mythology is so weird.
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thor is having a bad day.
*
“Loki, are you—” Thor starts, and stops, then he starts fidgeting with the lace edging of his white blouse. “Are you sure this is the only way to retrieve Mjolnir?”
“No, it isn’t the only way,” Loki admits, stepping back and crossing his arms, admiring his handiwork. “It is, however, the only way to get it back that doesn’t involve you rushing cocksure into Thrym’s palace and getting yourself killed.”
“I can handle Thrym and his men, with or without the power of—”
“Who was it that let him get your hammer in the first place?” Loki wonders. “While you were sleeping, was it? I’m afraid I don’t quite understand how this happened, exactly…” Which is a lie, as Loki was certainly present when he presented Mjolnir to Thrym personally. It’s all in good fun; Thor will have his weapon back by supper and Loki will have the memories of his brother in a wedding dress for the rest of his life.
Thor reddens and falls silent, scowling at the floor and muttering to himself.
“I thought so,” Loki says, grinning, and he holds out the long, glimmering (and quite opaque) veil he conjured up for just this occasion. “You’ll need this, if you don’t want Thrym to realize his bride isn’t half as beautiful as the rumors claim.”
Thor snatches the veil out of Loki’s hands. “Sometimes, Brother,” he grumbles, “I think you enjoy my suffering far too much.” He pulls the veil up over his head—completely incorrectly, of course, and the whole thing hangs crocked, draping over his shoulder and only across half his face.
“You think this is fun for me? I’m wounded.”
“You will be if you don’t wipe that smirk off your face.”
Loki doesn’t, though he does take pity, and he steps forward to help adjust the veil.
“The things I do for you,” he says.
*
edit and somehow that leads to this conversation:
highways: LOKI IS YOUR FAVORITE CHARACTER EVER IT SEEMS
highways: RIGHT?
thor: I DON'T TRICK MY SIBLINGS AND TRY AND GET THEM KILLED! :D
highways: WOW YOU JUMPED TO THAT SO QUICKLY
highways: I WAS GOING TO MOVE THERE IN STEPS
thor: I DON'T WASTE ANY TIME
thor: YOU SHOULDN'T EITHER
thor: CONSIDERING HOW MUCH OF IT IS ACTUALLY LEFT
highways: ...
thor is having a bad day.*
“Loki, are you—” Thor starts, and stops, then he starts fidgeting with the lace edging of his white blouse. “Are you sure this is the only way to retrieve Mjolnir?”
“No, it isn’t the only way,” Loki admits, stepping back and crossing his arms, admiring his handiwork. “It is, however, the only way to get it back that doesn’t involve you rushing cocksure into Thrym’s palace and getting yourself killed.”
“I can handle Thrym and his men, with or without the power of—”
“Who was it that let him get your hammer in the first place?” Loki wonders. “While you were sleeping, was it? I’m afraid I don’t quite understand how this happened, exactly…” Which is a lie, as Loki was certainly present when he presented Mjolnir to Thrym personally. It’s all in good fun; Thor will have his weapon back by supper and Loki will have the memories of his brother in a wedding dress for the rest of his life.
Thor reddens and falls silent, scowling at the floor and muttering to himself.
“I thought so,” Loki says, grinning, and he holds out the long, glimmering (and quite opaque) veil he conjured up for just this occasion. “You’ll need this, if you don’t want Thrym to realize his bride isn’t half as beautiful as the rumors claim.”
Thor snatches the veil out of Loki’s hands. “Sometimes, Brother,” he grumbles, “I think you enjoy my suffering far too much.” He pulls the veil up over his head—completely incorrectly, of course, and the whole thing hangs crocked, draping over his shoulder and only across half his face.
“You think this is fun for me? I’m wounded.”
“You will be if you don’t wipe that smirk off your face.”
Loki doesn’t, though he does take pity, and he steps forward to help adjust the veil.
“The things I do for you,” he says.
*
edit and somehow that leads to this conversation:
highways: LOKI IS YOUR FAVORITE CHARACTER EVER IT SEEMShighways: RIGHT?thor: I DON'T TRICK MY SIBLINGS AND TRY AND GET THEM KILLED! :Dhighways: WOW YOU JUMPED TO THAT SO QUICKLYhighways: I WAS GOING TO MOVE THERE IN STEPSthor: I DON'T WASTE ANY TIMEthor: YOU SHOULDN'T EITHERthor: CONSIDERING HOW MUCH OF IT IS ACTUALLY LEFThighways: ...