XMM: Storm/Wolverine: As the Seasons
Fandom: X-Men (movieverse)
Pairing: Storm/Wolverine (vaguely)
Theme set: Delta
Rating: PG
Notes: Post-X3, so... spoilers for that.
#01 - Air: Even the air feels different now, somehow heavier with absence and colder than Westchester.
#02 - Apples: And yet life continues without Scott and Jean and Charles; summer turns to fall and one day Logan brings her apples from the farmer’s market, knowing how she misses her gardens and orchard.
#03 - Beginning: The school year is beginning; the old mansion sold, the new school more practical but less home.
#04 - Bugs: There are still some bugs to be worked out in their new quarters, and it doesn’t help anything when Logan destroys the half-finished Danger Room.
#05 - Coffee: But she forgives him when he helps rebuild it, and anyway he brings her tea in the morning, having finally learned that she doesn’t drink coffee.
#06 - Dark: Jubilee accidentally blows a fuse, and Ororo, flashlight in her teeth, thinks that Scott would have made this a teachable moment.
#07 - Despair: Logan’s not there to hold the light, but she’s long stopped despairing when he leaves; she knows he’ll come back after a day, a week, a month.
#08 - Doors: What really hurts her is watching the students watching the doors, waiting for Logan- or for someone who won’t return.
#09 - Drink: When he does return, he’s usually reeking of smoke, occasionally stained with blood, but at least he’s never been drunk.
#10 - Duty: She isn’t sure if he comes back out of a duty to Charles, a duty to the kids, or a duty to her; but still, he comes.
#11 - Earth: The school is less public than before, but still new students come from all over the Earth.
#12 - End: Looking around these days, she finds it hard to believe that the school almost closed.
#13 - Fall: Fall comes around again, and Logan still brings apples; it’ll still be years before her new trees bear fruit.
#14 - Fire: Some of the new students want to burn the leaf file; Bobby and Rogue (repowered, returned) watch TV instead.
#15 - Flexible: She understands that students are always less prepared for classes mornings after the Brotherhood have been on the news.
#16 - Flying: She knows it’s irresponsible of her to take to the sky, but some days she can’t resist (and anyway, no one could ever see her through the fog).
#17 - Food: Logan still makes fun of her cooking, but these days he eats homemade hummus (sometimes).
#18 - Foot: Digging her way through the foot of paperwork needed to recertify the school, she wonders how Charles did it all.
#19 - Grave: Thinking of Charles, she knows it’s silly to mourn a grave with no body, but she’d still like to put flowers on it.
#20 - Green: Instead, she mentally dedicates her new greenhouse to Charles, to Jean, to Scott, to all that was lost.
#21 - Head: Hank comes back for Christmas; she asks when he’ll be back for good, and he just shakes his head.
#22 - Hollow: “Defeating the Mutant Registration Act was really just a hollow victory, when mutant teens are more likely to be abused, homeless, or drug users,” he says.
#23 - Honor: “We all have to honor Charles’ dream in our own way,” she replies, steady as a river, solid as a mountain.
#24 - Hope: “I hope you’ll remember to clean out the shower, fuzzball,” is all Logan says when he sees Hank and Ororo sitting side by side on the couch.
#25 - Light: Hank and Bobby take it upon themselves to keep the mood light, and Ororo isn’t sure how to show her appreciation.
#26 - Lost: “These kids would be lost without you, you know,” Logan tells her, after all the gifts have been opened and they’re alone.
#27 - Metal: “Maybe not,” she says, thinking of the last time she saw Pyro.
#28 - New: Soon after the holidays, Hank calls to say he thinks Magneto’s up to something new.
#29 - Old: Ororo wonders when she got this old; Logan wishes he could take Magneto in a fair fight.
#30 - Peace: But maybe Hank was wrong, Ororo hopes; everything has been peaceful for weeks.
#31 - Poison: Graydon Creed was found poisoned-not Magneto’s style.
#32 - Pretty: Hank makes a pretty speech on TV, but the students are still afraid.
#33 - Rain: It rains for a week after the Friends of Humanity bomb a homeless shelter that, it was revealed, mostly housed mutants.
#34 - Regret: Logan says he wouldn’t regret killing Creed himself, but Ororo doesn’t want the students to get any ideas.
#35 - Roses: She sends roses to the memorial service, and more students trickle into the school.
#36 - Secret: Secretly she’s not surprised when their newest student quickly defects to the Brotherhood, but Rogue couldn’t believe Remy would do such a thing.
#37 - Snakes: Logan just shrugs and says he knew that kid was a snake in the grass.
#38 - Snow: Bobby tries to cheer Rogue up with an out of season snowball fight, but she just makes a snide remark about Kitty and goes back to studying.
#39 - Solid: Rogue’s SAT scores are solid, and she considers college before deciding she’s needed at the school.
#40 - Spring: “Nice day,” Logan says, as they steal a moment in the garden.
#41 - Stable: Things have been relatively stable for quite some time; Logan hasn’t left for months.
#42 - Strange: As if he were reading her thoughts, Logan said “It’s strange, but I think this is the longest I’ve ever been in one place.”
#43 - Summer: Spring turns to summer, and Hank calls one day: “Are the kids safe?”
#44 - Taboo: Until now, talking about Magneto had been taboo, like saying “Macbeth” in a theatre.
#45 - Ugly: Hank says, “It appears that Magneto has rebuilt his army and constructed a base in orbit around Earth… things could get ugly.”
#46 - War: “Jesus,” says Logan, “This doesn’t sound like war, it sounds like a James Bond movie.”
#47 - Water: Ororo, steady as a river, strong as the wind, says, “Well, what does he want?”
#48 - Welcome: “Welcome to the X-Men,” she tells the students, and grimly leads them into battle, into adulthood.
#49 - Winter: Victory is hardwon, and winter seems colder without Bobby.
#50 - Wood: And still, Ororo is steady as a river, constant as the seasons, and Logan helps her trim the Christmas tree, and she calmly holds her battered family together.
Pairing: Storm/Wolverine (vaguely)
Theme set: Delta
Rating: PG
Notes: Post-X3, so... spoilers for that.
#01 - Air: Even the air feels different now, somehow heavier with absence and colder than Westchester.
#02 - Apples: And yet life continues without Scott and Jean and Charles; summer turns to fall and one day Logan brings her apples from the farmer’s market, knowing how she misses her gardens and orchard.
#03 - Beginning: The school year is beginning; the old mansion sold, the new school more practical but less home.
#04 - Bugs: There are still some bugs to be worked out in their new quarters, and it doesn’t help anything when Logan destroys the half-finished Danger Room.
#05 - Coffee: But she forgives him when he helps rebuild it, and anyway he brings her tea in the morning, having finally learned that she doesn’t drink coffee.
#06 - Dark: Jubilee accidentally blows a fuse, and Ororo, flashlight in her teeth, thinks that Scott would have made this a teachable moment.
#07 - Despair: Logan’s not there to hold the light, but she’s long stopped despairing when he leaves; she knows he’ll come back after a day, a week, a month.
#08 - Doors: What really hurts her is watching the students watching the doors, waiting for Logan- or for someone who won’t return.
#09 - Drink: When he does return, he’s usually reeking of smoke, occasionally stained with blood, but at least he’s never been drunk.
#10 - Duty: She isn’t sure if he comes back out of a duty to Charles, a duty to the kids, or a duty to her; but still, he comes.
#11 - Earth: The school is less public than before, but still new students come from all over the Earth.
#12 - End: Looking around these days, she finds it hard to believe that the school almost closed.
#13 - Fall: Fall comes around again, and Logan still brings apples; it’ll still be years before her new trees bear fruit.
#14 - Fire: Some of the new students want to burn the leaf file; Bobby and Rogue (repowered, returned) watch TV instead.
#15 - Flexible: She understands that students are always less prepared for classes mornings after the Brotherhood have been on the news.
#16 - Flying: She knows it’s irresponsible of her to take to the sky, but some days she can’t resist (and anyway, no one could ever see her through the fog).
#17 - Food: Logan still makes fun of her cooking, but these days he eats homemade hummus (sometimes).
#18 - Foot: Digging her way through the foot of paperwork needed to recertify the school, she wonders how Charles did it all.
#19 - Grave: Thinking of Charles, she knows it’s silly to mourn a grave with no body, but she’d still like to put flowers on it.
#20 - Green: Instead, she mentally dedicates her new greenhouse to Charles, to Jean, to Scott, to all that was lost.
#21 - Head: Hank comes back for Christmas; she asks when he’ll be back for good, and he just shakes his head.
#22 - Hollow: “Defeating the Mutant Registration Act was really just a hollow victory, when mutant teens are more likely to be abused, homeless, or drug users,” he says.
#23 - Honor: “We all have to honor Charles’ dream in our own way,” she replies, steady as a river, solid as a mountain.
#24 - Hope: “I hope you’ll remember to clean out the shower, fuzzball,” is all Logan says when he sees Hank and Ororo sitting side by side on the couch.
#25 - Light: Hank and Bobby take it upon themselves to keep the mood light, and Ororo isn’t sure how to show her appreciation.
#26 - Lost: “These kids would be lost without you, you know,” Logan tells her, after all the gifts have been opened and they’re alone.
#27 - Metal: “Maybe not,” she says, thinking of the last time she saw Pyro.
#28 - New: Soon after the holidays, Hank calls to say he thinks Magneto’s up to something new.
#29 - Old: Ororo wonders when she got this old; Logan wishes he could take Magneto in a fair fight.
#30 - Peace: But maybe Hank was wrong, Ororo hopes; everything has been peaceful for weeks.
#31 - Poison: Graydon Creed was found poisoned-not Magneto’s style.
#32 - Pretty: Hank makes a pretty speech on TV, but the students are still afraid.
#33 - Rain: It rains for a week after the Friends of Humanity bomb a homeless shelter that, it was revealed, mostly housed mutants.
#34 - Regret: Logan says he wouldn’t regret killing Creed himself, but Ororo doesn’t want the students to get any ideas.
#35 - Roses: She sends roses to the memorial service, and more students trickle into the school.
#36 - Secret: Secretly she’s not surprised when their newest student quickly defects to the Brotherhood, but Rogue couldn’t believe Remy would do such a thing.
#37 - Snakes: Logan just shrugs and says he knew that kid was a snake in the grass.
#38 - Snow: Bobby tries to cheer Rogue up with an out of season snowball fight, but she just makes a snide remark about Kitty and goes back to studying.
#39 - Solid: Rogue’s SAT scores are solid, and she considers college before deciding she’s needed at the school.
#40 - Spring: “Nice day,” Logan says, as they steal a moment in the garden.
#41 - Stable: Things have been relatively stable for quite some time; Logan hasn’t left for months.
#42 - Strange: As if he were reading her thoughts, Logan said “It’s strange, but I think this is the longest I’ve ever been in one place.”
#43 - Summer: Spring turns to summer, and Hank calls one day: “Are the kids safe?”
#44 - Taboo: Until now, talking about Magneto had been taboo, like saying “Macbeth” in a theatre.
#45 - Ugly: Hank says, “It appears that Magneto has rebuilt his army and constructed a base in orbit around Earth… things could get ugly.”
#46 - War: “Jesus,” says Logan, “This doesn’t sound like war, it sounds like a James Bond movie.”
#47 - Water: Ororo, steady as a river, strong as the wind, says, “Well, what does he want?”
#48 - Welcome: “Welcome to the X-Men,” she tells the students, and grimly leads them into battle, into adulthood.
#49 - Winter: Victory is hardwon, and winter seems colder without Bobby.
#50 - Wood: And still, Ororo is steady as a river, constant as the seasons, and Logan helps her trim the Christmas tree, and she calmly holds her battered family together.