Okay but someone write a fic about how he knew those were the infinity stones because up until then he’d been insisting it was an illusion

Had a wacky dream.

After infinity war, Loki is in a Magic Coma™ and the only way to save him is for The Avengers + Valkyrie to Enter his Subconcious or smth and "fight his demons" (info given to them by magic space witch)

Should say that Thanos never got the stones bc they all disappeared, but Agards refugees were still attacked. Heimdall was alive and in New Asgard. Lokis neck got snapped and Thanos did some kinda magic or smth to 'destroy him'.

So they enter his subconscious and they find his memories. All of Asgard's issues are laid bare and all of Loki's traumas are thrown into the open.

They find what represents his innocence and curiosity, a small 8 year old Loki, bound in chains and he's so scared of "the monster!"

The chains are Red, Purple and Gold.

After battling these. Smoke like monsters, they find very very dark place. A figure stands far away and as the team get closer, they see all of Loki's torture through the hands of Thanos, and it also implied The Grandmaster did far more than flirt with loki.

The eventually reach the lone figure, who's bound by chains of three colours. Red, Purple and Gold.

The figure looks to them, skin a pale blue and eyes burning red. This Loki is scared, pulling at the chains and he has a muzzle on, tears dripping from his face.

The child Loki sobs, trying to free the older loki when giant hands drag them down. A third loki appears, eyes glowing white and voice echoing and distant.

He tells the avengers to unravel the memories, fix what's broken and only then will the keys be revealed.

The avengers go through Loki's memories, finding cracks and tears. They fix the damage done by the Mind Stone, mainly through talking with pieces of Loki's personality or helpung them in some way.

Then, when they return to the dark room, the pale glowing white loki thanks them, and reveals all 6 infinity stones, then sends them back.

Loki wakes up, infinity stones floating above him. The avengers question him and my dream decided to be mega rude and I woke up before I got answeres :(

I might. Develop this into a fic IF my brain allows me to write.

oh boy that could be so much whump, I just imagine Thor who had actually thought Loki had imagined the slights against him over the years, who knew Loki was adopted but wasn’t told he was Jotun, hadn’t thought he’d been stolen, Thor who had no idea that Loki’s been suicidal, that he was tortured, had thought the worst of him and left him to rot in his cell for life until he just happened to need him, finding out about whatever was actually happening on Sakaar, how Loki had reacted thinking Thor was dead, Thor who had thought Loki had returned to his side obediently as he ought to, who had immediately thought Loki had turned cloak upon Thanos’ arrival on the Statesman... all the versions of Loki suffering regardless of innocent age or appearance in different ways with overlapping factors which make Loki recognizable but in a foreign way because he’d never express all the self-doubt or fears or even bring up anything inconveniencing to himself... the other Avengers having overlapping trauma and doing their best to argue it doesn’t make a difference to them, that they’re just here to make sure Thor’s brother doesn’t die... Loki waking up at the end and not knowing they’ve rifled through him and he’s eyeing the way they’re acting and drily thanks them for saving him and is just acting so normal as if he hasn’t suffered so much and now he’s got a bunch of people who are far more protective than they ought to be and also infinoki and i’m forced to assume your dream was a big brain energy prophetic vision that you should definitely write if you feel up to it