Something Special.
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teofseTitle: Something Special.
Author: Teofse
Fandom: MCU
Pairing: Loki/Tony
Characters: Loki, Tony Stark
Rating: G.
Word count: 631
Disclaimer: These characters belong to Marvel (both comics and movies). No money is being made out of this work.
A/N: Unbetaed. Post Avengers AU, disregards Iron Man 3 and Thor: TDW. This is the next installment of my adventdrabbles 2014 series No Time For Sentiment. Prompt 19: Christmas card portrait.
Summary: We look happy enough to burst. I had to take this one shot and make it into something special. Something we can keep and look at with a smile on our faces many years from now.”
Something Special.
Loki hadn't understood what his mortal meant when he'd told him that he'd used 'a shot' he'd taken from J.A.R.V.I.S' security feed to create a Christmas card portrait of them, 'just to have it, you know?' Now he sat atop the very same couch featured on the front of the card he held and stared at the laughing image of the two of them with something so akin to glowing pride that his gut tightened with the fierceness of the emotion.
“You took this from our first date.” He said softly, using his slender forefinger to trace the contours of Anthony's hot cocoa mustache. Their drinks had been topped with a generous amount of whipped cream and they both had ended up sporting ridiculous amounts of it above their top lip. The 'foam' looked strangely out of place in the picture, a white touch of old age marring the giggling carelessness of youth. “No wonder I laughed so much, you looked totally silly.”
“Hey! Your mustache was as silly as mine and I wasn't the one who ended with cream on the tip of his nose, was I?”
“I thought you liked my 'cream-touched nose.' You certainly enjoyed kissing it clean well enough, if I remember correctly.” Loki said teasingly as he laid the portrait card on the top of his knees and watched Tony's fingertip run over their smiling faces with inexplicable reverence.
“It was fun, wasn't it? We look happy enough to burst. I had to take this one shot and make it into something special. Something we can keep and look at with a smile on our faces many years from now.”
Loki blinked and stared with dawning realization at his mortal's reddening cheeks, losing himself in those earnest amber eyes that were trying to tell him something very important without using the right words at all.
“That's the most convoluted way I've ever heard to tell someone you want long-term commitment.”
The engineer's lips quirked upwards, relieved amusement swiftly replacing the momentary bout of self-consciousness of a mere second ago.
“And that's the most straightforwards way I've ever seen anyone use to side-step the big L-word. “
Loki fidgeted on the couch but his slowly widening gaze remained riveted to his mortal's grinning features. A million butterflies chose that second to start dancing in the pit of his stomach and his heart began to pound wildly as he forced his dry lips apart and whispered uncertainly:
“You avoided it first. I didn't want to... presume.”
Tony shifted forwards on the cushions, right hand raising to cradle Loki's cheek with a tenderness that shook him before the gentlest of all kisses was placed on his brow like a soul-born benediction.
“I don't want to spook you, snowflake. Tell me now, if you think I'm going too fast, and I'll save what I'm trying to say for a better time.”
Loki's breath caught in his throat. His agitated pulse thundered in his ears and his eyes widened even further, unconsciously exposing both the beautiful hope and the terrible fear that had begun to wage the fiercest of battles in the back of his mind.
“I don't spook easily.” He whispered hoarsely and all but melted under the onslaught of the sweet kiss he received for his efforts.
“I love you, snowflake. I'd like to add another crazy Christmas card portrait to our lovely stack of one this time next year. And the one afterwards. And the one after that, if possible.”
It took Loki at least three tries to swallow past the lump lodged in the middle of his throat, but he smiled when he managed it and his eyes shone bright and delighted when he murmured his answer:
“Of course it's possible, Anthony. I love you, too, silly mortal.”
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on 2014-12-21 09:08 pm (UTC)I'm glad you're still enjoying this story. Thanks, as always, for taking the time to both read and review it. :)
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on 2014-12-20 05:53 am (UTC)And their cocoa mustaches sound adorable! :)
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on 2014-12-21 09:09 pm (UTC)