Contemptuous (Loki x fem!reader)

Chapter 18 - A Battle of Honour

"Pathetic," he taunts, frustrating you beyond belief. You rip your arm from his grasp, spinning back around and finally landing a blow to his jaw. You thrash at him, ducking under his counter offences. He catches your leg as you kick at him, pushing you backwards onto the ground. He holds you down, pinning your arms in place.

"Utterly useless Y/N," he provokes you, as he pushes your wrists into the ground painfully.

Suddenly, your rage seems to overcome you, a surge of power blasting Loki backwards, sending him tumbling across the ground. You get up, and run over to Loki who's lying all the way across the yard. You kneel down beside him, he's unconscious.

"Shit, shit, shit. Loki wake up," you panic, looking down at the god who isn't budging. You know he was only saying those things to aggravate you into using your powers, but it may worked a bit too well. You still hear his heartbeat, but he's barely breathing.

"Come on Loki," you shake him. His eyelids open and he sits up, oh thank god.

"Jesus Loki, don't scare me like that," you say in relief, hugging him tightly.

"I'm fine Y/N," he holds your head against his chest, "What happened to wanting to kill me?"

"I never meant literally for fuck's sake, you just get on my nerves," you respond, as you pull away from the embrace.

"This is why I never wanted to be friends, you've got me actually caring about you," you help him up off the ground.

"So we're friends?" he smirks down at you.

"We always have been, I don't know if it was obvious but I'm kind of a bitch sometimes," you say jokingly, the two of you walking down the dark pathway. 

"What, really?" he says sarcastically.

"You're no saint either Laufeyson," you tease him as you stop in the archway at the entrance.

"Trust me Y/N, I'm well aware," he turns to you, pushing your hair out of your face. You can't do this again.

You clear your throat and continue down the hall and back upstairs, Loki walking alongside you.

"This is me, goodnight Loki," you walk into your room, closing the door behind you. At least you've made some progress with your powers, at Loki's expense.

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Loki and Thor have gone out to visit different villages around Alfheim for a couple of days before your fight against Erik, and you've been training as much as possible to prepare.

"You've really improved, to be honest I was worried for a while there," Agda says as you take a break from training. It's been a few days since you blasted Loki, and your powers have been a lot more prominent since then. On the downside, they're slightly uncontrollable.

Magic works in many different ways, yours seems to be less spell-based and more power-based. Which is good because it means you don't have to learn that much and can just focus on your main abilities.

"You still need to control your emotions. One wrong word from someone and you could kill them in an instant if you don't learn to manage them," she warns.

"So how are my chances looking for the duel?" you ask her, wondering how much of an upper-hand Erik will have on you.

"A lot better that's for sure. You have to be extremely careful in it Y/N, you cannot let your emotions have control over your actions. Not for one second, he will use it against you," Agda advises.