[ The thought of nearly going through with this and, well, standing him up crosses Loki's mind. That would be an excellent bit of mischief, at the very least–to leave him wanting. Loki mulls that over. ]
I know how to knock. It's polite, you know.
[ As though Loki doesn't know how to deal with locked doors, if he had the cause to. Theoretically, because he's decided that he's absolutely going to to leave Stark to spend the evening alone. But somehow, over the course of ten or fifteen minutes, he goes back and forth, weighing the pros and cons of this, here, how much of a terrible idea it is, and, per usual, he promptly forgets about the cons and forges onwards nonetheless.
Either way, in an hour or so: here is is, standing in front of 17-A as he thinks about turning back again. Vrenille lives in the Up–what if he saw him here? It's not like he wouldn't allow it, obviously, but more importantly, it would be embarrassing, and this is already plenty embarrassing in itself.
He looks down the hallway; thinks again about going back to his little room in the Down, with the uncomfortable bed and the tiny window. And knocks on the door, because he is polite, and also, primarily, to put this into motion before he has too many regrets. ]
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I know how to knock. It's polite, you know.
[ As though Loki doesn't know how to deal with locked doors, if he had the cause to. Theoretically, because he's decided that he's absolutely going to to leave Stark to spend the evening alone. But somehow, over the course of ten or fifteen minutes, he goes back and forth, weighing the pros and cons of this, here, how much of a terrible idea it is, and, per usual, he promptly forgets about the cons and forges onwards nonetheless.
Either way, in an hour or so: here is is, standing in front of 17-A as he thinks about turning back again. Vrenille lives in the Up–what if he saw him here? It's not like he wouldn't allow it, obviously, but more importantly, it would be embarrassing, and this is already plenty embarrassing in itself.
He looks down the hallway; thinks again about going back to his little room in the Down, with the uncomfortable bed and the tiny window. And knocks on the door, because he is polite, and also, primarily, to put this into motion before he has too many regrets. ]