<as we rush toward where the lightning strikes. As the dust cloud settles, and the telltale rings appear upon the ground, I cannot help the>

<booming chuckle that leaves my lips- BROTHER! -keeping Lady Sif hand in my own I smile upon the likes of #Thor. It feels as if an >

<eternity has passed, yet, it has only been what, a few months? Looking to Lady Sif I laugh once more- We are going home! -thoughts >

<of /why/ we are even here do not leave me for a second and it is that thought, alone, that brings me back to our own reality. My smile >

<falters, but only slightly. Keeping my self mutilating thoughts to myself, I release Lady Sif hand and charge toward #Thor, giving >

<him the upmost warmest embrace- I never thought I would see you again, brother! -closing my eyes, I inhale with the reality that we are, >

<indeed, returning home. Pulling away I pat #Thor's cheek and smile, then turn back to Lady Sif to allow her homecoming to my >

<brother. Lowering my gaze for a moment, I take a step back, into the shadows of where I used to once belong; in the shadows behind #Thor. >

</I pray that once we are home, Lady Sif chooses me. She believes in me. She will continue to love me. Hell, does she love me? I >

<watch Lady Sif for a long moment and my eyes narrow only slightly as my thoughts try to plague me in this moment. Shaking it off, >

<I force the smile that is required in this moment and wait for #Heimdall to open the rainbow bridge for our return-

-nodding ruefully to Lady Sif I offer a smile that manages to reach only my lips. My eyes carry the disappointment I fear we shall >

<face once upon Asgard. Lady Sif has given herself to me on this alternate universe of Midgard, but what says she once we are back >

<to our own time and place? Will her heart still be my own, or will she turn to the arms of my brother and place blame upon the rightful >

<shoulders? The blame is mine, and mine alone. That will be something I shall always carry with me. Taking a tentative step towards >

<Lady Sif my smile widens- Of course, Lady Sif. I am pleased, just as you are, to return home, to our own time. -curious to what >

<Lady Sif may or may not do, I offer her my arm, as a gentleman to escort his lady. My eyes do not leave hers, for all honesty, I >

<could careless what the others may or may not think of my gesture. This woman before me has managed to capture my heart, and may be the >

<only person, on Midgard and Asgard, to see /me/ not this scheming Loki the others forsake me for. If walls were the charge, she plundered >

<them with her sword and protected me as her lover. For that, Lady Sif will always have my heart in her grasp-