"Heart & Mind" (3/?)
Title: Heart and Mind (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
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
She visited quite a bit after that. Tony could not figure out if Loki was just plain bored or had something else in mind - though he figured it could be both. Yet, all she did was talked…and flirt, though he was sure she was trying to seduce him. “Tony? Are you alright?” came the voice of Bruce Banner. He and Tony were currently working on a way to track Loki. And considering that no one knew the industrialist was already talking to her, Tony knew that this would probably not end well.
“I’m fine,” chimed the billionaire - the same line he had been giving everyone who asked.
“So why do I not believe that.”
Tony groaned. Only Bruce would be able to say that to him and not make it sound terrible. “Nothing to worry about,” he said, never once looking up at the fellow scientist. The other man just shook his head and went back to work.
Yet the peace would not last for long. Apparently Bruce was not the only one concerned about him. “What’s going on?” asked Steve Rogers as he walked purposefully into the lab. Bruce had already left to check on a few things, leaving Tony to continue to program. Now the billionaire wished that he was still here.
Sighing, the industrialist looked up at the super soldier and answered, “Why can’t anyone take the answer ‘I’m fine’? It would be so much easier.”
“Considering that you’re lying to us?”
“I’m not lying.” Well, sort of. But Tony was not going to admit that. He just did not want to give Rogers the satisfaction of proving him wrong. The billionaire and the captain still had a rocky friendship - if a person wanted to call it that - considering that Rogers still held Howard Stark in high esteem, refusing to believe that he became the man Tony remembered. “Denial is such a disease,” thought Tony.
“You are. You need to tell us what is going on.”
“I can’t tell what’s going on since nothing is going on.”
“Damn it, Stark! For all I know, you’re endangering us with staying silent about whatever it is.”
“I doubt it is.” Yet.
Rogers glared at him before turning around. “Fury is getting suspicious. He’s ordered us to find out what you are hiding. It would be better to tell us than for everyone to find out the hard way,” the captain told him before walking out.
Tony sighed. “Great, now I have to deal with Fury,” he thought. He hated to deal with the S.H.I.E.L.D. director - he dealt with him more than he liked - but now he had to make sure that Fury never found out. “I hate my life,” he muttered as he turned back to the computer.
“It’s not so bad,” came a musical voice.
Groaning, he said, “You’re making me look suspicious.”
Loki smiled and replied, “I thought you liked that persona.” He looked up at her, giving her the best glare that he could. She must have found it amusing because she laughed. “Come on, Stark,” she said. “If you are going to glare at me, put more effort into it.”
“What do you want now?”
He watched as her face shifted slightly, as if she was deciding if she wanted to tell him. “I have to admit that your little argument with Captain Rogers was quite amusing,” she replied.
“You saw that?” asked Tony, wondering how he missed noticing her. He has spotted her every time before.
“You were to focused on the argument while the captain is too feeble-minded to notice anything unusual,” replied Loki. “I knew that you were keeping my visits a secret. But I did not know to what extent.”
“You’re my problem,” he said as he turned his attention back to his computer.
She smiled. “I’m more than a problem,” she said. “But you will be having bigger problems before long. I’ll be the least of your worries.”
Confused, he looked up and asked, “What are you talking about?” But she was gone. Tony shook his head. “Damn woman,” he muttered.
“I agree with that,” came a familiar voice. Startled, Tony looked up to see Bruce standing in the doorway. “That was not what I was expecting,” said the surprised scientist.
“Loki, I hate you,” mumbled the industrialist as he began to figure out ways to explain this.
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
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
She visited quite a bit after that. Tony could not figure out if Loki was just plain bored or had something else in mind - though he figured it could be both. Yet, all she did was talked…and flirt, though he was sure she was trying to seduce him. “Tony? Are you alright?” came the voice of Bruce Banner. He and Tony were currently working on a way to track Loki. And considering that no one knew the industrialist was already talking to her, Tony knew that this would probably not end well.
“I’m fine,” chimed the billionaire - the same line he had been giving everyone who asked.
“So why do I not believe that.”
Tony groaned. Only Bruce would be able to say that to him and not make it sound terrible. “Nothing to worry about,” he said, never once looking up at the fellow scientist. The other man just shook his head and went back to work.
Yet the peace would not last for long. Apparently Bruce was not the only one concerned about him. “What’s going on?” asked Steve Rogers as he walked purposefully into the lab. Bruce had already left to check on a few things, leaving Tony to continue to program. Now the billionaire wished that he was still here.
Sighing, the industrialist looked up at the super soldier and answered, “Why can’t anyone take the answer ‘I’m fine’? It would be so much easier.”
“Considering that you’re lying to us?”
“I’m not lying.” Well, sort of. But Tony was not going to admit that. He just did not want to give Rogers the satisfaction of proving him wrong. The billionaire and the captain still had a rocky friendship - if a person wanted to call it that - considering that Rogers still held Howard Stark in high esteem, refusing to believe that he became the man Tony remembered. “Denial is such a disease,” thought Tony.
“You are. You need to tell us what is going on.”
“I can’t tell what’s going on since nothing is going on.”
“Damn it, Stark! For all I know, you’re endangering us with staying silent about whatever it is.”
“I doubt it is.” Yet.
Rogers glared at him before turning around. “Fury is getting suspicious. He’s ordered us to find out what you are hiding. It would be better to tell us than for everyone to find out the hard way,” the captain told him before walking out.
Tony sighed. “Great, now I have to deal with Fury,” he thought. He hated to deal with the S.H.I.E.L.D. director - he dealt with him more than he liked - but now he had to make sure that Fury never found out. “I hate my life,” he muttered as he turned back to the computer.
“It’s not so bad,” came a musical voice.
Groaning, he said, “You’re making me look suspicious.”
Loki smiled and replied, “I thought you liked that persona.” He looked up at her, giving her the best glare that he could. She must have found it amusing because she laughed. “Come on, Stark,” she said. “If you are going to glare at me, put more effort into it.”
“What do you want now?”
He watched as her face shifted slightly, as if she was deciding if she wanted to tell him. “I have to admit that your little argument with Captain Rogers was quite amusing,” she replied.
“You saw that?” asked Tony, wondering how he missed noticing her. He has spotted her every time before.
“You were to focused on the argument while the captain is too feeble-minded to notice anything unusual,” replied Loki. “I knew that you were keeping my visits a secret. But I did not know to what extent.”
“You’re my problem,” he said as he turned his attention back to his computer.
She smiled. “I’m more than a problem,” she said. “But you will be having bigger problems before long. I’ll be the least of your worries.”
Confused, he looked up and asked, “What are you talking about?” But she was gone. Tony shook his head. “Damn woman,” he muttered.
“I agree with that,” came a familiar voice. Startled, Tony looked up to see Bruce standing in the doorway. “That was not what I was expecting,” said the surprised scientist.
“Loki, I hate you,” mumbled the industrialist as he began to figure out ways to explain this.