You looked up in shock and saw that the entire theater was looking at you. The flash of power had been brighter than you thought to draw everyone's attention away from the action on the screen. But it wasn't every day that someone became the soulmate of an Avenger. Or worse, the soulmate of Loki. Loki was supposed to be the villain, wasn't he?

No, the news and the team had made it clear that Loki had been under mind control during the battle. Loki wasn't a villain, he'd just been made to do terrible things.

That didn't stop your shock at the flash of power from your tattoo. Or the rest of the theater's. The whispers started almost immediately. The tattoos sometimes did weird things when they were activated, when the soulmate had been found. Changing colors was frequent. Some people reported a buzzing, fiery, or cold sensation. There were reports of a flash of light.

Usually, it wasn't quite so flashy.

You glanced at the words on your arm again, still in disbelief. There was no denying it, though, the words had changed from black to emerald green with gold sparkles throughout the letters.

You have heart

You hadn't expected the words to be said in the manner they had been.

Would he even believe you?

There was no way a god would want someone like you for a soulmate.

Soph was looking over at you with her mouth hanging open. "Did-?" She couldn't even form a sentence. Her eyes went to the tattoo on your arm, which was still glowing faintly. That definitely wasn't normal. Her eyes went wide. Neither of you had known why those would be the first words you heard your soulmate say.

Now you knew.

Fuck.

What were you going to do?

The entire theater was still whispering and you realized that moments had passed, if that. They were all still staring at you and you wanted to vanish and get away from all of their stares. But of course that wasn't going to happen. The best you could hope for was everyone deciding it wasn't interesting anymore and going back to the movie.

After the movie, you could figure out what to do with this new development.

And try to come up with something to say to Loki.

But... that would never happen. There was no way a no one like you was going to get to the Avengers, get them to believe you that you were Loki's soulmate because you'd heard this line spoken in the movie, or get them to care or help you. There was also no chance Loki would want you as a soulmate.

You were doomed to being alone, your soulmate found but not reciprocated. It was very rare for the soulmate bonds to be rejected, for soulmates to never be found, but it did happen on occasion. And there seemed to be little to no hope that you would actually meet yours in person.

You tried to focus your attention back on the movie. Maybe if you looked at it hard enough, everyone would stop staring at you and return their attention back to the movie.

For a moment, you thought it was going to work.

For one single moment.

Then the moment was ruined by the shimmer of green magic at the front of the auditorium. Two figures appeared there and you could see them clearly as the green shimmer faded away. There was no denying who the two men were. Especially since one of them was still on the giant screen behind them.

Thor and Loki.

The two brothers couldn't be more different, Thor hulking, blond, and bearing his trademark hammer. Loki was slimmer, though no less muscled and raven haired. Both were dressed in their armor with their capes of red and green.

"Brother, why are we here?" Thor boomed, drawing any eyes that hadn't already been on the pair. There were very few pairs of eyes that hadn't been on them. Most everyone was taking out their cameras now to take pictures of the pair showing up in the middle of the Avengers movie screening. Thor seemed surprised that Loki had teleported him here. You hadn't even known Loki was on the realm. Last you had heard, he had been taken back to Asgard to face punishment for a crime that wasn't his fault.

So why was he here on Earth? And why was he here now in this movie theater?

"You saw my tattoo light up. She's here somewhere, Thor. I have to find her," Loki replied in what sounded like a panicked snarl. Her. He wanted to find his soulmate. Fuck. Not her. You. He was desperate to find you. You heard what sounded like disbelief in his voice, like he hadn't believed that he would have a soulmate.

"And you brought me along because...?" Thor asked as he scanned the staring crowd. All eyes and cameras were on the brothers. The whispers were back and louder than ever and not a single person was paying attention to the movie, which kept playing in the background. "And how do you know she's here anyway?"

"I put a spell on the tattoo centuries ago to make sure I would know when it was activated. And I brought you along because the mortals like you better, oaf. I did not wish to start a panic. Now stop scaring them and help me look for her-" Loki growled at his idiot brother. The pair were definitely brothers with how they interacted.

"Oh shit. It's real..." Soph said from beside you, her eyes wide with shock. You were sure your expression was just as shocked and stumped.

You nodded dumbly. You had no idea what to say. Or what to do. Not only were you Loki's soulmate....somehow... but he was here and was looking for you. It was only a matter of time before...

His eyes rose up the rows of seats and caught on you and the glowing mark on your arm. You still weren't sure what to do. Or what to say. How did you greet a strange god? How did you greet your soulmate?

You forgot your phrase. You'd come up with a stupid phrase to greet any stranger you came across, as everyone did. You couldn't remember what it was at the moment. Whatever it was wouldn't have been appropriate for meeting this soulmate. Nothing you could say would be appropriate for meeting a god.

So what were you going to say?

Loki's eyes lit on you and he strode with his patented murder strut up the aisles toward you and Soph. You had to come up with something to say. And fast.