"Heart & Mind" (2/?)
Title: Heart and Mind (2/?)
Author: jedimasterstar
Fandom: The Avengers (movie-verse)
Characters/Pairing: Tony Stark, female!Loki, the team, and others as the fic progresses
Rating: PG-13 (FRT)
Warning: Don't really have warnings as of yet, but that may change later
Word Count: 1,111 so far
Notes: This was done as part of multifan_gift for stray_alchemist. It's going to be a multi-chapter gift and would have posted sooner...if my USB drive hadn't got corrupted. Took me a while to reconstruct what I had and then I had to fill in what I was missing.
Summary: Loki has escaped from her prison on Asgard; yet the Avengers weren't prepared when Thor told them that Loki is permanently a woman. What happens when she decides that Tony would be her object of amusement. Non-romantic.
Chapters: One; Two
As it turned out, Tony could not get her out of his mind. Every time he tried, he just ended up thinking of her. He just did not know if it was just him, Loki manipulating his mind, or both. More than likely both when it came to him. He just wished he knew what she was up to. And what made it worse was that he had not heard from her or anything about her. That made him nervous. Yet he refused to let anyone know that he had encountered her. They would jump to too many different conclusions and he did not want that. “And they wonder why I don’t play well with others,” he thought as he continued to work on his suit.
And besides, what he did not need was for them to overreact. Especially Cap - the super soldier would keep a constant watch over him if he found out the trickster had her eye on the industrialist. Tony was okay with the Capsicle; but he did not need a babysitter. So he kept his mouth shut and told Jarvis to do the same. “You know, Stark, you are entirely too quiet,” said Clint Barton as he looked around the lab. The archer was currently bothering him right now because he thinks that he needs new arrow. Tony would have done it without anyone asking. But why ruin a reputation?
“Why say that?” asked the billionaire.
Clint shrugged. “You’re just are,” he replied. Tony knew that the archer was not the type to constantly nag verbally; but one can tell when he was worried if they knew what to look for. When worried about Tony, Clint was a bit more respectfully than most - he tended to observe first than come out with questions. Apparently, the time for observation was over. “Want to talk about it?” he asked.
Tony rolled his eyes. “Talking about it would be that something had to be bothering me. And at the moment, nothing is,” he lied smoothly. He was not too sure that the archer was going to accept it; but hopefully he would take the hint.
“Fine,” replied Clint as he went to the doors. “Just don’t try blowing us up trying to figure it out on your own.” And with that, he left, leaving the industrialist alone in his workshop. That was a little too easy, but Tony was not going to complain about it. He just wanted to be left alone at the moment.
***
It was not until the next day that he heard anything about her. Apparently, Loki had regained her ability to multiply herself, which made it very difficult for them to figure out which one of her is real. Even Thor, who was most used it, was having problems. Steve kept asking Tony if he could figure out a way to identify her. However, the inventor knew that magic was one concept that he had no idea how to detect - though it had crossed his mind to try once or twice before.
The battle lasted for about an hour, which made them suspicious that something else was going on. It turned out that they were right when Fury told them that an Air Force base armory was broken into and weapons were stolen. Yet, the evidence showed that it was not Loki who had broken in - that was not even her style. It thus left them with only one conclusion: that she was working with someone else. But who she was working with became the question.
Tony was happy to be back in his workshop after the debriefing. It was comforting to know that there was one place that was safe for him. “But how safe is it?” came a familiar voice.
He quickly spun around to see Loki leaning against a far wall. “Are you going to make this a tradition?” he asked.
She smiled. “Can’t an old friend come visit?” she asked as she walked towards him.
“Friends?” he scoffed as he stayed where he was. “You just tried to kill me.”
“That’s how I show my affection.”
“Could’ve fooled me.”
She laughed. “Oh, Stark,” she said as she began to play with the reactor again. “I do not fool. I play. It is so much fun to see you all try to figure things out.”
“We stopped you before,” he reminded her.
“Much to my regret. Yet, perhaps it was a good thing that you did,” she said. “Though it would have been interesting to see you imbeciles go up against him.”
Tony stared at her for a moment. “Him?” he asked. “Who are you talking about?”
Loki gave him a brilliant smile and replied, “That would be cheating. And I do not like to cheat. Figure it out on your own.” Leaning up, she gave him a teasing kiss before saying, “It can be part of our little game.”
She then disappeared, leaving a dumbstruck industrialist staring into thin air. “Jarvis?” he asked.
“She is gone as far as I can tell, sir,” the AI replied.
“Continue to not mention this.”
“As ordered.”
With that said, Tony left the workshop in order to take a shower. Yet again, he was having trouble getting the mischief maker out of his mind. “I’m so screwed,” he thought.
***
Off to Chapter 3!
Author: jedimasterstar
Fandom: The Avengers (movie-verse)
Characters/Pairing: Tony Stark, female!Loki, the team, and others as the fic progresses
Rating: PG-13 (FRT)
Warning: Don't really have warnings as of yet, but that may change later
Word Count: 1,111 so far
Notes: This was done as part of multifan_gift for stray_alchemist. It's going to be a multi-chapter gift and would have posted sooner...if my USB drive hadn't got corrupted. Took me a while to reconstruct what I had and then I had to fill in what I was missing.
Summary: Loki has escaped from her prison on Asgard; yet the Avengers weren't prepared when Thor told them that Loki is permanently a woman. What happens when she decides that Tony would be her object of amusement. Non-romantic.
Chapters: One; Two
As it turned out, Tony could not get her out of his mind. Every time he tried, he just ended up thinking of her. He just did not know if it was just him, Loki manipulating his mind, or both. More than likely both when it came to him. He just wished he knew what she was up to. And what made it worse was that he had not heard from her or anything about her. That made him nervous. Yet he refused to let anyone know that he had encountered her. They would jump to too many different conclusions and he did not want that. “And they wonder why I don’t play well with others,” he thought as he continued to work on his suit.
And besides, what he did not need was for them to overreact. Especially Cap - the super soldier would keep a constant watch over him if he found out the trickster had her eye on the industrialist. Tony was okay with the Capsicle; but he did not need a babysitter. So he kept his mouth shut and told Jarvis to do the same. “You know, Stark, you are entirely too quiet,” said Clint Barton as he looked around the lab. The archer was currently bothering him right now because he thinks that he needs new arrow. Tony would have done it without anyone asking. But why ruin a reputation?
“Why say that?” asked the billionaire.
Clint shrugged. “You’re just are,” he replied. Tony knew that the archer was not the type to constantly nag verbally; but one can tell when he was worried if they knew what to look for. When worried about Tony, Clint was a bit more respectfully than most - he tended to observe first than come out with questions. Apparently, the time for observation was over. “Want to talk about it?” he asked.
Tony rolled his eyes. “Talking about it would be that something had to be bothering me. And at the moment, nothing is,” he lied smoothly. He was not too sure that the archer was going to accept it; but hopefully he would take the hint.
“Fine,” replied Clint as he went to the doors. “Just don’t try blowing us up trying to figure it out on your own.” And with that, he left, leaving the industrialist alone in his workshop. That was a little too easy, but Tony was not going to complain about it. He just wanted to be left alone at the moment.
***
It was not until the next day that he heard anything about her. Apparently, Loki had regained her ability to multiply herself, which made it very difficult for them to figure out which one of her is real. Even Thor, who was most used it, was having problems. Steve kept asking Tony if he could figure out a way to identify her. However, the inventor knew that magic was one concept that he had no idea how to detect - though it had crossed his mind to try once or twice before.
The battle lasted for about an hour, which made them suspicious that something else was going on. It turned out that they were right when Fury told them that an Air Force base armory was broken into and weapons were stolen. Yet, the evidence showed that it was not Loki who had broken in - that was not even her style. It thus left them with only one conclusion: that she was working with someone else. But who she was working with became the question.
Tony was happy to be back in his workshop after the debriefing. It was comforting to know that there was one place that was safe for him. “But how safe is it?” came a familiar voice.
He quickly spun around to see Loki leaning against a far wall. “Are you going to make this a tradition?” he asked.
She smiled. “Can’t an old friend come visit?” she asked as she walked towards him.
“Friends?” he scoffed as he stayed where he was. “You just tried to kill me.”
“That’s how I show my affection.”
“Could’ve fooled me.”
She laughed. “Oh, Stark,” she said as she began to play with the reactor again. “I do not fool. I play. It is so much fun to see you all try to figure things out.”
“We stopped you before,” he reminded her.
“Much to my regret. Yet, perhaps it was a good thing that you did,” she said. “Though it would have been interesting to see you imbeciles go up against him.”
Tony stared at her for a moment. “Him?” he asked. “Who are you talking about?”
Loki gave him a brilliant smile and replied, “That would be cheating. And I do not like to cheat. Figure it out on your own.” Leaning up, she gave him a teasing kiss before saying, “It can be part of our little game.”
She then disappeared, leaving a dumbstruck industrialist staring into thin air. “Jarvis?” he asked.
“She is gone as far as I can tell, sir,” the AI replied.
“Continue to not mention this.”
“As ordered.”
With that said, Tony left the workshop in order to take a shower. Yet again, he was having trouble getting the mischief maker out of his mind. “I’m so screwed,” he thought.
***
Off to Chapter 3!