your heart, safe to hold (слэш)

“It is not the trial that I am nervous for,” Loki said, “but what comes after.”
“The wedding?” Thor asked, tilting his head like a confused puppy.
“Kingship, you dolt,” Loki said, tugging on a lock of Thor’s hair even has his brother (betrothed, beloved), leaned in close, pressing them together skin-to-skin from collarbone to thigh.
“What have I to worry about, with you by my side?” Thor asked, charming and smug to a fault.
“You are impossible,” Loki said, though his mouth quirked into a smile.
“Tell me something I don’t know,” Thor murmured, nudging his forehead against Loki’s and pressing their mouths together in a devastatingly soft kiss. Centuries of this, and still Loki crumbled.
An arranged marriage AU where Loki and Thor have been raised as brothers and betrothed. In order to formalize their union, Loki must accomplish a difficult challenge in Jotunheim—or risk losing Thor entirely.