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Post by Loki Odinsson on Jul 28, 2016 11:37:05 GMT -5
Loki smiled at her and reached for her hand.
"Oh- oh, here we are. Jesus, it's worse than I remembered-"
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Post by Teja on Jul 28, 2016 11:46:57 GMT -5
It wasn't, in fairness, that much of a shock, though she was too nice to tell him that. When she'd met Loki, his attractive features had been, well - those sharp green eyes and fine bone structure, that decided and vaguely conceited way of speaking. The clothing had been a little forgettable and the less said of the hair, the better.
He'd been a very fat baby, but lost that rapidly as he grew into a weedy, anxious-looking child, even in portraits where everyone's expression was meant to be solemn and proud - as though he wasn't quite sure if he was doing it right. His father had been, it seemed, alternatively quite fatherly looking and rather distant and aristocratic and gruff; his mother was very beautiful, with huge rosy gold hair; and Thor, of course, had been a cornfed, smiling boy, with a huskiness that eventually turned into what Megan might have called hunkiness. But as Loki aged, he just got skinnier and taller. The hair went from looking like a kitten who had been cleaned by its mother into a very unfortunate state to the awful helmet he'd had when she met him. It wasn't because of his actually wearing a helmet, though. Thor, from royal portraits, had a large winged helmet from the time he was young, but his hair was voluminous and streaked with various ashy and golden shades of blond; Loki's was always jet black and close to the head - and, she was realizing from all those she'd seen outside and these portraits, very short.
"Why was your hair so short? That seems culturally unusual-"
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Jul 28, 2016 12:15:58 GMT -5
"Because I hated it," he said dully.
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Post by Teja on Jul 28, 2016 12:18:51 GMT -5
She threaded her fingers through it sadly.
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Jul 28, 2016 16:41:10 GMT -5
"It didn't do what I wanted, so I got rid of it," he said, with a diffident little jerk of the shoulders. "There's not much more to it than that-"
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Post by Teja on Jul 28, 2016 18:35:36 GMT -5
"What did you want it to do? Seems like it's a lot of curls to me-"
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Jul 28, 2016 19:02:02 GMT -5
"Yes, well-"
He cleared his throat.
"If you must know, I found it effeminate."
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Post by Teja on Jul 28, 2016 19:02:31 GMT -5
"Oh, Loki," she sighed.
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Jul 28, 2016 19:04:12 GMT -5
"You asked-"
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Post by Teja on Jul 28, 2016 19:05:47 GMT -5
"I know, but you make me feel so bad, sometimes."
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Jul 28, 2016 19:11:08 GMT -5
"I suppose the new one will be an improvement," he said, staring up at himself. "It can't be worse than that."
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Post by Teja on Jul 28, 2016 19:22:37 GMT -5
"You're so young!" she said wonderingly. "I always thought you had a very... young looking face. But now I realize you look rather dashing and mature, don't you?"
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Jul 28, 2016 19:48:14 GMT -5
"Or, you know, still effeminate," he suggested. "But not... badly."
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Post by Teja on Jul 28, 2016 19:49:15 GMT -5
She agreed with that, putting her arms around his waist.
"I certainly like you this way."
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Jul 28, 2016 19:59:47 GMT -5
He laughed, and the gloom dissipated as he bent to kiss her.
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