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Morph knew it was wrong. There was no point hiding it from himself. Jean was exhausted and couldn’t keep up with both Logan and Scott’s pursuits. So she’d asked Morph to help out by being Jean for a bit with Logan (and Scott too I guess) while she spent some quality time with Ororo. They’d been happy to do it at first. Time to spend with their crush in a form they actually gave affection to? Sign them up! They’d soon realized however, that that idea was completely and utterly divorced from reality. Logan thought they were Jean. Because, in essence, they were. They smelled like Jean (using her perfume really covered up the Morph smell from Wolverine), they looked like Jean, they acted like Jean (kinda), they even sounded like Jean. Honestly it was Morph’s worst nightmare, becoming someone else so completely that no one realized, not even themself sometimes. They’d started thinking like Jean recently, forgetting to drop the appearance for hours while alone. Hell they’d even picked up one of those stupid romcom shows. Morph was falling deeper and deeper into a rabbit hole they couldn’t escape from and they needed out.
Jean was having the time of her life. She was in Africa exploring the continent with her girlfriend and they were alone. Best of all, she didn’t have those two boys following her because she’d paid for a decoy. Morph had jumped at the chance! So now she was exploring jungles and deserts and reefs with Ororo. It was wonderful. She loved quality time with the darker woman and loved hiking almost as much. She was relaxing in a hotel room in Giza while Ororo went to get them both some food when she’d gotten a call from Morph. Worried they’d been found out or worse, she answered.
“Morph? What’s going on?”
“Jean! Hi! Thank Gods you’re answering! I’ve been calling for the last three days!”
“Sorry Morph. I’ve been busy! We visited the pyramids yesterday and visited a historical museum!”
“That’s great! Anyway, I can’t do this anymore. I got a bad feeling about this long term. I- I’ve started forgetting who I am, Jean. I’m acting so much like you I tried to use your powers yesterday!”
“Goodness Morph! That really isn’t good. Ororo and I will be back asap. You should come clean to the guys before then.”
“Okay. I’ll try.”
Morph walked up to Logan and Scott, who were currently fighting over “Jean”’s evening opening. Looks like now’s as good a time as ever.
“Boys please stop fighting. I have something I need to say.” Logan and Scott turned immediately. This was gonna be harder than they had initially anticipated.
“What is it, Jean?” Scott spoke first, breaking the atmosphere. Morph really hoped Jean would forgive them for what they were about to do.
“I’m gay and dating Ororo.” They spit out. Hopefully they believe it and Morph doesn’t actually have to tell them they’ve been Morph this whole time.
“What? Morph are you playing pranks on us?!” Logan’s claws shot out. Yeesh. Okay, so they didn’t believe it.
“No I’m not pranking you!”
“But you are Morph. You didn’t deny that part.” Scott said pointedly. He wasn’t wrong but Morph would prefer not to get sliced into smithereens today. Morph took a breath and prayed to whatever god was listening that they made it to the next day after revealing themself. This is all for Jean, they reminded themself.
“Okay. You got me there. I’m Morph, and I’ve been Morph the past two months while the real Jean’s in Egypt with Storm.” Morph shifted back to their base form. Scott and Logan took a few minutes to pick their jaws off the floor.
“Why?” Was the only word that came out of Logan’s mouth.
“Well one, Jean’s gay and wanted some quality time with her girlfriend without you two chasing her to the ends of the earth. Two, I wanted to be Jean for a little bit because I don’t get half the amount of love she does and I think I deserve some! And three, I wanted to see what it was like to have Logan in love with me.” It all came out at once. They didn’t mean for it all to spill but it just kinda did. Logan and Scott stood there dumbfounded. They’d been spending all their affection on Morph?! Jean’s gay!? Logan realized he’d messed up. His friend had a crush on him and felt unloved and he hadn’t realized until he pretended to be someone else for two months. Logan took a step forward and embraced Morph. He didn’t want them to feel unloved any longer.
“I’m sorry bub. We should have realized sooner” Logan kissed Morph’s forehead as Scott hugged them from behind. Both realized that they’d felt more in love with “Jean” the past two months than ever before and that was because they’d actually fallen for Morph.
“Don’t worry Morph. We’ll make sure you never feel unloved again.” Scott promised.
Jean arrived back at the institute with Ororo a day later and found Morph, Logan and Scott curled up and watching a movie together on the couch. Morph sat up and waved the two women over.
“Welcome back!”
“Are you three a thing now?” Jean asked giggling as Scott kissed Morph’s cheek.
“I think so! All's well that ends well or something!” Logan pulled his partners in closer, needing them as close as possible so he could endure the awful movie Scott had picked out. The redheaded man snuggled impossibly closer to his partner and boyfriend. Scott loved both of them although Logan had taken some getting used to. Morph was happy they finally got their happy ending with the two most amazing guys at the institute.