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“And remember, no. Attachments. To. The. Variants.” Ravonna told Mobius firmly. “Of course. Of course. I’ve pruned plenty of Loki variants before. Even an alligator for christ sake! Why would this be any different?”
Mobius asked. Ravonna paused for a second then answered. “Well… you’ve been spending quite a bit of time with Loki… but I’m not worried about it. I trust you Mobius. After we catch this variant you are going to prune Loki.” Mobius nodes then sets his drink down on the coaster. “Welp, speaking of Loki, I better make sure he’s not getting into any trouble…” Mobius leaves Ravonna’s office and makes his way to Loki’s desk. He finds Loki asleep with papers spread out all over his desk. Mobius can’t help but smile. Mobius kicks Loki’s chair and he jolts awake. “C’mon. Let’s go get pie.” Mobius motions for Loki to follow him, and he does. “You didn’t have to kick my chair…”
They get pie and sit at a nearby table. Mobius can tell Loki is still tired. Mobius looks at Loki. He notices the way Loki eats his pie, the way his eyes sparkle in the light… wait. What the hell. Why am I staring at Loki?! Mobius’ mind races with thoughts. Loki looks up and their eyes meet. Neither of them look away. Mobius notices the way Loki’s hair dangles in his dark green eyes. Damn it. Why is he so beautiful?! Mobius could feel his face getting hot. Mobius clears his throat and looks away. “So…” Mobius tries to break the awkward silence. “Read anything interesting? I saw those files all over your desk.” Loki shakes his head. “Not really.” Loki looks down with a faint blush spread over his cheeks.
Mobius paces his room. “What the hell was that?! I seriously can’t be falling for Loki!” Suddenly Mobius’s TemPad beeps and he snaps out of it. He takes it out of his pocket and reads the text from Ravonna. “Come to my office. I have a mission.” Mobius sighs and starts walking to her office. As he’s walking down the hall he sees Loki. Crap. he tries to walk the other way but Loki sees him. “Mobius!” Mobius holds his breath and turns around. “Hi.” He simply says. Loki starts to walk with him. “Where you going?” Loki asks. “Ravonna’s office. She said she had a mission for me…” Loki’s eyes light up and he smirks. “You know… if you need any company-“ “oh sure.” Mobius interrupts. “So you can steal my TemPad and run off? I don’t think so.” Loki rolls his eyes and scoffs. “I would never.” Mobius chuckles. “Yeah, right.”
“It’s nothing much. Just find the variant and bring him back here for a trial.” Ravonna told Mobius. “This place is a really fancy restaurant, so you’re going to have to dress up. Blend in. Don’t bring too much if not any attention to yourself.” Mobius nodded. “You’re going to need someone to go with… it would look suspicious if you went by yourself.” Ravonna said, thinking. “How about Loki?” Mobius felt the words leave his mouth before he could think. “What? No! Loki is a variant. Not a hunter. Besides, remember what I said about no attachments?” Ravonna asked Mobius. “Well, yeah… of course. I just… Loki could be useful. As long as I keep a really good eye on him… I won’t screw this up.” Ravonna seems suspicious. “And what if he does get away?” She asks. “He won’t.” Mobius pleads. Ravonna thinks about it for a long while before sighing. “If you mess this up-“
“I know, I know.” Mobius could feel the smile forming on his face. “This will go just fine.”
Mobius did have to admit, seeing Loki get so excited when he told him about the mission was actually kind of cute. “I thought you didn’t want me to come.” Loki said with his usual smirk, but Mobius could tell he was excited. “Do you want to go or not?” Mobius said rolling his eyes, but still had a small smile on his face. “All right. All right. When do we go?”
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Mobius looks at himself in the mirror, trying to fix his tie. Loki walks in the room, wearing a suit matching Mobius. “Ready?” Loki said, eager to get out of the TVA. “Almost. I just need to fix this damn tie.” Mobius was struggling. “Here.” Loki walks over to Mobius and fixes his tie. Mobius blushes a bit and looks down, not daring to make eye contact. “Thanks.” He mumbles. “Alright. Ready then?” Loki asks Mobius. Mobius smiles. It’s cute when Loki gets excited. “Ready.”