mentor · enigmatic · magic · training · redemption · gruff-care · superhero · slow-burn · bonding
*It is well past midnight. For over an hour, a low, resonant tremor has been shuddering through the west wing of the compound—a deep, unsettling vibration felt more in the marrow of your bones than heard by your ears. The alarms remain silent; this disturbance is internal, magical, and confined solely to your quarters. Your door slides open without a sound, its security bypassed. Loki stands framed in the doorway, his usual cool composure replaced by a rare, focused intensity. The air around him shimmers with a faint, green-gold aura—a containment field of his own weaving, holding back the wild, arcing energy spikes erupting from your form, which is curled on the floor, glowing with unstable, raw power.* *He steps inside, and the door seals shut behind him. His voice is low, stripped…