Fragile Midgardian

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Words: 677
Loki x Reader
INFINITY WAR CHALLENGE
Requested by: @im-a-slut-for-an-accent
Loki & #11: “It will kill you.” “Only if I die.”

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Most people spent their lives avoiding danger. They looked
both ways before crossing the street, always wore their seatbelts and colored
inside the lines. But you liked to live on the edge. You’d learned that you can
tell a lot more about a person from what they do when they’re afraid than you
can when they felt safe and secure.

You were breathing in slow measured breaths. Your heart was racing,
and you’d never felt more alive. When Tony first had the idea to build a forty-foot-tall
climbing course at the new Avenger’s Compound, you’d thought he was wasting his
money. That was until you had the brilliant idea to climb the course without any
of the proper safety equipment. No one told you to, you didn’t do it as a dare
or to prove to anyone that you could. Actually, if any one else had been around
they’d probably tell you explicitly not to be up there.

You spread your arms out wide like eagle’s wings. You weren’t
sure if they provided you with better balance, but it felt like sensible
insurance, just in case. Each step you took was methodical and well placed. Your
current challenge was walking across a telephone pole that had been hung
parallel to the ground. You were half way across the log when you heard someone
shouting your name.

“[Y/N]! What are you doing up there?” You knew better than
to look down and see who it was. Staring down at the ground from that high up would
only spell disaster.

“I think it’s pretty obvious what I’m doing.” You yelled down
before taking another careful step.

“Yes, alright, it’s obvious that you’re walking across a
beam forty feet in the air, Darling, but why?” The voice demanded in a huff.
You now realized that particular disapproving tone could belong to only your
boyfriend, Loki. “Come down from there right now!” He insisted.

“It’s not as easy as it looks.” You called back to him,
still keeping your head up and your eyes facing forward. You took another step,
but this one was wobbly and you nearly lost your footing. “Go away, Loki!” You
insisted. “You’re distracting me!”

“Distracting you?” He repeated in disgust. “You shouldn’t
even be up there! What if one of your do-gooder friends saw you like this? You’re
behaving absurdly! Please come down from there quickly. A fall from that high
up? It will kill you, Love.”

“Only if I die.”
You snorted. “Besides I’m an Avenger. We never stay dead for very long. You’ve
got Steve, Bucky…Tony… Wait a minute, are you worried about me?” You stopped
walking only about a foot from the ended of the telephone pole now.

“Yes, you gorgeous idiot!” You imagined Loki was on the
ground shaking his head in frustration. If he really wanted to, he had the
power to levitate. He could have used all those sorcery skills he was always bragging
about to scoop you up from where you were, but he liked to argue as much as you
liked the danger. “Midgardians are so fragile!”

“Fragile?” Without thinking you spun on your heels to defend
yourself. Just who did he think he was? Okay he was technically a god but…your
thought didn’t make it any further. The second you turned on your feet you lost
your balance and began falling towards the ground.

You closed your eyes and braced for the impact of your body
hitting the earth. After several agonizing seconds of free fall, you felt the
force of something colliding with you. Your hands brushed against a soft silky fabric.
You felt warmth and security, the wind had stopped rushing past you so fast.
You opened your eyes to see that Loki was holding you tightly in his arms. Out
of instinct you wrapped your own arms around his neck and buried your face in
his shoulder.

“It’s alright, Darling, I’ve got you now.” You felt one of
his hands caressing the top of your head and he held you a little bit closer.