the way the world ends (джен)

not with a bang but a whimper
 
 
*
 
“Loki?!”
 
 
 
Thor sounds glad to see him, relieved, and Loki hates him for it, too. He’s still human, still vulnerable, and Loki did this. Accidentally, but he did. He wonders if his brother– if

Thor–

would still be glad to see him if he knew this, if he knew– 
 
 
 
“What are you doing here?”
 
 
 
“I had to see you,” he says because it’s true, because he’s a pathetic little thing who has a storm in his chest that has been brewing for centuries now and had to know if his– if Thor, too, had been in on the joke. Did he ever had a chance to stand with his so-called brother or was he doomed here from the start, too? 
 
 
 
Did everyone watch and laugh as the little Jotun runt ran around asking for scraps?
 
 
 
“What happened? Did we go to war with Jotunheim– let me explain to Father–”
 
"Father is asleep."
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Or, the God of Lies tells the truth.