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[dothelokimotion]

[ bemusedly, he shakes his head. ]

Then perhaps I'm not given adequate reasons to smile.

[brooklyn_boy]

That sounds like a challenge, pal...

[He turns and focuses hard on the magic he's borrowing. With effort, he has a very sloppy, very imperfect blue blob with antenna and black eyes.]

Stitch?

[dothelokimotion]

[ his lips twitch slightly. ]

Not good enough.

[brooklyn_boy]

[Steve frowns and adds gold horns to the blob.]

There. Now he's a Lokitch... [No that's terrible.] Stoki?

[dothelokimotion]

[ okay, he can't help the smile there. ]

What is a Stoki?

[brooklyn_boy]

[Steve glows back.]

A Stitch-Loki! Or...

[He splashes some red, white,.and blue on the artwork making it truly a mess.]

A Steve-Stitch-Loki? Maybe that's Stokive...

[dothelokimotion]

[ he can't help chuckling. ]

It is starting to sound like an abomination.

[brooklyn_boy]

[The laughing just encourages him.]

Hey!

Watch, the Atroma will bring Stokive here and you'll regret being so mean.

[dothelokimotion]

[ loki taps his chin with his index finger. ]

I'll take my chances.

[brooklyn_boy]

[Steve watches his finger.]

Stokive will just like me more, then. I'll be the good parent.

[dothelokimotion]

[ his smile is wry at the edges. ]

Just as well. I'm terribly unsuited for parenthood. Better to be the fun-loving uncle.

[brooklyn_boy]

Yeah. Leave all the hard parenting to me while you just get to go have fun...

[Okay. This is getting a little weird thinking about an alien pseudo child. Steve shrugs to let it go.]

Maybe one day Thor will have kids and you can do that...

[dothelokimotion]

[ he laughs softly at that, silver bells in the light. ]

I think Thor would know better than to leave any child in my care.

[brooklyn_boy]

[Steve laughs himself, easy and light.]

I dunno, Lok. You'd be a kid's favorite relative, easy.

[dothelokimotion]

It is possible. I do know how to have fun.

[brooklyn_boy]

With the few privileged who get to see it.

[He holds Loki's eyes, feeling warm and easy here. And also curious.]

How did I get to be one of those people?

[dothelokimotion]

[ loki starts a little at that. ]

Why would you want to be?

[brooklyn_boy]

I like you.

[The answer comes easy and honest.]

I like spending time with you. And I like when you enjoy spending time with me, too.

Why wouldn't I want to be?

[dothelokimotion]

[ loki averts his eyes. ]

Even so, that . . . may not be good for you. I'm not the right choice.

[brooklyn_boy]

[Steve shifts to try and keep their eyes in contact, even going so far as to duck his head if he needs to.]

Says who?

[dothelokimotion]

Your friends would. Anyone who has met me.

[brooklyn_boy]

Do you trust me?

[dothelokimotion]

. . . Yes.

[brooklyn_boy]

Then trust me when I say you're good person. That people want to be around you.

[He cradles his cheek, wanting to make sure he doesn't look away.]

That I wanna be around you. And you deserve to have people who care about you.

[dothelokimotion]

[ loki doesn't know what to say about that, so he merely tilts his head to kiss at steve's palm. ]