Days of Becoming, Chapter 9

[talktooloose]

Title: Days of Becoming, Chapter 9: "Like a Wave"
Author: Talktooloose
'Verse: X-Men movieverse
Warnings: Explicit sexual contact (het, yet!), swearing, avowals of innocence.
Series Summary: This novel focusses mainly on the paths Iceman and Pyro take on their way to adulthood and how they discover and deal with their love for each other. It is a novel about what Joni Mitchell calls "the dream's malfunction" and how we can learn to make our own dreams when our heroes fail us. Other X characters and OC's play prominent roles and the action begins before X1, continues through the events of X2 and X3 and concludes in the aftermath of that movie.
Chapter Summary: A short chapter about kissing. Three days before school starts, Jean and Scott console themselves, Mike and Jubilee meet again and sparks fly, Bobby and Kitty circle round the issue, Raheem and Andi get heated, a homeless boy works to stay alive.
Betas: lux_apollo, mofic and kuriadalmatia. Thanks as always.
Disclaimers: Marvel and 20th Century own this stuff but they need us to make sense of it.

Here's the chapter!

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Comments

[nat-dimension.livejournal.com]

Brilliantly designed chapter, and a delicious interlude in the main flow of the plot.

[lux-apollo.livejournal.com]

Hey, sorry I didn't get a chance to look at it last night. I'll have a gander tomorrow, perhaps. It's midterm week...

[train-diskense.livejournal.com]

*giggles* Mikey saw FIREWORKS. Yay....wait. GASP. HETEROSEXUAL LOVE. AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!! What's next? We allow them to MARRY. Maybehave a little PDA?!!?!?!?! What is this world COMING to?

: D Poor Bobby and Kitty. They're so wibbly. You two are better off as friends. ^^

Johnny! You slu---errrr nooooo Johnny! *wraps him and Bobby up in blankets together and feeds them hot chocolate* o__o

[gothicauthor.livejournal.com]

I love Andi's post-fuck colonization comparison. I just had to say that.

Gothic Author

[judas-denied.livejournal.com]

*bounces*

That last part was made of awesome. Loved how you explored all of the relationships - established and budding - in this. And John, he makes me grin and breaks my heart at the same time. He's such a hard ass on the outside, but inside he's this lonely, sad kid that (I think) really does just want someone to love him. And it's all spiced and flavored with this very real cynical/jaded air.

Ahhh! And! Kitty and Bobby . . . is it over now? I mean, I get the feeling she suspects Bobby may be more same-sex inclined. Though hey, she was good practice. I do like her in this story, don't get me wrong, she's great as is Jubiless, but I just tend to wear Bobby/John goggles.

Anyway, I very much look forward to the next chapter and will be back to fangirl you as soon as I've read it. Any hints on how long it's gonna be before it's up for me to drool on read?

[ayumie.livejournal.com]

Oh, where do I even start?
Oh, Bobby. He really needs Kitty to teach him a few things. That while kissing technique is nice, it won't be of great help if you can't stay focused on your partner, for starters. Well, I'm sure he'll do better the next time (with someone else...)
And Mike is certainly getting some fireworks. He and Jubilee are the cutest thing ever. Andy is being difficult, though. Gah.
And finally, finally John. It's great to see him again after all this time, although the circumstances are less than thrilling. Glad to see he is still alive and kicking.
So, great new chapter. More soon?

[mandlebars.livejournal.com]

GAH MY EYES SO MUCH HET!

not really, but jean/cyclops disgusting. I dunno I don't liek this chapter so much but again its all the Het going around, if I wanted to see that I'd get a dude and a mirror =P

However I have so much love for the last bit.

I do believe this is a kinda negative review, but I must be honest....

WOW

[princechrismoon.livejournal.com]

This is a beautiful chapter.

First off, Thank you so much for giving me back my buddy johnny. I have missed him so much. Circumstances haven't gotten any better for him, but that's why I love him. He's a survivor. Plus, knowing that ultimately, he and bobby get together makes this all ok.

Waayyy to much heterosexual lovin going on. It made me sick.... hahahaha, not really. As much as I love scott and jean, never again. I am glad that Mike is having things goin his way. I couldn't stop laughing at the fireworks comment. That's classic. I am curious as to how many people understand it though.

I felt for Andi, and I am anxious to see where that goes. Poor Kitty. I am wondering if she is catching on to his attraction to guys. But either way, things look bad for them.

Thanks for the update. This is Chris by the way. I just broke down and got my own live journal today.

Chris

[xabito.livejournal.com]

i like your fic its great, but in this chap
i missed john...and when will bobby and pyro met

[orofen.livejournal.com]

Found your fic and I really like it. I haven't read many fics that have Pyro in a big role, but I've always liked Bobby. I'm looking forward for more!

LOVED IT/ HATED IT but it was all good

[asm613.livejournal.com]

How great was the kissing scene you wrote between Mike and Jubilee...I can't believe that you ended it with him seeing fireworks; proverbial and probably real. That was great.
I hated that St. John had to hustle to make his way on the streets. Hated Hated Hated it. The only saving grace of that was that he said he doesn't kiss. I hope his first kiss is with Bobby (well, his next first kiss; he's already been with others...but you know what i mean). And I loved Bobby being protective of the poem St. John gave him.