"Please tell me you're going to appeal to my humanity."

"Oh, for heavens sake, shut up for a moment and eat a cookie."

Loki blinked, that was not the answer he'd bee expecting. "...What?" He asked.

"A cookie," Tony said. "More particularly, an Oreo. It's like a uh, it's like a uh, shortbread, chocolate, icing in between... it's good, it's very good. You should try one."

"And why would I do that?" Loki demanded. This Stark was supposed to be a genius? "I have your tower under siege, I'm opening a portal using your own technology, I'm going to bring an army of terrifying beasts through said portal to wreak havoc on your world. And you offer me a cookie?"

"Why not?" Tony said. "I left a package here on the table..."

Picking up the blue package, Tony pulled the sleeve out of the wrapper and picked up a cookie, reaching out to hand it to Loki.

"I'm not going to eat that," Loki stated.

"Come on, just try it," Tony said.

"No," Loki said.

"Yes," Tony insisted. "Just one bite. Come on. Hey, we can get back to fighting each other to either conquer or defend the Earth in a few minutes. If you win, well, Oreo will probably be shut down and the workers turned into slaves, and you'll never get another chance. If I win, you'll most likely either die or get sent back to prison with your golden-boy brother."

Loki clenched his teeth.

"So come on," Tony said. "Just take a bite."

Loki looked at him.

"Hey, do we got a deal or not," Tony asked. "My arm's getting tired."

With a huff, Loki reached out and took the Oreo.

Biting into it, he tasted the sweet joint union of chocolate cookie and vanilla cream. His taste buds had never tasted anything quite as delicious, and his eyes widened, slowly fading from a reluctant blue to their normal emerald green.

"How's it taste, Kaleidoscope Eyes?" Tony asked with a grin.

"Why..." Loki said. "Why, it's... amazing!" Finishing the rest of the cookie, he smiled. "Truly, it has freed me from my enemies!"

Raising his spear, he focused his magic until the staff splintered down the middle, and broke, the blue light becoming dim.

"All those who were under my power are now freed," he announced. "Selvig is probably disabling the portal now. Come, my friend, let us finish these Oreos!"

"No complaints here," Tony said. "First let me run to the kitchen and get something. If you think those are good now, wait till you've dipped them in milk!"

When the rest of the Avengers finally reached New York, they looked around anxiously.

"Where's the army?" Clint wondered aloud. "Nothing's happening."

They flew the quinjet around a few more times before landing at Stark Tower, where they found, to their complete surprise, Tony and Loki, laughing and talking, as they dipped Oreos into milk, having become fast friends.