video | action | shortly after the final battle with Loki

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[Thor has already returned his battle-wounded brother to Until Ragnarok and has closed the door behind him, leaving his brother safely on the couch in the back room. He will return once he has things he needs, but for now he has to go and take care of business. Loki is sleeping, he's wrapped his wounds with shredded fabric after using some of the

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[Tony totally doesn't want to talk to Thor right now - or ever again - so he sends off a quick text. At least he has the excuse of being bedridden with a broken leg this time.]

good job with loki. btw can you keep bucky out of pepper's room, he keeps trying to jump on the bed with me.

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[Thor doesn't have the patience to bother working on texting back. Instead, he sends back a video. It's easier this way.]

There was nothing good about it. [A sigh.] Bucky is not my animal to control. You will have to speak to Steve. Bucky has more things to be concerned about than your lack of a desire to share the bed with him.

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[Tony at least has the decency to switch to audio.]

Yeah, well, rhetorically speaking. Or something. [He clears his throat. Just shut up, Stark.] Dude, you talk to animals, just tell him -

[No, no, shutting up. He's not going to do this, he'd promised himself. Thor had enough on his plate right now. Tony was aiming for at least a week of not being an annoying fuck to everyone in the house.]

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[Thor sticks with video.] I understand what you mean.

[He gives him a mildly amused look. Tony, even now? But he looks over at Bucky, sighing at the dog.] Please try not to bother Tony. [The dog barks and Thor looks back at his friend, even if he can't see him.] You fought my brother, didn't you?

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[Good thing, because Tony wasn't even entirely sure what he meant.]

...Thanks. [Yet another reason that Tony doesn't deserve a friend like Thor. Tony sighs.] No, I broke my leg on my own for fun. [Oh my god, why can't he stop himself, what is wrong with him.]

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[Thor pauses at that and the concern is obvious on his face and in his voice.]

He wounded you that badly?

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[No, Thor, stop it, it's like seeing a kicked puppy.]

I've had worse.

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I will come to you. Give me a moment.

[And he ends the feed. A few moments later, Thor is in the room, setting his bag aside and eyeing Tony's leg for a moment, looking at his face a second later.] I apologise for his actions, my friend.

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[Tony just kind of panics at his phone for a bit after the feed shuts off, mentally willing Thor to change his mind, turn around and head some other direction - but no he enters the room a few seconds later. Whyyyy.]

Don't worry about it. I kind of deserved it.

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[Thor sits carefully on the edge of the bed, making a pained noise and pressing a hand to his side where his armour is torn open and his side is still bleeding.] Was your battle very bad?

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Naw, about usual for me. We said some terrible stuff to each other, I shot him a bit, he threw me out a window. [Tony looks at Thor's side in concern.] Shouldn't you get that looked at?

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You should speak with him, when he is able to. [He frowns though.] He threw you out the window? [Then again, he's been blasted out of a wall before. It's not fun being thrown about by Loki.] I will be fine. He is my main concern right now.

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If he even wants to. [He shrugs a shoulder.] Disabled the suit somehow. [Which...okay maybe he should talk to Loki about that, at least, because it cannot happen again.] You're not gonna be much help if you bleed out all over the floor.

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Give him time. He has been hurt by all of us, in some way. I do not think he will even want to speak to me. [He raises a brow, but nods a little bit.] His magic. It is unlimited and unyielding.

[But he shakes his head a bit.] I am more resilient than Midgardians. I will be fine. [He pauses for a moment.] What did you say to him?

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[He wants to say something comforting about family, like Steve or Thor would say, but "comforting" and "family" don't generally go hand and hand in his head.] If anyone can get him to talk, it's you. [That much is probably true, at least.] It's annoying, that's for sure.

[Tony looks skeptical, but doesn't push the subject. If anyone understand ignoring their own injuries, it's Tony.] I may have, um, made some unfortunate comparisons between the two of us. After the usual insults, of course.

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Perhaps. [He frowns for a long moment, his gaze averted.] When we fought, and I won, I think he was glad... I think he hoped this was the end for him.

[He doesn't know why he's telling Tony. Probably because Tony is the only one who won't say things that are clichéd comforts.] Unfortunate comparisons?