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I Lied

Loki x Gender neutral! Reader, a lil Thor x Gender Neutral! Reader

Word Count: 1104 

Song Rec: I Lied by Lord Huron

Warnings: Not main timeline MCU! Angst, sadness, infidelity, character death, blood. Just your run of the mill angst fic I guess. :/

Summary: You and Loki are in love. So in love and everything is so perfect, but time slips through your fingers like sand and life marches, even without those you love, and one lie can change everything. 

Green eyes and that sweet smile. He was always so charming in everything he did, even when he was being a mischievous little shit, but maybe that's why you loved him. Because even after everything he's done, he came home to you. Loki did it all for you. Every scheme, every act was for you, he said. It was how he showed he cared, or at least it was. After the Battle of New York, you pleaded for him to stop, to change his ways. And he did. "I swear, love. I'll be better for you. I can change for you. If that's what it will take to keep you, then I am willing to change." The tall Asgardian whispers, his hands holding yours and the look in his eyes is so sincere. So sweet and full of hope and love. It was all going to be okay because he said so and Loki would do anything to keep his word to you. 

You were happy together and everything was okay for once. Warm sunny days spent lying together in the courtyard gardens, hands intertwined as the breeze rustles through the leaves and grass. The sweet smell of wines and summer ales filled the air, accompanied by the smell of the current feast inside the looming castle. Loki never liked the parties there. He always felt like an outsider, a shadow, but you made him feel real and that he was seen as more than the mischievous prince of trickery. Loki cherished every moment you spent together. Committed every tiny detail to memory so that he could remember it all as the years went by. 'This is what love is. True, real love.' He thinks to himself as he looks over at you. Your eyes closed, the small blissful smile on your lips as the sun shone on your skin, bathing you in a golden glow. "I love you." He whispers, leaning closer to brush his lips against yours. "I love you too. I'll never love somebody else, I swear." You respond, kissing him again and again like you were the only two people left in the world. 

Then he was gone. Fell to his death off the Bifrost while defending Asgard from a surprise attack by Svartalfheim. He died a hero, they said.  You mourned him, cried for him almost every night, it seemed. You felt alone, so alone without him there. It didn't last long, however. Comfort was never too far away, it seemed. There was a reprieve in the aching and hurt when you fell into his arms. Thor held you close and let you cry into his chest as much as needed. He grieved with you over the loss of his brother, for Odin knows how long. Over time the pain dulled, the memories faded and life went on. Things were okay again. You had another reason to live, someone else to cling to for warmth. Tall, strong, golden hair and so sweet. A gentle giant, your new source of light in the world. Thor was always there to dry your tears, to pick you up every time you fell down. You loved him. 'This is what love is. True, real love.' You thought to yourself and not for a moment did you remember your promise to the fallen god, Loki. 

In the shadows of the courtyard, under the moonlight, the figure cloaked in green watches on. Watches the embrace you and Thor share, the kisses, the looks of absolute bliss. It hurts far too much to mention. He's been replaced. Replaced so easily in your heart by his own brother. But above all of that, it hurts the most when he realizes you lied. Every moment shared, kiss, touch, and declaration of love was all a lie. A lie he couldn't live with or even see coming. 

Nothing could mend back the pieces of his broken heart now. His hope of rushing back to your arms with a sly grin and a cheeky, "did you miss me" was dashed instantly. Loki was alone again, all alone. Everything hurt. Every fiber of his being screamed in agony like his broken heart. Betrayal was something familiar but to be on the receiving end was something entirely new. Loki was angry at everything now, angry at Thor, angry at you, and someone had to pay the price. Someone had to answer for his suffering. 

Maybe you should have seen it coming. Should have known that he would come back; Loki always was a clever one. "Did you miss me, love?" He asks in a cold tone from the shadows of your private quarters. "Loki? Oh gods, Loki, is that you? You're alive! I've missed you. Of course, I have." You cry tearfully as you rush to the tall cloaked figure, throwing your arms around his body. Loki looks down and embraces you one last time before a sharp pain pierces your side. You slump in his hold, but the man steps back, pulling the dagger from your stomach as the red color drips onto the floor like the wine you drank in summer so long ago. 

"Loki? Loki, why?" Your voice is weak and pained as you clutch the searing wound and look up at the dark-haired god. "Don't pretend, love. Don't pretend you care now. You lied. You swore that you would never love another, but you lied. And for that, you had to pay the price." The god says before snuffing you out like the last candle at the bedside table. A hum of energy crackles from behind him and a glowing light fills the room. Footsteps are heavy as they approach the young god and Loki knows this is his end without even turning around. "She lied to me, brother. She left me for you and you… you took her from me." Loki says, tears threatening to fall down his face. 

"No brothers here, Loki. Loki Laufeyson, you are under arrest by orders of the TVA for deviating from the sacred timeline." Hunter B-15 says firmly before the group descends on the variant, dragging him away. The branch in the timeline is snuffed out and Loki is hauled away, paying the price for his crime. Your body is vaporized and is forgotten by everyone, everyone but Loki. Loki, who thinks of you in his final moments before being pruned. He wonders if things were different, if you were in another timeline, if he didn't die, if you didn't… if you didn't lie to him… could you have been happy together. But happiness isn't possible for a Loki variant. All they get is pain, suffering and fall to the same fate of dying alone.

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