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One moment, Loki was feeling the excruciating pain of being pruned, and the next, he was flying through a galaxy of blues, purples, and aquas.
Next, he passed out, and the shock of everything became too much. When they finally were conscious, he saw Mobius trying to get out of his suit, which had been burned and crisped from time to the edges.
It looked a little like he had been to hell and back.
Loki thinks about it.. This man had pretty much gone to hell and back for him, almost lost his SKIN for him. If that isn't dedication, he doesn't know what is.
Nobody had ever cared about him that much before. Besides his mother, maybe Thor, definitely not Silvie, she threw them out of a time door.
He's probably not gonna get over that anytime soon..
Mobius had finally gotten out of his heavy suit and saw Loki just half laying on the floor with a blank expression. He kneeled down on Loki's level to look him over, making sure he was okay... "Loki, hun, are you okay?" The nickname surprised Loki, but Mobius was too preoccupied with worry that it didn't cross his mind.
"I'm okay."
They replied dazily, trying to get up, but failing, he fell onto Mobius. The warmth of his skin comforted Loki, and he let Mobius help hold him up, totally not because he was struggling to walk...
"Hey, it's okay. Let's get you to somewhere you can rest."
Loki realized he forgot to check if Mobius was okay.
"Wait, Mobius, are you okay? Did you get hurt at all?"
They say inspecting over Mobius for injuries.
He and Loki started walking to his apparentment with Mobius having a hand on Loki's back to keep him upright, talking on the way.
"I'm fine, don't worry, I'm just glad I got back safe and with.."
He hesitated and didn't finish the sentence.
Loki hummed, trying to nudge him to continue.
"You."
Mobius decided to finally say. '....That just happened', He thought to himself. Loki stopped walking and looked up at Mobius with soft eyes.
"I forgot to say... Thank you."
Loki said, trying to convey all his appreciation and gratitude. Mobius just hugged him and replied cooly,
"Anytime Lokes." They both smiled at each other. After a struggled walk in the long tedious TVA hallways to Mobius' appartment, He plopped Loki on his bed and started getting clothes for both them and himself, and a medkit, He came back to Loki with a dazed over look again..
"Whatcha thinking about?" He asked, trying not to sound too concerned. "Just.." Loki struggled to find the right words, not really wanting to let go of his feelings.
"I never thought someone would.. actually, risk their life for me? It's just.. I appreciate it so much."
Unspoken words were left quiet, so many things Loki wanted to tell him but didn't know how. Mobius paused. He was also finding the perfect, well, maybe not perfect, but the best words for the situation.
"Think about it this way, Loki. I will never not save you. I will risk my life for you every single time. Maybe don't be getting yourself in those situations a lot of the time, though.. I might have a damn heart attack. "
He chuckled and softly put a hand on Loki's shoulder. "I wasn't planning on sayin' this, but.. I care.."
He changed his mind and sighed. He took a breath, preparing himself.
"Well.. I love you, Loki."
This whole time, Loki has had his mouth agape in literal shock. A few minutes after Loki's mind had reset, Mobius just smiled patiently and a bit worried and waited for what Loki was going to respond with.
"Give me a minute, Gods, you just spring this on me! My brain is only halfway back to normal.." Loki mumbled in a lighthearted way, Mobius was a bit confused until Loki sprung up and kissed him, holding onto Mobius' lapels until Loki got too dizzy and broke off the kiss, and fell back onto the bed.
Mobius chuckled and sat beside him. He picked up the forgotten medical kit and started tending to Loki's wounds, Loki gave him a kiss wherever he could, just because he could. They ended up getting a lot of rest that night before they had to worry about any TVA shit in the morning.