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[thirtythird]

I'm glad to hear it. [That's the target audience sorted, after all.] Still. One can always improve.

[Which, well. He tugs the god's hand to his lips for a moment, pressing a kiss to Loki's knuckles.]

Ample opportunity for practice, now.

[dothelokimotion]

[ a low chuckle. ]

And what would this practice entail?

[thirtythird]

Not making an immediate, frightful mess of our room, to start.

[That's a nice phrase to test on his lips. It tastes quite sweet.]

[dothelokimotion]

As if I would ever allow that.

[thirtythird]

You'll be patient with me?

[dothelokimotion]

. . . Of course.

[thirtythird]

[Now that is love.

Certainly enough to prompt a pleased chuckle as William ducks to press a kiss to his husband's shoulder.]

I'll gather my things, then.

[dothelokimotion]

Do you require any help?

[ it feels customary to ask. ]

[thirtythird]

Only the light of your presence, darling.

[dothelokimotion]

[ loki huffs, even if the corner of his ears are a little pink. ]

I doubt it'll make the job that much easier to bear.

[thirtythird]

My pulse, you could turn into a tiger and your presence would still ease my burden.

[And, you know. Weirdly all the sci fi peril hasn't really nudged the bar of tigers being the Hecking Worst in his opinion.]

[dothelokimotion]

[ a low hum. ]

Maybe not a tiger — [ because he can sense that would unnerve william. ] — but I am a shape-shifter. If there is a shape you wish to see, it is not a hardship.

[thirtythird]

What should I wish to see but you at your most comfortable, darling?

[dothelokimotion]

[ william probably didn't mean for that to be thought-provoking but loki pauses over it all the time. when is he at his most comfortable? loki is a chameleon boy, always shifting in some way to suit the situation.

when is he truly himself? like this? or as a jotun? what is he most comfortable with?

finally, loki puts it aside. he'll have to think about it later. ]

Then I shall be myself.

[thirtythird]

[Always interesting to see where the edges he didn't (couldn't?) understand were. Always interesting to wonder what Loki was wondering in any given moment of quiet.]

Good. [A shift, from holding hands to holding arms, snug and comfortable, as he gently tugs them toward his-- well. Old room.] Whatever it means in a moment, hm?

[dothelokimotion]

[ he smiles. ]

It does vary from moment to moment.

[thirtythird]

Then I hope you'll always be as you best wish to be, love.

[If only here. If only in the comfort of this unconditional acceptance and devotion.

And maybe, if they're lucky, beyond that.]

[dothelokimotion]

[ always is such a long time. but loki merely hums, not willing to be pessimistic in view of such a statement. ]

One can hope.

[thirtythird]

I always do--and look where it's got me.

[There's no hiding the absolute delight he feels about being exactly here. Stolen from his reality isn't ideal, but married to someone he loves beyond reason and about to settle into something akin to a little home of their own?

He's over the moon.]

[dothelokimotion]

[ loki thinks he's netted far more than william has in this. but that's really his self-esteem talking. ]

Perhaps it'll go far.

[ further than loki realized before. ]

[thirtythird]

Farther than an unknown corner of the universe?

[dothelokimotion]

[ a small huff. ]

The universe is vast.

[thirtythird]

All the luckier to have found you, then.

[dothelokimotion]

[ lucky . . . perhaps there is a sort of luck to it. loki fell through time and space and all he remembered was the emptiness. ]

Yes. That seems to be the right word for it.

[thirtythird]

It certainly is for me. [A tight squeeze of fingers.] We'll see if it remains so for you once I've stolen all the blankets one too many nights.