weekly theme; second chances

[finkpishnets]

This week's theme:

SECOND CHANCES

♔ all fandoms (including rps) and ships welcome.
♔ we say drabble, but, you know, 100 words+
♔ as long as it's related to the theme, anything goes.
♔ fandom, ship, title (& warning if needed) in the subject line please!
♔ you can totally write more than one (pretty please do).
♔ play nice and stuff (you guys know

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x-men | hank/alex | lost somewhere in the history

[finkpishnets]

Once, before everything had fallen to shit and they’d learnt that all naivety got you was a handful of broken dreams and a less metaphorical broken jaw, Alex had told Hank that he loved him. They were drunk and high on the adrenaline of a mission gone right, and he hadn’t really meant it that way (if there was a way to mean it), and Hank had smiled and punched him on the shoulder and that had been that.

The world’s shifted and righted itself and shifted again since then, but Hank thinks about it sometimes. Alex is married to Lorna now; Hank doesn’t see them much between trips, and maybe that’s a good thing because for all they’re family, they were never really friends, and the bittersweet taste that leaves on his tongue isn’t particularly appealing.

That’s not what bothers him, though, not really. Labels aside, they have a history that’s undeniable and links them - all of them - indefinitely. No, what gets to Hank, shut up in his lab playing with fire that’s already burnt him once, is that he never said it back

Re: x-men | hank/alex | lost somewhere in the history

[sparklepants_x]

This is brilliant Bobbie. Subtle, but at the same time hard hitting . I love it, your writing is amazing!

Love you xx

Re: x-men | hank/alex | lost somewhere in the history

[finkpishnets]

Thank you, sweetie! ♥

Love you, too.

Re: x-men | hank/alex | lost somewhere in the history

[westingturtle]

Family not friends, I think that's what hurts the most about this. Beautiful

Re: x-men | hank/alex | lost somewhere in the history

[_wheniamqueen_x]

Stunning and painful!

The world’s shifted and righted itself and shifted again since then, but Hank thinks about it sometimes this line, guh <333 it's beautiful and seems to summarise alot about the world they live in