9 Works by nathG
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A look at how we might have gotten to DOFP.
Three years after Alcatraz, Rogue returns to the school and to her damaged relationship with Logan. In an attempt to help each other fight their own demons, they make a deal that will bring them closer together than they've ever been -- close enough to see who they really are.
If there was one thing about her that he could never get over, it was the simple fact that she'd been there. There'd been no reason for a teenage runaway from Nowhere, Mississippi to end up in an underground fighting bar in Alberta on a cold early spring night looking for a ride. He'd known her now for six years and this entire time they'd both brought up that night every chance they'd had, trying to convince each other that it had actually happened. It wasn't a history lesson, taught in a classroom. It was a legend, retold around the fire. That against all odds, she'd ended up in that rathole and walked into that bar. Of all the freaking gin joints.
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After the sinking, Rose and Mr. Andrews wander the decks of the Carpathia among ghosts dead and alive, lost until they find each other. A series of vignettes.
It's her hair that he notices first, sparkling like a gemstone in a world that has turned gray. She turns as if she knows he's there, as if she can hear him call with the voice he's lost, and then he sees her eyes, blue like the vengeful, untameable sea.
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On her way to tell Jack she's changed his mind, Rose runs into Thomas Andrews. For the first time in a long time, she finds herself surprised.
"If someone is waiting for you, Rose, pray don't let an old man's rambling keep you."
The kindness in his eyes makes the whole world seem benevolent. She wants to tell him that nothing about him makes her think of an old man; not the lines on his face and not the silver in his hair.
Jack is still out there, his hair wild in the wind, back turned to them. The sea air animates her, making it easy to be decisive. "There is no one waiting." And then, without even a moment's thought, she extends a hand. "Your offer stands?"
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(Renamed from Possessive)
Intrigued by Logan's past antics, Marie makes a proposition.He looked at her seriously.
"You ever done something like that before?"
"No."
"I don't need this stuff from you, Marie. This is different," he said, gesturing to the space between them, "what we got here."
"You really think it's for you?"
"You know what you're asking?"
"No," she answered, more honestly than he would have thought. "I know I wanna find out, though."
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A new couple comes to town for the season.
"Wasn't my idea, kid," he said, laughing before passing her swiftly, collecting the bag she was carrying in a fluid motion and marching in front of her. "I still think Montreal woulda made a damn fine honeymoon."
She was left with free hands and a small backpack, making a game of setting her feet in his footsteps. "I wanted to see where you grew up!"
"You know this ain't where I grew up, right?"
"I know," she said, huffing in her trek through the snow, "but it's just as cold!" -
The Meaning of Christmassy by nathG for tooattached2fictionalcharacters
Fandoms: X-Men (Original Timeline Movies)
10 Jan 2022
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Logan may not like eggnog, but that doesn't mean he can't find some holiday spirit.
"Christmassy, huh?" he grunted, maneuvering the compressed air that shushed them both periodically. "You telling me sitting out here on this cold garage floor cleaning out a carb ain't it?"
She rolled her eyes. "Santa has elves, but who knew the Grinch required a motorcycle repair assistant?"
His chuckle rolled around the room, warming her a little. Logan sat back on his haunches, facing her now. "S'why I keep you around, kid. Someone's gotta keep up the holiday spirit."
"Really?" She arched an eyebrow. "I thought it was cause I know the difference between a JIS and a Phillips." -
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In the revised timeline, Marie wonders why this very different Logan looks at her like that.
He hates her; the knowledge of it has been fast around her neck now for some time. She asks Bobby, who laughs; she asks Jubilee, who wonders. Maybe in that other past he lived, he hated her counterpart; this much, they can agree on. Maybe she did him harm. Maybe she broke his heart, Jubes suggests with a giggle. The only response is an annoyed wave and a skipped heartbeat.
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Marie wants to find a way to be Logan's first. He has a suggestion.
No one had ever done this to him, no one had ever seen him like that.
Logan's arms relaxed, but his voice was rougher than ever, the commanding tone back, despite everything.
"Please, baby. Let me."
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Logan and Rogue tell Hank the story of how they met. They're bad at it.
"Cage fighter?"
"Means I fought in a cage," Logan intervened again. His expression suggested he thought that had been helpful.
"And by met, I mean I saved his life."
"And by saved my life, she means she yelled out and freaked out while I took care of some business."
Hank looked at Ororo, quizzically. She sighed.
"You two are terrible at telling this story."