{"id":35500,"date":"2012-07-31T08:53:05","date_gmt":"2012-07-31T08:53:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/2012\/07\/31\/drinkin-with-the-god-of-mischief-4\/"},"modified":"2012-07-31T08:53:05","modified_gmt":"2012-07-31T08:53:05","slug":"drinkin-with-the-god-of-mischief-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/2012\/07\/31\/drinkin-with-the-god-of-mischief-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Drinkin’ with the God of Mischief"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u201cD-don\u2019t,\u201d she managed, once the seizure had run its course. \u201cC-can feel that too. Ah god it \/hurts\/!\u201d Biting her lip, she strained against a resurgence, fists clenched. \u201c\u2018s not your fault, L-loki. I called it \u2026 t-to me. Should have ex\u2014expected this.\u201d Every breath shuddered in and out, shaped by force of will.<\/p>\n

Finally, finally, the spasms ran their course, and she sagged against him, limp and aching. \u201cI\u2019m sorry you had to see that,\u201d she whispered.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

His hands reached out towards her face, shaking a bit. \u00a0He pulled them back to hide that unfortunate weakness. \u00a0\u201dNo, I should not have involved you in my\u2026\u201d he shook his head. \u00a0\u201dPlease\u2026what can I do?\u201d he asked quietly. \u00a0Helplessness was not something he could tolerate.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Summer rolled her shoulders, trying to ease the lingering ache. \u201cAre you good enough to give me a massage? I\u2019ll beg, if you want. Gods, OW.\u201d A swift circling of her head on her neck yielding a series of pops and a sigh of relief. \u201cAnd don\u2019t let me hear you telling me what to choose again. I could have let you go. Remember that, and don\u2019t say you involved me.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf nothing else, please just hold me for a moment, and let me pretend you care.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Loki said nothing to that, only frowned. \u00a0For some unknown reason, he was bothered by his reputation; that was a first.<\/p>\n

Careful hands worked over her shoulders, down her back, gently gathering her hair out of the way, and then he was holding her to him, quietly. \u00a0Like it or not, he had involved her. \u00a0And he had been involved with worse.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Summer stifled whimpers when he hit particularly sore points, burying her face in his chest. After a moment, she came back up for air, and murmured, \u201cLet me guess. You think I said that because of who you are.\u201d Her voice was a little raspy, a little tired. \u201cYou think, because you\u2019re the \u2018God of Lies\u2019,\u201d the quote marks were audible, \u201cI believe you can\u2019t care.\u201d<\/p>\n

Suddenly, she was hugging him, fiercely. \u201cDid I not say, about your light? Of course you can care.\u201d Muffled against him, she added, very low, \u201cBut no one cares about a firechild.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cWhy ever not?\u201d he said, pulling back and looking her in the eye. \u00a0\u201dWhy shouldn\u2019t I?\u201d \u00a0He felt all at once very out of control. \u00a0Was that dawn, fading in behind the sky? \u00a0 \u201cMy lady\u2026\u201d He stepped away, paced anxiously as he smoothed his features back under control.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

“No!” She flung herself down on the beanbag. “Don’t call me that. Don’t ever. I’m not a lady. I’m not special. You wanted company, you wanted to play at desire, and that was fine, okay. Don’t play with my emotions. I’ll give you desire, I’ll give you mischief, hell, I’ll even drive off your monsters, but don’t \/play\/ with my heart, mister.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

lokilaufeyyson: i-am-the-firechild: lokilaufeyyson: i-am-the-firechild: lokilaufeyyson: i-am-the-firechild: \u201cD-don\u2019t,\u201d she managed, once the seizure had run its course. \u201cC-can feel that too. Ah god it \/hurts\/!\u201d Biting her lip, she strained against a resurgence, fists clenched. \u201c\u2018s not your fault, L-loki. I called it \u2026 t-to me. Should have ex\u2014expected this.\u201d Every breath shuddered in and out, … Continue reading Drinkin’ with the God of Mischief<\/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":[10,4024,4496],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35500"}],"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=35500"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35500\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}