“oh…” Loki looked horrified. Would they disqualify Steph because of his past? Would they tell him he could not be a dog owner because he had tried to subjugate the human race? He hadn’t really wated that, not really! He’d just wanted… he felt bad for what he’d done but humanity had been an annoying pest in the way of his real goals and he honestly had thought them to just be clever monkeys at the time. Lesser than asgard and not worth the protection Thor gave them… thinking back on it, he had only thought that way because Odin had said it so many times. Now he knew better, but that didn’t mean he couldn’t, or shouldn’t, be held accountable for his past. He was doing his best to make up for his past behavior. That was why he was working for shield protecting them from threats they sometimes didn’t even know about. “but he is a good boy and he can’t make money the way you and Steph do! He needs me to spend on him. Unlike you jerks, who just go out and buy anything you want.” Loki huffed.<br/><br/>“oh for goodness sakes Johnny.” Loki scolded, amused. “Dogs aren’t like that. Louis will love all of us. Greyhounds get cold easily, I read that in my book, so he’s going to be drawn to you anyway just for your body heat. Your also the most self assured person here, a real Alpha personality as it where, and Louis is going to respond to your self confidence and dominant demeanor. Besides, this dog is for ALL of us. You included.” he shook his finger at the other. “so you better love that dog because otherwise Steph is going to feel guilty about hogging him and excluding you.” he smiled at Johnny. “I was worried you didn’t want the dog after all.” he admitted as he leaned into the hug. Unaware that Johnny was starting to get suspicious of his belly.<br/><br/>“are we supposed to talk about that sort of thing?” Loki asked, surprised. “you guys just kind of moved me in all on your own, I didn’t know we where supposed to talk about it.” it was true too. Steph and Johnny had noticed Loki spent most of his free time at the Shield Headquarters in one of the tiny, assigned rooms that all the other shield agents had. They had moved all of his things, sparse at the time, into Johnny’s house and Loki had never left. Sometimes he went to ‘his own apartment’ which didn’t exist, when the two weren’t home or they went to spend the night at the tower. But they didn’t need to know that he was actually just motel hopping when they weren’t home.