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"The heat makes me bleed."
After finding Loki bleeding out from several areas of his body in the bathtub of one of the many bathrooms in the Avengers tower, Clint freaked. He had almost thought that Loki was unconscious and dying, at least until the ravenette rolled his eyes and turned the temperature down. After that, the wounds closed up and Loki started to clean up the blood.
Clint had demanded an explanation for all that and what he got just baffled him.
"...Why??"
"Well, I am a frost giant. Learned it from my time with the Mad Titan," Loki's eyes unfocused for a second, thinking back to the time when he was tortured. It had been proven that Loki was under the influence of the Scepter, and since then he's been living in the Avengers tower. That way he was safe and could be watched.
"...Did you do it on purpose?" Clint asked, his tone causing Loki to pause and raise a brow at him.
"Why are you acting so strangely? It's not like you care," Loki looked away after speaking that sentence. He looked...almost as if speaking that pained him.
"It's a form of self harm. Don't do it anymore," Clint ordered, choosing not to answer that question.
"I can't agree to that. You can't stop me."
"Oh yes, I can. Like this."
Clint picked up Loki, carrying him out of the bathroom. Loki let out a yelp and clung to the brunette, his heart hammering in his chest. He watched as the other male took him back to Clint's Quarters, as Loki liked to dub it.
Clint cuddled up to Loki in his bed, his arms wrapped tightly around the other. Loki was trapped, unable to move.
"Really? Really??? This is pathetic, trapping me like this, as if we're close enough to be so intimate-"
Clint immediately shut Loki up by planting a quick kiss on his lips, watching as a small blush slowly rose to Loki's cheeks.
"I don't tolerate self harm. I do tolerate getting a boyfriend though," Clint snuggled up closer to Loki, smiling slightly when Loki just sighed and back in, cuddling Clint back.
"Fine. You win. This time."
"I'll take that," Clint replied, his smile widening and his eyes closing, both he and Loki making their way to dreamland.