Loki stilled for a moment; more common for him than it was for Thor, but still unusual. Most of Loki's stillness was holding himself back, watching, planning. This was closer to the freeze of a prey animal, not that he would have enjoyed the comparison.
It wasn't that Thor was angry, he'd been navigating his brother's temper their entire lives. He knew where his brother's on and off buttons were, when it was best to stand aside, when a silent shadow was more annoying than an outright challenge. No, it was more basic than that: Loki had never considered that Thor might actually know his buttons, too.
Or could aim close enough to them to make very little difference. If he was being honest with himself - which he tried to be, the better to lie to other people - fear was part of it. But only part, not the whole. "Wrong. But do you feel better for the outburst?"
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Date: 2018-08-31 04:23 am (UTC)It wasn't that Thor was angry, he'd been navigating his brother's temper their entire lives. He knew where his brother's on and off buttons were, when it was best to stand aside, when a silent shadow was more annoying than an outright challenge. No, it was more basic than that: Loki had never considered that Thor might actually know his buttons, too.
Or could aim close enough to them to make very little difference. If he was being honest with himself - which he tried to be, the better to lie to other people - fear was part of it. But only part, not the whole. "Wrong. But do you feel better for the outburst?"