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Loki crashed into Mobius, sending them both hurtling back to safety with a thud. Mobius landed on top of Loki, who carefully pushed him off. Mobius looked at the taller man who was shaking like a leaf, breaths coming uneven and his eyes bore into Mobius "are you okay? The radiation didn't get to you, did it? You still have your skin?" Loki fretted at a million miles an hour.
Mobius was touched, Loki had been through so much, that he knew of at least, and his first thought was if he was okay. Mobius did a quick mental check, apart from his ribs hurting a bit from getting a god smashed into him at mach 10 he felt fine. "I'm fine Loki, we're okay" he soothed as he made to take the clunky suit off. Loki didn't move, just staring at Mobius, visually checking him over. "I'm fine, I promise" Mobius reassured as he looked Loki over, he was a mess.
Loki looked pale and had beads of sweat making tracks in the dirt on his face, his hair was all over the place with a few long strands falling over his face. His clothes were ruined between tears, dirt and blood. And the stab wound in his arm was dripping fresh blood, it must have reopened at some point. He continued to shake as his breaths evened out, the adrenaline must have finally been wearing off.
"You look awful" Mobius pointed out "how do you feel?"
"Exhausted and aching all over, but I haven't time slipped yet" Loki said, relaxing slightly. He stood up slowly and pulled Mobius into a tight hug. "Thank you." he said quietly.
"You're welcome Loki." Mobius said, rubbing circles on Loki's back. They stayed like that for a minute before Mobius said "I think we need to get you cleaned up and get some rest."
Loki straightened up and looked Mobius in the eyes "but we need to find Sylvie, she can-" He started but was cut off by a yawn. "Exactly, we'll have better luck if we aren't dead on our feet. Come on" Mobius said softly. He admired Loki's dedication but he often crossed into the world of self sacrifice, which worried him.
Mobius guided Loki upstairs where they found Ouroboros, who's face lit up when he saw the pair. "You're alive! I didn't think you'd make it!" He said enthusiastically, Mobius smiled back "yeah, I didn't either for a moment. Thank you for helping us O.B.."
They continued on to Mobius' flat in a residential building in silence, it wasn't a long walk but he felt Loki tire under his grip. When they got through the door Loki said "I never thought I'd miss this bland place" and Mobius smiled "you go take a shower, I'll go find some pajamas and a med kit for your arm". Loki's arm had clotted on the journey over. The god nodded and walked to the bathroom.
Mobius got to work, he first found some oversized sweatpants and tee shirt that would fit Loki well enough and left them outside the bathroom as he knocked, "I'll leave these clothes out here". Next he went to the kitchen and got out the fully stocked med kit he kept there. He noticed a tub of hot chocolate and some mini marshmallows and smiled, deciding Loki would appreciate a warm drink he put two cups out and the kettle on. When he finished the drinks he set them on the living room table next to the med kit and went to get into something more comfortable himself.
Mobius changed into some plaid pajama pants and as he went to button up the matching shirt he noticed a bruise on his chest. He walked to the mirror and lightly touched it, he winced, it wasn't too bad but it still hurt. "What happened to you?" He heard behind him, turning round he saw Loki shirtless in the doorway still damp from his shower. Loki still looked exhausted and shook slightly but he seemed better than before.
"I'm fine, honestly, it's just from you saving my life" Mobius smiled, Loki frowned "I did that to you? Mobius I-". Of course the god would immediately feel guilty, Mobius thought he should have seen that coming. "Did you miss the 'saved my life' part? I would prefer a bruise to having no skin." Mobius reassured "come on let's get that arm sorted out" he prompted buttoning up his shirt.
They walked to the living room together, "you made hot chocolate?" Loki grinned as he sat down. "Of course, hot chocolate solves everything." Mobius smiled back, sitting next to him and opening the med kit and looking at Loki's arm. Loki took a sip of the hot chocolate "this is really good Mobius." He said quietly as he shut his eyes.
"I know right, anyway it looks like you don't need stitches so I'll give it a quick clean and bandage you up" he said, picking up an antiseptic spray "This is going to sting".
Loki nodded and Mobius sprayed the wound, Loki tenced on contact and groaned in pain. "Sorry, hard part over I promise."
Mobius got some gauze and bandage and got to work Loki hissing once and a while when Mobius hit a tender spot but he mainly kept his focus on the cup of hot chocolate. "All done now" Mobius said sipping his, now cold, hot chocolate. Loki put his tee shirt on. "You know, cold hot chocolate is just a milkshake if you think about it." Mobius said more to himself, Loki chuckled at that "Yeah I guess it is".
They sat finishing their drinks in a comfortable sleepy silence. Loki yawned.
"Come on, let's get to bed" Mobius said softly. "I thought you'd want me to sleep on the couch. " Loki replied. "Well if you want to, but you're taller than it and it's really uncomfortable so I thought you'd be more comfortable sharing." Mobius pointed out. Loki considered this for a moment before wordlessly standing up and following Mobius to his room. They both got into the bed and Mobius turned out the lights.
Mobius noticed that Loki was staring at him in the darkness, he thought nothing of it until 10 minutes later he was still doing it. "Why are you staring at me?" Mobius asked in the same mild tone as ever.
"I need to know were here, that you’re safe and I haven't, erm- moved" Loki replied quietly.
Made sense, Mobius thought, they had been through alot today it's no wonder that Loki was on edge. "Would a hug help?" Mobius asked, figuring the contact would be grounding. "Yeah" Loki whispered, he was always shy when it came to himself. "Come on then" Mobius said, pulling Loki's head to lay on the uninjured side of his chest and wrapping his arms around him, entwining one hand in the other's long hair. Loki followed Mobius' actions and hugged back, Mobius felt Loki relax, "thank you, for everything" he mumbled as he fell asleep. "Your welcome, sleep well Lokes" Mobius mumbled back as he fell asleep himself.
They would save the world tomorrow, for now they laid safe in each other's arms.