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[trickor]

[the door slams open, but there's no one there. the wind, maybe? the window is open...]


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[captainkink]

[he stirs, waking up]

Wha....

[trickor]

[...the door closes]

[captainkink]

Loki?

[trickor]

[between one blink and the next, he's there, pale and drawn]

I did not mean to wake you.

[captainkink]

[climbing out of bed]

What happened? You look like shit.

[trickor]

I had a run-in with Barton and one of the...creatures. Those that feed off one's fear. Irritating, but ultimately harmless.

[captainkink]

Oh, crap.

[taking him by the shoulders] Go lie down.

[trickor]

I'm fine, Captain. Just... I might have overexerted myself a touch, destroying it.

[captainkink]

You don't look fine at all.

[trickor]

[...sits down on the bed. whomever's is closer]

[captainkink]

Do you need something to eat? Drink?

[trickor]

Sit with me.

[captainkink]

[blinks]

Sure?

[sitting next to him]

[trickor]

It's a rather nasty realization, to face a fear one hadn't recognized.

[captainkink]

I'll bet. But that's normal.

[trickor]

[leans against him a bit]

Did you wish to go back to sleep?

[captainkink]

No, it's fine.

[trickor]

They really are quite vexing little things, aren't they.

[captainkink]

[huffs, wrapping an arm around him]

Having doubts doesn't make you less. If anything, answering the doubts will tell you where you're meant to be.

[trickor]

Is that how you cope?

[captainkink]

No, I cope by being a force of nature. I barrel my way through because that's what defines me. And no one gets to decide that but me.

[trickor]

You are a stronger man than I, Captain.

[captainkink]

Not really. We have different issues. And we deal with them differently.

But you're not alone.

[trickor]

[laces their fingers together]

[captainkink]

Your fears are alone. You're not.