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Frigga was starting to lose her mind. Odin could be the king of Asgard and the all father but there was nothing in the nine realms that could justify she was left alone with their baby son Thor.
Even though she was busy taking care of Thor, she couldn't avoid worrying over the fact Odin was having an important battle at Jotunheim. Jotunheim. A frozen hell, in Frigga's eyes. Big blue people that were cold to the touch and a frozen land where the sun barely showed up: Lovely.
Hours later, Odin returned victorious. He smiled when Frigga saw him and ran scared after noticing he was missing an eye.
"My love" - Frigga worried - "Your eye..."
"Don't worry" - Odin smiled widely - "It was nothing compared to what we won. Now, the nine realms are as peaceful as they should be "
Frigga smiled still feeling sad about his husband's injuries. She was about to prepare a bath when she heard a baby crying.
"Thor? No, this one sounds different" - Frigga said in a low voice while she searched for the noise - "What is...?"
"Frigga, my dear" - Odin approached- "That baby you see there, is nothing else but a prove I'm weak. He was abandoned on a frost rock after the battle"
Frigga didn't care about Odin. At that moment she was busy staring at the young infant in front of her. Without even thinking it twice, when the baby cried again, she carried him.
"He is so light" - Frigga teared a bit - "He is so beautiful I thought it was a girl"
"No girl, my dear" - Odin laughed - "One day he will be a strong warrior just like me"
"Are we going to keep him? " - Frigga didn't want to sound desperate - "What are we going to do with him?"
"Starting today, I was thinking in making him our second son" - Odin explained- "Raise him as our own"
Frigga nodded. She didn't like the idea of raising a frost giant but the child was innocent. The baby wiggled a bit before opening his eyes. Beautiful green emerald eyes saw Frigga with curiosity.
"Welcome to our family, little one" - Frigga smiled pleased - "I'm your mother"
The baby smiled sweetly when Frigga rocked him. Odin was beyond pleased. It seemed like everything would do.
"I thought of a name" - Odin approached Frigga and the child - "Loki"
"Loki" - Frigga repeated- "Loki Odinson"
The next few days were a nightmare. Frigga thought that the whole kingdom was doomed. Loki just wouldn't stop crying... and because of that Thor would cry too.
"Odin, please" - Frigga begged for help - "He is not going to make it"
Frigga had broken every single rule of Asgard in the past two days trying to find a cure for her ill son. She knew something was wrong with Loki since she had experience with Thor. When being two weeks old, Thor had healthy pink color rather than looking paler of one of the hall's wall.
"He do seems ill" - Odin observed the crying infant - "the healers..."
"The healers can't help him" - Frigga said coldly - "They already tried"
That night, Frigga didn't sleep. She just stared at the panting weak baby in his crib.
"Loki, my boy, try to resist" - She cooed - "Please, please! If only you could make it this night"
The baby was too weak for crying. Instead he laid with his eyes filled with drowsiness and yet unable to sleep. Frigga, desperate as any mother would be, carried the child carefully. She just held him the whole night while singing him ancient songs. She did so, until the sun came up.
"You survived" - Frigga smiled in tears - " You made it Loki!"
The baby only widened his eyes. She knew it was time again to try to feed him.
"You know, Mom would be more than pleased if you could eat a bit more" - Frigga worried the kid was weak since he couldn't be feed properly - "Your brother Thor drank several bottles when he was your age"
Frigga just smiled when the baby threw up and stained her dress. Loki seemed better that morning.
"I think he is getting used to this life" - Odin said to her - "He just needed time"
"Me too" - Frigga held the baby up - "I also needed time to understand it"
Odin seemed confused with Frigga's words. He, however, understood that Frigga loved Loki as her own child.
"You shouldn't throw up your food, Loki" - Frigga told the baby - "and not on my dress if you can"
Loki giggled. He probably didn't understand it, but he gave Frigga a little smile.
As the months passed, Loki grew even more attached to Frigga than Thor ever was. The poor queen often had to endure being in the middle of jealousy shows since both sons were fond of their mother.
During Loki's first birthday, Thor had the biggest tantrum Odin could imagine just because Loki got gifts. Loki, didn't seem very interested of the new toys he just got; instead he kept whining as he wanted Frigga to hold him all the time.
"No! Loki! No!" - Thor scolded his little brother - "Stop!"
Frigga tried to control both boys while Odin doubted if they ever would be good brothers.
"I don't like him!" - A toddler Thor stated during Loki's birthday ceremony- "No kizz!"
"Fine, No kiss, no toys" - Frigga smiled
"No! No! I kiss!" - Thor hurried to solve his mistake - "Loki kizz!"
As soon as the blond toddler approached the baby in his mother's arms, the baby threw up. As a result, Frigga ended trying to calm two crying boys while wondering if Loki could at least, after turning 1 , stop throwing up at moments like that.
Odin laughed.
"Brothers" - The all father scoffed.