The morning sun was starting to shine through the window and in response Loki's hold on Elsa tightened slightly as he buried his face in her back.

"Are you awake?" he asked her softly.

"Yes, I have been for a while," she told him, a playful tone in her voice as she turned around. He reached out for a kiss, which Elsa happily indulged in.

His hand ran down her side before his fingers came back up and lightly touched her face. "Every morning I wake up to you and your beauty is better than the last."

A light pink blush appeared on her cheeks before she moved closer to Loki again, letting his arm return to holding her.

They laid together for a while longer, neither wanting to get up and start their days. While Elsa would go about doing her queenly duties, Loki would do… whatever it was that Loki does.

The blonde sighed as she once again thought about what her husband did and realized she honestly didn't understand what it was. He never told her, and most days she didn't see him until dinner; there was a whole eight hour gap when he could be doing anything.

"Are you alright?" Loki asked her. He could always tell when there was a change in her mood.

"I was just thinking about something."

"Would you like to talk about it?" he asked her.

"What do you during the day?" Elsa asked, being as straight forward as always.

He pulled away from her and sat up. "Elsa…"

She sat up from him. "It's a simple question."

He ran a hand through his hair. "It's better that you don't know."

"I'm the Queen, I should know everything that goes on in my kingdom!"

Loki got up and grabbed his robe. "There's some things that Queens don't need to know."

"What, like their kings sleeping with other women?" Elsa asked. Her voice showed the hurt that was there. It felt like even after two and a half years of marriage, and a year and a half before that of him courting her, he didn't trust her completely.

The black haired man turned around, his green eyes nearly glowing. "I'd never cheat on you!"

She got up and turned her back on him, knowing he had more decency than trying to physically hurt her. Better yet, she knew he wouldn't hurt her.

"Elsa…"

"I don't want to hear it, Loki. I have councils that need my presence soon and I can't spend time arguing with you."

He reached out for her but she avoided his touch and walked into their bathroom to get ready.

Loki sat down on the bed. He couldn't tell her. He wouldn't tell her. She didn't need to know, didn't need to have that stress right now. He glanced at the clock and knew he should get going, or he'd be late and who knows what would happen then.

A while later Elsa came out of the bathroom to see Loki already gone. She swallowed and blinked, not knowing why his absence suddenly bothered her. She sighed and walked to her sister's quarter for breakfast.

"Prince Loki. It still has a nice ring to it, " the blue creature told him.

The Asgardian stared at his apparent kinsman. "I advise you to leave now before I kill you, and tell the rest of the frost giants I will not tolerate anymore appearances by you. This has gone on far too long."

"You killed your own father, our leader! It'd be fair for us to take your woman. And think of it, you'd be a King again."

Loki was upon the frost giant in a moment. "That is the last threat that will ever spill from your mouth!" he hissed before taking a knife and slitting his throat.

Less than a moment later Loki was surrounded by frost giants. He sighed and closed his eyes before drawing on his reserves of magic. It felt like it had been forever since he'd used magic. "I'll kill all of you a thousand times over before any of you could ever lay a hand on her!"

"Are you sure you're alright?" Anna asked her sister.

"Yes, I'm fine, only a bit dizzy. Please just attend the meetings for me. I hope to be able come to dinner, but-"

"I'll bring it to you if you don't show up! See you later, Elsa." She leaned in to give her sister a kiss on the cheek before curtsying.

"See you later, Anna." The Queen watched her sister walk off before opening her door. She gasped and was shocked still.

"Loki?" she said softly.

Her husband looked up at her. "Why are you back here?"

"I wasn't feeling well." Her eyes went to his hands. "Loki, why is there blood on your hands?"

He muttered something and in a second the blood was gone. "Elsa, it's not what you think. They were threatening you and I… I can't lose you. I thought I could solve it peacefully and then it escalated today… I did the only thing I could to protect you."

"Oh, Loki," she rushed over to him and he picked her up in the embrace.

"I'll do anything to protect you two, my Queen and our unborn child," he told her as he set her down. "I love you."

"I love you, too, Loki," she told him before settling a kiss on his lips. He smiled as he walked back and came down on the bed, pulling Elsa on top of him.

Needless to say, Anna walked in on a very interesting sight.

Author's Note:They are literally my current favorite ship (which is really saying something considering I've been addicted to Thorki for the past week). Anyway, I hope y'all liked this, I'm sure there are more one-shots with Loki & Elsa (maybe even a story or two) so if you liked this hopefully you'll like those too!

Please review! :)

~HolleringHawk65