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Lokius Week 2025 - Day 7

Title: AGENT AESIR

Rating: Mature

Warnings: Graphic Depictions of Violence

Fandoms: Loki (TV 2021), Thor (Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe

Relationships: Loki/Mobius M. Mobius

Characters: Loki (Marvel), Mobius M. Mobius, Amora (Marvel), Odin (Marvel), Thor (Marvel), Ravonna Lexus Renslayer, TVA | Time Variance Authority Agents, The Aesir, Skurge | The Executioner

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Organized Crime, Undercover Agent Mobius, Bartender Mobius, Criminal Loki (Marvel), Espionage, Drugs/Drug Trafficking, Criminal Syndicates, Slow Burn, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Gunfights, False Identity, Badass Mobius, Genderfluid Loki (Marvel), Odin's A+ Parenting, Switch Mobius, Switch Loki, Strangers to Lovers to Enemies

Series: Part 1 of Apples of Idunn

Chapters: 3/?

Words: 9,889

Summary:

Mobius M. Mobius has one mission left before retirement: infiltrate AESIR, the criminal syndicate hiding behind the pristine face of pharmaceutical giant Yggdrasil and confirm the existence of a new drug rumored to grant immortality–Idunn's Apples. Nothing complicated for the TVA's best, right?

If only it were that simple.

Now he's bartending in a low-level club owned by AESIR's Asgardian branch, lying through his teeth and trying not to stare too hard at Loki Laufeyson–the unpredictable youngest child of the syndicate's leader and Mobius's only shot at getting close to the truth.

But the deeper he goes, the harder it is to tell where the lies stop–and who is really pulling the strings.

After all, who can resist the temptation of immortality?

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I started posting this AU about a week ago, just in time for @lokiusweek and thought I would submit it for Day 7! It's a w.i.p and isn't finished yet but I put it out here anyways ( •̯́ ₃ •̯̀)

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LOKI -> 1x02 "The Variant" | 2x02 "Breaking Brad"

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@lokiusweek 2025 - Day 6/Extra Prompts: What Might Have Been (in/sp)

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WIP Wednesday

Thank you, @kcscribbler and @loki-is-my-kink-awakening, for the tag 💗 This is part of my "memory loss" fic for @lokiusweek which I hope I'll be able to start posting soon!

“Just stop worrying, okay?” Mobius says, a fond smile on his features now. “How about, when I return, we get some popcorn and indulge in a movie night at my place?”

Loki scowls. “I'm not a child you need to bribe with some treats.”

Mobius continues to look at him, amusement still sparkling in his eyes. “So … no movie night?”

Damn this man!

“… I didn't say that,” Loki grumbles, folding his arms across his chest.

Mobius grins, clearly pleased with himself for winning the god over so easily.

Tagging anyone who wants to participate! I'd love to hear about your progres☺️

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@lokiusweek day 7: free day a favourite moment from Loki S02E03 “1893”

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The Confession: A Line Breakdown

Day 6: S2 EP5

Prompt: N/A

The iconic "rom-com" episode! All throughout the first four episodes of the second season, I was strictly holding myself back from becoming attached to these two. There were so many insane moments that I could hardly believe were canon, but I dismissed it all as unintentional writing choices and "queerbaiting" because I refused to believe the writers (for the MCU!!!) would commit to their relationship all the way through. At least, not without giving way to a more "serious" straight relationship or disrupting it with some overt "bro" jokes that wouldn't take them seriously.

Yet this episode manages to bring some excellent humor into their relationship (through some alternate-self shenanigans) with moments that take their relationship seriously. But what impacted me the most was one single line that defined the significance of their bond.

Back in S2EP1, Loki timeslips before he can tell Mobius what he believes are his final words to him. As soon as that moment happened, I knew the writers were going to pull a "Chekhov's gun" with this confession, and bring it up in a significant place later in the season. So when Loki finally said "You saved my life when I first arrived. You saw something in me that I hadn’t seen in myself." in EP5, I immediately knew that was what he wanted to tell him. So, let's break down the significance of this line and the tragedy of his Mobius not hearing those words.

"You saved my life when I first arrived."

The first thing that comes to my mind in hearing this sentence was Mobius interrupting Loki's trial and preventing him from pruning in the very first episode. At the time, both thought pruning would result in an instant, permanent death there was no chance of coming back from. But of course, as of now Loki knows that he could have survived in the Void himself for some time. What he seems to be pointing at here is more of a figurative saving rather than a literal one.

The Void in S1EP5 was full of Loki variants that continuously backstabbed and sabotaged one another for power. Even in a wasteland with no people to rule, their definitions of "glorious purpose" was severely misconstrued and self-destructive. When our Loki arrives there, he's clearly very embarrassed over their actions, and has a small moment of self-reflection. He recognizes that this is what everyone else saw in him on the timeline; just a malicious and egotistical fool who often secured his own downfall. But rather than being offended or close-minded about it, you can tell that he acknowledges he was once like them.

If Loki had been immediately pruned upon arrival at the TVA, he would have acted just as simplistically as the others, or worse, met an unfortunate fate due to betrayal. It was meeting Mobius that gave him an opportunity to listen to someone who pointed out all his flaws and shortcomings, but without judgement. In turn, this helped him distinguish between the limitations of his initial purpose, but not of his character.

"You saw something in me that I hadn’t seen in myself."

And this idea perfectly coincides with his second line. What strikes me the most in this is that Loki doesn't say "that others didn't see in me" or "something that I didn't think was possible" but rather, a part of himself he didn't even believe existed. After years of being raised in an environment that saw everything from his powers to his status as inferior, it changed the way he saw his own nature. That he was born without the capacity for selflessness, benevolence, or even love.

This completely recontextualises his entire character, not only in the series but in the entire MCU. He never had that opportunity to truly believe he could selflessly care the way that many others did. So when he arrives at the TVA right after Avengers 2012, at one of the lowest points in his life, he's very hesitant to the idea of trust or friendship. Yet Mobius manages to defy all the expectations Loki had of himself, revealing the very human heart underneath his godly facade.

That last line then, is a huge revelation both on Loki's behalf and their relationship as a whole. Mobius had never seen Loki as merely a subject or experiment, but always as a multifaceted being. It was a genuine connection, a truth that saved Loki from himself. Something that had forever left an impact on his identity. And now, the prospect of spending the rest of his newfound life with this person was rapidly slipping from his fingers. Without Mobius, where did he belong?

But something that Loki might never know for sure was how much that statement also rang true on his partner's behalf. Because I can almost guarantee that Mobius would have said the same if he had heard those words.

In the TVA, he had no sense of identity outside of their established "glorious purpose" to protect the sacred timeline. He was a man with dreams and ambitions (no matter how frivolous) that could never be achieved. When Loki crash-landed into his life, he was probably just expecting an opportunity to learn from someone he was fascinated by. In turn, he hoped to at least give closure to this Loki variant outside of the fate he was assigned.

But almost instantaneously, that spark of rebellion in him turned into a flame. For the first time Mobius was pushed way outside his comfort zone by someone who exemplified mischief and chaos. Loki brought him a new perspective on things, and consequently, he risked his own neck (and skin) for someone he didn't owe anything to. It was done out of care for someone the TVA told him he should have zero attachments for. Loki saved him from a lifetime of servitude, and as a result, freed the universes for all time. It was because of him, that Mobius could decide his own future for himself. Both of these characters shaped one another throughout the series. Always following, always chasing, always changing each other like an ouroboros.

Nothing emphasizes Loki's confession more than the last scene of the series. We see that these two are still drawn to one another despite entire realities separating them. It was their own care for one another that ultimately distanced them for eternity. The desire to be together—not for the TVA or a life on the timelines—is never fully uncovered until after they part ways for the last time.

A confession left forever unspoken.

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Lokius Week 2025 - Day 6: S2 EP5

Loki, thinking that he might not have another chance, tries shooting his shot. O.B. arrives just at the... right? time. Don would appreciate some context.

Save a jetski, ride a single dad instead (?)

O.B. has found a new inspiration for his next work! (While Loki yearns and Don is just confused) LOL

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Loki 2x05 "Science/Fiction"

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Lokius Week 2025 - Day 2: S2 EP2 / Drinks

Instead of going for keylime pie, Loki and Mobius decide to share a drink... and maybe more.

some liquid courage goes a long way!

Have another doodle of Loki trying Josta for the first time :P

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@lokiusweek - Day 6: hurt/comfort

The End and The Beginning

Rating: teen and up

Status: complete

Word Count: 4,607

Tags: canon compliant, hurt/comfort, angst with a happy ending, first kiss, friends to lovers, whump, hurt!loki, worried!mobius

Summary:

When Loki ends up fatally poisoned, he finds himself in desperate need of only one single thing before his inevitable demise: to hear Mobius' voice one last time.

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@lokiusweek - Day 6: dreams

Like A Dream

Rating: gen

Status: complete

Word Count: 5,514

Tags: canon compliant, fluff, idiots in love, first kiss, accidental kissing, friends to lovers

Summary:

Mobius is utterly useless in the early hours of the day, just a shadow of a man who craves caffeine and walks into walls because he is barely able to keep his eyes open. Loki can't get enough of it all, way too amused by this daily spectacle. Until that one fateful morning when Mobius confuses dream with reality in his drowsy state and suddenly they end up much closer than Loki knows what to do with.

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@lokiusweek 2025 - Day 5: Memory Loss (insp)

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Lokius Week 2025 (@lokiusweek)

Day 4 : S1 EP2 - The Variant + first date (part 1)

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@lokiusweek 2025 - Day 4: S01E02 + first date

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@lokiusweek 2025 | DAY 5: PRAISE