Zaylee was standing at the door, staring at the two. She was wearing normal clothes, which consists of a pair of jeans, a black shirt, a leather jacket, a gray beanie and a pair of high tops. When Claudia heard the voice she turned bright red and Loki got off her.

"We were just training, Zaylee," Loki promised.

"Yeah, okay. I'll be studying if anyone needs me," she said, walking out the door to get away from the awkwardness.

"Well, that was awkward," Claudia chuckled.

"Very," Loki agreed. "Now, what do we do?"

"Whatever I guess. We could go hang out or you could go do your own thing as long as you don't get in trouble. And don't leave the tower!" Claudia answered.

"I will be in my room," he said, snapping his fingers to change him back into god attire. Claudia chuckled a little. "What?"

"It's just strange how you would walk around with that armor on willingly. You know we have normal clothes here right?" She said.

"This is the normal attire on Asgard, I suppose I have simply gotten used to it," he replied, walking out. Claudia changed into a pair of skinny jeans and a gray shirt before pulling a jacket on. She walked up to Zaylee's room to check on her.

When she knocked on the door she heard Zaylee shout "come in," so she did.

"Hey kiddo," Claudia said. Zaylee looked up from her science.

"Hey Medusa," she said.

"I was just wondering if you were okay," Claudia replied. "You were horrified last night."

"I'm fine. Claudia it was a nightmare. I'm okay. I probably won't have another one for a while," she chuckled, peeking back down at her notes. Claudia sighed.

"I know, I just worry. You don't ever talk to me," she said.

"What do you want to know?" Zaylee asked.

"I don't know... Just... Stuff. Like: are you okay with Loki being here? Or-"

"Is this about Loki??" Zaylee cried. "Medusa, I can see the way you look at each other. I swear, you have eye-sex. And, I'm completely fine with Loki being here! He's misunderstood, I get it, but I'm not scared of him!"

Claudia blushed scarlet at Zaylee's comment.

"Zaylee! That's not funny!" She growled. Zaylee shrugged. She then sighed. "I know."

"Good!"

"No, seriously, I know. We do look at each other weird."

"Then kiss..."

"That's not how it works, Z. I promise, when you get older you'll understand," Claudia patted Zaylee's shoulder before standing up and leaving the room.

She walked down to the Avengers' living room and sat down beside Tony and Thor. Thor looked down to her. "How was my brother while we were gone?"

"He was fine," Claudia replied.

"You sure?" Clint asked. "Zaylee said she saw you both in the sparring arena... on top of each other."

Claudia's whole face went red. "That little..."

"What's wrong?" Tony smirked. "Someone got a cruuuushhh?"

"Tony, get over yourself," Claudia rolled her eyes and tried to get herself to stop blushing.

"Ooh, I bet she does!" Clint laughed.

"Clint!" Well he wasn't lying...

Bruce, who is Claudia's new best friend, changed the subject to save Claudia. She sighed and joined the conversation. That was a really bad situation that Claudia hoped not to be caught in again.

~

It had been seven hours and Zaylee was still in her room. Thinking that maybe she fell asleep, Claudia headed to her room to check. When she got there, she saw Loki going to knock.

"Don't knock. She might be sleeping," Claudia said before quietly opening the door. BTS was blaring in the room and papers were spread across the bed, but it's inhabitant was fast asleep in the middle of the bed, laying on her stomach. Claudia started cleaning the papers and putting them on her nightstand while Loki picked her up and laid her down on the clean portion of the bed. He covered her up and pushed her hair out of her face before following Claudia out of the room.

"She seems like a kind child," he said.

"She's super sweet. You've just got to get to know her first," Claudia promised. "She'll warm up to you."

~

Trigger warning! Night terrors

Loki was woken up by loud screaming. He means loud. He didn't even know humans could be this loud. Immediately, he ran to the source of the noise. Zaylee was sitting straight up in her bed, screaming and fighting nothing, her eyes wide with fear. But nothing was there.
Loki recognized this. It's a night terror. He immediately ran over to her, dodged her fighting, and held her down, crossing her arms over her chest and hugging her to his.

"ZAYLEE!" He screamed, waking her up. Tears started to pour down her face as she shook and shook. She buried her face in Loki's chest and broke down crying.

"L-L-"

"It's okay. Shh.... Nothing will get you here," he soothed, running his fingers through her hair. She was crying too hard to speak so she simply cuddled into his chest. "Would you like me to get Claudia?"

"Don't leave me here, Loki..." she choked out, a strong country accent flowing with her words. It was really a pitiful sight. Her eyelashes were soaked with tears along with her cheeks. Her whole body shivered like she had just jumped in ice water. She still had rivers of tears flowing down her face.

"I won't then."

Claudia ran into the room and saw Loki comforting the poor girl. She noticed that the bed was a mess and so was Zaylee.

"Hey baby girl..." Claudia dropped her weapon and ran to the child. "Loki, what happened?"

"She had a night terror."

"Oh, Z..." Claudia whispered. Zaylee hid in Loki's chest and whimpered like a kicked puppy. "You okay?"

"L-Loki helped."

"Okay," Claudia noticed that Loki was handling this so she asked, "Can I go back to sleep now?"

"Y-yeah... Loki's here..." She whispered. Claudia kissed her head and nodded to Loki, who nodded back. He's got this.

"Okay baby girl. I'll see you in the morning."

"O-okay."

Claudia walked out of the room and shut the door just to the point where it was cracked open. Zaylee looked absolutely terrified.

Loki held her to his chest until she stopped shaking and crying. Then, she pulled away and glanced at his now soaked with tears shirt. Guilt filled her eyes and Loki sighed. "It's just a shirt, kitten. You ready for bed?"

"W-will you s-stay with me?" she asked.

"Yes, of course," he replied, pulling the covers up. She crawled underneath and he followed, putting his arm around her and kissing her forehead.

She snuggled into him and whispered,
"Ah'm so sorry..."

Loki shook his head. "Do not be sorry. It was a night terror. They are... Well.. Terrifying. I've had them."

"Ah was just so scared..."

"It's alright, kitten. It's alright."

Here you get some Loki and Zaylee fluff, and some embarrassing moments for Claudia!