crack_van | ... Because There's Nothing Else to Do by wal

Fandom: X-MEN MOVIEVERSE
Pairing: Mystique and Toad (but not together)
Author on LJ:

wal_lace
Author Website: none that I know of
Why this must be read: This story was written for the

xmmficathon this past year, and it's funny and thoughtful. Mystique and Toad go for a drink and talk about their jobs. The wit is dry and just sarcastic enough, and the dialogue gives insight into both these characters of the Brotherhood. Plus, there's a bar fight near the end!

"I'm not saying it's a bad life."

"But you do think of it as a job?"

"How do you think of murdering policemen?"

"It's not murder," she began, her justification ready, but he waved it aside with an idle gesture.

"Sneaking up on people and killing them in order to further our cause. We're terrorists, right?"

He was right. Except that that was the wrong word.

"Not quite. We're political campaigners who are prepared to use force."

"Sediment," he said dismissively.

"You mean semantics?"

"Whichever."

... Because There's Nothing Else to Do

... Because There's Nothing Else to Do by wal_lace (PG)