Rogue leaned her head against his shoulder. She kept the connection between them thin so that neither of them would be overwhelmed and opened it so that it would go both ways, so that she would be able to feel a portion of what Loki was feeling. It wasn't often that she used her powers instead of words; she'd been too well-trained about the dangers. But sometimes, in the still of the night between herself and her lover, Rogue took a quiet delight in letting down all her walls and sharing everything with the man she'd come to trust with all her heart.