While Loki and Frigga were talking, the team had been asking Sigyn questions, mostly asking about things she'd already told Loki. However, she'd gotten tired and annoyed after one too many snarky remarks from Stark and even more tired of being talked over. "Hey! Listen to the fae when you ask her questions!" she snarled at him, beyond annoyed with him and wondering if defenestration was a valid option.

Stark stared at her for a moment before he burst into laughter, nearly falling out of his chair he was laughing so hard. "Whatever you say, Navi," he teased.

She sighed heavily and glared at him. "Of course I get nicknamed after the most annoying fairy in history..." Navi from the Zelda game was an annoying fairy.

Loki blinked a couple of times, pulling himself out of his daze. He looked concerned at her glare. "What?" He asked dumbly, trying to catch back up on what he'd missed while he'd been talking to his mother.

"Nope, you said the line. You're officially Navi!" Stark replied gleefully, grinning at Sigyn and ignoring Loki. Of course he was stupid excited to have a stupid nickname for her.

She huffed in reply. "Stupid shellhead," she growled in his direction. Loki chuckled at her name for Stark, a small smile forming on his face and she gave him a conspiratorial smile at his chuckle.

The team told stories for the rest of the meal, giving Sig a break from answering questions. Though at the end of dinner, before the dessert was brought out to appease the Loki, Nat turned to Sigyn and addressed her again. "I'm taking you shopping tomorrow," she told Sigyn firmly, though her voice remained kind. "You need clothes and Stark's buying, so no complaints," she added, leaving no room for arguments in her tone.

Loki raised an eyebrow at that and turned to Sigyn. /Do you wish for me to accompany you? I know you don't feel very comfortable around many people/

/It'll be ok/ she reassured him quickly. She knew she needed Midgardians clothes. And she knew men on every realm hated shopping, especially for clothes and she didn't imagine Loki, even her genderfluid Loki, would be any exception. /Nat's nice enough/

Loki nodded, accepting her decision. /If you need anything, you only have to call for me. I will be there/ he promised.

Sigyn made a mental not that she was going to have to teach him about making promises in her presence, but that was a lesson for another day. /That's appreciated/ she replied warmly. She had a thing about names, but there was also the thing about directly thanking someone. Fae habits had been ingrained in her from her centuries with them.

The entire group was distracted when Clint brought over the giant chocolate cake he'd made to go with dinner and he gave Loki a tentative smile. It seemed he may have been blatantly bribing Loki to like him by giving Loki desserts. It was an effective strategy. Loki's eyes lit up in absolute delight.

Sigyn's eyes lit up too. "That looks delicious," she oohed over it. Nat cut the cake into slices and made sure Loki got the biggest one. She shared a conspiratorial smile with him and was clearly also not above bribing the god with food to be friends as well. Apparently it was a strategy everyone on the team used.

"Navi, you up to showing us what you can do?" Stark asked Sigyn once she had all devoured her cake.

She glared at him down the table. This group somehow was already feeling like a dysfunctional family. "I'm not Navi," she grumbled.

Loki glared at Stark too. "She is not a test subject for you, Stark,"

"Why don't we let her get settled in before we start assessing her skills for the team?" Cap suggested placatingly. It seemed he was the peacekeeper of the group. As well as being team mom.

"How about movie night?" Nat suggested kindly instead. It was clear the group wanted to get to know Sig, but equally clear that Sigyn had had enough of people and being social by that point. Loki was too.

"Maybe another night," she said softly, tired of dealing with so many people bothering her for information. The second the dishes were cleared, she left to head back to her room and solitude. She changed into pajamas and unpacked her things before she got bored and decided to explore the tower and get to know her new home. She hoped things were quieter by that point.

Loki was in his room, enjoying his own solitude and privacy and he heard her bedroom door open and close, since he lived across the hall from her. /Where are you off to, little fae?/

She stiffened a little at being spied on, tension running through her as she fought not to draw her blades. /Checking out my new home/ she replied curtly, defensively. She wasn't supposed to be a prisoner in the tower. They shouldn't have sicced Loki on her as a babysitter.

Loki felt the tension in the link. /Don't fret, I'm not spying on you. I just heard you door open and was curious. Do you wish for company?/ his tone was kind and caring, not spying.

She followed the link to the door across the hall and padded silently on bare feet. Loki hadn't told she he was across the hall from her, but someone she wasn't surprised. That did explain Stark's behavior when he told Loki where she'd be living. She cracked his bedroom door open with only a tap of a knock as warning. "Only if you want company. You like your solitude, right?" she asked softly from the doorway. She'd also been working on unlocking her memories before she went wandering and remembered a bit more about him.

He gave her a bright warm smile. "I do, but you are the exception to that rule, old friend,"

She gave him a warm smile in return. "I know it's probably a lot to ask, but is there anything actually worth reading in this place?" These people all seemed like the active Thor-types who wouldn't know a good book if they were hit in the head with it.

"I'm actually not sure. I haven't taken the time to look, since I brought my own reading material," he paused and summoned a book, offering it to her. She took the invitation and entered his room properly to take the book from him. "This is one of my favorites. I've lost track of how many times I've read it," he told her warmly.

She took the book from him and couldn't help the bright smile that bloomed on her face. "Hiccup! I haven't seen a copy of this in-" she trailed off, settling comfortably next to him on his bed and diving straight into the rune-written tale, revisiting characters she hadn't read about in centuries. His smile widened at her familiar behavior and he returned to the book he'd been reading himself.

It was hours and hours later when she finally broke her gaze from the book and realized it was the early hours of the morning. "Odin's beard! Sorry! I shouldn't have infringed on you solitude so long. You should've kicked me out hours ago. I blame the book!" she told him nearly frantically at the impropriety of her actions. She scrambled off of his bed to go find her own and let him get some sleep.

He chuckled. "Believe me, Sigyn. I very much enjoy you company," he told her warmly.

She gave him a bright smile in return. "And I yours, Loki. However, the hour is late and I should find my own bed,"

Loki nodded and stood as well to open the door for her and see her out safely. "Goodnight, little fae," he told her warmly with a kind smile. She returned the smile, cradling the book to her chest. She wasn't giving the book back until she finished reading it.

"Goodnight, prince," she replied before she left his room.

*

Nat woke her early to take her shopping and it was a whirlwind of an adventure, but by the time they returned to the tower, they'd become friends and Sig had an entire new wardrobe. Nat made her change out of her grungy old clothes into something new before they returned. Nat had caught both of the Asgardian's interest in the fae and had a feeling they'd appreciate her being dressed in flattering clothes for once. So she were wearing an adorable purple sweater dress, black leggings, and boots when she reentered the common room just after lunch.

Thor jumped to his feet when she entered the common room and smiled appreciatively at her wearing something flattering instead of baggy second hand clothes. He took her hand to bow over it and kiss her knuckles, the actions of a polite gentlemanly prince and something she'd more expect his brother to do. Which is when she realized he was teasing Loki by doing it before his brother could. "You look lovely, Lady Sigyn," he told her warmly. She saw love in his eyes, but recognized it for the brotherly love that it was.

Loki glared at Thor before unfolding himself from his couch and joining the pair, maneuvering Thor aside gracefully. Thor stepped aside with a smirk, enjoying teasing his brother.

Loki took Sig's bare hand in his and bowed elegantly over it, placing his cool lips against her knuckles. "Resplendent, lady fae, as always," he told her in a seductive purr.

The second Loki took her hand in his, the first time their bare skin actually touched, a flare of magic passed between them, etching lines of power in beautiful swirls from the backs of their hands left hands up their arms to their elbows. Purple on his arm and green on hers.

A soulbond etched in power on their skin for all to see.