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[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. ]

[brooklyn_boy]

[Steve receives the kiss and...God, Loki has no idea how incredible he can be. It's heartbreaking to see how this little bit of kindness effects him. He deserves more, Steve thinks. He deserves someone who cares about him. Someone to show him he's worth it. Someone who... Who...

Steve doesn't actually recall making the choice. Just having thoughts and then suddenly leaning forward. Turning Loki's face so he can gently press his lips to the other's, kissing him firmly.]