Darcy shook her head, unable to stop smiling. There had always been something about unspoiled nature that soothed her, though she had spent so little time exploring it. Mostly as a child, in an effort to escape what to her was an unappealing home life, and only occasionally as a teenager to get away with her friends and act like complete idiots. Even then, she'd never happened across a place that practically encapsulated its own little world.

She could scream as loud as possible - and Darcy could be damn loud - and no one would hear her.

Instead of that filling her with dread or fear, it delighted her. It wasn't something she would seek out on a regular basis, as she was still a rather social creature, but after what they had both gone through, it was nothing short of heaven. No one looking over her shoulder, no one potentially second guessing everything she said. Just her and Loki, and no one to discover their secret.

"Show me," she said, extending her hand. "I want to see all the places you enjoyed as a child." And she did. Shopping could come later, for this trip was more for Loki's sake than her own. That he chose to share it with her was enough to keep that smile on her face even when her cheeks began to ache.

Perhaps this sort of thing could become commonplace between them. Secret locations across the globe they retreated to whenever relations back at the lab became too tense, or one of them was close to falling apart. A bonding experience, a way to continue rebuilding trust between them.

"You'll get bonus points if there is a waterfall. I've never seen one."