I was in a good mood and it had everything to do with my recent engagement. Loki and I took a shower together after the workout we had that morning. It was nice to just be with him like that, until he ruined it by pinning me up against the shower wall. It wasn't like I minded. I might actually have been the instigator...

We finally got to eating breakfast closer to one in the afternoon than breakfast time. Loki was always touching me in some way since I woke up. He was constantly caressing my skin in a way that made me feel like he needed to. I didn't know what had gotten into him, but I wasn't exactly complaining. I loved his attention, I always did.

"Hey, I have a question." I told Loki when I finished my cereal.

"Hmm?" Loki hummed in acknowledgment. I fidgeted with my bowl shyly, a bit embarrassed.

"Can you... maybe... teach me Asgardian?" I asked him.

It had been something I'd been thinking about for a while, but never had the courage to ask. It was sometimes hard for me to start learning new things, mostly because I hated failing. I was a bit scared of failing in front of Loki, but I knew that was all in my head. Especially with the way Loki's eyes lit up at my question. He was definitely surprised, but I think he liked that I wanted to learn more about his home.

"I at least want to learn to read it. I think I'll be better at that then speaking it." I told him with a small hopeful smile.

"I- of course!" He told me with a huge smile. "Do you want to start now?"

"Maybe a bit later?" I suggested. "I want to see the rest of the team first. Let everyone know I'm awake and all." I said as I stood and collected our dishes to wash in the sink. Loki stood with me and stopped directly behind me while I turned the water on and started to wash the dishes. His arms went around my waist and he leaned his chin against my shoulder.

"That's a good idea." He told me with a sigh and naturally started swaying with me. I laughed lightly and turned my head to kiss his cheek.

When I was done with the dishes, I dried my hands off and turned in Loki's arms. I circled my own arms around his neck and stood on my tiptoes to kiss him. The kiss was slow and filled my stomach with butterflies. After a few seconds of bliss, I pulled away with a long sigh.

"Asgardian lessons in an hour?" I asked and pressed a quick kiss to his lips.

"As you wish, my love." He said and leaned down to kiss me again. I moaned slightly before pushed against his chest.

"We're never going to get anything done if you don't stop." I laughed. Loki smirked down at me.

"I'm just fine with that." He told me and bent down to nip at my ear.

"Loki..." I groaned, but didn't push him away.

"I'll be quick." He whispered before coming back to my lips. I moaned against him and his hands slowly started lifting my shirt up.

"Fine,' I gave in, "Fifteen minuets."

I finally got away from Loki an hour later. The last battle must have scared him. He was so attached to me since I woke up. And the sex! I didn't know if he was using sex as a form of comfort, or if he was using it as a way to keep me with him. All I knew was that I was starting to get really sore.

I finally convinced him that I would be back in an hour. His pout as I left our room almost made me turn back around and stay with him, but i really needed to let the others know that I was alright.

Loki tried to come with me, but I just needed a few minuets without him. I was overstimulated and needed a couple of minuets without him touching me. Don't get me wrong, I loved when Loki touched me, but today was a lot.

"F.R.I.D.A.Y.?" I called out to the A.I. as I walked into the kitchen.

"Yes, Skydive?" The A.I. questioned. I scoffed with a roll of my eyes.

"Really, you too?" I asked when I heard Tony's nickname for me. I shook my head with a small laugh. "Where's Tony right now?" I continued on with what I wanted to ask originally.

"Mr. Stark is in his workshop." F.R.I.D.A.Y. informed me.

"Thanks!" I called out before teleporting to his lab.

I teleported right in front of his red couch that he had in his workshop for napping. I would have teleported onto the couch, but I wanted to make sure tony wasn't on the couch before I did. I guess I could've asked F.R.I.D.A.Y., but I was too lazy to call to the A.I. again.

Tony looked to be focusing intently on his tablet, and didn't see me right away. I fell back into the couch cushion and made my presence known.

"So, when are we moving to the new compound?" I asked. Tony jumped and dropped his tablet. He turned to me with a surprised look on his face and froze. "Tony?" I questioned and waited.

He didn't answer me, but his expression turned to one of relief. He stood from his seat and walked over to me. My eyebrows furrowed in return as I watched him stop in front of me.

"Uhm... are you ok?" I asked him. Tony held out his hand to me and I took it so he could pull me up. "Tony?" I asked again right before he slammed into me.

He hugged me so tightly that it was almost hard to breathe. I was even more concerned as I wrapped my arms around him.

"Hey," I asked, "what's wrong?"

After a few more seconds, Tony cleared his throat and sniffled as he released me and took a step back.

"Nothing," he told me with a small smile and a shake of his head. "Everything's good. You just... scared me for a second." His words trailed off as his mind went somewhere far away for a moment.

"Didn't know you cared that much." I joked to lighten the mood. Tony looked to the floor as he shook his head. "Sometimes I feel like you keep me around as some kind of advanced magic 8 ball." I laughed softly. Tony's head snapped back up immediately, pinning me with his stare.

"Never say that." He told me seriously. "You belong here, with us. We don't 'keep you around'," Tony practically spit the words out like poison before raising a finger and pointing it at me, "you're one of us and we need you."

I was speechless. I never thought I would hear something like that from Stark. Steve, ya, maybe even Nat, but not Tony. It both warmed and worried me immensely. The truth was I did worry if they all just put up with me because of what I knew. It was nice to know that I actually was wanted here, even if it's just by Tony.

"Thank you, Tony, but what's going on?" I asked. "Are you ok?" I looked at him with concern and put a soft hand to his shoulder. "Are you not sleeping again?"

Tony started to shake his head before sighing and dropping his head. He rubbed at his eye with his fingers before pinching the bridge of his nose.

"Ya," he told me, "you're right, I haven't been getting any sleep." He lifted his head and looked me over one last time before turning his attention toward the door. "I should probably go lay down." He said and quickly left the room.

I watched him leave with a frown on my face. Once he was out of sight, I glanced at the slim tablet that he left on the floor. I walked over to it and picked the tablet up before putting it on his workbench for when he needed it next. I would definitely need to check up on him later. I didn't even get to tell him my good news.