A part of Thor is still in disbelief that this is real, that the Norns could be this kind. Surely they're waiting for him to let his guard down before they pull the rug from under his feet, and make him look the fool for thinking he could have someone who loves him so. But Thor has ever been a man who cannot help but wear his heart on his sleeve, who cannot help but trust and love and reach out to those he cares for, no matter how much he fears what might come of it.

"Then you truly are stuck with me," he murmurs, turning his head to capture her lips with his own before she can pull away again. "Til the day you perish, or I do."