follow me into the rain

I wrote this fic for the Chocolate Box Exchange 2022 over on AO3. Now reposting it here. The original recipient is Halja, whose letter was very encouraging and inspiring.

The first part of the title, "To Make Our Fate A Friend", is taken from a line in one of Swedish poet Karin Boye's poems as translated into English by David McDuff. Link to the poem is here, although the rest of the poem does not have any strong relation to the story - I just really liked that one line.

I grew up with retellings of the Norse myths both fairly faithful ones and rather wild freewheeling ones, and have kept returning to old takes and take delight in many new ones in adulthood. Like many others I find Loki endlessly fascinating, and I was so happy to read the recipient's letter and find they do not care for negative depictions of Sigyn, as that is the same with me. Very little is known in the recorded stories about Sigyn, even less about Angrboda, so I still had to make up a lot. Which was fun!

(Angrboda is the name of the giantess, or Jotun woman if you prefer, with whom Loki fathered the Midgård Serpent, Fenrir, and Hel.)

Confession that it wasn't until I got this fic assignment that I actually went to the library and got the Poetical Edda (in Swedish translation, of course) and read it for the first time.

Title: To Make Our Fate A Friend, Or, The Scent of the World In Those Early Days
Characters: Loki, Sigyn, Odin, mentions of Angrboda
Pairings: Loki/Sigyn, Odin/Loki, mentions of Loki/Angrboda; arguably has Angrboda/Sigyn subtext (I was aiming for that, at least)
Word count: 4069
Rating: PG I guess
Summary: Loki tells Sigyn of the days in the distant past when he and Odin roamed the world in its early days together, and sealed their bond.

Author's Note: Many many thanks to tonko for providing much-needed beta and encouragement! ♥ Any remaining errors are my responsibility. Constructive criticism and other feedback is highly appreciated.


( you will speak truth with me )