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"Stephen, please don't do this. Please, I can't lose you. I can't lose another person I love. Please let me out." pleaded Loki.
Stephen turned his head towards Loki with a sad smile on his lips. "I must try Loki, you won't lose me. You won't lose us. So please, trust me love."
Loki couldn't look at his lover any more as he slid down on his knees and his eyes became blurry with tears rolling down his face. He didn't want to see Stephen in pain he knew he is going to be. To try this he would either live or die. And their child, barely conceived, now kept in magical stasis ready to go into willing uterus, into Stephen's body all because Loki was cursed.
"Wong I'm ready, do it." said Stephen.
Soon the purple mandalas floated above Stephen's pelvis, where their child will grow for the next several months. They started to slowly sink into his body and then he screamed.
All Stephen knew was a pain, pain greater than the pain in his hands after the accident, pain he felt after he cradled Donna's body in his arms, pain after his brother killed himself, and his mother died from cancer, pain worst then a thousand deaths by Dormamu. He couldn't change the past but he would go through greater pain for their future.
For his family. For his unborn daughter. For Loki.
The spell Wong was using was an old one, usually performed by priestesses on Alfheim for the royal family, but it was not used for centuries. And it worked only once. That's why the practice was abandoned.
As Stephen screamed Loki could only pray to the Norns for this to work. He would give everything for this to work. Every scream it tore his heart to pieces. If someone asked him now what love was he would say a dagger. Dagger that went too deep into his heart and left it open and bleeding.
Suddenly there was a silence and bright pink glittery light enveloped the whole room.
Magic so strong that it shook and broke prison Loki was being kept in.
As fast as he could Loki ran to Stephen. "Wong, is he alright? And our child? Did it work?" the questions poured from Loki's mouth.
"The ritual worked, now we must wait for Stephen to wake. And for a child I'll call Christine to check. But the magic was strong so that's a good sign Loki." Wong turned and opened the door to go and find Christine.
Loki was left alone with still slightly glowing Stephen, he took his arm and gently kissed his palm.
"Don't ever do this again. I may be a god but even my heart would not survive without its soul."
He kissed his sweaty forehead, his teary eyes, his bleeding lips where Stephen has bitten through while screaming.
Slowly he let his hand move to Stephen's abdomen where their child now rested. He could feel the magic surrounding, how beautiful and powerful it was.
He recalled the night they conceived how beautiful Stephen looked above him. Every line of him was perfect, from his cheekbones to the lines of his abs leading down to his member.
As he held him in his arms and drank kisses from his lips, he felt his blood, his magic, pumping through him, and he felt more powerful than he had ever in his life. This man, this beautiful sorcerer he was his . And no one, not human or god, could take that away from him.
And then Stephen entered him.
It was like magic had been created, whether from a Yggdrasil, or a spark of infinity, or something else entirely, the world had tilted. As power enveloped them, all those who had been blessed with the gift of magic all through nine realms were filled with a feeling they could never describe afterwards.
As the man who held his magic in his veins, he felt it. Their perfect spark.
The door opened and Christine and Wong entered.
"Loki I'm going to do a quick check up on Stephen and the child." Christine took some gel and put it on Stephen's abdomen. "First I'm going to look with ultrasound and after Stephen awakes we'll do pelvic and other exams. " she reassured Loki.
"Ok, here we go. "
The picture on a display was grainy and blurred, as aftereffects of magic, but then something moved.
"Yes, the baby is here, it's heartbeat is slightly elevated, but not by much. We'll monitor it just to be cautious. I would recommend the bed rest for the rest of the pregnancy. " said Christine.
" Stephen looks good, and his pressure is within normal range for a pregnant person. I'll leave you now till he wakes up. I'm happy for you guys that this worked." Christine pulled Loki into a hug.
"I'm going to portal into Sanctum and Kamar Taj and explain this situation to Masters. " said Wong, already doing motions with his sling ring. "And don't be too hard on him for this. He really loves you Loki and would do everything for you to be happy. Keep that in mind when he wakes." Wong said crossing the portal.
Left alone again Loki finally sat to a chair near Stephen and kept holding his hand.
Hand of a man that became his soul.