Days of Becoming, Chapter 25

[talktooloose]

Title: Days of Becoming, Chapter 25 - “Revenge of the Red Widow”
Author: Talktooloose
'Verse: X-Men movieverse
Warnings: Explicit sex, swearing, dubious pedagogy
Betas: mofic and lux_apollo. Thanks for questioning me in all the right ways.
Disclaimers: Marvel and 20th Century own the X-Men, I own my original characters, and we have joint custody of the children.

Series Summary: This novel focuses 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 (including ones from comicverse and elsewhere) 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.

Previously in Days of Becoming: Mike and Andi's mutant youth tour comes together, with a launch party planned at the mansion. Acclaimed mutant trip-hop performer, The Dazzler has agreed to join the tour. Meanwhile, John's life has started to lose its stable foundations. Everything he thought he had is slipping away. Bobby and Rogue are growing closer, and Xavier has told him he can't submit his poems to a journal as this could bring the authorities down on him and the whole school. Bobby, for his part, is drawn to the normalcy of having a girlfriend and terrified to be associated in any way with John who seems not to care if he's perceived as queer. After John reads a homoerotic poem in class, Bobby asks Rogue to be his official girlfriend.

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Comments

[nat-dimension.livejournal.com]

Another delicious chapter! Couldn't have been more welcome after a day of uninspiring lectures. Keep up the good work.

[talktooloose.livejournal.com]

Thanks. 26 is with betas. Should post in two weeks. 27... well, I'm working up the courage at the moment.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_profiterole_/]

Can you be any more self-centred, Charles? John has a huge problem with Bobby, the world doesn't revolve around you!

*kicks Bobby* I'm sad for John, and in this context, I think he made the right decision.

[talktooloose.livejournal.com]

Charles isn't really aware of what John and Bobby are up to. He knows, I think, I that they've had sex, but he's very careful about not prying.

John has the ability to trigger the shit out of Charles. Charles is left wondering if John's accusations are true or not. Are they? Perhaps somewhat, but the idea that a teacher can only be motivated by the purest, most altruistic of ideals at all times is unrealistic. Perhaps our best teachers become so invested in us precisely because they do see some of themselves in us.

John may have made the right decision, but he sure has a dramatic way of stating it.

Thanks for reading.

[ayumie.livejournal.com]

Ouch. Does Bobby even know what he's doing? I think John has pretty much reached his breaking-point and writing doesn't cut it anymore as an outlet. Even if I didn't know what was coming, the whole situation would make me fear for the future.

[talktooloose.livejournal.com]

Does Bobby know what he's doing? Yes, he's trying to still the turmoil in his soul. The question is, what price will he pay for imperfect solution?

Yes, fear for the future. FEEEAAAAAAAAAARRRRR!

[(Anonymous)]

This is was really good.
I knew john was going to eventually get it =P.
I cant wait for more.
Poor Bobby though, but like you said, maybe he just "washed everything away".

Also at the beginning you called it a "mike stand" did you mean mic?
idk =P, just tryin to help ya out though.

[underhardlove.livejournal.com]

this was me, and i also do feel bad for John, i wonder whats going to happen to lead him to sit with rogue and bobby at the museum in X2

[talktooloose.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the betalet! I have fixed the embarrassing mistake (especially embarrassing as I'm a musician).

Yes, I'm working on why John is with them in that scene. Chapter 26 is with the betas and Chapter 27 is X2.

[lux-apollo.livejournal.com]

Will read the final version and finish the edit of 26 tomorrow morning. For now? Bed.

[talktooloose.livejournal.com]

I wonder if you actually made it to bed or crawled back to the lab!

I hope you got some sleep. I won't post 26 for two weeks (so I buy myself some writing time on 27), so if you need to wait a week, go ahead.

[lux-apollo.livejournal.com]

Lol. I just got back in an hour ago. My parents internet was down, otherwise I would have had it to you. This is as much as I can give for this chapter. Still haven't had a chance to take a look at the updated 25. Will try sometime this week, if I can squeeze an hour.

[oxymoronic.livejournal.com]

Oh god, that has to be the saddest, most beautifully heartbreaking thing I've read in a very long time. I hardly ever cry at fics, and here I am blubbering idiotically...

Dammit. Dammit.

[mandlebars.livejournal.com]

as usual stellar chapter, the best 'john after bobby goes to rogue' scenario I've ever read! Dude you are a gem :) 'I'm not you're secret whore' conjured up such emotion! Bobby needs to wake up.

*whimper*

[caribdragon.livejournal.com]

I've read it all and I love it all but this chapter is my favorite cuz I'm a sucker for the tragic romance and this is the chapter that made me cry.

Re: *whimper*

[talktooloose.livejournal.com]

Thank you. Yeah, it was pretty emotional writing it, too! I'm glad you're enjoying. I just posted 27 and 28 is on its way, though I keep rewriting parts of it.