Sing to me

How Loki experienced childbirth

      Loki was anxious. He paced back and forth in front of the white doors while on the other side, his beloved's piercing cries and the calm voices of the doctors were heard.       He understood that childbirth was difficult, but he didn't know it was this much. Every one of Melissa's screams felt like a knife twisting inside him. He would have gladly been inside the small doctor's office right now, but his beloved didn't want him to be present for the childbirth.       "Heaven forbid you accidentally injure one of the doctors in stress," she said. "Or worse, faint, like on the first ultrasound. And the second, by the way, too."       Loki was anxious. He really wanted to be with Melissa right now, but at the thought of blood and the little being that was now struggling to come out of his beloved, Loki felt queasy, and his body threatened to faint. It seemed Melissa was right. She had found a weak spot in the deceitful God.       "Easy, Loki, just calm down," he repeated to himself like a mantra.       "No need for hysterics. Melissa won't approve if she finds out that while she was giving birth, I stabbed someone."       And there was a contender for the knife in Loki's brother, Thor.       He sat nearby on the bench, smiling and watching Loki's every move with interest.       "Calm down, Loki, just calm down.”       The man repeated to himself, throwing a murderous glance at his brother, who only smirked.       "You know," Thor drawled lazily, "I never thought I'd see you like this."       But the dark-haired God said nothing. He shuddered again at Melissa's cry and continued pacing in circles at the white doors leading to the room.       "You're going to wear a hole in the floor so soon," the blond smirked.       "Oh, go to hell, Thor!" Loki shouted, and the next moment Melissa let out the loudest and most piercing scream, and everything fell silent.       Loki panicked, rushed to the door, but couldn't enter. His whole body shook, and he collapsed to the floor, feeling short of breath. Breathing became difficult, his head started to buzz, and his heart pounded several times faster.       "Loki!" his brother shouted, and in an instant, he was by his side.       "Breathe, just breathe," Thor grabbed his brother's shoulders and made him look at him. "Inhale, exhale. Inhale, exhale. Inhale, exhale.”       Breathing helped. It became easier, his heart no longer pounded wildly, threatening to jump out of his chest, and his head cleared a little.       "Why is it so quiet?" the dark-haired God whispered.       "I should be there! Right next to her!" and Loki tried to break free from his brother's grip, but he couldn't.       "Hey, it's okay. Just calm down. They'll call us soon, the birth is over. Didn't you hear your child crying?" Loki stared at Thor in confusion.       "My child is born? Crying?"       And the next moment, the doors to the room opened and the doctor's head appeared:       "Happy father can come in."       Loki quickly jumped to his feet and rushed to the door, almost knocking over the doctor.       The room was quiet, the remaining doctors and nurses were tidying up, putting things in their places.       Melissa lay on a large bed with a little person in her arms, smiling. Her damp hair stuck to her forehead, dark circles under her eyes, and her face was pale. But she was happy. Loki saw it and felt it. He was happy too. So happy to see this picture that even his eyes filled with tears.       "Just don't cry or faint!" Melissa warned her beloved and smiled.       "Come on, don't worry," she added a little softer.       Loki slowly approached the bed and sat down next to it, first gazing into the happy eyes of his beloved, and then at the swaddled cocoon in which their child peacefully slept and snored.       "We have a son," Melissa smiled.       "You're both beautiful," Loki said softly, afraid to wake the little miracle that Melissa had given him.       And looking into the girl's eyes, he sighed and said, "I love you."       "And I love you, my dear," she responded.       They both confirmed their words with a tender kiss under the gentle snoring of their little son.