NUMBAH 7!
Title: Further Down the Road (7/10)
Pairing: John/Pietro, John/Bobby, other minor pairs
Summary: As the title says: Both John and Bobby have grown up quite a bit. Humans are hunting mutants; John takes refuge at the mansion with his (much younger) boyfriend.
Rating (Chapter):R
Warnings: I’ll try my best to stay in character, and I’ll try not to make the story too far fetched.
Disclaimer: John, Pietro, Bobby, and all respective characters belong to Marvel. Minor students in John’s Shakespeare/Sign class and at the mansion are either kids I go to school with or are made up by me. Eden and Mackenzie are made up by me. :D
Heres the slightly changed room for da babay!
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Click. Swish.
“Ms. Monroe, I can’t take care of a kid.”
“I understand, John. But I think you’re underestimating yourself.”
Click. Swish.
“No, no, I’m really not. I didn’t even have parents, I have no idea what I’m doing.
“John, why don’t you sit down and let me tell you a story?”
Click. Swish. John collapses on one of the leather living chairs, Ororo sat across from him. Click. Swish.
“About ten years ago, there was a student that arrived here after killing his fourth set of foster parents (No, he didn’t kill four of them, just the one set, but he had others before them). He was fourteen, almost fifteen and he was absolutely terrified to be here. I walked him to his dorm and left him there to tell the professor of his arrival, and when I was coming back, his roommate ran up to me because he was scared that the other was hurt. He had a violent panic attack and left this mark,” She lifted her sleeve, “On my arm when he want to hit me. After that, he struggled through his classes, found it hard to make friends, and dropped out of school two years later. Now, he’s one of my favorite novelists, and has become a vary accomplished adult. I knew he was far more intelligent than he let himself be, and I know he has more potential that anyone sees in him. John, you have so much strength, and everyone here supports you, you just have to let them support you.” She smiled and stood, “Now, you may want to relieve Jubilee of her duties before she sets of fireworks on your niece.”
Click. Swish. John left the room silently, glaring at nothing in particular.
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“I worry for your future, Miss Mackenzie.” John said as he changed the toddlers diaper for what seemed like the thousandth time since he had brought her back to the mansion a week ago. “If you ask my opinion, you have the worst legal guardian anyone could wish for. If I were social services, I’d take you away in a heartbeat.” Thunder sounded outside the dorm room as John pulled on the little girl’s jeans and adjusted her green shirt. He lifted her off the changing table and thunder sounded again, louder this time; Mackenzie stared crying.
“Daddy” She screamed, tears beginning to streak her cheeks. I’m not your Dad. John closed the window next to his bed and then closed the doors that lead to the balcony and locked them,
“It’s alright. It’s not gonna hurt you.” John muttered, bouncing her lightly as he started to leave the dorm, grabbing the toddler’s stuffed monkey from her crib. She began to calm down and her sobs turned to sniffles as she clung to John, her arms wrapped around his neck. Just as John opened the mahogany door to leave, he came face to face with Bobby, whom he hadn’t spoken too since he got back from Florida, Mackenzie in hand. John had easily gotten the vibe that Bobby strongly disapproved of him being responsible for another human life, even though he said that he didn’t mind having her stay in their already small dorm room. John suspected that the only reason he agreed was for the safety of the infant, so that he could care for her when John wasn’t suitable. At least Bobby had some sort of example to work off of.
“John.”
“Bobby.” There was an awkward silence, Mackenzie began to whine again as the power went out, John looked around. “Well, Miss, I guess were not going downstairs then; it’s probably pitch black.” John turned around and sat Mackenzie down in her crib, sighing. He had actually been glad for the opportunity to get out of the room since he had just finished another deadline. Bobby sat down at the desk that they now shared, since John had gotten rid of his so he could Put Mackenzie’s crib in it’s place. John sat down on his bed, relaxing against the softness of the surplus of pillows that he insisted be on his bed.
“Why have you been avoiding me?” Bobby spoke calmly, with his back to John as he worked on something on his computer.
“I haven’t.”
“Yes you have. You’re always in here, and when I’m in here, you leave.”
“It’s not intentional, just coincidence. I thought you’d been avoiding me. Jubilee told me that you don’t think I should’ve taken Mackenzie in.”
“When did I say that?”
“I saw it written all over your face that day I came back.”
“Don’t act like I have no faith in you.”
“I’m not acting like it. I know you don’t.”
“I do.”
“Bobby, you never have.” John said. He was getting irritated now and had move to sit on the edge of his bed. Click. Swish.
“John. When have I ever said that I have no faith in you?”
“You really wanna know. Bobby?!” Click. Swish. “You told me on that day before Alkali. I wasn’t lying Bobby. It didn’t have a fucking thing to do with my “disorder”.” Click. Swish. John stood up and walked over to Bobby, bending down to whisper, “I told you I loved you Bobby, and I meant it.” He said, then moved away, stuffing his lighter in his pocket and picking up the now crying toddler, then leaving the room and slamming the door.
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John sat on the couch in the fire-lit recreation room with his arm around Pietro, who was leaning on his shoulder, half asleep. He propped his feet up on the table as he protectively watched June enchant Mackenzie’s monkey into dancing, making Mackenzie giggle happily. Jubilee was also sitting on the floor with the other two girls, smiling as she and June played with Mackenzie in something of an effort to give John a break. “Johnny?” Pietro asked, looking up, But John was distracted by the only source of light during the power outage; the fireplace. He wasn’t controlling it, or maybe he was, he couldn’t tell, but he was simply staring, dazed. “Johnny? Snapoutofit.”
“Hm?” John asked, still staring. Pietro reached up to his chin and turned his head, snapping John out of his moment. Pietro smiled and John kissed him on his forehead, smiling as well. John yawned,
“Ilikeyourhaircut. Youlookreallyhan’some.” Pietro said, then ran his hand over John’s cheek, “Theshave, notsomuch.” John yawned again and rubbed his eyes.
“The only reason I didn’t shave for a while was because you said you liked it.” Another yawn, god he was tired.
“Hey, Mackenzie. Tell Daddy he needs a nap.” Jubilee smiled, looking up at John in an insisting way, if that was even possible. I’m not her father. Pietro stood up,
“She’sright.” Pietro said, standing
“Go ahead, John, Jubilee and I’ll take good care of Mackenzie. Besides, she needs a motherly figure.”
“Comeon.” Pietro asked, smiling as he pulled on John’s hand. It didn’t take much forcing, after all, John had been the only one waking up to take care of Mackenzie nearly every night. Pietro led John upstairs, and the two passed Bobby long the way, receiving a slightly odd look But John didn’t think anything of it, considering Pietro was practically dragging him half asleep across the mansion, he was pretty sure he looked odd enough.
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“Ugh. Someone needs a change” Jubilee laughed, covering her nose. “Bobby, could you go upstairs and get her a diaper and some baby wipes. I’ll change her down here so John can sleep.”
“Yeah, I’ll be right back.” Bobby said, sitting down the playstation controller. The power had come back on just after John left, and several students cad convinced Bobby to play some first person shooters with them. Bobby quickly walked the beaten path through the halls to his shared dorm. He let this hand fall on the doorknob and opened the door quickly and began to head for the changing table, but froze.
John wasn’t sleeping, but was propped up on the pillows, his head tilted back against the headboard, grinning like the devil and Pietro was crouched between his legs, giving him a blowjob.
All of a sudden, Bobby felt dizzy with emotion. Somehow, he felt betrayed, angry disgusted, and abandoned. But most of all, he felt a wave of jealousy hit him like a ton of bricks. He shook his head and took a deep breath, which, apparently, John had heard, because he looked up and smirked at Bobby knowingly. Bobby frowned and shook his head, turning his back to the couple as he grabbed Jubilee’s requested items, then he left, slamming the door in his wake and making Pietro jump.
“Whatwasthat?” He asked, sitting up and moving to lean on John’s chest.
“Nothing. It must’ve been someone else.”
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“He was what?!” Jubilee asked as she changed Mackenzie’s diaper with the speed of many year’s experience.
“Pietro was giving him head. Where’d you learn to change diapers anyway?”
“I practically raised my brothers and sisters. Considering they’re a couple, I don’t see anything wrong with it, other than the fact that they broke up and just got back together a few days ago.”
“I know, but they’re seven years apart. It’s practically illegal. Why aren’t your siblings here? They should be old enough, aren’t they mutants?”
“Nope, I’m the only mutant so far. Even if it is illegal, you should’ve seen how happy John was earlier.”
“Oh yeah, John happy. Even if he was happy in a relationship, he wouldn’t act like it.”
“Bobby, you know better than anyone, his idea of happy doesn’t have to include a smile. But he was smiling, it was almost creepy to see him like that. Couldn’t you at least give him your blessing for that?”
“I felt do betrayed though.”
“What’re you talking about?”
“I felt betrayed, abandoned, almost jealous.” Jubilee finished dressing Mackenzie and set her on the floor to play with June.
“Bobby,” She asked with a sly smile and that smirk that she only gets when she knows there’s gossip abound. “Do you have a thing for John?” Bobby remained silent.
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“Warren, I’m not in love with John.” Bobby solemnly announced as he took another bite of the strawberry ice cream sat between the two of them at the kitchen island.
“Never said you were.” Warren too took a bite, but since he had taken to walking around shirtless (due to the precision it took to put a shirt on over his wings) he shivered, his wings fluttering and knocking a plastic cup off the counter behind him, “Shit.” He bent down to pick it up.
“But you know I’m not, right?”
“Of corse I do.” came the reply as warren stood up and sat the cup back on the counter, not bothering to clean up the spilled water.
“Are you saying that because I want you to or are you saying that because it’s the truth?” Warren dropped his spoon on the tiled counter top,
“What’s wrong, Bobby?” He asked, sighing.
“I saw john with Pietro.”
“They’re together all the time, I don’t understand why this is significant.”
“They were having sex.”
“Oh.”
“And I reacted in a way I shouldn’t have.”
“Oh.”
“I felt jealous, and I don’t know why.”
“Bobby...”
“But now I just don’ know. I don’t want to be in love with anyone anymore. After Marie, then Pete and Liza, I don’t want that to happen again. And after they way I treated John before he left, I just don’t know anything anymore.”
“What happened when he left?”
“We were friends with... benefits for a while. Before he left he wanted me to dump Marie for him, but I couldn’t do that. I mean, I think I was in love with him then, but I just didn’t want to hurt her, so I told him that he was wrong. I told him that he didn’t really love me, it was just his dependent personality disorder affecting and confusing him. So he left.”
“Bobby, at this point, I don’t know what to tell you. Maybe you should talk to him about it. Or Maybe you can talk to Jubilee or June, they’re close to John.”
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John sighed and made sure to knock before he entered his dorm this time. With no answer, he assumed it was safe to enter, so he swung the door ope and closed it behind him, watching his feet. Once he was sure that nothing was going on that he didn’t want to see, Bobby looked up, and once again, froze.
There lay John, sprawled out on his bed atop the comforter, snoring softly in only his boxers. Mackenzie was asleep too, on his chest, and she was wearing only a diaper, Bobby smiled as he watched her rise and fall as she was held on john’s chest loosely with one of his hands. John’s chest and still had droplets of water on it, and there was a wet spot on the comforter under his head, so Bobby suspected that John had gotten a shower and bathed Mackenzie, then fallen asleep before he got too much further.
Regardless of how he had gotten to the way he was laying now, John looked absolutely gorgeous, and vary paternal. The Bobby quietly opened his desk Drawer and pulled out his digital camera and took a picture of the pair laying across the room.
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