Met (X-Men Movieverse, John/Bobby)
Title: Met
Fandom: X-Men (Movieverse)
Characters: John Allerdyce/Bobby Drake
Prompt: 012 - Grey
Word Count: 494
Rating: PG
Professor Xavier is the first person John meets at the Mansion. He welcomes John, smiles warmly when John just frowns back at him, and assures John that he’s found a place where he can be safe.
There’s still blood on John’s hairline, still bruises over his chest, and he’ll believe that when he sees it.
The door opens behind him, and John’s fingers curl around his lighter, but Xavier just smiles again and introduces him to his new roommate.
And so Bobby is the second person John meets at the Mansion.
Bobby grins awkwardly at him, like he doesn’t really know what to say, and John just stares back.
Bobby looks normal. That’s John’s first thought, and it’s an important one, because John’s been told his whole life that he’s a freak.
Bobby looks normal, but he’s apparently living in a Mansion full of mutants, and Bobby shifts slightly and looks away, but John can’t stop staring.
Xavier asks Bobby to take John’s belongings to his new room, and Bobby obeys instantly, looking very relieved to escape John’s gaze.
He could take his own belongings, since they only consist of a threadbare jacket and an extremely scorched rucksack, but Xavier insists he see their resident doctor.
Makes sense, with the bleeding and the bruising. Just another afternoon in John’s life, having stones thrown at him by people who call who a freak.
John’s old life, because he’s apparently been rescued.
Jean Grey is the third person John meets at the Mansion. She’s strikingly beautiful and John’s willing to give the Mansion a chance if all the staff look like her.
Nice legs, nicer rack, and John tries not to leer.
“What’s your power?” John asks, and his tone is blunt, but he doesn’t really care about being rude.
Nice ass, he thinks, letting his gaze drop.
“Telepathy, amongst other things,” Jean replies, and John has the decency to blush.
He’s a teenage boy, it can’t be helped, and he doesn’t know if he’s reassuring himself or trying to think it loudly enough for her to hear.
She smiles softly to herself, and patches up his head wound in silence.
“Someone will be along in a moment to show you to your room,” she says, and John shrugs like he doesn’t care.
“Bobby’s a nice boy,” she murmurs, and John blinks in confusion, because he wasn’t even thinking about Bobby.
Jean smiles to herself again, and John starts to feel uncomfortable. “Yes, you were,” she tells him gently, and John can feel himself blushing again.
Jean cocks her head to the side, and then sighs and grins. “Sorry, Professor, I’ll stop.”
That’s weird, and John feels like he’s missing something.
Bobby arrives seconds later, and John doesn’t feel a flare of happiness at that, but Jean smiles at him like she hears it anyway.
John’s not sure he’s going to like it at the Mansion, but then Bobby smiles at him and it’s all forgotten.
Fandom: X-Men (Movieverse)
Characters: John Allerdyce/Bobby Drake
Prompt: 012 - Grey
Word Count: 494
Rating: PG
Professor Xavier is the first person John meets at the Mansion. He welcomes John, smiles warmly when John just frowns back at him, and assures John that he’s found a place where he can be safe.
There’s still blood on John’s hairline, still bruises over his chest, and he’ll believe that when he sees it.
The door opens behind him, and John’s fingers curl around his lighter, but Xavier just smiles again and introduces him to his new roommate.
And so Bobby is the second person John meets at the Mansion.
Bobby grins awkwardly at him, like he doesn’t really know what to say, and John just stares back.
Bobby looks normal. That’s John’s first thought, and it’s an important one, because John’s been told his whole life that he’s a freak.
Bobby looks normal, but he’s apparently living in a Mansion full of mutants, and Bobby shifts slightly and looks away, but John can’t stop staring.
Xavier asks Bobby to take John’s belongings to his new room, and Bobby obeys instantly, looking very relieved to escape John’s gaze.
He could take his own belongings, since they only consist of a threadbare jacket and an extremely scorched rucksack, but Xavier insists he see their resident doctor.
Makes sense, with the bleeding and the bruising. Just another afternoon in John’s life, having stones thrown at him by people who call who a freak.
John’s old life, because he’s apparently been rescued.
Jean Grey is the third person John meets at the Mansion. She’s strikingly beautiful and John’s willing to give the Mansion a chance if all the staff look like her.
Nice legs, nicer rack, and John tries not to leer.
“What’s your power?” John asks, and his tone is blunt, but he doesn’t really care about being rude.
Nice ass, he thinks, letting his gaze drop.
“Telepathy, amongst other things,” Jean replies, and John has the decency to blush.
He’s a teenage boy, it can’t be helped, and he doesn’t know if he’s reassuring himself or trying to think it loudly enough for her to hear.
She smiles softly to herself, and patches up his head wound in silence.
“Someone will be along in a moment to show you to your room,” she says, and John shrugs like he doesn’t care.
“Bobby’s a nice boy,” she murmurs, and John blinks in confusion, because he wasn’t even thinking about Bobby.
Jean smiles to herself again, and John starts to feel uncomfortable. “Yes, you were,” she tells him gently, and John can feel himself blushing again.
Jean cocks her head to the side, and then sighs and grins. “Sorry, Professor, I’ll stop.”
That’s weird, and John feels like he’s missing something.
Bobby arrives seconds later, and John doesn’t feel a flare of happiness at that, but Jean smiles at him like she hears it anyway.
John’s not sure he’s going to like it at the Mansion, but then Bobby smiles at him and it’s all forgotten.