(In this 'verse, which is a Leverage AU for the Marvel movies. The Leverage team are Pepper, Tony, Natasha, Steve, and Bucky, while Loki is the mastermind of another team. This is the origin story for that other team.
So, I began writing this with the intention of it being the difference between the two teams, so it fit the prompt a little better, but that is not how it worked out. Sorry.
Also, no pairings. And neither Loki nor Thor currently know that Loki is adopted.)
...
“I hear you have a team now,” Loki says, setting the teacup in front of Natasha.
“I do,” Natasha agrees, smiling as he sits down across from her.
.
When he was just starting out, Loki ran afoul of Natalie Rushman, accidentally ruining her con. Once he realized his error, he quickly attempted to rectify it and instead only made the situation worse.
Natalie Rushman saved his life, when her target turned on them both. He owed her a favor; after he repaid the debt, they continued contact and became friends. They traded favors back and forth for years, and when Thor got himself thrown in prison for killing a man in a barfight (a complete accident, Loki knew) Loki called Natalie and said, “I need your help.”
.
Of course Thor’s life in Norway was ruined. There could be no salvaging his reputation and Father cut him out of both his will and the company. Loki had long been a disappointment, so Father had pinned all his hopes on Thor, his true son and heir.
Now, Thor was neither.
“You’ve destroyed my life!” Thor raged the first night of his freedom, while Natalie’s friend piloted the small aircraft she’d obtained from somewhere and Natalie pretended she wasn’t listening.
“I’ve saved your life!” Loki shouts back. “Father has enemies, you fool, and you would’ve died in there.”
Thor was beyond reason that night, and for the three days and nights that followed. But on the fourth morning, Thor had gently knocked on Loki’s bedroom door, walked in slowly, and sagged down on Loki’s bed. “I don’t know what to do, Loki,” Thor confessed. “I… I killed a man. Should I not be punished for it?”
“No, Thor,” Loki replied, reaching out to grasp Thor’s shoulder. “It was an accident. You did not mean to kill him.”
That morning, Thor wept in Loki’s arms as he had not since their dog Fenrir ran away when they were boys. Before they left the room to find breakfast, Thor had sighed heavily, leaned into Loki for one more moment, and then stood. “Tell me, brother,” he said, “what should I do?”
Loki smiled. “What has Father told you of my work?”
.
Save his rare partnerships with Natalie, Loki worked alone. He trusted no one and it was better if he didn’t have to worry about a partner stabbing him in the back.
Thor is not a good enough liar to be a grifter, nor delicate enough for the intricacies of the truly magnificent heists Loki has imagined. But Thor is strong and fast, and so he becomes Loki’s muscle.
“How many laws are we breaking?” Thor asks before the first job they work together.
Laughing, Loki waved a hand dismissively. “Is this not better than stuffy meetings with old men?”
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1/3: Marvel movies, Loki + Thor's crew
Date: 2015-02-15 09:53 pm (UTC)(In this 'verse, which is a Leverage AU for the Marvel movies. The Leverage team are Pepper, Tony, Natasha, Steve, and Bucky, while Loki is the mastermind of another team. This is the origin story for that other team.
So, I began writing this with the intention of it being the difference between the two teams, so it fit the prompt a little better, but that is not how it worked out. Sorry.
Also, no pairings. And neither Loki nor Thor currently know that Loki is adopted.)
...
“I hear you have a team now,” Loki says, setting the teacup in front of Natasha.
“I do,” Natasha agrees, smiling as he sits down across from her.
.
When he was just starting out, Loki ran afoul of Natalie Rushman, accidentally ruining her con. Once he realized his error, he quickly attempted to rectify it and instead only made the situation worse.
Natalie Rushman saved his life, when her target turned on them both. He owed her a favor; after he repaid the debt, they continued contact and became friends. They traded favors back and forth for years, and when Thor got himself thrown in prison for killing a man in a barfight (a complete accident, Loki knew) Loki called Natalie and said, “I need your help.”
.
Of course Thor’s life in Norway was ruined. There could be no salvaging his reputation and Father cut him out of both his will and the company. Loki had long been a disappointment, so Father had pinned all his hopes on Thor, his true son and heir.
Now, Thor was neither.
“You’ve destroyed my life!” Thor raged the first night of his freedom, while Natalie’s friend piloted the small aircraft she’d obtained from somewhere and Natalie pretended she wasn’t listening.
“I’ve saved your life!” Loki shouts back. “Father has enemies, you fool, and you would’ve died in there.”
Thor was beyond reason that night, and for the three days and nights that followed. But on the fourth morning, Thor had gently knocked on Loki’s bedroom door, walked in slowly, and sagged down on Loki’s bed. “I don’t know what to do, Loki,” Thor confessed. “I… I killed a man. Should I not be punished for it?”
“No, Thor,” Loki replied, reaching out to grasp Thor’s shoulder. “It was an accident. You did not mean to kill him.”
That morning, Thor wept in Loki’s arms as he had not since their dog Fenrir ran away when they were boys. Before they left the room to find breakfast, Thor had sighed heavily, leaned into Loki for one more moment, and then stood. “Tell me, brother,” he said, “what should I do?”
Loki smiled. “What has Father told you of my work?”
.
Save his rare partnerships with Natalie, Loki worked alone. He trusted no one and it was better if he didn’t have to worry about a partner stabbing him in the back.
Thor is not a good enough liar to be a grifter, nor delicate enough for the intricacies of the truly magnificent heists Loki has imagined. But Thor is strong and fast, and so he becomes Loki’s muscle.
“How many laws are we breaking?” Thor asks before the first job they work together.
Laughing, Loki waved a hand dismissively. “Is this not better than stuffy meetings with old men?”
“Aye, it is,” Thor admitted.
.