[ he isn't wrong; loki is, strangely enough, the most consistent part of thor's life outside of work and his friends, the one person he finds himself drawn back to again and again without fail. maybe because, unlike most things in vegas, loki is more than flashy entertainment and easy thrills. even, perhaps, more than a one night stand, should it come to that. as far as thor is concerned, it's only a matter of time. ]
[ anything can happen, loki says, and something about the way he says it — the way the air shifts around them, want practically palpable in the little space that remains — makes thor almost believes in magic. real magic. the kind that permeates the soul and becomes part of who you are. sometimes, he wonders if there's more to loki's tricks than mirrors or sleight of hand, the illusion of magic — but only sometimes. the real magic, he thinks, is in not knowing. ]
[ he extends a hand, open palmed, as if they were anywhere other than a hotel bar and he were asking loki to dance. in a way, they've been dancing around each other for months. and if the invitation wasn't obvious before, it is now, manifested in a gesture that could hardly be called ambiguous. not that thor has any idea where they would go right now (though he does have a few idea of what they could do), but that's what's so great about vegas: the spontaneity. anything could happen. ]
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[ anything can happen, loki says, and something about the way he says it — the way the air shifts around them, want practically palpable in the little space that remains — makes thor almost believes in magic. real magic. the kind that permeates the soul and becomes part of who you are. sometimes, he wonders if there's more to loki's tricks than mirrors or sleight of hand, the illusion of magic — but only sometimes. the real magic, he thinks, is in not knowing. ]
[ he extends a hand, open palmed, as if they were anywhere other than a hotel bar and he were asking loki to dance. in a way, they've been dancing around each other for months. and if the invitation wasn't obvious before, it is now, manifested in a gesture that could hardly be called ambiguous. not that thor has any idea where they would go right now (though he does have a few idea of what they could do), but that's what's so great about vegas: the spontaneity. anything could happen. ]
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