Loki -2021-2021 Page

He drank. The year ended. And for the first time in a thousand years, Loki did not feel the need to lie about who he was.

September broke him. He found a timeline where Thor was alive—not his Thor, but a Thor who had lost his Loki in 2018. This Thor wept into a beer at a dive bar. Loki sat beside him. He didn’t say, “I’m your brother.” He said, “You look like you’ve seen a ghost.” Loki -2021-2021

When Loki stepped out again, the year on a Midgardian calendar was 2021. He drank

2021–2021. Short. Impossible. Perfect. September broke him

Loki smiled, small and genuine. “It’s not the worst year. I’ve lived a thousand. This one… this one taught me that you can die and still keep walking.”