Lifetime (Loki x Aesir!Reader)
Like a Child
“Could I hold you for a lifetime? Could I look into your eyes? Could I have this night, to share this night together? Could I hold you close beside me? Could I hold you for all time? Could I, could I have this kiss forever…” [1]
~*~
Chapter 1: Like a Child[2]
“__________!” your friend Kari called out your name as you slowed to a stop, “Wait for us!”
While trying to catch your breath from running ahead of your two friends, you look back to see Kari and Marga, your other friend, finally reaching you, “We’ve got to hurry! The gardens will be empty soon and then we can climb up Yggdrasil then pick at the blossoms we’ll use in our braids! Come on!” you grin and take both of their hands with yours.
You were practically dragging them toward the lush greenery where the great tree of Life stood proudly in the center of the immense garden. The three of you hide behind a large horizontal shrub; it was customary for the Queen to have a morning walk with her two sons, Prince Thor and Prince Loki. It had seem however that this morning in particular the Princes decided to stay a little longer in the garden, their mother was nowhere to be seen.
“Hey __________, maybe we should come back later,” you hear Marga say to your right and you look over to see she was staring intently at Prince Thor who was brandishing a wooden sword and showing off to his younger brother who watched him a little bored but was still watching him nonetheless.
Kari giggled in her hands to your left and you rolled your eyes, “He’s so cute isn’t he?” Marga nodded in accord with Kari and giggled along with her.
“Will you two be quiet?” you shush at them, “They might hear—“
“Ah! The future women of Asgard!” called Prince Thor from where he stood and waves his arms over at you and your friends.
You turn around looking to see if there was another group of “future women of Asgard” to whom the Prince was referring to because you were certain that he did not mean your group. Kari and Marga only giggled harder, one redder than the other. He then approaches you while wearing what he probably thought was a charming smile; there was also a strut in his step.
Giving him a proper nod and a curtsy, you greeted him politely, “Good morrow Prince Thor,”
He takes your hand and kisses it, “Good morrow my lady,”
Kari and Marga both swooned, you roll your eyes at them and felt your face heat up at Thor kissing your hand as though you were some noble lady of the court, “What brings you by this early in the morrow?” he asked while looking over at your friends giving each of them a smile and a wink. Both Kari and Marga had step back to watch you engage yourself with the blond Prince.
“My name is __________, my Prince and I do apologize for intruding upon you and Prince Loki, but my friends and I have come to the garden to pick some flowers. However we do not wish to interfere with your bonding time so we will be on our way back.” Just as you turn to leave, you feel Thor’s hand wrap around your wrist.
“Please don’t leave on our account,” he said, a new shine in his blue eyes, “Loki and I were getting rather bored only having each other for company, so it was excellent timing that you lovely ladies came by when you did.”
Now walking past you, Thor then wraps one arm around each of your friends’ shoulders and began to walk his way back to the garden with them in tow, both girls blushing and giggling like morons. You seriously needed some new friends…
“Since there are five of us why not play a game of Hide and Seek? Loki you’re it!” Thor pointed at his brother who was still sitting on the grass during his brother’s exchange with you and your friends.
Loki gawked at him, “Why am I always it?”
“Because I say so, now cover your eyes and count to 20 then come and look for us, take your time though! Yggdrasil will be the safety zone! Ladies,” he now turns his attention to Kari and Marga, smiling again, “Shall we hide together?”
“We can,” said Marga with a grin, Kari agreed with a nod and another giggle.
You suddenly felt sick to your stomach at the exchange, “I just wanted to pick flowers,” you whisper with exasperation.
“You still can,” you hear Loki addressing you, you turn and see him giving you a genuine smile, “I’m sure my brother has plenty of entertainment now that he’s gone off with your friends.”
“Some friends…” you snort then realize that not only were Thor, Marga and Kari gone from your sights but that you were also alone with Loki. The idea of being alone with not only a boy but that said boy was also the youngest Prince in the Kingdom; it causes you to blush profusely.
Loki must have notice the color change in your cheeks for you felt a gentle press of the backs of his fingers against your face, “Are you alright?”
You feel the small hairs on the back of your neck rise as you turn to stare at him with wide eyes, not quite finding your voice yet; you choose to nod at him instead before you turn to look away again.
You hear Loki chuckle just as he brushes past you, “Come on,” he said with a gesturing tilt of his head and a mischievous smirk on his lips, “let’s play.”
~*~
You were hiding behind a large bush[3] while waiting and listening for Loki to come and find you until he did, “Found you!” he grinned, his eyes shine with absolute delight at discovering your hiding place and just as he was trying to reach out to touch you, you take off running for Yggdrasil.
You could hear Loki shout and follow you in hot pursuit until you hear him grunt follow by the sound of a body falling to the ground, the sound alone causes you to stop.
Looking over your shoulder you see that Loki had fallen over and you run back to him only to find that he sat perfectly still, his face shielded from your view.
“Loki?” you asked concerned while kneeling down before him, you place your hand on his shoulder and give it a small squeeze.
Looking up at you, you could see those brilliant sea colored eyes brimming with tears too stubborn to fall, “Hey,” you say gently and you see him bite his lip, his one hand covering over his knee while the other he uses to push you away, “Don’t touch it,” he hisses and rolls back the tunic covering his leg to reveal the scrape; small speckles of blood bloomed over the top of the skin.
Looking down at the injury, you bring up a hand and with a smooth sweeping-like motion, your hand glows under your palm to heal the scrape. With the wound now healed you smile at it then your eyes shifted back up to see Loki was staring dumbfounded at you.
“You can do magic?” he asked astonished, you simply shake your head.
“No, my mother works in the kitchen so she sees a lot of burns and cuts while she works. She taught me this spell when I was five. I fell down a lot back then.” You smile and look back down at his still exposed leg, “Does it still hurt? It shouldn’t.”
Looking down, the young dark haired Prince blushes and hastily covers his leg once again, “So you’re just the daughter of a servant woman? Going to follow your mother’s footsteps into the kitchen are you?”
The manner of how he spoke to you wasn’t really nice but you chose to ignore that, not really thinking nothing of it, “My father and my elder brother are warriors, they are both brave and strong and loyal to the kingdom. Viggo, my brother, said that he was going to teach me how to ride a horse when he comes back! I’m very excited, I love horses.” You grin but Loki continued to look at you skeptically, he really wasn’t a normal boy you decided, he was much too serious.
“My father also tells me stories about the battles he fought in; my mother hates them. She says a lady shouldn’t have to know about wars and fighting. She thinks that hard working women should learn how to take care of the house and prepare meals and learn how to sew dresses and stuff,” you shake your head, the idea of being cooped up in the house all day made you ill, you wanted adventure and excitement, “One day I want to be a warrior just like my father and my brother. I’d also want to travel and see the different worlds as well!”
“Don’t be stupid, there are no such thing as women warriors, everyone knows that.”
And just like that it all came crashing down; you stare at him in disbelief. His words were hurtful and spiteful and you stand up about to take your leave from him but before you did you look back down at him and you could see how pitiful he looked. The Prince seemed so small and helpless and over what? A little scraped knee? A bruised ego? How silly.
A smile lifts your face and you speak to him in a soft gentle voice, “You can hold my hand if you want. That way I can catch you if you fall again!” You then hold out your hand for him to take.
He looks up at you with hesitation, looking from you to your hand until finally he takes your hand with his and you help him up to his feet.
“See?” you say with that same smile on your face, “There’s nothing to it!”
Holding tightly to his hand you then turn and start to walk, not having noticed how deep the pink on his pale cheeks have become once more.
“Hey __________?” he spoke gently now, there was no sarcasm in it this time.
“Yes Prince Loki?” you turn to look at him and then you see the small smile on his lips and the blush on his cheeks.
“Thank you.”
You beam and grip his hand even more. Silence fell between the two of you as you both continue walking deeper into the garden; that is until Loki breaks the silence between you, “I guess this means I got you,”
“Yes, I suppose you did.”
You now feel your fingers lace with his.
…
~*~
Chapter 1: Like a Child[2]
“__________!” your friend Kari called out your name as you slowed to a stop, “Wait for us!”
While trying to catch your breath from running ahead of your two friends, you look back to see Kari and Marga, your other friend, finally reaching you, “We’ve got to hurry! The gardens will be empty soon and then we can climb up Yggdrasil then pick at the blossoms we’ll use in our braids! Come on!” you grin and take both of their hands with yours.
You were practically dragging them toward the lush greenery where the great tree of Life stood proudly in the center of the immense garden. The three of you hide behind a large horizontal shrub; it was customary for the Queen to have a morning walk with her two sons, Prince Thor and Prince Loki. It had seem however that this morning in particular the Princes decided to stay a little longer in the garden, their mother was nowhere to be seen.
“Hey __________, maybe we should come back later,” you hear Marga say to your right and you look over to see she was staring intently at Prince Thor who was brandishing a wooden sword and showing off to his younger brother who watched him a little bored but was still watching him nonetheless.
Kari giggled in her hands to your left and you rolled your eyes, “He’s so cute isn’t he?” Marga nodded in accord with Kari and giggled along with her.
“Will you two be quiet?” you shush at them, “They might hear—“
“Ah! The future women of Asgard!” called Prince Thor from where he stood and waves his arms over at you and your friends.
You turn around looking to see if there was another group of “future women of Asgard” to whom the Prince was referring to because you were certain that he did not mean your group. Kari and Marga only giggled harder, one redder than the other. He then approaches you while wearing what he probably thought was a charming smile; there was also a strut in his step.
Giving him a proper nod and a curtsy, you greeted him politely, “Good morrow Prince Thor,”
He takes your hand and kisses it, “Good morrow my lady,”
Kari and Marga both swooned, you roll your eyes at them and felt your face heat up at Thor kissing your hand as though you were some noble lady of the court, “What brings you by this early in the morrow?” he asked while looking over at your friends giving each of them a smile and a wink. Both Kari and Marga had step back to watch you engage yourself with the blond Prince.
“My name is __________, my Prince and I do apologize for intruding upon you and Prince Loki, but my friends and I have come to the garden to pick some flowers. However we do not wish to interfere with your bonding time so we will be on our way back.” Just as you turn to leave, you feel Thor’s hand wrap around your wrist.
“Please don’t leave on our account,” he said, a new shine in his blue eyes, “Loki and I were getting rather bored only having each other for company, so it was excellent timing that you lovely ladies came by when you did.”
Now walking past you, Thor then wraps one arm around each of your friends’ shoulders and began to walk his way back to the garden with them in tow, both girls blushing and giggling like morons. You seriously needed some new friends…
“Since there are five of us why not play a game of Hide and Seek? Loki you’re it!” Thor pointed at his brother who was still sitting on the grass during his brother’s exchange with you and your friends.
Loki gawked at him, “Why am I always it?”
“Because I say so, now cover your eyes and count to 20 then come and look for us, take your time though! Yggdrasil will be the safety zone! Ladies,” he now turns his attention to Kari and Marga, smiling again, “Shall we hide together?”
“We can,” said Marga with a grin, Kari agreed with a nod and another giggle.
You suddenly felt sick to your stomach at the exchange, “I just wanted to pick flowers,” you whisper with exasperation.
“You still can,” you hear Loki addressing you, you turn and see him giving you a genuine smile, “I’m sure my brother has plenty of entertainment now that he’s gone off with your friends.”
“Some friends…” you snort then realize that not only were Thor, Marga and Kari gone from your sights but that you were also alone with Loki. The idea of being alone with not only a boy but that said boy was also the youngest Prince in the Kingdom; it causes you to blush profusely.
Loki must have notice the color change in your cheeks for you felt a gentle press of the backs of his fingers against your face, “Are you alright?”
You feel the small hairs on the back of your neck rise as you turn to stare at him with wide eyes, not quite finding your voice yet; you choose to nod at him instead before you turn to look away again.
You hear Loki chuckle just as he brushes past you, “Come on,” he said with a gesturing tilt of his head and a mischievous smirk on his lips, “let’s play.”
~*~
You were hiding behind a large bush[3] while waiting and listening for Loki to come and find you until he did, “Found you!” he grinned, his eyes shine with absolute delight at discovering your hiding place and just as he was trying to reach out to touch you, you take off running for Yggdrasil.
You could hear Loki shout and follow you in hot pursuit until you hear him grunt follow by the sound of a body falling to the ground, the sound alone causes you to stop.
Looking over your shoulder you see that Loki had fallen over and you run back to him only to find that he sat perfectly still, his face shielded from your view.
“Loki?” you asked concerned while kneeling down before him, you place your hand on his shoulder and give it a small squeeze.
Looking up at you, you could see those brilliant sea colored eyes brimming with tears too stubborn to fall, “Hey,” you say gently and you see him bite his lip, his one hand covering over his knee while the other he uses to push you away, “Don’t touch it,” he hisses and rolls back the tunic covering his leg to reveal the scrape; small speckles of blood bloomed over the top of the skin.
Looking down at the injury, you bring up a hand and with a smooth sweeping-like motion, your hand glows under your palm to heal the scrape. With the wound now healed you smile at it then your eyes shifted back up to see Loki was staring dumbfounded at you.
“You can do magic?” he asked astonished, you simply shake your head.
“No, my mother works in the kitchen so she sees a lot of burns and cuts while she works. She taught me this spell when I was five. I fell down a lot back then.” You smile and look back down at his still exposed leg, “Does it still hurt? It shouldn’t.”
Looking down, the young dark haired Prince blushes and hastily covers his leg once again, “So you’re just the daughter of a servant woman? Going to follow your mother’s footsteps into the kitchen are you?”
The manner of how he spoke to you wasn’t really nice but you chose to ignore that, not really thinking nothing of it, “My father and my elder brother are warriors, they are both brave and strong and loyal to the kingdom. Viggo, my brother, said that he was going to teach me how to ride a horse when he comes back! I’m very excited, I love horses.” You grin but Loki continued to look at you skeptically, he really wasn’t a normal boy you decided, he was much too serious.
“My father also tells me stories about the battles he fought in; my mother hates them. She says a lady shouldn’t have to know about wars and fighting. She thinks that hard working women should learn how to take care of the house and prepare meals and learn how to sew dresses and stuff,” you shake your head, the idea of being cooped up in the house all day made you ill, you wanted adventure and excitement, “One day I want to be a warrior just like my father and my brother. I’d also want to travel and see the different worlds as well!”
“Don’t be stupid, there are no such thing as women warriors, everyone knows that.”
And just like that it all came crashing down; you stare at him in disbelief. His words were hurtful and spiteful and you stand up about to take your leave from him but before you did you look back down at him and you could see how pitiful he looked. The Prince seemed so small and helpless and over what? A little scraped knee? A bruised ego? How silly.
A smile lifts your face and you speak to him in a soft gentle voice, “You can hold my hand if you want. That way I can catch you if you fall again!” You then hold out your hand for him to take.
He looks up at you with hesitation, looking from you to your hand until finally he takes your hand with his and you help him up to his feet.
“See?” you say with that same smile on your face, “There’s nothing to it!”
Holding tightly to his hand you then turn and start to walk, not having noticed how deep the pink on his pale cheeks have become once more.
“Hey __________?” he spoke gently now, there was no sarcasm in it this time.
“Yes Prince Loki?” you turn to look at him and then you see the small smile on his lips and the blush on his cheeks.
“Thank you.”
You beam and grip his hand even more. Silence fell between the two of you as you both continue walking deeper into the garden; that is until Loki breaks the silence between you, “I guess this means I got you,”
“Yes, I suppose you did.”
You now feel your fingers lace with his.
…
Notes
This is the start of a seven chapter series set in my Masquerade universe. If you haven't read Masquerade yet check it out when you have the chance. ;)
The series is about how you've met, befriended and love/struggle through your friendship/relationship with the God of Lies over the centuries. By the way as in regards of age for this chapter, Thor is most likely 12 or 13. You, Kari, Marga and Loki are about 11 or 12. I also know that Yggdrasil is not an actual physical tree but I can imagine a large Sycamore or Red Wood like tree in the middle of the royal garden and the children of Asgard would call it "Yggdrasil". Hope that makes sense...
I don't own you, Loki, and Thor... just Kari, Marga and Viggo, as well as my spelling/grammar mistakes. Thanks for reading!
Number Bullets
[1] Can I Have This Kiss Forever - Enrique Iglesias & Whitney Houston
[2] Like a Child - BSB
[3] The bush you're hiding behind.
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Thank you for taking the time to read my work, I am very glad that you enjoyed it. :)
3/26/15