For or From the World (X-Men; Bank; PG; #10: Insecurity)
Working Title: For or From the World
Author: Pirate Turner
Fandom: X-Men
Pairing: Bobby/Hank
Rating: PG
Challenge: #10: Insecurity
Summary:
Date Written: 10 and 11 September, 2012
Word Count: 500
Disclaimer: All characters within belong to Marvel comics and Disney, not the author.
Insecurity had been a part of Bobby's life since a tender and innocent age when his father had first started to beat his mother. He had hid his insecurities even back then through his jokes, teasing himself out of situations with bullies at school, cracking jokes to make people who didn't like him want to tolerate him, and trying to fool himself into thinking that the world was a funny place and not so full of heartache and cruelty. He'd kept joking, his pranks growing more outlandish, when his powers'd manifested and his father's beatings had turned onto him. He'd been thankful to give his mother a reprieve from the abuse, but there'd been no one to give him a reprieve until Charles Xavier had come into his life.
By that time, every one in Bobby's little hometown had known him to be a prankster. Nobody could understand why a stranger would come to town in search of him, Bobby himself included, but Charles had offered him the reprieve he'd sought, yearned, and prayed for for so many years.
Still, shortly after coming into the school, Bobby had found more reasons to hide. He still didn't exactly fit in with his classmates, and now, he had the whole world to worry about to boot. The more dangerous their missions, the more close calls they had, the more silly jokes and wild pranks Bobby performed. Hank had quoted to him once about the world being a stage, and even then, before Bobby had first dared to kiss the Beast, while he had drowned him out with childish jokes, he had secretly agreed with him. The world was a stage, and he was a world class comedian, able to hide anything behind a joke and a smile.
But he grew tired of hiding. He became weary of even the funniest jokes. There were days where he didn't want to grin, or to laugh, or to pretend that everything was okay, and there was one place where he didn't have to do any of those things. In that place, Bobby began to find true security until today, when he jokes to cheer people up and plays pranks to make others forget their sadness. Now, at last, he is secure, because he has love.
Yet, still, he continues to love, and always will, laying down and snuggling inside his own personal blanket of security. He adores feeling those furry, blue hairs wrap around him again, kissing away his insecurities, shielding him from the world and from the ugly truths within it, and always, always loving him. Bobby's secure at last, because he has love, and every night, as he cuddles with his Big Blue, Bobby hopes the rest of the world will find their security for, rather they're a mutant whose only cool trick is dropping ice cubes into hot drinks when their owners aren't looking, are covered with blue fur, or are suffering at a husband's abusive hand, everybody deserves to be loved.
The End
Author: Pirate Turner
Fandom: X-Men
Pairing: Bobby/Hank
Rating: PG
Challenge: #10: Insecurity
Summary:
Date Written: 10 and 11 September, 2012
Word Count: 500
Disclaimer: All characters within belong to Marvel comics and Disney, not the author.
Insecurity had been a part of Bobby's life since a tender and innocent age when his father had first started to beat his mother. He had hid his insecurities even back then through his jokes, teasing himself out of situations with bullies at school, cracking jokes to make people who didn't like him want to tolerate him, and trying to fool himself into thinking that the world was a funny place and not so full of heartache and cruelty. He'd kept joking, his pranks growing more outlandish, when his powers'd manifested and his father's beatings had turned onto him. He'd been thankful to give his mother a reprieve from the abuse, but there'd been no one to give him a reprieve until Charles Xavier had come into his life.
By that time, every one in Bobby's little hometown had known him to be a prankster. Nobody could understand why a stranger would come to town in search of him, Bobby himself included, but Charles had offered him the reprieve he'd sought, yearned, and prayed for for so many years.
Still, shortly after coming into the school, Bobby had found more reasons to hide. He still didn't exactly fit in with his classmates, and now, he had the whole world to worry about to boot. The more dangerous their missions, the more close calls they had, the more silly jokes and wild pranks Bobby performed. Hank had quoted to him once about the world being a stage, and even then, before Bobby had first dared to kiss the Beast, while he had drowned him out with childish jokes, he had secretly agreed with him. The world was a stage, and he was a world class comedian, able to hide anything behind a joke and a smile.
But he grew tired of hiding. He became weary of even the funniest jokes. There were days where he didn't want to grin, or to laugh, or to pretend that everything was okay, and there was one place where he didn't have to do any of those things. In that place, Bobby began to find true security until today, when he jokes to cheer people up and plays pranks to make others forget their sadness. Now, at last, he is secure, because he has love.
Yet, still, he continues to love, and always will, laying down and snuggling inside his own personal blanket of security. He adores feeling those furry, blue hairs wrap around him again, kissing away his insecurities, shielding him from the world and from the ugly truths within it, and always, always loving him. Bobby's secure at last, because he has love, and every night, as he cuddles with his Big Blue, Bobby hopes the rest of the world will find their security for, rather they're a mutant whose only cool trick is dropping ice cubes into hot drinks when their owners aren't looking, are covered with blue fur, or are suffering at a husband's abusive hand, everybody deserves to be loved.
The End