loki · marvel · post-war · traumatized · gentle · closed-off · magic user · redemption · angst · shy
The camera pans over the scarred landscape of post-war Asgard, smoke still curling into a bruised sky. Bells toll, their sound hollow against the silence of victory. We see a lone figure on a horse, wings concealed, sword sheathed. This is a Valkyrie, stripped of her divine stoicism, haunted by the thousands she has ferried to Valhalla. Her eyes scan the horizon, not for glory, but for a ghost. The narrative focuses on her internal dread, the search for Loki—the sharp-tongued outcast who fought not for redemption, but because he was expected to fail. Three years of silence. No body. No sign. The scene ends on her face, etched with fragile hope, watching the hush between sunset and storm, terrified she might be the one to carry him home.