So my finger slipped and I Frostironed. I absolutely adore this pairing, and this fandom has taken over my life, and this was originally started for cup-of-my-thoughts on tumblr, who I credit with giving me a good excuse to write this :D I hope you enjoy, but I must warn that this was written at four in the morning and has not been proof read but I want to get it published ASAP so here it is. Tell me if there are any mistakes?

Also, no graphic sex, but sex happens (if that makes sense) so that's why it's rated M. Yeah.

Enjoy.

The first time Loki visited his dreams, Tony shrugged it off as a weirdly vivid nightmare and tried his best to forget the sensation of when the god of mischief ran his fingers across his jaw and murmured soft yet forgotten words in his ear. The second time Loki visited, it was even more vivid, and he's had an actual conversation with the god (about fathers, of all things, but hey, this was a dream and it wasn't like he was actually spilling his heart out to the god) and it takes a lot of alcohol to forget the way those green eyes stared into his soul.

After the third time, Tony is actually considering that maybe Loki is using some sort of magic Asgard can't detect and entering his dreams, so he calls Thor who proudly states that the magicians who designed the cells like the one Loki was being held in were the most knowledgeable in all the nine realms. It doesn't ease Tony's mind enough, however, because this is Loki and he seems the sort of guy to always have something up his sleeve. The fourth time, he decides to ask outright, because these are getting clearer and he's beginning to remember more and more.

"Is this actually happening?" he asks the god sitting across from him (they're in what appears to be his favourite lounge room, and he wonders why). Loki just smiles. He's dressed in a black top and green, tight leather pants. Tony allows himself to appreciate the view because if the god actually is doing this to him well he's got to make the most of a bad situation. "I didn't think there was any magic your cell would look over," admits Tony, narrowing his eyes at the smiling man. "So either I've finally gone crazy and this is just my imagination, or you're more powerful than we ever knew." Loki stands and gracefully makes his way over to stand in front of Tony. He leans in and his mouth brushes Tony's ear. "Oh, Man of Iron... You've no idea." Suddenly, his mouth is on Tony's and even more suddenly, Tony's awake and panting in bed wondering what the fuck just happened. Is happening.

It keeps happening. The fifth time, Loki (and Tony's pretty damn sure this is actually Loki because there's nothing natural in the way these dreams feel) pretends nothing happened last time and decides to regale him with stories of the pranks he pulled as a child. Tony actually finds himself laughing with the god, and wondering how the man he talked to the first time the Avengers assembled could seem so... Normal. Human.

The sixth time, Loki kisses Tony again, and the billionaire lets it happen. He's loses track of time as they explore each other's mouths, and when he wakes up his lips are swollen like it actually happened. He tries not to dwell on the fact that he just passionately made out with his enemy inside his head, or the fact that these are getting more real... He just takes a cold shower and forces himself to make it through the day without napping.

All together, he has twenty two dreams with Loki, and six of those consist purely of them getting acquainted with each other's mouths. They happen in the three months following the invasion, and the schedule is inconsistent at most. Tony, in the time he has the dreams, moves into his previously-unused mansion with the rest of the Avengers, assists in saving the world twice more, and decides that he should not ever be in the same room as Thor ever again. Judging by the looks the god of thunder gives him, he has not forgotten the unexplained, panicked phone call after dream number three. As the dreams became more real, the looks Thor gave him became more serious and more confused. Tony comes to the conclusion that Thor can sense Loki's magic on him, but it must be faint because he says nothing.

Dream twenty two consists of Loki showing Tony more of the parlour- trick- esque spells in his repertoire, and is filled with laughter until Loki suddenly grows serious, and looks into Tony's eyes. "Anthony," (It occurs to Tony that he's never addressed him by name before, and the sound sends shivers down his spine) "I'm afraid this will be the last time I can... visit... you."

The news is like a slap in the face, and Tony stares at the god in shock as a genuinely apologetic look crosses his face. "I wish I could continue this, but surely you see that they become more real each time? Dreams should not be this real, and though it saddens me... Ending this will be for the best. Besides, I have plans." He offers no insight on these plans, but continues to stare almost sadly at man.

"But..." Tony searches for words to convey how he feels, and finds none.

Loki moves towards him, and presses his mouth softly to the shorter man's. It's tenderer than anything that has passed between them before, and if either had been poetic they would have described it as a promise.

"This will not be the last time you see me, Man of Iron," are the last words Tony hears before he wakes up and realizes that for the first time since he was a child, there were tears running down his cheeks.

He stops sleeping unless absolutely necessary (like it used to be, before the visits) because even sleep reminds him of Loki now and those lips and eyes and his soft, pale skin and smooth, luxurious voice.

Two weeks after dream twenty two, Thor returns from a visit to Asgard to inform them that Loki begged in front of the Allfather's court for forgiveness and freedom, claiming he has found his humanity and wishes to amend his wrong doings. Though that sounded awfully uncharacteristic and the Avengers have more than their fair share of doubts, Loki was still a prince, and Odin allowed him his freedom on a very strict probation. Should there be any sign of Loki harming any ally being of the nine realms, Thor had been instructed to show his brother his full wrath and power and the god would be imprisoned for the rest of his days. The only powers Odin allowed him to keep unbound were simple, harmless spells, so Thor assured them that is was unlikely that the god of mischief will be causing any for the next few hundred years.

When Tony hears Loki is free, he goes pale, and quickly excuses himself to his room. He sleeps deeply for the first time in a fortnight, but does not dream as he wished to. Instead, he's woken in the middle of the night by his bed tipping to the side, and a lean form pressing to his back. His new bed-mate smells of magic and cold and something he just can't put his finger on. He doesn't worry, because he knows who this is, and slowly he rolls over so he's face to face with the god of mischief and his mouth is suddenly very busy. As are his hands, practically ripping the clothes off the other man without really looking to see what he was actually doing. Loki chuckles against his mouth and suddenly all clothes are gone and then everything is in a blur of passion and pleasure and skin-to-skin contact.

As they climax in unison, Tony is very aware of his lover pressing fluttering kisses to his eyes, his nose, cheeks, mouth, neck, whispering promises as they slowly come down.

"I won't leave."

"I love you."

And it's very, very quiet in Tony's room for a few moments before the Man of Iron smiles lazily, runs his fingers through Loki's hair, and sighs in what could have been defeat. "Yeah. Yeah, I love you, too."

He drifts off with a grin on his face, and decides that as great as the dreams were, there really is nothing like real life physical contact.

Yeah, I'm planning a sequel (there are a lot of unanswered questions and yes, towards the end Loki is very, very out of character (pleading is not his style but it'll be explained and we'll go into more depth in their characters in the next one.)

Reviews would be useful, so I have a bit of guidance in writing it. Also, I like reviews in general.

Thank you for reading.