Untamed (Chén Qíng Lìng)

Delirium - The Sandman (DC comics)

Xemnas - Kingdom Hearts

👀 Do you have any WIPs that you would never let see the light of day? If yes, what are they about?

How dare you ask me that. Yes. Sometimes I am compelled to write little scenes just to get it out of my head but they're NOT to be posted (theyre often smuts lmfao). There's also absolute stacks of World of Warcraft fanfiction i hand-wrote on note pages as a teenager that I will never type up simply because they're both too cringy and too precious for me to share around these days.

💻 Do you do research for your fics? What’s the deepest dive you’ve done?

I'm already interested in mycology anyway but Good Impressions is requiring a lot of research into things like mycorrhyzal networks which I already knew a little about but I'm currently trying to work a few things out (which i suspect are like, specialist subjects Actual Mycologists are trying to find out). I've also had to research a lot about space suits, astronaut psychology, space travel history and technology, etc. Even though I make a lot up, having the supports to bullshit on is...Important.

💭 What is a headcanon you have about your own work?

About my own work? Isn't that just canon? I'm trying to work out what this question is asking - does it mean something I never wrote in it but I know exists anyway?

I guess for the Detective AU I still have yet to write a lot of things in, but theres small details i didn't bother to mention like:

-Sylvie and Loki often chat on the phone, but because Sylvie has to use burner phones to keep her location hidden Loki has to often wait for Sylvie to call him first - sometimes this means he misses her call and has to wait like a week until she tries again.

-I don't know if I ever wrote this one in? Mobius has bad knees because he was pushed out of a second story window and tried to land on his feet.

-The puppy that followed Loki home was called Fenrir. It chewed through its leash and ran away.

🍰 Name one of your fave comfort fics (doesn’t have to be your all time fave).

I'm really bad at actually READING fic lmaooo. There is this MDZS/The Untamed series that every time i read it i feel very soft about, so that's nice.

And A-Fu makes 4 - Xichen, Mingjue and Guangyao raise Jingyi