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clint "idk the archer or something" barton ([personal profile] brandingproblem) wrote2022-06-13 10:40 am

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(from here)

He keeps his word. He doesn't tell anyone where Loki's hiding out, powerless. Even though he should. At the very least, Thor deserves to know, and when he inevitably finds out, Clint is going to accept whatever anger the thunder god levels at him.

Steve's gone, Tony's dead, Nat's dead, Bruce is...happy and content with his life and doesn't deserve that dropped on him frankly. So. That's all the OG crew accounted for. The new crew would obviously have heard about Loki, but that's not the same as actually being present fighting him or his forces. That Scott guy doesn't count, either. Like, would they do something? Maybe not if he hasn't actually done anything and doesn't pose a threat.

NYPD might have a few choice words, but. Clint tries very hard not to get noticed by the local LEOs if he can help it. Loki isn't really their jurisdiction, and SHIELD is...more or less out of commission even though it still works in the shadows, where Fury and Hill are. Wherever they are.

Which doesn't mean Loki gets of scot free. If he is up to something, then it's up to Clint to suss it out. Clint's mess, as ever. If Loki really is as powerless as it seems, there are still plenty of other ways he could fuck around and cause trouble. So. His responsibility.

It's definitely not whatever lingering connection of magic that binds their minds, not telepathy, not even really empathy, but still. A connection. It might have been severed long ago, but it's as Loki implied: you don't come out of that, something that strong and strange and otherworldly, and not have there be something that remains behind. Therapy has been all well and good. He isn't angry about it, not really, and he doesn't get nightmares the way he used to, after. But also, he's not sure it prepared him for Loki being in his life again. Not just a passing glance, either.

It jumbles everything up. The same type of traitorous thought that had him pondering Loki's sleeping habits and the absurd thought of touching crops up whenever he's near. Something damn near affectionate, something starved. Something that's in Loki, too, and it makes him feel sick. Makes him feel wanting. Which makes him feel sicker.

His eyes might be clear, but his mind feels clouded. Not a great way to show up at the apartment, but he can't just let this pass by without checking in on Loki. That's most of the reason he takes these trips back to NYC in the first place. Occasionally check in on Avengers-y things, see how the cleanup of the compound is up north, catch up with a few people he actually knows. But. It's about Loki.

It's always been fucking about Loki, huh.

He raps on the door, drinks nestled in a holder. Hot tea for Loki, a spiced blend, cloves, cinnamon. Makes him think of wintertime. Makes him think of the spicy and complicated (former?) god. Coffee for himself. Peace offering.
cuttingremark: (explain)

[personal profile] cuttingremark 2022-06-20 06:54 pm (UTC)(link)
The piercing screech of the smoke detector causes Loki to jerk back as well, cracking his head painfully on the white tile floor.

"Shit." It's unclear if he's cursing at their burned dinner or the interruption. In one smooth motion he slides out from underneath Clint and hurries over to turn off the burner and dump the now ruined meat and vegetables in the sink.

"Windows," he says back at Clint, gesturing to the living room windows as he climbs up on the counter to fan the infernal device with a random flyer left on his doorstep. The windows don't open much, but anything to get the smoke out of the apartment and stop the detector from screaming.
cuttingremark: (salad destroyer)

[personal profile] cuttingremark 2022-06-20 09:09 pm (UTC)(link)
The smoke detector stops screaming, but Loki continues to fan, knowing from experience that it could come back on at any moment if there was any amount of smoke in the room.

"What? Oh-" It takes his brain a second to catch up to what Clint had said, thoughts stretched thin between the situation at hand, and what it had ripped them from. The hae and heat of the moment left him feeling fuzzy in the head, but the longer he stayed there, the more it cleared. "Noted...thank you."

As the air clears more and Loki starts to evaluate if he can stop fanning, he's suddenly struck by just how ridiculous he looks squatted on the counter, pants undone, hair a mess, waving a flyer for some new pizza restaurant called 'Cheese Louis' in the air, the smoking remains of their dinner in the sink.

It starts as a chuckle, but quickly devolves into full on hysterical laughter. He doesn't even get time to get fully off the counter when it hits, leaving him sitting on the edge of the granite, clutching his stomach, laughing harder than he has in years.
cuttingremark: (:D)

[personal profile] cuttingremark 2022-06-21 01:46 am (UTC)(link)
The erection is a bit of a problem, but it doesn't take much concentration to change things around down there to make any arousal not as visible. Chuckles subsiding, he slides off the counter while zipping up his pants.

"The pasta appears to have congealed into a single mass," Loki says, turning off the burner for that pot as well. "So it would appear takeout is in our best interest. If you would like to stay, that is."

They'd gone at it again, despite talking about how it was probably a bad idea. However something about this time has left Loki's mind just a bit more clear. Perhaps due to it ending with a cooking mishap rather than a flashback to his painful death.
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[personal profile] cuttingremark 2022-06-21 05:29 pm (UTC)(link)
A pang of panic shoots through Loki at the thought of Clint leaving, but he pushes it down. It's in the best interest of both of them to get some distance, clear their heads.

"Of course. Let's convene at roughly 10?" He busies himself looking at the flyer used to fan away the smoke as if suddenly very interested in this pizza.
cuttingremark: (horns back)

[personal profile] cuttingremark 2022-06-21 05:54 pm (UTC)(link)
"I know, Barton," He means his voice to come out in a harsh bark, but instead he just sounds tired. "I know. And at this point I'd probably thank you." Or worse: beg for it.

"Leave, eat, rest. We'll meet again in the morning."
cuttingremark: (lean)

[personal profile] cuttingremark 2022-06-21 07:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Loki lets out a breath he didn't know he was holding when the door opens and closes. That traitorous part of him hopes that when he peers out into the entrance hall that Clint will still be there, having decided not to leave after all.

It's a strange mixture of relief and unease when he sees that the other really did leave.

Unknowingly, he spends his evening much like Barton: order food, workout, shower, jack off, go to bed. All while trying to not think about the archer, about his hands in Loki's hair and his teeth at his neck. If he comes with Clint's name on his lips, no one has to know other than himself and the drain. He'd hoped that taking care of that before bed would stop any salacious dreams, but of course he was wrong about that as well.

Not that any would know it the next day. Loki's taken care to look put-together with semi-casual, yet fashionable Midgardian clothes in dark greens and blacks. He holds out one of the two steaming travel cups to Clint as he approaches.

"Coffee?"
cuttingremark: (lady 2)

[personal profile] cuttingremark 2022-06-21 08:46 pm (UTC)(link)
"You should. It's a very good color." She smirks and takes a sip of her own tea, red lips leaving behind a faint stain on the lid of the cup. "Not as good as green, obviously."
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[personal profile] cuttingremark 2022-06-21 09:10 pm (UTC)(link)
"Pain isn't exactly my primary concern," she mutters as they move up the steps, fighting back the opposite image- herself in a deep purple dress, or a delicate arrow pendant...

Raising a fist, she bangs on the door with much more strength than her frame would suggest.

It's startling, but it works. A wide-eyed apprentice appears at the door.

"Can I, uh, can I help you?"

"Yes. Is Stephen Strange in?"

"He's studying at the moment, is this an emer-"

Loki presses a sheathed dagger into the young mage's hand. "Give him this. Tell him Hawkeye and an friend are here to drop in."
cuttingremark: (lady 5)

[personal profile] cuttingremark 2022-06-21 09:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Loki follows Clint in with delight, flitting around the room to peer at the items adorning the tables and walls.

"Yes, after he trapped me in the never ending fall, I threatened to stab him," she says as if she's reporting they met at a book club or something. Notably she doesn't stand in one place for very long, remembering the last time how the portal opened beneath her feet with a ring of gold sparks.

She won't be caught off guard again.
Edited 2022-06-21 21:24 (UTC)
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[personal profile] cuttingremark 2022-06-21 09:46 pm (UTC)(link)
"Unfortunately it is the later." Loki says, shifting back to his more familiar form partway through the sentence. "But that is not why we're here."

Strange narrows his eyes at the transformation. "Not all your magic, apparently."

Loki just waves him off. "We can discuss my peculiar circumstances later. How familiar are you with the Mind Stone?"

The wizard looks like he would very much like to discuss those circumstances here and now, but the mention of the Infinity Stone piques his interest. With a wave of his hand, the three find themselves in a warm study. Shelves of books and magical artifacts line the walls, a roaring fire crackling merrily in the hearth.

"More than most, less than some," Strange says, glancing between the two of them. "Why?"
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[personal profile] cuttingremark 2022-06-21 10:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Loki eyes the chair, unsure if it is some kind of trap or not.

"What kind of-just sit down, it doesn't bite." Strange says, huffing at Loki's clear suspicion. "What kind of 'lasting effect'?"

Loki sits gingerly, ready to jump up at any moment. When the chair doesn't spring to life around him, he relaxes just a bit more.

"An...attraction of sort. It started roughly a month ago when I saved him from a gang of thugs in an alley."

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[personal profile] cuttingremark 2022-06-21 10:46 pm (UTC)(link)
"First, yes, I am sure. Second, even if it were, who exactly would you reccomend we go to?"

"Like I said, I know a-"

Loki glares at him nd it actually gets Strange to shut up. For a moment at least.

"Okay, so whenever you two are in the same room you, what? Go at each other like a couple of horny bonobos?"

Loki shrugs. "Eventually, more or less."

Strange sighs. "Yeah, I can run some tests. Magical and medical, just to rule everything out."

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