[ Blocking out the lies that have shaped his life, how every step was a manipulation on his mother's part and a future King Loki to break him down, this is vastly preferable even if he tucks his head onto Billy's shoulder so he doesn't have to see that look of consternation when Loki fusses to be held. It's embarrassing but Billy would tell him No if he really didn't want him around, Loki trusts that honest streak in him more than anything else. The Sanctum is safe, a cave of overlapped wards and magical barriers designed to keep out threats, and after being tickled on the library floor he feels a million miles away from being tortured by flames. Or their memory during his latest screw-up in the jungle.
Far more secretive and scared than he was in the guise of a child when Billy last saw him, he still acts up to cover his failings. Trixie is one big bandage holding fast to the idea that Loki is a party animal, but nobody has guessed otherwise yet. He doesn't turn into a touchy-feely octopus around many people, and the ones he did ... They're gone. ]
Something with explosions so we don't have to think too much, it's late.
[ Where the fuck Stephen is Loki has no idea, yet it seems unlikely they will wake him up. ]
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Far more secretive and scared than he was in the guise of a child when Billy last saw him, he still acts up to cover his failings. Trixie is one big bandage holding fast to the idea that Loki is a party animal, but nobody has guessed otherwise yet. He doesn't turn into a touchy-feely octopus around many people, and the ones he did ... They're gone. ]
Something with explosions so we don't have to think too much, it's late.
[ Where the fuck Stephen is Loki has no idea, yet it seems unlikely they will wake him up. ]