synapsis: he kisses her once when they wake up, once before they go to sleep, and a million times in between–everyone else thinks it’s cringey
warnings: cringe worthy fluff, IW spoilers
wc: 1091
au: this is just something to make me feel better after watching IW
Every morning when he woke up, he kisses you softly. His cold lips pressing against your warm ones. It’s refreshing to the both of you but in different ways. You love it because he’s the love of your life and you love for his lips to be pressed against yours. He loves it for the same reasons as you but more. A much deeper reason. He loves it because he can do it, because he isn’t shackled or imprisoned, because he can physically touch another being without the worry of hurting them or them disappearing. He loves it because it’s you and you don’t complain about how your lips feel icy cold after, or how his fingers linger slightly longer on your cheek.
He kisses you once when you wake up. Only once. The chill of his lips wake you and you kiss him back and smile. Loki always put a smile on your face. His cool hands come up to hold your face in his hands as the two of you kiss. He’d love to stay like this forever but neither of you can. You both have to go to meetings and train and debrief and get ready for missions. So, he lets you go and you get up and get ready for another day in the Avengers Compound.
Everyone always rushes in the morning. At least, that’s what they tell their superiors. In reality, they’re taking their time and enjoying the bliss of chaotic peace of their everyday mornings. They’re loud and rambunctious and pick at each other but it’s peaceful. It’s apart of their morning routine. Loki–as usual–is the first to finish breakfast and he stands, with his dishes in hand, he leans over and kisses the side of your head. There is a collective groaning from everyone in the room but no one actually says anything.
After Infinity War no one says anything about the relationship you two share. They only groan and roll their eyes. Half because they actually are okay with it and half because they saw what happened when you heard Loki was dead and they don’t want that kind of wrath unleashed on them.
You were inconsolable. Thor attempted to calm you but you were grief stricken. The enormous amount of power you expelled was a terrifying testament to what you could do if you were pushed. It nearly killed you and the other Avengers. They were only able to approach you after the Time and Soul Stone’s were used to bring Loki back.
Now, they let you be, and let you have your happiness although they find it completely cringe-worthy.
Next for the daily routine is meetings to discuss your last mission. What can be improved, how to help each other more, communication, the latest technological advancements to your suits. Loki kisses your cheek before entering the room–he will give you at least fifteen more after the meeting when you all have some free time–but for now one of your cheek is good enough.
Before training, he kisses right under your eyes. He kisses the light purple that never leaves them. The lilacs, he calls them. Then your train and you train together and he kisses you anytime you get close enough to do so.
The team finds it odd to see Loki so affectionate. Entirely because he’s the same man who had told humans to kneel before him, because he hated humans, because he never seemed like the type. Instead, as soon as he first felt your lips against his he never wanted it to stop. It wasn’t in a sexual way–he had felt that before and it was easy to pass time that way, but he never felt loved while doing it–but you had kissed him once. Suddenly, warm lips on his, and you felt a true warmth blossom into his chest.
He was in love.
After training is debriefing. There is always a new mission. The entire team is going on this one–it’s a huge takedown of a global terrorist group called X–they’re using chemically and genetically enhanced diseases and releasing them into city with a high population. The world has now seen over four million dead. They’re just being called in to stop it, it’s just been identified as bioweaponry disease and not a new pandemic.
Loki squeezes your hand.
After the debriefing he kisses you and then you go and suit up.
You’re in separate quintets and you pray that everyone makes it out alive just like you always do. And maybe it’s selfish, but you pray a little harder for Loki.
During the mission everyone loses track of each other. It’s a terrifying ordeal but each of you are able to do the part you were assigned.
The earpieces are tampered with in an attempt to discombobulate the team. X separates partners and aims to kill. They have their own super humans as well, ones they’ve been testing new and improved serum’s on. They’re a tough fight and each of you get a little banged up. You win though.
When you land Loki snatches you as fast as he can. He wraps his arms around you tightly. He’s bruised up his white arms. His face as dirt and grime mixed with blood on it. He’s got small cuts across his cheeks, lips, and nose. You look up at him and then he kisses you hard.
It’s a desperate sort of kiss. The kind that screams I need you. Loki thought he had lost you on this last mission. He’s glad he didn’t.
Then come night and you all wash up and go for dinner. Loki is the first to finish and he kisses you on the other side of the head when he gets up to take his dishes. Everyone stays up and kids around for awhile and you and Loki steal little kisses here and there. Everyone groans and rolls their eyes. Especially Peter, he’s the kid after all.
Once he had caught the two of you right when you were about to start stripping and for the whole next week he talked about his poor virgin eyes. Although, he did say it with a smile.
Then came bed. You’d crawl in before Loki even got to the room. Snuggled up next to his spot, he’d come in behind you and wrap his arms around you. Spooning you and then leaning forward and kissing you softly. Then he’d kiss the lilac’s under your eyes and lay down. Whispering a goodnight, and an I love you.
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