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“You have ten seconds to explain what happened Bugman,” Loki said.
“It’s Antman and if you’re going to insult me, I’m not helping,” Scott said.
“This is amazing!” You said, trying to pick up a pencil. “Wow, this is heavy now.”
Okay, so maybe putting on Scott’s suit to help him test it wasn’t the best idea you had ever had. Now, you were only 3 inches tall. As you wore the suit, something happened; a glitch or a malfunction. When you tried to change back to your normal size, he wouldn’t work. With the suit too tiny to work on, Scott had no idea how to change you back. Your boyfriend was furious.
“I knew I should have stopped them from helping you,” Loki growled. “Look at what you’ve done! Do you have any idea how dangerous this is? I’m holding you responsible if anything happens too---”
“GERONIMO!”
Loki glanced down to see you jumping off the desk. His hand shot out and grabbed you. He held you against his chest like a baby, sighing with relief.
“Aw man,” You pouted. “I wanted to see if I could land in Scott’s backpack! Put me down!”
“Absolutely not!” Loki said. “You could have been hurt, why would you jump at your size?”
“Loki put me down!” You fought against his grip.
“No, I’m not putting you down until you’re the appropriate size,” Loki glared at Scott. “Fix this or I will end you. Understood?”
“God, you must be fun at parties,” Scott quipped. “I’m already working on a way to fix it, don’t get your panties in a bunch.”
Exploring the world while being three inches tall was fun.
Well, it was fun for you. Loki didn’t seem to be enjoying it.
After he took you away from Scott, Loki had taken you to the kitchen. He set you down on the counter, looking for something to contain you in. Frowning, you crossed your arms and took in your surroundings. Loki was so busy trying to find a container that he didn’t notice you looking around, taking in how large everything was. An apple was the size of a car now. When Thor entered the kitchen, you smiled as a wicked idea formed in your head.
“Hello brother,” Thor said. “How are you this day?”
“Frazzled,” He replied. “One of your hero friends ruined my Y/N.”
“Ruined?” Thor asked, picking up the apple. “What happ---”
“BOO!” You shouted, popping out from behind the apple.
Loki whirled around. He shrieked as he ran over and grabbed you off the apple.
“Hey!” You shouted.
“You were about to eat that?” Loki asked. “Did you not see them? How could you be so careless?”
“Loki, I was just playing,” You said, trying to wiggle out of his grasp. “Let go!”
“Y/N? Is that you?” Thor asked.
Thor reached over and plucked you from Loki’s hands. You sat down in Thor’s palm and waved up at him.
“Hi, big guy! Well, now you really are the big guy!” You said. “I had a tiny accident with Scott’s suit. Get it? Tiny?”
“Are you in any pain?” Thor asked.
“Nope, I’m fine,” You said. “See, watch it?”
You stood up and walked across Thor’s arm. Loki whimpered, wanting to grab you but also afraid you’d fall. Like a tightrope walker, you skillfully made your way across and then climbed up to his shoulder.
“Tada!” You said proudly.
“Y/N, get down! You’ll fall!” Loki begged.
“I didn’t know you could climb so well,” Thor offered up his hand and you jumped back into it. “Where did you learn how to do that?”
“I climbed trees all the time when I was little,” You said. “I’m like a monkey!”
“Alright, that’s enough fun and games,” Loki reached for you.
“No! Thor, don’t let him take me!” You begged.
Thor pulled his hand back, causing Loki to glare at him.
“Thor, give them back,” He demanded.
“Thor, Loki won’t let me do anything! I want to explore and he keeps treating me like a baby!”
“Loki, I don’t see why you can’t let Y/N have some freedom at this size,” Thor said. “What’s the harm in it?”
“What’s the harm? They’re the size of a bug, they could get stepped on, kicked, sucked up one of those vacuum machines,” Loki listed off. “I’m trying to protect them. Just give them to me.”
“I can help you watch them,” Thor said. “How does that sound? Two pairs of eyes are better than one as the humans say.”
“Well,” Loki said. “I suppose if we both watch them, there is less chance of losing them.”
Loki needed to keep his mouth shut.
An hour later and his little Y/N was missing.
No matter what Loki did, Y/N tried to spurn his attempts of protection. Loki had tried putting Y/N in a cup but they tipped it over. Thor found Y/N riding the Roomba and they chased them for what felt like hours. Thor suggested putting a plastic container over them (with holes of course) and placing it down. Y/N managed to also push that over and Loki found them attempting to turn a sink into a swimming pool. Loki’s last resort was a bucket over his mate and even that didn’t work because now, he had no idea where Y/N.
“Y/N?” He shouted as he looked under the couch. “Darling, are you there?”
Thor was searching upstairs while Loki was in the living room, on his hands and knees, desperate to find you. Protecting you had been easy when you had been normal size; with you the size of a bug, he was useless. His magic, his wits, and his skills could do nothing to keep you safe. He felt like a failure. What would he do if he found your lifeless body? How could he forgive himself? His heart was on the verge of bursting when he heard a noise from the common area.
“Kick hiss ass Obi-Wan!”
“Y/N?” Loki got up. “Y/N!”
He ran towards the source of the noise. Sure enough, there was his sweet Y/N. They were sitting on a pile of books, a chocolate chip cookie sitting in their lap. Their feet dangled as they watched the huge television. Loki sighed with relief as he ran over to the table.
“Beloved, there you are!” Loki went to pick them up.
“Shhhhhh!” They said. “Loki, this is the best part of the movie. Obi-Wan and Darth Vader are going to fight. Let me watch this part and then you can lock me up.”
Lock them up.
In his attempts to protect his lover, Loki was making them feel like they had no freedom. He hadn’t considered that; he had just been so worried. He sat down next to the table, looking up at the screen. Oh, it was that Space Battle movie they loved so much. Someone must have turned it on for them. He glanced over, looking at their small face. There was chocolate all over it along with a smile. Loki managed to smile too; maybe he had been too worried.
Suddenly, Y/N shook. The cookie dropped from their hand. In small bursts, Y/N became larger and soon, they were their normal size.
“Hey, look at that!” They smiled. “I guess the particles wore off! I’m back to--OOF!”
Loki tackled them in a hug.
“Thank god,” He whispered. “I could have lost you. I could do anything to protect you, I could have lost you and it would have been my fault.”
“Loki?”
“Oh god,” Loki shook as he started to cry. “I could have lost you, I could have lost you, I could have lost you.”
“Loki,” Y/N rubbed the back of his head. “You didn’t lose me. I’m still here, aren’t I? I can take care of myself, you don’t have to always try to keep me safe you know.”
“But what if---”
“Hush, that’s enough,” You said. “Come on, let’s sit up on the couch and watch the rest of the movie okay? Just the two of us.”
Y/N got up and pulled Loki towards the couch. They grabbed a blanket and tossed it over Loki. Then crawled under it, snuggling against him. The stress of the day was starting to ebb away as his beloved leaned against him. Loki looked down at them and Y/N looked up at him, a huge smile on their face.
“Feel better?” They asked.
“I’m starting too,” Loki said, wrapping an arm around them.
“I didn’t mean to scare you, baby,” Y/N said. “I was just having so much fun.”
“I know, I just didn’t want some idiot stepping on you,” Loki sighed.
“Let’s forget about shrinking and just enjoy Star Wars,” They said. “Too bad we don’t have some popcorn.”
Loki snapped his fingers and a bucket of popcorn appeared before them. Y/N giggled and gave Loki a kiss on the cheek before grabbing a few kernels.