Fic: "It's Complicated" (1/?) Sniktfamily, X-23, Daken/Johnny Storm - R
Title: It’s Complicated (1/????)
Characters: X-23, Daken, Johnny Storm, Logan
Pairing: Daken/Johnny Storm
Rating: R
Warnings: So many. Shameless sentimentality, crimes against Daken, romantic nonsense, general crackficcery. Some sex-in-public and voyeurism, but nothing major.
Summary: While under house arrest at Utopia, Daken forges some unlikely ( Read more... )
But Laura saw in his eyes that he was fuming-searching, maybe, for a means of avenging his honor, or for a way to assuage this humiliation. He stooped over to pick up his packages from where they lay in the front hallway. Then he retreated to his room, three boxes stacked against his body.
I really love this. The pissiness over having to use the dorm's mail room, and how Laura sees this, and understands that it's actually the massive rage and shame of having all of your plans and most of your self-image get smashed, topped off with the indignity of being rescued by your parents and packed off to rehab/boarding school. IDK, I have such a narrative kink for the big badass brought low, and the image of Daken using online shopping boxes to armor his dignity against the judgment of a bunch of teenagers is like sweet, sweet candy. #MOVINGON
“I’m not-” He made a small noise that sounded like a cross between a sigh and a grunt. LOL, is he trolling chatroulette?
“This is true. But I think you should go to college back east.... And then there’s San Francisco State. God forbid.”
This!!! Both Daken's snobbery and how he... ok, like with X-force, he's either trying to mold Laura or just fuck with her head, but he's also the only person in her life who takes enough of an interest to do it Even if he's only interested out of boredom, and even if he is at least halfway just talking to hear the sound of his own voice, this is a much better way to cultivate her interest in her own future than "you're fired! find your own mission".
“Hi Laura. Daken’s little sis.”
Is this as obvious to Johnny as it is to Cessily, or has Daken actually been going around telling people that Laura is his kid sister? Also, ahaha, Johnny is such a bro.
And with the exchange after that, the "hurr hurr she likes it both ways"-- Reads more to me like Daken being unexpectedly annoyed that anyone but him is teasing his putative kid sister, even though Laura doesn't see it that way-- is that an accurate read, or is her self-esteem just crap? That was fine. Laura was tired of playing the supporting part in others’ conversations.
Daken surprised Laura by saying nothing. He raised his cup of coffee and looked straight ahead. His expression was tired but comfortable, as if he’d just come home from a long mission. And probably surprised himself with that amount of contentedness, too.
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I have a massive kink for that too (as well as rehab stories and therapy, but I can't really see therapy working for Daken. Ever. But anyway.).
And with the exchange after that, the "hurr hurr she likes it both ways"-- Reads more to me like Daken being unexpectedly annoyed that anyone but him is teasing his putative kid sister, even though Laura doesn't see it that way-- is that an accurate read, or is her self-esteem just crap?
I think it's an accurate read, but I also think it's about Daken wanting to avoid the kind of predictable brother-sister teasing stuff that Johnny Storm does a lot of, and maybe his own ambivalence about his relationship with Laura. Like, they're never going to be Johnny and Sue. Daken knows this, so instead of being like, "quit bothering my sister," he just redirects.
Anyway, your art helped inspire this, so thank you! And thank you for the critique!
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