"Cooooraliiiine, hello my little baby assassin friend we're ordering chinese and I need to know what you're gett- the fuck? Are you crying?" I suddenly exclaimed, peering round the door as a cold shiver passed through me at the sight of Charlie's bleary red rimmed eyes and sticky tear streaked cheekbones.

The flash in her eyes blinded when she caught my gaze and swiftly, swifter than i'd expected, she turned and her blinds were drawn once again as she settled her face with a cold expression i'd only ever seen before in the woman that owned my reflection. It was fast, the speed she took to compose herself that would cause any other to second guess whether they'd actually caught the tears in her eyes or whether it had been only a figment of their imagination. She was fast, almost as fast as I'd become. And that thought alone was haunting.

"I'm not crying I- no, I'm just a little sweaty in the eyeball area today Jesus, get off my back." She snapped, turning to drag flushed fingertips against the sticky trails of saline that had tracked over her flesh. A frown, deeper than i'd have liked it to be had sewn into my expression and I bit my cheek, moving further into the room with a clawing silence.

"Charlie tell me now, okay kid? What the hell have I done?" I uttered quietly, my voice stern and somber as much as it was guilty as I tracked my footsteps over to where she sat at the foot of the bed. The final snap of my low words had her head whipping back to watch me, a searing glare studded into her glossy eyes as she frowned at the stare I forced through her, demanding an answer for what I'd put her through that caused such a reaction.

A few moments of simmering silence fell onto our shoulders as her brimming eyes flitted between the both of mine and her lip trembled before she settled with a look of confusion that knocked me off guard.

"A, wait what, why would it be you?" She queried, her voice cracking as I froze and my eyes narrowed a little.

"w-what? Why wouldn't it be?"

She almost cracked a smile then, her eyes glinting as she sniffed and shuffled positions, sitting cross legged on her sheets as she gave me a patronising stare that had me reeling.

"It's not- it's nothing, you haven't done anything."

"Was it Jack cause I swear to god hun I've dealt with having killed my brother before so I doubt it'll hurt any less doing it again."

"No, Ace plea-"

"Wait what? Was it- did Loki say something?" I frowned even deeper than I thought was even possible at this point, but she just fixed me with a look, silencing me with an indignant stare. She slapped her hand to her forehead and let out the tiniest of groans as I folded my arms and narrowed my eyes, a little irked at her audacity.

"Charlie I swear to fuck if you don't tel-"

"My boyfriend broke up with me." She cut me off, finally snapping as her eyes flew to mine and she sniffed again, her irritated expression melting a little into something more somber again when she noted the shock on my face that i hadn't ever bothered to hide in front of her.

At this point my frown had etched so many lines into my forehead I must've resembled a crinkle cut chip. I opened my mouth and shut it again a couple times, watching Charlie as she blew her nose on a tissue and I tried to come to terms with what she'd just said. It was strange, I don't think anything had genuinely surprised me in a long time, and yet here I was legitimately speechless. Maybe I could keep this kid around forever simply for the excitement of being kept on my toes

"A what now?"

"Boyfriend Ace, like a relationship? It's what people who don't have commitment issues like to get into." She cut back dryly, wiping her eyes again as I shot her a look.

"Out of pocket..."

"And now he just dumped me."

"Yeah I know fuckhead, believe me that's not the part I find hard to understand." I returned snarkily, swiftly sidestepping the dirty tissue then thrown at me.

"Since when, Juliet?"

"Two months." She sighed and my eyes damn nearly popped out my head.

"I do have a social life you know?" She sneered.

"Do you though?"

"I don't just mope around the place waiting for the next gang to attempt to assassinate me...unlike sooomebody-"

"Out of pocket..." I frowned again, before my eyes widened, realising what she'd just said.

"Okay no, rewind here, when the fuck do you even go out?"

"Usually in the middle of those three hour fuck seshes you guys have." She shrugged, and then it was her turn to dodge the tissue.

"okkkkk....so...why exactly did you break up?" I queried gently, hoping to softly push an answer out of her without prompting any fresh tears to slide down her cheeks. Though I shouldn't have been worried, she seemed to mirror my exact face as she pulled an expression that dried the teary streaks up into nothing and dragged a brightening stream of light up her red rimmed eyelids. I felt my stomach turn as I witnessed her enclosing facade and I groaned inwardly, wishing I hadn't said what I had.

"I was too emotional..." She stated, beginning to tear up the tissue into small ribbons in front of her eyes against her lap.

"That's what he said."

In that moment I let out an involuntary snort of amusement that sounded like an alarm, bouncing off the walls of the room as I inwardly gaped and genuinely wondered how i'd come to be this careless and apathetic, how i'd come to lose my sympathy altogether.

"You're what now?" I scoffed, a little gentler but no less blunt.

"You? Emotional? Yeah and i'm bloody batman me." I snorted, quickly recovering when I saw her frown.

"What?"

"Erm sorry, wrong universe- anyway...how in the fuck are you emotional? And that's coming from me?" I frowned, feeling more and more like I don't know a single thing about the girl sitting in front of me.

"Christ I can't believe you're so surprised about all this shit-"

"Language." I coughed quickly.

"It's not like you ever would know anyway A."

"And what's that supposed to mean Cunt?" I scoffed indignantly, seeing the painful dullness glaze her eyes before i'd even registered her full reaction.

"You just- You just don't notice."

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LOKI'S POV

"No! Ace come- come back for fucks sake it's not worth it!"

I placed down the glass i'd been drinking from, turning back from grinning wickedly at Ora's new found brother just in time to see her being chased down by a yelling Charlie who was trying to stop her pulling a knife out her cabinet.

"I told you already, I'm just gonna go visit him okay? Maybe apologise to him for having to ever deal with you in the first place, or congratulate him on finding the common sense to dump you." Ora smiled saccharinely at Charlie who just glared back, still trying to take the long dagger out of Ora's grasp.

The slight scuffle between the two that then broke out had ended almost moments after it began, with Ora phasing away toward the hall, twirling the blade in her hand as she smugly smirked above the underlying look of fury she wore that I knew all too well. I sighed loosely and straightened my overcoat, teleporting to the front door just as she turned to head out it, only coming to a stop right in front of me.

"Move it, snake. I got places to be." She sneered, smirking when Charlie let out a noise of irritation and stomped her foot,

"Not tonight, little hex."

"Beg your pardon?"

"You may."

"get to fuck."

"I'm taking you somewhere tonight." I smiled lightly, disguising the nagging wariness i'd been plagued with all day as I turned her around and lead her back into the main living space.

"Don't tell me it's a date, you creep." She muttered irritably, shrugging my hands off her shoulders as I let out a low chuckle.

"I'm offended you'd even entertain the notion, little one."

She turned then, frowning at my smirk as I pulled her closer by the hip and tried not to fling a dagger straight into her brothers neck at the exasperated huffs of displeasure he was making. Her eyes searched mine for a moment, taking a warily brief amount of time to find the somber chill I was attempting to conceal behind my eyes.

"Is it-" She began and I allowed my smirk to grow a little wider as my gaze ran over her skin.

"I spoke with Heimdall last night. It's them. I know where they'll be tonight."

She was silent for a moment, all her rowdy thoughts dulling down for a single moment before they began up again, wailing in droves around her mind as I watched from her clear glass eyes. Her mouth hooked into a stunning little smile and she blew out a breath, gazing at me like i'd just given her the world and shattered hers at the same time

"I have to train-"

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ACE's POV

"Fucksake get lost already, I'm trying to train." I hissed, trying to calm the rising heat in my stomach as he just watched me, lips hooked into a smirk as I lay underneath him, pinned firmly down. I let out an irritated huff and shifted again, hoping to knock him off me but to no avail.

"I'm simply helping you train, little hex. It's not my fault you find me so...distracting." He spoke fluidly, punctuating each word with a thrilling caress of my hip as I held my breath to stop myself letting out a husky exhale that would completely unveil me, and the warm feeling he'd sent spiralling throughout me, with that seeping black look he gazed at me with that I recognised all too well, stirring me up as much as I hated to admit it

But I couldn't free myself from the position he held me in, disarming and pressing me into place as I struggled to reach my dagger, and my stubbornness was slipping away by the second.

bastard.

Feeling the last of my resolve begin to weaken, I blew out a breath and closed my eyes for a minute, deciding to pull out my last resort.

I'll be damned if this one works...

I let my smirk drop a little, contorting my face into a wince I tried hard to make look like i'd tried to conceal. I let my head drop against the floor and let out a shaky breath, unfocusing my eyes when I gazed back at him to appear distant; seeing the blatant concern in his stare even through my thick, fuzzy vision.

"Ora-"

"I'm fine go fuck your self." I muttered weakly, frowning at him best I could whilst I cackled madly on the inside.

"I- ah shit I should have eaten something before." I groaned and tried my hardest to look like I was dizzy and on the verge of passing out. The worry leaking out from Loki above me was practically tangible and I had to fight to keep my smirk down as he shifted off me a bit, sighing warily.

"Always one for the dramatics my dear. Stay here." He sighed lowly and began to get up. At which point I couldn't keep down my threatening grin, and I quickly shot up, catching him off guard as I knocked him down from the side and swiftly clambered up over his waist.

I felt the rocketing sigh rumble up from his chest before he'd even regarded me with those crystal eyes of his, and it drew the grin even wider across the span of my face as I let out a quiet snicker and placed my hands either side his stupid gorgeous face.

"Fool me once..." I teased mercilessly, shifting a little further up his body as his glare turned fiery and he narrowed his eyes dangerously.

"Indeed, I quite understand, Aurora." He almost snapped back.

"Fool me twic-"

I didn't even finish my sentence before his steady hand had wrapped around the better part of my throat as he pulled me down to his level to regard me with that stare that bled enticingly, crimson red with a heated danger.

"Ora-" He growled warningly at my lips, pushing me back a little to observe the flush that had stained my cheeks as I pushed stuttered, husky breaths through my parted lips and tried to quell the urge between my thighs. I blinked a few times as I shifted a little and gripped his wrist, hoping to wipe away the look I knew spurred deep in my dark gaze, wanton and heated, blurred with lust. But he'd seen it already, and the slow, painfully riled up smirk that crept up the sides of his mouth just confirmed my thoughts.

"Five seconds, little hex, to get upstairs." He growled quietly by my ear, his glassy voice no less powerful in its gravelly tone as I felt the fire between my legs grow and I swallowed thickly, allowing my smirk to mirror his in all its eagerness.

"I can do it in one..."

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The loud ripping sound of my shirt was almost inaudible over the clatter around us and our mingled, sharp breaths as we made our way to the en suite bathroom, my legs secured tightly round his waist. I clutched at his neck and ground into him again once he'd shut the bathroom door and locked it hastily, revelling in the deep, guttural breath he groaned my name out through.

I was barely conscious to my surroundings as his steady hands kneaded my backside with a hungry intent and this lips leathered the side of my neck so furiously and uncontrollably I felt the shockwaves clatter to my stomach and down to my tensed calves. I felt the ground slip from under me however, when my butt made harsh contact with the bathroom counter and I let out a dissatisfied exhale as he extricated himself from my grasp to lean over and send the shower roaring into life.

His sharp, deadly eyes stayed on me the whole time as he did so though, keeping the warmth pumping through me as my gut continued to twist with anticipation. When he returned to standing before me, he didn't speak a word, his parted lips stuttering with the heavy, broken breaths he fought through.

In one swift motion he'd reached out and tugged my knees apart, pressing his forhead to mine as one hand held my lower back, arching me into him, and the other pressed flush against my centre through the dampened material of my underwear. I fought to bite back my stuttered breath and instead bowed my head a little, looking up at him with lidded, darkened eyes as I ran a slow, steady hand over his chest, gradually shadowing his thrilling, black gaze until his eyes were almost all pupil. Then the tearing sound echoed off the walls again as I felt myself become completely bare before him.

He swallowed forcibly and extended a hand as he withdrew a little, curving a smirk up the sides of my mouth and causing the urge in my gut to crash higher and higher. I took his hand quickly and allowed him to pull me gently off the counter before leading me into the shower, where all our leisurely gentleness flew right out the window as soon as the warm water scattered our flesh.

I was weightless in an instant as his hurried movements had him swooping under my thighs to crash me into the wall with him wedged firmly between my knees, lips furiously caressing mine. I thrust my tongue into his mouth and crashed my fingers into the roots of his hair, almost whining out loud when his lips came free off my face and he sighed shakily, looking down at me with flashing, deep green eyes and a grin I watched curiously.

"Just like how this all started, Ora." He muttered, his voice low and gravelly as his fingertips ghosted over my waist and hips, sending hot shivers right through me. I frowned for a moment, confused until the sudden memory came back and hit me full force.

The shower, his eyes, our hungry intent as we finally gave in to our lust. Just like the first time...

I opened my mouth to pass a line that was so reminiscent of what I remembered so vividly, being cut off before I could even gasp the first word as I was suddenly lowered to the floor and turned away from him, his hands quickly taking hold of my wrists to hold them up so I was bracing myself against the cooled tile.

Then I was allowed release of my gasp as I felt his ridged, stone cut body press hard into me from behind, his hands slowly tracing the sides of my form until he circled my waist and caressed the skin just above my pelvic bone. Chilled, demanding lips came to press against my neck and I sucked in a sharp breath pressing my forehead against the tile and biting back a moan when his skilled fingers dipped lower and began to graze over my cunt, a little further up than I needed him, and the bastard knew it.

I opened my mouth to pass a snarky comment before I was once again, cut off as he kicked my feet apart, parting my legs, and finally caressing that sweet spot as I shuddered and was unable to choke down my moan this time. I desperately ground into him as he worked my clit, keeping the same, agonisingly slow pace whilst I fell to fucking pieces in his hands.

"Loki I swear to go-"

My mouth suddenly opened wide in a silent cry that crescendoed into a weak gasp as I felt his length push into me with an unforgiving force that knocked me dizzy as I tried to force a breath into my lungs. He chuckled slowly and raked a hand through my damp hair as he began slowly thrusting into me, finding a torturous pace that rocked me slowly on the edge between dissatisfaction and tortured bliss.

"My sincerest apologies, little Hex." He growled, his voice teasing and playful, right by my ear as I gasped and screwed my eyes tightly shut, my body flooded with an overwhelming cluster of sensations.

"Perhaps if you had shown a more satisfactory attitude, i'd have been a little gentler." He almost chuckled, moving in and out of me in that same arduous pace as I practically growled, still unable to bite back the slight smirk that had taken refuge over my face.

"Why the fuck would I want that." I spat back through a heavy exhale as I let out a moan when his ruthless hands found my breasts, kneading and pinching with enough force to leave me gasping with pleasure whilst he just laughed darkly and continued his blissful movements.

But it wasn't enough, and my frayed nerves and searing blood reminded me off it as I breathed in a moan, close to whining in frustration at his teasing at this point. I leaned my head back onto his shoulder as his fingers caressed me and his eyes bore right through me, seeing the torture written plainly right across my face.

"Please-" I managed to plead through shattered breaths and gritted teeth as his smirk grew wider and his eyes flashed keenly with a forbidden kind of lust I didn't think I'd spied before. And then, in one heated moment, I felt myself combust.

He pulled back swiftly and thrust with such force I saw stars, his pace dramatically increasing as I audibly moaned and snapped my hands back on the tile in front of me, my eyes screwed tightly shut as his skilful fingers reminded me what euphoria was like and his lips on my neck sent me spiralling into the 27th fucking dimension.

And I felt myself beginning to crumble fairly quickly as the low grunting of curses and my name that spilt from his lips rang so deliciously in my ears in between my heavy gasps. But there was something deep and pushed down that threatened to flood my mind, tucked away but nagging me in a way that was unable to be ignored even in this heaven he'd crafted for me.

I frowned and bit my lip, quickly gasping a 'wait' as I felt him slow and I turned in his arms, meeting his flushed face and blackened eyes as he eagerly scooped me up to wrap around his waist, not wasting a moment to continue the bliss he'd been sparking in all crevices of my body.

"I just- I just- Shit." I gasped brazenly, both wanting to blurt out the words that hovered on my tongue, begging to be let out of my mind where it sounded like an alarm bell, and wanting to kick myself for even beginning to explain myself.

"I needed to see you, your face." I panted out between gasps as his eyes narrowed a little and he shot me a confused expression that barely showed through the blatant, blackened lust.

"If- If this is the last time."

In a snapped instant, his eyes flashed red with something deep I couldn't place my finger on, and his thrusts slowed down to an almost complete stop as he observed me through narrowed eyes that betrayed how he was really beginning to feel from my words. His hands clutched my hips tighter and he shook his head, anthracite gaze surging with a tortured flash of light.

"Don't tell me you're taking up celibacy-"

I scoffed loudly before he could finish his sentence and began to roll my hips in motion with his a little faster, letting out a light moan as if to just confirm my furious head shaking further.

"No- I mean- ah fuck- I mean after tonight, after the fight- if I don't-"

His deep, irked growl silenced my words efficiently enough as he brought his fingertips under my chin, bringing my needy gaze up to meet his fiery, purposeful stare.

"Don't even entertain the possibility, Aurora." He muttered sharply, punctuating his harsh words with a forceful roll of his hips, striking deep inside of me with a blooming spark of bliss that had me crying out in pleasure, nails raking over the skin of his back.

"You are making it through tonight little Hex. Alive." He ground out fiercely, like a promise. A promise that could've easily had me fooled with the pure confidence in his eyes and the determined words. But that didn't stop me from seeing the wary pain that hid beyond his stark gaze, his refusal to even dwell on the subject of my life being taken this very night.

"You don't get to leave me that easily."

"But- ah fuck- but Loki-"

"Don't Ora." He growled wildly, his eyes feral as he took hold of my throat and held it to the wall behind me. Something had finally snapped between us in this steaming shower and he fastened his lips onto mine, pushing into me with a sudden ferocity as I moaned freely into his mouth and tried to meet him thrust for thrust.

hands cascaded down over my body, sending me straight to the teetering edge of oblivion and back with every blissful motion as I opened my mouth, unable to do much more than gasp breathlessly throughout his euphoric assault on my senses.

"Fuck I'm- oh god." I managed to breathe out, pulling wildly at his locks as he groaned my name and finally removed his lips from my neck to address my glazed, blissful eyes as he swallowed a look that had previously stained the stunning planes of his face, staring back at me.

And that was when it hit me. Both of them at the same time as I yelled his name out loud against the broken sheets of scattered water and the tiled walls, and my heart felt fit to burst, and those words. The words I couldn't find it in me to ignore were thrumming eagerly at the tip of my tongue as he pushed through a final strong thrust at the loud groan of my name that had him tipping over the edge into ecstasy.

I couldn't breath, couldn't find the strength to shift my gaze from the plain white ceiling as I fought hard through every feeling, every agonising weight that washed throughout my body and sat like a heavy ache between my lungs, trying to see if I was right about this. But there was no mistaking this, and I knew for definite when his head rose up from my shoulder and his glittering emerald eyes that regarded me, held the same bleeding gravity as I spied in my chest, and shattered over my brain. This was it for us.

"Loki- I-" I was cut off sharply by the choked gulp in my throat as I still panted out through the fading waves of pleasure, simmering in the silence between us as he waited, just waited for whatever it was I was struggling to choke out.

But I couldn't- I blinked rapidly and slowed my breathing as I found my grounding again. But I couldn't speak, I couldn't fucking say it. This time as I opened and closed my mouth in another failed attempt, I saw the sad slow incline of his smirk kick up the sides of his mouth ever so slightly, before he withdrew from within me and slowly lowered me to the floor, keeping a tight hold until my legs had stopped quivering quite so violently.

But I couldn't let this be over yet, God help me.

"Loki for fuck's sake I- I-"

his hand came up and closed over my mouth, swiftly cutting me off as his dark eyes grazed over me and he sighed, almost smirking the way he usually did before he opened his mouth, and my world fell apart.

"I love you too, Ora."

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