Loki woke as the morning birds tweeted outside the barn. He moved to sit up but then realized a weight on his chest. Tilting his head as he rest an arm underneath, he took a look and smiled. Sigyn was sleeping snug up in his other arm as her head lay on his naked chest, her long brown hair cascading over his bicep. He smiled at her beauty, at her innocence, at her naivety. Loki stroked a gentle finger over her jaw as he remembered the night before, how she nearly died, but gave him new life, let her into her white and innocent world, taking away his worries and letting him take away hers. He lay his head back down and absorbed the beauty all around him for the first time, though they were in a barn sleeping on hay. He followed the sun dust coming into the barn from a hole in the roof, but was allowed only seconds to take it all in as he witnessed a multicolored flash strike down somewhere outside.

Loki closed his eyes and sighed as he pinched his nose in frustration. Of all the possible opportunities they had, it had to be this one. Carefully scooting the still sleeping Sigyn off him, Loki stood and walked over to the window, from which he saw the smoky proof of guests from above. Taking a last look at Sigyn, he in his present form, orbed himself away to deal with the visitors.

Loki was fully clothed in earthy clothes when he seemingly emerged from inside a tree trunk, surprising his Asgardian visitor, who had her trusty sword at the ready.

"Ah lady Sif. Have you come to have a liking for Midgard? You seem to be here more oft than my brother. Or do you seem to have forgotten?" Loki teased her, reminding her of the instance when she fought a kree warrior on earth and lost her memory.

"I remember everything. Including how you chose to disappear to Midgard for your self rehabilitation."

"Well, if a Berserker warrior can find peace here..." Loki strolled between the trees with his hands clasped behind him.

"You've found peace enough to convince Heimdall." Sif finally told him of her objective of having come.

"And he sent you to collect me, now did he? How is your brother faring? He should be pleased I only froze him."

"He doesn't have a fond memory of that incident. But apparently he sees you reformed enough to return."

"As strange it is for me to say and you to hear, I have unfinished business with someone," Loki said as he turned to leave, but Sif raised her sword up, ready in a fighting stance. Loki simply smiled at her.

"You needn't interfere, lady Sif. It seems I have not the capacity to harm her."

Sif lowered her weapon again and stared amazed at Loki, standing still in her position as Loki orbed himself away.

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Sigyn awoke as the wind stirred the hay beneath her and it tickled and pricked her through the sheet Loki had magic-ed up last night. She clutched the blanket close under her chin as she smiled and blushed remembering the previous night. Remembering the intimate things they did and said to each other. She wasn't that type of girl who slept around more than there were letters in the word commit, so what she shared with Loki, and why, could possibly be because... She knew him only for less than two months and already she was falling in love? Why? Because he was the first to see her as a person, not an unwanted wheel or something to be pitied.

Thinking of all those things made her think of Loki now, but when she turned to face him, he was gone. She quickly sat up, using the blanket to cover herself as she looked about for Loki. Sigyn grew worried, thinking he might have ditched her, but was proved wrong as she yelped to see his face next to hers, where she'd checked first. He flashed her a smirk before stealing a quick kiss as he laid back down next to her, their backs against the barn.

"You'd feared I'd left you, didn't you?" Loki asked to the space ahead of him.

"Mhm," was her reply as she drooped her head on his shoulder.

"Like it or not darling, you're stuck with me. I simply can not suffer the after effects of leaving you alone. There's only so much a man with little heart can bare."

"But why do you say whether I like it or not?" She lifted her head and dug her chin in his shoulder and he looked down at her, stroking her cheek.

"People tend to dislike me over time. Stay with me long enough, and you'll see the villain in me."

"But I see good in you." She kissed his jaw. "Why don't you let people see the good in you?"

"Because when people see good, they expect good." He sighed and stared at the post across again. "I don't want to have to live up to anyone's expectations."

"Well you're good to me, and I don't have any expectations of you."

"I certainly hope that's a good thing," he laughed gently.

"It is," she assured him and wrapped her arm across his chest.

The two sat in silence for a while till there was a flash of colors outside the window across them.

"Was that a rainbow? Did you see that?" Sigyn quickly pointed to the window.

"Ah, that is something I do not command."

"And I'll bet you know the person who does?"

"I do indeed. And it seems he thinks I've redeemed myself enough to return." He rubbed his hand over her back.

"That sounds good. But how does he know if you've changed?" She asked, puzzled.

"Well the thing about Heimdall, is that he sees and hears everything across all the worlds."

Sigyn sat up straight.

"Sees and hears everything? As in everything, everything?"

"Everything truly."

"Would that by any chance include-"

"Last night? Most certainly." He teased her with the truth.

Sigyn blushed and drowned her face in his chest as she huddled the blanket closer.

"Don't worry it too much. He isn't a debauch. It is just his job, he is the gatekeeper of all the realms. And, he doesn't like me much."

"I'll take a guess that you tried to kill him."

"Mhm," Loki replied.

"But he's approving your return, so you must be good now."

"I do not see how I can trust myself to not turn back. The last I was on Midgard, I did quite the damage to a New York, as it turns out."

Sigyn was shocked but laughed still.

"It's not New as in the term to be recent, it's just the name of the state. You tried to destroy one of the biggest metropolitan area in the world, wow."

"And I was punished a 100 year imprisonment-"

"A hundred years in prison?! What, did you break out of jail? Are you a fugitive?"

It was Loki who laughed now.

"I'll have you know, I served it out. And to distance myself from my family, I escaped my way here."

"You have served a 100 years punishment?"

"Mhm, time goes by a lot faster on Asgard than on Midgard."

"I just slept with a hundred, possibly thousand year old man!"

"Ay hey, by Earth counts, I'm just pushing past my late twenties."

"So if by Asgardian time, you've been away a while, wouldn't your mother be missing you?"

"It could be quite probable."

"How can you be so cold?"

"I do not wish to say it that way. In fact, I do miss her some myself."

"Then you should go back, back home, to her?"

"I could, but I can't seem to think of leaving you alone."

"Who says you have to? She looked into his eyes, and he kissed her.

"I suppose humans are more welcome on Asgard as of late."

"As of late?"

"Humans were hardly seen, far accepted into Asgard, but ever since my brother wed a human, and both my parents adore their grand children, things have changed a bit."

"Your brother married a human?"

"Well of course it was managed that she be given some magical elixir or food that made her more versatile to Asgard."

"If you're a prince, you must live in a castle." Sigyn pointed out dejected.

"Valhalla is the palace of palaces. Earth palaces have suites, Valhalla has castles. You do not sound too motivated to go there."

"I haven't the best history with being in castles."

"You'll be with me. And plus, earthlings have certain safety laws in place in regards to them."

"Did you just say plus?" Sigyn teased.

"When you're away from court for a time..."

"But I like your formal little tone and accent, it suits you well."

"Then back to Asgard it is."

Sigyn hugged him tight and Loki buried a kiss in her brown hair.

"Hear it loud and well, Heimdall. When I return, Sigyn shall be at my side."

"Sounds good to me. Maybe perhaps breakfast sounds better right now?"

"It does, indeed. Breakfast in bed, coming right up."

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The picture might not quite go with the chapter but I liked it.
Yes there were a lot of reference.
Yea that was Damon Salvatore up there.