Summer 1995

Series Metadata

Listing Series

• Limitations of the Job by AChoiceWasMade

  Fandoms: X-Men - All Media Types, X-Men (Comicverse)  

  • Mature
  • Major Character Death
  • M/M
  • Complete Work

  21 Aug 2025

  Tags

  • Major Character Death
  • Jean-Paul Beaubier/Bobby Drake
  • Bobby Drake & Sam Guthrie
  • Drake Roberts & Samson Guthry
  • Bobby Drake
  • Jean-Paul Beaubier
  • Sam Guthrie
  • Rogue | Anna Marie (X-Men)
  • Lorna Dane (Marvel)
  • Graydon Creed
  • Alex Summers
  • Other characters in X-Factor and Alpha Flight are there - just not central
  • Gay Bobby Drake
  • Single POV
  • Canon-Typical Violence
  • 1990s
  • Period-Typical Homophobia
  • mostly strong don't-ask-don't-tell vibes and respectability politics
  • but also queer joy
  • Friends of Humanity (X-Men)
  • Mutant Politics
  • warning is more of a minor character death?
  • but a major plot point
  • and character death is canonical so that part's not a spoiler
  • Angst with a Happy Ending
  • for our leads. Can't promise we fix everything else.

  Summary

  Iceman volunteers to go undercover working for Congressman Graydon Creed, noted anti-mutant bigot. His mission is complicated when X-Force decides to get in on the action, X-Factor keeps asking him for favors, and he crosses paths with the world’s most notable (openly) gay mutant.

  Series

  • Part 1 of Summer 1995

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  69,092

  Chapters:

  14/14

  Comments:

  40

  Kudos:

  31

  Bookmarks:

  5

  Hits:

  776