Tiny Mortal

"Y/N!" Thor yells to you as you walk down the hall.

"My hearing was not impacted, Thor. No need to yell," you smile at Thor so he knows that you're not angry.

Thor nods, a little embarrassed, "Noted. It has been nearly two weeks. How are you feeling?"

You and Thor start walking, "I'm on my way to Bruce now for a new wrap on my arm."

"It is healing well?" he takes a quick look when you hold-up your arm a little.

You run your hand down the wrapping, which goes from your elbow to your wrist, "Bruce says about another week, and then I'm no longer a mummy."

Thor instantly stops walking, "Are you and Loki expecting an offspring?!"

"What? No! Why would yo..." You bite your tongue to prevent your laughter, and take out your phone. "Here," you type in the word 'mummy' into Google to show Thor an example of what you meant.

"Ah! It looks like the paper of toilets!" Thor scrolls with one finger. "Well, your healing is amazing news!"

"There you are!" Pepper gets your attention now that you've reached the main room. "Y/N, can you help me with Morgan's bag here?"

"Of course," Thor hands you your phone back. "Catch you later, Thunder. We can watch 'The Mummy' later. They made a movie."

Thor pats you on the back before heading to training.

At the same time, Loki heads to the Med Bay where you had told him you would be, "Darling, I..."

Morgan is sitting at Tony's side in his bed, reading to him, while he lays sedated, "Oh, hello!"

Loki looks around the room for you confused, "Hello...Tiny Mortal."

"Mortal? No, my name is Morgan," she closes the book.

"I was not implying that Mortal was your name," Loki checks behind the door. "I was..."

"Wait...YOU'RE UNCLE LOKI!" Morgan cuts him off, eyes wide, jumping off of the bed.

Loki frowns, "I beg your pard...?"

Morgan runs-up and hugs Loki's legs, "You're very tall, Uncle Loki."

Loki's arms hover above Morgan, not making contact, "I...yes, I suppose I am. Though, one might argue that you are quite short, Tiny Mortal."

Morgan looks-up, still wrapped around Loki, "I'm only 5, Uncle Loki."

Loki hums, "And do you know how old I am?"

You've made your way to Tony's room, and have seen most of the interaction going on as you stand in the doorway, behind Loki.

Morgan stares at Loki for a second thinking, "Uhhhhhm..." And then her eyes meet yours when she glances to the side of Loki's legs, "Y/N! Look, your Loki came back!" 

You squat when Morgan detaches herself from him, now to hug you, "He is. And now you've got to meet him as well."

Morgan spins back to Loki, "You know, Y/N really missed you."

Your heart sinks and you blink back tears, "Hey." You put your hand lightly on Morgan's shoulder, "Why don't you get the drawing you did and wait for us in the living room." 

"Ok!" She runs back to Loki and hugs his legs again before grabbing her book. "Nice to meet you, Uncle Loki!"

Loki pats her head and Morgan takes off. The air between you is quiet for a few seconds, "Morgan stated that she is 5 years of age."

You nod and check on Tony's monitors, "Morgan is Tony and Pepper's daughter."

Loki takes your elbow to turn you to him, "5 years. That means that I was gone fo...?"

You look down and grind your teeth to stop from crying.

Loki says no more and just pulls you the rest of the way into him, holding your head against his chest, just under his chin.

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A few days later, you're in the Med Bay, this time with Bruce, "Your arm is fine. Just apply some of this cream after a shower. It'll lessen the healing time."

"Thanks," you finish rubbing in the lotion you just put on, but cannot help but notice that Tony's arm is still about 5 times redder than yours.

Bruce sees your gaze, "He'll need some physical therapy to gain full movement again, but Tony won't lose his arm."

You nod and then check his heart monitor again.

"According to the readings, Tony will wake-up Y/N," Bruce continues.

You take a deep breath to regain some composure, "I should go and rescue Loki from Morgan for a bit."

You're just about at the door, when Bruce hands you a paper, "Oh, give this to Loki for me? I meant to earlier when he was here."

"Earlier today?" you open the paper and start reading.

"Yes?" Bruce says with a confused tone. "Loki's been coming in every morning and healing another layer of Tony's skin on his arm. Those are the progression results he asked for."

You keep reading, seeing the percentage of damaged skin decreasing, "Loki's been...?"

Bruce has stepped back to keep working, "He's actually been quite helpful, but don't tell him that." He makes sure to tell you. "Though, mind you, that was after Loki calling what we have 'Mediocre Midguardian Medicine."

You laugh, "Yup. That sounds like Loki." You fold the paper back up, "I'll give it to him. Thank you, Bruce."

You head back to the main room, to Morgan handing another drawing to Loki, "Is this better?"

Loki puts on a serious face, "Hm. Better than the last attempt, yes. However, the horns still need to be longer."

"You said that last time, Uncle Loki, and I made them bigger!" Morgan points to the paper.

Clint walking by leans over Loki's shoulder to see, "Not big enough for Loki's ego, kid."

Loki glares at Clint over his shoulder.

"Eeeeeego. What's an ego?" Morgan asks.

"That will be tomorrow's lesson. Now, you have work to do," Loki uses magic to give Morgan a new piece of paper, while also making his helmet appear on his head.

You walk-in and stand behind Loki.

"Y/N, look at Uncle Loki's hat!" she motions.

"It is not a hat, it is a..." Loki corrects.

"I know! AND, it's great for steering," you put each hand on one of the horns and pretend to drive.

"Right," Loki quickly takes off his helmet and gives you a look before going back to Morgan. "Tiny Mortal, I am going to provide you with the most important task in the realms." Loki hands Morgan his helmet carefully, "Do not let anyone else put their hands on this. I will return for it shortly."

Morgan nods and wraps her arms around it.

Loki gets even more serious, "And if any soul should try to take it from you, I will ki..."

"Loki!" you stop his sentence before he can finish. "A word."

Loki looks at you and grunts, "...KINDLY...tell them that I had left it under your watchful eye." He follows you onto the balcony.

Author's Note: One more part to go and then an Epilogue! Can't believe this story is double the length of my others! I really enjoyed writing this chapter, so I hope you enjoyed reading it as well! There's a part in here that wasn't on TikTok ;) And also, two parts posted this close to one another?? Maybe I'll even post the next part sooner than later x