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Midgard's Winters

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Asgard 1965 A.D. (Thor 25, Loki 25, Astri 23)

Astri could practically feel the excitement bubbling up in her chest. She feared that if they did not get to the Bifrost soon, she'd combust from her nerves.

"Have you never heard of the concept of relaxing? Loki asked as she fretted over his outfit for the millionth time.

"No, I haven't." She smiled up at him. "Now hold still and let me fix this thing, it's crooked."

"It's called a tie. I saw that it is what Midgardians wear for special occasions." Loki replied as he leaned down so she could fiddle with it some more.

"Do I need a tie?" She asked looking down at her outfit which consisted of soft pants, a knit shirt that came up around her neck, and a warm brown coat.

"No, I do believe you're dressed as a normal Midgardian woman," Loki said

"You're only saying that because you're the one who picked my clothes." She rolled her eyes

Loki's grin seemed to say 'Of course and I am always correct'. He then turned to fix his hair in the mirror and Astri's eyes wandered over his tall frame. He had gotten much taller recently and his body had filled out with more muscle as he aged. Astri couldn't help but admire as he smoothed his dark hair out and fixed the leather belt that was sitting on his hips. Of course, perfect moments can never last forever but the door opened ruined the trance she was under.

"What're we all standing around here for? Let us go, the celebration awaits!" Thor exclaimed as he practically kicked Loki's chamber door open

"Don't be too harsh on them Thor. Loki was trying to seduce Astri with those big eyes of his." Fandral said from out in the hallway.

"Fandral I'll push you off the Bifrost bridge so quickly not even Heimdall will see it coming." Loki threatened, his face totally neutral and ignoring the obvious fact that Astri's face was growing rather red at Fandrals comment.

Astri elbowed Loki roughly in his side in an attempt to shut him up while Fandral just laughed at the pair.

"Always so kind, Loki," Fandral responded as Astri dragged him out the door and past the antagonizing bearded man

Loki whipped his head around to shoot a glare at the smirking warrior before allowing Astri to continue her pulling.

Astri had been dreaming of seeing Midgard in the winter again for hundreds of years. The first time she had seen it, she hadn't even stopped growing yet. Now, she had finally caught up to Sif and, if she wore the right shoes, she was even taller than her friend on some days. Astri had spent time with Heimdall asking him what Midgard looked like during their winter, she had also asked about their behaviors and customs all so she could convince the AllFather to go and see it with her own two eyes.

"They wear boots to keep the snow away and large hats for their heads. Some of them drink something called hot chocolate from paper cups. But most of all they all seem to decorate a tree during a period called Christmas." Heimdall had said to her one day when she came to visit.

So now, here she stood, overly large knit hat in hand and warm boots on her feet. Loki had told her she was ruining his outfit choice for her but she had waved his yapping away and put the items on anyway. Thor had accepted her choices right away and even complimented her which she greatly appreciated.

"I trust that if I turn my eye to any of you down there, I will not find you causing trouble," Heimdall warned them.

Astri looked at the Bifrost keeper but found that he was eyeing a few particular individuals in their group. Thor, Fandral, and Loki all seemed to be under scrutiny by the ever-intimidating man.

"I swear I will behave," Thor said

"As do I." Fandral joined in

The group all turned their heads to Loki who seemed rather unbothered by Heimdall's gaze.

"Oh come on. You expect me to go to Midgard for the first time in hundreds of years and not have any fun?" Loki's deep voice filled the silence.

"Just swear it so we can go!" Astri whispered into his ear

Fine. He'd swear it. But only because she asked him to. Besides, when had the God of lies ever kept his word?

Astri's wide grin was well worth the price of admission as the Bifrost touched down in Midgard. Her happiness was enough to have a smile tugging on his lips as she eagerly scooped up snow to show him.

"You know we have snow on Asgard, right?" Sif asked eyeing Astri curiously

"Yeah, but its always there! Plus there's something about Midgardian winters that just make it better." Astri smiled

"You've only ever seen one Midgardian winter." Thor pointed out

"Yes. And at that one, you and Odin killed a bear. I would not like a repeat of that." Astri lectured

"I make no promises." Thor laughed "Now, Loki do as Astri wants and take us to that city you told us about. I'm tired of looking at this barren field."

Loki sighed, tired of his brother's arrogant tone. But, he listened and before they knew it, they were standing on a crowded street, surrounded by Midgardians.

"Oh, Loki! This is wonderful!" Astri praised looking around at the tall buildings and falling snow

"Where are we?" Hogun asked

"Who cares? We must try the local food and drinks!" Volstagg loudly said gesturing to a man who was selling food from a silver cart.

"A place called New York City." Loki replied, "Heimdall said it would be the best place to go for all of Astri's wishes."

"Well, both of you were right. This is marvelous, brother." Thor smiled looking around him at the bustling city.

"Come, Thor, we must try whatever that is!" Volstagg gestured to a stand that read 'Hot Dogs'.

"They eat dog here!?"Astri exclaimed, mortified at the man who seemed to be cheerily selling his food.

"Midgard is not as civilized as we thought it was," Sif said shaking her head

"What dog meat looks like that?" Astri asked eyeing the food that Thor and Volstagg were now shoving into their mouths

"The ugliest of dogs clearly," Loki said

"Loki, look at that!" Astri exclaimed, her attention claimed by a new marvel as she gestured for him to follow her away from where Sif and Hogun were admiring a man playing a musical instrument on the side of the road.

"It's one of those big trees Heimdall talked of!" She smiled

Sure enough, a large green tree stood in front of a building, dressed in dazzling lights and a bright yellow star on the top of it. Below it, Humans were moving in a circle on what looked like ice. Some of them weren't very skilled as they kept falling.

"We should try that." Astri declared

"No," Loki responded

"Why not? It looks so fun." She groaned

"You can barely walk on normal ground. You're the clumsiest individual on Asgard. You tripped in the library yesterday and knocked me over." Loki argued

"You're scared you can't do..." She glanced at the large sign behind Loki "Ice skating. Loki, you're scared you can't ice skate as well as all the humans."

"Darling, I am a god. I can do whatever these humans can do but ten times better."

"I am a god." Astri tried to imitate his deep voice. She hadn't been able to accurately imitate him in years thanks to the deep tone he had adopted once he started outgrowing her.

"If you're a god you should have no trouble doing this with me." She smiled

Loki did not tend to often regret his decisions in fact, he prided himself on his ability to be impulsive and have everything work in his favor. But at this moment, he wished to be able to bury his face in the largest book in all of Asgard. Astri had somehow reversed her clumsiness since stepping onto the ice and was gracefully moving while he had fallen four times already.

"You're doing great." She affirmed as he held tightly onto her forearms.

"I don't feel great." Loki snapped back, embarrassed that she was acting like an extra pair of legs for him.

"Well, you should." She smiled

How did she do that every time? Despite any time Loki was rude to her or showed absolutely no interest in what she was doing, she just brushed it off and got him to bend to her will anyway. It's as if she had cast a spell on him when they were children and still hadn't lifted its effects.

"Wooo go Loki!" a loud cheer hit his ears and he whipped his head to his right to see Thor.

Astri smiled and waved at Thor who stood on the sidelines, a hot dog in one hand and something that said Coca-Cola in the other.

"This is ridiculous. I'm leaving." Loki suddenly declared as he began to slowly approach the exit of the ice.

"Loki wait you're going to-" She reached out to try and catch him before it happened so he didn't get embarrassed

Thud.

"Fall again."

A string of curses fell from his lips as Astri tried to help him up without laughing.

"I can hear you snickering," Loki said into her ear as she helped him up.

"I am not," Astri said avoiding his gaze in fear she'd burst out laughing.

The moment their skates were off the ice, Loki had them disappearing so he could most likely storm off like he always did when something mildly embarrassing happened to him.

"Loki don't run off." She called after him as he used his overly long legs to get away from her

"If we are staying on this planet, we're going to do something else." He demanded grabbing her hand to pull her through the crowded walkway of people

"What're we doing?" She asked as Thor and the others got further away

Loki glanced around and Astri could tell he didn't have a plan of what they'd be doing once they got away from the evil ice skates.

"Let's eat something." She suggested

"We are not eating the dog Thor had," Loki replied

"Of course not... let's try that." Astri said pointing across the street to where a big lit-up sign said 'Pizza'

By all standards, the 'Pizza' was rather good. The tiny shop had been overly crowded and loud but they had both managed to get in and out with all limbs attached. She looked at Loki who was practically inhaling his piece, all princely manners that he normally displayed, especially around her, were gone.

"Do you like it?" She grinned

Loki stopped chewing like she had caught him committing the worst crime in the world.

"No. It is awful." He said in an overly monotone voice after swallowing.

"For the god of lies, you're really bad at lying." She responded smirking

Loki ignored her and continued to finish off his food in an incredibly quick manner.

The day went by rather quickly as Astri and Loki explored the city. Or well, Astri pulled Loki around the city by his hand and he kept his mouth shut of almost all complaints. She did have to drag him away from a short man whose little white dog peed on Loki's shoe. Loki had been ready to dish out the most colorfully worded threat when Astri had slapped her hand over his mouth and dragged him away.

"You're like a rabid dog." She scolded when they got far enough away.

"Well someone has to replace all the ones the humans are cooking in their little carts around this damn city," Loki replied

Astri just rolled her eyes and let him go, his attitude was not worth the hassle.

"There's the two love birds!" Volstagg's voice said suddenly

Astri turned with a happy smile on her face while Loki's face dropped into a scowl.

"Astri did you try this stuff? Sif said its called pizza!" Thor said shoving a plate with three pieces into her face

"He's eaten five pieces so far," Sif said

Even Thor's stomach was impressive when it came to outdoing his friends.

"Loki and I had some earlier. It is wonderful." She said pushing the plate away from her face.

"Did you like it, brother?" Thor asked

"No. There's much better food back on Asgard." Loki said

"Such a shame. Mortals truly have a way with food." Thor praised taking another bite

Astri rolled her eyes at Loki's denial. Always so difficult and for what? His ego to stay intact?

"Sif and I saw some humans buying this so now we each have one of our own." Hogun interjected proudly showing off a small sprig of green and white with a little red ribbon at the top.

"What is it?" Astri asked

"I don't know. It seemed rather popular though." Sif responded

"It's mistletoe!" A high-pitched voice said

The group's eyes fell down to a small human child who was sitting in a cart that her mother had been pushing.

"You put it over peoples heads and then they have to kiss!" She explained happily

Before the little girl could get another word out, her mother pushed her away in her little cart and murmured something about not talking to strangers. Before Astri could examine the little plant in Hogun's hand, Volstagg's meaty one grabbed it from him.

"Perfect! Loki, Astri now you must kiss! It is according to the mortal's rules and we are on their lands so we must abide by them." He reasoned holding the plant above her and Loki's heads.

Astri's face was probably as red as the man the humans called Santa as she blubbered out every excuse not to. Meanwhile, Loki's face remained stoic as he listened to her word vomit.

"We can't! My uh teeth are dirty...I cut my lip open...My mouth still tastes like that mint candy that lady gave us earlier and you hated that so we can't...ha ha."

Loki rolled his eyes as he took in her form, she was getting more flustered as she thought about it more and more. He leaned down to Astri's ear so Volstagg couldn't argue with his words

"No one is going to make you kiss me, darling." Loki softly said

Astri felt her face heat up even more as Loki's lips slightly tickled her ear.

"Even without the kiss, this has been a highly successful trip to Midgard." Thor declared snatching the mistletoe from Volstaggs hands and tossing it back to Sif. "I do believe we will have to do this again soon."

And Loki felt his heart thump just a little faster when he saw Astri's smile stretch across her face at his older brother's words.

Woooo we're getting close to the events of the first Thor movie. It was a big time skip between this chapter and the previous so I decided it was time to stop writing Loki like a young teen and closer to his actual MCU self. I hope I can accurately depict him in the upcoming chapters. Also if you are wondering if I wrote this just because I'm overly excited for Christmas, the answer is yes.

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