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gadgeteerphilanthropist<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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mischiefandflyte<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Loki freezes, taken aback. He can\u2019t exactly pale, but his eyes are even more stark against his skin, boring into Summer\u2019s face. How can she know? He isn\u2019t yet ready for Tony to know; how much this sanctuary has come to mean; why he came here first; the unexpected solace he\u2019s found in their admittedly-brief encounters. Any of it.<\/p>\n

Her expression makes him think that this is a pivot point \u2014 if he cannot be honest, he will have to walk away. Tony\u2019s is no better, wary and closed. He draws away from Summer, coming to his feet. Unconsciously, his arms wrap around himself. \u201cI care for you,\u201d he manages, eyes closing against rejection.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Tony pauses, gradually loosening up again, caution unwinding.\u00a0 He supposes he could chalk it up to the God of Lies being convincing, but this is also the same god whose shoulder he metaphorically cried on after Dummy\u2019s departure, and who told him about Thanos in return.\u00a0 So he finds himself more than willing to believe the statement, though he\u2019s pretty sure it\u2019s an understatement at the moment.<\/p>\n

He slides Summer a glance, gauging whether or not she accepts the answer, and then takes Loki\u2019s chin to guide him down the few inches.\u00a0 The kiss is brief, and more or less chaste, but he figures it\u2019s answer enough.\u00a0 He\u2019s never been great at actually saying how he feels; even with Summer it had just sort of\u2026slipped out.\u00a0 Still, his tone is mildly amused as he says, \u201cWell, that\u2019s good.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Summer lets out a long, slow breath, watching the two of them. It wasn’t the whole truth, but it wasn’t the outright lie he’d spoken before. “Okay.” She nods, locking her fingers together. “Then I’m good. Whatever happens, then, between me and Loki, it’s good.” A smile crooks her lips as Tony kisses Loki, and then she hops up, grinning outright, and tries to worm her way in between them. “Share,” she demands.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

gadgeteerphilanthropist: mischiefandflyte: Loki freezes, taken aback. He can\u2019t exactly pale, but his eyes are even more stark against his skin, boring into Summer\u2019s face. How can she know? He isn\u2019t yet ready for Tony to know; how much this sanctuary has come to mean; why he came here first; the unexpected solace he\u2019s found in … Continue reading <\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[199,1514,3619],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30624"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30624"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30624\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}