All the details are hardly necessary at this point of getting to know one another. Natasha's still trying to figure out the ins and outs of her own state at this point of time and why she finds it so impossibly easy to let down certain walls around Loki that she naturally doesn't even lower around many of her closer friends. There are times when some see the softer side, and where she might harbor desires to let go of the anchors of guilt that still tie her to her past most of the time, and yet Nat never quite finds herself at that moment, not like she has here.
Perhaps it is as she says, both her and Loki have been through several things that have darkened their souls, and it is quite likely they'd never make it past the scales of Anubis, if that was ever the road to their underworld. Maybe, this is why Natasha finds comfort in her position tucked up so close to Loki with the crackle and roar of the fire in front of them. There's a coffee table for Loki's feet to settle across, which Natasha has always maintained was the whole reason she placed it there. Drinks and feet are the perfect things to rest on a table in front of a couch, if not there, then where?
"I find that a novel full of trash is exactly what I need when I can't turn my brain off from a mission, or a problem I can't solve. I let it run in the background while two characters live their lives and many times by book's end, I have what I need solved, and am more relaxed." She smiled and took a sip of the rich Scotch. It was perfect for the evening, sliding down to curl and warm in her stomach.
What Loki says next truly surprises Natasha in a way she's not used to being surprised. She would have thought that Loki had friends before now. It turns her heart over in compassion, because a part of her understands it as well. What were the Avengers if not her first real friends. With his arm around her, she moves to push herself up the space needed to kiss the side of his neck softly, a bare brush of lips.
"You've surprised me tonight Loki, and very few people ever do that." She says softly. "Friendship is a wonderful gift. I found it with the Avengers the first time, and I am happy that you've found it, and that it's been responsible for this.." Turning in his arms, she moves up on her knees to swipe her thumb along the side of his eyes, and then the corners of his lips. Each touch she follows with a soft, careful touch of her lips, until she reaches his mouth and there she pauses, looking him in the eyes before leaning in to kiss him lightly.
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Perhaps it is as she says, both her and Loki have been through several things that have darkened their souls, and it is quite likely they'd never make it past the scales of Anubis, if that was ever the road to their underworld. Maybe, this is why Natasha finds comfort in her position tucked up so close to Loki with the crackle and roar of the fire in front of them. There's a coffee table for Loki's feet to settle across, which Natasha has always maintained was the whole reason she placed it there. Drinks and feet are the perfect things to rest on a table in front of a couch, if not there, then where?
"I find that a novel full of trash is exactly what I need when I can't turn my brain off from a mission, or a problem I can't solve. I let it run in the background while two characters live their lives and many times by book's end, I have what I need solved, and am more relaxed." She smiled and took a sip of the rich Scotch. It was perfect for the evening, sliding down to curl and warm in her stomach.
What Loki says next truly surprises Natasha in a way she's not used to being surprised. She would have thought that Loki had friends before now. It turns her heart over in compassion, because a part of her understands it as well. What were the Avengers if not her first real friends. With his arm around her, she moves to push herself up the space needed to kiss the side of his neck softly, a bare brush of lips.
"You've surprised me tonight Loki, and very few people ever do that." She says softly. "Friendship is a wonderful gift. I found it with the Avengers the first time, and I am happy that you've found it, and that it's been responsible for this.." Turning in his arms, she moves up on her knees to swipe her thumb along the side of his eyes, and then the corners of his lips. Each touch she follows with a soft, careful touch of her lips, until she reaches his mouth and there she pauses, looking him in the eyes before leaning in to kiss him lightly.