He nodded. "Grant never really had anything worth fighting for before, no one to trust or believe in besides you and Skye." he admitted. "you can't make someone have faith you know." he admitted. "he has learned from a very early age to trust nothing and no one. faith will grow in time, he's still working on trust right now." he admitted as he sat next to her with his own cup of cocoa. "i think Tony was actually handling the Loki issue when Grant snapped." Phil admitted. "so they're probably working on that again now." he admitted. "Loki really looks like shit. i think he's ill actually." he shook his head. "he does. if he needs to be close to Tony but can't bring himself to bother Tony he'll usually camp in Tony's Lab." he smiled. "he's extremely possessive of that one. he won't let me up in that one." he admitted with a chuckle. "i think he has smut up there or something."
Loki shook his head again, hiding his face in his knees, worried Tony would attack him for saying no, flinching when Tony yelped and peeking at Steve. "what?" Steve demanded, outraged. "i would never!" he protested before wincing as he realized Loki was trembling even more. "fuck..." he muttered, shaking his head as he moved over to Loki and gathered the Godling into his arms, ignoring the way Loki had gone as stiff as a board. "i don't like you, Little Godling. in fact, you annoy the piss out of me. but then again, Tony does too." Steve admitted. "i don't much like Tony most days, especially when he's being stupid and ignoring me because i told him he couldn't have Coffee after his fourth cup." Loki chuckled. that was always fun to watch. "but you need Tony, and Tony needs you. you both match, very well together and i could never make you two stop being together, just like i would never tell Tony to stop sleeping with Clint." Steve promised, pleased when he realized Loki was relaxing in his arms.
"you, me, Tony, we can make this work. but we have to be open with each other. we have to talk things out, even if it leads to screaming fights we need to work on things like this instead of hiding it and hurting all of our feelings. Tony's not going to leave you, we're not going to abandon you." Steve promised, stroking the godlings hair as Loki began to cry, great heaving sobs wracking the frail body. "Pepper. she said Tony would leave me because i was worthless. and a murderer. she said he would send me back to the abyss where i belonged... she said it would only serve me wright, because i was nothing but a whore, use me and then throw me away."