"I'm not asking you to justify every second of your life!" Thor yells. Why must his brother make so many assumptions? "I want to understand you. I don't know if I'm going to ever have the chance to find out when I return and all I've been left with after you died is all these unanswered questions, the same as I was with Odin!"

Thor spits out that last word without even thinking. He takes a shaky breath and curls his fingers into his palms, tight enough that he can feel his nails against the skin of it.