A Different Kind of Courage

Pre-Tilaria. The Loki you know is a smooth talking mage, a one man army. As a child he has none of his later confidence and is only aware of how little Odin likes him. When Loki saves Thor and drowns, he discovers a new courage that only grows when Marauders take him hostage and he uses the Tesseract. But because of that, the Chitauri find him, and they are intrigued by his power.