headcanon that the og6 avengers used to regularly go to elementary schools and give presentations about being superheroes. It was Happy’s idea because he thought it would be fun for kids and give the avengers more good press.

Steve always volunteered to read the mandated slideshow about superheroes very enthusiastically

Nat would be making silly faces at the kids during the slideshow presentation so they wouldn’t be bored

Tony would always step up after the presentation and go, “that was stupid but thanks cap, who’s ready for demonstrations?” and shoot his blasters at the box/folder/whatever labeled ‘homework’ and completely destroy it. “Thank me later,” he said

Bruce would then awkwardly declare “it’s free time now! Show us what you’re working on!” when he saw the teacher’s devastated face as they stared at the pile of ash where their homework folder used to be. Then all the kids would rush up and grab the Avenger’s hands and show them their art pictures and science projects and ask them questions. Somehow Bruce always ended up helping multiple kids with their worksheets, and sometimes those same kids would send him letters and say “i got a A+ on miy mutipcashun homewrk thak u mr. Baner” and Bruce felt really happy he helped the kids understand things.

Thor always got a lot of questions about what his hammer was for, and somehow that led to him putting the hammer down and offering to let the kids try and pick it up. “Tommy do not be discouraged, it takes an incredible warrior to lift this hammer, I have no doubt someday you will be that warrior.” “Abby thou are the most courageous maiden I have ever had the pleasure of meeting (besides my dear companion Lady Sif) for you did not let one failed try defeat you.” “Have faith in thyself, Alex, do not let anyone discourage you from trying new things.” “Children, just because you were unable to lift the hammer today does not mean you are unworthy, do not give up! Like thy comrade Abby, thou must give many attempts at things in life.”

Clint would wander around with the kids and compliment their art work and science projects and every other minute he was pulling a piece of candy out of his pocket and giving it to a kid. the next thing that you knew each kid had ended up with a pile of candy as big as their head. The other avengers were always baffled because where did he keep all this candy??? surely it couldn’t all fit in his pocket??? but clint never gave away his secret.

welldressedandfandolobsesed:

Post-Endgame domestic headcannons

• everyone lives
• Steve and Bucky move into a little brownstone in Brooklyn
• and of course Bucky quickly forced Steve to adopt a cat he doesn’t want(Alpine)
• Bucky also starts teaching kids self-defence at a martial arts studio
• when Bucky has lessons Steve will come to and either watch him(sometimes assisting him for examples) or he goes to the café next door where he quickly befriends the workers
• specifically a bisexual goth college kid who is doing her best to teach him modern things
• let’s say when the team gets together they are very confused by the 90+ year old referencing gen z things
• Nat moves in with her sister a few blocks from Steve and Bucky
• Nat trains Yelena to take over her position in a newly public S.H.I.E.L.D
• Nat countines to work with her parents to track down former widows
• the dominio effect cause her two families to meet
• let’s say the rest of the team is very shocked
• Sam buys a new apartment closest to the new S.H.I.E.L.D
• he makes sure it had an extra bedroom just in case any superhero’s need to crash
• it ends up bring Wanda and Vision for a few months while their Westview house is being built
• Peter and Aunt May spend weekends at Stark cabin along with Harley who once bring undusted applied to M.I.T
• Needless to say Tony is happy to see his two sons bonding
• After the battle Bruce completely a banded his professor Hulk form and moved to New Asgard with Thor and Loki
• Thor still gives the king position to Valkerye
• At lest once a month the team tries meets up for bonding activities
• such activities include game night, movie night, mini golf, and the zoo(should i make headcanons about these?)
• not everyone can always make it but the others make sure to keep them updated on anything stupid that happened

headcanon that Tony used to take Morgan on “treasure hunts”. He would hide little trinkets and things he knew Morgan would like in the woods around the cabin and go with her on an adventure to find them.

Now Peter does it instead, and one of the things he hides for Morgan to find is always an iron man related trinket.

outerspacesteve:

headcanon #2: christmas at the avengers compound

Tony would definitely go all out when decorating the compound for Christmas. he hires a decorating team and the tree in the common room is the biggest, most expensive artificial Christmas tree, decorated to the nines with gaudy baubles, huge bows, and a strict colour scheme, all done by the decorating team. Quite frankly, it’s ugly and tacky and over-the-top - almost like the huge Christmas trees you see in Christmas films - but he did it because he thought that’s what everyone wanted, and because he knew they deserved the best Christmas he could give them.

When all the other Avengers see it, they all stare at it, unsure how to react, but they all go “wow” and go about their day. None of them really like it, but no one says anything because they don’t want to hurt him. But, after noticing too many people avoiding the common room, and too much tension, Tony confronts either Nat or Steve about it. They tell him that while everyone appreciates the effort, it’s not them - they all wanted to decorate the compound and the tree together as a family. They tell him not to worry about it though - everyone’s used to it now and maybe next year they can decorate together.

The next morning, everyone wakes up to see not a single Christmas decoration left in the compound - the Christmas tree, everything, gone without a trace. Tony walks into the common room, where everyone is staring around in confusion. He offers no explanation, just tells them that he’s “taking them somewhere, it’s a surprise, but dress warm. be ready in half an hour.”

An hour or so later, they end up at a Christmas tree farm. More confusion ensues. Tony explains that he had wanted to have cosy, familial Christmas with them, doing Christmassy things together, but he thought that the fancy, expensive Christmas was what people would have wanted, but that he realised he was wrong, and that they were going to spend the remaining days until Christmas with each other, doing all of the things everyone originally wanted to do.

Wanda knows how to pick out the perfect Christmas tree. She knows which one will last the longest, which one has the best needles, which one will fit in the common room, and most importantly, which one is right for them. Steve and Bucky chop the tree down and carry it to the area where they pay for it, and then they secure it to the roof of the car.

Back at the compound, Nat reveals that she knows the best sugar cookie recipe, and Sam makes an unmatched hot chocolate. Clint says he knows the secret to making a gingerbread house that doesn’t collapse every five seconds, but between Peter and Scott’s excitement, it does inevitably, anyway. The baking doesn’t end well - flour covers every surface, thanks to Sam and Bucky’s food fight. The cookies are mostly burnt because they forgot to set a timer, but the ones that were salvageable were delicious. It turns out that Doctor Strange is great at decorating cookies, but he doesn’t get very far, because Peter eats the icing straight out of the tub. The gingerbread lies collapsed in an unrecognisable pile on the counter, coated in all the icing and sweets that they could find. Either way, it’s perfect.

Scott knows the best Christmas movies and knows all the words when they do Christmas karaoke. Rhodey is surprisingly good at karaoke. Bruce knows how to make Christmas wreaths, which they all attempt, but give up on very quickly because it’s too complicated. Doctor Strange and Bruce, however, keep at it, and they end up with two brilliant Christmas wreaths for the compound.

Carol is the best any of them have ever seen at wrapping presents. Steve tries, bless him, but he’s not very good at it. He never had enough money before the war to buy presents, and even if he did, he’d just fold a sheet of newspaper around it, and no one taught him how to wrap presents properly after he came out of the ice and could afford gifts.

Thor and Vision don’t much understand what’s going on because they don’t celebrate Christmas in Asgard, but Thor does love the mulled wine and he’s heard that on Christmas day, there’ll be a huge roast turkey, so he’s looking forward to that.

The last thing they do is decorate the tree. Steve and Bucky insist on tinsel and multi-coloured lights, despite Nat’s claims that no one uses tinsel anymore, because they could never afford things like that growing up. “Don’t forget to decorate the back!” Wanda commands. The tree ends up covered in a mix-match of decorations, all of varying shapes, sizes and colours, some even of which were handmade. It’s crowded - some of the branches even droop at the weight of all the decorations. It’s messy but it’s perfect, and it’s them.

Tony stands back, watching his family all having fun with each other, all wearing joyous expressions on their faces. He watches Peter crouch down to Morgan’s height, sees him say something to her, but can’t hear it, sees him hand something to her, but he can’t see what. Then, Peter is turning around, and Morgan is climbing onto his back. Peter stands up and walks over to the wall by the Christmas tree, where he starts climbing up it, with Morgan clutching onto his shoulders and grinning brightly. Once he reaches the height of the tree, he stops. He keeps one hand on the wall, the other coming off to hold tightly onto Morgan’s back. Tony finally realises what’s in Morgan’s hand. She leans over Peter’s shoulder, towards the tree, biting her lip and furrowing her brow in concentration, and places the star on the top of the Christmas tree. Peter grins radiantly, telling her “well done,” as she beams and claps her hands together in front of his face.

Tony smiled. This was what Christmas was all about. And it was perfect.

headcanon that one day Sam bought a record player for avengers tower so he could listen to Marvin Gaye high quality. But this becomes a problem when Bucky buys Taylor Swift vinyls and wants to use the record player too (Peter introduced Bucky to Taylor and ever since he’s been obsessed, his favorite album is evermore).

It quickly becomes a daily battle between Sam and Bucky over who can get to the record player first at any given time and how long the other gets to use it.

this results in a lot of trash talk, Bucky insults Marvin Gaye (even though he doesn’t mind his music much. or at all. maybe he kinda likes it) and Sam throws shade on Taylor Swift (even though he kinda likes her music)

but since Bucky doesn’t actually know anything about Marvin Gaye he invents random things to throw at Sam, like “you wouldn’t think Marvin was so great if you knew he killed a baby sloth” and Sam is just like “????” (bucky tries, ok)

anyway, this debate lasts for quite a while, until Wanda sends them to see Dr. Raynor about this specific issue, and they agree to share the record player equally

(“marvin still killed a baby sloth though” bucky says when they’re leaving. Dr. raynor makes a note to talk to Bucky about that in his next session)

mcu-head-canons:

MCU Headcanon #23

All of the Avengers love movie night, but the best night is Disney movie night. Steve knows the old classics, like Snow White, but his favorite is Zootopia (Peter showed him one day because, “You HAVE to see it Mr. Rogers sir, it’s iconic!”) which is what he chooses whenever it’s his turn. Bruce’s favorite is Monsters Inc. and don’t even try to convince him that Monster’s University was a good prequel. Natasha isn’t the biggest Disney fan, but she does enjoy Mulan and knows that it’s well-liked in the group. Clint is obsessed with The Lion King. He knows all of the songs and almost every line and declares that it is “the best Disney movie, maybe even movie, of all time”. Tony is a sucker for Beauty and the Beast and loudly sings “Be Our Guest” whenever he serves dinner. Thor finds all of the Disney movies heartwarming and endearing, but his absolute favorite is The Little Mermaid, because he too “finds humans incredibly fascinating”.

uselesslavalamp:

1. Every Valentines Day the avengers wake up combat-ready on full-alert, prepared to spend the day fighting a seemingly unconquerable foe.

2. That enemy is Hawkeye. Every Valentine’s day he goes around masquerading at cupid shooting people with plastic arrows. The people he hits have to ask their crush out before midnight.

3. The suction cups on the end of the plastic arrows leave heart-shaped hickeys. This way, no one can deny they’ve been hit.

4. Hawkeye has never ever failed to hit all the avengers since he joined (yes, even Natasha, though she claims she lets him.)

5. He wears a pink camouflage suit to do all of this.

6. Clint and Wanda have a youtube channel together. They pretty much just goof off on it, but they do have a video specifically labeled “101 Ways to Annoy Your Coworkers.”

7. They have more than 101 ways though obviously so they just made the rest of the videos on how to annoy everyone.

8. Cap hates Earl Gray Tea. 

9. Nasha loves fall. Not just because it’s a pretty season but because with all the red shrubbery her hair can blend in easier.

10. Tony sleeps in the weirdest places and Steve has a bingo for all the places in the tower he’s managed to take a snooze in.

disneygirl626:

Domestic Avengers Headcanons: Bruce Banner

I’m doing Bruce next cause he deserves more love. (this one was a lot harder than I thought it would be)

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dreamingformuses:

All the reporters in the mcu are always up the avengers’ ass when they do something wrong. Especially when they do something wrong. They get praise when they, yet again, save the fucking world. But nobody talks about how they fight everyday horrors.

Nobody talks about how Tony Stark pours millions into funding research, donating to charities to benefit students, and how his contributions help create the next generation of scientists. They only talk about his playboy past.

Nobody talks about how Steve Rogers fights for healthcare for all. “It’s not the 30s anymore!!” He yells. “Nobody should be dying of preventable diseases when we have the means to treat them!” They only talk about how he’s ‘America’s puppet’.

Nobody talks about how Bruce Banner helps people get into therapy when they need it. He doesn’t want anyone to feel trapped within themselves, because he knows from experience that’s it’s the worst feeling in the world. They only talk about how the Hulk destroyed another building on a mission.

Nobody talks about how Natasha Romanoff viciously fights against child abuse. She knows what it feels like to have the only adults in your life to hurt you as a child. The kids in the particularly abusive households send her letters and tell her about their situations. She always makes sure that the abuser is dealt with. They only talk about how she’s a cold, calculating, killing machine.

Nobody talks about how Bucky Barnes, James Rhodes, and Clint Barton advocate for disability rights. They use their influence, and in Rhodey’s case, his political sway, to get legislature protecting the disabled on the House floor. They only talk about the Winter Soldier and the corruption of SHIELD.

I’d just like to believe that the team doesn’t just sitthere when there isn’t an alien invasion. They use their abilities and influence to make the world a better place every day, not just when the have to suit up.

@penis-parkerrr@keep-a-bucket-full-of-stars@ironmess

thomaslefteyebrow:

eternals headcanon

• im so thoroughly interested by kingo and karun and it’s interesting to me how they grew so close if karun is just his assistant/valet
• and we know that karun has been working with kingo for the past 50 years throughout his bollywood career
• and based on the actor’s age(68), we can assume that karun was around 18 when he met kingo
• i fully believe that kingo came to india and was just looking for something to keep himself entertained and managed to charm his way into getting a small part in a bollywood movie
• and as he was leaving set after filming one night, he ran across this joyful teenager who was so excited and enthralled by meeting someone who’s famous and, admittedly, kingo kept the conversation for a minute just to let karun continue to boost his ego
• but as they talked, karun lets it slip that funds are low at home and his single mom is trying her best to provide and it’s just been hard
• and kingo tries so hard to keep himself unattached. he’s seen this same story repeatedly throughout his centuries on earth and it always caused his chest to feel a bit more hollow each time, but it’s never been his place to interfere
• but then karun is offering kingo a ride to wherever he’s staying and it’s done with such sincerity and excitement to just be around him for a little bit longer that kingo can’t refuse
• karun almost didn’t even accept the money to cover the gas but kingo insisted repeatedly, saying that karun was one of the best drivers he had ridden with
• the next day, kingo found karun outside of the set as he was leaving and he got a ride once again and paid a little extra
• it became a pattern and karun never got better at accepting the money so kingo hired him
• kingo insists that when you have a driver as good as karun, the driver must be paid well
• it’s five years down the road when karun tries to stab him through the heart and discovered that kingo isn’t a vampire
• and the rest is history :)

xialing-tenrings:

I can see shangqi and katy being those kids in the back of the classroom who won’t stop whispering and giggling with each other

esp when they first meet, katy’s just taken him under her wing and is introducing him to everything he’s never seen before, maybe pranking him a bit, and telling him how to look like he’s paying attention in class while really zoning out

if there’s a shang-chi 2 (probably will be) we have GOT to get references/flashbacks to these times

headcanon that to introduce Thor to earth culture, Peter gave Thor a bunch of kids books. So we’re talking magic school bus, charlotte’s web, magic tree house, harry potter, charlie and the chocolate factory, basically anything Peter thought would help Thor connect with earth.

It turns out that Thor LOVES all these books and wants more. He says in Asgard they had storytelling and old scrolls but not simple stories with pictures. So Peter takes him to the local library. Thor goes to the kids section and literally grabs an entire shelf– Peter has to tell Thor they can’t check out that many books and Thor looks very disappointed.

“But if you want to read them right now, you can just stay here and read them! And then when we go back to the tower, we only check out a few books!” Peter says quickly. Thor immediately brightens and sits down on the ground to start reading.

Peter waits a bit to be sure that Thor isn’t gonna do anything else weird, then goes off to check out a romance novel he’s been meaning to read. When he gets back he finds Thor on the ground with a dozen kids sitting next to him and on his lap, listening to him read “Where the Wild Things Are” out loud.

when it’s time for them to leave, all the kids hug Thor and say they’re really sad he has to go. so every week from then on Thor comes back to the library on Tuesdays and reads aloud to the kids.

headcanons about Tony Stark’s science children (Peter, Harley, & Shuri)

• they’re all bffs
• Shuri is by far the most competitive of all of them, and her main rival is Tony (he can’t turn down a challenge one of his science children gives him)
• they all come to the lab on Thursdays and weekends, even though Harley and Shuri don’t live in New York, which is why they invented portal technology
• Shuri knew Peter was spider-man since her first week in the lab (she literally saw him jump out the window and web swing away when he thought no one was watching)
• Harley took a while to get it, and Shuri tried everything to get him to find out, like asking him to get her a screwdriver that happened to be in the same drawer as Peter’s web fluid (Harley didn’t notice the web fluid) or pointing out how Peter had an piece of blue and red clothing sticking out of his bag (“he probably just likes spider-man and that’s his halloween costume” Harley said)
• eventually Harley found out… when Peter trusted them enough to tell them he was spider-man. (Shuri: I’ve known for months.Harley: omg you’re spider-man????)
• now Shuri regularly makes fun of Harley for this. He gets back at her for making fun of her being a princess and bowing when she walks into the lab, even though she’s told him a million times not to
• even though they make fun of each other, the three of them are very supportive and are always there for each other. If Peter has a rough day he knows he can trust Harley to comfort him and Shuri to cheer him up with meme references. If Harley has a rough day he knows he can trust Peter to listen and be there and Shuri to give him advice on what to do to feel better. If Shuri has a rough day she knows she can trust Harley to distract her with a cool invention and Peter to give her a hug and remind her he’s always here to talk
• they have a group chat and its the most chaotic thing you can imagine, and no matter how many times Tony asks, they refuse to add him
• they’ll all skip school (or Shuri will skip royal duties) without a second thought on Avengers Tower monthly prank day. the avengers know to fear them
• Peter and Harley have a great time introducing Shuri to American things and Shuri loves introducing them to Wakandan things
• Shuri and Harley drink tea but Peter likes coffee so Harley started a joke of replacing Peter’s morning coffee with tea without him noticing
• they love to help with each other’s projects
• usually they’re all working on technology that will improve the world in some way and since they’re apprentices of Tony Stark they get invited to do interviews a lot and they have so many inside jokes that like half the interview would get edited out because nothing they talked about made any sense
• they all have favorite avengers of the og6 (besides Tony of course, he’ll always be their most favorite). Peter’s is Thor, Shuri’s is Natasha, and Harley’s is Bruce
• And all the avengers have a favorite science child, but they pretend they don’t
• overall they’re pretty much a very chaotic, sciency family

headcanon that there’s a big divide between who drinks tea and who drinks coffee at avengers tower

Tony: coffee. Is this even a question? God forbid tony sleep more than two hours each night

Steve: also coffee, he used to not like it but grew to like it in the war. The team jokes it’s the only thing he and Tony agree about

Nat: she says she prefers coffee, but Clint is convinced she’s secretly a tea person but she wants to look cool

Bruce: tea, he finds it’s a very calming drink. he and tony have gotten into a lot of arguments in the lab over the superior caffeinated drink, they’ve even done science experiments to prove their drink is better

Clint: honestly Clint likes both, which is why he created his signature CoffeeLINTea™ which is just coffee and tea combined. The name came from Clint putting the words coffee and tea in his own name. He loves to make it in the morning then take a big thermos up in the vents and drink it all day. Right now he’s trying to get it patented. Tony refuses to sell CoffeeLINTea™ as a Stark Industries product but Clint insists it could make millions of dollars

Thor: as we know from the diner scene in the first Thor movie Thor is a big fan of coffee. The avengers have tried to stop him from smashing mugs when he wants more, but he keeps forgetting, so Tony pays Stephen twenty dollars a day to magically repair whichever coffee mug Thor smashed that day

Peter: this kid is addicted to coffee, he drinks more than the rest of the coffee lover avengers combined. He insists it helps with his spider sense, but when Sam threw a pillow at his head after his twenty third cup and it just bounced off without Peter noticing, Sam decided this was false

Bucky: he also drinks coffee. He has a very precise routine and if you disturb him in the morning while he’s making coffee he will detach his metal arm and throw it at you. All of the avengers have gotten good at ducking suddenly when they hear Bucky detach his arm, and it’s a regular sight to see it flying across the kitchen in the morning

Sam: he loves sweet tea of course, he was raised in Lousiana. He does like herbal tea in the morning, though. He also likes coffee as well, but not as much as tea. He usually makes all the tea loving avengers’ tea in the morning cause he’s the only one who can interrupt Bucky’s routine without getting a metal arm thrown at his head

Rhodey: doesn’t really have a preference. He drinks coffee on the week days and tea on the weekends. Despite liking them equally, he refuses to try CoffeeLINTea™

Wanda: she drinks tea for the same reason as Bruce, it calms her down. She’s become rather a tea connoisseur and only buys the fanciest teas

Vision: can’t drink. However he is the only one allowed to help Wanda shop for tea, and he loves telling her facts about different teas as they shop

T’challa: loves coffee. How Wanda is with tea, T’challa is with coffee. He only buys the best and very few people are allowed to drink it. If T’challa is proud of you, you will know because he will invite you to drink coffee with him. No one turns down a coffee date with T’challa. Even Shuri isn’t allowed to drink his coffee though, and she gets back at him by making fun of his fancy coffee

Shuri: likes coffee, but “not as much as some people (cough cough T’challa)”. She regularly joins in on Bruce and Tony’s experiments to find the best caffeinated beverage, but does ridiculous experiments like finding out which drink is the least slippery. Bruce and Tony aren’t sure how that’s gonna help find the superior caffeinated beverage but they have fun doing it

Carol: also a coffee drinker. She thinks “tea is for the weak.” She didn’t actually say that but Shuri thought it would be funny if everyone thought she did so she spread the rumor. Now all the tea drinkers are slightly scared Carol is constantly judging them. Carol loves going to obscure diners and trying the coffee. It gives her the experience of Earth she misses while she’s in space, and often Thor will join her because it reminds him of his first time trying coffee

Scott: he likes tea. Coffee makes him too hyper, but he likes it as well. That’s why he’s one of the only other avengers who drinks Clint’s CoffeeLINTea™

Hope: somehow the bitterness of coffee has always been too much for her so she drinks tea. When she was estranged from Hank she only drank coffee because she wanted to be different from him, and he prefers tea. But now she’s back to being friends with him she drinks tea

Stephen: coffee, he says the bitterness helps him focus on his magic. He has high standards for coffee so he and T'Challa have struck up on odd friendship around quality coffee.

Yelena: coffee, she’s the type of person who puts ridiculous amounts of sugar and cream in her coffee. Nat says she doesn’t drink coffee, she just drinks sugar with a tiny bit of coffee flavoring. However she also drinks tea and is a fan of CoffeeLINTea™

Xialing: tea, without a doubt. She frowns on coffee for being so popular in America, and makes fun of Katy for drinking so much of it

Shang-Chi: he also prefers tea. He grew up drinking it and when he makes it he always thinks of his mother fondly because she used to make it for him

Katy: obsessed with coffee. She’s probably the only one who can compete with the amount of coffee Peter drinks. She regularly tries to convince Xialing and Shang-Chi that its better than tea, but they only laugh at her

Kate Bishop: coffee, Clint has tried to get her to try CoffeeLINTea™ many times but she always refuses and says it’s gross. She’s the only one who can say its disgusting and not offend him

whenever someone new joins the Avengers they are expected to choose a side on the coffee vs. tea debate, because both sides take it very seriously

Bruce Banner x Original Female Character | Avengers AU
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     "We need a way to safely access the other realms again. We need to calm them back down, we don’t need another war, especially if we can prevent it.“ Thor now stood, all eyes on him as he slowly strode back and forth in front of the sofa. "Do you remember how father rebuilt the Bifrost after I destroyed it to save Jotunheim?”
     Laussa answered hesitantly as she sat back down.
     "You told me about it.“ Thor’s eyes were locked on her now, his expression stressed and somewhat helpless.

      "Do you remember how he had to use the Tesseract because he alone wasn’t strong enough? I need your help, Laussa, we need to create a new Bifrost; a new, safe way to enter the other realms, to keep them in check.” She nodded, taking in the new information.
      “How?” He stopped now, standing still as his gaze drifted through the room.
      “Both our powers combined might be enough, but it’ll take some time.” She nodded, her head racing with questions, but she’d keep those for later.
      “I understand.”

      Thor’s hair fell down onto the back of his shoulders almost dramatically as he turned around to the man still standing behind the sofa, placing his big hand on his shoulder.
      “Dr. Banner here is going to help us conduct some experiments on how we can achieve this in the best way possible, since we’ve never tried controlling your powers this way.” Laussa nodded again as the doctor nodded confidently, a small smile on his lips, but it barely made her less nervous.
      If her mother was here now, she would have reminded her to understand, that this was her role, her destiny to help her brother save the nine realms once more, and she smiled at the thought.

      "So, what exactly are your ‘powers’?“ Tony asked, raising his fingers up in air quotes as he said ‘powers’ in a sort of condescending voice, Natasha interrupting him immediately.
      "Tony, come on.”
      “What? I’m allowed to ask, am I not?” Stark leaned back into the sofa, now looking back at Laussa expectantly.
      Laussa’s heartbeat started racing again instantly, but she tried staying calm on the outside.
      “It’s alright. Did you really never tell them?” she blurted out towards her brother, who was looking down onto the ground now.
      “I didn’t wanna bring it up.” he murmured, now avoiding eye contact with her and the others.
      “I could have guessed, I mean they never even knew I was your sister,” she chuckled for a moment, before looking around the room again.

      "Thor, can you - do you have a shield?“ He opened his mouth in response, but was interrupted.
      "I do,” answered Steve Rogers, motioning to get up, as Thor shook his head.
      “Not that kind, Rogers,” he clarified, turning around to Wanda whispering something to her, then giving his sister a thumbs up. Laussa sighed, her hand already buried in her brown leather handbag she had left on the sofa next to Natasha, pulling out a small, plain, inconspicuous rock from the cluttered mess of her bag. She twirled it between her fingers for a second before throwing it across the table to Thor. He caught it expertly and held it in his hand as she shrugged off her leather jacket and walked up to the fireplace once more.

      She took another step forward, taking a deep breath, before extending her right hand forwards and plunging it deep into the core of the roaring fire. Wanda shrieked, and she could hear the other’s surprise as well, especially as she pulled her hand back out after a moment, holding it out for all of them to see.
      Her hand looked unharmed, exactly as it had before, there were no burn marks or any signs of fire touching her in any way, other than the fact that the long sleeve on her green shirt was singed at its hem, still smouldering with the remainders of the heat it had just been exposed to.
      Laussa now turned back around to her audience completely, taking a moment to admire their confused faces. Lifting her left hand up in front of her, making sure all of them could see, then she snapped her fingers to make a huge flame appear in the palm of her hand, growing hotter and hotter every second as the flame grew in size and turned from an orange to yellow to a light blue. She then brought her other hand over her left one, extinguishing the flame by clapping her hands together.
      Taking another deep breath, taking her time preparing for what was about to come, she was interrupted by Steve Rogers.

      "I mean no offense here, but we’ve seen Thor’s powers in action. Is this… all you can do?“
      Chuckling, Laussa sought out Thor’s attentive eyes, nodded to him, and just as he nodded back, she let go of her inner restraints.
      Her head was thrown back, her arms extended away from her body, as she sensed it coming. 
      It felt as if her core was imploding with tremendous power, heat soaring through her, burning through her from the inside out, sending sparks and little flames all around her.
      She felt her skin heat up rapidly, changing its normal soft texture to the rougher leather-like structure, and she knew it was turning red and black all over, as she welcomed the searing pain that shot through her when she felt the thick, black horns piercing the skin of her forehead and the agonizing pulling ache of her fingers growing into long, sharp claws. A horrifying roar of agony rolled through the room, her voice now almost demonic, deep and raspy, her mouth spitting sparks and little flames everywhere with every breath she took.
      When Laussa opened her yellow eyes, her body had risen into the air, suddenly levitating more than 6 feet above the ground, surrounded by a swirling hurricane of fire. As the ball of heat around her, whirling in a circular motion, began to expand further, the dark red symbols of Wanda’s Shield became visible, containing the fire within the bubble around Laussa, as she slowly sank back to the ground. Leaving searing, sizzling black footsteps on the white carpet, she stepped towards the red sofas.

      "Is this enough for you, Mr. Rogers?” she growled towards the soldier who was cowering in his seat as she got closer.
      “Y-y-yes.” Extending her claw-fingered hand towards him he leaned back even further, sinking into the soft pillows with panic in his eyes as she simultaneously reached out her other arm towards her brother, snapping her head towards him in one swift movement, her gigantic black horns only barely missing Steve’s face.
      Laussa saw Thor smiling at her, a sort of pride reflected in his eyes as he thrust the small rock back into her direction, her catching it with ease, stepping a few steps back again, then promptly lifting it up in the air next to her head. She dramatically paused, taking another deep, smoke-inducing breath, before, without warning, stabbing the rock into the left side of her neck, splattering blood on the glass coffee table. Another shriek went through her audience, as the giant tornado behind her now suddenly and rapidly shrunk down, flying towards her and, together with her horns that retracted back into her skull, her skin that shrunk down to the normal human skin, all of the demonic signs that were being pulled into the stone, vanished completely after just a few moments, until at once, everything was quiet.

      Laussa dropped to her knees behind the sofa, the stone toppling down onto the ground in front of Steve and Natasha. She quickly snapped her fingers, conjuring up a quick illusion of clothes around her naked body, hidden behind the couch, before standing up and facing all of them.
      There was pin-drop silence. When she found the courage to look up at them, she found most of them staring at her in amazement including Thor, who looked like the proudest big brother she had ever seen. Laussa walked around the sofa slowly, picking up the stone to shove it back into her bag.
      Softly, she put her hand on Rogers’ shoulder reassuringly, who winced in surprise before accepting her touch with a small smile.
      “Sorry about that,” she said as he nodded up at her, and she took her hand off his strong shoulder, feeling relieved.

      "Wow, that was impressive, Laussa. Very glad, Thor never told us about you, you could have been of some help in certain cases.“ All heads snapped towards Tony as he broke the silence while standing up, Clint trying to calm him down without hesitation.
      "Tony, don’t.”
      “What, is it not true? She could have made things so much easier, look at her!” Thor now stood up as well, his arms crossed over his chest.’
      “I would never put my sister in any danger, especially if there are other ways.”
      “Oh, and there were other ways? She could have helped us so much in New York, or in - ” Thor’s eyes flashed angrily and he rose his voice considerably.
      “Oh, in New York? Against her own brother?”

      Had she heard the discussion, that was unfolding next to her, she would have most definitely interjected, but she was distracted. When Tony had started talking, she had noticed Banner eyeing her with a glint of amazement in his expression and a small smile on his lips, then suddenly turning away from her, hurrying towards the elevator, unnoticed by the others in the room who were now so deeply involved in their dispute.
      She had seen it nevertheless, had seen it before he turned away, had let her eyes roam over his figure, taking in his tense posture, his intriguing, mysterious facial expression and the dark green vein on his neck, creeping up from underneath his shirt collar.

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      “That would be that genius Dr. Banner you were talking about.”

      Oh no. Laussa felt all of her blood rush to her face immediately, she must have looked as red as a tomato as she looked down to the ground in embarrassment for a second, before looking up at Dr. Banner again, not being able to contain her curiosity. This was THE Dr. Banner? How could she not have guessed?

      She knew the answer to that; she had expected a much older man, one, that looked like someone who didn’t quite take care of themselves because they considered their scientific research more important than anything else, one that was a workaholic to the bone, spending more time in the lab than anywhere else. But now that she knew, now that she was looking, she saw it all in his eyes. The exhaustion, the anguish and the pain.      

      Laussa quickly shook it off to get back to herself and took his hand again, almost instinctively.

      “You are Dr. Banner? I had no idea, I’m a huge fan of your work, I’ve been following your research for years, especially your writings in the field of biochemistry, I am so honoured to meet you, doctor!” She spurted out, shaking his hand vigorously, suddenly feeling all the attention on her like she had said something wrong, but noticed the people around them smiling at her.
      “That is very nice of you to say, thank you,” he murmured shyly, and she let go of his hand again.
      His gaze was directed at the floor, his fluffy curls brushing over his eyebrows and she could clearly see him blushing before Thor spoke up, almost laughing this time.
      "I’m not surprised you don’t recognise her, Banner, but you have met before, a couple of years back.”
      Laussa cringed at his words, the topic being something she had hoped he would not bring up, not being something she wanted to talk about at all, let alone in front of all of these strangers.
      “Wha-What do you mean?” Banner’s expression changed back to utter confusion, his eyes roaming over her once more, visibly convinced he’d never seen her before in his life, only changing for the worse when Thor continued talking.

      “Well, my sister here - ”

      A resounding sound of confusion went around the group, Tony being the first one to say coherent words.
     "Wait a minute, she’s your sister?!“ The confusion on his face proved to her, that they had had absolutely no idea, Clint’s words only confirming her suspicion.
      "What, you never mentioned she was your sister, man! I thought she was your girlfriend or something.”
      Thor now stumbled over his words, his face also bewildered.
      “What, of course, I did, I must have… Well, maybe I didn’t specifically say it but it was most definitely implied.” Laussa took a step closer to her brother, laying a hand on his shoulder, effectively silencing him, so she could speak.
      “I understand my brother here has most inappropriately forgotten to mention who I am: My name is Laussa Odinsdottir, I am the daughter of Odin and Frigga, as is he, although I don’t necessarily want to associate myself with Odin, so I’d appreciate it if you would just call me Laussa.’

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      "So, why am I here?’ Laussa asked when they had sat down on the velvet sofas, now also joined by Steve Rogers and Natasha Romanoff, who had also seemed very eager to meet her, also reacting equally confused to finding out she was Thor’s sister and disgusted at the thought of being romantically involved with him.
      Dr. Banner, who was nervously walking back and forth behind the sofa that Tony, Thor and Wanda were sitting on, was throwing occasional glances at her that she couldn’t quite interpret, but she had the feeling he didn’t really like her, and that she made him uncomfortable. She let her eyes drift back to her brother as he stood up.
      "Well, let me explain. When Asgard was destroyed by Surtur, he also destroyed the Bifrost, and any chance to access the other realms safely. As you know, father was the king of Asgard before he died, but he also controlled the peace between the nine realms, keeping them controlled and non-violent. Now, however, Heimdall has recently observed that there are great uproars happening in at least two of the realms, Muspelheim and Jotunheim.”
      Laussa looked away at the mentioning of those two, images flashing up in her head of the icy cold storms in the realms of the frost giants, contrasted by the fiery destruction in Muspelheim.
      “They both demand new leaders, respectively, after the deaths of Surtur, Laufey and… his son.” Thor paused, looking at her with worry, waiting for a reaction, and continued when she nodded at him encouragingly. “They are seeking new leaders, and once they’ve found them, there will be nothing holding them back from fighting each other, and then the other realms. You know we have to keep them at bay, and you know… You know that you’re the rightful heir to the throne of Muspelheim.”
      Laussa now had her eyes completely glued to the ground, once again trying to control her breathing, trying to understand what her brother was insinuating.

      "What, why is that? I thought you were Odin’s daughter?“ asked Clint in a confused manner, leaning forward and propping up his elbows on his knees. Laussa took another deep breath, closed her eyes for a second, and began explaining.

      "Well, I was born to Odin and Frigga, but I was conceived during a journey our parents took through the space between realms, to which father had previously banished Surtur, the king of Muspelheim, effectively making him my third parent. I got all of my powers from him. Being his only child, I was the heir to the throne of Muspelheim, but father could never allow it. He wanted me on the Asgardian throne, especially after both of my sisters died and Loki…” She swallowed, feeling the sting of tears in her eyes at the first time saying his name out loud in a while.
      “After both of our sisters and mother were dead, Thor didn’t want the throne and Loki was… gone, father insisted on me being the new queen of Asgard.”
      “I detested my father after everything he had done to both my sisters and brothers and I hated being in his presence more every day, so I left again. I didn’t take the throne of Asgard nor did I take the throne of Muspelheim, I left. I came down to earth again, hid myself away, fled into science and research. I’ve stayed here ever since, down in Australia, helping people, animals, studying, researching. I didn’t want anything to do with Asgard, even after father…” Laussa looked around, her eyes almost automatically seeking out the doctor, who was also fixated on her, now standing completely still. She couldn’t get herself to look him in the eye, her legs almost moving instinctively as she rose from the satin sofa, stepping away from them towards the comforting warmth of the roaring fireplace. Her eyes drifted downwards, fascinated by the intricate moving shadows the fire cast on the white carpet around her, as she finally got back her courage to speak.

      "I couldn’t go back, even after, maybe even especially after father died, I just couldn’t… And then Ragnarok happened and Asgard was destroyed, but after Loki died for me - us - in the battle, it never even occurred to me once to come back and I would never have done so, had you not needed my help, brother.“
      Laussa turned around, away from the flames, back at the group of people watching her intently, focussing on Thor.

      "So, how can I help?”

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     "That’s it, thank you very much.“ Laussa took off her gloves while she was entering the waiting room, immediately making eye contact with the two elderly women that had been waiting for hours, as she spoke.

      "The arm isn’t as badly fractured as the X-Ray had made us believe, I’ve set everything back in its proper place, my colleagues here are putting his arm in a cast until it’s all healed off.” The lady with the long grey hair and the flowy blue dress jumped up with more hope and enthusiasm than anyone in the room had expected, and grabbed her hand in a firm handshake. “We’ve also checked for any internal bleeding since we can’t be sure what happened during the accident when his arm was broken, but thankfully there is nothing, so as soon as his arm is healed he should be back to normal.”
      The woman pushed a stand of her grey hair behind her ear as her eyes welled up with tears.
      “Thank you so much, Doctor, you know we really appreciate it, we would be lost without you.”
      The doctor looked back through the open door behind her into the recovery room, seeing the young boy very slowly waking up, trying to move his right arm that was now entirely enclosed in a thick cast, then looked back at the old woman.
      “Thank you for giving me the chance to help them. I couldn’t imagine anything more gratifying. But, of course, you can go see him now if you want to.”

      When Laussa entered the laboratory a few hours later, she wasn’t feeling much of that gratitude anymore, all of it being overshadowed by the big headache that had started to overcome her about an hour ago. It was the same almost every time she had had a long work day, and she pinched the bridge of her nose before stepping down a couple of steps into her laboratory, hoping for any type of relief.
      She quickly washed her hands in the metal sink and pulled her long lab coat over her green shirt, her gaze falling down onto the silver locket on her chest. The pendant hung from a thin, silver chain, and was embossed with delicate details, that she gently let her thumb run over, before carefully opening the silver heart. Her eyes slowly filled with tears as she looked upon the little painting of the two boys that was inside, gripping onto the pendant tighter, the tips of her fingernails turning white from the pressure.
      There was a little blonde boy, holding up a sword much too big for him confidently as if his life depended on it, and a dark-haired boy next to him, younger, his straight black hair falling in his face that had a content smile plastered on it. She remembered the day as if it had been yesterday…

      "So you’re a doctor now?“ The deep voice echoing through her lab made her jump and knock over a glass on the table next to her, her hands hectically trying to grab it before it slid off the countertop and shattered on the tiled floor with a loud crash. "I would have expected a lot from you, but a doctor on Midgard was never something I thought of.” His powerful steps made the delicate glasses and flasks in her cupboards and on her tables tremble and make tiny clinking noises with every step he took.
      “I help the people no one else will help.” Laussa muttered to herself, not turning around. She didn’t need to to know who was there. Instead, she quickly snapped the locket closed and swerved to the table closest to her, grabbing gloves and paper towels to wipe up the substance she had spilled over the counter.

      "You know, a simple hello would have been nice. I missed you too, by the way.“ She murmured, throwing the towels in the trash before turning around to the man while taking off the white gloves. The blonde demi-god towered over her, looking so way out of place in her silver, delicate laboratory filled with plants, the world she had built for herself and only ever herself over the past couple of years.
      When she finally looked up at his face, he looked exhausted, more so than she’d ever seen him before. His blond hair was flat and greasy, his eyepatch cutting into the dull and grey skin of his face, his puffy eye looking more drained than ever. She knew the moment she looked into his eyes that he needed her help, and that she was going to help him, whatever he was to ask of her.

      "Why are you here, Thor?” Laussa inquired with a resigned expression on her face, watching every movement of his as he stepped another step closer to her, now standing right in front of her. He sighed loudly, before starting to talk.
      “I did miss you, terribly so, Laussa. But you chose to go back to this place, as you always did.” He said softly, gesturing around the lab, then taking her hands into his, brushing his big thumbs over her knuckles. “But I need your help, I wouldn’t have come if it wasn’t important, I know you left for a reason.”

      Laussa sighed too, looking down to the ground, clearly enjoying the familiarity of being close to him again after such a long time, and she had already made up her mind.

      "What do you need me to do?“

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The scattered golden sunlight crept through the thick leaves of the old oak tree, throwing calming rays of warmth onto Laussa’s skin as she lounged in the dewy, summer-green grass beneath. A few culms were brushing against the naked skin of her lower leg, but she didn’t feel the tickling sensation, too absorbed in the view of the world around her, enveloped in the incomparable golden glow she’d only ever experienced here on Asgard. 

A slight breeze brushed her soft, blonde curls into her face, making her turn her head away from the draft, surprisedly laying eyes on her teenage brother leaning against the ancient tree behind her. ‘What are you doing, sister?’ His voice was calm as his dark hair was blown out of his face by a gust of wind, his green cape flowing behind him as he stepped closer to her.

‘Just thinking.’ His leather boots squeaked against the ground as he crouched down next to her. ‘Aren’t you a bit young for that?’ She gave him an offended look. ‘That’s mean, I’m already 6!’ Laussa hit his shoulder playfully. Loki, however, let himself fall over and roll down the hill, his cape wrapping around him in the process, making her laugh almost hysterically as he struggled to get up. 

‘You dare to attack me? You have no idea who you’re dealing with!’ He rose his arms, conjuring up a bunch of toy knives, sending them soaring towards her. She rose her hands as well, snapping her fingers together, all of the knives promptly turning into small, shiny bubbles, rising up into the golden sky. Loki faked a scared expression as Laussa got up to run towards him, fleeing back towards the tree. ‘Where did you get those powers? You can’t be stronger than me!’ He ran around the tree, still shouting, her right on his heels. ‘Have mercy, little girl!’ As she rounded the tree, the dark-haired god had vanished, and she stopped to listen for any movement around her except the lush leaves above her faintly rustling in the wind.

‘You’d have mercy with me, wouldn’t you?’ The voice of her oldest brother surprised her as he stepped out from behind the tree. His straight, blond hair barely reached his shoulders, stands of it blowing into his eyes, his red cloak waving behind him dramatically.
Now, Laussa might have been 6 years old, but she wasn’t easily fooled, especially not with a brother that was the god of mischief. Taking a small breath, she cocked her head to the side slightly, looking her oldest brother deep in the eyes ‘What do you think, Loki?’ 

He let go of the green facade immediately, running off again. She tried to get him, but this time she had to stop after a while, out of breath, leaning forward while propping her hands on her knees, as she slowly gained control of her erratic breathing again.

Out of the corner of her eye, she could see him, his black hair now falling into his face as he peeked out from the other side of the oak tree, also breathing heavily. She saw him shudder slightly as he tried to calm down and took a deep breath before talking.
‘I know father told you, not to play with me anymore. He thinks I’m a bad influence on you.’ His voice was bitter, and she breathed in once more, standing up straight again. ‘Well, he’s wrong then.’ Loki’s frown turned into a smile, one of his rarer, genuine smiles, and he vanished behind the tree again. Suddenly, Odin’s head appeared on the other side of the tree, an angry expression on his face as he shouted: ‘How dare you speak the truth, girl!’ She laughed at Loki’s illusion, shouting back at ‘her father’: ‘Well, what are you gonna do, send me back into that box again?’ 

Her own laughter distracted her from the transformation, but all of a sudden, Loki was himself again, his features overcome with a sad expression. She was by his side in the blink of an eye, hugging his torso as tightly as she could. He hesitated, his sorrowful eyes now on her, laying his hand on her back gently.
‘Not so tough now, warrior.’ she laughed, observing his facial expression change back from sad to smiling, then a wicked smirk taking over. She felt him transforming right under her hands before she could see it, green light enveloping him as he shrunk out of his humanoid shape. When Laussa could see through the blinding light again, she just barely saw the long, green snake on the ground in front of her before letting out a shriek of terror. ‘Eek! Stop it, you know I hate snakes!’ He hissed at her, his slick body then quickly slithering into the high grass next to them, effectively vanishing completely. 

The atmosphere shifted quickly when suddenly, dark clouds gathered under the golden sky and a distant thunder dove everything into a darker mood. Slightly scared, she started calling out for her brother. ‘Loki?’ The rain started just seconds afterwards, big, heavy drops of cold water hitting her and the environment around her. ‘Loki, where are you?’ The high grass rustled around her, but she couldn’t spot him anywhere. ‘This isn’t funny, Loki.’ She shouted now, the fear clutching her tightly as she frantically looked around her.

Then, there it was. An ear-splitting scream of pain in the distance. She felt a sharp pain shoot through her heart immediately. Loki. She raced back to the oak tree, knowing instinctively the scream had come from here. ‘Loki! Where are - ’

Loki stood there, right next to the tree. He looked older, an adult, his longer, wet hair and clothes were clinging to his body, his posture rigid, as his hand dipped down to his chest. She looked down in shock as she saw the blood pooling on the front of his tunic, running down his torso, and he collapsed onto the ground. ‘Loki!’ She ran to his side, taking his hand into hers, her other hand brushing the wet hair out of his pale face. ‘No no no no no, Loki, what happened?.’ Her hands sought out the wound intuitively, pushing down onto the long stab wound with all the pressure, she could muster up. ‘Stay with me, Loki.’ she whispered, trying to stay calm as her heart beat out of her chest in panic.

He pulled her bloodstained hands away from his chest, taking them into his. As tears streamed down her face, he rose his other hand to her cheek, his cold, shaking fingers brushing over her skin softly, forcing her to look up at his face, clearly contorted in pain. ‘Please don’t, Loki, please don’t leave me alone.’ She whispered frantically, his hand gripping onto her face tighter, using all his remaining strength to pull himself up to her, face to face, then turning to her ear.

‘Then why didn’t you save me?’

 Laussa woke up, panting, feeling the tears that covered her face, soaking the thin shirt she was wearing. In an attempt to calm down, she tried opening her eyes, but her body didn’t move, didn’t respond to her cues. Oh no. Sleep paralysis was nothing entirely new to her, but it had certainly become a rarer occasion over the past year. 

After slightly calming down her irregular breathing, she finally managed to open her eyes, looking up at the dark ceiling, lit only by the faint moonlight coming through the window to her side. The panic of her nightmare still enveloped her, making it more difficult to try to move in any way, so she tried her breathing exercises. Slow, deliberate breaths, slowing down her heartbeat in the process. Then she noticed movement out of the corner of her eye.

Her eyes snapped towards the right side of the bed, where she’d registered the motion, her breathing stopping altogether abruptly.

There he was. There was Loki, sitting right beside her bed, dressed only in a withered black suit, his hair long and messy, his eyes tired, but focused on her with concern. She let out a shriek, her breathing suddenly erratic, her body now twitching wildly, desperately trying to move. 

‘Shhhhhhh.’ he whispered, now leaning forward, his black hair falling in his face as he did. ‘Breathe, slowly.’ He rose his hand to her cheek, letting his fingers brush the hair out of her face as she whimpered. ‘In, and out.’ She could see the scarred, dark burn marks on his arm, perfectly shaped in a handprint - her handprint. He was so close, she could smell him, feel the coldness he always radiated. Looking back up at him once more, he smiled at her sadly, almost exactly as he had in her dream, and, in the blink of an eye, he was gone.

As she splashed the cold water on her face, she could already tell it wasn’t going to help. The images of her dream were still so vivid in her mind, so lifelike as if it had really just happened to her. She dried her face, turning to look at her phone. 3:51 am. Thor had returned to New Asgard a few days ago, and she had half in mind to go there now, just to not be alone after a dream like that. But what would she even tell him? That she had had a nightmare? That she had seen Loki sitting by her bed? No, that was not an option. She wasn’t a child anymore.
She left her room to go to the kitchen, quietly making herself a cup of coffee, her mind drifting back to the doctor. What if she went to see him? He would understand, wouldn’t he? It had been almost three weeks since that incident down in the lab where he’d helped her. He would listen, she knew. Taking her cup and warming her hands on it, she entered the elevator, her finger hovering over the button to Banner’s floor for a while.
She couldn’t burden him with her problems, he had enough to bear on his own. 

Laussa let out a sigh of relief as the metal doors opened to the now familiar view of the lab. The lights around her switched on automatically as she walked in, but she quickly noticed that some of them hadn’t been turned off, as bright lights were emitting from Banner’s area. Was he still here? Trying to be as silent as she could, she snuck over towards his desk, and sure enough, there he was. 

He was sitting in his chair, slouched forward, his head lying on his arms, fast asleep on the table. She stepped closer, an affectionate smile on her face as she regarded the attractive man in such a vulnerable position. 

He was wearing a thin, wrinkled grey sweater, and his dark curls moved with every breath he took, brushing over his forehead. He probably hadn’t slept for days, as usual…
Laussa hurried to her desk, picking up the soft fleece blanket she kept there for long nights, rushing back to Banner. Slowly, she walked closer to him, wrapping the blanket around him gently. He stirred, his eyes flickering open and up to meet hers. His voice was raspy as he spoke, and Laussa felt her heart beat faster. ‘What are you doing?’ She smiled at him, fighting the urge to brush the loose curl out of his face. ‘I think you should go to bed, Dr. Banner, it is very late.’ He shook his head sleepily. ‘No, no, I was working on something here.’ He sat up quickly, motioning to get back to work, only groggily pushing his keyboard to the side and knocking a mug off his desk. She moved quickly, her reflexes sharp, catching it before it hit the ground. She put it back on the desk as she suppressed a peal of laughter. ‘Come on, Dr. Banner, I’ll get you up to your room.’ 

He was shaky on his legs, clearly still half asleep as they reached the elevator. She waited, but when it seemed like he couldn’t hold himself up anymore, she wrapped her arm around his back supporting him. She inhaled sharply as she felt the taut muscles of his back through his shirt, only gripping tighter onto him as he drowsily lifted his arm around her shoulders, automatically pulling her closer to him. 
It felt almost intimate, standing so close next to each other, their limbs entangled, enjoying each other’s company, but she knew he was barely conscious anymore. She couldn’t help herself and let her hand wander upwards from his waist to his pronounced shoulder blades and the firm muscles surrounding them, only snapping out of it when the elevator stopped abruptly.

The doors opened to virtual darkness, no lights turning on in the room, as they entered. Her free hand fumbled for a light switch unsuccessfully for a moment, until she gave up. She imagined this floor would be essentially the same as hers, and they found their way to his room quickly with the help of her phone’s flashlight.
She let him fall off of her shoulder onto his unmade bed, then let her eyes wander around his room. It was bare, pretty much like hers, no personal belongings anywhere except for a few books on one of the tables and a few candles. Not wanting to turn on the main light, she walked over to the table, snapping her fingers above the candlesticks, igniting them immediately, illuminating the room in a dim, pleasant light.

Turning back around to the man on the bed, she noticed he hadn’t moved at all. As she had let him fall onto the bed, his thin, grey sweater had ridden up his torso, his trained body and the faint line of dark hair continuing down under his dress pants now clearly visible in the faint light. She shook off the urge to stare longer, quickly walking back to the bed, to nudge his legs up onto the soft mattress, taking off his shoes in the process. She had just pushed him to lie on the bed completely now, as he groaned softly. She couldn’t suppress her laughter this time. ‘It’s like you’re drunk.’ Her words made him chuckle as well. ‘I feel drunk, too.’ He opened his eyes now, slowly, his golden brown eyes looking even more captivating in the warm candlelight. ‘You’ll be fine, doctor.’ she said, breaking free from their eye contact to grab the blanket she had brought with her, gently throwing it over him. As she turned to leave the room, he grabbed her wrist, his touch sending tingles through her body. ‘Laussa.’ She turned her head back around to him, his eyes back open, looking at her, his curls falling back onto his forehead. ‘Yes?’ He took a shuddered breath, talking slowly, but sincerely. 
‘I’m really happy you’re here. I like… I like having you around.’ She smiled, her heart suddenly beating much faster as she felt butterflies in her stomach. ‘Thank you, Dr. Banner.’ she said and nodded, now once more turning to leave as he softly let go of her arm. ‘Call me Bruce, please. I should have said that much earlier.’ Her smile grew wider. ‘Okay, Bruce, have a good rest.’ His delicate snoring filled the room mere seconds afterwards, and she only turned back around to him when she’d reached the door. 

He looked incredibly peaceful right here in the soft candlelight, and she was overwhelmed by the overbearing desire to stay, just lay next to him, maybe cuddle up against him. She shook her head again, closing the door gently behind her, her subconscious still hard at work. 

Maybe one day.  

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     Laussa pressed the button to the lab with her elbow as she entered the elevator, the steaming hot cups in her hand fogging up the closing metal doors right in front of her. Slightly worried, she let her eyes roam over her reflection in the mirror-wall, now holding both cups by their handle in her left hand to use the other to fix her messy ponytail that had come loose.

      The gray shirt she wore was fitting, but not too tight to not look casual, her black pants sitting tightly around the curves of her body. She let the green shield around her dissolve momentarily, her dark ponytail vanishing to reveal the dark blonde, curly bun she wore her natural hair in, small strands of curls falling onto her forehead around the dark, round scars her brother had seen only yesterday, and the bumpy scarred wound on the side of her neck, where she had stabbed herself yet again just the day before.

      Slowly, Laussa let her fingers hover over the half-open wound, feeling the heat pool just underneath the surface. She could see the fire move like lava underneath her skin, glowing all over her neck and chest. Shit. The stress of the changing environment and new people all around her would make it necessary to use the stone more often again.

      The powerful ring of the elevator yanked her out of her thoughts, and she instinctively let the green magic envelop her once again before taking a quick breath, entering the lab.
      The loud sound the elevator had made reverberated through the large, open laboratory with the high ceilings, echoing back from the glass instruments on the table next to her. She looked around in awe once more, this time seeing the lab in natural sunlight that was streaming in through another one of the usual giant windows of the house.
      The mostly metal and glass instruments shone in the warm morning sunlight, casting long shadows on the surfaces behind them. Laussa slowly strode forwards, admiring the craftsmanship on the machines and inventions around just the entrance of one of the floors in this building, that was dedicated to science.

      "I’m busy, Tony!“ Banner’s raspy voice broke through the serene silence of the room, making her jump, almost spilling some of the hot coffee on herself. He wasn’t expecting her, she thought to herself with a smile.
      Laussa quickly made her way over to where she now knew his desk to be, her footsteps also echoing loudly, as everything did down here.

      As she turned the corner to his area, she locked her eyes on him immediately. He was sat in a swivel chair in front of his large desk, monitors all around him, most of them showing different versions of what seemed like a blueprint, others showing texts and documents she couldn’t decipher from her distance. 
       He was leaning forward onto the table, his right hand rubbing his face, pinching the bridge of his nose, as his other hand was holding his glasses, absentmindedly opening and closing the sides in a slow rhythm. He seemed to be wearing the same clothes she saw him in yesterday, his blue button-down no longer tucked into his pants, but loosely peeking from under his wrinkled lab-coat, his hair now messy and ruffled as it spilled over his forehead.

      "I didn’t mean to disturb you, Dr. Banner.”

      Bruce flinched, immediately turning around to her, his eyes now wide open, staring at her like a deer in the headlights. Her breath hitched in her throat as she saw him from a different angle, noticing his shirt that was not only no longer tucked into the brown dress pants, but also had more buttons undone, revealing his pale, trained chest. She got a quick glance at the dark brown curls of chest hair before he hastily brought up his hands to button up his shirt again and fix his hair as best he could. 
      “No, no, you didn’t, I just… I wasn’t expecting you,” he said nervously, quickly tucking his shirt back into his pants and pulling his coat back on completely.

      "I brought you something, Clint told me this is how you like your coffee? Be careful, though, it’s hot.“ He looked at her in confusion and surprise as she walked closer and set down one of the cups on his desk carefully.
      "Th-thank you, that’s very kind.” His smile was honest, giving her a chance to marvel over his deep brown eyes again, memorising the bright, little flickers of gold behind the overpowering exhaustion he was radiating.

      "Are you alright? You look as if you haven’t slept at all.“ The doctor quickly shook his head, now breaking the eye contact, looking back down onto the glasses in his hand, reaching his other hand out to grab the steaming cup of coffee.
      "I’m all right, no reason for concerns, nothing unusual. Thank you.”

      Still concerned, but aware he didn’t want her to prod further she nodded at him, moving over to her work station.

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      It took her a while to get acquainted with everything, the technology being so much more advanced than anything she’d ever handled before, but she was able to set up everything she needed to transfer all of her research over to this side of the earth. Hacking had never been her strong suit, especially not hacking through her own security system, but in the hurry that Thor had made her leave in, she had been forced to leave her lab without transferring her data into the cloud, as she usually did, so she had to hack back into her other computer to access all of her files.

      It took a long time, but when she finally had found an access point to her old desktop, she gave a sigh of content, immediately freezing to hope the doctor hadn’t heard it.
      She had been down in the lab for a couple of hours at this point, sitting only about 15 feet away from where he was working, hearing only the occasional clanking or typing noise, sometimes a little groan as if he was in pain.
      Laussa was sure he hadn’t slept the night before, given his looks as she had first seen him today, so he was probably suffering from a splitting headache.

      Why was she thinking about him so much?

      Shaking her head, she decided to get on with work.

      She had now copied most of her files onto the new device, only her ‘highly confidential’ ones were yet to come. As she finished her last lines of input to transfer those as well, suddenly, all of the screens around her started flashing red, some of them having a big ‘Access Denied’-texts written on them, as an alarm started going off. In a panic, she quickly tried to fix her mistake, then, as she gave up on that tried to just cancel the transfer, but nothing worked as she frantically started to manually override security, again and again, the blaring alarm still going off in the background.

      "You need some help?“ Laussa heard Bruce’s voice shout over the loud signal.
      "No, thanks, I totally have this under control.” The confidence in her voice faltered and she heard him step closer almost immediately, felt him watch over her actions, apparently understanding, what she was doing.
      “Laussa, hey, you don’t need to do all that manually, Tony’s got this all handled automatically.” He stepped right next to her, crouching down, now speaking at a normal volume since he was right next to her ear. “May I? You just have to…”
      She visibly shuddered, feeling his warm breath on her ear as he leaned over her, his fingers brushing against hers as he took control of the keyboard. Little jolts of electricity shot through her body at the feel of his skin on hers, and with a few shortcuts, he had cut off the blaring alarm.
      Suddenly, there was a small progress bar, all of the confidential files now flowing onto the new device. He retreated, taking a small step back and Laussa turned around to him.

      "Wow, th-thank you! I had no idea, thanks, doctor.“ He smiled at her and her chest suddenly felt heavy, her heart stuttering as she took him in again, his undoubtedly attractive experience, the kindness in his eyes as he looked at her, a faint blush on his cheeks.
      "Oh, no problem…” His voice was quiet, his gaze now distracted, focused on something behind her.

      Laussa spun back around, the newly copied files of research, experiments and analyses opening on different parts of the screen, big enough so he had definitely seen parts of it. Shit. She focussed on him out of the corner of her eye, his posture was now rigid, his head averted.
      “I’m gonna go back to work, just call, if you need any help.” With that, he left, not even a glance back in her direction as he practically fled the scene.

      She turned her attention back to the screens, now completely filled up with the files she had most recently worked on, prominently featuring research on Asgardian afterlife, wormholes and time travel…
      …which Banner had definitely seen.

Loki goes from suicidal to homicidal to neither from Thor 1 to Infinity War

Do you think Loki’s homicidal urges stem from suicidal ones cuz I definitely do

Dropping off the Bifrost in Thor 1 was absolutely a suicide attempt this is fact he definitely thought he was gonna die and after finding out what a hated monster he was he really wanted to

Then the chitauri give him the option to do something dangerous (invade earth and take it over with the chitauri) or be tortured “he will make you wish for something as sweet as pain” something like that. So he wants to die not live and feel even more pain than what emotional trauma he’s already dealing with so fuck it why not slaughter everyone? These guys just gave him a motive PLUS it’s dangerous? And he plans to die anyway so that makes for no lasting physical or moral repercussions.

But then he doesn’t die he just gets locked up.

And then somewhere between A1 and Thor tdw that ‘I don’t care who or what I kill as long as it includes myself’ turns into ‘well I’m obviously not gonna die so I might as well just kill other people’ hence converting suicidal to homicidal actions

Until Odin dies in Ragnarok which I believe is the turning point for him. When Odin says “I love you my sons” and Loki gives that look of ‘you just called me your son even though we both know I’m a monster and you told me you love me in the same sentence as Thor this including him and making us equals and that is all I ever wanted’ And then his attitude changes.

He’s still a conniving little shit cuz thats just his personality but from Ragnarok on I really think he doesn’t want to die or kill anyone he doesn’t have to (cuz not killing ANYONE is not an option in superhero movies everyone does it) so by infinity war when he seems to suicidally fling himself and a fucking butter knife at Thanos it’s not entirely out of character because it represents suicidal urges, but it must be taken into account that he feels a lot better mentally now and isn’t a dumb fuck. He doesn’t want to die for once so why wouldn’t he at least TRY not to die?

I didn’t mean for it to take this turn but I suppose this is somewhat evidencing the fact that Loki is still alive.

Oh well it’s true.

Back on my Marvel bullshit….

what if…what if Bucky once managed to escape from Hydra, and wandered into a shul because it was the only building he could find with a light on. He is taken in by the Jewish community, and is drawn in by the light that seems to surround Judaism. Emotional, he realizes that he wants to convert. Of course the Rabbi rejects him at first, but then Bucky finally proves his pure intentions. He converts, and is named Binyamin Baruch ben Avraham. When the Rabbi had first found him, Bucky hadn’t remembered his original name. Now as Binyamin Baruch, Bucky blends seamlessly into the small Jewish community that’s still trying to pick up the pieces after the Holocaust. Binyamin Baruch eventually falls in love with a Jewish woman, and they begin thinking about starting a family together. Then, somehow, Hydra finds Bucky again. They threaten the Rabbi and the community’s life, so Bucky willingly turns himself in in exchange for the life of his community. Bucky is taken away.

His mind is wiped again, and all his memories of his conversion and his community are erased.

Many years later, he finally remembers bits and pieces of his previous life. He tries to track down the Rabbi and the Jewish community, and finds the old village. The Rabbi has since passed away, and when he goes to the cemetery to visit the Rabbi’s grave, Bucky sees that the community had erected a gravestone for him. There is a simple gravestone reading “Binyamin Baruch ben Avraham, Ger Tzaddik”, and the gravestone is surrounded by thousands of stones and candles left by visitors. The community assumed he had been killed, but still kept his memory alive.

Bucky decides to reenter the Jewish nation, and is welcomed with open arms.