Bring Me To Life

Loki stood over the male as he lay in the hospital bed. He had heard the doctor's diagnosis. The lack of oxygen from sending the nuclear missile up toward his army had effectively shut his brain down. The chances of him waking up from the coma were slim. Loki slowly sat down. The rest of the Avengers had visited and left for the day. Stark's right hand twitched as it had been doing all day. Loki placed the flowers he had bought in the vase next to those from Pepper and gently took Stark's hand.

"I-I miss you... Nothing is the same without you."

There was silence from the hero on the bed. Loki licked his dry lips and swallowed hard. This was his fault. Of course he had been under the influence of the Tesseract at the time but... He had still caused this. If he had fought harder then maybe Tony would not be like this right now. His secret lover had come to harm because of him. He closed his eyes and sat back in the chair, not losing grip of Tony's hand as he thought back over the nights they had shared together.

Moments passed before Loki reopened his eyes, leaning down to kiss Tony's lips. As he pulled away, he heard two sounds which made his heart stop for mere moments. A continuous beeping as Tony's heart stopped, and the sound of the arc reactor powering down. Tears slipped down the God's face before he gently took the arc reactor from his lost lover's chest, slipping it into his pocket. He kissed Tony's cheek before swallowing the lump in his throat.

"I will keep it with me until I die... You will always be with me, love."

With the words spoken, his vow made, Loki stood, walking from the room as doctors rushed in to try and save the dead man lying in the bed.

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