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When Loki woke up, it was an early morning and extremely sunny, blinding Loki. As he rubbed his eyes, Thor was snoring very loudly. It annoyed him quite a bit. Thor had moved to his own bed throughout the night. Loki wanted to change, though this ripped outfit was really not him. There was a bathroom attached to the med-bay. Loki tried to walk, but his body didn’t seem up to carry Loki’s weight. This made Loki so mad. After all this, his body couldn’t fail him now, so he just stumbled to the bathroom, forcing his body to walk through the pain. He knew it was a terrible idea, but it didn’t matter. Once he saw himself in the mirror, he felt bile come up in his throat. He looked like a corpse. He was so pale, and his bones stuck out of his skin. He hadn’t looked this bad since Last Time he conjured an outfit for himself. It was more casual than usual, but he didn’t think his body could handle 30 pounds of leather and metal at the moment. He settled for a light outfit but hid most of his skin and injuries. Using a simple illusion, he made himself look ordinary. If anyone asked, he could say he was a fast healer. It wouldn’t be a complete lie. He just needed more time to return to normal, but he doesn’t have time right now.
He didn’t want to wake Thor, but with his very obvious problem with walking, he wouldn’t be going anywhere anytime soon. However, the camera must have noticed he was awake because he had heard people enter the room. Loki decided to leave the bathroom before anyone thought he had disappeared. Everyone’s head snapped to where Loki was standing. “Hello, Avengers,” Loki said. He leaned on the doorframe, not wanting to appear weak. “You're awake,” Tony said. Loki stared at him. “Yes, I thought I made that quite obvious,” Loki said as he shifted his weight. He felt fragile. “where did you find those clothes.” Steve asked, inquiring about Loki's outfit since no other clothes were in the room “Magic.” Loki answered very straightforwardly. “why isn’t Thor awake?” Natasha asked what was with these questions. Loki had just woken up. “look, I just woke up 10 minutes ago, and let’s just say Thor is a very heavy sleeper.” Loki said, “And if you are so concerned, why don’t you wake him up.” Loki asked what they expected from him. Tony walked over to interrupt a still-sleeping Thor, who awoke, jumping straight out of bed. “What’s going on,” Thor said, glancing around the room. “Welcome to the party,” Loki said, sarcasm dripping from his voice. “why are you in here,” Thor asked, glancing between the 5 Avengers and Loki. “Jarvis saw Loki wake up, and we came to check on him,” Tony said. Loki scoffed as if they cared about him. “You thought I escaped, didn’t you?” Loki said he didn’t believe a word they said. No one wanted to admit that’s what they thought, but no one had to say anything to make it accurate. “I didn’t expect much else, but that’s beside the point. We’re all up now, so we should probably get planning.” Loki said, not wanting to dwell on such a topic for much longer, “Yes, when you two are ready, come out to the meeting room. You know where that is, Thor.” Tony said, and they ushered out
“would you like something to wear?” Loki asked. He hadn’t moved an inch. Thor noticed that. “Are you okay?” Thor asked, avoiding Loki's question altogether. “What a silly question, of course I am,” Loki said far too fast. “If you say so, please tell me if you need any help,” Thor said. Loki looked down. Thor walked over to Loki and handed him a new outfit. Thor walked into the bathroom, shutting the door. How was Loki supposed to do anything without people noticing? He limped to his bed, examining his legs and trying to see what was ailing him. It seemed that the growth plate on his left leg was fractured. It would usually have healed right now, but his magic was being stretched, trying to recover everything wrong in his body. He tried to focus his magic on that one spot, but he made him feel so weak he could barely keep himself up and decided that maybe he could try and hide it. No, that wouldn’t work at all. Thor walked out of the bathroom. The outfit fitted him well, more than Loki had expected. “Thor, can I tell you something?” Loki asked. He didn’t want to ask for help, but he didn’t have a choice: “Yes, anything.” Thor replied, “There’s a chance I broke my growth plate, causing me to have a severe limp that wouldn’t heal for a few days due to the amount of injuries I have, and I don’t want to appear weak in front of people I’ll put it simply want me dead.” Loki confessed this surprised Thor. Loki usually kept him in the dark, only telling him things if necessary. “Loki, you're not weak; with what we’ve gone through, I don’t think anyone will notice,” Thor said, squeezing Loki's shoulder. “I can barely walk, Thor, and you think they wouldn’t notice,” Loki said, looking at Thor. Loki stood up, barely able to stand. Thor noticed the problem. He honestly thought it was a slight limp, but this was awful. Thor had a lot of injuries, but that hadn’t affected his movement since Thanos kept to his chest. However, it seemed like Loki was injured everywhere. “It will only take a few days to heal.” Thor tried to calm Loki down. “I know that Thor, but until then, I will be useless in any situation.” Loki said, “But we aren’t going to fight for a few days.” Thor said, “And how do you know that.” Loki said, “Loki, there is nothing either of us can do to fix this, so obsessing over it wouldn’t help anything.” Thor said he was getting fed up with Loki. It had been a long few days. “so get over yourself and just accept that we have to take down Thanos, and if you really want to focus on yourself, then fine, but I’m going to do something that matters.” Thor said, getting up to leave. Loki grabbed him by the shoulder. “You're right, I’m sorry. Can you please help me? I don’t think I’ll be able to walk very far.” Loki said Thor knew Loki just needed a push. Thor offered an arm, and Loki took it. Maybe things wouldn’t be so bad after all.