#frost queen x captain ice

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Waaah my TNMN OTP. I'm not super proud but it looks cute :>

Collection of my other OTPs, if you saw them posted before, those are my other blogs :]

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what if…

just—what if…

ICE CAPTAIN X FROST QUEEN

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“Fall of X” Era Ushers in New Comic Book Series and Ties into Several Titles

In July 2023 the X-Men will hold the Hellfire Gala, which will kick off a new era that will become known as the “Fall of X,” where everything that mutantkind has accomplished on Krakoa threatens to be destroyed. The Fall of X saga will tie into several titles and create a few new ones.

X-Men will continue with the 25th issue from writer Gerry Duggan and artist Stefano Caselli. As with other Hellfire Galas, the team will get shaken up. Kate Pryde, aka Kitty, Sprite, Ariel, Red Queen, and Captain Kate, will join the team under the name ShadowKat.

X-Men #25, featuring a main cover by Joshua Cassara and a design variant cover by Peach Momoko, goes on sale on August 2, 2023.

Iceman gets his own solo series as Earth’s protector from writer Steve Orlando and artist Vincenzo Carratù. Bobby Drake will get a new base of operations, new uses for his abilities, new enemies, and a new purpose, “but a dark side effect of his new mission could cause it all to shatter… After the events of this year’s can’t-miss Hellfire Gala, Bobby Drake, AKA Iceman, sets his sights on heroic deeds like never before. But as a new situation develops that links Iceman to his Antarctic ice palace, he’ll have to be slicker than ever to accomplish his mission before Orchis knows what hit them!” (Marvel Comics)

Astonishing Iceman #1, featuring a cover by Jesús Saiz, goes on sale on August 2, 2023.

Wolverine and Ghost Rider are on a collision course in the four-part epic from writer Benjamin Percy and artist Geoff Shaw’s Ghost Rider / Wolverine: Weapons of Vengeance. “A demonic serial killer is murdering innocent mutants. But what is it about this deadly new villain that forces our two heroes to team up? And what buried secret does he share with Wolverine and Ghost Rider’s never-before-seen very first meeting in the past?” (Marvel Comics)

Ghost Rider / Wolverine: Weapons of Vengeance Alpha #1, featuring a cover by Ryan Stegman, goes on sale on August 9, 2023. The story continues in the pages of Ghost Rider #17, Wolverine #36, and Ghost Rider / Wolverine: Weapons of Vengeance Omega.

Uncanny Avengers, from writer Gerry Duggan and artist Javier Garrón, will see the return of the Avengers’ Unity Squad. The new team will include Captain America, Rogue, Deadpool, Quicksilver, Psylocke, and Penance. The team will be tasked with solving the mystery of the murderous Captain Krakoa and stopping his army of killers from starting a new world war.

Uncanny Avengers #1, featuring a cover by Javier Garrón, goes on sale on August 16, 2023.

Writer Steve Foxe and artist Jonas Scharf’s new Dark X-Men series will band together a new twisted team under Madelyne Pryor consisting of Pryor, Havok, Archangel, Gambit, Zazael, Zero, Albert, and Emplate. “This deadly group will band together to fill the void left by the X-Men, and are seemingly the perfect team to combat the harsh conditions of FALL OF X. Their hearts are in the right place but under the unpredictable leadership of the Goblin Queen and operating out of New York’s new Limbo Embassy, will this team’s dark ways turn the tide for mutantkind or make things far worse?” (Marvel Comics)

Dark X-Men #1, featuring a cover by Stephen Segovia, goes on sale on August 16, 2023.

X-Force continues from writer Benjamin Percy and penciler Robert Gill. The team will have a new leader - Colossus - who will lead them to a place that Marvel Comics assures us readers will never expect.

X-Force #43, featuring a cover by Daniel Acuña, goes on sale on August 23, 2023.

The Invincible Iron Man, from writer Gerry Duggan and artist Juan Frigeri, will see Tony Stark playing a key role in the Fall of X. With Feilong in control of Stark Unlimited and using it to build Stark Sentinels, Tony proposes an alliance with Emma Frost. 

The Invincible Iron Man #9, featuring a cover by Kael Ngu, goes on sale on August 23, 2023.

The Fall of X will also send ripples through the Ten Realms. Realm of X, from writer Torunn Grønbekk and artist Diógenes Neves will find a group of mutants stranded in Vanaheim. “And what's even more confusing, the locals seem to believe that they hold the key to fulfilling a prophecy that can either raise the realm to riches—or cause it to fall to ruin. With Magik's powers malfunctioning and a mysterious figure amassing power on the outskirts of the realm, these X-Men are going to going to have to band together if they want to stay alive long enough to find their way home!” (Marvel Comics) If Magik, Dani Moonstar, Marrow, Dust, Curse, and Typhoid Mary can overcome their differences they may just rise as the legendary heroes of the Tem Realms. Or their presences could just escalate the conflict and warps all of mutantkind’s destiny forever. No pressure.

Realm of X #1, featuring a cover by Stephanie Hans, goes on sale on August 23, 2023.

(Images via Marvel Comics - “Fall of X” Promotional Image by Bryan Hitch and colorists Alex Sinclair, X-Men #25 Cover by Joshua Cassara, Astonishing Iceman #1 Cover by Jesús Saiz, Wolverine #36 Cover by Ryan Stegman, Uncanny Avengers #1 Cover by Javier Garrón, Dark X-Men #1 Cover by Stephen Segovia, X-Force #43 Cover by Daniel Acuña, The Invincible Iron Man #9 Cover by Kael Ngu, and Realm of X #1 Cover by Stephanie Hans)

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Master of Winter

Captain Price X OC

Masterlist

Two

Price is unsure about becoming a father. He is away for so much and does not know how to be a dad. The only time he ever saw family life was when he peaked through windows of little huts while he caused winter storms and blizzards. He promises his wife to think about it before he leaves to do business and bring down the cold of winter once again.

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They fell silent. Normally, Price enjoyed it. The close quiet he had with his wife, knowing that whatever differences they had the quiet would end. Feeling her ice skin under his frost bitten, harsh hands was familiar. But not this time.

What compromise could be made?

There was no half child. It was all or nothing. He could not just steal a kid and give it to her as a gift. Any human would just freeze in the palace of ice. And once a child of theirs was there, he could not change his mind.

“Let me think about it.” He had ended the silence between them. “I will leave to bring winter to the south. When I come back, we will talk, and you will have my answer.”

That was a few months ago.

He had promised his queen an answer.

The problem was – he had none.

After all this time of contemplating, staring into the cold night and watching the stars or sitting in the snow-covered forests, John Price the Master of Winter did not know if he wanted children. For once he wanted to pray to some god for answer and wisdom like the humans did. The problem was, he was who they asked for answers. There was no one more powerful up here but him. And his wife.

Price shook off the snow that had collected on his blue coat and got up. No point in running away. She had waited for his answer all these months. It was time he did her justice by at least showing up on time.

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Cassie Kitchen and The Computer Friends Attacks 01

Omega Ruby's Attacks: Fire Blast, Ember, Will-O-Wisp, Fire Spin, Sunny Day, Flamethrower, Blue Flare and Fire Punch

Alpha Sapphire's Attacks: Surf, Bubble Beam, Waterfall, Hydro Pump, Water Gun, Dive, Water Pulse, Crabhammer and Whirlpool

Tedgar Emerald's Attacks: Vine Whip, Razor Leaf, Absorb, Petal Dance, Magical Leaf, Stun Spore, Wood Hammer, Spore and Needle Arm

Mr.Skips's Attacks: Thunder Shock, Electroweb, Spark, Thunderbolt, Electro Ball, Thunder Punch, Nuzzle, Thunder Fang and Wild Charge

Charlotte's Attacks: Attract, Double Team, Strength, Cut, Protect, Sing, Tickle, Headbutt and Tackle

Princess Lullaby's Attacks: Moonblast, Flower Shield, Baby-Doll Eyes, Moonlight, Charm, Draining Kiss, Play Rough, Geomancy and Sweet Kiss

Princess Mistletoe's Attacks: Ice Beam, Mist, Icy Wind, Avalanche, Icicle Crash, Blizzard, Aurora Beam and Hail

Scaredy Circuit's Attacks: Bite, Thief, Crunch, Beat Up, Payback, Snatch, Taunt, Feint Attack and Punishment

Creative Crafty's Attacks: Rest, Teleport, Gravity, Lunar Dance, Heart Swap, Psywave, Zen Headbutt, Psybeam and Hypnosis

Prince Sleeper's Attacks: Dragon Claw, Dragon Rage, Twister, Dragon Breath, Dragon Tail, Spacial Rend, Roar of Time, Outrage and Dual Chop

Queen Sissy's Attacks: Nightmare, Shadow Sneak, Trick-or-Treat, Shadow Ball, Lick, Phantom Force, Confuse Ray, Hex and Curse

King Bobber's Attacks: Head Smash, Rock Slide, Stone Edge, Smack Down, Rollout, Rock Tomb, Power Gem, Sandstorm and Rock Blast

Vanilla Berry's Attacks: Infestation, X-Scissor, Pin Missile, Spider Web, Leech Life, Fury Cutter, Bug Bite, Steamroller and Twineedle

Dr.Meteor's Attacks: Rock Smash, Karate Chop, Sky Uppercut, Revenge, Brick Break, Circle Throw, Dynamic Punch, Triple Kick and Wake-Up Slap

Detective Cluey's Attacks: Iron Tail, Metal Claw, King's Shield, Bullet Punch, Mirror Shot, Gyro Ball, Iron Defense, Gear Grind and Steel Wing

Alphabetty's Attacks: Bonemerang, Dig, Mud Sport, Drill Run, Bulldoze, Sand Attack, Earthquake, Bone Club and Spikes

County Cruncher's Attacks: Poison Jab, Belch, Poison Tail, Venoshock, Poison Powder, Clear Smog, Poison Sting, Toxic and Acid

Captain Puka's Attacks: Fly, Peck, Sky Attack, Wing Attack, Hurricane, Roost, Brave Bird, Drill Peck and Tailwind

Honeycomb's Attacks: Munmunmoon, Magical Moon, Blue Stream, Mind Travel and Icicle WindJolty's Attacks: Wild Act, Twilight Barrage, Wild Bazooka, Twilight Dance, Cork Impact and Bounce Grenade

Sugarcube's Attacks: Kurukuru Tackle, Medical Command, Double Attack, Cosmic Punch, Weightless Hand, Secret Technique Spinning Top, Big Challenge and Comet Beam

Xuna's Attacks: Violet Claw, Secret Technique: Carbon Copy, Shadow Stitching, Revolutionary Fleury, Twilight Dance, Frenzy Serenade, Defeat Soten Boisterous Dance, Momo Glider and Purple Dance

Tree Sap's Attacks: Frost Strike and Biting Ice

Edgie's Attacks: Hurricane Slasher and Moon Ripper

Irvigo's Attacks: Water Strike and Spinning Torrent

Betabit and Betabyte's Attacks: Nevermore and Black Magic

Zip and Zap's Attacks: Sprinkling Needle and Typhoon Cannon

Ruley's Attacks: Oracle Aura and Wind WhipHoneyhive's Attacks: Earth Stomp and Light Charge

Farlitos's Attacks: Vile Spray and Snot Acid

Nurse Firefly's Attacks: Scorning Wrath, Windless Calm and Fountain Of Youth

Gumpy's Attacks: Ruby Flame and Pyro Claw

Voltie's Attacks: Corruption Slash, Devouring Swarm and Stragulation

Yolunda's Attacks: Viral Infection, Scream Annilhilation and Void Of Suffering

Wiggle's Attacks: Claw Tremor and Terra Shaker

Voltage's Attacks: Spark Ripper and Electric Field

Lumberjill's Attacks: Spirit Siphon and Mystic Tremor

Bitter's Attacks: Beauty Hammer and Mirror Charger

Byter's Attacks: Aurora Light and Borealis Stream

Sparkle's Attacks: Fire Fang and Heat Wave

Mr.Trips's Attacks: Pepper Breath, Blue Blaster, Spiral Twister, Super Shocker, Poison Ivy, Marching Fishes, Boom Bubble and Lightning Paw

Shiny's Attacks: Frosty Fang and Crystal Ring

Umbybrella's Attacks: Paws Of Fury and Double Wing Punch

Scarla's Attacks: Vee Headbutt, Pororo Breeze and Rock Crackin

Crookedstar's Attacks: Pincone Attack, Bubble Blow and Gold Rush

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Here are the first batch of Hellfire Gala looks without the text, pictured in the Official Guidebook in order of appearance in said Guidebook. 1/7

Feel free to use them for whatever purposes, tagging is appreciated but not required 😊

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Your writings are so fantastic and can't get enough of those!!! 😩😩💗💗💗💗💗💗 you know how much i simp for captain ice cookie right??? So i was wondering if i can get captain ice cookie x reader dating headcanons?? Its kinda sad that there are not much of her fics :(( ILYSM NH BTW YOUR WRITINGS ARE ABSOLUTELY CHEF KISS <333

CAPTAIN ICE MY UTTER BELOVED if she is not added to the kingdom roster i will kill. like come ON dude a pirate update and no captain ice??? a sin.

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Captain Ice/Reader

Notes: general fluffy headcanons

Content Warnings: none

A/N: the REAL frost queen

Captain Ice has seen many-a-beautiful thing in her day — crimson sunsets over open waters; massive, gentle whales breaching the surface with a spray that refracts into rainbows; the silhouette of land just peeking over the expanse of blue — but no sight is more radiant than you, lying beside her in the early hours of the morning.

Those mornings spent with only you in her quarters are her favorites. She awakens before the sun has a chance to creep over the horizon and loses herself in the gentle rocking of her ship and the rhythm of your peaceful breathing.

Oh, to remain tangled in your limbs for an eternity…

Though a bit of a hardass toward her crew, she’s got a special soft spot reserved only for you (and children, which you've come to find out).

Despite being so stern, she loves her crew -- and you -- like family.

She does, however, expect you to know everything there is to know about staying safe while aboard a ship.

^She gives you surprise drills nearly every week. You have, in fact, been thrown overboard in a mock "walk the plank" situation to test your stranded-at-sea know-how (over safe, shallow waters, that is).

She always smells of the sea -- a salty tang that kicks at the back of your throat -- and ocean water may as well flow through her veins.

On clear nights, Captain Ice will usually remain on deck long after the sun goes down, watching the stars.

She can teach you every constellation in the night sky. Stay with her long enough, and she'll teach you the stories behind them.

She's not much for reminiscing, but she has quite a few tales from her years out at sea -- you just have to ask about them.

Despite the naturally husky voice, Captain Ice has some pipes. she can belt out sea shanties like a superstar. Of course, you'll have to get her very drunk before she'll so much as change her cadence.

Captain Ice writes poetry. She thinks nobody knows. The whole crew knows.

^^From what she's shown you, her poetry is very minimalist. Harsh, boldfaced words in barked sentence fragments, like breathless commands from a strained chest.

You told her you liked her poetry. The next day, you woke up to a note on your pillow.

My frigid heart Under your warmth My dark abyss Under your light My tumultuous ire Under your peace My ocean, a storm Your stars, a sanctuary

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Hey I just saw your captain ice x child reader hcs (and I think it was cute) I was wondering if you could do the same with Frost queen cookie from kingdom. Like raising them as a baby then onwards to as a child. child reader is either her adopted or biological child. If you don’t write or if you don’t know how to write for frost Queen then it’s okay :) 👍

Ahh glad you liked my Captain Ice HCs! I loved writing them so much, wish she could be my mom.

Oh my gosh this is such a wholesome request, I love Frost Queen and I haven’t tried writing for her before :0

I write for almost every crk character (with the exception of unreleased ones and Angel Cookie), so of course I’ll fill your need for Frost Queen parental fluffies 💕!!

Also I filled up an entire page in my notebook of notes for this so lol it’s a little l o n g- I didn’t even put all the notes I had written down into here as well, mostly because tired, so jsbdhe-

~| Frost Queen will not be good at any of this. She is not kind, she is not motherly, and she is not warm. When you first came to her, either as her own or adopted, she had no clue what to do. She will be nervous, and practically speechless, when she’s first holding you.

~| She has absolutely zero clue on how to take care of and raise a child. The frost children who come to her never ask her for anything, a lot of the times she doesn’t even have to do much but watch, so when you start crying, she will have zero clue what to do. Frost Queen often asks the other legendary cookies (sometimes even regular cookies) what to do with you.

~| Despite her coldness, she will be overprotective. When she considers you hers, you’re going to be hers alone, and hers forever. She wants to keep you forever, and she will, believe me. She will do whatever it takes to make sure you always stay with her.

~| She doesn’t let you out of her sight at all. You have to constantly be with her 24/7, or she has to know where you are and that you’re safe and sound, and you have to be close enough for her to check up on you. A lot of the times when you’re in a room or sleeping she’ll just open the door or peek in ever so slightly to make sure you’re still there.

~| Her palace is very cold- it’s literally made of ice- and she knows it. She may not be able to feel cold herself, but she will know when you are. She’s seen cookies come into her palace, she knows what they look like when they’re cold. Frost Queen will literally go to the nearest town and demand all of their blankets, or as much as she can carry- what are they going to do, so no to the immortal frost witch that plagues their urban legends?

~| She is not good at showing affection at all, physical or emotional. She isn’t much for touching, nor does she have a lot of time to give. Often times, she leaves you little ice sculptures, often of things you tell her you like or she sees you fawning over. Her love language is mostly just gift giving. If you want something, she’ll do everything in her power (which is a lot lol) to get it for you.

~| Sadly, Frost Queen is very stressed out, and she has taken that out on you a few times before. It doesn’t happen much, but if she’s too overwhelmed, she will yell at you. She may also use her imposing stature to scare you, but she would not physically harm you.

~| She has a very good memory, she’ll remember things you did two weeks ago, eight months ago, or even five years ago. Every moment she’s around you she always seems to be watching you, just silently staring and processing every little thing you do into her mind and storing it in her memory.

~| If you’re a good, quiet kid she will let you sit with her in her throne room. Occasionally, she may let you sit or lay on your lap. As long as you do not disturb her during or work or while she is thinking, she will allow you to stay.

~| Frost Queen doesn’t like to touch you much, and often doesn’t. This isn’t just because of her cold, non-touch affectionate nature, but also because she is worried of you getting cold from her hands. She often has the cold breeze swirling around her, and her skin is frozen to the touch. She does not feel cold herself, but she knows she radiates it, and thus will not set her hands on you very often for fear of you getting frostbite or simply being cold.

~| If she does touch you, though (most likely after assuring her you’re fine with the cold along with wearing gloves just to make sure), she often holds your hand. She finds this small gesture so comforting- it tells her that you’re right there, beside her, that she has control over you while still allowing you to be a free spirit. She knows where you are when you are, and that’s mostly what she wants.

~| Sadly, you probably won’t have many cookie friends. Being the child of the literal frost witch known to steal children and adults alike, a lot of cookies will be scared of you because of your mom- or simply for fear that you’ll become like her. Most of your friends will probably be animals- deer, arctic foxes, snow hares, etcetera. When she can, Frost Queen liked to take you out to pet the animals.

~| Will not hesitate to hurt anyone who harms you. It doesn’t matter if it’s on accident, if they so much as bruise you, she will break their arm- if they’re a mortal threat to you, she has no problem with putting them to an icy end. She is not good at comforting you, or even healing you, but she will defend you, you can count on that.

~| If you’re ever scared, you can always hide in her robes. Frost Queen loves it when you come to her for comfort (even if she can’t provide it) and/or protection, and she will guard you with her life. She’ll hide you in her robes and allow you to watch her daily life.

~| She’ll sit with you if you have a nightmare or can’t sleep. A lot of the times, she’ll tell you stories, often with dark or angsty endings, but she throws in a happy ending, even in a tragedy, if you request it. She is an amazing storyteller- she describes everything in just enough details for you to picture it, and she is very good at making up stories on the spot as well.

~| She will try her absolute best to explain her job to you, if you’re confused by it- how it’s natural, how it keeps the world’s order in place. How the frost children come to her willingly to help with the world’s maintenance. She doesn’t care if you support it or not, but she will not stop her job on your request. She may love you immensely, but she still has to do her job, even if it upsets you.

~| If she ever thinks you’ll run away or leave her, she is not afraid to lock you in your room for days on end. She will not let you out until she is 100% convinced that you won’t do something rash or stupid. She wants to keep you there with her, forever, and she will always try to keep you there. She’ll bring you food, water, and blankets though, she will still care for your needs, even if you try to get away from her.

~| She loves you more than she let’s on, and you can see it in the little things she does- how differently she treats you from others, how she seems a little warmer to you, despite still having the frigid persona. You melt her frozen heart, you have ever since she first held her, even if it’s not by much, you make her just a little bit warmer, just a little bit happier.

~| She is not afraid to shut you down if you’re rebellious. Again, going back to the locking you in your room. Don’t destroy her stuff, she’ll get really angry and may not let you out of your room for months.

~| When trying to comfort you, Frost Queen use logical points- which often don’t work because comforting is linked to emotional feelings. At least she’s trying? “What’s the point in crying?” “You’re going to be fine later, so don’t worry about this.” “Don’t cry. You’ll dehydrate yourself. It’s just a waste of water.”

~| Overall just a mother who will try her best to take care of you, and fail over and over. Occasionally, though, she does this ‘motherly’ thing right, and gets to bond with you. Frost Queen loves you in her own, icy way.

This took way too long jdbbfjfbbf

Loved writing it though 😌

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Another repost from our twitter ayyy

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I thought about a frost queen x captain ice family and here are the ideas i hope i dont get killed for shipping them-

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100 Cartoon Villains Of All Time

The Evil Queen Skeletor Scar Shredder Joker Jafar Ursula Cruella De Vil Gaston Mr Burns Plankton Elmer Fudd Maleficent Shan Yu Lex Luthor Hades Queen Of Hearts Magneto Claude Frollo Captain Hook Lady Tremaine Riddler Venom Sideshow Bob Mojo JoJo Him Chernabog Marvin the Martian Zira Sid Doctor Facilier Zim Vector Jessie And James Yzma Shredder 2012 Lots-o'-Huggin Bear Hans Angelica Kingpin Prowder Madam Mim Gothel Drizella Doctor Doofenshmirtz Doctor Doom Feathers McGraw Vegeta Doctor Octopus El Macho Tai Lung Smee Lord Shen Kai Anastasia Bill Cypher Ice King Slade Wilson The Lich Bane Cound Dooku Yellow Diamond Vitani Screenslaver Queen Beryl Ratigan Shenzi, Banzai & Ed Ra's Al Ghul Riddler Taskmaster Cell Light Yagami Fire Lord Ozai Darth Vader Maul Cad Bane Yosemite Sam Loki Frieza Eric Cartman The Giant Chicken Lust Rize Kamlshlro Scott Tenorman Trigon Azula Terrence Syndrome Princess Morbucks Green Goblin Will E. Ckyote Lord Farquaad Mongol Penguin Harley Quinn Poison Ivy Catwoman Vandal Savage Skullmaster Joker 2010 Riddler 2004 Sabretooth Lady Deathstroke Omega Red Deadpool Black Manta Ultron Modok Man Ray Cthulhu Stewie Griffin Ren Dr Lorre Grand Inquisitor Deadshot Charles Muntz Fairy Godmother Randall Boggs Mr Freeze Electro Ernesto De La Cruz Emperor Zurg The Father Mandark Kang And Kodos Thanos Skrulls Red Skull Baron Zemo Galactus Kraven Krang Kang The Conqueror Enchantress Mystique Magneto Yost Universe Sinister Six Red X Injustice League Kuvira Woodland Critters Delightful Children Viper Snowball Boggis, Bunce & Bean Rasputin Mom Robot Devil Jenner Doomsday Red Hood Hexxus Soto Vexus Sakharine Apocalypse Blackfire The Brain Brother Blood Robot Santa Larr Fat Tony Springfield Mafia Professor Chaos Sedusa Evil Morty Galactic Empire Galactic Federation Clayton Darth Sidious Queen La Hive Five Brotherhood Of Evil Gideon Blendin Blandin Masters Of Evil Juggernaut Abomination Giffany Frank Grimes Mister Ruckus Sir Crocodile The Major Envy Nagato Uzumakl Yohan Liebert DIO Alzen Vicious Uncle Ruckus Colonel H. Stinkmeaner Tom Cruise Barbra Streisand Krombopulos Michael Tammy Guetermann Lucius Needful Council Of Ricks Diane Simmons James Woods Evil Stewie Snake Jailbird Hank Scorpio Black Cat Count Vertigo Asajj Ventress The Monarch Phantom Limb The Son Barriss Offee Embo Bossk Savage Opress Darth Bane Inquisitorius Thrawn Van Kleiss Tiger Claw Bebop & Rocksteady Cheshire Suicide Squad Killer Croc Victor Quartermaine Winter Soldier The Hunter Black Cat Stinky Pet Darla Sherman Mad Mod Control Freak Terra Mumbo Fabrication Machine Klarion The Witch Boy Granny Goodness Sportsmaster Queen Bee Lobo Ocean Master Icicle Atomic Skull Black Beatle Prison Berry Duchess Nemesis Bendy Amoeba Boys Lenny Baxter Gangreen Gang Rowdyruff Boys Inque Shriek Blight Talia al Ghul Yubaba Lady Eboshi Colonel Muska Kushana Lord Darkar Valtor Trix Sebastian Saga Terrence Lewis Helga Von Guggen Nelson Muntz Terwilliger Family Shredder 2003 Grand Admiral Tarkin Carter Pewterschmidt Bertram Stickybeard Mr Boss Knightbrace Rob Miss Simian Zach Watterson Beatrice Horseman Doodlebob Bubble Bass Dennis Flying Dutchman Flats The Flounder Dirty Bubble Tattletale Strangler Saddam Hussein The Devil Scott The Dick Crab People Manbearpig Bill Donohue Trent Beyett Super Skrull Hydra Amos Slade The Bear Kent Mansley Rothbart Darla Dimple Dave The Octopus Makunga Squilliam Fancyson Hobgoblin Gabby Gabby Sabor Olivia Octopus Black Mask Parasite Clayface Killer Frost Bizarro Shade Giganta Sinestro Anti Monitor Atrocitus Larfleeze Ultra Humanite The Leader Annihilus Mole Man Red Ghost Frightful Four Terrax Klaw Maximus Ronan The Accuser Captain Boomerang Professor Zoom The Rogues Captain Cold Livewire Silver Banchee Aurra Sing Nightsisters Mother Talzin Pre Vizsla Death Watch Gar Saxon Jabba The Hutt Roberto Nudar Zapp Brannigan Walt. Larry And Igner Richard Nixon Donbot Flexo

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{𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬!~}

Hello, hi and welcome

You read the title, Happy Valentines day! time for those who are single have the excuse to love and simp for fictional characters !

i'm just kidding about the single part (or am I?)

anyways, I have recently noticed the lack of Ovenbreak x Readers, so why not make an entire event dedicated to them? here's the list of characters! this is also a major event that will be from February 14 to March 30! please try to request as many Ovenbreak Characters you can with the following prompts!

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{𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐓 𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐓}

1.) "will you be my valentine?"

2.) "*gives (insert character) chocolate* here, I heard you liked this type of chocolate, I can tell because your sweet as hell!"

3.) "Let me hold your hand my valentine, it seems cold"

4.) "Allow yourself to rest my dear, it is valentines day, so let us take a break from the world while in my arms"

5.) "P-PLEASE BE MY VALENTINE, I've been admiring you for awhile and- *cut off by kiss*"

6.) "It's so cold outside but, at least I have you, my eternal sun"

7.)"It's been a while since we've been in a relationship so, Will you be my eternal valentine? *pulls out a ring*"

8.) "We often say that we “love” something. For example, “I love chocolate.”, So I love you!"

9.) Set up date by friends "Ah...well, if this was made for the two of us, will, will you be my valentine?"

10.) Baking together "Ah- sorry I got some sugar on you! it may be a little too much since you're already too sweet enough for me!"

11.) Dating because of a bet "Well, I don't mind this to be completely honest.."

12.) Hand kisses "Hello my queen/king/ruler, why am I calling you that? because you are my king/queen/ruler"

13.) "You, you make my heart warm and for that, I am grateful"

14.) "I sense greatness in our future!"

15.) "Have a love letter handcrafted by me!"

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That's it for the prompts!, now for the characters! Only Ovenbreak characters I know of, BUT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF FROST QUEEN! (I'm not biased it's just I want to write abt her tbh}

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{𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐓}

{LEGENDARY COOKIES} Wind Archer

Millennial Tree

Sea Fairy

Moonlight

Fire Spirit

Timekeeper

Dark Enchantress

Frost Queen

{EPIC COOKIES}

Red Bean

Earl Grey

Roguefort

Leek

Cinnamon

Blueberry Pie

Cherry Blossom

Herb

Sparkling

Cotton Candy

Rose

Yogurt Cream

White Choco

Cream Unicorn

Captain Ice

Raspberry Mousse

Lilac

Scorpion

Cheesecake

String Gummy

Croissant

Blackberry

{RARE COOKIES}

Vampire

Alchemist

Princess

Knight

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As far as i'm away most of the Common Cookies are minors or at least minor coded, anyways, have fun and request away! happy Valentines day Visitors!~

(P.S: Reblogs are heavily appreciated !)

[libertys-lovers]

I have all these gush passes now and by the holy dough i WILL use them!

Now once again - GOSH i love my friends!! I've done a bunch of reorganising and redecorating so i think everyone's a bit happier with the place! I decided to place some snow around since where i'm from there never is any- and Thanksgiving made me get a bit excited for X-mas. (Well, that and Eggnog and Tiramisu being extraordinarily festive prematurely. They even got Wizard and Muscle to put on their costumes!!)

It made Cotton, Captain Ice and Snow Sugar very happy, though it seems to have summoned a bunch of people to my kingdom!?! Why are Crunchy Chip and Frost Queen here???

Anyway, i point this out because MY DEAR SPINCH!! I have asked Sour Belt, Chocolate Bonbon and Mont Blanc to help her out, seeing as she is a vegetable cookie and i got worried about how she might get cold.. She looks adorable in her fluffy coat and earmuffs by the way!

She is so so lovely, always worrying about my health and offering me veggies and fruits. I actually did catch a cold recently and she's been giving me dried apple slices and various kinds of tea 🥺 So yes, i thought i'd return her kindness by helping her out like this.

I'm a bit nervous because i think she might suspect my feelings since i'm.. quite obvious *motioning to my pink cheeks* but i adore her so much i just can't help it!!☆

Thank you for letting me ramble :D

AWE!!!! That’s so sweet of you 🥺🥺💖💓💞💓💖💓💓💖. If there’s one thing I know these cookies enjoy, it’s the good ol’ holiday spirit! The fact that it’s already drawing new cookies to visit your kingdom too…. Your land’s gonna be a tourist hotspot in no time!

The fact you and Spinach are helping each other out too 🥺🥺🥺. Y’all are just the absolute sweetest!!! I can’t even fathom how much she appreciates that new outfit. Especially with the fact you were able to get the 3 top fashion designers to make it?!? She’s gonna feel oh-so spoiled~!

And hey, even if she notices your blush, I’m sure she’ll find it real endearing. She’s probably had a bit of blush herself, and it’s certainly not just from the cold weather 😉☺️. But hey, I’ll make sure none of the cookies spill your, shall we call it, secret(?).

[robin-27]

PHASE 1

Man of Steel

Origin Story

Main Villain = General Zod

Cameos = Martian Manhunter & Abin Sur

References = Supergirl & Brainiac

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Batman: Gotham Knight

A few years in as Batman

Robin & Batgirl = Tim Drake & Cassandra Cain

Dick has been Nightwing and formed the Titans years ago

Main Villain = Deadshot & Black Mask

Cameos = David Cain & Riddler

References = Various Batman Villains (Arkham)

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World’s Finest

Batman and Superman team up movie

Reveals other metahumans/heroes - Flash, The Hawks, The Atom and The Lantern Corps

Main Villains = Lex Luthor & Deathstroke

Plot - Batman and Superman at odds, but team up once they realise Lex and Slade are the bad guys behind things

Cameos = Firefly & Bane

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Wonder Woman: Amazonian Warrior

Present Day

Origin story, kinda

Flashbacks

Fish out of water style movie

Main Villain = Ares

Cameos = Batman & Superman

References = ARGUS (Through Steve)

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Justice League

League Line-Up - Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Flash(Barry), Aquaman, Green Lantern(Hal) & Martian Manhunter

Apokolips invasion - Led by Granny Goodness and Steppenwolf

Formation of the Justice League

Explains why there was a Teen Titans before League (Batman)

Cameos = The Hawks, The Atom, Shazam & Green Arrow

References = Darkseid & Amanda Waller

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The Flash

Features Hal Jordan

Buddy Cop movie

Main Villains = The Rouges - Captain Cold, Heatwave, Mirror Master & Captain Boomerang

Cameos = Kid Flash, Jay Garrick & Henry Allen

References = Reverse Flash

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Aquaman: War for Atlantis

Orm learns of Arthur

Similar to actual movie

Main Villains = Orm and Black Manta

Cameos = Kaldur

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Young Justice

Reach invasion

Introduction of Bart Allen and Jaime Reyes

Team lineup - Robin, Wondergirl, Impulse, Batgirl, Aqualad, Blue Beetle & Miss Martian

Main Villain = The Reach

Camoes = Jason Todd

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Green Arrow: Emerald Archer

Introduction of Black Canary and Emiko Queen

Flashbacks to Oliver’s origin

Main Villain = Shado & Komodo

Emiko is the illegitimate daughter of Oliver and Shado

Cameos = Ra’s al Ghul, Nyssa al Ghul, Talia al Ghul & Damian Wayne

References = Connor Hawke & Malcolm Merlyn 

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Justice League: Unlimited

Origin story for John Stewart

Focus’ on new heroes

Main team lineup - John Stewart, The Atom, The Hawks and Shazam

Main Villain = The Royal Flush Gang

Cameos - Various League members & Gorilla Grodd

References - JSA

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PHASE 2

Batman: Under the Red Hood

Pretty much the same as the movie

Main Villains = Joker, Red Hood & Black Mask

Cameos = Nightwing, Red Robin & Talia al Ghul

References - Killing Joke

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Titans: Bloodlines

Old team coming together

Team lineup - Nightwing, Kid Flash, Troia, Arsenal, Tempest & Omen

Introduction of Starfire, Beast Boy, Raven & Cyborg

Main Villains = Brother Blood and Hive

Cameos = Jinx and Bumblebee

References = Trigon

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Wonder Woman: The Hunt

Introduction of Cheetah

Main Villain = Cheetah

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Suicide Squad

Line up - Deadshot, Harley Quinn, Cpt. Boomerang, Bronze Tiger, King Shark, Killer Frost & Condiment King

Sent in to defeat Gorilla Grodd & KGBeast

Deaths = Bronze Tiger dies killing KGBeast, Killer Frost shot in the head by Deadshot, Condiment King mauled by Gorillas & Grodd killed by King Shark

Main Villain = Gorilla Grodd & KGBeast

Cameos = Various villains

References = Potential alien invasion

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Justice League: Death of Superman

Superman dies

Darksied sends Doomsday to kill Clark

Main Villains = Doomsday & Desaad

Camoes = Supergirl

References = Cyborg Superman

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Arsenal

Dark movie

Introduces Jade Nguyen

They “Click”

Roy loses his arm

Main Villain = Prometheus & Sportsmaster

Camoes = Jason Todd

References = The Outlaws

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Nightwing

Dick has to stop the penguin

Barbara is his Girl in the Chair

Main Villains = The Penguin & Blockbuster

Cameos = Red Hood & Arsenal

References = Mar’i Grayson

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Flash: Scarlet Speedster

Eobard fucks up Barry’s day

Main Villains = Reverse Flash

Cameos = Weather Wizard and Leonard Snart

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Green Lantern: Emerald Knights

Origin of Kyle Rayner

Features John, Hal and Kyle

Mainly a Hal Jordan movie

Main Villains = Sinestro

Camoes = Killowag and StarSaphire

References = Red Lanterns

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Justice Society of America: WWII

Prequel

Line Up = The Flash(Jay), Green Lantern(Alan), Wildcat, Hourman, Black Canary(Dinah Drake) & Doctor Fate

Main Villain = Vandal Savage (as Hitler)

Camoes = Alfred Pennyworth & The Waynes

References = Darkseid

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Justice League: Reign of the Supermen

Pretty much the same as the movie

Introduces Conner Kent, Steel, Eradicator & Cyborg Superman

Debut of the Black Supersuit

Main Villains = Cyborg Superman & Parademons

Cameos = Justice League

References = Conner joining Young Justice

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PHASE 3

Superman: Brainiac Attacks

Pretty self explanatory 

Introduction of Cir-El AKA Mia Kent & Jon Kent

Introduction of The Legion of Superheroes

Main Villains = Brainiac & Bizarro

Camoes = Brainiac 5 & Lightning Lad

References = The Outlaws

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The Outlaws

Buddy Cop movie

Comedy Rated R

The Beginning of the Bromance

Line up - Red Hood, Arsenal, Artemis & Donna Troy & Bizarro

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Blue Beetle

Team up with Jaime Reyes & Bart Allen

Introduction of Girl 13

Main Villain = Klarion

Cameos = Zatanna

References = Lobo 

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Son of Batman

Similar to animated movie

Damian becomes Robin

Red Robin replaces Dick in this movie

Main Villains = Deathstroke

Cameos = Ra’s, Talia & Nyssa al Ghul & Connor Hawke

References = Court of Owls

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Birds of Prey

Better than the one we got

Line up - Oracle, Huntress, Black Canary, Batgirl(Cass) & Stephanie Brown

The Birds train Stephanie to become Spoiler

Main Villains = Cluemaster and Carmine Falcone

Camoes = Batwoman, Renee Montoya & Black Mask

References = Bertinelli Family 

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Justice League Dark: City of Demons

Line up = Zatanna, John Constantine, Jason Blood, Etrigan, Deadman & Frankenstein's Monster

Zatanna and John recruit this team to help John fight Felix Faust

Main Villains = Felix Faust & Klarion

Camoes = Swamp Thing

References = 

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The Teen Titans

Line up - Robin(Damian), Supergirl(Mia), Ms. Quick, Aqualad(AJ), Arrowette(Emiko), Speedy(Mia) & Superboy(Jon)

Connor Hawke defects from League and joins Titans as Red Arrow

Main Villains = Nyssa al Ghul & Malcolm Merlyn

Cameos = Talia al Ghul

References = 

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Booster Gold

Buddy cop movie w/ Ted Kord

Comedy

Main Villains = Cult of the Cobra

Cameos = Ice and Fire

References =

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Batman: Hush

Combination of Hush and Long Halloween

Bruce and Selina “Click”

The villains literally steal Selina’s heart

Main Villains = Hush, Scarecrow, Bane and Mr. Freeze

Cameos = Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn

References = The Bat Family

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Shazam: Power of Youth

Billy makes his siblings heroes

Black Adam sees Billy as a fake champion

Main Villain = Black Adam

Cameos = Superman

References = 

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Huntress & The Question

Neo Noir detective movie

Helena and Victor “Click”

Tracking down the murderer of Helena’s family

Main Villains = Sal Maroni, Black Mask & Electocutioner  

Cameos = Birds of Prey

References = 

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Justice League: Babylon

Batman’s contingency plans are leaked 

Batman quits at the end

Line up - Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Flash(Barry), Green Arrow, Black Canary, Martian Manhunter, Green Lantern(John) & Cyborg

Main Villains = Lex Luthor, Bane, Cheetah, Mirror Master, Metallo, Malefic & Silver Banshee

Camoes = Kyle Rayner, Hal Jordan & Various League members 

References = Batman Inc.

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PHASE 4

Green Lantern: Crimson Flight

Kyle Rayner movie

Red Lanterns attack OA

Kyle, Katma Tui and Killowag team up to fight

Razor defects to the Green Lanterns

Razor dies fighting Atrocitis

Main Villains = Red Lanterns

Cameos = Hal Jordan, Guy Gardner 

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Gotham Knights

Batman has his back broken by Bane

The Knights feature Robin(Damian), Batwing, Batwoman, Spoiler & Blue Bird

Other members are out of Gotham busy

Main Villains = Bane, Scarecrow, Firefly, Riddler & Mr. Zsasz

Cameos = Various members of the Batfamily

References = Batman’s absence from the Justice League

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Aquaman: Heir of Manta

Black Manta challenges Arthur to the throne

Kaldur takes the title of Aquaman at the end

It’s revealed that Kaldur is Black Manta’s son

Main Villain = Black Manta

Cameos = Garth, Mera & Orm

References = The previous Aquaman movie and Young Justice

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Teen Titans: Welcome to Hell

Trigon escapes his imprisonment and goes after Raven

Team Line up - Nightwing, Kid Flash, Tempest, Starfire, Raven, Beast Boy & Tigress

Raven dies in the end to save everyone from Trigon

Main Villains = Trigon

Cameos = 

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Batgirl: Family Matters

Cassandra Cain movie

Cassandra fighting her father and later meets her mother in Hong Kong

Defeats her father and is on mutual terms with her mother

Main Villains = David Cain

Cameos = Bart Allen & Lucius Fox

References = Shiva’s dead sister 

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Young Justice: HIVE Academy

Young Justice faces off against young villains

HIVE trains villains like Mammoth and Jinx

Conner and Cassie “Click”

Main Villains = HIVE

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Flashpoint

Similar to the movie

Barry fights alongside Thomas Wayne

Thomas Wayne kills Eobard

Barry gives Bruce the letter after he fixes everything

Main Villains = Reverse Flash, Wonder Woman & Aquaman

Cameos = Grifter, Shazam, Etrigan & Captain Atom

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Deadshot

Floyd breaks out of Iron Heights

Takes a job to get money for his daughter

Amanda Waller sends Task Force X after him

Rick Flag lets Floyd leave with Zoe

Main Villains = Amanda Waller, Tobias Whale & U.S. Government

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Gotham City Sirens

Harley, Ivy & Selina work together to take down Black Mask

Harley and Ivy “Click”

Selina finds out she’s pregnant with Helena Wayne

Black Mask is killed by the end

Main Villains = Black Mask & Lockup

Cameos = Bruce Wayne & The Joker(Arkham)

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Titans: The Judas Contract

Rose Wilson joins the Titans

Wally & Artemis “Click”

Rose is revealed to be Slade’s daughter

Rose betrays the Titans

Rose redeems herself by freeing the Titans and sacrificing herself against Deathstroke

Slade doesn’t kill her, but the mine they’re in collapses

Main Villain = Deathstroke

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Batman: The Last Laugh

Joker has kidnapped Tim Drake

He tortures Tim and sends videos to Batman

Batman, Batgirl and Red Hood search for Tim

Joker turns Tim into a Joker version of Tim

Joker is killed when Tim’s brainwashing fades and shoots the Joker

Main Villain = Joker

Cameos = Oracle & Superboy

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Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths

Batman rejoins the Justice League after they’re attacked 

The League travels to another Earth with an Alternate LEx Luthor

They fight the Crime Syndicate

League Lineup - Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Flash, Green Lantern, Martian Manhunter, Green Arrow & Firestorm

Syndicate Lineup - Owlman, Ultraman, Superwoman, Johnny Quick, Power Ring, Archer, Sea King & Black Siren

Sea King, Johnny Quick, Archer and Owlman die

Main Villains = The Crime Syndicate

Cameo = The Jester 

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PHASE 5

Superman: The Legion of Superheroes

Superman joins the Legion years into the Future

They fight an intergalactic warlord

Legion Lineup - Superman, Brainiac 5, Lightning Lad, Saturn Girl & Timber Wolf

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Wonder Woman: Amazonian Goddess

Hades comes to power after feeding on the darkness since Ares death

Diana teams up with Nubia & Artemis

Diana uses the Godkiller armor 

Main Villains = Hades & Fury

Cameo = Cheetah

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Flash: Speedforce

Reverse Flash returns from death in order to steal Barry’s speed

Eobard was followed by the Black Flash trying to claim his soul

Wally fights Black Flash while Barry fights Eobard

Barry sacrifices his life killing Eobard and sendong Black Flash away

Wally takes on the mantle of The Flash

Bart becomes the new Kid Flash

Main Villians = Reverse Flash & Black Flash

Cameos = Bart Allen & Jay Garrick

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Teen Titans & The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

The TMNT are thrown into the Teen Titans world whilst fighting the Shredder

The TT and TMNT team up to take on the Shredder and Nyssa al Ghul

Damian Wayne & Connor Hawke fight over leadership

By the end Connor is happy with having Damian as team leader

Main Villains = The Shredder, Nyssa al Ghul & The Foot Clan

Cameos = Master Splinter

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Kid Flash: Legacy of the Flash

Bart Allen has become the newest Kid Flash since Barry’s death

Bart battles a speedster known as Inertia

Cassandra Cain helps Bart against Black Spider

Cass and Bart “Click”

Inertia is revealed to be a clone of Bart

Bart defeats Inertia by trapping him in the speedforce

Main Villains = Inertia, Black Spider & The Trickster

Cameos = Jay & Joan Garrick

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Justice League: Doom

The Justice League are faced with a new problem: The Legion of Doom

Legion Lineup - Vandal Savage, Deathstroke, Fury, Zoom, Orm, Atomica & The Magician

Vandal Savage is killed once and for all by Superman

Wally’s first major mission as the Flash

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Young Justice vs Justice League

Shortly after the Justice League defeat the Legion of Doom, Starro arrives and takes control of a weakened Justice League

Young Justice are the last formidable line of defence since the Titans disbanded after Rose’s death

They use Batman’s plans to stop the League

Young Justice Lineup - Red Robin, Superboy, Wondergirl, Kid Flash, Orphan, Spoiler, Lagoon Boy, Blue Beetle, Girl 13 & Static

League Lineup = Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Flash(Wally), Aquaman(Kaldur), Cyborg, Zatanna, Black Lightning, Katana & Green Lantern(Simon & Jessica)

Simon and Jessica are the first to break their control and help YJ

Main Villains = Starro

Cameos = Various League members

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Nightwing & Nightfire

Dick Grayson finally meets his daughter that he’s had with Korri

Mar’i visits earth for the first time

Dick teaches Mar’i various rules and wisdom and they both bond

Blackfire travels to earth in search of Mar’i

Main Villains = BlackFire, Nite-Wing & Black Spider

Cameos = Garth & Wally

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Zatanna: House of Mystery

Zatanna learns of a way of separating her father from Doctor Fate

She enlists the help of John Constantine

John and Z “Click”

The two end up fighting a possessed Doctor Fate

The spell doesn’t work but Doctor Fate allows Zatanna an hour twice a year to speak with her father

Main Villains = Wotan & Felix Faust

Cameos = Girl 13

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The Outlaws: Sins of the Fathers

Lian, having become the new Speedy, wants to learn about her mother

While searching she runs into her father and Jason

They agree to help her and they find Jade

Jade evades them and the search continues

They eventually learn that Jade is in deep with CRIME and they help

Once over Jade makes a promise to visit Lian once all this blows over

Main Villains = CRIME & Sportsmaster

Cameos = Artemis & Donna Troy

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Batman: Betrothed 

Talia al Ghul, now the new Demon’s Head, asks for Bruce’s hand in marriage but is denied 

Talia goes after Selina as she is engaged to Bruce

Batman, Catwoman & Robin fight Talia and the League

Talia kills herself in an attempt to kill Bruce and Selina 

Selina and Bruce tie the knot after that

Damian, as heir to the throne, now controls the league

Main Villains = Talia al Ghul, Komodo, Shado & The League of Assassins

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Justice League: Apokolips

After series of invasions the Justice League plans an invasion of Apokolips

It’s a joint operation of The Justice League, remaining members of the Titans, The Outlaws, Young Justice & The Teen Titans

Justice League lineup - Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Flash(Wally), All Green Lanterns, Aquaman(Kaldur), Martian Manhunter, Shazam Family, Cyborg and various other members of the League

Titans lineup - Nightwing, Starfire, Beast Boy, Tigress, Tempest, Omen & Bumblebee

Outlaws lineup - Red Hood, Arsenal, Artemis, Troia & Bizarro

Young Justice lineup - Red Robin, Superboy, Wonder Girl, Kid Flash(Bart), Orphan, Spoiler, Blue Beetle, Lagoon Boy, Miss Martian, Girl 13 & Static

Teen Titans lineup - Robin, Superboy(Jon), Red Arrow, Speedy(Mia), Supergirl(Mia K), Arrowette, Miss Quick, Aqualad(AJ), Batgirl(Carrie) & Crossfire(Lian)

Batman’s leg is critically injured near the end

Wonder Woman, Hal Jordan and Martian Manhunter sacrifice their lives holding off enemies

Donna Troy is killed protecting Roy Harper

Superman kills Darksied by flying him into a red son

Conner, Jon and Steel save Superman before he can die

Dead Heroes - Wonder Woman, Hal Jordan, Martian Manhunter, Donna Troy, Omen, Billy Batson, Ted Kord, Booster Gold, Green Arrow, Bizarro, Etrigan, Batwoman, John Constantine, Lagoon Boy & Tempest

The Young Justice is slowly transferred into the new Justice League

Batman - Tim Drake, Superman - Conner Kent, Wonder Woman - Cassie Sandsmark, Flash - Wally West, Aquaman - Kaldur’ahm, Green Arrow - Connor Hawke, The Atom - Ryan Choi &  Batwoman - Stephanie Brown

[cozy-the-overlord]

Running with the Wolves

Summary:  After the events of Infinity War ripped her life to pieces, Queen In-Unga forges forward as sole ruler of Jotunheim, finding solace in the two orphaned wolf puppies she finds outside her sleigh.

AU in which Loki didn’t die at the beginning of Infinity War-- he accompanied Thor to Nidavellir, then to Wakanda, and died in the Snap alongside the Avengers.

Based on Frostbite by @maiden-of-asgard​

Word Count:  12,192

Pairing: Loki x Reader/Loki x In-Unga

Read it on Ao3

A/N: So let’s flashback to last summer. I had three obsessions: Avengers Endgame, A Song of Ice and Fire (which I was reading for the first time), and Frostbite by Maiden of Asgard. Those obsessions merged into a story that’s been swirling in my head ever since. I never thought I'd actually write it-- back then, I still wasn't fully comfortable with writing my own fanfiction, let alone writing fanfiction of someone else's fanfiction. But when Moa announced that she was going to be turning Frostbite into a physical book and would be accepting fan submissions, my dumbass brain went "i CaN dO tHaT."

This is the most I've struggled with writing a story ever. I've never written from the perspective of a character that wasn't my own, and I found that to much more difficult than I anticipated. Combine that with how the story I was trying to tell spanned over an overwhelming five years, my constant stress that I was ruining Moa’s characters, and the fact that I kept finding myself in "this-made-more-sense-in-my-head" territory and I started getting pretty frustrated. I had expected to be done by the end of June; when at the beginning of July I was only barely halfway finished, I kind of threw in the towel and said "forget it." I took a week off from writing to clear my head, and after a pep talk from my sister (thanks, JJ!) I decided I had to complete it. So here it is! Am I completely happy with the final product? No, but seeing as I never thought there'd be a final product, I'm proud of myself nonetheless.

One last note (this a/n is obnoxious, I’m sorry): Moa, I did intend for this story to be a part of your Frostbite book, but I totally understand if you don't want to deal with it. It is disgustingly long, and I know that you said that the book is already huge. I won't be offended if you don't put it in-- I don't want to create more trouble for you.

Thanks for reading!

It was freezing.

That was saying something. Freezing was an adjective In-Unga had learned not to use lightly. Living on Jotunheim came with the acceptance that you would be existing in extreme sub-zero temperatures year round, warmth being an elusive gem found only in the recesses of furry coats or underneath thick blankets. In the years she had spent in the realm of the Frost Giants, In-Unga felt that she had come quite accustomed to the cold. It was something she was rather proud of—when Captain Rodgers had visited with Thor a few years back, he had joked that she must have taken some kind of super soldier serum herself in order to handle it so well. She had responded, beaming, that as long as she had Loki, she didn’t need anything else to keep her warm.

She had never really considered the truth to that statement.

Njal, her burly head guard, pulled his mount alongside hers. “The temperature is dropping, my queen,” he said. “Perhaps you would be more comfortable in your sleigh—”

“No.” She hoped her voice sounded stronger than she felt. “I appreciate your concern, but I am perfectly fine as I am.” Just for good measure, she added a queenly nod.

Njal seemed unconvinced, but he bowed his head just the same. “As you say, my queen.”

In-Unga exhaled, trying to ignore the white cloud that enveloped her when she did so. She wasn’t sure how much longer she could stay out here. She couldn’t see the skin of her hands under her mittens, but she was certain they were blue. Her face, as well. In fact, at the moment she probably looked more Jotun than Midgardian.

But she was determined to continue riding. Loki had always made a point of it, in the early days when his main concern was showcasing his strength. Now that he was gone, she needed to be strong for him, and for her people.

Those that were left.

Her eyes burned in warning, and so In-Unga shook her head and went back to thinking about how horribly freezing it was. The cold hurt less.

Býleistr had questioned her decision to tour the kingdom so late in the year. The weather would be awful, he said. Her people would understand if she waited until spring. In-Unga had argued that waiting brought its own danger: ignoring the far-away regions during such a tumultuous time would foster restlessness, and the last thing they needed on top of everything that had happened was a civil war.

What she couldn’t put into words was how she needed to get out. There were too many missing faces in Utgard, gaping holes in the tapestry of family she had woven around herself. The throne room was empty even when it was full. She couldn’t focus on mealtime conversations because her gaze kept drifting to the vacant seats where her Forest Twins should be sitting. Her bedroom had become a tomb.

She had to leave, before she drowned in the silence.

Shouts at the back of the party startled In-Unga out of her pity spiral. Members of her guard rushed down the line of sleighs, weapons drawn. Those that remained by her side closed in a tight wall around her.

“What’s happening?” she called to Njal. “Are we under attack?” That’s just what we need now. The forested wilderness that surrounded them provided cover to any would-be assailants. Here, they were sitting ducks.

The wind picked up again, ice cutting straight through her many layers, and this time In-Unga found she couldn’t control her shivering. Frozen sitting ducks.

Soon enough, the cries died down, and her guards came riding back.

“All is well, your majesty. It was only a vargr.”

In-Unga thought of Mánagarmr and shivered again. “A wolf?” she asked. “Is anyone injured?”

“No, my queen.” In-Unga didn’t know the name of the guard that spoke. He was a new member of her defense, one of the many who got an unexpected promotion when their superiors turned to dust. “It jumped out at the last sleigh and startled many, but it was small, and taken down rather easily.”

The mortal queen of Jotunheim frowned. “Why would a wolf attack a party this large?” she asked.

“I cannot say, my queen.”

“Your majesty,” Njal spoke. “Shall I give the order to continue?”

In-Unga shook her head. This didn’t make any sense. “No,” she said. “I want to see this wolf.”

It shouldn’t have surprised her that a giant’s version of a small wolf was bigger than a Clydesdale. The majestic animal now lay lifeless in the snow, the pure white of its fur sullied only by the crimson stain spreading from the spear in its neck. The soldier who brought it down was only too pleased to relay the story to his queen.

“It came tearing out of the woods like a beast from Hel,” he cried, waving his hands for dramatic effect, “Snarling and hissing and baring its teeth. Most of us were caught off guard, but I’ve always been quick with a spear, and so when it turned to me, I was ready for it—”

In-Unga nodded, only half listening. She scanned the treeline from which the wolf had appeared. It made no sense to her—what would cause the creature to attack unprovoked? Right now, with the trees casting crooked silhouettes and the wind whistling in her ears, it seemed like an omen.

But of what? She wondered uselessly. What else could go wrong?

A clump of snow caught her eye. For a moment, she couldn’t understand why—it looked no different than any other clump she had come across in her life. Completely ordinary, but… there was something…

Warmth.

It was warmer than the rest.

The realization shocked her a little. Sensing changes in temperature from afar had been one of the skills Loki had taught her (unsurprisingly, given his affinity for snakes), but she had thought she lost it, along with all her other magical abilities, when she lost her husband.

Better make a note of that.

“There’s something over there,” she said, pointing. “In the snow. Something alive.” She made her way off the road, her guards scrambling to maintain their positions around her.

Damn, it was cold. In-Unga knelt in the ice, biting back curses as the snow soaked through to her knees. Getting back on her mount was looking more and more impossible.

The clump whimpered.

She let out a small gasp when the fluffy puppy head popped out of the snow, blinking ice out of its eyes. It shook the glistening snow from its fur with a tiny whine. A petulant growl followed, and a second pup appeared, pushing its way in front of the first and baring its teeth.

“Oh!” In-Unga reached out cautiously, the cold already forgotten. The growling puppy yipped and she pulled her hand back. The other merely yawned.

Behind her, Njal cleared his throat. “My queen, perhaps you should back away. They are feral—”

“That was their mother,” In-Unga interrupted, looking back at the bleeding body on the side of the path. “She must have felt they were threatened by the caravan and attacked. And we killed her.” Although, even that seemed unlikely.  In-Unga eyed the wolf-killer where he stood over the body of his prey, animatedly retelling the story of his deed to a growing crowd. It was easy to picture him wandering off the trail and provoking the frightened mother. Her gaze darkened.

Njal shifted uncomfortably. “It is unfortunate, my queen, but at this point there’s nothing to be done. We should continue before the weather takes a turn for the worse.”

“We can’t just leave them to starve!” she cried. She reached out again. The growling puppy flinched but didn’t back away. Its sibling craned its neck to sniff her mitten, sneezing when it breathed in a noseful of fuzz. Puppies in the dead of winter. That’s got to mean something. “Look at them! They won’t survive without their mother.”

“I can give them a quick end, your Majesty, if it would ease your worries,” one of her guards spoke up. “It would be merciful—”

“No.” Her guards stiffened at the ice in her voice. The first puppy nuzzled into her hand, rubbing against her like a cat and letting out a contented sigh when she scratched the fur on its neck. The other slunk forward guardedly, curiosity seemingly cracking its tough guy exterior. To her surprise neither resisted when she scooped them into her arms.

“I’ll have no more killing today,” In-Unga said as she stood. “I’ll care for them myself.”

Huld seemed absolutely horrified when the mortal queen plopped the little balls of fur on the floor of the sleigh.

“My queen, they’re wild animals!” she cried.

In-Unga laughed as the first puppy attempted to burrow back into her coat pocket. “Yeah. Real wild.” Its head popped up at the sound of her voice, and for the first time, In-Unga noticed its eyes: one brown and one blue. “Why, you’re a little David Bowie wolf, aren’t you?” she cooed, scratching its pointed ear. The puppy licked her wrist happily.

Her maid wasn’t quite as pleased. “My queen!” she exclaimed, backing away as the other pup growled. “What do you plan to do with them?”

“Keep them, I suppose. Raise them as pets.” She left the Bowie wolf to rein in his brother. They were both so small—when she held them in her arms they could easily be mistaken for Earth dogs. In-Unga found herself recalling her first sleigh ride in Jotunheim, with Greip and Gjálp and Snowball the Not-Melrakki, how shocked the twins had been at the concept of Midgardians owning pets.

How many years ago was that? Five? Feels like a lifetime.

She swallowed the lump in her throat, hoping Huld was too preoccupied with their new companions to smell her grief.

“Do we have anything for them to eat?” she asked with forced brightness. “Seal milk, or something?” Huld frowned, but obediently prepared a bowl of milk.

“They’re going to grow to be monsters,” she warned. “My queen, you saw Mánagarmr—”

“That’s right, I did,” In-Unga interrupted as her puppies began lapping up the dish. “And let me tell you, these guys are nothing like him.” The tough pup looked up with an offended growl. Laughing, she reached out to pet him. “Although this one thinks he is.”

The maid’s look of concern only deepened.

In-Unga sighed. “Don’t worry, Huld. Their mother wasn’t even that big. They won’t grow up to be Mánagarmr.” She cringed as she thought of the blood-splattered wolf lying in the snow. These puppies were so small, they had to have been born within the last month, after the Snap. Their poor mother survived the event that massacred half of every living being in the universe so she could give birth to her children, only to be stabbed to death by some hotshot with a stick. It was too cruel for words.

His hunger satisfied, the Bowie wolf paddled over to where In-Unga sat cross-legged on the floor and plopped down in her lap, grinning up at her with his multi-colored eyes.

“Awww!” In-Unga stroked his fur as he snuggled against her coat. “Huld, look at this! Isn’t he precious?”

Huld gave some non-descript reply, but In-Unga didn’t hear her. The second puppy was sniffing her boot, chewing on the sole with pearly teeth. “Come here, little guy.” He whined as she pulled him into her lap with his brother but didn’t try to escape. Quickly, they were both snoring.

In-Unga cradled them as the caravan trudged on, completely oblivious to the cold.

Her wolf pups quickly became the highlight of her entourage. At first In-Unga kept to leaving them with Huld while she met with the nobles on their various stops, hoping to spare them from the information overload of court, but they howled something terrible whenever she was out of sight, crying and chasing after her and giving poor Huld nightmares. Ultimately, the queen had two leashes fashioned out of leather, which they wore reluctantly in exchange for accompanying her everywhere she went. It certainly was a sight to behold—she had already looked rather ridiculous before, this tiny mortal woman encompassed by giants, and now here there were these two little fluffballs constantly nipping at her heels— but perhaps it just added to her effect.

They grew quickly. Within a week it seemed they had doubled in size, which In-Unga only realized when she nearly pulled a muscle trying to scoop them both up as she had done when she first found them. Their appetite grew with them. She was seriously concerned for a while that the caravan would run out of things with which to feed them until Njal pointed out one night that they were born hunters.

“Let them loose while we travel, my queen,” he said. “They’ll find food.”

In-Unga frowned. “You think they would come back?” she asked.

Her guard’s gaze traveled to Bowie, sprawled out on her lap fast asleep, his brother hunched protectively over her feet. “I don’t think you have to worry, your Majesty.”

She started taking them off the leash in the morning. At first, they’d only trot alongside her mount, too anxious to leave her side, but soon they were venturing off the trail for pockets of time, reappearing later with some bloodied creature dangling from their mouths. Birds, rodents, small animals—nothing was safe. Her little fur-babies were stone cold killers. She would’ve been lying if she said it wasn’t unnerving to see the little puppies she cuddled up with at night licking blood off their faces, but honestly their prowess was impressive. Her eyes nearly bulged out of her head when Brynjarr returned one day dragging some furry mammal twice as big as him.

Unlike his brother, Brynjarr had remained nameless for a large part of the journey. He had been bestowed with nicknames of all sorts—Hunter, Tough Guy, Mommy’s Little Fighter—but it wasn’t until they reached Márfjall that he got a proper name.

“That’s a warrior,” Hrossþjófr said to her while watching the two wrestle on the beach. “He needs a warrior’s name.”

In-Unga had been dreading this final stop, dreading having to walk down these hallways alone when the very walls of the castle screamed for Loki. She had resolved be strong, but just seeing Hross as they alighted, withered and wilted without Griep by his side, had been nearly enough to cause her to fall apart.

The wolves kept her together. Their childlike fascination with the crimson sands was almost enough to distract her from the other memories swirling around in the dark bay. In her few moments of free time, she’d take them down to the shore and laugh as they’d go tearing up the surf, Brynjarr barking menacingly at the ocean when the waves crashed too close to his feet, Bowie rolling around in the sand until his white coat was stained pink. Hross joined her often with his children, likely as desperate for a diversion as she was. They didn’t talk about the event. It was easier just to focus on the wolves.

Hross was endlessly impressed with their obedience. “How do you get them to do that?” he asked when they stopped what they were doing and came running at In-Unga’s whistle.

She shrugged. “I don’t know,” she said as she attempted to dust off Bowie’s coat before he plopped down on top of her. Even though the two wolves were nearly at the height of her hips, Bowie still seemed to think he was a lap cat. “They just always do.”

Dagný shrieked and buried her face into her father’s chest when the wolves came too close, but her brother leaned forward, his eyes like saucers as he reached for Brynjarr with chubby hands.

“Woof,” he cried. “Woof.”

Hross pulled him away. “Dali, we don’t want to bother the vargr, now—"

“It’s okay,” In-Unga said. “Bryn, sit down so Dali can pet you.”

Brynjarr sank into the sand obediently. Dali gasped in delight as he ran his fingers through the wolf’s thick mane.

“Woof!” he cried again, happily. Hross and In-Unga laughed.

From her lap, Bowie whined for attention. She reached to scratch behind his ears.

“So devoted,” Hross mused. “I’ll have to add it to your song. ‘In-Unga, charmer of wolves.’”

The party arrived back at Utgard just as the winter freeze was beginning to thaw. There was an audible gasp from the crowd gathered when she exited her sleigh flanked by the two animals, but Býleistr only raised an eyebrow.

“There were rumors, but I supposed no one really believed them,” he told her as they walked in.

She smiled. “But you did?”

“Of course,” he said. “If there’s anyone on this planet stupid enough to mistake a vargr for a pet, it’s you.”

“I missed you too, Bý.”

Býleistr and the rest of her advisors tried to catch her up on all the business she had missed over dinner, but the very presence of her wolves was quick to derail any serious conversation.

“They’re so well behaved,” marveled a forest giant In-Unga probably should’ve known the name of. “How does one inspire such loyalty, your Majesty?”

In-Unga forced an artificial laugh. “They only stick around because they know I feed them.”

The wolves laid down at her feet, eyeing the meat on the table. She reached down to scratch Bowie’s back. She doubted the giant had meant anything by her question, but the way everyone was looking at Bowie and Brynjarr was reminding her of the way everyone had looked at her when she first arrived in Jotunheim with Loki, and it was stirring up emotions in her chest that she wasn’t prepared to deal with.

She thought of the golden collar she had worn for so many years, a sign of ownership that had turned into a display of loyalty. She had despised it at first, but by the end she had been proud to wear that collar.

Lokakona. Loki’s woman.

It was in a box under her bed, along with the knife he had given her after the Rann Steinar debacle and the wooden Yggdrasil pendent Griep had given her before her first trip to Asgard. In the days following the destruction of the stones, as the heavy truth that this was a nightmare she wasn’t going to wake up from sank in, In-Unga had collected everything that broke her to look at and stuffed them where she wouldn’t see them anymore.

It hadn’t helped much.

The nights were the worst. It was stupid, because she had lived alone for years before Jotunheim, but now the concept of sleeping by herself made her sick to her stomach. When everything had first happened, In-Unga had refused to even touch the bed. It was too big, too cold, too empty to even attempt sleep in it. She piled furs and blankets on top of the couch and laid there all night, haunted by missing faces and broken memories and outstretched hands that were just beyond her reach. By morning, she’d be curled up so tightly into herself that it hurt to sit straight during the day.

At first, it was just temporary. Wasn’t that what Agent Romanov said, when she finally got into contact with her? They’d find a way to reverse it. Once they were able to locate Tony Stark, they’d find a way. It would be okay. She’d just have to rule in Loki’s stead for a little bit, just like she had before. Keep his realm together for him until he came back. But a month later, she got another call. This time, Romanov’s voice held none of the steadfast determination that In-Unga had been clinging to so desperately. They were gone. The infinity stones, and the people too. It was over. They failed. She was so sorry.

Vaguely, In-Unga remembered asking if she could talk to her brother-in-law, the silence that followed as Romanov went looking for him, her apologetic tone when Thor refused to come to the phone. The next thing she knew she was in the courtyard, heavy snow pummeling her body as Býleistr dragged her back inside with an arm around her waist.

“Are you completely out of your mind?” he snapped. “You’ll freeze to death out there!”

She held up her hand, hazily noting that her skin looked an even darker blue than his.

It was soon after that In-Unga decided to tour the kingdom. The voice inside her head scolded her for the decision even as she attempted to provide political rationale. She was running away. Pushing her problems further down the road in a childish attempt to avoid the unavoidable. Loki would be disappointed in you.

But how could she rule a planet when she couldn’t even bring herself to sleep in her own bed?

So she had left for a few months, for better or worse, and now she was back. After dinner her wolves, obviously exhausted from the long journey, trotted into her old room without issue. Bowie plopped down on the floor and was asleep in seconds. Brynjarr, ever distrustful, made his cautious way around the room, sniffing at odds and ends and barking at items that seemed too suspicious. In-Unga stood in the doorway, watching. It was almost enough of a distraction. Almost. The room was untouched since the last time she had entered, so much so that it still reeked of Loki. The feeling was so strong that for a moment she didn’t trust herself to move.

She entered slowly, drinking in the memories. Loki’s desk, where she’d lean on top of him and read his paperwork over his shoulder, currently piled up with documents he was never going to review. The table across from empty fireplace, where on rare occasions they could have their meals when the only company they felt like entertaining was each other’s. The rug next to the fireplace, where they always seemed to end up after such occasions.

And there was the bed. Brynjarr rushed ahead of her as she made her way to the bedroom, seemingly intent on confirming its safety before allowing her access. In-Unga found herself laughing despite the ache in her chest.

“Does it meet your standards, Bryn?” she asked as he slipped under the bed and out again, sniffing every corner and examining every fur. Eventually, he laid down at the foot of the bed, satisfied.

In-Unga sat down next to him, stroking his ears as he rested his big head on her thighs. This was the last place she had seen Loki. Here, in this room, on this bed. They had been woken up in the middle of the night by a messenger at the door. Groaning, he had dragged himself out of bed to answer it, only to return shortly after considerably more alert.

“What’s wrong?” she asked sleepily as he dressed. “Where you going?”

“Thor’s made a mess of things on Asgard,” he replied, pulling his tunic over his head. “He needs my help.”

“What?” The gravity of his tone woke her up quickly. “Wait, you’re leaving now? What happened?”

He leaned forward to kiss her. “It’s probably nothing. My brother is known to blow things out of proportion. I should be back within a few days.”

“Loki—”

He muffled her with another kiss. “Don’t worry, dröttning,” he whispered against her lips. “It will be fine. I love you.”

“I love you too,” she whispered back. “Stay safe.”

And then he was gone.

For months, In-Unga wondered if there was something she should’ve done. Pulled him back into bed, forbidden him from walking through that door? “Stay here with me. Thor can handle it himself.” Would it have even changed anything? Loki had told her about Thanos—not a lot, but enough to understand that his influence stretched across galaxies. Would he still have collected the stones, regardless of whether she managed to keep Loki with her? She didn’t know which alternative was worse: the idea that there was something she could’ve done but didn’t, or the thought that she was so useless that Loki and the others were fated to die regardless of her actions.

Brynjarr whined, sitting up taller so he could lick the tears off her cheeks. She buried her face in his fluffy neck.

“I miss him, Bryn,” she sobbed. “I miss him so much.”

He followed her into bed that night. It was a bit surprising—Brynjarr normally wasn’t one for bedtime cuddles, that was Bowie’s thing—but not all together unwelcome. In-Unga was a little more concerned about the bed—on all fours her wolves were now taller than her, and significantly heavier. But it seemed to hold together alright, minus a few creaks, and honestly, the comforting weight of Bryn’s head on her stomach was worth a damaged bedframe if it came down to it. Slowly, she drifted off to the sound of his breathing.

Court was sparse these days.

In-Unga had become so accustomed to the looming hallway being packed with faces that seeing it half-empty kindled even more anxiety in her chest. The faces that were there seemed anxious as well—although In-Unga was rather certain their apprehension came more from the massive wolves at her feet than the vacancies in the room. Bowie and Brynjarr were still for the most part, but they were always ready to pounce at a moment’s notice.

Everything was threatening to them. If someone addressed her with a less than respectful tone, if someone tried too come to near to the throne, they were on their feet, teeth bared and growling. In-Unga found it hard to take them seriously. Bowie was a big sweetie who liked belly rubs and snuggling next to the fire, and whenever Bryn growled, she could only picture the tiny little fluff ball she found in the snow trying to be intimidating. But they certainly succeeded in unnerving the court, a little too much perhaps.

“Maybe I should have them wait outside next time,” she wondered aloud to Býleistr after a civilian who had come to petition the queen had been so frightened he was unable to string together a coherent sentence.

“No, most certainly not,” he countered. “They give you an extra sense of authority. The Queen already controls the Casket, now the vargrs bow to her command—it’s a powerful statement, and Jotuns respect power.”

“I suppose,” she said, thoughtfully. “But I don’t want to feel like I’m ruling through fear.”

Býleistr scoffed. “If your subjects don’t fear you to some extent, then you’re doing something wrong. Besides,” he added, “they should be fearful of your wolves.”

He was probably right. In-Unga trusted Njal and his men with her life, but she knew that if there was any sign of danger it would be the wolves who acted first. Bryn and Bowie accompanied her everywhere, flanking her like a set of furry bodyguards. It was especially odd given how large they had grown—they had long been towering over her, and now were approaching Býleistr’s height. Thankfully, Utgard had high ceilings.

With time, the palace became more accustomed to their presence. In-Unga liked to think that seeing her so at ease with them had begun to rub off on her subjects. If she ever had free time during the day, she’d take the two outside to run around and play in the snow. It wasn’t nearly as spacious as the beaches at Márfjall, but they had enough room to wrestle and cavort around. A crowd usually gathered when she played fetch with an old stick of wood she had picked up while still on the road, watching cautiously with wide eyes. She felt rather like a zookeeper putting on a show in an exhibit.

And if you look here, boys and girls, we have an overgrown doggo in his natural habitat.

It had also become a well-known fact that Bowie and Brynjarr slept in In-Unga’s bed with her. She wasn’t quite sure how this had become a well-known fact—perhaps those in charge of washing her bedding had taken note of the clumps of white fur tangled in the blankets—but Huld told her that this fact was seen as quite impressive to the other servants.

“It’s brave,” she said. “To leave yourself vulnerable to such beasts every night.”

In-Unga laughed humorlessly from where she sat hunched over at the desk. It had been a rough day. “At least they’re impressed. I’m pretty sure Loki’s glaring daggers down at me for letting animals sleep in his bed.” She had meant to make a joke, but there was a familiar lump building in her throat that she couldn’t quite swallow.

Hesitantly, Huld reached out to touch her forearm. “He’d love them,” she said. “He loved anything that made you happy.”

Maybe that was so. But In-Unga was still pretty certain that he’d be pissed—if not for the constantly shedding vargrs taking over his bedroom, then definitely for the stupid ideas that they spawned.

“Alright,” In-Unga said, drawing a line in the air from her chest to the ground. “Lie down.”

The two wolves sunk into the snow obediently, though not without confusion. They clearly expected playtime when she brought them outside, as did the growing crowd of faces at the palace gate. She sighed. This was one time where she’d rather not have an audience, but she didn��t feel right having them dispersed.

“Have I mentioned that this is a terrible idea?” Býleistr drawled from behind her.

“You have, as a matter of fact,” she replied, rubbing Bowie’s neck. He sighed contently, multicolored eyes slipping closed. “I’m still not listening to you.”

“It was worth a try.”

It was Hross who had put the idea in her head, when he had come to visit a month or two ago. Even after he returned to Márfjall, she couldn’t stop imagining what it might be like to ride one of her wolves like a horse.

“Just picture it!” he had said excitedly. “Queen In-Unga, riding into battle alone atop a vargr, casket in hand—”

Býleistr had interrupted to inquire under what circumstances would the kingdom become so inept as to send their mortal queen into battle alone, but In-Unga was sold.

Although, looking at it now, mounting didn’t seem as simple as Hross had made it out to be.

“Okay,” she murmured to Bowie as she made her way around his body. “I’m going to get on your back, buddy. Don’t freak out.” She grabbed a clump of fur on his back—even with him laying down, she had to reach a bit—and tried to pull herself up.

Key word being tried.

“No—what are you doing?” she cried as Bowie stood up with her still hanging off his side. “Bowie, sit down!”

The wolf yawned.

“Oh my,” Býleistr was doing his best to sound disinterested, but she could hear the suppressed laugher hiding under his voice. “Do you need a push?”

“Shut up.” She leveraged herself against the wolf, trying to wriggle her way to a sitting position. Bowie suddenly decided to obey her earlier command and plopped his bottom on the ground, the movement throwing her off enough to tumble into the snow.

“Oof!”

Bowie grinned at her.

Býleistr’s laugh rang out across the ice.

“I take it back,” he said. “That was well worth it. Now, have you had enough of this nonsense, my Queen, or might we go back inside?”

In-Unga was already back on her feet. “Do whatever you want, Býleistr. I’m not finished yet.”

This time, she went to Brynjarr. He was still lying down, despite all the ruckus.

“Okay,” she murmured, scratching his ear. “Take 2.”

Bowie whined. In-Unga turned around to see him lying down with his head between his paws, eyes wide and repentant. “Oh, hush!” she said, rolling her eyes. “You had your chance.”

Pulling herself on to Brynjarr’s back was surprisingly easy, likely because he actually listened to her when she told him to stay still. It took her a minute to get situated and comfortable, seated in a position where she didn’t feel like she was immediately going to slip off. She wondered if she should have a saddle made. But she felt like that would be too complicated—they’d have to get measurements from the wolves since no such saddle had ever been made before (to her knowledge, at least), all the while working on the assumption that Bryn and Bowie would even wear such a contraption.

Besides, she told herself, Daenerys Targaryen rides her dragons bareback without problem, right?

Yes. That was definitely the type of logic she needed to live her life by.

In-Unga clutched his fur as tightly as she could. “Okay, Bryn,” she said, tapping his neck. “Up!”

The wolf rose to his feet in one fluid, graceful motion that nearly sent her sprawling again. Oh boy. She tightened the grip of her legs around his sides. If I die today, blame George R.R. Martin.

She was high. Extremely high. Geez, she had to be at least ten feet in the air! Since when had her babies gotten this big?

Býleistr cleared his throat. “So,” he said, looking up at her (Býleistr had to look up at her!), “Are you just going to sit up there all day or do you plan on doing something? Because if not I would like to remind you that—”

“Hold your horses, Bý.”

He blinked. “Excuse me?”

In-Unga ignored him. She leaned forward to flatten herself against Brynjarr’s back. “Okay buddy,” she whispered, tapping his shoulder. “Whenever you’re ready.”

He started off slowly, a fact for which she was exceedingly thankful. He crept ahead almost as if he was tiptoeing, so soft that she barely felt his feet on the ground, a far cry from the clodding she was used to with the wooly rhinos. He wandered around in a circle, continually looking back to check if she was still there.

“Good boy.”

They continued riding in a circle for a while. It wasn’t anything grand, and it was certainly a far cry from Hrossþjófr’s vision of her galloping into battle, but there was still something thrilling about being atop such a powerful creature. In-Unga didn’t have any delusions about being in control—she knew damn well the moment Brynjarr decided he had had enough he’d plop down in the snow and she wouldn’t be able to do anything about it—but the illusion of control was enough to make her feel unbelievably powerful.

“Look at me, Býleistr!” she called. “Aren’t you impressed?”

“Exceedingly,” he said dryly. “Are you finished? Remember, we do have things to accomplish today.”

In-Unga frowned. Býleistr was right, of course—she was the Queen of Jotunheim, she couldn’t just spend the entire day playing with her wolves. But on the flip side, she was the Queen of Jotunheim—if she wanted to spend the entire day playing with her wolves, who could stop her?

Just as she was beginning to favor postponing her next few meetings on account of essential wolf training, Bowie rose to his feet.

She sighed. “Bowie, what did I tell you—” The wolf wasn’t listening. He knelt close to the ground, muscles tense as he eyed something in the distance. Brynjarr turned around abruptly, In-Unga grabbing at his mane to maintain her balance. He too tensed, staring unblinkingly into the snow.

She squinted into the distance. At first, she couldn’t spot anything out of the ordinary, but the tiniest movement of white fur soon gave it away. A kanína. They were smaller, rodent-like creatures that lived all over the place, not unlike the rabbits she knew from Earth. Their meat was extremely tough, practically inedible to giants and mortals alike, but her wolves loved to hunt them.

Uh oh.

“I think I’m going to get down now,” she said, patting Brynjarr’s neck. “You can chance down that furball once I’m on the ground. Lie down.” Bryn didn’t move. Oh dear.

She tried again, more authoritatively. “Brynjarr, lie down! Brynjarr—” She cut herself off with a very unqueenly shriek as the kanína bolted, the wolves bolting after it.

All In-Unga could do was hold on for dear life. The wind smacked her face as they picked up speed, whistling so loudly in her ears that she could only barely hear Býleistr shouting her name. The landscape flashed by in a blur of color.

Holy shit holy shit holy shit!

“Bryn!” she screamed. “Bryn, stop!”

It was like riding a giant rocking horse running at the speed of light. Straightening up was out of the question, so she flattened herself against Brynjarr’s body and tried to sway with his movements. To the left, she could barely make out Bowie running alongside them, leaping so far that it looked like he was flying above the snow.

Just breath. Focus on breathing. Don’t think about how much it’ll hurt if you fall. Just focus on breathing.

Although… it wasn’t that bad. The longer she held on, feeling the vibration of their paws travel up her spine, the more her panic began to fade. She pushed up a little, risking a glance over her shoulder at the distant dot that was Býleistr. Shit. They were going fast.

Exhilaration flooded her body. This is what Hross had been talking about!

In-Unga, Charmer of Wolves

For a moment, she felt like a superhero.

When she hooted, the wolves howled with her. The kanína was still running in front of them, scrambling to stay ahead, but its time was up: Bowie pounced and had the poor rodent dangling in his mouth in a second, snapping its neck like it was nothing. They slowed down, Bowie stopping completely to grin at her with his prize. Look at me, Mom! Aren’t you proud of me?

In-Unga laughed. “Good boy.”

Trotting back to Býleistr was slightly less thrill-inducing now that she could actually see where they were going without getting pelted in the face with wind. In-Unga made a mental note to have a pair of goggles made for any future wolf-runs.

“So what do you think?” she asked, grinning down at her brother-in-law.

Býleistr gaped at her. He shook his head. “I don’t know why I still haven’t learned to just expect this madness from you.”

She snickered.

After that, wolf rides became a part of In-Unga’s daily routine. Every afternoon she’d climb onto Bryn’s back and take off into the snow for about an hour, flying across the countryside with only her wolves for company. That last detail drove Býleistr mad.

“You are the single most important individual on this planet,” he snapped at her one day. “And, if you’ll excuse my saying so, likely the most vulnerable as well. You need to take a guard with you.”

“I can take care of myself, Bý,” she replied nonchalantly from where she sat with Bowie in front of the fireplace. “You should understand that as much as anyone. Besides, the wolves will take care of me.” Bowie looked up with a grin, thumping his tail against the stone floor in enthusiastic agreement. Býleistr rolled his eyes.

“And when you go flying off their back while they’re running at full speed? How will they protect you then?” He shook his head. “I’d doubt they’d even notice you were missing.”

“That will never happen,” she said stubbornly. “I’d never fall off, and they’d never leave me behind.”

It was easy to sound fearless while bathed in the warmth of the fire, but there were moments where In-Unga was a little less sure of herself (although she’d stab herself before admitting such to the prince). The landscape around Utgard was high and rocky, and although her furry companions were sure footed, she often found herself swallowing her heart as they scampered up craggy ledges.

Still, every hair-raising experience she survived increased her confidence in her abilities as a wolf-back rider and encouraged her to go farther. She taught Brynjarr to understand her commands just by the way she shifted her weight on his back. Luckily, he picked it up easily— trying to yell instructions with the wind blasting in her face got old very quickly.

Bowie took a little while longer, but they got there eventually. He wasn’t as much of a fan of having In-Unga on his back, but he also wasn’t a fan of being left out, and weeks of watching his brother get all the attention for carrying the queen wore him down. Soon enough, she could ride him as well as Bryn.

They tended to keep to the rocks on their journeys. Running through the caves would have been a lot easier, as well as less windy, but the caverns that Loki had carried her through when she first arrived on Jotunheim were haunted by ghosts of memories In-Unga couldn’t bring herself to face. Instead, she stuck to sights less sacred: mountainous cliffs and jutting rocks that Bryn and Bowie loved to race each other around, places so far off the beaten path that there was no chance of stray flashbacks popping up to punch her in the gut.

Sometimes, on the way back from the palace, she’d ride through town. It was a risk, of course, but then again when was anything not? She always wanted to laugh at the crowd that gathered whenever she came through, at the way her people’s eyes would bulge at seeing the giant wolves plodding down the road completely unphased. They would whisper amongst themselves, just as they did that first time she came to the marketplace with Griep, but the words were slightly different.

In-Unga. Vargdröttning.

Usually, she made a point of stopping at some small vendor and purchasing something— a dagger, a blanket, a piece of jewelry— the item didn’t really matter to her. She just liked interacting with her people, asking them about their families, checking up on their wellbeing. With everything that had gone wrong in the past few years, she felt that was the least she could do. That too was reminiscent her trip with Griep. So much had changed since then, and yet still so much was the same. Back then, the Jotuns hadn’t known what to make of a mortal wandering through life on Utgard as if she belonged there. In-Unga got the feeling that they still weren’t sure what to make of her now, but they treated her with respect and grace and that was all she could ever hope for.

Some of the changes hurt. The absence of her Forest Twins was an ache she carried with her everywhere she went. In-Unga had never really realized how deeply she depended on them both until they were gone. Now, without them, she missed them everywhere. At the table during meals. In the throne room when she held court. Just walking through the halls—it was such a silly, stupid thing, but she felt naked making her way through the palace alone even now, a couple years after she lost them.

Most times during her afternoon ride, she’d dismount at the top of some mountain and let Bowie and Brynjarr hunt for a bit. She’d find a rock to sit on, sheltered from the wind, and make a list of all the things she wanted to tell them. How she had been trying to teach Huld to play gin rummy, but Bowie ate half the deck. How Hross had written that Dagný had finally said her first word: daddy. How Býleistr was all pissed off because Bryn had somehow gotten into his greenhouse while In-Unga had let them out to hunt and knocked over some important plants from Alfheim.

Griep would have gotten a kick out of that last one: in the months before everything went wrong, Gjálp had been spending a suspicious amount of time in Býleistr’s greenhouse, something her sister and In-Unga had been relentlessly teasing her about. You know, payback for all the teasing she had doled out over the years. She had been getting pretty annoyed about it.

“I don’t know what the two of you have gotten in your heads,” she had scowled. “Prince Býleistr was simply showing off his imported aster flowers. They only bloom for a short period of time—”

“Riiight,” In-Unga said, smirking. “That’s definitely what he’s been showing you.”

Gjálp sputtered, scandalized, while Griep exploded into a fit of very uncharacteristic giggles.

On her rock in the middle of the snow, In-Unga giggled too. It was nice, having these quick little moments where she could almost trick herself into thinking that everything was fine. They were fleeting though. By the time her wolves returned to her, a few minutes later, she was sobbing uncontrollably.

She missed them so much.

But with everything that had changed in the past few years, everything that had been uprooted and ripped to shreds, at least there remained one constant in her life.

Periods still sucked Hel.

Regardless, In-Unga always tried to carry on with her day as usual. She was the queen, after all—she couldn’t be seen as weak. So, she’d hold court like everything was normal, sit up straight on the throne and pretend she didn’t feel like someone was wringing out her insides like wet laundry. If the giants around her noticed the stench of blood (which of course they did), they knew better than to bring it up.

But today had just been too much. Meetings heaped on top of meetings, every new face bearing a different demand or a different complaint, every new conversation only exacerbating the ache in her head and the knots in her stomach. By noon, she called it a day.

In bed, burrowed into her nest of blankets, In-Unga existed in the frustrating in-between: too tired to be fully awake, but too uncomfortable to drift off to sleep. She buried her face in her pillow and cursed the blizzard outside. It seems periods always worsened with the cold.

From the doorframe, Bowie whined. Brynjarr had easily accepted the reality that there would be no afternoon run today, instead electing to pass out at the foot of the bed, but his brother did not give up so easily. If In-Unga hadn’t felt so awful, she would’ve laughed at him—the doorway to her bedroom was far too narrow for the giant wolf. He was just barely managing to squeeze through.

He whined again.

She groaned. “Can’t play with you right now, buddy.”

Rolling over, she nestled deeper under the covers, seeking protection against the biting cold. It was a useless attempt. She never seemed to be able to get warm anymore.

Bowie padded over to her bedside, his claws drumming on the floor making him sound like some sort of depressed tap dancer. He snuffled at her hair.

“Go away, Bowie,” she muttered when he pressed his clammy nose to her forehead. She pushed his giant head away halfheartedly. “Lie down with Bryn.”

Suddenly, the whole bed dipped, and the giant wolf was attempting to snuggle his way into to her blankets.

“Bow—” she tried to push him away again, with even less effort than before. “You’re too big!” But with a final push, he nuzzled under her blankets next to her, grinning widely and smacking her face with a mouthful of doggy breath. In-Unga winced.

“Such an attention hog,” she groaned, even as she reached to scratch the fur under his chin. “You don’t even care that I’m trying to rest, do you?” He snuggled closer, sighing in contentment when In-Unga shifted so that she was resting her head on his fluffy neck rather than her pillow.

“Yes, you’re a good boy. I’m sorry. I’m just having a bad day.” She heaved a sigh of her own. “Do you know what my small council said to me, first thing when I sat down?”

He cocked his head. In-Unga took that as a sign to continue.

“They think I should get married. Remarried.” She swallowed bitterly. “They said it would help ‘maintain my legitimacy as queen.’ As if I’m not already fucking legitimate!” She smacked the mattress with her palm, glaring at her wolf. “Do you know the shit I went through to get to this point?”

Bowie whined.

“Right, of course you don’t,” she apologized. “You weren’t born yet. But take my word for it, it was a lot.”

On the floor, Brynjarr shifted in his sleep. In-Unga continued.

“And then there’s the whole subject of heirs. ‘Your Majesty, since you failed to have a child to King Loki before he died, you have no one to advance your lineage’—yes I’m well aware of that!” she shouted at the ceiling, blinking the steaming tears from her eyes. “I’m reminded of that fact every damn day of my life! I don’t need you to tell me!”

Her nose was running. She wiped it angrily with the heel of her hand. They had been trying to have a baby, her and Loki. After years of pushing it off, waiting for things to stabilize, they had finally felt ready. Loki had told her not to be frustrated if she didn’t get pregnant right away.

“Our biologies are fundamentally different. It may take some time.” They had been in bed, tangled up in each other under the cover of darkness. In-Unga could still feel his breath in her hair when he leaned down to kiss her head. “Don’t worry, dröttning. We’re in no rush.”

He had gotten called away a few months later, her womb still empty.

“They had a whole list of men they thought would be suitable,” she muttered to Bowie, blocking out memories that hurt too much to touch. “They had organized it all and everything. I felt like the Bachelorette. Totally ridiculous! And they had the audacity to look at me like I was the crazy one!”

The way they had stared at her, when she categorically refused to even consider their proposition. “But my queen, don’t you want to have children?”

Yes. Yes she did. She wanted to have children whose ebony hair matched their father’s, who carried both his intelligence and his mischievous streak within them. She wanted to see her husband’s eyes light up when they learned a new magic trick, wanted to laugh at the regal King of Jotunheim crawling around the room on his hands and knees with his toddler giggling on his back. She wanted to cradle her baby and smile at its sleeping face in awe, wondering at the perfect mix of her and the man she loved so much, a mix that could exist with no one else.

Yes, she wanted to have children. Loki’s children.

In-Unga ran her fingers through Bowie’s fur. “He’s not coming back,” she whispered. “I know that. I’ve made my peace with it. But I can’t pretend that it’s okay. I can’t just… replace him.”

Bowie licked her cheek with a tongue the size of her entire face. In-Unga sputtered, snorting. “Ugh… thanks buddy.” He nodded, moving to rest his head on her stomach so she could scratch his ears. She stroked his long fur absentmindedly. The wolves were the closest thing to children she was ever going to have. She was at peace with that too. Her advisors may not understand, but they didn’t have to. She had done so much for her kingdom. They could give her this.

And so time marched on. Winter turned to spring, spring to summer, then back to winter again, over and over as if nothing had ever happened.

It was a quiet night in her quarters when things changed.

In-Unga was skimming over a document by the fire, having abandoned the desk in favor of the furry rug, a warm blanket, and her wolf-pillows. Bryn’s eyes were fluttering. Bowie was already fast asleep, sighing contently. Behind them, Huld softly cleaned up the remnants of the late dinner she had eaten alone in her room. Save for the crackling of the flames, the room was silent.

It was becoming increasingly difficult to focus on the lines of script. The flickering light was almost hypnotic—In-Unga leaned against Bowie’s back to rest her eyes for a moment and found herself unable to sit back up.

She yawned. Probably time to call it a night. Still, she felt so nice here—her bed would be large and cold, and she’d have to get up and walk all the way to the next room to even get there…

In-Unga was just beginning to doze off completely when the high-pitched beep nearly scared her out of her skin.

The wolves were on their feet immediately, knocking her out of her reverie and barking so loudly the room shook. The beeping continued, shrill and ear-piercing, and In-Unga cursed under her breath as she pulled herself up.

I live in a damn circus.

Huld was standing at the table, hands over her ears and red eyes trained on the corner of the room. “Your majesty!” she cried. “It’s the thing!”

In-Unga followed her gaze to the telephone-like communicator Tony Stark had created for them, back when everything was nice and happy and Thor had convinced everyone it was a good idea for Jotunheim to have some method of contact with the Avengers. For the first time in five years, it was flashing red.

She made her way across the room in a fog. The last time it rang… that call had broken her. Broken everything. Told her that the hopeless mess her life had turned into would be here to stay, and that she would have to clean it up alone. In-Unga hadn’t touched the device since. What could Earth’s Mightiest Heroes possibly have to say to her now?

Still, it couldn’t be worse than last time, could it?

In-Unga hushed the wolves, who fell silent at her command, and picked up the receiver.

“Hello?”

Agent Romanov’s sharp voice said her Midgardian name. “How have you been?”

“Alright, I guess, considering everything,” she answered cautiously. Somehow, she doubted that after half a decade the assassin had just decided to phone for a social call. “Is everything okay?”

She was right. “We’re working on something,” Agent Romanov said. “We’re not positive how everything’s going to turn out, but at the moment, things are looking good. I thought you should know, just in case things get crazy.”

In-Unga frowned. “What are you talking about?”

“The Snap,” she said. She inhaled softly. “We think we can bring everyone back.”

In-Unga’s heart stopped.

For a moment, she just stood there, barely comprehending her words.

We can bring everyone back.

Romanov said her name again. “Are you still there?”

“Yeah,” she said shakily. “Are—are you serious? You going—how is that even possible? You said before—without the stones—”

“I know,” the assassin said. “We still need them. But Stark’s come up with something that would allow us to retrieve them before they were destroyed. We’ve planned out where they are across the timeline, the easiest times and places for us to access them—”

“Wait.” In-Unga’s head was spinning. “Retrieve them before they were destroyed?” She had to be misunderstanding. Surely Romanov wasn’t suggesting what it sounded like she was suggesting. “How is that possible? Unless you have a—”

“Time machine?” There was a wry smile to Romanov’s voice. “Yeah, that’s about right.”

“What?”

“It’s a long story, but like I said, Stark’s come up with something,” she continued. “I know it sounds insane, but we’ve proven it works—we ran a test with Barton, and Lang basically did it unintentionally for five years—”

“Lang?” In-Unga asked weakly.

“You don’t know him. But my point is it’s possible.”

It’s possible.

“Time travel,” she said. “That’s what’s happening? I haven’t gone crazy, you’re actually telling me you can time travel?”

“Well, you did marry the guy who attacked New York, so I can’t say you’re not crazy,” Romanov said. In-Unga was so overwhelmed that the poor attempt at humor didn’t even bother her. “But yes, that’s exactly what I’m telling you.”

They’re going to bring them back. In-Unga was shaking. Loki, Griep, Gjálp… they’re going to bring them back!

“When is this happening? How is this going to happen? Is there something I can do?” The questions tumbled out faster than she had time to think.

“We’re going out tomorrow. Technically speaking, everything will only take a few minutes, so we should have the stones by then.”

In-Unga gasped. “That soon?”

“Yeah. We’re not sure exactly how they’ll work once we have them, but Thanos was able to wipe out half the universe just by snapping his fingers, so we’re guessing it’s not that difficult.”

“So, everyone could be back tomorrow!” The shock was beginning to wear off, replaced by a surge of pure elation. The wolves, sensing her excitement, began barking again. “Hey, shut up! Both of you!”

Romanov laughed. “I didn’t know you had dogs.”

“It’s a fairly new development.” So new that Loki and the Twins never got to meet them. Her eyes were stinging. “Tomorrow?”

“Hopefully, yes,” In-Unga had never known Romonov to sound so excited. “That’s why I wanted to get into contact with you. We’re not sure how this will work, what kind of widespread effects it can might cause. I thought you deserved a heads up.”

She nodded. “Thank you. Will you let me know when you get back with the stones?”

“Sure thing.”

“Well…” In-Unga wondered if she was dreaming, if she was going to wake up and curse her stupid brain for letting her hope for a moment. But this was real. This was happening. “Good luck!” she said into the receiver, pulse thrumming.

She could hear the smile in Romanov’s voice. “Thanks. I’ll get back to you tomorrow.”

In-Unga set the receiver down in a daze. When she turned, both her wolves and her maid were staring at her with eyes so wide it was practically comical.

“Huld,” she said quietly. “Get Býleistr in here, would you?”

She spent the next day huddled next to the communicator, anxiously tapping her feet on the stone floor.

Býleistr had been willing to hold court in her place today, but he had been less inclined to share her eager optimism.

“The past has already been written, In-Unga,” he said softly. “That’s not something anyone can change.”

“But there’s a chance they might,” she cried. She pushed the hair out of her face. “A chance. That’s more than we’ve had for the last five years!”

“Getting your hopes up will only cause yourself more pain when they fail. You’ll be grieving all over again—"

“I never stopped grieving,” she whispered. Her eyes were damp again as she looked back up at Býleistr. He sighed.

“I hope it works,” he said. “I do. It’s just—” he cut himself off, shaking his head and abruptly standing up to leave. “Goodnight, your Majesty.”

Behind her, the wolves paced back and forth, whining softly as they picked up on her nervous energy. In-Unga couldn’t tear her eyes away from the phone. Had they left yet? Was everything going to plan? She let out a worried breath. If only there was something she could do. Something besides just sitting here and feeling useless.

By the afternoon Romanov still had not called and In-Unga had completely chewed through her bottom lip. She should have heard something by now. She was certain of it. Hadn’t Romanov said that it was only supposed to take a few minutes?

Huld brought her lunch at around noon. In-Unga left it on the table untouched. She wasn’t hungry. In fact, she felt like she was going to be sick.

Bowie was scratching at the floor. The sound of his nails dragging across the stone put her even more on edge than she was already, but he ignored her when she told him to stop. In the corner, Byrnjarr growled softly.

Her room was warmer than usual. She found herself shrugging off the blanket she usually kept draped across her shoulders in her quarters and letting it fall to the floor. Out of nowhere, she felt confused. Nothing was the way it was supposed to be. Everything was happening at once. It was overwhelming—so overwhelming. She couldn’t think— wait.

These aren’t my feelings.

In-Unga shot up so quickly she knocked her chair over. Bowie and Bryn were on their feet in less than a second, bouncing around and barking at the top of their lungs. With shaking hands, she reached for her neck, for what had become nothing more than an old scar these past five years. At the brush of her fingertips, sparks shot through her skin.

Her gasp melted into messy sobs. “Loki.”

Outside, people were shouting, voices blending together into an amorphous blob of noise. Someone pounded at her door.

“Your Majesty!” Njal shouted. “Your Majesty, something is happening—”

They’re back. They’re all back…

In-Unga barged through her door without a word to her guards, dashing down the hallways at lightning speed with Brynjarr and Bowie trotting at her heels. There were people everywhere—servants, nobles, people gasping, people embracing, people running through the halls like maniacs like her—In-Unga ignored all of them. She flung herself down the stairs with her wolves still behind her.

The room she was rushing to hadn’t been touched in five years. She had felt stupid, giving that order, but having someone else move in was admitting that they were gone forever, and she couldn’t do that.

But it didn’t matter anymore.

In-Unga was completely out of breath by the time she flung open the door. The woman standing in the middle of room looked up as she pressed her fingers to her temple, red eyes furrowed in a frown.

“In-Unga,” she asked. “What is—”

Gjálp didn’t have time to finish before In-Unga crashed into her in a bear hug, bawling.

She sputtered. “In-Unga—”

“You’re back!” In-Unga sobbed. “You’re back! You’re back!”

Gjálp returned the embrace tentatively. “What is happening? What—Norns!” She stiffened, yanking In-Unga backwards. The mortal queen turned to find that Bryn and Bowie had followed her into the room and were now looming over the couch with all the intimidation of a pair of overexcited Labradors.

“Oh no, it’s fine—” In-Unga hiccupped, finding words astonishingly difficult to control in the moment. “Mine. They’re mine. Don’t worry! Uh—lie down!” Thankfully, they obeyed without an issue, their tales flying around like propellers. “See?” She gulped, turning back to Gjálp. She gripped her wrist, just to remind herself that this was real, and she wasn’t dreaming.

“You’re back,” she whispered again, hoarsely.

“You keep saying that,” Gjálp said, still frowning suspiciously at the wolves. “What happened? Where am I back from?”

In-Unga let out a wet laugh. “You were gone. He got the stones and took out everyone—half of everyone, half of everyone everywhere,” she laughed again, because it suddenly sounded funny saying out loud with Gjálp staring down at her like she had lost her mind. Maybe she had. It didn’t matter anymore.

“Your Majesty.”

They both jumped at the unfamiliar voice behind them. In-Unga turned to find herself face to face with a man—a human man, with a goatee and red cloak, standing in the middle of a ring of fire. In a second, the wolves had flanked her, teeth bared and growling.

Shit, I guess I have lost my mind.

Gjálp was the first to find her voice. “Who—what—how did you get in here?”

The man ignored her. “Your Majesty,” he said, facing In-Unga. “I am Dr. Stephen Strange of New York.”

The name vaguely stirred something in her memory. “You died in the Snap,” she said. “You were with Mr. Stark.”

Dr. Strange nodded. “The effects of the Snap may have been reversed, but this isn’t over yet.”  He fixed her with a solemn stare. “Your husband needs your help.”

Somehow, she had known he was going to say that. A wave of resolution washed over her. Standing straight, she wiped her cheeks. “What do you need me to do?”

The smoke was stifling. Strange had said it was a war zone, but In-Unga hadn’t expected for even the upstate sky to be blackened with debris. She had been to this compound before, years ago with Thor and Loki. It had felt a bit like stepping into the future, with the manicured lawns and the crisp white doors that whooshed as the slid open automatically. It had been nothing like the scorched wasteland flaring before her. The smoke was so thick she could barely make out the looming warships hovering over the skyline.

The dark warriors lined the horizon, a mass of limbs extending far beyond her range of sight. In-Unga squared her shoulders as she road through the portal. She could see him, standing in the middle of all this destruction, the golden light of the portals casting shadows on his purple skin. For so long, he had been faceless to her, the untouchable enemy who she had never seen but whose name she fell asleep cursing every night. And yet here he was in the flesh, living, breathing, vulnerable.

Thanos.

Brynjarr howled. From her perch atop his back, In-Unga felt the vibration in every part of her body. Bowie joined in, his usually mournful cries dark and full of promise. The sound mixed with the battle cries from portals down the line, words chanted in languages she didn’t speak, but in sentiment she understood perfectly.

You took everything. Now we’re taking it back.

The Jotuns behind her understood too. With deep voices, they answered the cries with chants of their own, shouts crescendoing with every individual rushing through the portal. Utgard had been in such chaos that she hadn’t expected anyone to rally to her call, but vengeance was a powerful motivator. She had stood on the balcony and told her people that the one responsible for their suffering was out there, still struggling to once again rip their loved ones from their arms, and just like that, her armies mobilized.

Now here she was, Queen In-Unga of Jotunheim, facing down the enemy atop a howling vargr, her soldiers armed and ready behind her. She felt strangely calm.

I’m bringing Loki home.

He was here somewhere. Even if Strange hadn’t told her how he had been resurrected on the plains of Wakanda with the other fallen warriors, she would have known. She felt his steely resolve as he prepared for battle, let it swirl and mix with hers across the battlefield.

This is it.

When Thor shouted, she screamed with him. And then they were all running. The appeal of two nine-foot-tall wolves in combat was quickly apparent: her babies tore through alien fighters like rare steaks. Brynjarr didn’t even need to be directed; he seemed to know exactly where to go, when to duck, when to tackle. Bowie cleared a way through the chaos, trampling everyone in his path.

They zig-zagged across the battleground, In-Unga pressed tightly into Bryn’s fur to avoid shooting darts of light and projectiles flying through the air every which way, no clue who was shooting them. A roar consumed the land, built from rallying cries and death shrieks, guns shooting and bones cracking, and in the midst of all this pandemonium, she found him.

Loki threw his blades with a catlike grace, completely surrounded and yet completely in control, as if he had never left.

“Bryn!” she steered him left, and he understood instantly. Snarling, the wolves rushed the scene. Loki whipped around in shock, In-Unga barely registering his fleeting moment of confusion as she felt the thud of alien bodies crushed on the ground. When Loki called out her name she found she could barely breathe.

“Down!” she choked at Brynjarr. She slid off his back to unsteady legs and managed to hold back her tears until she threw her arms around her husband.

The battle faded away. She sobbed on his shoulder, drinking in the scent she thought she’d never experience again, relishing the way he gripped her so tightly she felt as though she might break. She clutched at him too, afraid that if she let go he’d disintegrate through her fingers. He whispered her name against her hair, that soft baritone she thought she’d never hear ever again, and she held him even closer.

He was the one to pull away first, cupping her cheek in his palm as he wiped her teardrops with his palm. His green eyes held her in their stare.

“Are you alright?” he asked.

In­-Unga exhaled, the tiniest laugh. Less than an hour ago he had been dead, and he was worried about her?

“Yeah,” she murmured. It was a tiny breath under the rage of battle, but somehow, she knew he heard. “I am now.”

…

“Come on, you scaredy-cat, it’s fine,” In-Unga laughed from atop Bowie on the beach at Márfjall.

“I’m not scared, just concerned.” Loki stood on the ground besides Brynjarr, the two sizing each other up suspiciously. For the most part, her husband and her wolves had been getting along well—at least, well enough. Bowie was still bitter that his place in In-Unga’s bed had been taken from him, and Bryn was untrusting by nature, but it was getting better. Loki still didn’t understand how creatures that showed such savagery on the battlefield could be so cuddly at home.

“Look, if I can do it without a problem, you certainly can manage.” Bowie whined as he shifted his weight between his feet, anxious to sprint down the red sand. She rubbed his neck and fixed Loki with a pointed stare.

He shook his head, smiling uneasily. “You’ve had five years of practice, love.”

“Yeah, which I never would’ve got if I hadn’t gotten on first.” She turned back to the small group watching behind them. “Give me some help here!”

Griep frowned, holding Dagný in her arms. “I don’t know, In-Unga. I don’t think vargrs are meant to carry people.”

“I thought you liked animals—”

“It’s a giant vargr—”

“Now, my precious ice-heart” Hross said, intertwining his fingers with hers. “In-Unga has proved time and time again that there are those more than capable of riding a wolf. Both myself and Prince Býleistr can attest to that.”

Býleistr chuckled. “She fell off the first time she tried.”

“No, no!” In-Unga whipped back to Loki. “That was on Bowie, because Bowie likes to be difficult.  Brynjarr has never given me a problem, which is why you’re going to try riding him.” Bowie gave an offended snort.

“I still can’t believe you can tell them apart,” Gjálp said. “They look exactly the same, smell exactly the same—”

“I told you, Bowie is the one with two different colored eyes!”

“But when you can’t see their eyes—”

Dali pulled at Hrossþjófr’s free arm. “Wanna ride wolf!”

“Oh, for Pete’s sake!” In-Unga groaned. “Loki, get on the damn wolf before I give your spot to a toddler.”

Loki huffed indignantly, but he pulled himself over Bryn’s back and into a sitting position. “Happy, wife?”

“Ecstatic,” she tried to maintain her stern, but the sight of him balancing haphazardly on the back of her wolf made it hard not to grin like an idiot. “Now, tell him to get up.”

“Get up, wolf,” he said emotionlessly.

Brynjarr looked at her in exasperation. Are you kidding me with this guy?

In-Unga sighed. “Tell him nicely.”

He through his hands in the air. “It’s a wolf!”

“Loki…”

“Fine.” He looked back down at Bryn. “Get up wolf, please.”

Behind them, Hross was cackling uncontrollably. In-Unga rolled her eyes. “I think that’s the best he’s gonna do Bryn,” she said. “Come on, up, up!”

Brynjarr grunted, but still hopped to his feet far more quickly than usual. Loki gasped as he struggled to right his balance. She pressed her hand to her mouth to muffle her giggles.

Loki scowled. “I hear you snickering over there. This is why I didn’t want to do this.”

“What do you mean?” she asked innocently. “You’re doing great, sweetie!”

He glared.

Oh, if looks could kill.

“Now what?” he asked sourly.

She leaned forward, clicking her tongue. “Now, you hold on, and try to keep up.”

“What—” Loki was cut off with a cry as the two wolves took off down the rusty beach. In-Unga laughed as they rode alongside each other, Loki clinging desperately to Bryn’s fur. His startled expression morphed into something more sinister when he noticed her amusement.

“I’m going to get you for this!” he yelled over the wind.

She grinned. “You better!”

In-Unga wouldn’t have it any other way.