Incursions | Loki x Fem!Reader

10. Safety nets

"Oh my Natasha,"  Nino screamed as she ran back into the kitchen to see you and Loki embracing each other. She didn't care since she was far more excited to show you both what she had found, "Babes, Loki, look what I found!"

In her hand, a sage green semicircular hoop was being waved around, and when her hand came to a halt, her smile was wide and you understood her excitement. It was a little sage green cat ear headphones. "I found it in the trash, and it still works, look it's playing doja cat on Spotify!"

She pointed to her phone, where the Bluetooth was turned on and her favourite artist was playing. You laughed, pulling away from Loki, and didn't notice his disappointment when your touch left his body. He paid attention to Nino then, seeing that you were interested in it. "What's Spotify and why do these listening devices have triangles on top? They look like cat ears-"

"Because they are cat-ears, my little misguided prince," Nino barked, "Spotify is a streaming app to listen to music and we have cat ears on our headphones because humans are homosexuals."

"That made no sense but alright," Loki nodded his head in confusion. "Well-"

"You know what, Loki?" The brown woman interrupted the god again, "Keep the headphones."

And she dumped them in his hand, and began to collect her things to leave for home. You started giggling at the thought of Loki wearing the headphones and he immediately furrowed his brows together and looked at you with a kiddish frown, "Why are you laughing?"

"Nothing," you lied.

"Oh, are you laughing at me?" He asked, looking quite offended. Honestly, you couldn't help but find Loki absolutely adorable when he was soft.

"No, Loki," you tidied up your uniform and made your way to your bag, "Let's go home. I'll teach you how to use Spotify on the way back."

\-/

"Fuck," you groaned. You and Loki had just returned home and when you sat down on your couch, your spine cracked as you stretched.

"Wait, what's an equaliser?," Loki sighed, moving towards the kitchen, his belly hungry for food. It was lunchtime so his hunger was reasonably explained. His second-hand phone was scrolling through his Spotify settings, discovering the app's features. Your guidance on the way home was just turning off his explicit search filter so he could play a wider range of music. He checked the fridge while waiting for your answer, but only found two slices of brown bread and some stale corn beef. He groaned. How was your fridge raided in one night?

"I'll teach you how to adjust it if you put on the headphones." You bargained. You couldn't wait to see Loki wearing them- hopefully, it would be just like the art you saw a couple of weeks ago.

"Okay, but give me a song to play, and some food to eat."

"You're so stupid, the food's in the microwave," you placed your head into your hands, and then stood up to get you and Loki your meals, "Nino steals my food so I have to hide it from them sometimes."

You carefully got out a plate with two burgers and one pack of fries and placed it on the tiny kitchen table, pulling two chairs from the living room to be your seats. "Sit with me, let's make a playlist while I show you how to use the equaliser."

"For my Loki?" he asked, watching you name your playlist with his name. My Loki. He blushed and Loki felt his heart twist around in his chest, a warm aura surrounding him. He leaned in closer to you, just to feel a bit more comfortable, praying that you wouldn't feel his staggered breathing on your shoulder. "Where did you get that picture of me from?"

He snatched your phone to see the cover you had put on for your playlist, his face turned to horror as he saw a picture of himself with a little nose scrunch. How did you even get that picture?