Loki politely sat in the passenger seat of Tony's car as they drove. He had calmed down, and was looking out the window.

"You alright?" Tony asked.

Loki looked confused. ".....yes....... Stark why would you care?"

"I was just wondering, on account that earlier you were lying in your own blood."

"Mm."

They went silent for a while and Tony took several quick glances at Lokis direction.

Tony parked the car in front of the Avengers Facility and looked over at Loki.

Loki was leaned against the door, with his eyes closed.
He was asleep.

Tony lightly sighed and smiled. He softly pushed Loki against the seat so he wouldn't fall out when he opened the door. Then got out of the car and opened the passenger door.

Tony picked Loki up, wrapping his arms under Loki's knees and back.

•••

Loki slowly opened his eyes, looking at the surroundings around him. He was in what looked like a bedroom, with a small book shelf next to the bed he was in and had two doors. One was slightly ajar and looked like it lead to a bathroom, the other was closed. Loki stretched, flinching as the bandages around his arms pulled against his skin. He cursed under his breath.

Loki felt exhausted. He didn't exactly know where he was, though he assumed the location had something to do with Shield. The back of his neck was achey and his arms stung. He fell against the soft pillow he was laying on, staring at the ceiling and just trying to recollect everything that had happened.

"It's 3:25 AM. You've been asleep for three hours."

Loki jumped, looking at the door with a terrified look and hyperventilating.

Tony smirked at the God. "Wow, Andromeda really was right. You really are a mess."

Loki sighed. "Well I thought, out of all people, you'd understand."
Tony sarcastically put his hand on his chest and scoffed. "Excuse me, did you just call me a mess?"
"Well you just called me one. and you of all people would know it's a pain to be a 'hero' in someone else's story, let alone being a 'villain'."

Tony lost his smirk, looked down and sighed, "Yeah, I get where you're coming from." Tony continued to look down for a moment, before saying, "you know, when you threw me out of a window, I never thought I would have you living in the same building as me."

Loki felt his bottom lip trembling. All he had wanted when he came to Midgard was to get a job, an apartment, and a regular supply of alcohol to just drink and forget.
And for awhile he was achieving that. He had been getting drunk for at least five days a week for the past year and had almost put the battle of New York out of his mind.
Almost.
He had told Andromeda about it and that brought back way too many memories he didn't want to still recollect.
And now seeing Tony Stark brought back even more.

That being the reason he revealed himself as an ice giant in the middle of a Starbucks.

Loki looked at Tony, almost terrified, and started shaking violently.