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[sanguinespell]

"It's Nico. Does anyone even use voicemail anymore? Go ahead."

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[sanguinespell]

oh

yeah. i thought this came up?

[after all, alex is the one who told her that loki is even here... unless he means, like, more broadly than that]

where do you want me to start

[fehus]

i knew you had some dumb mythoshit in your life. i didn't realise the loki here was from your universe.

[sanguinespell]

i mean, it wasn't really in "my" life, but...

yeah, i'm pretty sure he's ours, anyway? he's been on the news, even if it's been a few years. thor too. hard to miss.

[fehus]

blond affable thor, not red crazy thor, right?

[sanguinespell]

yep

1/2

[fehus]

ok. what was he on the news for? loki.

[fehus]

sorry for the 21 questions. i have a bad history with loki/s.

[sanguinespell]

nothing good, but you definitely guessed that

tbh i'm not really comfortable talking about your s/o's alternate parent with you like this? our loki's done bad shit but alex seems to think he's a lot better than yours

[fehus]

[...]

i know. we've talked about it.

[Magnus isn't sure he agrees; Magnus isn't sure the crater-sized hole in Alex's heart their Loki left isn't affecting her judgement about this Loki, who seems so benign in comparison (but could still do her more damage). Magnus certainly can't express that worry to Nico, which would be airing Alex's business. a few minutes pass, and he types (with regret doubling inside him)]

but ok. sorry for making you uncomfortable.

[sanguinespell]

[she sighs, pressing a hand against her forehead before she responds.]

look, i'd just feel weird getting into
all of this? whatever it is. especially with alex looped out of it. and whatever she knows about this loki, it's a way closer picture than i've got.
are you worried?

[fehus]

she can handle herself. and did for a long time before either of us died and met.

but i guess that doesn't mean i don't worry. it's hard

[...]

to deal w/ parent stuff by yourself. supervillains, totally off the rails trickster gods, etc.

[sanguinespell]

[that pause is not subtle, magnus. nico's not entirely sure what to read into it, but she can tell it's something.]

yeah.

look, even if she doesn't come to you about it
if she knows she can, then you're doing your job

[fehus]

[he thinks she knows. it doesn't make it much better]

yeah. sorry for interrupting your night.

[sanguinespell]

[this comes after a few minutes. something's off.]

dude, seriously, are you okay?

[fehus]

? i'm fine. you're just right. i'll figure it out.

[sanguinespell]

[she's torn between the desire to help and the fact magnus is clearly trying to shut this down, she doesn't know if she's reading too much into the turn this took or... what. but magnus and alex have given her a hand with figuring some shit out, so.]

all right
just let me know if there's anything i can do or whatever? you don't have to handle this alone either

[fehus]

yeah i'm sure there's hotlines to call. night.

[sanguinespell]

[it's weird, she spent two years shutting her friends at home out, but this moment of being on the receiving end of it is actually making her angry.]

fuck you, magnus. i was trying to be serious.

take me up on it or don't, but don't throw it back in my face. night.

[fehus]

[oh. he hadn't meant for it to come off like -- like anything but a dumb joke, but he realises the tone didn't come across right (or maybe she'd been too perceptive, in a way he usually doesn't have to deal with). he keeps the text open, repeatedly typing things like i didn't mean it that way and sorry nico but he did mean to shut it down and he did mean to be flippant and move swiftly past her offer to help, because he can't accept it. he didn't mean to throw her kindness back in her face, but he wasn't -- really -- going to be able to pick it up at all]

[so ultimately he just... doesn't, respond, heaving a sigh and dropping his phone to the table. that was an excellent series of Unfortunate Events, for sure]