Running on Empty

[canadianwildboy]

Between the tension in the mansion, the mutant cure that was forcibly injected into his body by his own teammate (even if it was the only way to keep him from going berserker), and situations that maybe were best forgotten, Logan did was he always did - he set himself on roam and took off for time away to clear his head.

Tension would always be

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[genequeen]

Madelyne is passing Logan's apartment on her way to where she's staying currently. It wasn't on purpose that she passed her, well at least not conciously, so. The redheaded woman looks up at the building for a moment on her way past it, early in the morning.

A long walk after a sleep filled with nightmares.

Good thing she doesn't have a job.

[canadianwildboy]

It's looking like he's going run into everyone he knows before his head hits the pillow tonight. Or this morning. Dawn can't be that far away. The sky already seems lighter in the East.

He's still comfortably filled with beer and conversation with Tasha, mellow in a way that can only be found in the hours before dawn. Not that he sees too many of them in the city. Alarm clocks have a life span of four seconds in his bedroom.

"Lookin' for somebody?" he asks as he emerges from the darker shadows surrounding the building. Just for the hell of it, he looks up to see if anybody would be dropping in on them.

[genequeen]

Madelyne looks toward Logan, a small smile appearing on her lips before she wipes it away. "Not specifically but it is good to see you." She steps in closer to him, though not too close to be uncomfortable.

"The nightmares...."

[canadianwildboy]

"You been out all night, Maddy?" he asks more gently than he intends. It's been a long night for him as well.

[genequeen]

"Not all night."

The redhead looks at him and then looks away again. "Just since, well, for the last few hours." Her apartment isn't all that close to here after all.

[canadianwildboy]

Why do women always seem more fragile in the dark?

"I'm gonna make a pot o' coffee upstairs. C'mon if ya want a cup before ya head back home." He rummages in his pocket for keys. "Tell me what's been goin' on while I been gone."

[genequeen]

Madelyne looks at him and then at the door, "You have coffee up there? Not that I spent much time looking around but it seemed rather sparse from what I remember."

She's teasing a bit but she's also thankful for the offer. Going back home to an empty apartment was not something she was looking forward to at all.

[canadianwildboy]

He shoots her a look as the lock opens. "You been sneakin' around my place while I was gone?"

[genequeen]

"No. That wouldn't do well for the whole redemption thing I'm attempting, would it?" Madelyne runs a hand through her hair, looking away from him for a few moments. "Just when I was here before, I wasn't exactly paying a lot of attention to anything other than you."

[canadianwildboy]

"I promise I got coffee in the freezer."

Once inside, he leads the way up to his place. She's right, it's pretty sparse. He doesn't spend a lot of time here and he has few needs when he does.

"Make yerself at home, darlin'," he says as he puts his hat and keys on a bookshelf. "I'll get the coffee goin'."

[genequeen]

Madelyne steps into the room and looks around, a ghost of a smile graces her lips for just a moment or two before she settles in a chair, pulling her legs up into it with her. "You don't seem like you fared so well while you were away..."

[canadianwildboy]

"Got messed up some with that mutant cure, but I'm over it." Conversation suspends through the routine coffee grinding and setting up the machine. Instant coffee is only for roughing it in the wilderness.

He leaves the coffeemaker to do the work and takes the chair across from her. "I'm sleepin' at night, though. You wanderin' the streets much?"

[genequeen]

The mention of the cure makes her flinch just a little bit. She hasn't experienced it personally but she has Nate's power because of it. "More than I'd like. Sometimes I stay in and try to go back to sleep."

[canadianwildboy]

The twitch is interesting. What is it about redheads tonight? Natasha controlled hers better, but he'd seen it in her at Big Nick's.

He nods slowly. "An' the nightmares?"

[genequeen]

Madelyne looks at him and then looks away - toward the kitchen, toward the floor. She's hesitant to speak about them but she owes him something. "They're offers."

The redhead attempts to say more and then stops herself, before settling on the words she uses to continue on, "The demons are trying to tempt me." Again.

[canadianwildboy]

Logan gazes steadily at her. The sense of wanting to comfort her comes. He knows about demons, and knows hers are a thousand times worse than his personal ones. Nobody should have to fight their demons alone.

"Is there anythin' I can do t' help?" he finally asks. The coffee is done, the machine slurping noises finished. He doesn't move. "If ya wanna keep walkin', I'll walk with ya until yer ready to go home."